The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-03 00:00:00

Wwl'4mma rob: AN qE, Feb. 2. Princess °f rut yesterdl ended by Slr ce also dr°l'e oting, accoul• o L011(1011 to' and Fria° vu to -day fxol g s ind Duches s qu i te recoire7ie in the bo n o o f in the south are 110 t ghara ind is sta"" S, ly circle ,ordinary oand t ply at th e e on outhanapton, is residence.cicill from rtly arrire o f rarliauleot.„ plin h alre o of and Ducbc A Lor d ;ott an' „V li, in tbd '3 , Lie eau v to arriVC r rk, ',T o rtlitu y ir , o f Derll.6l3` A f i ord 'rd an d vila . r fro m POP-- iristian 313111 e bin Castle* ;no et inual wa iation to I loci:• at three v , v iso a, Sir io 'iov-sceedings' 2. [S, F° 3 ‘ ; , , so ce :in k a ,-- w i t h the ount '' Jan• 26 ' C. fr• 182,500' 6,9877 W 22, 105 ' 76° 1 4 00 0 1 80;0,9 5,5967 403 55 nt 4 63 5 86 / 8 9 , 6—' 1 5 - 6 666, 1 3 11 , ,6 , 29 221 41 , 556 4,4 4 ' , S° 3, 610, 6 ' ° 4 2, 789- 44 ' 1 2 , 4b 2" 1 4 ,281,4 3 77,41° Jan. 26. c' fr. 4 77 322,11 0, 2,63 0 , 86 • 326, 911 ,ip 316,8 61, / 65 14+604,631 , 40 1 , 21° 14 7 31,6 1 / 9,375,90 r 2 8 , 167 ''9 1 , 00 50 1 8 , 3.15 ' 621, 3°0 / 05,65° 60,0 0° 12,9 804:k 9 14 1 30, 000 ' 3 00 0 100, 000' 8,39 7 7 44' 4 4 , 7 1 ° 5 r 585'" , 477, 41 c c, Sank of " 4 ;t to t of .tion of 1.15 1 00 i1 ut y the At t° ' - o 0? tile r, d to ab t ed it, `‘ f i win OuY' - o e o f 3iSiOD , he judg e of Dive colt, 0 w oes vos il shou,fida: 00, wive, eedinei °use of bo 3 ,orated " f O/I°W i I t s .e not to s 0 rVt lli i il:'" J S LLET iv io be, A 0 ry 0 0- OP, 10 0 lb. wit s 00 Neg , . c lop st fiIfARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CI, TWELVE O'CLOCK. '-Clie Discount Market is now fully supplied with capital, and full employment cannot be obtained for The demand for accommodation is active, °win g to the requirements for liquidating the aec °uuts due on the 4th inst., and no alteration to ti Beier quotatio ns i s yet apparent, 4- per cent. con nuing the g enera l rate for three months ' bills. The Bank of England return for the past week 18 of a rather unfavourable character, the notes in circulation and the other securities having been in creased. The sto c k o f bullion has been slightly u g m ented. Activ e C irculation Increase £20,532,050 Bullio n 386,035 14,461,224 Increase 144,009 Public De.lpo.:::;e ***************************************** 3 514,283 hest .................................................... , 29,136 5,441,452 Other Incre ase 704,653 Deposit s 14,447,994 sty Decre ase en. Day and Other Bills Go vern Incre ase 2,351 ernMent Securities _ 11,023,211 Oti _ No alteration. her S ecurities , 11.0, Incr ease 867,525 'es Unemployed 7,852,315 Decrease abl l e Bank o f F rance return is also of an unfavour e character. The bills under discount have been x tl i gin el lted £340,000, the notes in circulation the ' ) ,000, ' ) ,000, an d the current accounts £173,400, while e bullion has been decreased £146,700, the ad ' alleeS £ 2 OOOO and the Treasury balances £120,000. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets ng the l ast few days there has not been much volation. The public sales of I n di an t eas , 11 "rever, h as proceeded at fully late prices. Sugars d a s ve ; b een. dull, at rather lo wer ra t es f or i n f er i or th e -er 'P ti ° ll s. Coffee and Cocoa have been without tra nsacted value, while a fair business has been i n - ; et ed in rice at full prices. Tallow has been a rk ; rll ; t ° e cl request, and quotations for both present 211°v eln 111 vard delivery have shown a downward ent. Two o'CLocs Paris, this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's tf " the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 05c. --e In a vy. rr he Engli s h S toc k M ar k e t h as aga i n b een very o ' act ive to-d ay, an d no c h ange o f i mportance has ticolirred in values. Notwithstanding that money Che ap and abundant, and th a t t h e pr i ces for °ve rurnent Securities are very low, the public e ll Pear still l o th t o purc h ase to any large extent. T h °ll ' ol s for money, and the 9th inst., are 89* 1. e l \ Tew l'hrees and Reduced Annuities are 881 8 ; Chequer Bills, par to ss. prem. ; and India 5 Per Cents., 1031 vo ln the Foreign Market there is very little anima el 11, and prices are rather depressed. Turkish:6 per ) o . en ts., 1 862, are 704 ; do. Consolides, 521 1 ; 4exican, 28 ; do. New, 26.1 27 ; Greek, 231 1 ; 4 , ll isil Passive 32-4- ;' do. Certificates, 141 ; ti an, 64 ; do. New, par to prem. ; Confe bitaate Loan, 55 57 ; Egyptian, 11 2 prem. ; Dann -11, Par to 1 prem. ; and Montevidean, 4i- to 5+ Aret ti. of ln b t he Rail way Sh are M ar k e t a mo d era t e amount tw n " usi 'less has been negotiated, and with one or L e)ce eptions, prices are a shade flatter. Great 4.44 c.' e rn A Stock has r eceded £1; and Lancashire t r i: ° rkshire, an d N ort h W es t ern, eac h 10 s . ; w hil e N t —Ol and Exeter have advanced £2, and South eill ss. ka lli i i 2Se'l'eign and Colonial undertakings have re- L ank n active without material change in values. (I Q4 and Miscellaneous Shares continue in limited 11144 at about p rev i ous ra t es . Alli ance are L n eci h. „ 34 i- 3 51; Imperial Otto man , 171 ; Union 1 5. co t! , ; , ot and National Discount Company, of Ap. °ll i-tork Financial have improved to 23 : 7-; City Dre h , a t' Improvement shares are quoted 31 an d Darjeeling Tea Company, 8 8 prem. 3 „,..„9 °,‘%IIIIIZISNI I T F F u U N- D N s p . b - ,,` `-',ellt• Consols FUNDS—CLOSING 891 i i i PRICES. 891 -/- h - 'teeeunt b 9 j‘i e l'e4ent. Red ' ue7ed . BB4- 4,,, 2 Per Cent BB 1),, Per Cent. J an . 1894 — i 11i lin '.ti Per Cent. Jan. 1873 e ire sth Jan., 1880 bo f r s 7 30 Yrs, expire h April, 1885 — let,bo4"o yrs, expire ,t i . par r.,.. Sea Telegraph egner Buis, x4OOO, P bo. £5OO goB —s pm _ ' Do, Au g ., 218 • Accourd J-11 0 1' °I flglanci £ S l t o o o ck, an s ll l -4- p 2 er oo Cent Itaittit&X GO VERNMENT SECURITIES..., b,;llAStock, 10 1 g per Cent., April 18'4 D o e e eennt 103/ b c ; - A Per Cent. July, 1870 Bo' `,xecount ilk; -,,,Per cent., Oct. 1888 Do, c ertificates I t;tifacecl Paper 4 per Cent 4. - ; ,Per Cent., Jan. 1872 1) - 0 . ' •1 per Cent., May 1879 . I),' 4,,Per Cent., Aug. 1866 Pm D o ; -,sends, £l,OOO pm • ileder £l,OOO bras 114,01..aa Bonds, 5 per Cent °REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING _PRICES. t, o 'laa 5 per Cent 83} • • 4 Lo er Cent 1852-58-60 84 nboo con t ... ; , 187— —92 ~I lli et fc : D °.); 43 ' 1• eg 8 per Cent uhip rer Ce lli- 6:) ....... 3 . per Cent ) _ 0 118413 Per Cent 654°N1116bi,,,,,a'n_6,per Cent. 5 ex Uent. 1)1)44, -Cent., 1864 tio's.g,d per Cent., 1825 ,b, Per Cent., 1864 — " J k b '' Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid lbb,„.EVl P rincipalities DkriciPT:iwd o.c.,i;ollcKied, .• per - revisional Land Warrant o; A,eupons P.v.lecount 981 —l l, 7 per Cent I)°,', ~econd Issue 99 81 ii.t 100 Bonds 96 i 6 Di 1)')* 11861 pm 1)0 crip, X 35 paid 2 1/ pm t • teount 1 bo, liV, 5 per Cent. Ztekk--„,Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 1,,,,tai,. 0 and 1850 ''''. - - Per Ce t (ilaremmana Railway) o l .4 1 k 1 3 Per &a 281 b ec oant 26/ 1 .,b0 6 b ,, - 1864 0 8( • ,• - •',., Cent. Anglo-French - dis lie 'Jo 1,1,-,P, £53 paid. dis 11 ,L aell S‘ • Ex. 25f 20c lqviorr'l'qean A "11), - paid zie,„,. - ''Ll j,,- - per Cent., .£23 93 D Grahlerial 5 per Cent ....., 0 9 -a ta i 1), Per e4t, D° - I . ' f err f . r i I 6,7 : P ~„° - ' 4 141 i A ; e "i " arrants (Hectares) Do P I 4 1 Per Cent j) Poi , t; : h ° 4 : l, h „ e nt • (Uribarren) _ 1,"0 Ac count ,jent., 1862 831 3 ort4.ileeoUnt Do .4.4 e 0 3 per Cent., 1853 •—• , 3 ~ 1.4 t ............... ; . ;i,i ; 62 •;a , _ "bilDo Ar Cnt., 1 856, 7, • 9, , ' . 471 4471."5'011t 91 1)0 41 Per Cent:, 1822, .:£ St., 874 Do Per Cent 1850 .u o 3 ~ 1860 D o 5 Per cent , 1859 Do Per Cent.,. 1862 89} 90/ 8 43 e • 1864 a tal • 1.11) , •Ceb id pm 1,, Nan 5 Psl a' . o , Per Cent — I) . Per c + Do 41'eeunt en ' 48 b° N ew 1, ................................. _ I)o 4, -L'eerrecl , 1, eoant D, agsive ~. 