The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-23 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE. 411DIPP, Feb. 21.—Steam coal continues in good de i7ll(l, and merchants experience no lack of inquiry. Con -4141 buyers are purch as i ng l arge ly, an d cons id era bl e quan t ities are taken by th e ma il pac k e t compan i es, b o th f or 4 eir home and foreign stations. Quotations upon the 1/ ' t h ole ar e rather in favour of sellers, more especially for } earn. of 'superi or qua li ty. Th e h ouse coa l proprie °l's are full of business, and the output is still hardly e lual to the requirements of buyers, the increased sale a til i g mainly from the cold weather. Coke for locomo tjl Purposes is in average request, and fairly renaunera- Z° . Prices are obtained. The export demand for iron re "t!alus - without a n y ma t er i a l c h ange. V ery f ew transac 'l;ll, have t a k en place of late on French account, and the re Zt of the c ommerc i al treaty with that country has not ke4t7d ex pectations. There are some orders in the mar- Om Germany and also from the colonies and India. 22d.—There is a further demand for most th, - b s ' s °f hosie r y goo d s usua ll y i n request at t hi s t i me of t t ' e ar. The retail dealers arc getting well cleared of win clia!°°(l6. Business in the rural di s t r i c ts i s w ith ou t muc h yail-ge• There is no important alte r ation i n th e p r i ce o f 4t L; Which are not muc h i n demand. Wools arc quoted v gh rates, with a quiet market. y47 l'Tlx onAar, 22d—The lace trade for the ti m e o f th e remains quiet, but it is expected that with favourable t il ea t ti let the spr i ng trade will open well. Cotton nets sell t ale , °W IY. Silk mechlins are in fair request. The Gernun ZollB not brisk, but as there will be a reduction in the lverein duties on the Ist July business will then im- T ) a ve • The French trade is quiet, as is also the Italian. Ir e e af t ,, e h ave been a few buyers in the market, but the cold lke-ger prevents their purchasing to any extent. Black t : are in slight request. There is very little doing in ti a lall cw rh e agings. The mechlin quilling trade is exceedingly oa t i he hosiery Lade is a shade more quiet. Partly b ee l t to the very severe weather, cotton goods have not 1180 much looked after. Yarns are not so firm. 401\TEY- abr. 'eb. 22. ss of Oh wen t out donald. [ the Iron. i n g of the Yesterday' the New Nono urs, o f Brazo f orleans at Marl' ;ambri cl g e wain + tended b .c, went to e i r 110 31 s, the I J 0; L • e d the re.- ie Fre'l eb Lo rd yons, of the:c: Ei g ht 11 °1' we ster, ' o f IC-n°llY6' the Caul ;ever° co., 1 3 r °WI1'6 „ s F,xchequ er to 10 5 : t Latiwer” janao tur! s i s house : yt• gill Gogi , S it irdtto t i Jo ins 33. a cane, _ t ors' 'll 14c. gr. ocit uot tll 0 j aier sf ,ice s. is 6' p oee ), to to are a 00 0i dier itoa oto , field Or" Jibe ,„itio l3ait ro n g epg e re c.. 005 " e ttiog ct a 0- .000 lid do,soe' ,1)le the ct. ,re d k ith 6 c ity; t is the sol o Lu cer' v ireo r pa - thr ee ill' t• s ever e 0 , 5 the iting• MARKET AND CO MMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The thedirectors of the Bank of England have held ap us ual weekly court to-day, and have not made oi4 ii ha nge in their official c h arge f or di scoun t. A n o lv i" 1°11 Prevailed in some quarters last evening that, 1)). g t o the good position of the Bank, and the at lth 7nce of cheaper money out of doors, the Pt i ., °rl ties would have lowered their rate about br a t., but taki ng i n t o accoun t th e expec t e d with -11,1%,"4' of gold for Spain, it is m ost lik e ly that they k ilt ' r efrained from making any alteration at pre- In the open market money is still very abun -44,2 a nd there is but a moderate inquiry for assist the s 1 The rates to-day have ranged from 4:1 s for best bills, and 4 per cent. has been accepted o eeasional instances. NT l3 nt £97,000 in gold was taken out of the Bank for Spain. „ 4 n. e committee of the Stock E xc h ange h ave ap ,, i 4 th 'eci Thursday, 2d M arc h , a spec i a l se ttli ng d ay e shares of the City of Milan Improvements kollialcia4Pdanayfte(rLi2m6tith ed) for transactions entered into January, to be marked with £5 ; and f ully Paid up ; also of Cramer and Co. p e h •' —° quotation asked for. The committee qterter ordered the shares of the W as h oe d the c onsolidated Gold and Silver Mining Corn y (Limited) to be quoted in the daily lists ; and L ! h ares of the M erc h an t Shi pp i ng Company il i ll ted) in the twice a week list. do a official returns relating to-trade and naviga -1864f0r the twelve months ending 31st December, fear' h ave just been published. From these it ap frok t hat the total declared value of the exports £l6 o t he United Kingdom during that period was 1 86 a ' 436 ,302, against £146,602,342 in the year lacr e ': /h ulving an increase of. £13,833,960. The 4 14 4e is most perceptible in beer and ale, coals Irth elil nal cotton manufactures, cotton yarn, tattl i nw are, hardwares and cutlery, linen manu liiiiiea and woollen and worsted manufactures, iro n there there is a falling' off in unwrought „ a PParel and slop s , b u tt er an d h orse s. l at er ' 4l Portation s of the principal articles were 9114 ~,a s respects raw cott on , fl ax , p rov i s i ons , tlart:gver) rice, sheep and lambs' w o o l, b ran dy, e v er, sugar, tobacco, and wi n e ; b u t th ere was tapi e g oution i n raw s ilk , ta l low, coffee, corn, 1 11!) f ruit, rum, and tea. trt4lipPing accounts exhibit a slight increase in 'Pkti- hipping of tonnage employed in the Foreign k °r the like period for the entries inwards, as oast t he case for the clearings outwards. In the 41 4 lig trade the tonnage employed w as ra th er 4 th e on the like period of the previous year %I(entries inwards ; while a slight increase 1V: a ce in the clearings outwards. lea n following railway dividends for the half ?,'loth t he 31st J anuar y l as t h ave b een announce d y '--Gre a t iii Western (original stock) 31, against 1 141 4 : 4 804 ; South Wales 31, against . 3 ; *West a.,„„ and Oxford 2, against ditto Newport 'IIQ Dal 11 and ditto llereford, 5 against 5. 4 ( 11 ,_ 2 , 1, 5 44,,,,; a t 'Western (original stock) dividend has aeha considerable disappointment on the Stock Zetedle, Where 4 per cent. was confidently ex "q 44 ' all( ' has even been spoken of for some time th e -qe t amount of interest. 111,trocill'Inperial Mercantile Credit Association has t ` 4 4: 41 to the notice of the public the Varna L, 50 0,0t Company, with a proposed capital of 1:to Ci in 45,000 shares, to bearer of £2O each,ltorest "e ssued at the price of £l2, an d b ear i ng t h , eat the rate of 5 per cent. guaranteed by the j'attta Government. The number of shares to be t, ) tit l'e q in England is 30,000, and, reckoning the 8 p e r w ith the price of emission, it is brought up 14 " 4 1( ce nt. The line, which i s t o run f r o m Rust i:ll4 i v b. arna, a distance of 138 miles, was cora -411 h 4 st June; and great progress has been made • '''oes of the works. tlii 4 44 Week's rail wa y receipts, ascer t a i ne d up ( It a Y, are in round figures as under :-- :kt 1865. 