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

abr. Feb• 2. 'rincess of yesterday led by Sir also dr°Ye Ig, aCCOIII° ,ondon to- d Princess to -day uchess an d to re cover ed the hunting t h e south - an are n ot month. , I i s starl i t! . circle is 9'5 linarY t at the C 01 1: baraptoD,a n : warPe- a rrive t - ‘l.l'll/1131e1). 'ft 1‘ havele f Duchess 0 b an d Lo the Di° % a of tto to arr ilre 14 , sortbo".. peril' s l'"r a nd. 1...° • .1 3111° tall s cas tle. , ual ra eet ,, ll3 ,o ion o be Pv i , , three Gi'c onllas sir Th., , s, Esq. , 31.1 ceediug6. FED. 2- k of fr A 5. ith the °- Int J a n• 26 ' b fr. pi 62, 500 , 0 6,987,142 4Z 22, 05 ' 76° 14 4, 00 9 , 9 10 ---- 08728°' 3 3 6,696,4""1111 SO 89,60 1 1, 4631 0 3 16,6661'1 •••5 45 6 7 27 1$ 22, 856 4, 44 " e s SO 3,61 0 , 6 ' 4 44 2,7 8 - 9 , 7 67 81,477,41° jaa• 26. 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The Discount Market is now fully supplied with jetaPital, and full employment cannot be obtained for o _, The dem an d for accommodation is active, a wi ng to the requirements for liquidating the anuitig the e mounts due on the 4th inst., and no alteration to easier quotations is yet apparent, 4+ per cent. con general rate for three months' bills. The Bank of England return for the past week ei a rather - unfavourable character, the notes in e'rcula tion and th e o th er secur i t i es h av i ng b een in ereaBed• The stock of bullion has been slightly angraented. 4ctiva Circulation Incre ase £20,532,050 Bullio n 386,035 I,_"t , 14,461224 Increas e 144,009 - l pubi, e -U po ienciTase 29,136 is e Increa s 5,441,452 Other Demslts . 704,653 14,447,994 even Decreas e u ay and Other Bills 00 _ e 2,351 v nunent Increase Securities No alteration. °tiler Se curities Bites O n erease 867,525 ' mployed 7,852,315 Th Decrease 4131 e Bank of France return is also of an unfavour an e character. The bills under discount have been etnented £ 3 40,000, the notes in circulation th 65 ' 000 , and the current accounts £173,400, while v: bnilicn has been decreased £146,700, the ad- In £ 20 ,000, and the Treasury balances £120,000. 62 1 , the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets ,!ing the last few days there has not been much i zun at i on. The public sales of Indian teas, i l : ev er, has proceeded at fully late prices. Sugars ( l e : c e i be en dull, at rather lower rates for inferior cha r r ‘ pti°llB . Coffee and Cocoa have been without t„ ge , i ll value, while a fair business has been i41. -sact e d F i , a rice at full prices. Tallow has been and ira ;' ed request, and quotations for both present 4mvern cu L'prwtard delivery have shown a downward Two O'CLOCK teikt Pa ri 3 , this mo rn i ng , according to Mr. Reuter's Ifeegavy ra l 3 a7 the 3 p er C en t. Rentes were 67f. 05 c . jo a li w e Nlish Stock Market has again been very 0Q,,11-I.rve to -day, an d no change of i m p or t ance h as BLed in values. Notwithstandi ng th a t money ' e al) and abundant, and that th e pr i ces f or ht -e illinent Securities are very low, the public Con still loth to purchase to any large extent. Th e for money, and the 9th inst., are 891 x ,?elv Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 ; Per 'llec l ue r par to ss. prem. ; and India 5 ti o ltle th en e tB F " o r l e o i 3 gn ir i Market there is very little anima and prices are rather depressed. Turkish:6 per k e 443 .) 1862, are 701 ; do. Consolides, 521 ; Sp a t e T l ) 2 8 1 ; do. New, 264 27 ; Greek, 231 1 Itali - ; It Passive 3211; 7 do. Certificates, 141 8 ; der 'IILoII- ; do. New, par to 1 prem. ; Confe bia„ e ate n, 55 57 ; Egyptian, 1.1 2 prem. ; Danu- Par to 1 prem. ; an d Montevidean, 4i- to 5+ irt. of bs .th e Railway Share Market a moderate amount tw o 11841 ess has bee n negot i a t e d , an d w ith one or l‘i ortl 'e,'cceptions, prices are a shade flatter. Great andl,.er3). A Stock h a s r eceded £1 ; an d L ancas hi re tri sto l i labire, and North Western, each 10s. ; while taßt 4ll s : l Exeter have advanced £2, and South :the , "gaiil - ' r etgn and Colonial undertakings have re taem p„ "-inactive without material change in values. (lei lla t an d Miscellaneous Shares continue in Izaaj c ; at about previous rates. Alliance are I, ; 34 i ; Imperial Ottoman, 171 ; Union 16 . (3 1: 1 7 53 1 ; and National Discount Company, k h . "uon Financial have improved to 23/ ; City prem 11 Improvement shares are quoted 31 ' and Da,rjeeli ng Tea Company, 1 8 prem. ERITISII FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a Qov t N . r., Itxmtivr FUNDS. b 'erit. Consols 4 0. 