The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-21 00:00:00

I ONEY MARKET ~. AN') COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. •••----- CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A more favourable feeling has been noticed to-day 111 discount circles, and although the rates for ac ..ec:tamodation have not shown any material altera 'loli, the b e li e f seems to be very general that money I ° l ll soon become cheaper. The supplies of bankers Vnid brok ers exhibit a slight augmentation, and as ,e d emand has not been very active, the quo tations asked for the negotiation of the best three 111° n,ths paper h ave range d f rom 4/ t o 5 per cen t. Notice has been given that a first dividend of 2s. ill the pound under the estate of Messrs. Early and S mith will be paid at th e o ffi ce o f Mes sr s. C o le m a n , 111rquand, Youngs, and Co., on the 23d and 30th inst. 11 1 the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets tl 'ing the l as t f ew d ays t h ere h as not b een muc h a , 11 , iillat ion• Sugars have been dealt in to a moderate t7ent at ab out prev i ous rates. S uper i or descrip tllee°llB of coffe e h ave realised full prices, while in cocoa, fruit, and spices there has been Lo mate rial alteration to report in values. The tallow 11 , i _arket h as continued very dull, and quotations for bu°tll present and forward delivery have ruled in 11Yer's favour. • e 1 , 11 - " i Stock Exchange Committee have appointed 4 ,, lir s€ l ,ay, March 2, fo r a speci a l settlement in the I.v"ficates of debenture of the Atlantic and Great m est ern Railway. The comm itte e ha v e also re " that th e s t a t emen t s i n th e pros p ec t us b e i ng a 'l4eir opinion both ambiguous and unsatisfactory, 111 o tation be refused." ch l t has been announced that Mr. Thos. Hattersley, A air man of th e E s t a t es B an k, h a s been appoi n ted a ` ri llan of th e G enera l P rov id en t A ssurance Com t% la the room of Lord Henry Gordon, resigned. the share-list of Cleaver's Patent Portland Cement and Suffolk Brick Company will close on I, 4 : llr daY next for Lo n d o n, and on the following `Aay for the country. The share-li s t o f th e S co tti s h A ssam T ea Com pany is announced to be closed on Wednesday, ar c h 1. Two o'Cimcs. 4 1 At Paris, this morn i n g, according to Reuter's tt,g r alll, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 40c. k in , the early part of the day the English Stock -44 et was adversely affected, and a decline of 1. l r cent. e nsue d. Ultimately a f ew p urc h ases pro ia:eed a r ecover y, an d C onso l s are aga i n the same as t e vening, viz., 89k 4 for money, and 891 1 for e account. The New Threes and Reduced Annui nes are 884 89; Annuities, 14 5-16; India 5 per 103 i ; and ditto Bonds, 10s. to 15s. prem. The Foreign Stock Market opened with symp ;olns of depression, but a recovery has since taken Consolides are 511 51i; Mexican, ; do. New, 25-1 26 ; Greek, 224 ; Spa- Pa ssive, 321 ; do. Certificates, 14/ 15 ; I:an, 64i ; do. New, 1i I dis. ; Confederate ti a ll, 56 57 ; Egyptian, 1 / 1 prem. ; and Dann a 1 dis. par. b ee n the Railway Share Market the dealings have sha ° 'llY limited, and prices have in most instances :4 less firmness. Lancashire and Yorkshi re , Il idland, have each declined 55., and Great lZ ter il, North Western, and Metropolitan each Great Eastern, however, have improved ss. r a l h Poreig n and Colonial undertakings gene sustain former rates. auk and Miscellaneous Shares continue in tl N et ate request, and in some instances are a shade l ate e a r • Alliance have improved to 36f ; Consoli to 1 04 11i ; London and County to 741 ; to 5 1° 7 11 of Australia to 541 ; and Royal Mail Steam lin e • Metropolitan Districts Railway southern ar e quoted 3 31- prem. ; General Irrigation k k tan ce, prem. ; West London Docks, 11 Vila''ll China Steamship, 1/ 2 prem. ; City of qr e I° Provement, 31 1 prem. ; and Atlantic and at 14 r estern Certificates of Debentures are to 21- prem. 3 4, 11 , , 813,1T15H FUNDS—ONE O'OLOCK. 