1 I.k)ai'llActlnt 4:1 Cer t. oi . e ......... . funded — filv:_itkeeouut .. oup not l'ilrici:ll 4 Per Cent .. .... : . : be 4, 6 Per Cent. 1851 b e 6 e"t bo AN. e sUi. 168 ..▪ .. bbo ecoUnt Bo 61°° tends 11„ a Per emit. i.ii bo'o,ollw, °ill Ve 6 ••"3 bond.s .... !) t , 4111tPer Cent. 184 ..........• ................ : Do e zeo,, ra , ll. teed, 4 per ▪ Cent - . , Ao"''ithilr Cent. Do, A 6 Per deni . I.Ba . ..... Do, — liDi 6 Par Cent..iTiOi Per Cent ............................ . ~,., . vidends on ' ..... . .a. 1.3;;;; ......... in London. Is t"r att z , 4ll '.. s Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 4)11t011`11 per cent., Ex. 25f. ~, Doh 2 Per Oent., Ex. 12 Guil +s, cr en Per Cent. Cort•fi .it al . -..., tieut, 3 ...ates Ati 6 47 per Cent. .. Do 4 _Per Ceut., 1 881, Ex. 23f. 'e°llllt ............................... Co h THREE O'CLOCK. geot, Do. 74'-totleY 8981 ''''eennt t'ItICNE KEN (1111 SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, B stock 6 per cent Great Northern, 5 per cent., 114 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 105 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred.. 86 Great Western, West Midland, Newport perp. 6 per cent. opt. till '6 r, 116) North British 5 1 er cent., 107 pf., 124 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. 3cc , 45 per cent., 1658, 9G5 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. London and Chatham, 45 per Cent., -- Ditto, Corn. Fund stock 5 per cent., 925 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 Dutch Rhenish, 21i Great Luxembourg, 125 FOREIGN MINES Cape Copper, lim., 115 11 East dcl Hey, Um., 4 . 1 Fortuna (lim.), Si Linares, lim., 54 Panulcillo Copper. lim., 45 4 11 Valbatras3a Gold, lim., Yorke Peninsula, Um., BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 35/ 4i 5) Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd., 201 101 Anglo Austrian, 71 Australasia, 711. 21 } Bank of Egypt, 32 I e Bank of London. 153 2 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 34i 4 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 Continental, lira., Ditto, new, 9; European Bank, lira., 151 Hindustan, china, and Japan (11m.),130 imperial Ottoman, 17a 13 Land Mortgage Bank oi India. ilm., 5i London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto,:new,l2 London, Hamburg Cont. Exchange, lim., 10} London Joint Stock, 17 8 7 London and Veaezula, 11m, 5i London and %% estminster, 911 Merchant Bank, lim., 29' Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 74 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Urn., 191 Midland Bank (Urn.), 19 18i Oriental Bank Corporation. 59 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim , 3f South Eastern, lim., Standard of British South Africa, lim', 2lf Union of Australia, 53 • Union of London,s3 k 3 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 731 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 10 t City of London Real Property, Um, 3 City Offices, lira., 51 Commercial Union, Insurance, 7; Continental Union Gas, lim., 10i 11 Contract Corporation, lim., Credit Fonder and Mobiiiir of England, 8; Litto, new, 51 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, 11m,, 7 i Fairborn Engineering, 7 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. • Wol., & Str. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall . Do A A. gets no div. . • B till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther:, D,. A stock Do. B o Do. New, is. at 23 pm Gt S. and W. or Ireland Gt. Weste n D S. Val. Bail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Ox ord Do. Newpo t Do. He eford Lane 'shire &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Daver Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby id Gt. W.. Ireland Do. shares Hid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,'& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N*E purchabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock & Darling. De. cl.c•. 1855-'8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18174 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C. ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 1)o. Scot, Mid. stick - , lyews & welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon , outh E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale • Do. C Vale of Neat h Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Har.&lt Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable Railways. I raja. ' Closing Business Paid.' Closing - done. BRITISH Pi Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda. , v Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. li• shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bdsau;., , .l, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & 8. E., lirn 1 :a e Town & Dock, gu ' Demerit , a, 7 p.c. per. p , East. Ben:al, gu ' 5 Co East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunk ot Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bond 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr& t. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do, 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gnu. sp.c o. Gus 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. Sou% of India (lim ) gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great W. of Canals D New .. Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay 1873 Do. do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Brancb, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B V.Eil.C'da, pc let pt. bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub c e i4t " i Do.lndus St Flo I COLONIAL GOVERNAIE British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Deo. 31, 1872. Can.Gov.G p.c.J . a.& July • 1877-84 Do. .6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D.'. sp. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape (i.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, r p. c, 187? Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja-Muly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p*c., 1803 Do. •spc. 18 1 to 1876 ____ Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova Sc Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. A us. Gov. 6 p,c 18 , 8-9 1)o.1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITE Cam Consol. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caralon as t Cam Brea East Grenville... Ea,t Love.l E. W'l Russell (Tavistk (Jam & StA übyn(G wen. Gnat L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenvil . e Ilerod's Foot Hing,ston Downs Margaret tUny Lelant Marke Valley • flwyndy Iron Ore, liui Nangiles New Se ten North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper united__ „ Pr vidence Uny Lvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L skeard West C hi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Ludo,tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seto Wheal Trelawnoy (Lis Wheal UnLn..•• • • • • • • [SII M. - - IV. 131 t 4 6, 3? .34 16 17 87 B .► 107 1 9 45i 47 7 8 I.3ii 135. 1:p1 155 13/ 33 90 tr Sli S 2 5J 61 49 5% 102 1 01 1171 117 81 4$ 106 107 38 38 1 2 12't 981 9$ 61 63 128 129 2* 2jp 131 1884 107 IS 9 54 55 zG 27 1 31 114 71 72 1014 10, 38 SO 11 124 p lOp 122 125 1 Up 80 81 11 11i 138 142 93 95 '0 6? 57 49 831 831 9 1 , 150 165 4 i 110 31 113 p Si 40 75 N ,SIONS. 56 (.8 101 10: par ip 41 5 ri 91 75 6) g 7 9) 75 8S 10 102 103 j 101. 101 102 19 2) SO 91 67 64 58 60 61 63 64 b 6 50 63 45 98 26 28 25 27 101 1 2 ad p par a p 9) 100 8i 9 12 11:d 85 %0 76 I id 9411 1014 Ot 91 88 9.) 61 63 3 5 82 81 09 100 91 100 id ip v9l 100 i 94 97 T SECUR: 92 94 14 96 91 05 81 83 81 53 10:3 366 106 108 107 119 106 108 102 101 108 110 101 106 105 1,07 108 110 105 107 91 97 08 100 92 . 91 91 93 103 105 86 88 95 97 10! 103 103 107 1071 1031 INES. hi (it, 29 31 57,5 s'l's 30 4 , 124 13 64 7 3 3! 