4„ vDer e e ' e nillit, Feb. 9 B9l ''''eNr 3 li t. Reduced BBl 1 DoW P e r Cent 1 ,2 i. „„ 881 y'r Cent. Jan. 1894 dh • 4 I) r , -Oui ti • er k , ent. Jan. 1873 — h o. f o ' es, 8 0 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 /4"° (R e a 3° YTS, expire sth April, 1885 — Beh e ed Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — par b ( c l , 4e r Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent spm h D e , £5OO — R e - 10 (-). £lOO and £2OO .Af England Stock, 51- per Cent 248 Ae 1 4 c ount 11,dierit G oVERNmEsT SECURITIES. uo 4 - e '•°ek, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — -o count N..A.Per Cent. July, 1870 1 , 13 0. 1 c enlint no, eP e r Cent., Oct. 1888 ,to. b er t, i eates i , (1 0. 5 '4,„ianed Paper 4 per Cent — °•"', Ver Cent., Jan. 1872 tio, 4 4 Per Cent., May 1879 ' — "Jo. b ( 1 ) ) er Cent., Aug. 1866 — °•1:1 , r _ kin, £l,OOO — pm oder £l,OOO 41 lat • I'OREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK 331, r a n - rt. Do. 4 n -- ' 5 46 ; 5 per Cent — )3q•vo. 4i Per Cent ert Lo P . er Ce nt., 1852-58-60 ~, 1863 4)°l4 c 4 e o 3 ; t e t - u Per Cent °I)I P ............... ;„: . 92 il o il l i o i an 3 e p e r e r e o l lt• 0 5 eierred 3 per C ent) Q rebi a ent — I k, 0 11 6 Per Cent. — 11.441.) Per Ce t b° 6p e 11 • 3 r Cent, 1864 1) 0. 5 Per Cent., 1825 — b t o. 6 Per Cent, 1864 — allilb' per Cent 1773-77 £25 paid — , b 0 lA A p . . ..) . . 1 1_ tiz rincipalities - ` 1 , 16 14 0 ,, u ,Paid 1 dis .no, I D ,' New Consolidated, 1 per Cent * - r oVisional Land Warrant E 1 ) 00 4 o ~k,, Pons 7,„,, i , ,, ? ,-.., h o. ,„, Per Cent 9Bl " , o: - eend Iss ue 41 0 b 99 81 D o. to. - " 3 " 44 96 I 0 0. A S c.siii) 35 paid 1864 pm (Ll'elt 6` .( nliat O'''tel lia, Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons .°. 18k 1 5 Per Cet. — 1 e l tall 6 9 and 1850 — Ii e Per ” Cent (lilgremmana Railway) p o. , per cec el. , nt , nnt 13 A 4 I)0 '6 * , 1864 _ • t .b c ' e l,ri D `' .c e .!lt. Anglo-French — VLor it : rel l ' o , ° ( ,3 paid loorCkle tth " ° ,..erip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis 'New r ,'l Iliat-"voPel Cent.,. £25 paid —pm b o ' 4 „rati 1 1 41 5 per Cent D 4 p . 0 Lees , Da 4t --- A ° a aci ............. 1 ) "ail 4 cw arrants (Hectares) to pe,.,‘Per Cent • ...,e r , ~ b c ° 3 4 1 pe r r , t• (tribarren) — •ro ' "ke "Ilt., 1862 Do I lla e°ll nt tle s , 3 ............ . I) Aceo,Per Cent., 1853 114,°.-keeeu"'ellt” 1 856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, ° 4 4 5 per .......... D O 4l Per 1 „ e llt-, 1 . 1 . 322, .i St., Do 8 6 I:epetr CceAntt..', 1 1 18 8 85 5 6 9 0 to Cent.; 1862 ki , . Se r i 1864 pm , 'eh Per Cent 1 . 1 4, 0 A Per Cent. l‘fe ' Z /1111 t , 4 40 bef▪ e 4B r el:111 U rred asB▪ ...... N)zi, Ace lv e nie. _Olllll 4 c e ert. of 1, , 44 01 ,, t Coup not funded ..... rk; 4 h .... D-61 1 Per c ............ o out . Do Ateou r cent. D Per ..... 1854 co) lice° cent. . t . - ..... 4.514 D o g Fee C:e t cl ;1.1. • 7120: ti o u o lult ... vtioc,Per C ellez ilaratit 71 llola 3 ee d, 4 peie b ce per Cent c(2.. ou_ • ............ e4e Doco„, it -, 1862 . _e ...................... r ... Per-. 64 b-via Cent. D 0 5 " o the above payable in London tchho2l4i Per c ent ceeent, Ex. 10 Florins . 0 (4. e * Per Cent., p. 25E 12 Guil lteia ent • C fi t o aa i 5 per ..e s, , er Guil A(4 -torit?t ene, . ob. - ......... ......... 8 Do°l,avant ......................................... ....... OiCL 0 CIE. .............. 89a SHARE IVIARKETS—Thi3 day. Share! Railways. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. r a id . I Closing I Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Boste3 and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div o B tilltlp.c.p.an.has • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s I k. Do. E. Angi. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D ). A stock Do. B .o Do. New. is. at 23 pri, Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. Mid.—Oxnrd Do. Newpo.t Do. lie eford Lane shire & Yorkshire Lz.ndon and Blackwali Lon., Bri4 h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. f shares Metropolitan..,,..,,, Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. shares old Kent . No. th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..:. Do. .S.toek.