1 ) e„t Oj' I tNMENT FUNDS. ~ 'io.. A. n t• Consols iiDer C e ce ° lll lt, Mar. 9 B9l keit 3 Reduced B9 81 melt 2f e r Cent B9 81 , b o. ,z Per Cent. Jan. 1894 'h.; Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — DO. fo r 8 ; 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 k 1011(Red Sea T le - 11). Aug., 1908 — k i ll er e lie ‘' )0 0. Bills, £l,OOO, per Cent — Be 1. 130 £5OO _ ,-.., of 1 ., £lOO and £2OO 4,14 k, England Stock, 51 per Cent — 4 q14,,, elLk\l GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 4) 0 ' t Ck, 10 1 per Cent., April 1874 — 0 1) t e count 2 Do, Per Cent. July, 1870 Do ac count Do ~- Per ceit., Oct. 1888 bo, "Itific t e D° faced " „,-o, 5 eked Paper 4 per Cent _ 'i, , o. s,Per Cent, Jan. 1872 ' ) ,0, 4 2 ' Per Cent, May 1879 — 0.,u bper Cent. Aug. 1866 — ,4)0. i l : ti n e d r s, x t o , o o o oo — pm 11 15 10 `kb, p r , t 'irk °REIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ea • Bon d n4l l e,, Ce n ter Cent _ 4 . , 0 41 '' 5 Per t h Ij . Per Cent., 1852-58-60 , el in ,, 0. 1863 tb ;i b o v r !Yres 6 per Cent — b°44 F r Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) % toO . bI,A7 CentC D, 6,7 ' Per Cent. — ~05 Pe r Cent. b 4 0, eel. Cent., 1864 — k • c ~IR4 a r lA £55 paid 1,•i0, 5 Per Cent, 1825 — t k '''„ o 5 15 er Cent., 1864 — Obj e tel.:, Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — 5 2 5 rrizcipalities dis par 4 11 tia ß ° I Pp i( e_ Cent 9B -o. ' -° e o nd r lssue .I°o Bo d: b b .. n 1) 4 $ e °. 1864 PSI k t 0 A r ,.., PI £sb paid 341 41 ''''"'unt t ° 4 l' l , l ‘ T evr, Consolidated, 1 per Cent — %. 0 . ,c ° visional Land Warrant — l e4i t 100 Bonds s' D°• eje 4Aons r Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons t 0 A e ' e4 tor k 1 b l e cßpt V . lgA - Per Cent. Ito4e and 150 _ b ° l6 6 6Per Cent B (Maremmana Railway) ti ? ... ISteiriali, £i. . paid Ac At,, Per Cent. .... b o b c '° l1 14 1 1 1 0 :1 :' Frt ‘ r Cent. A.. B6 gt French — _ I,l44Neeela Scrip, n Ex o . - 25f 20c — dis 1 4, A L.,,, a n 5 per C e nt., £25 paid b °l.44l:l''Perial 5 per Cent b 2 Pe a`la _ ~o b, s , r Cent p- , 0 vi. reci At.. 4 4(0 1:1 •an 4 , Warrants (Hectares) 0 3b De cl Per Cent. I'll4`ll. ~.-. (-3 eat. (Uribarren) — 0 4 1 ' A e t : c f °eat, 1862 b i liN e lint ,0 A , 343 3 , k)Q. MeQ, Per Cent., 18'53 ,b a pe "In c11 4 ° . 4 1 e t • C ent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, b 4 :ks " 1:41 ):Lt l7; b o / 1 pt er ,Cent., 1822, £ St., t o • ' ° ,31 1t., 1850 b e 3 p er r , 1860 b 5 Cent. 1859 94,i) Per eelit 1862 h• '7 0 A 1864 1 1, , 4 „; I:) A e ll e s Per C en t — 1444 3 e llilt b c, 4e:or Cent 1) 0 li ew lui- n t b, Ac count kb - 0 , ~i,r, illki l:teelz.llu ..., b , at .... 321 1 1 k h. e o a ••••• %.; ert _; ~_: .............. ... . Vee t ti g ,4co ttia ,°' Co not funded — tie 4 t k ki li 6 L e r Cen .... II Ace ''' l. Cent. 1854 11°6 ° lint -o Per c ......... ._ , 4 ent. 1858 D p er 0 ........ b Ate eIA. 1862 b° .cl oci llat ..... 71 t o 6 ‘„ to1:14 ......................... V ° V et Ce t • e ,,, 1ntr.,,,, 11 • 1863 b o - N „, .......,,e0 ,i, Ater Cent — °b • 44 d Per Ct. 1),; 6 I :lint .. Ir. A r cen i i,..z; ........................ °. 6 ee°ll nt ' b ~.p . er co _ : .... .. : list- uivid ' 11 1,1864 t eir ,.,k ia ,i s on the above payable in London. °A.II, ' '-' Per a fal i • 41. ent., Ex. 10 Florins e 0 D,‘ Per cent •L'' „,q A - " , O tes Q --7 ...X. 25f. mtob - (ee o -, - Per Cent. b h ion 1 o • Per ......... t ie , . it 4 0,.... _ ... •• 2 ...... . .... --• il k Per 0 7, Givi b o n 6 -e11,• uert'fi - G3I 21 4 Percent t e nt., 1 1 ...iks eeou nt i 8 61, Ex. 25f. r , 17 -, 44 ko . A eco• ile Y •••• li dis ... - .............................. TWO O'CLOCK. „tut 89i I ... ...... PREPERENCE SHARES. Great Fastern, E. Anglian, A stock 5 per cent, North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. red., 99 ~ 106 LINES. LEASED AT FIXEDLRENTALS. Chester and-Hoiyhead, 54 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. !labia and San Francisco titan.) gua. 7 . per cent., 16i Eastern of France, 21 lireat Luxembourg, 122'i Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 141 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent„ 171 Turin and Savona, Ditto.