13 14 4 4j 6 8 174 184 21 3 1 33 31 24 3 74 36 34 4 6 8 51 al 14 ON 17 19 35 45 14i 16 i 2 26 3 33 31 33 530 650 20 25 143 153 14 15 7 4 13 7 8 1 55 7t) 200 210 80 1023 9 11 i i 13 15 IPS 205 18 20 i f 108 i I 95 1 } 132 f ft 6 51 471 ek 72 1551 41 821 1 11 1171 f 81t . 3i 3 1225 9) 621 128 f a a I I 1381 115 14; 1 106 5 4t 100 100 100 100 10 100 10 10 10 too 61 57 R 7 8 n 8 1 i i 101 i k LOII 1 2 ,IT rE S. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1865. 31ISCELLANEOUS—Continuod. Financial Corporation, Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lien.. 71 7 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 71 g International Contract, 9 8i International Financial Society, lien., 71 International Land Credit. lim., 61 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto,ii per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82 1 21 Joint Stock Discount, lim., - 9/ London County Land and Building, !int, 11 London Financial Association, lien., 22/ London and Glasgow En gineering and Iron Ship, lien ., 23 31 Lon on a , .(1 Provincial Marine, 33 National Discount Company, lira., 15 1 Oriental Financial, lim., 8i Perrnsula and Oriental Sham, 60 Royal Mail Steam, 9 - 1 Societe Fina. ciere d'r.f. , ;ypte lim., 43 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 73 Universai Marin., Insurance, Mtn., 61 West India and Pacific Steam, lim.. 161 POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. well. He was talking to others when the money fell. He picked up a half-crown and gave it to the proseci itor. Isaac Pawsey, 485 K, said the prisoner lead not been sailing in any packets, and had been in custodkribefore. Mr. Partridge—What for ? Pawsey—For throwing a stone at me. RV had seven days' imprisonment. That was five years ago.; Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial_ LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.. FEATHER (PETITION OF RIGHT) V. THE QUEEN. Their Lordship gave judgment this morning in this case. It will be recollected that it was instituted by the plaintiff against the Lords of the Admiralty, complaining that in the construction of her Majesty's ship Enterprise they had infringed a patent he had secured for iron plating vessels of war. On the part of the Crown, it was set up that uo action on a petition of right could lie against the Crown. Their Lordships gave their judgment in favour of tho Crown. THE QUEEN T. RUMBLE.-THE CASE OF THE CONFEDERATE SHIP RAPPAHANNOCK. The examination of witnesses was resumed this morn ing in this cause. To make a long story short, the follow ing outline of the circumstances will be found useful. The charges against Mr. Rumble were, that in proceeding as he had done, he had infringed the Foreign Enlistment Act. A screw gunboat called the Victor, was constructed for her Majesty's Government in the year 1857. She carried six guns, about 350-horse power, and about 500 tons, was for some time employed in the Royal Navy, but being found unable for the Government service, the Admiralty, in November last, accepted an offer from Messrs. Gordon, Coleman, and Co., shipowners in London, and she was sold to them for £9,000. On the 6th of No vember Messrs. Coleman were registered as owners of the vessel, but it appeared from statements subsequently made by the defendant, Mr. Rumble, that a Mr. Zachary Pearson was the real owner. The Victor was delivered to the purchasers on the 10th of November, but previously to that all the warlike fittings were removed from her, and she was sold without masts, sails, and rigging. Having undergone some slight repairs in Sheerness dock yard, she was anchored in the Thames, a new name, that of the Scylla, having been given to her. It was stated that she was destined for a voyage to China, and prepa rations were made to get her ready for sea. A number of men were put to work on her boilers, which were supplied with fresh tubes, and men were engaged and sent on board ostensibly with the object of going to China. The equipment proceeded rapidly up to the 24th November, and on that day, about 12 o'clock p.m., she was suddenly taken out of the Thames, and having anchored for a few. hours at the Nore, proceeded direct to Calais. Her name was then changed. She was called the Rappahannock, the Confederate ensign was hoisted, and, according to the alle gation of the prosecution, a Captain Campbell, who was a Confederate officer, and had formerly been a mate of the Alabama, came on board and took the command of the vessel. The crew were afterwards mustered on the deck and requested to sign articles of war. They were offered £8 a month wages and £lO bounty, with a prospect of ' prize money, the captain saying, " I shall fight for my country and glory, and you will fight for faine." Some of the men signed the articles and remained on board ; others left the vessel at once and returned to Englands. Attempts were made to enlist more men, and some coals were taken on board; but the French Government interposed, and prevented any further equipment of the vessel, a French man-of-war was moored across her bows, and she was de tained in the port of Calais. The facts relied on to prove the defendant's complicity in the matter were as follows : As inspector of floating machinery belonging to the Govern ment, Mr. Rumble had nothing whatever to do with the Scylla, but nevertheless it could be proved that he was aboard her almost every day while she was lying off Sheer ness, and gave directions respecting her equipment. He procured boiler makers, and ordered new tubes to be put in ; and ho also gave instructions as to her rigging and other equipments. Application was made to the Government officials for the use of her Majesty's ship Cumberland, and apparatus for 'nesting vessels ; and as the Government had then no reason to suppose that she was intended for anything more than a merchant vessel, the necessary leave was given, and she was accordingly masted by Government hands. The defendant was held out as the person to whom men seeking employment on the vessel should apply. He engaged men in different capacities, and entered into agreements with them as to the amount of wages they were to receive. He paid them their wages for some weeks, and told them that, when they were at sea, he would undertake that the portion of their wages which they did not want should be regu larly transmitted to their wives. He likewise paid the travelling expenses of several men from Wool wich to Sheerness when they went to join the vessel. On the afternoon of the 24th of November—on the night of which day the ship left the Thames—he was in the cabin with Mr. Pearson, the real owner, and the persons then in command ; and when the men were brought into the cabin he tried to induce them to enlist for a long voyage. Some, however, refused to sign articles, while others were induced to do so for a trial trip. The case will occupy the attention of the court for some days.. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Riforo Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE SHARP, SHARP AND SHARP.-A BANKRUPTCY OF 1822. This was a bankruptcy nearly 50 years old, the firm being described as merchants, of Threadneedle-street. To-day was appointed as a dividend meeting. There are no proceedings before the Court, as the case was originally taken before an old Commissioner, since dead, as aro some of the creditors. To show, however, the careful manner in which the interests of creditors are looked after, our reporter is enabled, through the kindness of the officials, to state that there is now a sum of £450 in hand, applicable to any dividend that may be claimed by actual creditor's, or their descendants, who are entitled to claim a participation in the profits. IN RE T. RUTHERFORD-A BANKRUPTCY OF 1827. This was another very old affair, the bankrupt being described as a merchant of Austin-friars and other places. This, like the case above, was a dividend meeting. Al though the bankruptcy is said to have taken place in 1827, it did really occur in 1814. There are no proceedings from which anything can bo gathered, but a sum of £7OO has been collected, and may be claimed by those interested in this memorial of a past generation. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) THE SAFFRON-HILL MURDER. Serafini Pollioni, aged 36, was indicted for the wilful murder of Michael Harrington, on the 26th December last. He was also charged with the said murder on the coroner's inquisition. The indictment and inquisition were inter preted to the prisoner, who is an Italian, and to both he pleaded not guilty in a firm tone of voice. When asked if he would be tried by a jury composed entirely of Englishmen, or of a mixed jury of Englishmen and foreigners, the prisoner elected to be tried by a jury of Englishmen, and a jury thus composed was sworn. Mr. Giffard, with whom was Mr. Beasley, instructed by Mr. Pollard, from the office of the solicitor to the Trea sury, conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was de fended by Mr. Ribton and Mr. F. H. Lewis, instructed by Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, who had been retained by a body of Italian gentlemen. The facts of the case have been so frequently and fully reported that a brief summary is sufficient to remind the public of the circumstances as disclosed by the evidence. It appears that on the evening of the 26th of December last (Boxing-day), a party of friends had assembled to spend the evening together at the Golden Anchor publichouse, in Great Saffron-hill, kept by a person named Shaw. They occupied the apartment known as the bagatelle-room, and were amusing themselves by singing songs. The deceased, Michael Harrington, was one of the party, and had finished a song, when the prisoner, who, with 12 or 13 other Italians who had congregated in the taproom, rushed into the apart ment and stabbed the deceased in the abdomen, the effect of the blow being to cause a largo wound, through which the bowels of the unfortunate man protruded. The prisoner was secured on the spot, but not until he had stabbed the pot man, Alfred Rebbeck; and another person. The wounded man Harrington was removed to the hospital, where he shortly afterwards expired from the effects of the injury he had re ceived at the hands of • the prisoner. If seemed that the Prisoner and his fellow countrymen had entertained a spite against the landlord of the tavern, in consequence of his having ejected an Italian from the public-house on the previous Saturday night, and that they came in a body on Boxing-night, when the prisoner not only threatened, but struck the landlord, who was protected by his English customers, and hence the onslaught which ended so fatally. These facts were sworn to by a host of witnesses, and their cross-examination was directed to show that in the confusion they were mistaken as to the identity of the pri soner being the man who had struck the fatal blow, and that it was another Italian, named Gregorio, who had ab sconded since the transaction. It was further proved by Sergeant Baldock, of the G division, that when the prisoner was brought the same night to the Clerkenwell Police-sta tion, he found, blood on his right hand, and the prisoner stated that all he had done had been to protect himself. The case was proceeding when we went to press. THE PRICE OF GAS.—The directors of the Equit able Gas Light Company, which supply gas in the vici nity of Charing-cross and Belgravia, have given notice that on the first of July next, the price of gas will be re duced from 4s. fid. to 4s. per 1,000 feet. BOW-STREET. ROBBERIES BY PUBLICAN'S SERVANTS.--Jane Smith, ser rant at the Welsh Harp, in Chandos-street, Covent-garden, was charged with stealing, and an old man, named Anthony Monk, was charged with receiving, a pint of rum, the pro perty of Mr. Crosier, the landlord. Suspicion having arisen that Smith was in the habit of robbing her master, and that Monk, who frequently visited her, did so for removing the booty, information was given to the police, and Bampton, 23 F, watched the house. Last night he saw Monk leavifig the house, and, stopping him, found a bottle of rum in his pocket. Ho said at first that he had paid 6d. per quartern for it, but afterwards admitted that he had not paid for it. The girl also admitted that it was not paid for. They stated that they were cousins. Mr. Vaughan committed them for trial. Matthew Cole, potman at the Lion publichouse in the Strand, was charged with stealing three sixpences from the till. Mr. Key, the landlord, said that for some time past he had frequently missed money, but had never suspected the prisoner till to-day, when three marked sixpences being missed, the barman declared that the potman must have taken them. He was searched, and they were found upon him. He pleaded guilty. As the prosecutor spoke highly of the prisoner's previous character, Mr. Vaughan consented to deal with the case, and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. The sum of £3 10s. Gd. found in his bed was given up to his master. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT By A FRENCIIMAN.-ViCtOr Sebastian, a French writer, of 48, King-street, Soho, was charged be fore Mr. Knox with violently assaulting a young man named John Neal by striking him on the head with a basin. _ _ The prosecutor, whose head was bandaged, said that at one o'clock that morning he was standing by the corner of St. Giles's Church with two friends, when the prisoner, with a female, passed him. The prisoner stepped back, and said he was mocking and laughing at him, at the same time swinging a basin, tied up in a cloth, as if to strike him. He told the prisoner that if he struck him he would give him in charge, and the prisoner then struck him on the head with the basin, and also on the back. He then ran away and the prisoner ran after him, but as soon as he saw that he (prosecutor) was bleeding, he ran away. Some persons pursued the prisoner, and took him to the station, and he (prosecutor) was taken to the University Hospital, and had his head dressed. George Smith, of Noel-street, who was passing at the time, corroborated the prosecutor, and said the blows were violent ones. He pursued the prisoner with others and took him to the station. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said the prosecutor did not laugh at the prisoner. The prisoner said the prosecutor squared up to him, but the witness said that was not the case, the prosecutor stepping back from him. Daniel Sullivan, 34 E, said that while on reserve at the George-street Station, the prisoner was brought there by some men. He took the prosecutor, who was bleeding from a wound on the head, to the University Hospital, where the wound was dressed, the surgeon stating that it was a deep cut, and that the prosecutor was to attend on Saturday. The prisoner made a statement in French that he was under the impression the prisoner laughed at him. Mr. Knox said he thought it very likely that might have been the case. -He would remand the prisoner on a£s bail for a week, and by that time the result of the injury the prosecutor had received would be ascertained. A CONTRACTOR AND lIIS CARMAN FINED FOR ILL TREATMENT OF A HORSE.-Mr. Bartholomew O'Connor, contractor of Pimlico, and James Larking, a man in his employ, were yesterday charged (the former on a summons) the first named with having caused a horse to be tortured, and the other with torturing it. Mr. W. Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, by whom the charge was preferred, attended to prosecute. It appeared from the evidence of two constables, and Sinclair, officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that they found the defendant Larking working the horse in question, which was attempting, with another, to draw a heavily laden cart in Piccadilly on Saturday last. The roads on that day were in such a slip pery state from the frobt and snow that the strongest horses, though roughed," were falling about the streets. The horse was described by the officers, and Mr. Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, as an aged one, suffering from a disease of the spine and lungs, having old sores on it, and altogether used up and past work.4lad not been "roughed," its shoes being as smooth as glass, the consequence of which was that the poor animal had several times fallen in its fruitless endeavours to draw the load, and lay on the ground prostrate from exhaustion. It was ultimately got up by means of ropes, and it then had to be held up. On Larking afterwards being found in the act of putting it to work again he was taken into custody, when having stated that Mr. O'Connor sent him out with it in the state described, a summons wag* obtained by Mr. Love against Mr. O'Connor. Yesterday the case was gone into against the defendant O'Connor. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough street, appeared for him, and contended that there was nothing to show that Mr. O'Connor either sent the horse out or knew that it was sent out ; that it was only sent out on an emergency to help another horse, and that it was intended by Mr. O'Connor to be killed ; and that he was willing, with the magistrate's consent, and that of Mr. Love, who was really the prosecutor, to have it at once destroyed. On the part of Larking, he wished to say that he only took the horse out by order of those above him. Mr. Knox said he considered it one of those cases, where a master was made responsible for the acts of his servant, as much as a publican was liable for the acts of his ser vants. A more hideous sight than the horse in question he had never seen. It could scarcely carry its own weight, and to work it was cruelty of the direst kind. In answer to Mr. Knox, Sinclair said the Green-yard fees would be 295. 6d. Mr. Knox said he should fine O'Connor 30s. and costs, which, with the Green-yard fees, would amount to £3, and Larking Gs. or three days. WESTMINSTER. A MODEL DOMESTIC SERVANT.—EIIen Frost, a middle aged woman, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of herself. Police -constable Seymour, 187 B, said that last night he found the defendant drunk in the Broughton-road., and took her into custody. Defendant said it was an unfortunate mistake of the policeman's which had deprived her of her liberty, She had of late unfortunately been subject to fits, and although, while ill, she had employed a charwoman where she was engaged as servant, to do her work, her mistress was dis satisfied, and insisted upon her leaving her houso yesterday afternoon, which had the effect of bringing on the fits again, while suffering under which she was found by the policeman. Selfe—Aro you sure she was drunk, constable ; or may you not have mistaken fits for drunkenness? Seymour—She was drunk, and so drunk that she could neither speak nor walk, and we were obliged to carry her to the station on a stretcher. Defendant—l assure you, you are mistaken ; I was not drunk. A police-constable stepped forward and said he was at the police station last night, when a gentleman, from 46, Beaufort-gardens, Brompton, in whose service the defendant had been, came and complained that she had been drunk in his house for the last throe days, and now refused to leave, although a cab had been provided to take her away. Shortly after this a constable brought her to the station for being drunk and making a disturbance outside her master's door, and as she could then walk and promised not to go back to the house, she was permitted to go at large, and an hour or so afterwards was seen to be put out of a publichouse in the Fulham-road, and was then picked up by Constable Seymour, who had had much trouble in getting her to the station. Mr. Selfe said he could entertain no doubt about the defendant's ailment, and fined her ss. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY IN A P UBLICHOUSE.--JaMOS Trainer, a tall and powerful man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 9s. 6d. from John Collins, in the Red Lion publichouse, in Ratcliffe -highway, alias St. George street. The prosecutor, a diminutive man, said he was a mariner, and knew the prisoner with whom he sailed two years ago. Last night he went into the Ited Lion publichouse with 9s. 6d. in his trousers pocket. He kept his hand in his money to preserve it, because he had been robbed before. The prisoner who war in the public house, said "Have you any halfpence," to which he repli e d, "Wh at h as th a t t o d o with you." The prisoner immediately knocked up the hand containing the money in his pocket, and the whole 9s. 6d. fell on the floor. Mr. Partridge—The money was in your hand, and your hand in your pocket. Witness—That's it. Directly the money fell on the floor, the prisoner and several women began picking it up. I saw the prisoner pick up a half-crown and a shilling. I tried to pick up somo myself, but the prisoner prevented me doing so, and put his arm under my throat and nearly choked me. I asked him to give me my money, and he said he would give me a plug in the eye. I went out for a police-constable, and the prisoner stopped in the Red Lion until I came back. When I came in with a policeman, the prisoner said " Here's your money," and gave me half-a crown ; and said " Here's your money, ask the others for the rest." Ambridge, 192 11, confirmed the latter part of the prose cutor's statement. He searched the prisoner at the station house and found only 6d. upon him. He knew the prisoner well for a long time. Ho had seen him " knocking about" the highway with bad characters for a long time. The prisoner said that ho had been in the practice of sailing in packet ships for a long time. He knew Collins Alleged Murder in St• Giles's. This morning, at 20 minutes past seven, the urifortunate man Robert Lord expired at King's College Hospital from the injuries he received from having, some days ago, been thrown from the front window of one of the upper floors of a house of ill fame in Barley-court. The deceased had been induced by a low, disreputable woman, named Ann Smith, to visit the house with her, and it is predunied that a quarrel having ensued, the woman (who is in cus tody), or some of her companions, throw the unfortunate man out of the window. Lord, since his admission into the hospital, has been entirely unconscious, so that he has been unable to make any communication to the police. The woman Smith, who is now under remand, will be brought up for final examination before Sir Thomas Henry to-mor row at Bow-street police-court. MARKETS --This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day, the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. Selected quotations were in fair average request, at full prices ; otherwise, the trade for English wheat ruled quiet, on former terms. Only a moderate supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. Holders of all descriptions were firm, and although sales, as a rule, progressed slowly, Monday's currency was well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, at late rates. The supply of English barley on sale was very moderate, and the trade for good and fine malting produce ruled firm, at fully previous quotations. Owing to the somewhat extensive supply of foreign barley on offer, the trade for inferior qualities was dull, at about stationary prices. Malt was in fair demand, at previous quothtions, The supply of oats on sale was tolerably good. Good and fine samples sold steadily, at full currencies ; but in ferior qualities were a dull inquiry. Beans and peas met a slow sale, on former terms. The flour trade was steady, at previous quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 320 1,130 1,950 2,370 280 Irish — Foreign -, 15,710 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets, and the trade rules heavy at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. sdsd stied Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Inferior mutton.... 