1864 oath 1 ,, 11W eater e ' 4l / 1 £57,828 £54,842 Jrn b i ^ ht o eSte rn R 1r114 4: *'• °llth N v 4 ter n ..• - , o rthe Ni k i r 4„ e 411 d Yorkshire 1 / 4 tti, eq Exeter f, 4 11q,,, teril ... 95,229 92,650 ... 17,590 16,952 ▪ 14,182 13,897 44,035 41,140 ▪ 15,553 15,489 31,160 30,291 35,235 34,920 ... 4,962 5,219 (4;Nie,t te 52,210 50,914 144 t 4 ' Sheffield, and Li nco l ns hi re 17 , 711 16 , 923 k ... 28,10 62,894 l i t Two o'CLocK. As ah : 4 ' l g, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's '' t he French 3 per Cent - Rentes were 67f. t he , ai ea NY• fntQt,ll-4tket for English Stocks has been very th - Nex. lit quotations nevertheless maintained their 4 P ll 1 411 ' e s. No alteration has taken place i n )4891) and Consols are quoted 89* for money, 93 " f or the account. The New Threes and 411 nuities are 88* 89 ; the 31 per Cents., 4:t% ' Luria 5 per Cents., 104 ; E n f ace d 5 per t; t ' b i°l- 1 102 ; do. 51 per Cents., 109.1 110 ; 1 , t 1 tunes, 98i. 4 Fo reign Market to-day there h as b een tittle animation or fluctuation. Turkish Con clsZ 51:1- 52 ; Mexican, 264 27 ; do. New, 1 ;.t ) ,.. -r eek, 22* ; Spanish Passive, 321 ; \,, '‘te ,, ate s, 1 51 ; Italian, 63:1 64 ; do. New, 1 1 14, 1 % ; Confederate Loan, 55 56 ; and Monte 1 44 t i l l ' e u t 4 i prem. 1 1 ' : 1 ' vet, R ail way Share Market the dealings have \P e t ' extensive andprices, in several instances, t N : 11 14 )1 ed less firmness. Great Western have 4,: ii ß lla t,t, lll arlY flat, and have declined £2 55., "le unfavourable dividend just declared. (; f4 elci , tall have also receded £l, Manchester, ° tit) aild Lincoln, 10s. ; and North Eastern 7 Ss 1 /t• Il le 1, ' C AA and Colonial undertakings remain h eha n . ge of importance. Qeat :Itid Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate kt4(loit ali,,teady rates. Alliance realise 371 371 ; 82 c Eozi LI County, 733 741 • London and South ' 21 ; • 4 7 "ja il 21. London Union of London, 521- ; oft , :1; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, "don ( .k 'lo am and Provi nc i a l M ortgage Bank titral sh ares are quo t e d 1 1 premium. The (1 0 ,'Y of tyrri gati on and W a t er Supply Cora boek.4llee shares are 1 dis. to par ; West Lon- Will • and Warehouses Company, 11 to 2 • , d t44Steal- s Janeiro Gas Company, 1 to 11 prem. ; 'etu, shiP and Labuan Coal Company, 'ci!egistered Land Company, par to Y . of Nlilau Improvements Company, 41 to 4i prem. ; Metropolitan District Railways, 3i to 4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Mar. 9 B9l b per Cent. Reduced BBl 9 81 i New 3 per Cent B9 81 9 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 93 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — Do. £5OO — Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5/ per Cent 2lB INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 . — Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 lO9l 10 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 9Bl Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - 31 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 90 Chilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do £25 paid — dis par Egyptian 7 per Cent 9Bl Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 951 Do Scrip, £sb paid Do Account 4 1 pm Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Do. £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £lO paid Mexican 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Dc. 1864 254 Do b per Cent. Anglo-French — Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis Montevidean sper Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do Account Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account -- Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 47/ 7 Russian 5 per Cent, 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent — Do Account — Do New Deferred — Do Account 4ll Do Passive — Do Account 321 1 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l5l 1 Swedish 4 per Cent. — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 921 Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 73 21 31 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 ..._ . _ Do ACcount 7l 1 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent.,‘,1864 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi..Ates 9B} Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9k I Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market opens firmer. Sales probably about 6,000 bales. DEATH OF LORD WILLOUGHBY D'ERESBY.—We have to announce the death of Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, who, after a protracted illness, expired between 9 and 10 o'clock last night at the family residence on the Terrace, Piccadilly. Lady Carington and other members of his family were present at his death-bed. Lady Wil loughby, to whom ho was most tenderly attached, had only pre-deceased him by a few weeks. The late Peter Robert Drummond-Willoughby was the eldest son of Peter Burrell, the first Lord Gwydyr, by Priscilla, 19th Baroness Wil loughby D'Eresby. He was born the 19th of March, 1782, and succeeded his father as Baron Gwydyr the 9th of June, 1820, and his mother as Baron Willoughby the 29th of December, 1828. The deceased lord married, on the 20th of October, 1807, the Hon. Clementina Sarah Drummond, the only surviving child and heir of James, Lord Perth, whese death we had occasion to mention only a few weeks back. He leaves as surviving issue Clementine. Elizabeth, married to Lord Aveland, Charlotte Augusta, married to Lord Carington, and the Hon. Alberic (his only son), born the 23d of December, 1821, who succeeds to the family honours. The late Baron Willoughby D'Eresby, and Gwydyr of Gwydyr, county Carnarvon, in the Peerage of England, was joint Hereditary Great Chamberlain of Eng land with the present Marquis Cholmondeley, who will now assume that hereditary appointment. He has a sur viving sister, the Dowager Countess of Clare. The mother of the late lord was the sister and co-heir of the last Duke of Ancaster, who died in 1779. Lord and Lady Willoughby were almost the last survivors of that great society which had adorned the early years of the present century. They had both been distinguished as leaders of fashion, and were renowned not only for a splendid hospitality, which in cluded almost every personage of distinction in Europe, but -for a certain genial courtliness of manner, combined with the most unaffected kindliness of which there aro few examples. Of all the 'many deaths which this inclement season has caused none will leave a wider gap than those of Lord and Lady Willoughby. THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND. —We body of the late Duke of Northumberland was brought to Northumberland-house about 9 o'clock last evening, from Alnwick Castle. The lying in state will take place to mon ow, from 10 to 4, and admission is confined to the per sonal friends of the deceased, his tenants, and tradespeople. The body of the deceased, on reaching Northumberland house, was placed in the dining room, which had been pre pared as a mortuary chamber, being hung throughout with black draperies. We are informed that Lord Enfield, M.P. for Middlesex, and eldest son of Lord Strafford, has con sented to accept the office of Secretary of the Poor Law Board, just vacated by the resignation of Mr. Gilpin, M.P. for Nottingham. TIIE YORKSHIRE COAST.