& Darling. De. do. 1855-:8.. Do. do. 1860-61 North Londou Do. New Do. do. 18r.4 North Staffordshire N. dz S. W Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock t . o. Scot, Mid. st ock =h ews tiz Weichpool Shropshire Union South Devon 'oath E stern Rtaines, Wok., it Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny 'West Cornw ►ll W. Hartlepool Har Do. A irredeemable Do. A. redeemable BRITISH P, Atlantic St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln., g - u. 5 per cent Do. t shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 87'2 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June i, 1.374 Calcutta & s. E., a e Town & Dock, gu.' Demera-a, 7 p.c. per. p• East. Ben4al, gu , 5 Co East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkof Canadi Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prif. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock— Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c l'o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim ) gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do. Great Wes. of Canada DJ. New ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bde . pay 1873 Do. 5 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do ,t Do. 4a do 20 1 1 204 100 100 Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B Nt. It I. C'da, pc Ist pf. bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo, " 91 ¶ 133 13i ti 6, 32 34 16 17 87 81 107 1 9 46i 17h 7 8 135 137 155 j 154 it 13) 33 90 9? r 2 S2i 59 6J 49 51 !02 •03 117} 118 81 85 103 107 36 38 1 21 1:13 98} 93A 6: 63 128 129 Zilp 134 139 107 1(9 54S 55S z 6 27 1141 115 72 73 10.11} 106 33 SO 11 12 jp' Of 10p 122 125 114 12 1 lip 791 80t It 11! 138 142 43 45 (0 01! 57 S 9 87t 891 9 I,_ 160 165 3i Cp 110 113 33 40 75 78 ISION3. 5? 40 100 101 par 1p 4i ei 75 6) 97 93 75 85 1(0 102 100 101 1001 1014 19 29 9 91 67 64 58 60 6t 63 54 56 50 53 46 98 26 28 25 27 100 101 p Par !P 93 101 8i Ity 11 9 d 85 to 78 f 2 991 JOU, 9 94 88 9) 61 63 3 5 82 81 90 100 9 ICO d i t 1) 10 0 94 07 T SECURIT[ES. 92 94 V 4 96 94 06 81 83 81 83 103 106 106 108 107 119 106 108 102 101 108 110 101 106 105 107 IGB 110 105 107 93 93 98 100 92 91 9! 93 103 105 86 88 93 98 103 103 103 107 1071 103 ii IV N I 6 29 31 580 601 311 40 14 15 61 7 3 31 13 14 4 4,1 6 8 1741 181 21 31 33 31 3 31 Z 4 36 31 4 6 8 n 61 It Old 17 19 35 45 14 1 16 1 1 2 2, 3 3$ 34 34 530 550 20 25 141 15i 14 15 71 8 7 8 65 70 200 210 971 102 k 9 11 13} 15t 195 205 18 20 i I COLONIAL GO VERNMEN' [British Columbia, 6 pert cent„ Dec. 31, 1872: . Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-S4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept no. 5 p. e. Jan.' k July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 I April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do; 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p.c Do. 1878, do. Mauritius, 6 p. c, 187 i, Jan. and July Do. 1t.'78 Do. 1882, Ilayls, Nov IS Natal qov. o per cent.. N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja..t.July . B.W W. Gov. 5 p •c.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc , tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. C S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18r8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, a pril BRITISH M (.7am Consol. cold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavult Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon east Cam Brea East Grenville East Love.l E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam .& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor ( Heist A Grenville Herod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret iUny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, lie, Nangiles New Seton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh' 1 Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny Lvlaut S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West liassett W. Caradon (L skeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setoff Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Uni,n 2.1.0 4.3.6 3. 12. 