3 4 3 10 Middling do. 3 6 4 0 Middling mutton-1 0 4 4 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Prime small da....4 6 4 8 Veal 3 10 5 0 Large pork 3 4 4 2 Small pork 4 4 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. As regards good and fine English hops, the trade is de cidedly firm, and previous quotations are well supported. The best descriptions of foreign produce are taken off steadily at full currencies; otherwise, the trade is dull, at barely stationary prices. Mid and East Kent ..... 110 s to 200 s per uNv 'Weald of Kent Sussex . Yearlings lOOB to 1408 „ Amerioan 2ooa to lice „ Bavarian COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of Assam and India have been held, and prices, in most instances, have been well main tained. SUGAR.—Business has been dull, good grocery qualities, however, have maintained former rates, while inferior de scriptions aro a shade cheaper. In the refined market there is not much animation, common lumps being quoted 425. per cwt. COFFEE.—The demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and prices have not varied to any important extent. , - RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done in East India, and quotations, generally, are a shade higher. TALLow.—The market has remained dull, and quota tions for both present and forward delivery tend down wards. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 415., March to June, 425., and last three months, 435. per cwt. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; Mr. Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present—Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Captain Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Colonel Fitzßoy Clayton, Mr. S. Cave, M.P., Admiral M'Hardy, Mr. W. H. Harton, Ad miral Gordon, Mr. A. Boetefeur, Admiral Bullock, Captain Egerton, R.N., Mr. George Lyall, M.P., Captain Ward, R.N. (inspector of lifeboats to the institution), and Mr. Richard Lewis (the secretary). The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a reward of £lO was voted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat at Tramore, county Waterford, for putting off to the brig Stefania, of Palermo, dur ing thick weather on the night of the 3d ult., and bringing the vessel to a place of safety. A reward of £5 was also voted to the crew of the society's life boat at Rosslare, county Wexford, for going off and saving the crew of five men and a pilot from the schooner Thomas, of Liverpool, which was totally wrecked on the Dogger Bank on the 14th ult. The silver medal of the institution and a copy of its vote on parchment were voted to Captain T. H. Fellowes, R.N., inspecting commander of the coastguard at Penzance, and £lB ss. to the crew of the lifeboat belonging to the institution at that place, for res cuing the crew of eight men from the brig Willie Ridley, of Plymouth. Also £4 10s. to the crew of the Fowey lifeboat of the society for rescuing the French lugger Le Maria Francois, Le Pere Samson, and her crew of four men from drowning. The in stitution voted £lO5 12s. 6d. to pay the expenses of the lifeboats of the society at St. Ives, Bude Haven, New Brighton, Walmer, Tenby, Middlesborough, Wexford, Cahore, Arklow, and St. Andrews, for different services during the recent stormy weather. The silver medal of the institution and a Copy of its vote on parchment were presented to Major F. W. Festing, of the Royal Marine Artillery, who, with 12 fishermen of Hayling Island, put off in a boat and rescued two of the crew of the schooner Ocean, of Plymouth, which was wrecked on the Woolsiner Land Banks, near the entrance of Langston Har bour, on the 14th ult. The fishermen will receive a large sum from a local subscription for their gallant services. Various other rewards were also granted to the crews of fishing boats and others, for saving life from different wrecks on the coasts of the United Kingdom. Payments, amounting to upwards of £2,000, were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. The committee decided to give an annual payment to the assistant-coxswains of the lifeboats of the institution, who had hitherto been unsalaried. It was reported that the institu tion had sent during the past month new lifeboats to Poole, Dorset ; Penzance, Cornwall ; Bridlington, Yorkshire ; Tramore, Waterford ; and Girvan, Ayrshire. New lifeboats had also been recently forwarded to the lifeboat societies in South Holland and at Marseilles. Reports were read from the in spector and the assistant inspector of lifeboats to the institution, on their recent visits to some of the lifeboat stations on the coast. It was stated that a legacy of £2OO had been left to the institution by Mrs. Morgan, of Cheltenham ; that Mr. Henry Nixson, of Manchester, had intimated his intention of defraying the entire cost of a lifeboat establish.. ment ; and that Messrs. Leaf, Sons, and Co., of Old Change, had likewise expressed their desire to present the institution with the whole expense of a lifeboat station. The commercial travellers had, through Mr. Bishop, of Boston, transmitted a con tribution of £149 10s. 11d, to the institution in aid of the cost of their second lifeboat. The proceed ings then terminated. The South-Eastern Banking Company's report, for presentation at the ensuing half-yearly meeting, has been issued. The accounts show a gross profit of £14,117, and, after deducting expenses, &c., there remains £4,845. A dividend is recommended at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. It is also proposed to hold an extraordinary meeting for the purpose of authorising the alteration of the name of the company to the " Counties Joint- Stock Bank," and to increase the capital by the issue of new shares of £25 each. THE NEW DOLLAR FOR v CHINA.—The London and China Telegraph says :—" The Secretary of Stato has decided that the new British dollar for China shall have a milled, and not a lettered edge. It is found that to place a letter edge upon the dollar would require a complicated and expensive addition to the coining presses, \villa would be ery difficult to work and liable to disorder." CURIOUS TRIAL IN FRANCE. The Civil Tribunal of Grenoble has just decided a case which has been pending for some time, and which excited the public attention in no ordinary degree. It may not be forgotten that a man named Maurice Roux, servant to a merchant of Montpellier —l\l. Andre Armand—was found 'in a cellar in his master's house, at 8 o'clock in the evening, lying on the ground, his feet bound to each other, his hands tied behind his back, several coils of rope twisted round his neck, and to all appearance senseless. It was next morning ascertained that he had a slight excoriation on the back of the neck. Roux declared that it was his master who inflicted these injuries upon him, and who, having struck him a heavy blow with a log of wood, left him to die in the place where he was found. Armand was apprehended and brought to trial at Aix on a charge of voluntary homicide on the person of Roux. The trial lasted several days, amid intense excitement. Armand totally denied the charge, and contended that Roux had bound him self with the ropes and inflicted the other injuries, which were near being followed with more serious results than were anticipated, with a view to ex= tort a large sum of money. Numerous witnesses were examined on both sides, whose evidence was in some respects conflicting. Several medical men were examined, and among them Dr. Tardieu, of Paris, a man of considerable reputation in the profession. The notion set up by the defence that Roux had bound himself with his own hands was scouted as impossible until the experiment was actually made by one of the medical witnesses in presence of the Court. The judge—who showed marked partiality to the plaintiff throughout the trial, and a certain hostile bearing to the witnesses for the defendant, but who said that if Armand was not guilty then his accuser must be the greatest impostor on earth, put the case