—Up to Tuesday night there was no intelligence of three missing Yorkshire fishing vessels, the True Love, the Rose of England, and the Blue Jacket, belonging to Staithes, and it is greatly to be feared that they and their crews, in all 27 persons, are lost. One fishing vessel was seen to be in distress off Redcar on Sunday night, and after a fall of snow it was noticed she had disappeared. Some wreck has come ashore at Saltburn. The snow squalls of Sunday were the se verest that have been observed this winter upon the north east coast, and the sea rose with great rapidity when the wind got round to the northward. POOR RATES AND PAUPERISM.—Mr. Purdy's quarterly return, completing the series for 1864, was issued yesterday. It shows that there has been a continuous in crease in the number of paupers from the beginning to the end of the quarter, there being 63,674 more paupers at the latter time than at the former. Nevertheless the paupers in the whole year (1864), as compared with those of 1863, have decreased 32,174, or 3.35 per cent. ; but compared with 1862, the decrease was 178,142, or 16.12 per cent. The actual numbers for the three years are as follows :-1863, 1,105,234; 1863, 959,266; and 1864, 927,092. QUEEN'S SHIPS.—The usual annual return made by the Controller of the Navy shows that on the Ist February there were in the Royal Navy 445 steamships afloat, 357 of them screws and 26 screw steamers building ; there were also 69 effective sailing ships afloat, 54 of them mortar vessels and floats. These numbers make 540 in all. Of the steamvessels afloat 27 are armour-plated screw ships, namely, six third-rate iron ships and six wood, two fourth rate iron ships and one wood; four cupola ships, fourth-rates; one wood corvette, sixth-rate ; two sloops, three iron floating batteries and two of wood. There are 55 ships of the line, screws, and 43 frigates, 37 of them screws. There are also 37 gun vessels and 105 gunboats, all screws. The rest are block ships, corvettes, sloops, mortar ships, small vessels, tenders, &c. Of the 26 steamships building, eight are armour plated—namely, three third-rate iron ships and one of wood; one wood corvette, sixth-rate ; and three iron gunboats. Of the other 18 steam-vessels building, the building of 12 is suspended, and only a frigate, three sloops, and two gun boats, all screws, aro proceeding. The return of the Ist of February, 1864, showed 593 vessels afloat and 38 building. There are seven more armour-plated vessels afloat now than there were then, but fewer - paddle-ships, fewer gun boats, and fewer sailing ships. 100 100 2 100 {lOO COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR: British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar, & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p r, Inscribed sk Cape G.lrope, 6 p.c.1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 190-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 4 78 .. - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ib Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja..tJuly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p*c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 t New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent...• •• • Nova So tia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 .... : ... Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18.8-n 1 Do. 1878 & upwards.. Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, epril Oct.. BRITI Cain Consol. Uold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon as t Carn Brea East Grenville East Love.l E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam & StAubyn(Gwen. Great L .xey, Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vet' (Heist it, Grenvil.e Herod's Foot •••• tungsten Powns Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley NI wyndy Iron Ore, ltw Nanglles New Se ton North Downs North Roskear . N.Wh'l Bassett(ldogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny Lrlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. alloganl Stray Park Tin Croft West liassett (Mogan W. Caradon L'skeard West Chiverton Wes c Seton Wheal BasEett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea - Lude„tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men ,' Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. Wheal PRE FE rtENCE Si! Great Eastern 44 per cent. pi. Ditto, 5 per cent., Woi London and South-Western, .0 per cent , 99 ,RES AND STO-CKO. ~ 90 LINES LEASED AT EIXEDRENTALL East Lincoln gua. 6 per cent., 132 a Manchoner, Buxton, and Matlock, 4} FOREIGN RAIL WAYS; Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7.per cent., 16 Great Luxembourg, 121 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin),7lol South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian,"ili Southern of France, 221 FOREIGN MINES, Cape Copper, Um., 11; BANKS. Alliance ( 1 Im.). Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd., 22j I Bank of British Columbia. 18 Consolidated Bank, 11m., ilg 11 East London. lim.. 5; European Bank, Um., 14; Hindustan, china, and Japan (Urn.), 29 Ditto, issued at 2:pm.. 26 Imperial Bank (lira.). 31; Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4; London and County, 74 34 31 London Joint Stock. 47; g London and South African, 21 London and 11 estminster, 95 Merchant Bank, lint, 334 51ercantile and Exchange. Bin., 7 I Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 201 National:Provincial of:England, Ditto. 3d issue, 46 National Bank. -- Ditto, new, 85 Oriental Bank Corporation, 58 South E I stern, lira., 10,E Union of London, 52g DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 66) 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim.. 91 Bo,i.bay Gas, lim., CI 4 City of Milan Improvements, lira., 9 City Offices, lim., Commercial Union, Insurame, 81 Continental Union Gas, lirn., 11 f Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 8/ Ditto, new, 7 _ Crystal Palace. Ditto, Preference, 1131 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 11 Electric Telegraph, 111 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, 15/ Humber Iron WoJcs,:3 Import,' Mercantile Credit A sso., Urn., 7 61. International Land Credit, lira., 51 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 81 Land Securities, I:m., 4 31 London Financial Association, lim., 211 Lott oa d Provincial Marine, 3 rational Discount Company. Um., 141 Oriental Financial, Jim. 4 :1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 821 itio de Janeiro City Improvements, new (£7), 51 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 3} Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7i Upper Assam Tea, lim 61 11 9) 9 '. 