The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-17 00:00:00

MQNEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Two O'CLOCK. A. rather larger amount of business has been transacted to-day in the market for Stocks and Shares. Sales have preponderated for the purpose of realising profits after the late advance, and Consols have in consequence reached to the extent of / per cent., the latest prices being 874 I for money, and 84 for the March settlement. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are quoted 847/ ; Exchequer Bills, 7 s . 3 s . di s . ; B an k St oc k , India 5 per Cents., 1021 4 ; do. 4 per Cent. Debentures, 98* ; and do. Bonds, 15s. prem. In the Foreign Department there has been a full average of business, but there has been a little depression, as will be seen by the following latest quotations :—Turkish 5 per Cents. are 384 ; Mexican, 221 ; ditto New, 201 ; Greek, 14 ; Spanish Passive, 27 4 ; Certificates, 15/ 16 ; Italian, 60 1 61; the Confederate Loan, 5 7; Brazilian Scrip, 1 24 prem. ; and Egyptian Scrip, 14 prem. ; "hilted States Government 5-20 Bonds are 68 ; Erie Shares, 53 I ; and Illinois, 76 /. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been moderately active, but prices in one or two instances have shown less firmness. Great Eastern, Great Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have each receded 10s. ; and Midland, 15s. In the Foreign and Colonial lines, Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to 454. The dealings iu American Securities have been on a very limited scale. Erie shares have receded to 53 4 1 ; Illinois shares to 76i ; and United States 5-20 Bonds, to 78 i f. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally are in moderate request, without material change in prices. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, March 6 B7f 1 1 0 per Cent. Reduced 874 1 li v e ly 3 per Cent 8 74 1 ' , eve' 2i. per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A pc '. 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -41auities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DO . for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1880 — >r — , O gted Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — l enequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 3 7 Do. D O .£4OO 7 Ban£loo andoo c 4 Engla n d Stock, 5 per Cent ,1T1:111x GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ~,,lian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — •uo Account 1) ,,°. 5 per Cent. Jul 1870 ~''-'O . 4 pe r Cent., Oct. y , 1021 1888 J - )0 . Certific,ates — Do.Enfaced Paper 4 per C en t — 5 per Cent., Jan. ID % 1872 6 1 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cs'nt., Aug. 1866 9B/ Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do under £l000 Ab FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 6, str i.„ au Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 A Wan 5 per Cent DO' 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. o 1863 — 1865 D 0 1865 --',...° Account 761 6 uo B„ Scrip, £35 paid , 640 8 Ayres 6 per Cent — Cl., Account — D]:?°l Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 11 6 per Cent 991 Ai 0 1 -7 Per Cent — "co ornbian 6 per Cent. bL b al L 6 Per Cent. DO. 3 per Cent., 1825 — l - I ° ' 4 Per Cent., 1863 D —O . 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — anubian Principalities - 00 Accou nt — , tador N ew C onsolidated, 1 per Cent — . 0., Provisional Land Warrant — I,3 gyptian 7 per Cent Do Second Issue Do " .£lOO Bonds ...... Do. 1864 , T ) 0 £lOO Bonds 93k 'reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account 7,_tlateniala 5 per Cent. — • lian 5 per Cent, 1865 •uo Account , Do. Illaremmana Railway 614 e r ,zican 3 per Cent Uo. Account ~ Dn 1864 2O 1 1,/, ‘ " ) 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ko'llt!Oidean per Cent., .E. 30 paid 1,1 ° n al Imperial 5 per Cent .1)° Per Cent o ri e f e d 71 Do Landrre Do. Warrants (Hectares) I):Aper Cent, 1864 P N u .,,, T uaranteed, 4 per Cent e e o ' `an 5 per Cent., 1865 12, ',,Aceount n o ° 0 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Po rt 4 1 Per Cent., 1862 _.lo:g'llese 3 p er C en t ., 185 3 D 0 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62 , '3, h 11ss1 - Acco un t 4 a 0 -4 J per Cent., 1822, £ St — 33 3 " !i - Per Cent. 1850 .c,, ',,1 Per C en t. , 1860 D . per Cent. 1859 f Per Cent. 1862 b o ''`lall 5 per Cent D o 4 1(0 Bands ' Pp a , 1 1 per Cent Do lllB4 3 Cent — D o . ce per A oust DO Deferred — 0 Account 1, 6° passive S buo Account 271 1 7 j a P i sh Cert. of Coup not funded — i Fh, ° ccount 154 16 D O , per , 11 4 per Cent. — Turt-i 'l l , Per Cent. 1864 D 8 ' 6 per Cent. 1854 t ...0 Account 91 r io ° 6 Per Cent 1858 — b c , Ac eount 1 DO -£l.OO Bo n 69 1 d s t i ° 6 Per Cent. 1862 D o 4e •count 661 6 ,0 4100 Bonds 66 54 64 DO 6 Per kJo 5 Cent., 1863 — D Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — _ D0 ° . 4 ,, c e o ant Veo ez Per Cent. Guaranteed -13 itt` o tela 3 Per Cent. — 00 6 account Dc. Al)er Cent. , 1862 - roeo • unt 1864 _ D ' • DAosi, l rulenas on the above payable in London. i t ' t a , ll , 6 Per Cent. Ex. Ex. 10 Florins 4toh d ~Z,41. Per cent., Ex. 25f. 0 41. Is" °Ant. Ex. 12 Gull )1. 1 Per O ' I elleh .0_ ent. Certificates — tali an - "elates 3 per Cent. —Do A 5 Puntent., 1861, Ex. 25f. -... .n.c 601 C O4B TWO O'CLOCK. D °IB f c ) r rno °' Ae'count nay 871 1 /41, Verpool Cotton Market. —This Day. baies.e arket Opens steady. Sales probably 8,000 T he --- The Price of G o ld. the a , lon°tat lon 01 gold at pa---1,-1811Tibout 1 per mille pm., and 00,, h o t o exchano'e on London is 25.2) per .E 1 sterling. On . 1781017 g these 'rates with the English Mint price of Zi Il earl.• Per Pereso for standard gold, it appears that .., (*Did is ~ I-IGth cent.d in London than in Paris. ty ad.,, d earer aim ti,l,*B frOin h amburg the price of gold Is 424 per mark kit, '''. snort exchange on London is 1141 per XI stcrlin . tit he gold, at the Englida Mint price is, there!ore, at the ea the Price In Loudon and Hamburg. TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is scarcely any alteration in the discount market, but discounters are enabled to transact business on easier terms. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Wednesday, the 21st instant, a special settling day in the Shares of the General Exchange Bank, which are not to be marked. The specie movement during the past week has been on a very extensive scale consequent upon large arrivals from Australia, America, and the Continent. The imports have amounted to £ 1 ,041,072, while the exports have only been to the extent of £60,512. The gold sent into the Bank of England yester day afternoon amounted to £40,000. The Syria has arrived from Alexandria with specie to the amount of £82,986. A report will be presented at the ordinary gene ral ,meeting of the Oriental Commercial Bank showing that the profits for the six months ending the 31st December last, after payment of all Charges, salaries, remuneration to directors, &c., are £ 1 9,627 13s. 2d., being equal to 23 per cent. per annum on the amount of paid-up capital ranking for dividend. The directors now declare an in terim dividend for the past six months at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, clear of income tax, which will absorb £8,500, leaving a balance of £11,127 13s. 2d. to be carried forward for appro priation at the end of the financial year in June next. idal . ,g, and se , at- 311 wa s ie Earl Woad. iad an eals 45 ~ si g ne d 3d Bpd , Tudi3 u d the iuis of ce an d raS at, SHARE MA RKE TS, This Day. OItDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. share/ Railways. I Paid ./ Closing I Business Price. done. • (Bristol and Exeter It Caledonian It Cambrian • • 10 Cork and Bandon.... :0 Cornwall . Do 93 95 )0 131 33 0 65 70 II 13 15 11 4} 54 )0 68 70 0 70 72 !O 67 8 at Dublin & Belfast June. 101 st Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. lU 00 &London, scrip Certi. 