2.14.0 3 4.0 2,7.0 2.13.0 9.10.0 001 all 1.1.0 7.8:3 8.13 4.18.0 32/ 3.10.13 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 PREFERENCE S Great Northern, 5 per cent., 114 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 105 Great Western, west midland, Newport perp. 6 per cent., opt. till '6J, 116 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. [AILICS. London and Chatham, 54 per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stock 5 per cent., 921 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 24 Great Luxembourg, 121 FOREIGN MINES, Cape Copper, Um., 14 Fortuna (11m.), - 311 Linares, lim., 5} BANKS. Mance (Um.), 35/ 41. Ditto, issued at 20 - pm., of which 10 is pd., 201 191 Anglo Austrian, 71 Australasia, 711 2 Bank of Egypt, 32 f Bank of London, 153 2 _ _ Consolidated Bank, Urn., 11 a Continental. lira., Ditto, new, 91 Hindustan. china, and Japan (1im.),:30 Imperial Ottoman. l7i Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 5 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto,:new, 12 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, Um., 10} Loudon Joint Stock, 471 a 8 London and it estminster, 94} Merchant Bank, lira., 291 Mercantile and Exchange. lira., 7i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank. Um.. Provincial Banking Corporation, lira , 31 4 Union of A ustralia, 53 Union of London, 531 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 10 City of London Real Property, lira., 3 City Offices, firm. 51 Credit yonder and Mob'licr of England, si Ditto, new, 51} . Financial. Corporation, } Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim.. 7k 7 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 7} I International Contract, 9 8i International Financial codety, lim., 7} International Land Credit, lim.. 6} Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our , Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82} Joint Stock Discount. London Financial Association. lirn.. 23/ National Dhcount Company, lim., 15 Societe Finar ciere d'r.gypte, Um., II Universal Marine, Insurance, lira., 6} West India and Pacific Steam, lim., 151 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per inille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 176. 1041 per ounce for standard gold, it appeArs that gold is rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. , 1551 4) Iln 81* 31 ,(31 1221 9) 51i 115 14; VI i 11 106 5i 57 871 8} 1011 Iol} I , - 111.• Mow. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. FEATHER (PETITION OF RIGHT) T. THE QUEEN. Their Lordship 3 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 no action on a petition of right could lie against the Crown. --- .• .... . Their Lordships gave their judgment in favour of the Crown. THE QUEEN V. 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 Goverfiment 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 Gth 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 tho 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 fame." 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 masting 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. Ho 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. Ho like Wise 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. (Before 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 are 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 creditors, 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 aro no proceedings from which anything can be 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 bo tried by a jury composed entirely of Englishmen, or of a mixed jury of Englishmen and foreigners, tho prisoner elected to be tried by a jury of Englishmen, and a jury thus composed was sworn. Mr. Gifford, 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. Tho 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 large wound, through which the bowels of the unfortunate man protruded. The prisoner was secured on the spot, but not until he had stabbedthe pot man, Alf red Rebbeck, and another person. The woundedma.n 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. It 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. 6d. to 4s. per 1,000 feet. THE 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 liko 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 Woosnam, 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."—ancestry Advertiser. 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 prosecutor. Isaac Pawsey, 485 K, said the prisoner had not been sailing in any packets, and had been in custody before. Mr. Partridge—What for? Pawsey—For throwing a stone at me. He had Well days' imprisonment. That was five years ago.; Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial. BOW-STREET. ROBBERIES BY PUBLICAN'S SERVANTS.--Jane Smith, SOT rant at the Welsh Harp, in Chaados-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, witched the house. Last night he saw Monk leaving the house, and, stopping him, found a bottle of rum in his pocket. He said at first that ho 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 threo 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. 6d. found in his bed was given up to his master. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT BY A FRENCHMAN.-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. Ho told the prisoner that if he struck Wm 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. Ho pursued tho prisoner with others and took him to the station. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said the prosecutor did not laugll 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 HIS 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 frost 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. Had 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, audit then had to be held up. On Larking afterwards being found in the act of putting it to work again ho wag taken into custody, when having stated that . Mr. O'Connor sent him out with it in the state described, a summons was 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 ; 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 horso 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 6s. 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 ho 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 house yesterday afternoon, which had the effect of bringing on the fits again, while suffering under which she was found by the policeman. Mr. Selfe—Are 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 tho last three 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 58. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY IN A P UBLICHOUSE.—James 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 ho went into the Red 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 was in the public house, said " Have you any halfpence," to which he replied, " What has that to do 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 some 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 H, 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. He had seen him " knocking about" the highway with bad characters for a long time. The prisoner said that he 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 unfortunate man Robert Lord expired at King's College Hospital from the injuries he received from having, smile 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 presumed that a quarrel having ensued, the woman (who is in cus tody), or some of her companions, threw 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 Sthith, 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 quotations, 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 caroase. sdsd Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Middling do.. 3 6 4 0 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime email do 4 6 4 8 Large pork 3 4 4 2 tided Inferior mutton 3 4 3 10 Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Primo do 4 6 4 8 Veal 3 10 5 0 Small pork. 4 1 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 ..... ..... 1108 to 200 s per cwt. • Weald of Kent 105 s to 155 s Sussex . Yearlings loos to 140 a Amerioan loos 10 140 s Bavarian ... llOB to 20 s COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of Assam and India have been held, and prices, in most instances, have been well main tained. SUGlR.—Business has been dull, good grocery qualities, however, have maintained former rates, while inferior de scriptions are 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 dono 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 WI-lardy, 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 118 ss. to the crew of the lifeboat belonging to the institution at that rlace, 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 Woidsiner 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 I 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 conunittee 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 CHINA.—The London and China Telegraph says :—" The Secretary of State has decided that the new British dollar for China shall have a milled, and not a lettered edge. It is.found thatlitcoatpeda and letter edge upon the dollar would require a coo) expensive addition to the coining presses , 1v ,, 1 h would be T ery difficult to work and liab le to dxsorder. 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 —M. 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 (maladroitement) 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 eases of the verdict of the jury leaving the material facts of which the accused may be the author subsisting ; in other words, when tho 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,- tion." 