90 92 93 05 79 81 78 50 103 108 103 108 107 lb° 108 108 IC2 104 108 110 102 104 305 107 108 110 105 107 90 93 98 100 92 91 91 93 103 105 86 88 9Z 05 10t 104 105 107 1071 103i1 INES. 11 hi 6 1 31 33 575 585 321 35 ; 14} 154 6 6, 4 44 9} 104 4 41 6 8 17 18 2} 2, 334 314 2) 5 24 36 34 4 6 8 5 54 1i Old 17 19 35 45 141 161' 2 2/$ 3 34 31 33 530 650 20 25 14i 154 14 15 74 8) 7 8 61 66 200 210 ICO 105 9 11 11 } 13f 195 205 19 20 i i rim SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1E65. OBSEQUIES OP CARDINAL WISEMAN, (This Day•) The Solemn Funeral Obsequies of Cardinal Wiseman began this morning at Ten o'Clock, in St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Moorfields. The cere monial commenced with a Requiem Mass—the Right Rev. William Placid Morris, Bishop of Troy, being the officiating Priest, the Rev. Dr. Melia, the Deacon, and the Rev.' Dr. Gloog, the Sub-Deacon, arrayed in their violet chasuble and dalmatics. Eleven out of the twelve suffragan Bishops of the Province, of which his Eminence was Archbishop and Metro politan, assisted in full pontificals within the sanc tuary. Besides these, there were also present his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Catholic Primate of Ireland, as well as several bishops having sees in partibus infideliuni, and many other dignitaries of the Catholic Church. The whole interior of the building was covered with black and yellow draperies. The pillars, swathed in black, were.spirally coiled round with narrow yellow bands, having about them, in the general effect of the curving winding lines, a certain vague resemblance, as was yesterday remarked by one of our morning contemporaries, to that noticeable in Raphael's Cartoon of the Gate Beautiful. In the centre of the sanctuary--immediately in front of the steps ascending to the high altar of the pro-Cathedral —was placed the Bier or Catafalque, upon which reposed, within a series of coffins, the remains of the Cardinal-Archbishop. The inner most coffin of all, the leaden one, lined with white and yellow satin (the pontifical colours) in which lies the body of the deceased, arrayed in the gorgeous vestments appertaining to him in his various eccle siastical capacities as Priest, Bishop, Archbishop, and Cardinal. Among these ecclesiastical raiments, the alb, for example—manufactured by skilful young hands at the Orphanage of north Hyde— has significantly embroidered upon it the words " Father of Orphans." The outer coffin, which is of very considerable dimensions—being thirty-two inches across at the widest part, and fully seven feet in length—is of polished oak, thickly studded with embossed nails, and richly adorned with gilded handles. Almost entirely concealing the coffin itself, as it lay there on the bier of violet cloth thickly bound and richly embroidered with gold lace, was spread a magnificent yellow silk and black velvet pall, known as the Bowyer Pall, being the property of the hon. baronet the member for Dundalk, the Cardinal's Cross-bearer. Placed there upon the black velvet of this pall— towards the foot of the partially concealed coffin (the head of the coin being in the direction of the high altar, in token of the distinguished ecclesiasti cal dignity of the deceased)—lying there, we say, upon the black velvet ved scarlet hat of the tow ofth a r i s d s p a t l h l e, was foot the the b r o c a o d ffi . n o a , Cardinal, with its red tassels—long silken appen dages, broadest at their extremity—hanging down conspicuously upon either side. The Burial of the Archbishop. Slowly in procession tread, Darkness in the light of day, Towards the regions of the dead, Towards the charnels of decay. Priest and deacon, turn by turn, Chant the low funereal rites, While the gleaming censers burn, Lightly swung by th' acholytes. Let the wail of anguish rise As from sullen shades below, Till distil from sadden'd eyes, Blinding tears of solemn woe. Echo all the crypts around, Even every crevice dim,. With a sweet but awful sound— Sorrow's agonising hymn. Tuba minim spargens sonum,— 'Round the vaulted chambers ring, Per sepulchra regionum, Where the silent dead we bring, Coget omnes ante thronum,— Sorrowfully murmuring. - Slower each attendant move, . Surplic'd child and cowled man, With the griefs that all behove, Clerk, and monk, and sacristan. Draw the coffin from its pall, Lay it in its place appointed, While we linger, one and all, Weeping for the Lord's anointed. Lower down with creaking ropes Thro' the earth, so dank and cold, The casket of abandon'd hopes— Purple velvet clamp'd with gold. Scatter'd o'er the buried Great, Hark! the clattering mould hath Dully dropp'd with leaden weight On the hollow-sounding lid. Have we not old recollections Worthy of unfading love, Wafting all this world' s s affecti 3ns To the radiant realms above ? Here before our feet he lies, He the teacher of our youth, Now translated to the skies By the Living God of Truth. You remember all the joy Of his pure, unsullied soul When he left this life's alloy, Passing thro' the golden goal— Passing thro' that goal mole splendid Than the dawn-empurpled east, When within his heart were blended All the graces of the Priest : Gnat:led from the grasp of schism By his mind's sublime belief ; Sanctified by sacred chrism ; Chosen by the Church, her Chief. Then the tonsure, while it shed Glory like the radiant morn's, Symbol'd on his shaven head Calv'ry's awful crown of thorns. Then the amice he would drag O'er his neck with aspect meek, As they muffled with a rag Him they smote upon the cheek. O'er his scanty cassock fell, Floating down, an alb like snow, As in Herod's time befell To the Human-God of woe. 'Round his loins a girdle wound, He, to each adoring soul, Like the Holy One when bound, Stood in maniple and stole. Over all, the gorgeous silk Of the outer vestment roll'd Red like blood, or white as milk, Stiff with 'broideries of gold— The rich chasuble he bore, As an emblem in our creed Of the purple robe He wore When they arm'd Him with the reed. Then an antidote for malice And all earthly ills ho brought, In the gem-encrusted chalice And the paten thinly wrought. With our sympathetic sighs Did the stately pageant pass, To uplift the sacrifice In the rapture of the mass. Clouds from thuribles arose, While with ardour every voice Peal'd the harmony that flows When assembled souls rejoice. But, above the fumes around, O'er the melodies of air, Rose the fragrance and the sound Of the supplicative prayer. Oh, what glory seem'd to glow On his solemn features then— Like the aureole o'er the brow Of some sainted martyr—when His anointed hand reveal'd, O'er the bended heads of most, All the love that lay conceal'd In the consecrated host ; Or, when benedictions came From the ray'd Remonstrance, while Each beam glimmer'd like the flame Of the dread Redeemer's smile. Yet, alas ! for ever mute In the solemn hush of death, Low he lies whose moral fruit Ripely dropp'd with his last breath ; Low he slumbers to his knell, late Teaching truths with honey'd lips ; Low he lies, the Prince, the Prelate, Shadow'd by the grave's eclipse. Brothers, let us cease our sorrrow ; Draw from misery relief, And the salt of solace borrow From the briny dews of grief. Staunching weepings of the brain— Eye to heaven and knee to sod— Turn consoled to life again, Leaving him alone with God. Conspicuously noticeable at the extremity of this pall fronting the assembled congregation, was the embroidered escutcheon of the Cardinal Archbishop with its very