The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-10 00:00:00

iclay• n g, ac ?rincess id, and ?rincess r Tees" e y yes- drive Lyceum 'fight. yester - L i p Iron hai fo r on the , o Wiles of dill' re, and of seep isel Was al Life to lee ), heavy o'clock he Van geboat . 3 DIVSlu e 111gger* anatell got off 3 towe d anchors ,he two bats are broken some sabella, nds, (311 ) iousb r , ra il to unde r I Were Dt le t [e. 000 t° oliver hiri• 7 seba ,7 - ac a le - s wAY , i s triet s a . , 9113 0 f the hold' usiOne vseot , , A '011(.10c1 1:1 1 ° i Pre" Lord Ler, e e rstotte to the nittee 3ted 4// the [essrs• L tree" , ib....." lar b. 7. MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL iiiTELLI6II-4-1.i.i..,L, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market to-day is rather more plenti fully supplied, and the rates continue firm. Gold to the amount of £14,000 was taken to the Bank yesterday. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Thursday, the 15th inst., a special settling day in the scrip of the Ottoman Six per Cent. Loan of 1865 ; to be marked. Notice has been given by the contractors of the Egyptian Government Loan, 1862 (first and second issues), that the Coupons due Ist March, and the Bonds drawn for redemption, will be paid on any Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday, on and after that date. At the Union Bank of Australia yesterday, ten ders for £250,000 Queensland debentures were opened. £150,000 were sold at the bank's minimum price of £97 15s. per cent., and the remainder were withdrawn. The movements of the precious metals during the past week have been on a limited scale. The im ports have amounted to about £215,130, chiefly from New York and Australia, and the exports have been £208,239, the greater portion of which has been despatched to the East Indies and the Continent. Two o'CLock. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 70c. Flat. In the general discount market there continues a fair demand, and late rates are maintained The English Stock market exhibits a better tone. Consols have improved f to 861 1 for money, and to 87i 1 for the Bth March. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86k 1; Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 2s. dis ; Bank of England Stock, 247 ; India Stock, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cents, 1021 ; ditto En faced 5 per Cents., 100 f. In the Foreign Stock Market there is not much business doing, though prices exhibited buoyancy. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 1; Mexican 211 22 ; do. New, 19f 1; Greek, 13 f ; Spanish Passive, 261 1; the Certificates, 1511; Italian, 61 f ; the Confederate Loan, 5} ; Brazilian Scrip, 1 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, f prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 671 ; Erie Shares, 521 ; and Illinois, 741 1. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, and prices generally have shown little change of importance. Midland, however, have improved 10s., and South Eastern, ss. ; while Great Western and North-Western have each de clined se. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue in active, with the exception of Grand Trunk of Canada, which are dealt in at 46 47. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very quiet at about former rates. Imperial Ottoman are dealt in at 13 ; London and Westminster, 95 ; London and County at 79} ; London Financial at 12 ; National Discount Company at 15k 4 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 19 4. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols Do. Account, March 6 3 per Cent. R e d uce d FBI f New 3 per Cent B6l f New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 691 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. fo r 30 yrs , exp i re sth AprilBBs — „ Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — r 'xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 3 die Do. £5OO — Do £lO and I'2oo IndINDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ien Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2ll Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICE 3. 4 ttstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 ..., Do. 1865 Do o Account 75 41 Do. Scrip, £35 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account ~, ..u an o 1 per Cent. (D e f e r re d 3 p er C en t.) 'ion 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. t hinish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Po. 4 per Cent., 1863 — ~ uo. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — "auubian Principalities Do Acco un t 751 'tador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ~,0 . , Provisio na l L an d W arran t.. — "gYption 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 — Do £lOO Bonds Do 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex C ou p ons " N o. Account 4-1 , 0 . Coupons I uo. Account , U atemala 5 per Cent. `talian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account 1 , 1)0 . Maremman a Rail wa y — ' , Lexicon 3 per Cent Co. Account Do 1864 4 0 1)0 per Cent. Anglo-Freh — , utevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid — Vorish Imperial 5 per Cent "ear Granada — .„-uo 2 per Cent — ~4-10 Deferred D O D O Land Warrants (Hectares) • 6 Per Cent, 1864 — p e t° Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Nvian 5 per Cent 130. Account r ,c ) 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Lo } p 0 ,4 per Cent., 1862 T ,'''lguese 3 per . Cent 1853 ~ — l -,° 3 per Cent , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, AJO. A Don .e.ccount 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — i) 41 per C e nt. 1850 '" 4 per Cent., 1860 D Ob 3 pei Cent. 1859 T N ? 5 per Cent. 1862 9ll 1 13 '"o 5 per Cent. 1864 a„rdinian 5 per Cent -u,„O Account . 1 -',.,° £ICO Bands B "0. li per Cent Danish 3 Do. - Account Cent Bo New Deferred u rs o Account ~'0 Passive — 41 0 Account 261 1 sqsnish Cert. of Coup not funded 0 0 Account 131yedish 4 per C en t. l5l 14-f 15k T ID °. 4 .-} per Cent. 1864 o .,_lliish 6 per Cent. 1854 — kiNO Account — 1- ', N O 6 per Cent. 1858 1-,„0 Account 7O Li r .,o £lOO Bonds tr,...., Ax 6 el pe ocoo r uß ;e n n d t. s lB62 — 671 8 68; 71 Do B 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Ce n t. 1865 — u Scrip £35 paid D 0 1 A ccount Ve h • 4 Per Cent. Guaranteed Er li ela 3 per Cent. ~ tto ,u n , Per - '' Per Cent, 1864 B6l 51 hat_: ec i c v ) i u d n eactson the above payable in Lonuon. ;., 411 . 5 per tent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 611 eflu . „, TWO O'CLOCK. ..,, i _ , 8 0 - ' 3 Tor money • Account 874 1 't th a ' II E GENERA L Po ST - OFFlCE .—Y es t er d ay even i ng ti °fa cers of th e Ci rcu l a ti on D epar t men t, G enera l P ost - I, d ee ' gave a f arewe ll di nner at t h e L on d on C o ff ee -h ouse, d e ll b -a te-hill, to Mr. Bokenham, the late Controller o . f the 48: rtru ent, who retires from official life after a service of Itaii toe ice Tho chair was taken by Mr. Anthony Trollope, re tary t 'e vlce chair by Mr. F. I. Scudamore, assistant-sec toad th e ° ile Post -office. The company numbered over 100, d • . rba f inner included every delicacy of the season, and ee`ed the greatest credit upon Mr. Clark, the pro- Pli etor 1 • After the dinner the chairman gave the usual Zal toasts of " The Queen,,, 4, The Prince of Wales and rtesstelietif_the evening, toast 'azi lilY." He then, in an admirable speech, gave the "Mr , . Bokenharn," at the same time Vqitt "g to that gentleman a suitable address, beautifully of , e ll on vellum, accompanied by a magnificent tea and co service in pure silver, most elaborately chased and gray • ed, consisting of tea and coffee-pot, sugar-basin, kili t ew closed e , and two salvers en suite. The whole was en laok irt a handsome oaken chest, highly polished. Mr. lala sio who was much affocted with the kindness j ell , ,1 b, , had prompted the presentation of this token of esteem i 0.14 brother otteers, suitably acknowledged the gift. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share( Railways. 43riatol and liaceter Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & ,b.Junc E.London, scrip Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. fi Do. E. Angl. st. No ? Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B stock 93 95 29 30 75 85 13 15 45 55 88 70 70 72 114 116 33 40 7 8 1281 129 110 147 Do. .New, is. at 25 pa. Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste.n Val. hail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord 92 91 581 59, 59 61 39 41 35 37 101 103 121 122 89 91 i 98 35 37 Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lanc 'shire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & \ orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New 126 126 i, 94 95 59 594 186 138 3 Sip 1 lip 98 10 Do Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and fit. John's`} d Midiand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmiu.. & Derby slid Kent . . 124 125 li I}l 93 95 !North British .... Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N-E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 all 58 59 7 2 , 3 111 113 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. 00. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock' , o. Scot, Mid. et auk Shropshire Union South Devon -outh K stern itaines, Wok., 35 Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha 1 West Cornw,ll BRITIS A P 'OSSK ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS, raid i Closing I Business Price. ; done. AttantiodSt.Lawrenue Bom.,Baroda..;.Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preterence . Butr.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & 8. E., Um ai e Town & Dock, gu 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pJ I Nast. Ben, al, gu., 5 do East L.dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension .rand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist 'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. • Pref. stock Do. do. defer red Dv. 4th Pre!. stook . _ . Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. (It. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent.... Do 3reat :Ws. of Canada.. Do. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 uo. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited] Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Piith Extension Ifelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Ifni 41z Hudson's Bay.. N. Ell.C'da, 6pc Istpf.bs. 3cinde Do. Delhi Do. do 5 a Do. Punjaub 1 Do.lndus COLONIAL GOVES British Columbia, 6 purl cent., Dec. 31, 1872: . Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1)o. 5 p. c. Jan. t July Do. 5 p. e. inscribed sk Cape G.Flope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1480-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. 2. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1. , 78 t)o. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,f Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.le,l uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866 Do. . 5 p c. 18,1 to 287,, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 18e: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc .tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 queensland Gov. 6 p. c 5. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-1 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Uov. 6 p.c. Ja dz July Do. do, a pril & Oct , BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold. Chiverton i'lifford malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tay.st I ►rakewalls East Bassett (Illogan, Nast Cara ion Eas, earn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavimtk Gam.& StAubyn(Gweu. Gr, at L xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal tsuiy G. Wheal Vor Heist Grenville Herod's Foot .... Hingston uown s Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley vtwyndy Iron Ore, liin New Seton ....... North Roskear N .Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Whe,il Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyLwlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. ((Hogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clugan, Jim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (lAskeard West Chi rerton West Seton. Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men W heal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 72 73 106 107 37 38 10 11 p 124 126 2 2. 2 2i 77 79 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 55 47 73 74 8 8 147 150 3 11 101 103 51 53 iSION 56 60 CO 10 id tp 7 71 10 11 75 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 fOl 102 103 45 41 87 89 68 70 60 e 3 61 62 53 50 48 61 44 #7 40 4; 37 4.1 102 W 3 p I I) 93 100 91 93 161 i6i 4} 4 d f)2 14 84 66 1 4d 99 101 90 92 86 88 114 66 8 82 98i 99i 98 99 1.1 98 99 MENT SECU. 14 96 93 94 93 96 79 81 76 SO 101 103 104 106 104 108 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1, 8 102 104 103 105 103 (05 Lel 100 99 101 93 95 92 94 87 89 100 102 84 84 c 8 10 , E 08 iOO 104 le6 105 106 NES. 9 10 15 17 670 690 18 2 0 7, 41 41 31 4 1 114 3 32 5 7 20 21 11 2 34 4 3C 32 t 31 40 4 21 6} 5f 5 7 4 44 2+; lod 40 60 13 15 i ! 37 39 410 430 2 z* 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 05 Ico 27 33 3 5 240 23 17 18 rtiEFERIGN(IN: SHAKE:, North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 80i t'REFERENCE SHARES AND.STWILa. London, Brighton, &c., 4} per cent., 1858, Ditto, new, per cent., 1863, 93 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RICNTALS. Nottingham and Grantham B. and Q, 90 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 221 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldin), 81 9 Recife and San Francisco (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., 131 Sambre and Meuse, 5 per cent. pf., * FOREIGN MIN IGt. Cape Copper, lim., 116 Chontalee Gold and Silver Mining, 41 5 Fronticio and isolivia Gold. Rm., 16 St. .John del Rey, lira., 521 $1 Work hing (limited), BANK& Alliance, lim.. 264 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 121 Australasia, 711 2 Rank of Egypt, 324 Chartered .ler. of India, London, and China. 46 54 Consolidated Bank, lim., 91 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 194 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 17 Imperial Ottoman, 13 Ditto, new, Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London and County, 79: London and %% estminster, 95 Merchant Bank, Una., 264 National Provincial of England. Ditto, .d and 3d issue, 45 MISCELLANNODB. Berlin Water Works, lim.. 11 Credit Foncler and ilobilier of England. 8 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which .£2 is to pay, 51 4 Crystal Palace, 351 44 Ebbw Vale, 8 E glish and Australian Copper, 14 Fairb iirn Engdieering, 6 bleu. Credit and l'ina•nce of Landon, lim.. 51 1 Hudson's Bay, 17 Imperi,l Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 51 International Financial -ociety, lim., 54 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;, Ditto, ri per cent. Bonds, redem. 1 , 70, issued 90, 7 loin? Stock Discount. lim., 414 London Financial Asaociation. lim . 