21 st Glasgow &S. Western 101 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 101 at Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 101 s t Great North of Scotland 101 st Great Northern to t Du. A stock [0 - -d )0 114 116 )0 39 40 10 6i 7i 10 - - 0 1 129 131 0 148 149 at Do. B stock at Do. New, is. at 25 pin 10 at Gt S, and W. or Ireland 101 et Gt. Western -Original 111 at 1) . S. Va.). Rail gua. 101 at Do. South Wales st Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 101 at Do. Newport lOl st Do. net eford ;01 at Lanc4shire & Yorkshire 101 at LJndon and Blackwall lot at Lon., Brigh., & S Coast lot at Lon., Chat., and Dover lot st Do. Metrop. itx. A lOl at Lon. & North Western 104 at Lon. & South Western 101 at Man., Shet., & Lincoln IC at Metropolitan 10 Do. New 10 Do Extension 00 [ Metropolitan Distri c t. a l Do (1 , ,. do. 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd at Mid and 90 92 63} 63, 59 6 41 43 35 37 101 , 03 123 124 89 01 P 7 98 35 37 45 5' 10 127 )274 )0 94 45 )0 65 65i 611 134 135 7 3 ftip 6 1 If I) 11 98 10 9 Do. L 9 Share ;t Do, Birmin. & Derby 1 :5 'lid Kent it North British it Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun, it Nth. Eastern—Berwick 101 5 Do. G.N•E purchabt 16.1 it Do. Leeds 104 1271 128 1 1/ It I 96 98 60 62 7 28 112 114 Do. York. Do. Carlisle . 72 73 103 109 ll 37 38, ,6 104 Dip, )1 124 126 5 1f 2p 5 14 2p 00 75 - 77 11 11 12 )0 147 149 )0 68 70 )0 112 114 )0 - - 53 55 :0 76 76t 11 8 9 )0 147 150 3 3 Ip ' 10 102 104 51 53 7 6iiiiii ISESSIONS. 11 5s do 10 9911'10 0 8 Id It tl 74 8 1 10 11 74 78 / - 0 96 98 )0 65 7 0 11 100 102 )0 100 101 )0 102 103 [5 - iii I 45 49 11 7 90 11 68 70 11 60 63 ll 2 64 11 63 5 6 Li 48 61 11 44 4 7 Li 38 40 11 36 38 )0 103 104 16 6 t 2 P 99 100 91 93 L 1 17i ►7 8 3 11 92 #4 11 84 A 6 2 1 4d )0 99 101 )0 90 92 )0 86 88 2 1 64 66 10 8 82 00 98} 99i 00 98 99 41 100 98 99 .00 :ENT SECUR 10 24 06 :0 93 96 ►0 95 97 ►0 1.0 82 76 SO )0 101 10.3 10 104 106 10 104 105 4) 101 103 )0 90 92 )0 101 103 10 106 1, 8 )0 102 104 )0 103 tO5 1 103 105 10 IL4 106 0 ) 94 101 0 93 95 )o 93 • 95 10 87i S 8 10 100 102 10 82 84 10 f 8 100 )0 98 100 0 1 104 106 )0 1 105 106 MINES. 81! 2 11 1 . , 5 Pb. btock.& Darling.) al :5 Do. do. 1860-61. It North Londou . 0 Do. do. 1864 0 Do. do. 1865 it North Staffordshire 0 N. &S. W. Junction :I al it Scottish Central et Scot. N. E , Aber. stock to, st o. Scot, Mid. stAk.. 10 , st Shropshire Union .... 101 st south Devon et , outh E stern 0 I itaioes, Wok., dy Wok I al t ITaff Vale. Lt, Do. C ;t Vale of Neath 4t Waterford & Kilkenny 10 10 Waterloo & Whiteha I ' it West Cornw.►l lOl P 100 Atlantic .1D St. Lawrence a st Born.,Baroda, Cen.ln. 10 gu. 5 percent... 20 Do. F shares Hi Buffalo & Lake Huron al 10 Do Preference al too Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- •......• • 10 et Calcutta &S. E. lim„ 10 at , ;ape Town & Dock, gu. 10 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• a 3t East. Ben..:al, gu., sdo 10 5t East l u dia n , gu. 5 p.c. 10 20 Do .1 Extension et Grand Trunk of Canada 10 00 Do. Equip. Mort, - B;nds 1 charge 6 p.c al DO Do. Ist * - 'ref. Bonds at DO Do. do. deferred ... • a l DO Do. 2d Pr c f. Bonds al DO Do. do. deterred al DO Do. :3cl Pref. stock... • al )0 Do. do. deferred .• • • a' )0 Do. 4th P re f. s t o ck )0 Do. do. deterred .. •• al 3t Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 10 tO o. Gus. 5 per cent 1 :0 Do. New gua. sp. c. it Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D •41 per cent l, It. _ Do 204 If ;rest Vir, a. of Canada. 204 D. New .. • )0 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 al )C Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 al 10 Indian Branch, limited ' It Madras, gua. 5 p.o it it Do. 4f do ;t Do. 43 do l' ;0 Do. Fifth Extension it Melb. Cor. 6p. c. finds. 10 ,0 Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. al it N. 11 I.C'da, 6pc lstpt NI. 10 it Scinde li Do. Delhi d :o I Do. do . it Do. Puniaub.... Itl t Do. Indua St. Flo • t+.o COLONIAL GOVERN . - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 101 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-8.1 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lel Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 101 - 1)0. sp. c. Jan. & July 101 - Do. sp. e. inscribed sk 101 - Cape t-. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 101 Do.Apl. &Oct , 1890-1900 101 - Do. do: 1880-9 101 - Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9; 101 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOl - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 104 - Do. 1878, do lO4 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1 , -78 - 00. 1882, May $l5, Nov. 10 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 1 .91 - Antal • , oy. o per cent l O, - N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.lul) 10( - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 0. , 188r 10( - Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to iB7( 10( - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189.? 401 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 101 - Do. 5 per cent.... 101 Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 l9l - tiueensland Gov. 6p. c lOl - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-ti 101 - DO. 1878 & upwards 1 1 - Vio,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja 4; July 101 - Do. do, n pril & Oct lOl BRITIS 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lint - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3l - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist - Drake wal ls - East Bassett (Illogan) 2l - East Caraiion 2.1 - East Cam Brea - East Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3 - East Loved 3.t - E. W't Russell (Tavistk 10.1 - Gam..lc StAubyn(Gwen. 61 4 Great L ixey, limited al - Great South Tolgus O.l - Great Wheal Busy l4. - G. Wheal Vor (Heist a 4l - Grenville B. i - Herod's Foot B.l - Elingston Downs 5.1 - Margaret t Uny Lelant 13.1 - Marke Valley 4. 1, 4 Viwyndy Iron Ore, Ihn - New Sewn - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassettallogan 4.4 North Wheal Crotty 2.1, Prosper llnfted.. _ 7.1 - Pr ,vidence UnyL.lant le - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) - South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (lllogan 18. -• Stray Park 35. -Tin Croft 5 Vigra and CL gan, lira a - West Bassett (nog - an - W. Caradon (Liskeard - West Chi verton 1 - West Seton. 4 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 1 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 1 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. - Wheal Seton •- Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 5 Fi 95 10 14 16 1 570 59u 1.0 1i :94 19 I LL 65 74 34 it 41 14.0 35 4 3.6 9.0 11 )2, J.O 3 34 - $6 5 7 11 20 21 14.6 14 2 .9.6 34 4 1U 3C 32 18.0 3} 21 10.0 40 42 10.6 6} 17.6 5 7 10.0 4 44 21 24 14d 13} 40 60, 181 13 15 1.0 f I 13.$ f 1.6 ).6.7 37 39 1} 410 430 2.0 2 ri 189 18 22 15.6 9 11 9 19 20 0,1 4 6 14 3 4 9 8 10 [1 774 82 174 183 195 54 80 95 16 25 2.741 3 6' 2ao 23 164 17,1 5 141 rK I ILILNCL tiklAßEb. North Staffordshire, 21f FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 11 Recife and San Francisco, Mu g gua. 7 per cent., 122 11 Sambre and Meuse, 8,1 FI rit, N 9tltNier4, Chontales Gold and Silver tinning, 4 Si St. John del Rey, nm., 651 BANHE; Agra and Masterman's, Um., 54/ Alliance, 29} 81 Anglo ustrian, 7 Australasia. 72 } Bank of Egypt, 31i Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 231 City, 2 , Consolidated Bank, Urn., 9} Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 10 kuropean Bank, lim., lif I niperial Bank, Um- 291 301 imperial Ottoman, 13/ London Bank of nexi,o and S. America, Hm., 141 / London and Brazilian (11m.), Ditto, new. 71 London Uhartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 77 } London and ‘‘ estminster, 96 1 64 Merchant Bank, iirn 26 Midland Bank, lim., 20 Oriental Banx Corporation. 53 1 Oriental Commercial Bank, lim., late 0. C., 61 Scinde, Punjaup, and Demi. lim.. e 4 I Dit o, issued at 2 pm., 14 Union of Australia, 53 j Union of London, 53k MISCELLANEOUS. Atlintic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2} 1 Canada Company, a 0 Ceylon Company, lu Cu .mercial union, Insurance, '1 Credit Fonoler and ilobilier of England, 81 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 110 Electric Telegraph. 137} Pore-strcet Warehouse, lim., Ifl Gen. Credit and Finanee 01 Lonnon. lim.. 5 4} Hudson's Bay, 17} Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim. IN 6 5} International Financial society, lim., 51. Interational ,and Credit. lim.. 6 • Joint Stock Discount, lim., 4} 4 London District Telegraph lim. London Financial Association. 