(all),?:o2 FOREIGN MINES Cape Copper, lim b 1 BANKS. klliance 35f 65 0 Ditto, issued at '4O pm., of which 10 is pd., 2C 1 Anglo Austrian, 75 Anglo Fgyptian, Bra., 131 Anglo-Italian, lim., 81 Bank of k,tago, lim., 45 Chartered Bank of India,'Australia. and Chins, 32f 3 Chartered Aler. of India. London, and China, 55 41 51 Colonial, Um., 921 Consolidated Bank, Bin., 105 115 Hindustan, china. and Japan (11m.). 284 London Bank of 51exico and S. America, lint, 05 London and Brazilian aim.), 935 2 London Chartered 'Bank of Australia, 231 London and County, 795 45 London Joint Stock. 475 7 London and V. estminster, 95 5 Union of Australia, bit Union of London, 53 25 5 MISCELLANEOUS. Continental Union Gas, lim., 11 1 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 91 East India Irrigation and Canal, 6 t E. glish and Australian Copper, II Hudson's Bay, 15 London African Trading, 81 9 London Financial Association, Rm., 211 London General Omnibus Company, 31 Royal Mail Steam, 97 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim. ' 71[ Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, 41 Warrant Finance, lim., 81 THE EMPEROR'S " LIFE OF C.ESAR."—The Paris correspondence of a French paper contains the fol lowing statement respecting the new " Life of Caesar :" " Some copies of the first volume of the History of Julius Caesar' are in circulation. This volume merely rapidly sketches the history of Rome to the period when the fcunder of the empire appeared. It contains 361 pages (besides the preface), and comprise six books :-1. Rome before the days of Romulus. 2. Rome under the Kings. 3. The establishment of the Consular Republic. 4. The Conquest of Italy. G. The Punic Wars of Macedonia and Asia. 6. The Gracchi, Marius, and Sc,lla." SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SEARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. I Paid .' Closiusin Business Price. ng i B done. 8ir., , W01., & Str. Val 'Blyth and Tyne ...• . • Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A A' gets no div Do• till6p.c.p.an.has ' B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s I k. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Di.Astock 95 97 131 i 1321 ti 6 32 34 16 17 86 88 107 1.9 46& 47* 7 8 1311 134 148} 143 13) .33 Do. B o Do. New, is. at 25 pn GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Neste n -Ortzinal I) . S. V4 l . Rail gua. Do. South Wales ! Do W. Mid.—Ox`ordl Do. Newpo t He• eford 88 90 ;91 tri 58 60 49 51 102 tot 1161 117) 87 61 103 104 35 37 1 tf 3211 981 91 59 Lane ,shire &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brizh., & S Coast. Lon., Chat., and Dwell Lon. & North Western, Lon. & South Western' Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle, u6`i shares Metropolitan ..... Do. New End' an d 114 119: I hip 13, 138 107 10.9 Do, Birraln & Derby Hid Gt. W., Ireland Do. h shares ‘l id Kent .. INo•th_British Do. Ed., Pth ' Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.1•1•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Stock. & Darling.' De. (I' , . 1855-!8 Do. do. 1860-61 53 f 4 z 5 26 111} 114 685 60i 102/ 10 11 38 39 1 124 p 94 10p 122 125 lle 12 1 lAp 8) 81 11 11} 138 142 44 40 North Londou Do. New ... Do. do. 18g4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W . Junction Scottish C ntral Scot. N. E ' Aber. stock I' o. Scot, Mid. stack ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern . _ _ C 9 61 59 61 8S) 56 iiaines, Wok., ,t Wok Taft' Vale 9 1 160 165 Do. C Vale of Neath 3i 4►p 110 113 6Vaterford & Kilkenny Vest Cornw 01 33 40 V.Hartlepool Har.& H. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. 75 78 W - T BRITISH POSSE, Atlantic & St.Lawrencc. Bom.,Baroda. , 4Cen.ln gu. 5 per cent Do. ie shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1,87 k Do. do. July 1, 1872 Do. do. June 1,157! Calcutta & 8. E., lim. a e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bctual, gu , 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .J Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bond -1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. :id Pref. stock Do. do. deferred ..: Do. 4th Pret. stock . Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e l'o. Gun. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim , gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do. Great %V a. of Canada D New.. Do. 6 p. c. Bch. pay 1873 vo. 5, do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do .. _ Do. 4; do tio. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Mel. & Hudson's. Hay 'New Brunswick & Can ' Class A and 13 - 1. Itl.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do ctti 4 Do. Pan!ftub Do. Indus St Flo 00 100 { tOO 2 100 100 ISIONS. 56 67 100 j 101 i par ip 4j 5 ri 9, 74 73 p 7 92 75 85 1( 0 102 100 101 1001 101 - - 18 19 S 9 91 67 69 57 69 6t 63 51 56 50 63 45 98 26 28 25 27 103 101+ id p par i p 93 100 8i 9 12 11id 85 tO 77 £0 100 101 9: 94 88 9) 62 64 3 5 1 82 84 09 100 9) 1(0 ! v9i 1(0,! 04 97' COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUI IT LES. 1 ritish Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dee. 31, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.e.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do 6p. c. Feb & Au.; lOO 90 02 —. D.. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 I 94 96 Do. 6p. c. Jan. & July 100 79 81 -- Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 100 70 81 Cape (.hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 166 14). April & Oct. 1880-1 100 106 108 Do. do: V-90-1 100 107 1(9 Do. Jan. & July, 1591 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 lu2 101 Do. 1878, dp. 100 108 110 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. I‘7B . Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. L 100 108 110 Natal r;ov. o per cent lOO 105 107 N.B.Gov. 6 p.e.Ja..Szl uly 100 90 03 923 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c.,1866 00 98 100 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 1876 100 92 94 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1592 100 91 93 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 103 105 Do. 6 percent lOO 86 88 Nova So.dia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 lOO 92 05 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 104 S. Ans. Gov. 6 p,c 18!:13-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.e.Ja &July 100 -- - Do. do. April& Oct lOO 1073 1033 1083 3 BRITISII MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, Um 1 I Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 31 33 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 575 555 Drake walls 2.1.0 f East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 32 35 -- East Caradon 2.14.6 13 14 as t Carn Brea 3 4.0 6 6. -- East G:enville 2.7.0 4 41 East Loved 2.13.6 93 103 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 4 41 Gam.& StAubyn(Gweu. 601 6 8 4 Great L .xey, limited all 17 18 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 23 21 G. Wheal Vor (Heist tu 40 333 343 35 Grenvil:e 7.8.3 21 3 Herod's Foot 8.13 14 36 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 33 4 Margaret , Uny Lelant 93 6 8 Marke Valley 4.3.0 5 53 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim 23 13 old Nangiles New Se ton North Downs 3 3 2 f 141 16 North Itoskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 3.10.6 f 13 North Wheal Crotty . _ Prosper United 7.1.6 3 36 Pr. valence UnyLfilant 10.6.7 31 33 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l3 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park . 30.17.6 143 15i Tin Croft 9 14 15 West vassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L skeard 9 7 8 West Chiverton ll. 61 66 West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 53 100 105 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 9 11 Whea Ludis..tt 3.12.. 3 Wheal Mary Ann (3len 8 1 1 13 Wheal Setou ...... ! Wheal Ttelawney (Lis 7 19 20 -- Wheal 100 100 100 100 10 103 1. 