12 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 31 M dras Irrgation and Canal, Ditto (all), 174 Mediterranean Extension Telegraph, lim., 34 National Discount Company, 154 1 Northam Alit , ink l'ea,.ilm.; Ditto, B, 21 Oriental Financial, lim., 104 Ocean Aiarine Insurance), 2 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. lint., 19 4 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 704 Ditto, new.:s Quebrada Land, Kail, and Mining, Urn., 41 Rhymney Iron, 23 Si Royal Mail Steam, 110 -ociete Fivanciere d'Egypte, lira.. 5i Thames and Mersey Marine) Insurance, Jim., 7} 1 Union Marine, Liverpool, Um., 3; Universal Marine, Insurance. lim., 31 Upper Assam Tea, lirn., The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is ICS/ to 108/ per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importation of go'd from the Unite teL TUIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) CAMPBELL V. ,LORD WENLOC K. This was an action for a breach of contract brought by Colonel Fiztroy Campbell, against the Right Hon. Lord Wenlock. The declaration stated that the defendant took from the plaintiff a fur nished house at 49, Eaton-place, for a period of three months, commencing on the 22d April last, the rent being 500 guineas for the quarter, and left before without notice. 39 8j 9 Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Stretton, were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bo vill, Q.C., and Mr. Karslake, Q.C.. for the defendant. From the opening statement of counsel it ap peared that in February last the plaintiff called on Mr. Douglas, a house agent, in business in the neighbourhood of Be]grave-square, and stated that he required a furnished house in London for three months. Mr. Douglas informed him that there was a house of Colonel Douglas's, which was then occupied, but would be vacant on the 22d of April, and Lady Wenlock and her daughter were permitted by the tenants to inspect the house. In the early part of February the plain tiff wrote to Mr. Douglas, saying that he approved of the house, ,but that he wished to see the apartments. He was allowed to do so, and he suggested that there would be some alteration in the servants' room required, but ultimately he con sented to the agreement, and his butler and other servants took possession of the house on the 23d of April. His lordship and family arrived on the 28th. Mr. Abbot, the plaintiff's butler, expressed himself dissatisfied with the size and the accommo dation of the house to Mr. Douglas's clerk, and also said it was usual to give a commission on taking a house. He was told that it would not be given in the present instance, but ultimately he was offered a sovereign in respect to some stables at the rear of the house which the de fendant required. The servants after this told his lordship that the house was swarming with bugs, and he removed the day after his arrival to the Clarendon Hotel with his family, but the servants remained for a few days longer. His lordship in formed Mr. Douglas of the representation that had been made to him, and the latter proposed to send some men to examine the beds and apartments generally, but his lordship would not consent. He then refused to fulfil the engagement, and a correspondence ensued between him and the plain tiff, but without any arrangement having been effected. It further appeared that the house had been examined by some of Mr. Douglas's men after his lordship's servants left, and no traces of the ver min question were discovered. John Laurence, who was in the employment of Mr. Douglas, deposed to some of the facts in the preceding narrative, and it further appeared that there was no written agreement signed by the parties, but that his lordship stated he would not avail himself of any benefit to his case from that circumstance. By the parole agreement between his lordship and Mr. Douglas, it was arranged that the former might sub-let the house during his term if he felt so disposed, with the permission of Colo nel Campbell. That permission was given, but his lordship declined to act upon it, on the ground that he was no longer a tenant of the plaintiff's. [The case was not concluded when we went to press.] t.Bl I 964 7} 36 1251 6 9f 59• i I 137 Silt 121} 4 i 6¢ P 72 74 3}. 100 f 100 1,2 11 46 5i 7 5â 7 6 49 8 4i 401 301 40 37e 1.21 31 99} 81 SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) A CHOICE OF LAW.-STONES V. HENDERSON. ,ITIES. This was an action to recover £ll ss. for a quan tity of crinoline steel, defendant having paid £4 13s. 9d. into court, and pleading never indebted as to the remainder. Mr. Lewis, sen., of Ely-place, for the plaintiff, called witnesses to show that an order had been given for a large parcel of crinoline steel, under a sample, and that defendant, after receiving it, had broken the bulk, accepting a portion and returning the rest to plaintiff in such a state as to be unfit for use. For the defence it was sworn that all crinoline steel had to be subjected to a certain process before it was put into the skirts, and that after this parcel had gone through the necessary ordeal a large por -881 tion proved unfit for use, and was returned in good condition to plaintiff. His Honour said that he was inclined to believe defendant's case ; but Mr. Lewis might have a non -96 suit, and bring his action before a jary in the Mayor's Court, if he were so minded. 1051 f Mr. Lewis said he would do so. His Honour—Then I will nonsuit the plaintiff, and order the money defendant has paid in to be returned to defendant. Mr. Lewis thought that was hardly fair, as de fendant at all events admitted owing £4 16s. 9d. In the superior courts, when money was paid in, a plaintiff was nonsuited, and still had that money. His Honour thought as the parties were going to begin in another law court all over again defendant was entitled to be able to pay in the money to that court, and plead in the usual form as to the remain der. The parties had chosen their law, and plaintiff would be nonsuited, defendant having costs. 20i I The old report that Mr. Tennyson is busily en gaged upon a classical subject has been revived. Many of our readers may remember that some four years since a similar statement was put in circulation which was gradually varied until the poem in preparation was said to relate to " a very early period of British history." The coming poem, as in the case of " Enoch Arden," will not improbably be on a very different subject from that guessed at. BARNUM'S Go -AHEAD-ITIVENESS !—" When the laying of the Atlantic Telegraph was nearly completed, I was in Liverpool. I offered the company .