11. M 13} 13 121 Lundon General Omnibus Company, ling. 31 London and Glasgow Engineeri g and Iron Ship, lim. 101 Lon o , ) a...d Provincial Marine, 21 AI dray Imgation and Canal, Ditto (all), 1 8 National Discount Company, 141 } Ncrthern Assam Tea, Jim., - Ditto. B, 3} North British Australasian, 56 x d from tat Jan. Ocean Marine Insurance), 20. Orerend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 191 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 7' Thames and Mersey (Marine) Insurance, 1im.,:71 g Union Marine, Liverpool. lim., 31_1 Upper Assam Tea, lira.. 41 Van Diemen's Land, 9} LONDON SCOTTISH RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.--It has been resolved by the London Scottish Volunteers to give a dinner to their new honorary colonel, Lieut.-General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.B. The meeting will take place at St. James's-hall on Wednesday, March 14—Lieut.- Colonel Lord Elcho, M.P., in the chair, 4oi. 391 133 1471 81 62 3 i I i ; ED 81 126 k d 7 9il 5 61f 4 5 4 1 134. 5 %I 104 1271 ; C2l 2 113 73 14 81 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEI3RUARY 17, 1866. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock, at which hour there wattla very full attendance of members. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND. Sir G. GREY said he rose with deep and sincere regret to move for leave to introduce a bill for the above object, and in doing so he was fully impressed with the feeling that the power was one which no Government ought to hastily and lightly ask for. (Hear, hear.) He made the motion with the deep sense of the power it placed in their hands, but after exhausting every power known to the existing law, the Government now asked for the authority given by the bill to crush out a wicked and wide-spread conspiracy, and to afford protection to the loyal and faith ful subjects of her Majesty in that part of her kingdom. Some might be of opinion that the application was made too late, others that it was made too soon. The Fenian organisation had been known to exist in 1862, but it was not until the termination of the war in America that the movement formed a shape and extent at once dangerous and widespread. The natives of Ireland who had enrolled themselves in the service of America, having nothing on hand at the close of the war, organised themselves, in conjunction with the disaffected in Ireland, into a conspiracy, the avowed object of which was to subvert the authority of the Queen, and to sepa rate Ireland from the other tarts of the kingdom, and to declare there the existence of a republic. The Govern ment had closely watched the action of these parties, and it was not until they could strike a blow with overwhelming effect that they thought it their duty to apply to Parlia ment for the powers now sought. (Hear, hear.) The first seizure that took place was that of a paper published in Ireland called the Irish People, in which sedition was published in the most open and daring manner, and so well was the nature of those articles known that he would not insult the house by reading from it. (Hear, hear.) A man named Stephens had been one of the great moving powers of the conspiracy, and up to the pre sent he, it was to be regretted, was still at large. The members of the conspiracy who had been captured, had 'been brought to trial, and every one of them had been convicted. But that was 'not all. It had become known that sums of money have been discovered, the object of which was to corrupt the loyal part of the population, and large quantities of arms and ammunition had also been brought to light. The emissaries from America had succeeded in enlisting supporters in different parts of the country, but it was with deep regret that in nearly every regiment in Ireland these people had in sinuated themselves with a view of seducing the soldiery from their loyalty. It was to be regretted, as unfortunately was the case, that some of the soldiers had lent a too ready ear to these solicitations, and were now awaiting their trial; but he felt satisfied and convinced that the house and country might depend upon the loyalty of the army as a whole. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") Then, again, it had been said that the Government, fear ing the extent of the Fenian conspiracy, had abstained from sending Irish soldiers to that country, but he could answer the house that the Commander-in-Chief had not departed, in one instance, from the roster in sending English and Scotch soldiers only to Ireland. (Hear, hear.) It had been for some time necessary to search various ships arriv ing in Ireland from America, and in several of them large quantities of arms had been discovered, and fortunately pre vented from reaching the destinations for which they were intended. (Hear, hear.) During the Fenian trials no less than 36 leaders of the conspiracy had been condemned to penal servitude, and others sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, and it was hoped that the movement would have been stopped ; but the contrary had been the result, the danger had gone on increasing, and the Government had been compelled to proclaim in Sligo, Carlow, and Tralee. If the remedy was sharp, the disease, it must be confessed, was strong. (Hear, hear.) The number of emissaries from America was known pretty well to the Government. (Hear, hear.) There were 340 in tae provinces and 160 in Dublin, making in all about 500, but the number was being constantly augmented by fresh arrivals from America. The Government had also discovered three manufactories of pikes, bullets, and cartridges in Dublin, but it was too apparent other depots still remained undiscovered, because there would be no use for bullets without there were muskets and rifles to put them in. (Hear, hear.) The audacity with which the conspiracy was conducted was astonishing, because emis saries from America had actually been surprised in sketching our forts and other means of defiance to the Queen's authority. (Hear, hear.) The most dangerous feature, however, of the conspiracy was the attempt to seduce the troops. He would not go into that part of the case on that occasion, further than to say that at present it only existed to a limited extent— (hear, hear) —but what he had to ask the house was whe ther these emissaries from America were to be allowed to go on distilling their poison. He felt that the mea sure asked for was but too much required, because the Government were in receipt of communica tions from the Lord Lieutenant, in which it was stated that he could not bo responsible for the safety of the country, and without the power which the act would give him he could not undertake to avert the serious mischief which threatened Ireland. (Hear.) The most disastrous consequences would result if the movement was to go on unchecked. Capital would be debarred from entering the country, and other nations would inevitably benefit by it which could not but be fraught with disaster to the, loyal portion of the population. (Hear, hear.) Govern ment had shown their estimation of the responsibility rest ing on them by making the proposal he had made to the house, and it was for the house to say whether or no they would give them the power. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the house would be of opinion that he had made out his case —(hear, hear)—because the strengthening the hands of the Government by this measure would be to enable them to crush out this enormous mass of sedition. (Hear, hear.) He proposed only to limit the operation of the Act to six months, and under these cireumstances he moved for leave to bring in the bill The hon. baronet resumed his seat amidst loud cries of "Hear, hear," from both sides of the house. Mr. DISRAELI did not rise to offer any opposition to the course proposed by Government. He only wished to express his opinion that there had been too much delay already. (Hear.) He could not but think that there had been too much hastiness shown last session in repealing an act of Parliament which would doubtless have been found of great service in the present emergency. He alluded to the repeal of the Rapparee Act. The house had been told that this conspiracy had been fostered and extended by emissaries from America ; but if the Act of George 111., to which he had already referred, had not been repealed, these dangers could never have occurred, because the provisions of that bill brought the people whom t was now sought to bring within the hold of justice within its scope and operation. (Hear, hear.) The duty of the house was to him perfectly clear, and admitted of no misunderstanding. (Hear.) He should pursue the same course as he had done in 1848, when the home Government had to ask for similar powers as those now asked for. (Hear, hear.) He should give his strongest support to the Government. (Hear, hear.) But while he did did this he thought it was but right to take the speediest steps for the introduction of remedial measures. (Hear, hear.) This state of affairs was not produced by grievances of au internal, agrarian, domestic, or religious grounds. (Hear, hear.) It aimed much higher—(hear, hear)—it aimed at the throne of England, and the greatness of the kingdom. (Loud cheers.) He should give his complete support to the Government, and he hoped the house would give its consent to the motion unanimously, at the same time he pressed upon the importance of promptitude of action. This was no fancied conspiracy ; it was a conspiracy the great object of which was to deprive her Majesty of ono of the most valuable possessions of the British Crown. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT said he never, during the twenty years he had sat in Parliament, rose to speak with so strong a sense of shame and humiliation as he did on the present occasion. During the whole of the time he had been in Parliament nothing had ever been done for the people of Ireland except upon emergencies, and all her demands had been treated with insult and contempt. He asked the house if that was not the fact. Nothing had been done for the last five-and-twenty years for Ireland which could be called statesmanship. (Hear, hear.) There had been arms' bills and coercive acts every se ssion—(hear, hear)—but when were measures whose great aim and object was the improvement of the generous and true-hearted people of Ireland. He challenged the house to point out where he was wrong in his observations. He contended that were the heartburnings and party fights for office between the two great opposing sections in that ho use to be laid aside, and measures for the improvement of Ireland adopted in their place, then Ireland could be made a strength and not a weak ness. (Hear, hear.) Ireland had always been neglected and treated with contempt, and was it to be wondered at chat under such circumstances she should attempt to gain that to which she had a perfect right, viz., equality with England. (Hear, hear.) The country had been oppressed and illtreated for years, and the whole had been brought about by neglect and mismanagement. He did not intend to oppose the propo sition of the Government, because under the circumstances the course about to be pursued was the only merciful course for Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He, however, maintained that the present condition of Ireland was a blot on the Crown and a scandal on the civilisation of the country. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know what had induced the hon. member for Birmingham to deliver the speech he had just delivered himself of. Was it for the pur pose of smoothing or conciliating the present condition —(hear, hear)—because if such had been his intention he (Mr. Roebuck) must say he had missed his mark. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") The hon. member had taken the opportunity to find fault with everything that had been done for Ireland for the last twenty_ years, but he did not agree with him in such a statement. Every matter brought forward for the amelioration of the condition of Ireland had always been most atten tively and carefully considered—(hear, hoar)—but one thing the hon. gentleman for Birmingham had not done he had- not in one instance placed his finger on one thing that been done detrimental to Ireland— (hear, hear)—neither had he made known in one particular what he considered ought to have been done. (Hear, hear.) It was all very well to be an admir ablo declaimer, and to lament over the miseries of Ireland, but he wanted to know what they were. (Hear, hear.) One of her great grievances was the Irish Church— (hear, hear)—but did they not think that the Church of England was as great a grievance to the Roman Catholics. He thought the state of Ireland would not be at all improved by the speech of the honourable member for Birmingham, but quite the contrary. Mr. HORSMAN condemned the speech of the hon. member above him (Air. Bright), but it appeared to him after the most minute attention that the hon. member had forgotten to say whether he disapproved of or agreed [LEFT SITTING.] MOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack ai fivo o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Several private bills were read a second time, including the following:—.Commercial Union and Argus Assurance, Delabole Railway and Dossiney Harbour, Connell Rail way, Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland, White haven and Fulness Junction, and Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway, &c. THE CATTLE DISEASE. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked the noble earl (Granville) whether there would be any objection on the part of Government to lay on the table ,a copy of the letter which it was understood had been published by the authority of the Government in the newspapers wh;ch had been received from the Consul at Warsaw relative to the cattle disease in Poland. Earl GRAN VILLE was understood to say that the letter would be laid before their lordships. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND. Earl RUSSELL said he had to inform the house that the Government, by the advice of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and the Chief Secretary of State for the Home Department, had decided on bringing in a bill to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. That bill was then before the House of Commons, and no doubt it would receive the sanction of that branch of the Legislature. Ho believed that there was a necessity for the adoption of that measure by the course of events in Ireland, and he would ask their' lordships if it would be convenient for them to meet to-morrow for the purpose of considering and forwarding the bill ? The Earl of DERBY said that of course her Majesty's Government would have to justify the measure they had adopted, by resorting to such stringent means and sus pending the sanding orders of the house. It would not be expedient or desirable that any delay should be offered to the Government in the passing of a bill of the present description. He certainly would offer no opposition to the house sitting to-morrow, and he hoped such sta:ements would be made to their lordships as would show the actual necessity that existed for the extreme course the Govern ment had adopted. LIFEBOATS, &c. The Earl of MALMESBURY called the attention of Government to the deficiency of lifeboats and other means of saving life on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, and moved fora return of the number of lifeboats and rocket apparatus now appointed ; with the names of the places at which they exist. The noble lord referred in terms of the highest eulogium to the services rendered by the National Association, but he contended that a more extended sys tem and under the control of the Government should be adopted. He adverted in detail to the different parts of the coasts which were unsupplied with the means of preserving life in cases of great disasters at ; sea. He complained that the Coastguard were not so efficient as they might have been in rescuing persons in cases of shipwreck or distress. He cited one case in illustration of this statement. The Duke of SOMERSET said that the National Life boat Institution was one of the noblest in the United Kingdom, and he thought much injury would be done by the Government interfering with that institution. He vin dicated the conduct of the Coastguard who had been mainly instrumental during the last two years in saving a large amount of property and life on the coast. The Board of Trade did render pecuniary assistance to the National Lifeboat Institution in certain cases. He adverted to the course pursued by the Emperor of the French, who refused to transfer from private control the lifeboats in France to the French Admiralty. With regard to the rocket apparatus there were 250 stations on the coast under the control of the coastguard, which had been of great service. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY deprecated the in terference of Government with the National Lifeboat Association. The subject then dropped. THE PUBLIC LOAN ACTS. Earl POWIS called the attention of the First Lord of thy Tronoury to the, imptediloomt to • tho iyonoticial working of the Public Loan Acts, caused by the Treasury minute of 1859, declining any further reduction of interest below 5 per cent. He did not complain of the action of the Trea sury so far as related to loans granted to companies under taking works for private profit ; but he must say that he did think that it was unjust and inexpedient to exact so high a rate as 5 per cent, for money lent for public purposes, on the security of poor rates, borough rates, and county rates. The State ought not to make a profit out of the assistance which it gave by loan to such undertakings. By so doing they increased the expense, and therefore dis couraged the execution of many public works. There could be no need for the Government to charge 5 per cent. for loans on the security of rates, because the security was perfectly safe, while they themselves obtained the money at something like 3 per cent. Earl RUSSELL said that before 1859 the rate of interest on loans granted by the Public Loan Commissioners varied with the rate of interest in the market. That practice was found very inconvenient, and therefore, in 1859, the Treasury decided that the uniform rate of interest should be 5 per cent. That was not a very high rate, and he believed it was far more conducive to the public interest that there should be a fixed than a fluctuating rate. Ex ceptions had, however, been made from time to time in favour of useful undertakings of a beneficial character, for which money had been lent at a lower rate than 5 per cent. Lord OVERS TONE said that if the Government inter fered to divert capital to particular classes of undertakings, they ought not to supply that capital at a lower rate than that which persons were compelled to pay who borrowed money in the open market to carry on other useful works. Looking to the rate of interest which had prevailed for the last five years, he must say that he was surprised to hear 5 per cent. complained of as an unduly high rate of inte rest. The demand for capital to meet the various under takings which had been entered into on all sides was very great at the present time, as was evident from the current rate of interest, and he thought it would be most unjust if the Government, by offering money at a very low rate o interest, were to divert capital into a certain class of under takings, and were thus to add to the embarrassments under which men of business who had to obtain their capital in the open market were now suffering. The subject then dropped. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Lord DUNSANY wished to ask her Majesty's Ministers whether they had received information that any cattle had been smuggled into Ireland from Scotland, and if so, what precautions had been taken to prevent it. He also desired to know if it was true that an Order in Council had lately been issued permitting the importation of sheep or lamb skins under certain conditions into Ireland. Earl GRANVILLE said that 126 sheep had been ille gally imported from Scotland into Ireland in the month of October. The importers were prosecuted and punished, and he had not heard of any subsequent case in which the law had been evaded. An Order in Council had been issued permitting the importation of sheep and lamb skins on condition that they were packed in a particular way, and were prepared with lime in such a manner as to pre clude all risk of their conveying infection. The house adjourned at twenty minutes to seven o'clock, HOUSE OF COMMONS -LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NAVY ESTESI.A.TES. Lord C. PAGET laid on the table the y estimates, and also the estimates for Greenwich Hospital. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. Mr. CHILDERS laid on the table civil service estimates connected with the navy. FIRE INSURANCE. Mr. SHERIDAN gave notice that on an early day he should submit a resolution to the house to the effect that it was desirable to further reduce the fire insurance duty. COLONIAL GO VERNMENTS. Mr. B. COCHRANE gave notice that on an early day he should bring in a bill with respect to the Colonial Govern- monts. 45 4 51 1031 4 17i i 17 i ,ITIES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Mr. AYRTON gave notice of his intention to move tho appointment of a committee to consider the subject of local government and local taxation in the metropolis. UNION CHARGEABILITY (SCOTLAND). Mr. E. CRAUFURD asked the Lord Advocate whether he was prepared to extend to Scotland the beneficial prin ciples of the Union Chargeability Act passed last vssion for England, by introducing a measure to charge the relief of the poor in each county in Scotland on a com mon fr.nd to be raised over the whole county ? The LORD-A DVO CATE said he had no such intention. PLAIN CLOTHES POLICEMEN. Lord H. LENNOX asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention had been called to the employment of police constables in plain clothes, in the suburban districts of the Metropolis, and to the serious results which have already occurred, and are likely to occur, in consequence ; and especially to the recent case at Syden ham, when Police-constable Maddock was wounded on the highway by a man named Joseph Ferguson, now con fined in Maidstone Gaol, but who at the time of the assault believed that he was only defending himself and his property against the attacks of a robber. Sir G. GREY said he did not know anything of the par ticular case referred to. In 1862, in consequence of the frequency of garotte robberies, it had been found neces sary to have police-constables in plain clothes, as the men in uniform were watched, and it was whilst they were away that many of these robberies were committed. It was only by employing officers in plain clothes that they could keep down robberies in the highways. THE IRISH LAW OFFICERS. Colonel LESLIE asked the Attorney-General for Ire land what arrangements were made to carry on the Go vernment business in that country without the presence of any law officer, the Castle adviser, contrary to precedent, being now in Parliament, as well as the Attorney and Soli citor-General. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said he was not aware that any complaint had been made in which the Government in Ireland was concetaed. The fact that himself and the Solicitor-General hav ing ;.eats in the house did not interfere i n the slightest manner detrimentally. With respect to the office of Castle adviser, he begged to say that his hon. friend did not hold that office at the present moment, as he had resigned previous to the general elec tion. He had continued to act, however, at his solicitatikm, for a short time longer ; but he did so without receiving any remuneration. When the law officers for Ireland were absent from the house complaints of such absence were often made. CATTLE PLAGUE. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho did not think it would be likely that the house could go on with the discussion on the cattle plcgue to-morrow, as his hon. friend, the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, would have to make a motion for the house sitting to-morrow for important business with respect to Ireland. Mr. BRIGHT asked if the experiments for the purpose of discovering a cure for the cattle plague were to bo con tinued notwithstanding the passing of the bill. Sir G. GREY said the experiments were made by the Commissioners and not by the Government. He did not think any very great result had proceeded from the ex periments that had already taken place. The keeping alive diseased cattle would be an evasion of the bill. JAMAICA. Mr. B. COCHRANE asked the Government whether they intended to proceed with the Government of Jamaica Bill the first time on Monday? Mr. CARDWELL said he should not proceed with the bill on Monday, without he could do so at an early hour. NAVY ESTIMATES. In reply to Sir J. PAKINGTON, Lord C. PAGET said he should move the navy estimates on Monday the 26th. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND. Sir G. GREY said he rose with the deepest regret to move that the house, at its rising, adjourn until 12 o'clock to-morrow (Saturday), in order to enable him to move for leave to bring in a bill to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. On the motion for the adjoin ament being put, Mr. HUNT asked the course the Government intended to pursue with respect to the cattle disease bill after the discussion 0: the house last night. Sir G. GREY suggested that, as the house had assented to the clauses with respect to slaughter, compensation, and rating, that portion of the bill could be separated from the measure, and passed into law. The Government deferred to the majority last night, with respect to total suspension of removal of cattle by railway, but he must say he still held the opinion that it was not the most judicious course to adopt. He thought the gene ral and permanent arrangements in the bill for the removal of the cattle on the highways might safely be divided from the general measure, and dee't with in a separate bill. This course was assented to, and the motion for the ad journment was agreed to. ARMY ESTIMATES. The army estimates were laid on the table. CATTLE DISEASES BILL. The house then went into committee on this:bill. Clauses from 22 to 30 inclusive were struck out of the bill. Mr. AYRTON took objection to the proposal to raise one-third of the compensation by a cattle rate, and sh owed the hardship which it would inflict on the owners of diseased cattle. He preferred that the whole sum should be raised from the local rates. Mr. J. S. MILL said the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets having done him the honour of making reference to some observations of his, appeared not altogether to have seized upon his argument. Perhaps ho might be allowed in a few words to recapitulate the substance of that argument. The hon. member had laid down the prin ciple that taxation ought to be so regulated as not to be partial, and that a particular class of the community ought not to be taxed in order to indemnify them from the con sequences of a calamity because they had already suffered to so great a degree. Now, his argument was grounded on this, that the class, though the sufferers immediately, were not the sufferers ultimately by this calamity, in any other way than the rest of the community, inasmuch as they are consumers of food. (No, no, from the Opposition.) Such a proceeding would relieve them from the conse quences of this misfortune, except that portion which they, as consumers, would bear in common with the rest of the community. In consequence of this, it followed that if they took from the whole community, in order to give special indemnity to a particular class for what they suffered instead of taxing them partially, they would be taxing the rest of the community in order to relieve them. This was his argument, and he had seen nothing to alter it. That part of the bill which made provision for the com pensation to which the hon. gentleman the member for the Tower Hamlets referred was the only part of the whole which he conceived to be founded on a correct principle. (Laughter.) It was compensation, not for a burden, but for the inequality of a burden. The class, as a class, would bo compensated in the ordinary order of things ; but this was the compensation which was due from the more for tunate of themselves to the less fortunate, and this the tax on cattle would effect. Thus he contended that in principle the tax, whatever it might be, ought not to be a general rate, but a rate on land only. (No, no, from the Opposi tion.) Although he thought the clause was capable of amendment, he would be disposed to support a very diffe rent alteration to that proposed. Mr. B. COCHRANE and Sir J. PAXINGTON argued in favour of drawing a portion of the rate from the general funds of the county. Sir W. JOLLIFFE, despairing of obtaining the assent of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to any contribution from the Consolidated Fund, recommended that the whole charge should be borne by the county rate. Mr. J. B. SMITH recommended the imposition of a general cattle rate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER characterised the proposal to lay the Consolidated Fund under contribu tion as novel, inexpedient, and entirely unasked for by the agriculturists, and reminded the house of the forcible argument used by Mr. Lowe, that to secure the great ad vantages of a local administration it was necessary that some portion of the funds should be raised from local sources. As to the proposal to levy the whole by a general cattle rate, he said that the Government, in the particular proposal they had made, had acted on the principle that no persons were more interested in checking the disease than stockowners in the neighbourhood of infected dis tricts, and they further believed that it would have the effect of preventing any kind of contest between town and country. Mr. LO WE pointed out to the house that Mr. J. S. Mill's argument as to the ultimate incidence of the loss on the consumer was based on the fallacy that this was a bill to indemnify for losses, whereas the object of this part of it was simply to hold out an inducement to the farmer to disclose the existence of disease among his cattle. He asked Mr. Mill to mention a case in which producers had been indemnified for a great calamity of this kind by a rise in price, and reminded him that English cattle growers had very formidable competitors in foreign importers. But, admitting that Mr. Mill's argument was sound, he con tended that the consumers were not absolved from making every effort to avert a great national emergency. He showed the difficulty of levying a cattle rate on a tempo rary emergency, and urged the advantage of using the existing machinery of the county rate. Mr. MILL said he would reply to the strictires of the right hon. gentleman who had just sat down in a very few sentences. In the first place his right hon. friend though it was a complete answer to his argument to say that the object of this tax was not compensation, but to give a motive to farmers whose cattle were diseased to declare that they were so. Now ho (Mr. Mill) really thought that the motive that was held out to farmers was derived from the compensation itself, and from the quarter whence it came. If the farmer received £lO, £l5, or £2O for a dead ox, it made no difference whether it was paid by a tax on cattle, or from the county rate, or from the Consoli dated Fund. In the second place, his right hon. him! had laid down the proposition that it was not always the case that losses, by diminishing the quantity of any article, necessarily increase the price. He was fully aware of this ; but it was much commoner that this should be the case than otherwise. In the next place, his right hon. friend thought it was extremely unreasonable in him not to take into account that portion of tho supply of cattle which was imported into this country. Now, so far from neglecting this, he had referred particularly to it on a former occasion. But he argued, when heeentioned this fact, that the quantity imported was so very small a pro portion of the whole that was consumed, that it could not be specially taken into account. (Oh, oh.) With regard to the asylum illustration employed by his right hon friend, he would merely ask, was there any economic law by which patients in a lunatic asylum were compensated for the expenses of that asylum. (Laughter and cheers.) Sir G. GREY intimated that the Government, seeing the feeling of the house, would give . up their proposal for a cattle rate. The clause was amended to this effect. On clause 50, which gives a legislative sanction to the Orders in Council issued on this subject, • Mr. Hunt's bill was committed pro farina THE CATTLE PLAGUE BILL, The house adjourned at ten minutes to ono o'clock. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam . Short. 11 18 3 Months. 12 2} 12 21- - 25 55 25 55 13 14 Short 25 20 3 Months. 25 55 25 57i 124 10 65 10 65 291- 6 291 46i 47 Ditto.. Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Hamburg Paris Ditto Marseilles Frank - for; on the Maine Vienna., Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz 11 19 12 3 12 2/ 25 GO 25 GO 13 11 25 30 25 60 25. 60 1211 10 70 10 70 291 6 29 1 1 461- 47i 25 77} 25 77i 25 75 25 774 Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples 25 721 25 721 25 70 25 72f railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Ames Opened. 1866. 18E5. 