striking moto—Ontnia pro Christo. The church was almost completely darkened—the windows being concealed with black hangings, and the interior lighted solely by the gas chandeliers and the wax tapers around the catafalque, saving alone where the daylight streamed from above on the large picturesque representation of the Cruci fixion forming the altar-piece of the pro-Cathedral. Some three or four hundred priests, from all parts of England, Ireland, and Scotland, crowded the sanctuary in a dense mass—dis tinguishable in their ecclesiastical character by their cassocks, surplices, and doctorial hats The music was throughout the simple Gregorian chant. The mass beginning, as a matter of course, with the " Kyrie Eleison." After the chanting of the Epistle bythe Sub-Deacon, the sublime, Hymn of the " Dies Irx " was intoned most affectingly in alternate solo and full chorus—that matchless hymn of grief, the mere reading of which dissolved into tears the voice of our great Protestant moralist, Dr Johnson. From the darkness prevailing within the building it was difficult to recognise the throng of notabi- lities there collected together in honour to the me mory of the deceased prelate. The ambassadors' tribune was very fully attended—the Count Ap ponyi, the Austrian Ambassador, and the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne being distinguishable among their diplomatic associates. The congregation con sisted of males and females in almost equal numbers. It was not until close upon twelve o'clock that the Right Rev. Monseignor Manning ascended the pulpit, from which he preached a most impressive and eloquent sermon (of an hour and twenty minutes duration) to a congregation listening to him in breathless silence and streaming eyes. The procession started from Moorfields at about half-past two, in the following order : Horsemen to clear the way. Three mourning coaches and four, with deputations from religious confraternities, in their habit. Mourning coach and pair, with archiepiscopal cross, acolytes, and master of ceremonies. • Fifty mourning coaches and four, with the clergy in surplices. Its'r CARRIAGE. Rev. Canon John Walker. Rev. Dr. Russell, of Maynooth College. Very Rev. Canon Edward Hearn, D.D., tho Cardinal's Vicar-General. SECOND CARRIAGE. Rev. Canon John Morris, of Spanish-place. Rev. Canon Frederick Oakeley, of St. John's, Duncan terrace. Veryßev. Monsignore Canon Francis Searle, the Cardinal's Secretary. Rev. Canon William Weathers, of St. Edmund's College, Old Hall Green. THIRD CARRIAGE. Very Rev. Canon James O'Neal, Vicar-General, Rev. Canon George Last, of Ingatestone Hall. Rev. Canon William Hunt, of Spanish-place. Rev. Canon John Maguire, of Manchester-square. - - FOURTH CARRIAGE. _ ..... Right Rev. Monsig minster. nor© Manning, C. Provost of West- Right Rev. Robert Cornthwaite, C. Bishop of Beverley. Right Rev. Francis Kerril Amherst, C. Bishop of North- ampton. Right Rev. and Hon. William Clifford, C. Bishop of Clifton. FIPTH CARRIAGE. Right Rev. William Vaughan, C. Bishop of Plymouth. Right Rev. Alexander Goss, C. Bishop of Liverpool. Right Rev. Richd. Butler Roskell, C. Bishop of Nottingham. Right Rev. James Brown, C. Bishop of Shrewsbury. S CARRIAGE. Right Rev. William Turner, C. Bishop of Salford. Right Rev. Thomas Grant, C. Bishop of Southwark. Right Rev. William Bernard Ullathorne, C. Bishop of Bir- mingham. Right Rev. Thomas Joseph Brown, C. Bishop of Menevia and Newport. SEVENTH CARRIAGE. Right Rev. William Bernard Allen Collier, Bishop of Drusipara. Right Rev. William Wareing, Bishop of Retimo. Right Rev. William Placid Morris, Bishop of Troy. Most Rev. Paul Cullen, C. Archbishop of Dublin. Carriage and four, with the cardinal's hat on a cushion of cloth of gold, borne by Monsignore Boone (private chamberlain to the Pope), supported by Sir George Bowyer (knight of Malta), and Mr. Waterton (Papal chamberlain). THE BODY, Covered with a pall of cloth of gold, on a car drawn by six horses. Twelve :Attendants,' with Crape Armlets, and Cardinal's Monogram on Medallion. Relatives, Executors, Medical Men, and Solicitors, in Three Mourning Coaches and Four. FIRST CARRIAGE. Rev. W. Burke, Mr. Burke, Justice Shee, and Mr. N Wiseman. SECOND CARRIAGE. Monsignor Thompson, Mr. Bagshawe, Dr. Munk, and Mr C. Hawkins. THIRD CARRIAGE. Mr. Tegart, M♦ Tegart, jun., Mr. Harting, and Mr. Bagshawe. Mourning Coach and Four, containing Mr. Newman and Mr. Roper, of the Cardinal's Household. Cardinal's Private Carriage. Queen Amelie's Carriage. Ambassadors' Carriages. Private Carriages. The whole arrangements of the funeral were entrusted to Mr. James Taylor, of Lower Seymour street, Portman-square, in conjunction with Messrs. Garstin and Co., of Welbeck-street, who supplied the fittings and furnishings. Upon leaving the Pro-Cathedral at Moorfields, the procession—having at last been formed with great difficulty in consequence of the immense concourse both of carriages and footpassengers— proceeded along the City-road, down Pentonville hill, through Euston-square and Marylebone, along the Edgware-road and Harrow-road to Kensal green. Here, at the gateway of the Kensal-green Cemetery, the numerous mourning coaches and carriages discharged their occupants—no vehicle whatever being admitted within the boundaries— the whole of the immense procession passing on foot by a covered way, constructed expressly _ for the occasion, from the principal entrance up to the very grave set apart for the reception of the remains of his Eminence. This henceforth noteable spot of earth being in the centre of the Roman Catholic portion of Kensal-gr . een, the portion known as St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. As being wonderfully appropriate to the occasion, we extract tha following lines from a book of Poems published some time since by the Messrs. Long mans : THE REMOVAL OF THE CARDINAL'S REMAINS FROM YORK PLACE.---Very quietly, and with total absence of ceremonial observances, the body of Car dinal Wiseman was removed from the house he had lately inhabited, in York-place, to the Chapel of St. Mary, in Moorfields, where it will rest until the funeral to-morrow. A crowd, principally composed of the humbler class of Roman Catholic communi cants, had gathered before the door as early as three o'clock in the afternoon, expecting that the removal of the corpse would take place some time that even ing, and perhaps early. It was nearly half-past eleven, however, before the plain hearse, drawn by four homes, moved from the door, and midnight had struck when the sad burden was deposited in the body of the chapel. Encased in a leaden coffin, the remains of the lamented cardinal—lament.ed, sincerely and affectionately, w e may say, by the poor mourners, who stood in the cold rain near his doorstep, and who spoke in low voices and with team upon their cheeks when he was at last borne forth—reposed in the centre of . the darkened draw ing-room till the arrival of the undertakers and their assistants. The great waxen torches had burnt down into mere clots, and one or two had flickered quite out, leaving only a light which, being cer tainly " dim," may not unfitly be also spoken of as "religious." A female domestic watched, and sometimes knelt and prayed, by a chair a little re moved from the bier ; and as the priests in attend ance entered the room they also knelt, but closer to the leaden coffin, on which a bunch of white and red camellias had been placed. One face, that of Dr. Searle, the Roman Catholic canon, who was so fre quently the companion in public of the cardinal— and who is almost as familiar to the sight of persons admitted to the private views of the Royal Academy —was noticeable as . , on his entering the chamber of death, he turned his keen grey eyes sternly and almost forbiddingly on the little knot of under takers' men who stood in the vestibule, waiting to carry the leaden coffin down the stairs, and place it within the oaken one which stood in the entrance hall ready to receive it.