£,lOOO sterling ($5,000) for the privilege of sending the first twenty words over the cable to my Museum in New York—not that there was any intrinsic merit in the words, but that I fancied there were more than $5,000 worth of notoriety in the operation. But Queen Victoria and Old Buck' were ahead of me. Their messages had the preference, and I was compelled to ' take a back seat.' "—Barnum's Humbugs of the World. The Methodists are fast recovering the ground lost by them when the Southern wing seceded. — In Louisiana and Texas more than 20,000 coloured Methodists have broken off their connection with the Southern Methodist Church and joined the Northern Church. Bishop Thompson, organised in December, in New Orleans, the Mississippi annual conference of the church, which already numbers 17 preachers and over 22,000 members. A Biblical Institute has been opened in the city of New Orleans, and a new church organ. The New Orleans Advocate has been started by the Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman. In Kentucky 25 ministers of the Southern Methodist Church, with about 5,000 of the white members, have declared their intention of joining the Northern Church. The coloured congregations either have already taken the same step, or intend soon to take it. In Georgia the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, a member of the Georgia annual conference, is now labouring as a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. There are about eighty Americans spending the winter in Berlin, Prussia, chiefly students. They have Sunday worship together. The ministers who officiate are Mr. Dennisten and Mr. Hepburn, Pres byterian ; Mr. Stuckenberg, Lutheran ; and Mr. Simon, Mr. Mead, and Mr. Gage, Congregation alists. PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND THE BAGDAD AFFAIR. —Tbe Times correspondent says the recent lawless ness on *the Rio Grande is regretted in the United States. Our people sympathise with Juarez ; but overriding all their sympathies, there is an intense desire for peace. They would sacrifice even their sentimentalism to maintain friendly relations abroad, and while they gave their sympathies full flow so long as no overt act was committed that would im peril peace, when the act came it was deeply re gretted. They did not wish or expect it. A partisan press applauded it, but President John son knew better than the newspapers the real feel ing of the country when he ordered the apprehen sion of.R. Clay Crawford and his band, commanded General Sheridan to investigate the matter, and discover who was at fault, and again ordered the strictest observance of neutrality. The country will support no man or no party, however popular, in a new war, but it will support any man or any party that maintains the peace, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. ASSAULTING A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.—Henry Ring sell was placed at the bar charged with assaulting Sir Lawrence Palk, M.P. From the evidence it appeared that the Commissioner of Police had placed some additional constables at the foot of Westminster-bridge to protect the foot-passengers cross ing the road from Parliament-street to New Palace-yard from the stream of vehicles constantly coming from the south side of the water, and visa versa. Yesterday after noon the prisoner was driving a cart at a slow pace along Bridge-street towards the crossing above-mentioned, when the police-constable observing Sir Law rence Palk about to cross the road on his way to the House of Commons, he put up his hand to signal the prisoner to pull up before he came to the spot This he refused to do, and as Sir Lawrence had full pos session of the road, and was full half way across, the hon. member narrowly escaped being run over by the prisoner disobeying the directions of the constable. A scuffle took place, during which Sir Lawrence Palk received a violent blow from the whip the prisoner held in his hand. He was accordingly taken into custody, and charged by the hon. member with assault. The prisoner said he was going at a very quiet pace, and that before he could pull up the constable took hold of the horse's head, upon which he remonstrated with him. The injury the gentleman had received was purely acci dental. Mr. Flower said it was of the utmost importance that great care should be exercised at the crossing at the foot of Westminster-bridge, especially at this time now that Par liament was sitting. The Commissioners of Police bad done all in that way in their power, by stationing addi tional constables to control to a certain degree the vehicles passing over the bridge. It was of importance that order should be maintained, and Sir L. Palk had been assaulted by the prisoner whilst he was in dispute with the cabman. He should fine him 205., or 14 days' imprisonment. The fine was paid. Giovanni Ree, a foreigner, residing at 6, Seymour-street, Euston-road, was placed at the bar on remand, charged by Monckton, an officer of the F division of police, on special duty at the Charing-cross Railway, with loitering about the station for an unlawful purpose. The officer said he had observed the prisoner at the station for the last four or five weeks upon the arrival of the Continental trains, and seeing him go up and accost several foreigners during that time, he felt it his duty to ascertain the business which called the prisoner to the station. He spoke to him on the subject, when he seized him by the collar and tore his coat. On searching him he found five purses, each containing coin amounting in the gross to £3, a gold watch, and other property. The prisoner said it was a freak of his to carry the purses, and that he was only at the station to see whether any of the passengers arriving from the Continent were known to him or not. Mr. Flower said it was curious that a person should carry so many purses. He, however, should only fine him 10s. for the assault on the officer and 10s. for the damage to the coat. The prisoner said he would not pay the fine, as he would not encourage robbers. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC BREAKING OF JEWELLERS' WINDOWS AND WHOLESALE ROBBERIES.—Wm. Carr, a young man, de scribed as having no home, was charged before Mr. Knox with breaking a pane of glass of the value of £l5, the property of Mr. D. Cave (formerly with Messrs. Hunt and Roskell) jeweller and silversmith, No. 127, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. Mr. Wm. Charles Rann, assistant to Mr. D. Cave, jeweller and silversmith, of 127, Mount-street, said that yesterday evening about six o'clock he was in the shop with another assistant, when he was alarmed by hearing a heavy rumbling noise, and finding the brick (produced) had been hurled through a large pane of glass. On attempting to open the door he at first thought some per son was holding it so as to prevent it being opened, but after getting it open, he found that the door had been fastened to some railings outside. On getting outside he saw the prisoner, and on seizing him he asked why he was stopped as he had done nothing, the prisoner being at this time inside some railings attached to the house. With the assist ance of another person he took the prisoner into the shop, and a constable was then sent for, and he was given into custody. On examining the window it was ascertained that diamonds of the value of £5OO had been abstracted, no doubt by an accomplice of the prisoner, there being at the time diamonds of the value of £3,000 in the window. Mr. Knox remarked that it was a serious case. Police-constable Jones said that, on taking the prisoner into custody, he said that he got his living by singing, and that having nothing to do was the cause of doing what he had done. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. It may be remembered that Mr. Pyke, jeweller, New Bond-street, had a similar robbery committed at his house a short time ago, the property of which, £3OO value, was carried off, and there is little doubt by ono of the same gang. It therefore behoves jewellers, and persons having valuable stock in their windows, to exercise great caution. Fatal Accident on the Great Western Railway. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. A frightful accident occurred on the Great Western railway near Leamington this morning at 7 20. A goods train having run off the line dur ing the night. While the single line was being worked, three platelayers, named John King, Daniel Giles, and John Bister, ignorant of this fact, were -fis orking on the line at the time. The 712 train came up. King was killed on the spot, Giles was so injured that he died shortly after wards, and Bister escaped with comparatively slight injuries. _ MARKETS,---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Considering the time of year the supply of both fruit and vegetables at our market to-day was good ;on the whole, the trade ruled steady at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, 8 s Od to lOs ; foreign do, is to 2s 6d ; filberts, is Gd to 2 s Od per lb ; apples, 2s Gd to 3s 6d per half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do., 6d to is Od; Savoys, 6d to is 2d; celery, 10d to is 6d; horseradish, is to 2s Od per doz. heads ; greens, 3s Od to 4s Od ; turnips, is 6d to 2s Od ; carrots, 4s 6d to 5s 6d i • onions, is 9d to 2s 6d per doz bunches ; brocoli, 8d to 10d; forced rhubarb, Os 6d to is 3d per bundle ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s Od per half sieve ; seakale, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; and mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per punnet. THAMES. A RUNAWAY' KNOCK.—Alexander Peterkin, a grave looking, middle-aged man, and described as a clerk in the service of the North London Railway Company, was charged with unlawfully knocking at a street door. Mr. Thomas Gray, a surgeon in Poplar, said he had been greatly annoyed by frequent ringing of his bell and knocks at his door by foolish and disorderly people. This morn ing, at a quarter before 2 o'clock, he was in his parlour writing a letter when he heard the voices of two men laughing outside. Ho heard some one directly afterwards on his door-step, and immediately after a loud knock at his door. He got up and opened the door, and saw the pri soner and another man running away. He followed them , and they separated at the e n d o f th e street. He cau g ht the prisoner and gave him into custody. Prisoner was under the influence of liquor, but not drunk. He denied having knocked at the door. In answer to a question by the magistrate, police-con stable 147 K said the prisoner gave his right name and address. Prisoner—l am innocent of knocking at the surgeon's door. Mr. Partridge—The probability is that either you or your companion knocked at the door, but there is no proof that you did so. It is a very annoying practice, the amuse ment of fools, to knock at doors. You appear to be a re spectable man, and have given your right name and ad dress. You are discharged. WESTMINSTER. A FIT CASE FOR HANWELL ASYLUM.—Elizabeth Cor bett, a girl of 20, who has been at this court several times charged with creating disturbances at Chelsea Workhouse, assaulting the porters, and doing damage, was charged this morning with breaking six panes of glass, value 35., at the workhouse of St. Luke's, Chelsea. George Blandford, the porter, said that prisoner came night at 7 o'clock, and was ad to the house on Frid a y mitted as a casual. She went to the master's door, and rung his bell. The master desired him to fetch a police man. When ho c ame with the policeman she went into the hall and tried to fasten herself in. Witness opened the door, and then she smashed six of the windows with her hands, and was taken to the station. In reply to Mr. Selfe, the witness said she was not con sidered insane by the medical officers. She behaved her self as long as she was allowed to have her own way. The night porter, M‘Lachlan, said prisoner had been threatening him several n i ghts this week. He never spoke to her. She disch arged h erse lf vo l untar i ly last Wedndesday, and had annoyed them over since. The prisoner, whose parents are insane, and who is herself undoubtedly mad, at times, went into a long detail of the treatment she had experienced at the hands of the master, matron, vnd all the officials of the workhouse at Chelsea. She cOmplairied that on this occa sion she had to walk about the courtyard in the drenching rain to avoid the horrible language of the other paupers in the wardroom, and when she complained to the master and asked him to interfere, he shut himself up in his room with the matron and jeered at her through the window. When she saw a policeman coming she preferred a night in the police-station to being abused and assaulted by casual paupers, and smashed the wi n dows to be locked up. She mow lost her temper, and having violently threatened several persons, Mr. Selfe sentenced her to seven days' imprisonment for the damage. Prisoner said she had witnesses to call, and her relatives treated and threatened. would employ a solicitor. She was always being ill- Mr. Selfe ordered her at the expiration of the seven days to find a surety in £5 to keep the peace for three months. She was removed, threatening the master, matron, and porter. MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS.-011 Thursday three sailors, named Whiles, liennefick, and Sharp, were charged before the Liverpool magistrates with mutiny on the high seas on board the barque Rosendale, from Cardiff to South America. On the outward voyage the prisoners and others of the crew were stated to be very unruly, and on several occasions refused to obey orders. At Bahia, where they wore imprisoned fora row on shore, they were heard to express their determination to take an early opportunity of knocking the mate's brains out. On the homeward voyage they continued their misconduct, and on an attempt being made to put Kennefick in irons he resisted, the other persons helping him, and M'lnnes laid the mate's head open with a blow from a belaying pin. The captain was stunned with a blow from a sling shot, administered by Sharp, and the mutineers then took possession of the fore part of the vessel. Ths captain put back to Pernambuco, where the prisoners were ordered by the consul to be put in irons, and they were thus conveyed back to Liverpool. Two other mutineers were discharged at Pernambuco, there being no room to bring them home in the vessel as prisoners. After hearing all the evidence the Court ordered the prisoners to be imprisoned without hard labour for 12 weeks. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 10s Od; geese, 5s 6d to 9s; goslings, Os to Os ; ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; duckling; 3s to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 9d ; wild do, is Od to is 5d ; pigeons, 10d to is 3d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s to lls Od ; do. chickens, 6s to 8s ; barn door fowls, 4s 6d to is per couple. English eggs, 12s to Os ; French do., 9s to lOs Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 5d ; English ls 2d to is 7d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 3s Od per lb; soles, is to 4s 6d per pair; cod, 2s 6d to 12s 6d ; brill, is to is ; mullets, 2s to 4s ; doreys, is Od to 7s each ; turbot, 2s 6d to 20s each ; whitings, 3s to 125; haddocks, 4s to 208 per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s to .12s ; mackerel, 'sos per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Peal, 4s 23 to 5s 2d; and pork, 4s Od to .5s 2d per Sibs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef. from 2s lnd to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7fd. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 50. to 7d. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 21d to 3d. • 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 3-id ;72 to 801bs, 3 d to aid ; 80 to 881135., 31d to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 41d ;96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to 10s Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, lls 6d to 14s Od; half - breds, 10 s Od to 1.2 a 6d ; downs, 7s 6d to 9s 3d. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A moderate inquiry. CumnEawatn.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £slss ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; andstraw,:ll 18s to £2 5s per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 10s to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Demand inactive. Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. Market opens rather quiet. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. Jefferson Davis and Secretary Stanton. The Washington correspondent of the Times has the following regarding the supposed plot to rescue Jefferson Davis from his confinement :—‘, Jefferson Davis, who for some time past has rested so.quietly in Fortess Monroe as to have been quite overlooked by all but the restless Congress men who are anxious for notoriety by moving 'treason resolutions,' has again suddenly loomed up before the public gaze. A plot has been discovered—so says Secretary Stanton, whose familiarity with plots should entitle him to judge—a plot has been discovered, and, of course, frustrated, the object of which was to rescue Mr. Davis from Fortress Monroe. Officers high in command at the fortress have been dismissed for supposed complicity, and there has been a sudden weeding out of the workmen in the fortress and the people of the adjacent little village of Hampton. Hundreds, on very short notice, have been banished from the neighbourhood of the fortress to gain a livelihood elsewhere as they can. Vessels have been forbidden to anchor in certain parts of the harbour, and, as is customary on such occasions, vessels made inside the fortress are strictly forbidden. Although a great hubbub has been raised, the general impression is that there has been no plot at all, but the excitement has been created by the wish of an odious War Minister, whose power is fast departing, to keep his name before the people as zealous public servant, The newspapers have availed themselves of it to urge Mr. DaVis's trial, for then all danger of plots would be over. No one is more anxious for the trial to begin than Jefferson Davis himself ; his counsel are constantly urging it upon the Administration, but they do not see fit to order any trial, and Mr. Davis bids fair to re main in the fortress until death rescues him. The gentlemen selected for counsel by the distinguished prisoner —Mr. O'Conor, of New York, whose re putation as a lawyer is world:wide, and Mr. Reed, of Philadelphia, well known in England as the American Minister to China in 1858—proud of the honour conferred upon them, will make a good fight for their client ; but our strange Adminis tration, which no longer seems to govern by any rule, prefers to debar the prisoner of the trial in a civil court which he demands as his constitutional right." COMMON LAW FEE STAMPS.—Under the Act 28 Vic., cap. 45, which came into operation on the Ist ult., the fees payable in the superior courts of common law are re ceived in stamps, and we understand that for the fees pay able at the assizes, adhesive stamps can be obtained at the offices of the distributors of stamps for the respective towns in which the assizes are held. In order to prevent incon venience, it is desirable that the solicitors having causes for trial should, on attending at the courts, have in their possession a small quantity of each description of the ad hesive stamps that may be required. THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT COMMISSION.—From the report and evidence published it appears that the following were the members of the commission who were of opinion, "that capital punishment might safely, and with advantage to the community, be at once abo lished :"—Dr. Lushington, Mr. Bright, Mr. C. Neate, and Mr. W. E wart. The Right Hon. Mr. Justice O'Hagan ap pended the following as his opinion :—" I am of opinion, with much deference for the great authority of those who think otherwise, that the weight of evidence and reason is in favour of the abolition of capital punishment. I should, therefore, sign the declaration prepared by Mr. Ewart, but that I doubt whether public opinion in this country is yet ripe for the Acceptance of such a change ; and if it should be accomplished, without the sufficient sanction of that opinion, I fear the reaction which might follow on the per petration of some great crime. I think, also, that the sub stitution of a minor penalty would render essential serious modifications in the discipline and machinery of our pri sons ; and such modifications, whilst I believe them to be possible, may be difficult, and remain to be devised. On these grounds, having regard to the practical scope of your Majesty's commission, I cannot join in simply advising im mediate abolition ; but so far qualifying my adhesion to the terms of the declaration, I am prepared to adopt the principle which it embodies. (Signed) THos. O'HAGAN." The following append a declaration that they are not pre pared to agree to the resolution respecting private execu tions :—Dr. Lushington, Mr. W. Ewart, Mr. C. Neate, the Lord Advocate, and Mr. Bright. A summary of the evi dence occupies 40 pages of the blue-book. THE BAGDAD FILIBUSTERS.—The New York Herald says there has been some excitement created by the recent news from Mexico that a few hundred Americans crossed the Rio Grande, stormed the imperial city of Bagdad, captured a party of imperial troops, and actually sum moned a couple of Napoleon's gunboats to surren der. All this might have been expected. There are plenty of roving fellows to be found, especially among the discharged officers and soldiers of the rebel army, to undertake raids of this kind, for which, of course, the United States. Government is not responsible. Although the Monroe doctrine was literally represented in the persons of the parties who participated in this freak, not one of them had any political idea upon the question. They regar ‘ d the French and Austrians in Mexico as filibusters, and they thought they might as well do a little fili bustering too ; so they made a dash at Bagdad, scared the soldiers of Maximilian, and carried off a goodly share of booty. They had probably read the statement of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to Mr. Bige low that if the United States wanted to settle any difficulty in Mexico they must make application to Mexico and not to France, and they were just act ing on this diplomatic suggestion. The Murder at Brighton. •••• Yesterday John William Leigh was taken before the magistrates at the Town-hall, Brighton, for further exami nation, on the charge of having on the night of Thursday, the let inst., shot Harriet Harton, his sister-in-law. The unfortunate lady, who was 45 years of age, was the land lady of the Jolly Fisherman Inn, which is situate in Market street, Brighton. On the above-namednight she was seated in her bar talking to two gentlemen who were standing outside the bar door; there were also three other gentlemen sitting in the bar parlour, when the accused man entered the house. Directly Mrs. Harton saw him she jumped up, and ran into the parlour, as though she feared he was going to injure her. But she had hardly got half across the room when the prisoner pointed a Colt's revolver and deliberately fired at her. The ball passed through, the deceased, and grazed the temple of a gentleman seated in the room. He, however, ran to the assistance of the poor woman, who leant upon his shoulder for support. A moment afterwards the prisOner went within two feet of her, and deliberately fired at her. a second time. Mrs. Harton then exclaimed, " Ho's killed me, he's killed me," and then staggered half-way down soine steps outside the room, when she fell, and lay groan ing till the arrival of medical assistance. The man accused of this crime is 28 years of age ; about 5 feet Ginches in height, strongly