0 1-0 100 ME SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 186 POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. BOW-STREET. ROBBING A CoLumnrca—Wiliam Harris, who said he was a carpenter, and Thomas Cooper, were charged with stealing from a cab in the street a Paisley shawl and a silk dress, valued at £2O, the property of Miss Annie Collison, the actress and danseuse. Police-Sergeant Ackrill, 15 F, said about nine o'clock on Saturday evening, the 4th Feb., I was on duty in Long acre, in company with another officer, when we saw the two prisoners and two .other men going towards St. Mar tin's-lane. At the corner of Mercer-street the prisoner Harris went into the shop cf Mr. Burgess, a pawnbroker, and took a parcel from under his coat. It contained a valuable Paisley shawl. The pawnbroker's foreman asked him whose it was, and he said it belonged to his mother, Mrs. Harris—(a laugh)—and that she lived in New-street, Covent-garden, having lately taken lodgings there, her former place of residence being Lambeth. The foreman seeing me standing behind Harris handed me the parcel. I then asked Harris where he got it from, and he replied that a man gave it him to pawn. I took him to the station house, where I was informed by the Inlpector on duty that a lady had just called to make known that she had just lost a parcel containing a valuable shawl and dress from a cab. I then left the prisoner in custody, and went in search of the other men. Knowing their haunts, I went to a public house in Princes-street, Leicester-square. I saw Cooper fumbling about his pockets. The men with whom he was drinking made a bolt, but I captured Cooper and • pushed him under a gateway, where I found in his pockets a pair 'of cuffs and a piece of lace (produced), and in another pocket the pawn broker's duplicate. The latter referred to a dress pledged in Princes-street, Leicester-square, for £1 10s. I asked him whose dress it was, and he said "it was his old woman's." I then took him to the station-house. The dress was produced by the pawnbroker. Miss Annie Collison identified the shawl and dress as her property. The cuffs and lace had been attached to the dress. She missed the shawl and dress from a cab which she had left waiting for her at the corner of Southampton street and Maiden-lane, whore she had called to make some purchases at a chemist's shop there. The shawl was worth £l5, and the dress more than £5. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DILAPIDATED HOUSE.—Joseph Nixon, the owner of the house, 5, Holdbrook-court, Tottenham-court-road, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer the complaint of Mr. T. Curtis, sanitary inspector of St. Pancras, of having the house in such a state as to be unfit for human habita tion. Mr. D. Cooper, solicitor to the parish of St. Pancras, appeared in support of the summons. Mr. Curtis gave evidence to the effect that the drains in the house were all choked up with, dirt, the rooms were in a filthy state, the flooring of the house broken away, seve ral of the rooms without windows, and the house altogether in such a dilapidated state as to be unfit for human habita tion. Dr. Hillier, the medical officer of the parish, corroborated Mr. Curtis, and said the house was unfit for human habita tion. • The defendant said had not received any rent for months. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the defendant how he could expect to get any. The defendant said all he got when he went to the house was black eyes and ill-usage. In answer to Mr. Cooper, the defendant said he would rather the parish would carry out what was required than do it himself. Tho magistrate granted an order for the necessary repairs to be done and the removal of the nuisance. DISPUTED FIRE REWARD.—MrS. Williams, of 5, Ryder street, was summoned by James Jervis, engine keeper of St, James's, for refusing to pay a fire reward. It appears that a, chimney was on fire at Mrs. Williams's house, and the engine keepers went there with their engines, the fire on their arrival being seen coming from the chimney. Mrs. Williams refused to admit the firemen, and they were therefore obliged to go through the next house and climb over a roof to get at the chimney. On the firemen subsequently getting into Mrs. Willianis's, she abused them in a shameful manner, calling them scoundrels, thieves, &c. Mr. Tyrwhitt, after hearing Mrs. Williams and her cook, said he never heard a clearer case, and it was too bad to refuse the firemen, who often risked their lives, admission, and then to abuse them in such a scandalous