thus :--Is the accused Armand guilty of having attempted voluntary homicide on the person of Maurice Roux, the said attempt being manifested by a commencement of execution which only failed from circumstances independent of the will of the said Armand? And, again, if he be not guilty of the act set forth in the first count, is he guilty of having on the same occasion intentionally given him a blow and inflicted a wound ? The jury, who did not remain long in consulta tion, brought in a verdict of Acquitted on both counts. To the astonishment of the public, however, the President in delivering judgment declared that though the jury had acquitted Armand of the cri minal act with which he was charged, yet he had inadvertently (nzaladroitement) inflicted a wound on Roux ; and he therefore sentenced him to pay Roux 50,000 f. damages. An appeal was lodged in the Court of Cassation against this sentence ; the Court of Cassation annulled it ; and ordered that the case should again be tried by the civil tribunal of Gre noble. The tribunal of Grenoble has just done so, and annulled the judgment of Aix. The judgment of the latter Court, it appears, rested on the 358th article of the Code d'lnstruction Criminelle, which specifies that— " When an accused party is declared Not Guilty,' the President shall pronounce his acquittal, and order him to be set at liberty, unless he is detained on some other charge. The Court will then decide on the amount of damages respectively claimed when the parties shall have pleaded, and the Procureur-General heard." On this point the Civil Tribunal of Grenoble says, in the preamble to its judgment : " Whereas, in fact, if the Court of Assize, in virtue of the 358th Article of the Code of Criminal Instruction, and the civil tribunals before which the principal action is pleaded, may condemn, as a party to the civil action, the person ac quitted by the jury, it is only in cases of the verdict of the jury leaving the material facts of which the accused may be the author subsisting ; in other words, when the decla ration of non-culpability does not necessarily exclude the facts for which the accused would have to answer towards the party in a civil suit, so that the inquiry or the proof of that fact would not involve a contradiction between the charge in its criminal character and the charge in its civil character ; and that this is a fixed incontestible principle, established by the jurisprudence of the Court of Cassa- ion." It is evident that no such distinction appeared, directly or by implication, in the finding of the jury who brought in an absolute verdict of acquittal ; and the Court of Grenoble has consequently annul led the judgment of Court of Aix relative to the damages. For some time past a dispOsition has been shown by some of the judges to restrain as much as pos sible the action of the jury, and to try cases by cor rectional process where there is no jury. The case of Armand is an indication of that tendency, and to it is owing the great interest of the public, who have come to look upon the institution of the jury as one of the guarantees of personal liberty. A Paris paper observes that--- " The judgment of the Grenoble tribunal justifies the views we have entertained on the subject. It restores to the verdict of a jury its solemnity and its sovereign autho rity. It prevents the recurrence of any such conflicts as those which the judgment of the Court of Aix would in evitably have provoked ; and it gives satisfaction to public opinion, which has been so painfully disturbed by these events." It has transpired that the Contract Corporation have made arrangements with Messrs. Watson and Overend, contractors, for these gentlemen to join the board with the acquisition of their business. It is stated that the dividend to be recommended at the forthcoming half-yearly meeting will be at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The Mediterranean Extension Company held its ordinary general meeting to-day. The report stated that the revenge for the past half-year had consi derably increased as compared with previous ones, andthe traffic was still improving. The directors had received reliable information respecting an arrange ment between the Greek Government and Messrs. R. S. Newall and Company, for connecting the lonian Islands with the mainland, which, if successfully completed, was likely to increase the traffic over the Company's Corfu and Otranto cable. An inter ruption was reported to have occurred on the Malta and Alexandria line on the Bth inst. ; but as a steam vessel was kept by the lessees of that line in readiness to meet such casualties, it might reasonably be expected that the interruption will be only tem porary. The cables belonging to the company con tinued in good working order. The directors re commended the payment of a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the preference shares, subject to income tax, being the usual dividend, and ss. per share, equal to 5 per cent, per annum, on the original capital, fie of income tax. THE TERRORS OF " EXAMINATION."—The great bugbear and terror of undergraduate existence lies in that awful word "Examination." There are, it is true, little interludes of delight, consisting of the remainder of the term in which a triumph has been gained ; but yet, for an honours man, there really seems no rest. The ordeals are undergone in rooms situated in a splendid quadrangle called " the schools ;" the 'written work is done at small deal tables, each man havinga separate table, and examiners are posted all about to prevent " cribbing" of any kind, which nevertholess does, we suspect, go on to a considerable extent in the "pass" schools. It is an awful affair fora culprit to be discovered. We well remembered being startled by hear ing the head examiner on a certahl afternoon announce, in a loud, clear tone, " Sir----, you will have the goodness to leave the schools." Happily, in this case, the suspicion eventually proved to have been unfounded. When the viva voce comes on, each victim goes up to a table covere d with green baize, where sit the two inquisitors ; the ,c . vh trem bling wretch is requested in bland tones to sit down, which he does, looking furtively round at his friends , with a mistaken kindness, if ho is a nervous man, ar to see how he gets on. If a man is popular , r of or e , s him, be l ls le g ( 1 e al.siblare in for honours, and great things are expected T his was the case number are often present to hear Numerous stories f narvon were candidates for t u h i e when the present Lord-Lieutenant s o s heltlnders in divinity, some of are always afloat of wonderful facts, lists . land and Lord Car or founded on facts. course, arc inventions, n • “What can you tell me about some foundation:—Exdaw, to_,, He was also called Saul, and Here are a couple of amusamidningoesrp_ecimens, which we credit with St. Paul ?" ITn(lergit:n the foot of Gamaliel ?" Examiner— "yes, do you know about Gatriallel?" was brought up a It is a mountain in Galilee." The next, may be credited to Cambridge :—Examiner— we believe, i r f — y h o e u m— kn h o e l n v i . — , IT " Examiner— Undergraduate (with Undergraduate—" , " ,. l l ; e6l d u i i d te Moses leave Egypt ?" W an h s y ;ver si Undergraduate— " Well, gra( nate— wsvell, sir, I suppose that little affair with Potiphar's I ,l, e c s o it m at e, ion c );: e : w if e !" For the following we do not attempt in any way to vouch, although we have heard its authenticity strenu ously asserted :—Examiner—" Why was John the Baptist beheaded ?" Undergraduate (falteringly)- 7 " Because he would dance with nerochas's daughter."—Cornitill Maga zine for Februarj. THIRD Fdi-ITIOIV. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Da HARROW RACES —Tins D AY . BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. £ 4O HANDICAP PLATE. Sister Mary ......................... 1 Queen Bee .................... Chiequot the Jester ........................... Twelve ran. .............. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Fby Promised Land ......................................... Fby Ledbury ................................................... Small Change Six ran. SELLING STAKES. Medicis Lifebuoy Five ran. STEEPLECHASE CUP. Pantaloon Five ran. STEEPLECHASE PLATE, Shuttlecock.. Deception Gorsehawk.„ 'Twelve ran. RACING FIXY Birmingha FEBR m l4 Lincoln Spring 2l TRES FOR 1863. 'ART. Nottingham Spring 2B Derby Spring ............... 2 West Drayton ............ 2 Liverpool Spring ... Shrewsbury S pring ' ;. lO Doncaster Spring l4 Vincennes l9 Vincennes 2 Ap ] Northampton 4 C r ue o wrh x n i tz r k Peat Craven k 17 17 Warwick Spring Vincennes Chelmsford Spring Grand National Hunt Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O Canterbury Spring Abergavenny - • 20 Thirsk Cardiff 2l E s 25 oni Spring L')NDON GAZE rTE---This Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, F. 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Dr. Ferdi nand Krapf as Consul at Cardiff, and of Mr. Gustavus Overbeck as Consul at Hong Kong, for his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 3. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary o f State for Foreign Affairs, the following copy of a procla mation forwarded by her Majesty's Charg4 d'Affaires at Washington, respecting the Port of St. Alban's, Ver mont : OFFICIAL.—THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Act of Congress of the 28th of Septem ber, 1850, entitled "An Act to create additional collec tion districts in the State of California, and to change the existing districts therein, and to modify the exist ing collection districts in the United States," extends to merchandise warehoused under bond, the privilege of being exported to the British North American Provinces ad joining the United States, in the manner prescribed in the Act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1845, which designates certain frontier ports through which merchan dise may be exported, and further provides "that such other ports situated on the frontiers of the United States, adjoining the British North American Provinces as may here after be found expedient, may have extended to them the like privileges on the recommendation of the Secretary of tho Treasury, and proclamation duly made by the President of the United States, specially designating the ports to which the aforesaid privileges areto be extended." Now therefore 1 . , Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the recom mendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, do hereby de clare and proclaim that the port of St. Albans, in the State of Vermont is, and shall be entitled to all the privileges in regard to the exportation of merchandise in bond to the British North American Provinces adjoining the United States, which are extended to the ports enumerated in the seventh section of the Act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1845, aforesaid, from and after the date of this proclama tion. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the Indepen dence of the United States the eighty-ninth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President, Wm. H. SEwRAD, Secretary of State. Whereas it appears to me, the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, that the use of locomJtives, unless restricted as hereinafter stated, on or along the highways in the division of Bulmer West, in the North Riding of the county of York, is dan gerous and inconvenient to the public : I do hereby, by virture of the provisions of the Locomo tive Act, 1861, by this order under my hand, prohibit the use of any kind of locomotive whatever, propelled by steam or any other than animal power, on the above roads, except between the hours of twelve o'clock at night and six o'clock in the morning, Given under my hand at Whitehall, this 2nd day of February, 1865. (Signed) G. GREY. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 31. The undermentioned officers have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Engineer, First Class, in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority fromthe dates stated against their names :—Mr. Thomas Carter, Mr. George Frederic Greaves, Mr. William Henry Moon, Mr. John Leigh, and Mr. Walter Crichton. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 2. The undermentioned officer has been this day placed on the Retired List, with the rank of Captain :—Henry W. Allen, Esq., Staff Commander. BANKRUPTS, Thar portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 14 11 15 Ditto Rotterdam 3 Months. 11 171- 11 18 11 14 11 18 Antwerp • — 25 45 25 50 Brussels Hamburgh Paris Short. 25 15 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 44 25 471 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1191 1191 Vienna — 11 60 11 67i Trieste — 11 60 11 67i Petersburgh Berlin ••• ••• Madrid — 461 47 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 25 57 25 61 Naples — 25 57 25 62 Palermo Messina Lisbon — 51 51f Oporto - Foreign Gold in bars (standard)....£3 ts. 9d. per oz. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Feb. 3.—Wind tliis day at noon—South westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, Feb. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Victoria, from Havannah for Antwerp. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—San Jose, from Bremen for St. Jago de Cuba. NEWPORT, Feb. I.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—William Tell, for Simon's Bay. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—.Alacrity , from London for the Cape of Good Hope ; her Majesty's ship Valiant, for the eastward. DOVER, Feb. 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Georges, from Granton for Bilboa, leaky, and with damage to b ulwark ; and other injury. - (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAI'II.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 3—Victoria, steamer, from Brussels; Nor man Morrison, from Cochin ; Advance, from Granville ; Britannia, from Dantzic. DEAL, Friday Morning. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day Market firmer. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. The Magdalena, from the Brazils, has been an nounced at Lisbon, en route for this country, with £16,870. The gold sent to the Bank of England yesterday amounted to £42,000. At the half -yearly meeting to-day of the share holders of the Fore -street Warehouse Company, it was stated that the net profits, with the amount brought forward from last account, were £29,843. Out of this sum a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum was declared. TIIE SNOW IN CENTRAL WALES.—We have re ceived advices from various quarters, especially in Central Wales, of many hairbreadth escapes in the snow. A correspondent, writing from a point near Llanidloes, about the snowstorm, says -"Nothing like it has been seen here for 40 years ; in some places the Severn is frozen over, even where the current is strong. It is feared that many sheep have been lost on the hills, but the snowdrifts are so deep that it has been too dangerous to go and seek them until Monday. In many places on the hills the snow is considerably deeper than a man's height. I hear that on Thursday night a man named Woosuam, in trying to find his way from Twylwch (a station on the Mid-Wales line) to Llanidloes, got so blinded and buffeted by the snow that he was found on the line dead on Saturday. Whether he was knocked down by an engine is not certain, although this is the rumour."—Ostvestry Advert/4er. Share 13 1 st st st 50 20 206 10 100 I 'Co 100 ISSE 100 ►OO 2 100 100 100 ILO 10) 100 ICO 2.1.0 30 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 V. 10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8 - .3 8.13 1.18.0 ga 4.3.0 21i 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 1} 18.18.9 30.17.6 3.12.8 8 58& 58 101 l 1 68 I 10:1 2 100 I 46 92 3 95, 812 923 3 2: 3 El