built, with small round features. He wears a slight light moustache, and his hair cut closely to the head. He went to live at Brighton about three years ago, and at that time went by the name of " Captain Leigh," having, according to his own statement, been in command of a vessel of his own. Previous to this, however, he served in her Majesty's navy during the war in China, but sub sequently deserted and became one of the crew of the Ala bama. He is a man of superior education. His dress, either a velvet monkey jacket or a sealskin coat, gave him the ap pearance of a showy man ; indeed, it is said that when he first went to Brighton, he led a very fast life, but his re sources failed him, and then he took the Odd Yellows' Arms, in Queen's-road. But, not succeeding in this busi ness, he sold the last of his property, consisting of £7OO in the Three per Cent. Consols, and went about a year ago to Brentford (Middlesex), and there treated for another public house, but the magistrates, upon hearing his character, de clined to transfer the licence of that house to him. This, it is said, so exasperated him that he declared he would destroy the house, and, so far as breaking tha windows, tearing down the gas-fittings, and breaking up the stairs went, he carried out his threat. He was, it is said, after war& sentenced to three months' imprisonment for the damage be did. Two months ago his wife, the sister of the deceased woman, went to live at Brighton, and refused the prisoner's frequent importunities to reside with him. This it would appear took him to Brighton recently, as he wrote to his wife requesting her to meet him at the Bedford Tap on Tuesday night, the 30th ult. She, however, did not comply with his request. But it was subsequently ascer tained that the prisoner had been there, and that he had in his possession three pistols. His wife's not meeting him seems to have increased his anger, and on the Thursday morning he made one or two unsuccessful attempts to get into the house of which his sister-in-law was landlady, but succeeded in doing so on the night when he committed the crime with which he is charged. The demeanour of theprisoner after being placed in the dock was that of such extreme indifference to the position in which he stood that murmurs rather of sympathy than of condemnation fell from the lips of many persons who crowded the court. The depositions taken last week were read over and signed by the different witnesses, after which it was inti mated that there was no further evidence to be adduced. The prisoner, after being cautioned in the usual way, said he had nothing to say beyond that " all the witnesses had spoken the truth except Mr. Payne." He was then for mally committed to take his trial for the wilful murder of Harriet Harton. A second charge of " shooting at Super intendent Barnden, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm," was then formally preferred against the prisoner, upon which he was also sent to take his trial. He was then removed from the dock. The presiding magistrate afterwards highly eulogised the courageous conduct of Superintendent Barnden, who had, he said, by bravely risking his own life in securing the prisoner, doubtless saved the lives of several other persons. The American House of Congress. The Washington correspondence of the London Times gives a curious description of the etiquette of the United States House of Representatives. In the great hall there aro always restless gentlemen wandering up and down with their hands in their pockets, immediately in front of the Speaker—for there is no restriction upon them in this respect—or they stroll to each other's chairs, plant their feet on the desks (these are generally Western members), and make free use of the spittoon which is placed by the side of every seat. The galleries meanwhile are crowded with strangers, who do not fear to applaud when anything is said which takes their fancy. It is true that the Speaker instantly calls " Order" and drops his hammer, but the applause is renewedwhen - ever another hit is made. Lately, for instance, Mr. Rogers, one of the New Jersey members, was mak ing a somewhat noisy and excited speech, when he happened to allude to Mexico, and called upon the south as well as the North to " drive the Imperial despot out of Montezuma's halls." The people in the galleries at once clapped their hands as if they had been in a theatre. The result of this licence is that more than one member habitually speaks to the gal leries rather than to the House. Of late two- thirds of the strangers present have been negroes or dis charged soldiers, now without occupation in Wash- . ington, and- therefore able to indulge in legislative studies. The general aspect of the House is always one of disorder. When the Speaker has left the chair it bears some resemblance to a large bar-room, minus the " drinks." Members light cigars and seat themselves at their desks for a comfortable talk. They have " got through" with their speeches, and now prepare for a " splendid time." Such is their way of describing this happy period of the day. Perhaps in the evening the hall is occupied by a teetotal meeting or an assembly of Primitive Metho dists, who make the galleries reverberate with their thunders against the desperate wickedness of the human race, especially on the other side the At lantic. Chandler and the American War Party. The Philadelphia correspondent of the London Times says there is a large party in the United States who would like nothing better than to em broil their country in a foreign war—with England, if possible, or, if not with England, with France. This fanatical and destructive element controls by far too large a proportion of the members of Con gress, and had not the acts of the President and Cabinet time and again proved their intense desire for peace at any cost, the efforts of the destruc- tives would render foreign relations very critical. The leader of the War party is Zachariah Chandler, a Senator from Michigan, one of those tall, raw boned, hard-featured specimens of manhood, in whom the Western States abound, a man who is no debater or speech-maker, but whose iron will and unremitting energy and intense fanaticism have for years marked him out as a high priest for every American crusading party, whether it be a crusade against slavery, General M,Clellan, Jefferson Davis, or, as now, against England or France. Chandler during the fury of the war was the master-spirit of the famous " Committee on the Conduct of the War" that set up and pulled down generals, and was the terror of every army :officer, from Winfield Scott and General Grant down to the lowest cadet in the service. It was Chandler who, long before hostilities were thought of by the majority of Americans, wrote the letter advising " a little blood-letting" to settle the difficulties between the North and South. And now, still at the same destructive work, he is at the head of every movement looking to a new war and new laid nei s o about r b at o bloodshed. He has a ble seconds in his disre p utabl e labours, and can control a large share of the mem _ bers of both Hou ses of Congress. To his prompt_ ings are due 't he resolutions continuall y t a ble of the Hous e of Re p resen tatives which hav e frightened asii jugtoi the nto Fr s e u n c e h h E gr m e p at erosrolici t n the u t Emperor's Mi nister Mexico. BLUFFING I NTELLIGENCE—This day. ---..-- Lormo,t, Feb. 10.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gladiator, from Pernambuco. OFF NORTH FORELAND, Feb. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrivod-- Alliance, from Hartlepool for Cuba. CLYDE, Feb. 9.