1866 1865 Railways. Reocipts. £ Z Belfast and N. Counties 9ll 991 1,790 1.690 Belfast and County Down 443/4 4.1 602 529 Illyth and Tyne 3G 36 1,057 1,810 Brecon and Merthyr ........ 61 61 3,166 779 Bristol and Exeter 121; 121} 5,',75 5,405 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 408 26.101 23,723 Cambrian Cock ermouth K & Penrltli .. 311 - 354 - Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O 20 396 306 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6) t 1 156 125 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 651 1,481 1.431 Deeside l7 17 253 261 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,277 1,233 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,553 1.993 D&iblin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 91} 2,462 1,857 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &a 5O 53 3,646 2,843 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 4Ol 401 34,362 33,490 Great. North of Scotland 5B 53 1,363 1.279 Do Branches 42 42 1, ' 31 850 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 71/ 561 381 qt.Southn. & Wes tn.(lrind.) 38 7 3 /4 387 3 / 4 7,7.9 7.618 Great Western l2BO 1270 64,795 6 ,'4B Hull & Hornsea Highland ... 246 246 2,432 1,815 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,661 3,815 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 40,7e0 35,190 Limerick and Ennis.. 241 241 20 t 142 Limerick and Foynes 2 6 3 /4 26 3 / 4 106 131 Llanelly 461 461 108 56! Lly nvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lund. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 217 3 / 4 16,923 15.519 London, Chatham, & Dover; f 134 127 1 7,599 6,322 all Metropolitan Extension (12 111 j 1,950 1,450 Do. Kent t_ oast I .Lon., Tilbury, & Southend 42k 421 1, 24 962 lian.,Slieffield,&Lincolnsh 246 246 2 ,217 16,735 Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham . ..94 . 119 1,3.15 1,234 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 3 2 1 8 1,574 1,186 3.672 2,4.3 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6511 48,294 4304,0 Midland Gt.Westn. oflrind 2004 2601 4, ;30 4.772 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,429 2,674 North British, lidin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 12074 11694 6!,113 63, 27 North London ll 9 4,316 3 211 North Staffordshire 258 258 7,710 6.e51 Pembroke and Tenby lll 114 104 6) Ithymney l9l 191 957 992 Scottish.North-Eastern l3B 138 :- Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,682 728 South Devon South-Eastern 315 308 19,227 17,650 Tait Vale 6l 61 4,746 6,0,-..0 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. . . lO 10 106 155 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 539 37 t Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,421 1,129 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO 10 570 445 FOREIGN AND COLON I A T., Austrian B2B 828 31,411 30,129 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 264 261 3:5 298 Bombay, Baroda, & ('en. India 306 1851 11,251 3,877 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 4,283 3,737 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1181 4,481 4,336 Eastern of France 15)1 1483 68,530 57,619 Eastern Bengal llO 110 2,104 1,795 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 23,715 20,251 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 6,541 6,4 7 Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 3.),794 14,601 Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,143 4.083 Great Southeen of India Great Western of Canada 3-I,i 345 11,4 7 9,.97 Madras. Illadrid, Saragossa &Aiicant 778 713 16,976 14,861 Northern of Canaan, ... ..... Northern of France 724 724 6 ,9311 54179 Norwegian Trunk - - Ottoman Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 2006 197 i 149,150 125,512 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 72,017 62,(57 Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 774 1,638 1,442 it 5 105 2,388 4717 Se.nde 253 95 1,7 , 6 221 Do. runjab, & ' South Austrian, ,kc 1658 1527 48,433 43,139 Southern of France 863 823 28,146 26,2,6 Victoria Welland. West 4: N-Wn. of France , MONUMENT TO LORD PALMERSTON.—We under stand that within a few days the House of Commons will be moved to grant a sum of money for the erection of a monument to Lord Palmerston over his tomb in West minster Abbey. This motion will undoubtedly meet with the ready sanction of an assembly which must deeply feel his loss, and be anxious to do honour to his great memory. SEIZURE OF THE IRISH TELEGRAPHS.—A bill will be shortly introduced into Parliament to give to the Lord Lieutenant the power of taking possession of the telegraph lines in Ireland. This power already exists in England, and was accidentally omitted, as far as Ireland is regarded when the General Telegraph Bill was framed. The object of the present measure iato deprive the Fonians of facilities of 'intercommunication, and to place in the hands of the Government the most efficient repressive powers. HER MAJESIT'S STAG-HOUNDS. —After Easter Harry King, the present whip and famous rider, will suc ceed Mr. Davis, the present huntsman, whomany years ago succeeded Mr. Sharp, to whom he bad been whipper-in. How TO SAVE YOUR KETCHUP. —The enterprising proprietor of one of the largest dining halls in the City has caused to be reprinted and laid upon his tables an article describing the method by which putrid liver is turned into "Fine Leicestershire Ketchup," which appeared in a late number of this journal.—The Grocer. The Prince of Wales, who takes much interest in the Fire Brigade, is furnished every morning when in town with a copy of Captain Shaw's report of the fires that occur in the metropolis. THE LATE EXHIBITION AT OPORTO.—At the close of the Oporto Exhibition, Mr. John Head, of the firm of Ransmnes and Sims, was nominated a Commander of the Order of Christ, by the King of Porfugal, in token of his Majesty's appreciation of the machinery in motion, specially adapted for Spain and Portugal, exhibited by that firm. This is the highest honour conferred upon any exhibitor, whether English or foreign, and we think it proves that England's celebrity for her mechanical produc tions is not on the wane. NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN TILE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. —Tile New York World says that the passage by the House of Representatives of the bill conferring the elective franchise on the negroes of the District of Columbia is a vote of censure on the President, and asks, if the bill pass the Senate, will Mr. John son veto it? That is a question for his discretion, and the World presumes not to instruct him. There are reasons of considerable force on both sides; and whatever view he may take our contem porary is prepared to judge his actions with candour. The only practical interest which attaches to its passage is, that it fully unmasks the determination of the Republicans in Congress to keep out the Southern States until they allow the negroes to vote. It fixes, by putting in an official form, their opposi- tion to the policy of the President, and accordingly diminishes his motives for forbearance in the hope of co-operation. Lord R. MONTAGU asked what the intentions of the Government were in regard to retrospective compensation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government had not abandoned the principle of retros pective compensation, but desired to reconsider the manner in which it could be carried out. Several clauses rendered unnecessary by the alterations of the bill were omitted, and the remainder were agreed to after a long discussion. A clause was added, enabling the Queen in Council to suspend at any time the operation of the act as regards the slaughter of animals. The bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated that he should ask the house to read it a third time. • This bill NI ent into committee pro forma for the purpose of having additions made to it. GREAT YARMOUTH AND NEW WINDSOR. Election petitions were presented complaining of undue returns for the boroughs of Great Yarmouth and New indsor. It is hereby notfied that the Earl of Clarendon, K.G. her Maj es t y ' s P rincipal Secretary of State fororeign Affairs, has received from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Santiago a despatch, which enclotses a letter from the Coin mander-iu-Chief of the Spanish Naval Forces in the Paci fice, to the Consular Body at Valparaiso, announcing " that the blockade maintained by the forces under his command is for the present limited to the ports of Valparaiso and Caldera." FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. G. V. Turnbull as Consul at the Port of Leith and other places situated on the Frith of Forth for his Majesty th 3 King of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Eduardo B. Neill as Consul-General in England for the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. WAR OFFICE, PEE. 15. Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney -General for the city and garrison of Gibraltar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. _ VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tms DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 6to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 10 to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 100 to 7 agst Provisor (taken) • 14 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 100 to 6 agst East Lynn (taken) 20 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 50 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 100 to 1 agst Knight of Snowdon (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Red Cap (taken) 25 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 28 to 1 agst Gong (taken) 50 to 1 agst Belgrave (taken) DEIZBY. 25 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 14 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—PILIDA.Y. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Copenhagen (offered) 10 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 11 to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 12 to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered) 16 to 1 agst Provisor (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Pantaloon (offered) TWO THOUSAND. to 2 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 4to 1 agst Student (taken) DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Blue Riband (offered—take 1,000 to 30) 1000 to 15 agst Lanaret (wanted) 100) to 10 agst Duke of York (taken) LAW INTELLIGENCE —This Day. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) WATSON V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND COWAN. This case came before the Court under the provisions of the Legitimacy Declaration Act, and the petitioner, Arthur Watson, sought to establish that he was the legitimate son of his father, Arthur Watson, by a female whose' maiden name was Elizabeth Bell, and who lived in the ser vice of the latter as housekeeper. The parties lived at Longtown, Cumberland, and the marriage took place at Gretna Green on the 12th of March, 1854, three days after which the mother of the petitioner gave birth to him. The marriage and the paternity were not disputed by the respondents, but she pleaded that the petitioner was born three or four days subsequent to the marriage. The question of legitimacy had been raised twice before a jury, in the first case by an ejectment suit. tried at Carlisle, which the plaintiff brought against the respondent Cowen, who was his aunt, and in which, as well as an application ifor a new trial, he failed. After that trial the Legislature passed the Legitimacy Declaration Act, thelobject of which was to enable parsons to prove their legitimacy, and the next trial came before a jury at Lancaster last assizes, which was in favour of the alleged legitimacy. The respondent, however, moved the court for a new trial on the ground that the verdict in the last case was against evidence, which his lordship granted, and directed that the issue should be heard before himself and a special jury. Mr. Manisty, Q.C., Mr. T. Jones, and Mr. W. G. Har rison, appeared for the petitioner. Mr. Temple, Q.C., Mr Monk, Q.C., and Mr. Quain for the respondent, Margaret Cowen ; and Mr. Bourke attended to watch the case on the part of the Attorney-General, who was merely a no minal party to the suit. . Several witnesses were examined on both side; some of whom were very aged, and the evidence as to the date of the petitioner's birth was very conflicting. The case was proceeding when we went to press.. The Gay Season in New York. The New York Times says the gaieties of the pre sent season in that city surpass in extent and mag nificence those of all previous years. The public balls, entertainments, and receptions ; the concerts and the theatres, the skating " carnivals," and the displays at Central Park, exhibit a more general lavishness in expenditure, a wider distribution of wealth, and a greater popular attractiveness, than ever were known before. In fact the development of these matters in New York, within recent years, has been enormous. Fifteen or twenty years ago society, so called, was very limited, even if it was, as it claimed, quite select. At a single ball or other entertainment could be found nearly all there was of " society," and but a limited number of such affairs were included in the season. The beauties 4nd glories of the Park were unknown, there were no Fifth-avenue ponds or skating carnivals, the Academy of Music had no ' existence, and such " turn-outs" as may now be seen by the hundred could not then be found this side of Paris. The ladies displayed no such toilets, and emblazoned themselves with no such diamond jewellery as they do now. They had no such " empire" bonnets or waterfalls, or looped dresses. But now, says the New York Times, behold our fashionable entertain ments, and amusements, and exercises I Behold our fashionable belles ! Measure, if it be possible, the extent of our fashionable society ! It counts not by a few hundreds, but by a few thousands ; its re sources are measured not by millions, but by hun dreds of millions ! Not only in New York, but throughout all the great cities of the country, the current winter has been one of unprecedented attrac tiveness. In the East, Boston has only been less vivacious than New York ; and Chicago, in the West, has, for its size, outdone everything on the continent. Whatever they go at in Chicago they carry out with a vim that even New York knows nothing of—whether it be politics, money-making, skating, or dancing—and even the sweet strains of music, which soothe the people of other places, are listened to by those of Chicago in an impatient and sort of frantic manner. If we can believe their newspapers—all of which, however, are half frantic —they hAve carried their popular gaieties this win ter to a pitch never equalled in the wide world, and both sexes have plunged in as though there were but one winter season in their existence. BANK OP PRANCE. PARIS, Feb. 15. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : Feb. 8. 182,500,000 - 7, 044,776 02 DEBTOR. Feb. 15. Capital of the Bank Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro- Perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 919,117,925 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 182,500,000 - 7,044,776 02 rent Creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 - 924,619,525 - 5,358,561 51 5,686,953 91 65,029,858 28 169,464,920 03 26,060,817 - 2,079,239 76 6 4,244,151 64 163 ,455,098 62 26 ,428,715 - 2,272,883 75 5,854,899 23 5,416,359 75 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 --- _ 7,261,965 81 7,953,568 79 ............... 1 , 41 7,953,705 69 1,171,802,775 54 CREDITOR. - Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet duo Do. branch banks Advances on deposit of bullion 1)o. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures D. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- serve Feb. 15. fr. c. fr. 420,501,159 04 405,601,638 Fob. 8. 755,712_32 475,942 23 372,169,866 66 377,360,451 67 317,195,488 - 326,966,219 - 6,762,400 - 6,290,000 - 5,361,800 - 5,105,00 0 - 11,813,300 - 6,280,700 - 11,866,700 - 6,467,500 - 29,576,500 - 19,533,000 - 29,156,400 -- 19,870,200 - 617,400 -- 391,800 626,500 - 412,800 - 60,000,000 - 60,000,000 -. 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,416,737 91 36,449,737 91 Do. disposable ... . ..... Routes Immobalisees (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed proper ty branches ... 8,416,623 Expenses of manage ment .................. - - Sundries ............... 100,000,000 ... 8,415,223 228,408 83 222 ,087 98 8,952,059 79 9,498,625 52 Total 1,417,953,705 G 9 1,417,802,775 50 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. fa uotp• ,Ilg e ' Prii i- Ppol 3, ril l , e to _:~ 51 4 59 1 CI 102} 93 i 95 1063 106) 6 Inn