—Morning Paper. LOCAL TAXATION.—A return by the Home-office made to Parliament, as ordered by the Local Taxation Re turns Act, shows that the total amount of local taxation borne by the country in 1863, so far as it has been returned, £16,646,125. The return is necessarily incomplete, but it is believed the sum stated is not far short of the exact total. The largest item is the poor rate (including the county and police rate), amounting to £9,174,976. SHARE MARKETS-Thin day. Share! Railways. Bir., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A gets no div I A_ " Do till6p.c.p.an.has ' been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock ' Do. B 'o 95 97 1314 132, fh 6 Do. yew. ts. at 25 po.l Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n •Orizin I) . S. Vi'. Bait gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. Mid.— Orord Do. Newpo t Co. He ef0rd........ Lane shire &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon , Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Do. hew Mid'a»d Do, flirt - obi ..35 Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. b shares %lid Kent . No th British Do. Ed, Pth ;St Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. De. di , . 185548 Do. do. 1850-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1804 worth Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock' o. Scot, Mid. stack ' *zh ews Welchpool., Shropshire Union South Devon E stern 4 taines, Wok., Wok TalT Vale Do C Vale o' Nea!h Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw lepool liar &it Do. A Irredeemable Do. A. redeemable 100 100 ICO 100 10 'OSSE 32 34 16 17 86 88 107 I'9 461 471 7 8 1311 13?, 147 148 13) 33 89 qa 7 } 73, 58 60 49 51 ,02 10t 1161 117; 87 81 101 104 35 17 1 04 121 98 93 6) ól 118 119 1371 118, 1 107 1(9 53 24 z 5 26 Mt 114 67, 68i 1021 10 381 39 1 12ip t$ 10p 122 125 11} 12 1 8) 81 11 11i 138 142 44 46 t 9 61 59 81 851 86 9 1 160 165 3j 110 113 33 40 75 78 ISIONS. 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Mel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and It V. It I. C'da, pc Ist pt. bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do. Ors 4, Do. Punlaub Do.lndus St Flo, 'l' 66 67 1004 101} par 0 4} 6 ti 9i 74 78 g 7 91 75 85 lt 0 102 100 101 1001 101; 18 19 SO 91 67 6J 57 60 6t 63 54 56 I I 50 53 46 48 26 28 25 27 105 y 101 E id p par # p 93 100 8 9 12 llid 85 40 77 EO 1 3d 100 101 0: 94 88 90 62 64 3 5 82 81 99 100 9 ) 1(0 d Id s 91 1001 94 97 ICO 100 100 10 100 100 :SH 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2. t 3.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.1:3 4.18.0 4.3.6 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.91 30.17.6 474 54 10 3.12.8 174 5 4 21 3; 87 103 1201 4 9Sf 91 8 Ou 117 f 181 18 ei 1881 8 100 f 1 101 100/ I VOI 1 100/ 8 1 i 1001 9 2 99 f 954 6 :ITIES. 100 100 100 100 100 9; li 151 15 THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK SFOATING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. UXBRIDGE RACES-THIS BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. VOLUNTEERS' CUP. Jenny Jones White Stockings Irish Lass • Advent LONDWATER CUP. Old Squire - - Concavo ..... Seven ran. DURHAM PLATE. Simpleton ... Sinite Best Man 3 Ten ran. SELLING STAKES Advent Three ran. ................................. 1 TAT TERSALL'S.---Th's Evening, LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to lon the field (offered) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst*Manrico (taken) 6to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken) 7to 1 agst Le Marechal (taken) Bto 1 agst Heurlys (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES Bto 1 agst Skeffington (off.) 100 to 6 agst Lion (off., take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 25 to 1 agst Thalestris (wanted) A very thin attendance, and the above quotations nearly nominal. Bank of England Return,—This Evening, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth .Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1865. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. °tee lined ~......X28.413,183, Government Debt .£11,015,10 Other Securities .. 3.634,90 v Gold Coin & Bullion 13,763, 85 Silver Bullion .... .C 8,113,185 £28,113, 8 EPARTIMNT. 1 Government Sean- rities ((including Dead WeightAu nutty) £11,023,211 Other Securities 18,79 ,230 Notes Gold and Silver .8:37,048 Coin .039,401,204 r, MILLER, Chief Cashier BANKING D oprietors' Capi tal £14,553.000 ticst Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, COMMid issioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- _ _ counts) 6.05,3 Other Deposits 14,11 ,885 Seven Day and other Bills 442,458 £39,4.4.204 Y Feb. 23, 1365. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS--Tilts EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PICCADILLY AND PARK-LANE NEW ROAD BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir J. FERGUSSON said that he did not consider this bill should be sent to a select committee without a discus sion on its merits. An explanation was desirable on the part of Government previous to the house being called on to sanction the further progress of the bill. The ob ject of the bill was no doubt desirable in affording a com munication between two important points in the western part of the metropolis, but the bill itself had formed the subject of newspaper dis cussion, and some strong arguments had been used to show that the present scheme would not give sufficient accommodation to the public. The road from Hamilton place was proved, in his opinion, by Mr. Nelson, not to be the best that could be selected considering the locality. The fact was, that the Chief Commissioner of Works had been goaded into doing something, and he had con sented to this scheme without being at all satisfied that it afforded the best means of communication between the points in question, and the cost of the scheme would be no less than £16,000. Mr. TITE supported the bill on economical grounds, and drew the attention of the house to the cost that would be incurred if they adopted any scheme that would involve the pulling down of Gloucester House. He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. MELLOR supported the bill. General PEEL said that he did not know why the Metro politan Board of Works took the subject of this bill on themselves. The matter was very important, and he ap