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 Overe.nd, 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 revenue 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 Jordan 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, free 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 having a separate table, and examiners are posted all about to prevent " cribbing" of any kind, which nevertheless does, we suspect, go on to a considerable extent in the "pass" schools. It is an awful affair for a culprit to be discovered. We well remembered being startled by hear ing the head, examiner on a certain 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 e t riva voce comes on, each victim goes up to a table covered with green baize, where sit the two inquisitors ; the .c. trem bling wretch is requested in bland tones to sit down, with he does, looking furtively round at his friends:, assembledl h a mistaken kindness, if he is a nervous man,ir ar or if he is in to see how he gets on. If a man is for honours, and great things are e him. when was the case numbers are often present to hear h i i Ir'eland and Lord Car -when the present Lord-Lieutenant o s lists. Numerous storie.; narvon were candidatesfor thie blunders in divinity, some of popular, of him, large are always afloat of wonderful facts, or founded on facts. which we credit with c u o e ur re se a , r a e i a -e c i o n u v p e l n e t o i of amusing specimens, "What can you tell me about some foundation: — E xam t ~ He was also called Saul, and at the foot of Gamaliel ?" Examiner— was brought up St. Paul?" Uncle 4, y e s, quite right. . What do you know about Gamaliel?" a mountain in Galilee." The next, rgr „ l a t d i u s a may be credited to Cambridge :—Examiner— we believe, :—Examiner— " Why did Moses leave Egypt ?" Undergraduate (with suppose er i t f ha y t o u lit k u n e ol a v ff ." air U l n vi d t e h rg p ra o d t j u p a h te-- aes Undergraduate— . hesitation)—" Why, sir—hem—hem--,, Examiner— : Well,Co m e sir,come, I w if e !" For the following we do not att empt i n any way to vouch, although we have heard its authenticity strenu ously asserted : — Examiner— , ‘ Why was John the Baptist beheaded ?" Undergraduate (falteringly)— ,, Because he would dance with ilerodia,s's daughter."—Cornhill Maga zine for February. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THVARDAY. TWO THOUSAND. 7to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered) 9to 1 agst Zambezi (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Liddington (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Archimedes (taken) 100 to 7 agst Rifle (taken freely) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 100 to 6 agst Bedminster (offered —take 20) 100 to 6 agst Chattanooga (offered —take 20) 20 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) 30 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 40 to 1 agst Buck (taken and off,) 50 to 1 agst Frinay (taken) 100 to 1 agst Richmond (taken) veiy thin attendance, and the transactions merely nominal. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL, We are requested to state that the forfeits for the Grand National at Liverpool are to be declared on the 9th inst., at noon, to Mr. Topham only. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—WEDN-Espey. The appearance of the weights for the Chester Cup caused a little animation at the rooms, and several of the candidates supposed to be favourably handicapped were invested upon. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 100 to 6on the field (offered) 25 to 1 apt Mr. J. Johnston's nomination (offered) THE CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Lion (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Clown (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 50 to 1 agst Balham (taken) 50 to 1 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) 50 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mo 3 stissimo filly (taken) 50 to 1 agst Twilight (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 66 to 1 agst King of Utopia (taken) 66 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) THE LINCOLN GRA (About fo Age st lb Ago st lb Pigeon 6 11 13 Princess Dagrnar ... a 10 3 Ironsides all 10 Vindictive 5 „ 9 Joe Maley ... _ all 9 Romulus Rook the Gardener a 11 9 Cockatoo ... 6 10 9 Patience ta. 10 9 atence Bridegroom (by •• tlO 7 Pompey), h b 611 4 Acton ... •610 3 Acrobat all 3 Vivandiere... ••• alO 3 Adrier ... 6 10 12 Hawthorne a 10 0 Yaller Gal ... alO 10 Woodford ..• ... 