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Huntly Castle, for Singapore. PILL, Feb. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Nereide, from Selina. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Saxon, screw steamer, from Southampton. FiLmouTH, Feb. 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rana, from Cardiff. DARTMOUTH, Feb: B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived--Fleeting, from Teignxaouth for Newfoundland. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tms DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 7 agst Cortolvin (offered, take 15 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Laura (taken) 22 to 1 agst Innellan (taken and offered) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 6 agst Copenhagen (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 2 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 4to 1 agst Student (taken) 100 to 7 agst Augusta (taken) 100 to 7 agst Jack-in-the-Green (taken) DERBY 100 to 15 agst Rustic (offered, take 7 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Student (offered) 22 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) 50 to 1 agst Stra,thconan (taken) BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-FRTDAY AP.hough there was a tolerable attendance at the rooms to-day, very little business was done. However, from offers and bets laid to small sums we were enabled to make out the following list of quotations, which may be taken as the current prices : LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken freely) - 20 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 25 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 33 to 1 agst Wild Bee (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Laura (taken) 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Balder (taken) 28 to 1 agst Light Heart (taken) CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Saladin (taken) WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholomew's nomination (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr. R. Jardine's nomination (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Brocklebank's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr Gibson's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mather's nomination (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Mr Stocker's nomination (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gorton's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bake's nomination (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. • FEBRUARY. Lincoln 2O MA Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Nottingham Spring CH. Crox ton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Newmarket Craven 2 Durham 2 Blackheath dr Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 2l Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 Harpenden lO York Spring - Windsor Summer - 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 JII Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 1 Worcester 'LY. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCT( Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter . ...... Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O :MBER. 1 Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester NOVE Lincoln Liverpool MBER. t Shrewsbury I Leamington Hunt l9 LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 6. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. W. May, as Consul in London for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Downes Griffith, Esq., barrister-at-law, to be Attorney-General for the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, _FEB. 9. _ . Royal Artillery—Capt. Robt. Alexander Morse to be Lieut. Col., vice T. T. Haggard, removed to the Supernumerary List; Second Captain George Henry Stone to be Cap tain, vice blorse ; Lieut. Walter John Finch to be Se cond, Captain, vice Stone. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Sampson Freeth to be Colonel, vice R. C. Moody, who retires upon full-pay; Captain Fitzroy Molyneux Henry Somerset to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Freeth ; Second Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles George Gordon, C. 8., to be Captain, vice Somer set ; Lieutenant Montague Lambert to be Second Captain, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon. BREVET. Colonel Richard Clement Moody, retired full-pay, Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, tho rank being honorary only. ADMIRALTY, FEB. G. Commander Frederick W m. Richards to be Captain. Lieutenants John Bayford Butler, George Digby Morant, and Francis Lindley Wood, to be Commanders. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening, Amsterdam Short. 11 171 11 18; Ditto 3 Months. 12 2 12 21 Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Hamburg 25 50 4 25 50 25 574 25 57 13 10 13 lf?ii P ar i s Short 25 15 25 25 Ditto 3 Months. 25 50 25 55 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine Vienna Trieste petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples 251112} 5 25 571 10 65 Ull 10 70 10 65 10 70 29} 29} 6 28 6 29 46,1 46} 46 47 25 0 25 70 25 70 25 70 25 70 25 70 25 671 25 721 CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE AND JEFF. DAVIS.— The. Springfield Republican denounces Chief Jus tice Chase for refusing to bring Jefferson Davis to trial, and imputes to him improper and disgraceful motives. According to our contemporary, _Mr. Chase is ambitious of the Presidential chair in 1868, and dares not commit himself against Davis for fear cf a loss of Southern influence at the next election. But the popular feeling, swinging back and forth through the changing relations and changing tem per of South and North, now m ore than ever almost, demands alike Davis's trial, conviction, and execution. So much is b e i ng f orgiven to the rebel lion and to the rebels, and yet so much of their old spirit is still present in the country, that the loyal people, not in passion, but in sober sadness, are coming firmly to the conclusion that a historical monument should be erected to the depth and height of this great crime of treason ; that not so much punishment but conspicuous warning is needed for the benefit of the nation ; and that in the person of Jefferson Davis it can be most simply, most surely secured. And yet, as everybody can see, with the position of the chief justice and the motive for it, and the disposition of other presidential candidates to gain favour also in the South, such a result is not likely to be attained. The country is more likely to be worried into acquiescence in some surrepti tious disposition of his person and his case ; some compromise with the crime and the criminal, through a rivalry of the men in power for the Southern vote in 1868. And our contemporary exclaims, in a burst of indignation, " What a conclusion to the majestic march of our last five year s' history is thus before us !" rADTERTISEMENT. _I —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— a nd o the the ciu t i h e kr t throat Cold Weather.—The sudden Fever it y of the weather has asanddlynhdeissttuarrbe foundedtlieg iilieeravlaryliealtb. means of cure are Holloway's renowned remedies. The y inflammation, ulceration, bronchitis, re quires to household, Affections twice a day on the affl ic t e d parts hoarseness, and congestion, ad cough. This soothing ointment be well rubbed tw i only to effect an immediate -and marked improvement in all the symptoms of disease. Both ointment and p ill s are devoid o f danger. 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