pealed to the house to allow the bill to go into committee, where it would receive ample discussion. After some further discussion the bill was read a second time. ALLEGED GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS Col. SYKES presented a petition from certain officers in the Indian army praying for redress of grievances. Col. FRENCU and another IfoN. 31EMBER presented peti tions to the same effect. NATIONAL EDUCATION. A petition was presented from Berkshire, praying for a better administration or the money granted for the purpose of public education. DOE PARK AND BRADFORD RESERVOIRS. Mr. FERRAND moved an address for copy of all cor respondence between the Home-office, the Bradford corpora tion, and other persons, on the state of the Doe Park and the other reservoirs belonging to the corporation (in con tinuation of Parliamentary Pape; No. 290, of session, 1864.) Ordered. FIRE INSURANCE. Mr. COWPER presented a petition from Herts in favour of a reduction on fire insurance. EAST INDIA (ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS). Mr. AYRTON moved for a return of the expenditure in England and in India on account of the electric telegraphs in India, showing the amount expended yearly on account of permanent works and annual maintenance and expenses ; and account of the annual receipts from the teleoTaphs, and of the number of miles of telegraph and of aations open in each year (in continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 287, of session 1863) . _ _ ALLEGED AftUCTION OF A NUN. Mr. CAVE moved an address for a copy of official cor respondence with her Majesty's Government relative to the abduction of a nun named Mary Ryan. . THE OFFICERS OF THE GREENWICH UNION. Mr. MAGUIRE asked the President of the Poor law Board whether his attention had been drawn to the acts of illegality brought home to the paid officers of the Greenwich Union in connection with the cases of Mary Moriarty, Julia Hannon, and others ; and, if so, whether any and what official cognisance had been taken by the Poor-law Board of the conduct of the officers concerned. And whether the circum stances connected with these and similar cases of re moval to Ireland do not call for amendment of the law ; and, if so, whether the Government were prepared to pro pose such amendment without delay ? Mr. VILLIERS said that in 1860 the law on this subject had been amended, and instead of Irish paupers being merely deposited on the coast of Ireland, they were con veyed to their native parishes. The cases alluded to arose from a departure from that amendment, and had formed the subject of an enquiry. MADRAS IRRIGATION COMPANY. Sir C. WOOD said that £797 000 had been collected for the purposes in question, of which £717,000 bad boen ex pended. PRISONERS IN NEWGATE. Mr. LOCKE asked the Home Secretary attention had been directed to the treatment3ewhetohfer hisr_ sons confined in Newgate w hether it was true that all persons apprehended in the City of London on suspicion of any offence are (regardless of their ante cedents) lodged in Newgate Gaol, and treated as cri minals ; whether such persons have to clean out their own cells, and whether they are deprived of proper sleeping accommodation and a proper knife with which to eat their food; whether all persons remanded on suspicion are prohibited from seeing their wives and children, except through a double iron gratin,g and in the presence of a gaoler ; whether persons so treated, and ultimately acquitted or discharged, have any and what redress ; and whether persons charged with less serious offences are treated the same as persons charged -with murder ? Sir G. GREY said that persons in the position in ques tion were not treated as criminals, although the regulations of the prison required that they should clean out their cells. Their friends were allowed to see them under certain con ditions, and their legal advisers had free admission to them. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. BLACK asked the Lord Advocate if the penalty which was incurrable by the medical practitioners of Scot land under the 41st section of the act 17th and 18th Vict., c. 80, is repealed by the 14th section of the act 23d and 24th Vict., c. 83 and if not, did he intend to take the necessary steps to procure a repeal of this enactment, and so place the medical practitioners in Scotland on a footing of equality with the medical practitioners in England and Ireland. --......... The LORD ADVOCATE said that the sections of the act alluded to were not repealed, but their stringency had been relaxed. With regard to the second part of the ques tion, he had to inform the, hon. member that it was not his intention to bring in any bill on the subject. THE NEW BRIDGE TO REGENT'S PARK. Mr. H. LEWIS asked when the new bridge loading to Regent's-park over the canal would bo completed and opened to the public ? Mr. COWPER said that the bridge was nearly corn mploente:hl,. and would be open to the public at the cud of the secre t a ry to the Admiralt Mr. CLIFFORD asked the whether he hadcertain Cowes e p re i n l d o c. t earr : Ce a on n nse d eid w oeraf he ts t iu. h oc e nh r . i h n e_ of improper interference with Trinity pilots, complaining their avocation by Govern would issue orders to prevent mentht WrrecEeSivedßalNforiPaliLfi7o;S.. terference, Lord C. PAGET said that the memorial alluded to had to questions from hon. membeintrhes'xt he would be been received, and PRISONS ue d w °v rorr l s e lt ese L day In reply this bill on the y G. N ß vh E e Y th s e; l h d e t ro t ul o d n p following Thursday. abl B e ir to G sa . COURTS OF JUSTICE BUILDING. On the motion for going into committee Sir H. WILLOUGHBY moved that on this bill, consi deration of the bill should b e the further con sequence of some of the objections for a month, in enter tained as regarded its provisions.j ions which were The ATTORNEY-GENERAL , who presented petitions in favour of the bill from different members of the bar, ex pressed - a hope that the house would not consent to the amendmant of the hon. baronet. The amendment was negatived, and the house went into committee, and several of the clauses of the bill were agreed to. COURTS OP JUSTICE CONCENTRATION (SITE) BLL. On the motion f or the second reading of this bill, In reply to Mr. ROLT,. Mr, COWPER said that on carrying out the provisions of this bill Government had no powers to make a bridge over the streets or a canal under them. The bill was then read a second time. BANS NOTES ISSUE BILL. On the motion for the second rea di ng of this bill, Mr. BUCHANAN made some ob servations in wilitli he raised the question as to the right of G overnment to io, po [ to LEFT gt4exueornaltphrieniscsipuleeooffbtahnekbnilol. LEFT SPEAKING.] te; and he al so objected SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MAN C lIES TER-WEDIMSDAT. LINCOLN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Heurlys (offered) Bto 1 agst Donnybrook (taken freely) 9to 1 agst Manrico (offered) 20 to 1 agst Charming Woman (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Emblematic (taken) 100 to 8 agst Light Heart (offered) 100 to 7 agst Tony Lumpkin (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Jerry (offered) 100 to 6 agst Arbury (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Czar (taken) 25 to 1 agst Joe Maley (taken) 25 to 1 agst L'Africain (offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 agst Skeffington (offered) 100 to 7 agst Lion (offered-100 to 6 t freely) TWO THOUSAND. 