610 0 Demon 510 9 ND STEEPLECHASE. rur - RACING FIXT FRES FOR 1865. r ARY. i Nottingham Spring 2B FEBRU. Birmingham l4 Lincoln Spring 2l I MA' Derby Spring 2 West Drayton Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring lO Doncaster Spring l4 Vincennes Warwick Spring Vincennes Chelmsford Spring . Grand National Hunt Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O AP: Vincennes - 2 Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Canterbury Spring Abergavenny 2O Thirsk 2l Cardiff 25 Epsom Spring AY. Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB Bath . 23 Harpenden Epsom 3O Vincennes Chelmsford! 7 Manchester Summer 7 Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Alexandra Park 2O Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge Newmarket July CarliSle Worcester Abingdon Stamford l3 Winchester lB Nottingham Southampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood Down Royal Corp — AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club . 3 Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham l5 Royal Windsor l7 Bank of England Re York Plymouth Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 30 Weymouth 3l Baden 3l Stockton guru,..-Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1865. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .....X28.384,365 Government Debt £11,015,1(0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin do Bullion 13,731,365 Silver Bullion .... £28,381,3651 SAHLI:PIG D eroprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- , EPARTMENT. Government Seca- _ . counts) 5.541.452 Other Deposits 14,447,994 Seven Day and other Bills 466,4:8 £35,5 3,157 G £26,354,365 Feb. 2, 1805. rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,023,211 Other Securities 18,920,772 Notes Gold and Silver 726,859 £38,523,157 :0. FORBES, Dep, Cashier. CRIMINAL COURT—Feb. 3. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) ALLEGED SCUTTLING OF A SHIP. This morning the trial of Mr. White and Mr. Sutton was resumed. Some witnesses were examined, amongst them being Mr William White, the owner of the Snowdrop, a brother of the prisoner, whose only important statement was that he did not feel extraordinary anxiety when he heard the vessel was destroyed. Mr. Glover, the ex-Mayor of Shields ; Mr. Peacock, the present Mayor of Shields ; the Rev. Mr. M'Clennan, and other gentlemen, gave the prisoners a good character. Mr. Baron Martin summed up at great length, and the jury retired at 26 minutes to one. After an absence of about a quarter of an hour the jury returned into court with a verdict of not guilty. The verdict in the estimation of everybody in the court appeared to be a just one, and there was great applause when the foreman announced the decision to which he and his fellows had arrived. The prisoner White (then of course no longer a prisoner) bowed respectfully to the Judge and jury. Mr. Sutton said —" It is a righteous and true judgment, and I thank the Judge and the jury." Both the prisoners then retired with a host of friends, who were anxiously awaiting their fate. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Feb. 3.—Wind this 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. P ORTSMO UTH, Feb. 2. — W ind N. f r om from London for the Ca p e of Good Hope' her Majesty'a ship Valiant, for t he eastivtu-d. D O VER, Feb. 2 . —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Georges, f rom Gran t on for Bilboa, leaky, and with damage to bul war k s, and other injury. --. (BY ISAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning, A r rived, Feb. 3—Victoria, steamer, from Brussels; Nor man 3forrison, from Cochin ; Advan ce , f rom Granville ; Britannia, from Dautzic. DEAL, Friday Morning. No arrivals. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day• Market firmer. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. MISS BATEMAN'S INDISPOSITION, we extremely regret to announce, is such that we fear it may, for some days to come, preclude her from reappearing upon the boards of the Adelphi—thereby interrupting (we will trust however only for a very brief interval) the repe tition, night by night, her exquisite impersonation of Julia in " The Hunchback.'•' 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 iast account, were £29,843. Out of this sum a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared. ;UST. 13 1 st st st 50 20 100 100 100 103 10 100 10 1' 0 100 100 ISSR 100 {lOO 2 100 100 If'o 100 100 10 100 100 :NES. 1 68 i 958 132! i f 23 i 1281 f 1011 lini 2 108 II ---- -