9 to 2 agst Liddington (offered) 10 to 1 agst Zambesi (off—take 12 to 1) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered) 100 to 6 agst Ackworth (taken) 25 to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) WATERLOO CUP. 15 to lon the field (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bateman's (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Randell's (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's (taken) 33 to 1 agst Dr. Richardson's (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Hornby's (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bake's (taken) DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, March 14. Acceptances for the Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 sovi each, with 100 added. lm. 6fur. 132yds. Age st lb j Age st lb East Lancashire ... 5812 M. Philippe ... a 6 10 Oldminster ... a 8 8 I Hartley ... ... 46 9 Buckenham ... 68 5 Idle Girl ... ... 46 9 Gibraltar ... a 8 3 i North End ... 4 6 8 Turcos ... 5 7 11 Physician ... a 6 a Dunkeld 5 7 10 Alpheus ... •.. 4 6 Revolver ... 5 7 10 Bombay ... 4 6 6 L'Africain ... 6 7 9 Sancho 3 6 6 Change 5 7 6 Friday ... 3 6 6 Heurlys 6 7 6 Macbeth ... 6 6 Wandering Minstrel 4 7 4 1 Tim Meagles ... 3 6 0 Gaily ... 5 7 3 Grappler 3 5 13 Demon ... 5 7 3 } Benanoar 3 513 Deerstalker ... 47 2 Minette 35 12 Fanfreluche ... 57 0 Doge ... ... 35 12 Royal Stag ... 47 0 Moldavia ... .. 35 10 Privateer ... ... 4 7 0 Lord Waldegrave... 3 510 4 6 13 Nu . 3 5 9 Oberon ... ... 46 12 Club Queen ... 35 9 Earl of Surrey 6 6 10 j Gannochy 3 5 8 LINCOLN MEETING.— The committee have decided upon a further postponement, and appointed to-morrow and Saturday for bringing off the races. The latest telegram reported the ground to be softening fast, and that there was every probability of the meeting being held. RACING FIXT JRES FOR 1865. LTARY. FEBR' Lincoln Spring 22 Nottingham Spring 2B CH. MA' Derby Spring 2 West Drayton Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring lO Doncaster Spring l4 Vincennes Warwick Spring Vincennes Chelmsford Spring . ..... 28 Grand National Hunt Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O APII Vincennes Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 1 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 26 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 Winchpster lB Nottingham Southampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood Down Royal Corp AUGUST. Brighton 1 I York Brighton Club Lewes 4 1 Lichfield 2B Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham l5 Baden 3l Royal Windsor l7 Stockton — Leicester . Doncaster Brecon ...., Richmond SEPTEMBER. ... 7 I Monmouth 2l 12 Manchester Autumn 22 ~. 18 Newmarket Ist Oct 26 I ~. 19 Walsall NOVEMBER. Liverp00l Autumn STEEPLECHASE F 'IXTURES FOR 1865, litlitCll. Liverpool Shrewsbury Scarborough 16, 17 Torquay 2B UTILISATION OF SEWAGE.—The bill prepared and brought into the House of Commons by Lord R. Montagu, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Forrand, and Mr. Ilib bert, for facilitating the more useful application of town sewage in Great Britain and Ireland, has been printed. The bill, which it is proposed shall come into operation on Ist January, 1866, constitutes all municipal corpora : tions, improvement commissioners, local boards of health, or others having charge of the sewerage of towns or populous places, under any public or local act of Parlia ment, " The Local Sewer Authorities," and vests in them power to acquire property in all night-soil and the like refuse collected from house to house in the district where the Local Sewer Authority has .1t contract or service to collect the same ; and also litter or refuse from stables, cowhouses, and the like places, the occupiers of which may signify the consent in writing to such removal, protecting their rights so acquired by a penalty not exceeding £5 against all persons wrongfully diverting such average. Several exceptions are made to the protecting clause, giving to occupiers of houses the right to contract with any com pany or person for the removal of sewage, or to use it upon their own land, provided that no nuisance be occasioned by such removal. Power is also given to occu piers of land, with the consent of the Local Sewer Autho rity, to applythe contentsof a sewer, or drain pipe running to waste upon their lands, to the fertilisation of such lands. The bill proposes to give power to the Local Sewer Autho rity to acquire waste land, sand-banks, and other lands improvable by the application of sewage under the Lands Clauses Act, on a provisional order granted by the Secre tary of State, and confirmed by Parliament. The Local Sewer Authorities are further empowered to dredge for or take away any i balla.stonud, within sane ], or other substance, in any river or stream, railway, canal, (lot or r l B har bour,ll enss tt; r ar e t cao tm d l. e v pis o i w t l such ballast gio ba l.dv l tfo O o r trh ru tehL b e b o ii pa h_ l their district, with the consent of the Local a astage and ers on the or persons exceed,,r ag o to te th n ei y r e la a n rs ds , — an the latenrmdhsoomfesursehmacoyntrafonnet Sewer rb A vaa u nn t ke h y o ° Authorities er s h v t o eo r J r ' co t t or " ma y be entered into with any company in to take such concessions of sewage, si m il ar contracts Contracts may be renewed. In cases of such contracts,the P. n lic n a o ti c ° a n s: f to se sewer authorities shall, at any time at their local discretion, c ause the sewers and distribution works in ho ld e rs associations or oth er contractor so ü b s e e by land s by a surveyor appointed by them, with , o power to inspected order any defect in such works t o b e repaired according The Derby Mere to agreement. ury says We are in a si Po - tion to state that Townley was buried on Saturday last, not in the model prison, as many persons supposed, but in Finchley Cemetery, near London." r R O ll P ILLAR. TO POST.—General Sherman is send ing the negroes who followed him into Savannah to Beau fort. With the first shipload he sent this message to Gen. Saxton, " Please find enclosed 7,000 contrabands, the first instalment of 15,000. Many of them are from far up in Georgia, and a long, weary, and sorrowful tramp they have had. Many of them, with little children, have not brought a thing with them, and have most miserable covering. Bales of clothing can be disposed of among them." BERGEN, Feb. 9.—A bottle has been found to the westward of this place, containing a note. The following is a copy :—" Sept. 3, 1864.—1 hope the finder of this will report it when found. The schooner William and Susan of Buckhaven, in a sinking state. The mate and two hands ;,;.,lied overboard. Wind N.E., about 40 miles off Hartle pool. We have now five feet of water in the hold. The vessel is sinking fast. —, master." kOi 10 100 f