manner. He should order the reward with full costs. THAMES. HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. Daniel Ryan, aged 20, was charged with committing a highway robbery. The prosecutor, Edward Ingram, a seaman, whose face was mutilated, stated that last Saturday he had been drink ing a little, and several persons tried to get hold of his money. Between 12 and 2in the night time he was in the York-road, Ratcliff, and near the Stepney railway station, and he was attacked by two men first, and had the advan tage of them. Then he was beaten and robbed by two more men, who robbed him fif all his money. They were not content with robbing him, but knocked him about. He lost £2 165., which was all the money he had about him. William Carter, a police constable, 78 K, stated that he heard cries of murder and police in Railway-place, along side the North London Railway, and saw two men run ning away. The prisoner was one of them. Some one called out, " Stop that man," but he could not stop either of them. Ho afterwards saw the prosecutor, who was covered with blood and mud. He took the prisoner into custody yesterday, and he said, " Who has 'rounded' upon me ?" This being the whole of the evidence, and the prosecutor not being able to identify the prisoner, he was discharged. DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN A STATION-HOUSE. —Morris Abraham; a Jew, aged 43, and described as a hawker, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in the King David-lane station-house, Shadwell. Police-sergeant Stimpson, 21 K, stated that a woman, named Mina Cohen, charged a ma; named Levie Levy, with an assault yesterday evening, and the prisoner who was tipsy came into the station-house with the parties, and said he could give evidence, but finding he knew nothing of the affair he was ordered to withdraw. The prisoner was abusive, noisy, and violent, and was ejected from the station-house. He came in a second time, and made great confusion which prevented him carrying on the business. The prisoner was charged with being drunk and disorderly and put into the cell. As the reserve constable was about closing the door, which shut with a spring, the prisoner made a rush, and as the door closed the prisoner's fingers were caught in it close to one of the hinges, and they were injured. The fore-finger of the left hand was nearly severed. He procured a cab and sent the prisoner to the London Hospital directly. James Noakes, police constable, was closing the cell door, the prisoner was trying to keep it open, and his fingers caught between the edge of the door and door-post. The door closed with a spring, and he had to obtain the key before he could open it. The prisoner said his fingers were in the door 20 minutes. Ile was a ruined man and has lost one finger. Stimpson—lt was not in the door two minutes. I am 'rery sorry this has taken place. Mr. Partridge—l am satisfied the occurrence is purely accidental. The prisoner is discharged. MARKETS.—(This day). HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 100 to £5 10s ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A fair demand. WHITECIIAPEL.—IIea,dow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 10s to £6 10s Ocl ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been only a moderato amount of busi ness tranascted, and prices have remained without material alteration. SUGAR.—The demand for West India has been mode rately active, and quotations have in most instances been well supported. Business in the refined market has been steady, without any material change in values. COFFEE.—Colonial descriptions have been in fair request, at full rates. RlCE.—Thero has been only a moderato amount of busi ness transacted. Superior descriptions, however, maintain former rates. SALTPETRE.—The demand has been inactive, and quota tions are nominally without change. TALLOW.—The market continues depressed in all quo tations. Now P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s. 9d. ; old, 40s. Gd. ; Juno delivery, 433. 6d. ; and last three months, 425. 3d. to 425. per cwt. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton—. —Mar. —. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British path et Mar. 6. Ditto, by British packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena—Mar. 21. China, Penang*, and Singapore, via Sou hampton Feb 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 20. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. Ditto, via 3laneilles India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 26. Ditto, via Marseilles Matultius, Vi 4 Southampton Mar. 14. Ditto, via Marseil Newfoundland Mar. 15. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon . .. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- t on Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Feb. 24. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 13. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Feb. 2S. Bahamas, via New I ork. Mar. 9, Bermuda, ditto Cuba and Mexico Feb. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TEES ALL'S -MONDAY. The frost to-day was the means of keeping many racing men in town who would otherwise have been at Datchet or en route to Lincoln. The consequence was that the Subscription-room was well attended, although, however, the amount of actual business done was by no means im portant. There was a bit of a rush to back Emblematic at the Victoria Club in the early part of the day for the Liverpool Steeplechase, 9 to 1 having been taken kindly, and she was in continued request at Hyde Park-corner, where as little as 8 to 1 was noted among the early arrivals —but as the numbers increased she declined several points, and although 10 to 1 was offered until there was hardly one left to respond, 12 to 1 would have been the lowest taking price. This retrogression, added to the fact of her noble owner being present (the first time this year) did not inspire her early backers with any overweening confidence in their chance of success. Not so with Liddington for the Two Thousand, the furore about whom at " the Club" in the morning had not only not abated, but had even in creased, inasmuch as that at 9 to 2 he was supported freely to money. Tho only feature of the Chester Cup betting was the advance of Ackworth to 100 to 7 (taken). Lidding ton was steady at his old quotation of 11 to 2 for the Derby. Closing prices : LINCOLN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Mr. Valliant's Heurlys (taken) 9to 1 agst Mr. Whiteside's Maurice (taken and wanted) 10 to 1 agst Mr. J. K. Preston ns Le Marechal (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Saxon's Idle Girl (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Elphinstone ns Lapidist (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Elphinstone ns Nebula (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst Lord Coventry's Emblematic (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Mr. Pearce's Light Heart (taken) 13 to 1 agst Colonel Forester's Tony Lumpkin (taken) 14 to 1 agst Mr. Chadwick's Jerry 20 to 1 agst Mr. T. Wadlow's Shropshire (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lord Coventry's Emblem (offered; take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Count A. do Lampiorre's Arbury (taken) 28 to 1 agst Mr. Hidson's Joe Maley (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Harvey's Meanwood (taken freely) Two THOUSAND. 9to 2 agst Mr. Merry's Liddington (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Mr. Nai4or's Chattanooga (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Zambesi (offered) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Duke of Beaufort's Lord Zetland (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Marquis of Hastings's Ackworth (taken) 2000 to 80 agst Mr. A. Montgomery's La Toucques (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Mr. W. Robinson's Gratitude (taken) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Merry's Liddington (taken) 9 to 1 agst Mr. H. Chaplin's Breadalbane (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lord Stamford's Archimedes (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Friday (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. W. Clark's Black Draught (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. G. Reynolds' Richmond (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—MONDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Emblematic (offered, take 10 to 1 freely) 100 to 7 agst Tcny Lumpkin (taken) 100 to 7 agst Light Heart (taken) 100 to 6 agst Jerry (taken) 100 to 6 agst The Czar (offered) 40 to 1 agst Arbury (taken) NORTHANPTONSIITRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Skcffington (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 7to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 33 to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) 1000 to 15 agst MY Mary (taken) 1000 to 16 agst Persuasion (taken) 200 to 3 agst Indtstry (taken) WATERLOO CUP. 15 to 1 agst Lord Uffington's (offered) 20 to 1 agst Lord Stair's (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's (offered) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Savage's (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, MARCH 7. Weights for the Annual Hurdle Handicap of 5 sow each, with 50 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. Age st lb Vivandiore ... a 10 0 Innellan ... 6 10 0 Sir Holme a 9 10 Gamecock ... a 9 10 Acton ... 6 9 10 Emily (h b) ... 5 9 10 Vision ... 5 9 8 T. P. Cookci ... a 9 8 Garibaldi .. 6 9 8 Knave of Tramps— 5 8 1 Woodford 6 9 6 Edith .. ... 5 9 4 Duchess (h b) ... 5 9 4 Sluggard ... 4 9 0 Bass Rock ... 4 9 0 Bombay 4 D 0 Age st lb Shropshire (h b) ... a 11 4 Ivanhoff (h b) a 10 12 Heurlys ... 61012 Manchester ... 5 10 10 Vindictive ... ... 5 10 10 Stanton ... a 10 10 Balder ... 6 10 9 Real Jam ... 6 10 8 Douche ... 5 10 8 Sinking Fund ... alO 6 Jacob ... a 10 6 Adriers 6 10 6 Bowman. ... a 10 4 Morocco .. ... 610 4 True Heart ... 5 10 4 West End ... a 10 2 Overton ... ... alO 0 Weights for the Liverpool Spring Cup of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. About one mile and a half. Age st lb Blue Mantle ... 5 8 12 Twilight ... a 8 8 S tockinger 6 8 8 Aurelian ... a 8 2 Gibraltar ... a 8 2 Dr. Syntax ... 5 8 0 The Plover ..• 5 7 12 Tippler ... ... 5 7 12 Dunkeld 5 7 12 Queen of Spain 6 7 11 Jarnicoton... ... 5 7 11 My Mary 6 7 10 Revolver ... 5 7 9 Summerside •.. 5 7 7 Change 5 7 7 King of Clubs ... 4 7 6 Deerstalker •.. 4 7 6 Sandal • .. 4 7 5 Oakapple • .. : 5 7 4 Royal Stag... 5 7 4 Gaily i••• ••• 5 7 4 Leprochaun 4 7 4 Claret Cup... 4 7 4 Comet 5 7 2 Wandering Min strel 4 7 2 Solon 4 7 2 Countersign ... 4 7 0 M. Philippe a 6,12 Age st lb Sweet Willie ... 5 6 12 Knave of Trumps 5 612 North End ... 4 6 8 Buckfoot ... ... 4 6 7 Physician ... ... a 6 7 Vanessa ... ... 4 6 7 Alpheus ... ...4 6 7 Helen ... ...4 6 5 Macbeth ... ...4 6 4 East Lynn... ... 3 6 3 Grappler ... ... 3 6 3 Watchbox... ... 3 6 3 Ameer ... ... 3 6 2 Oulton Lowe ... 4 6 0 Vest colt ... ... 3 6 0 Pilgrim ... ...3 6 0 Bombay ... ...4 5 12 Troubadour ... 3 5 12 Connection ... 3 5 12 Fascination ... 3 5 12 Paraffme ... ... 3 5 10 Tring ... ...3 510 Nu ... ... ... 3 5 10 Purity ... ... 3 5 9 Arkansas ... ... 3 5 9 Hecate ... ... 3 5 9 Sympathy ... ... 3 5 7 Filbert ... ...3 5 7 Herschel ... ... 3 paid. "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Feb. 21 . —Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with snow. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Pass fern, from Pomeron for Liverpool, with loss of main boom, and other damage. FALmounr, Feb. 20.—wi n d N.W., fresh gales.— Arrived—Josenzo, from Moulmein ; Balmoral, from Su ling. _ . CLYDE, Feb. 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Anna, from Rio Grande. Sailed—Maldon, for Bombay ; Isabella, for Pernambuco. KINGROAD, Jan. 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Turgot, from Cardiff for the West Indies. !NEWPORT, Feb. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Ann, and Saladin, from Bilboa. BRISTOL, Feb. 21.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Queen of Britain, from Demerara._ _ Cows, Feb. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cecilia, from Batavia. • (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 20—Schwan, steamer, from Bremen ; Kate and Ocean, from Guernsey. Arrived, Feb. 21—The Sisters and 11 Trovatore, from Guernsey. DEAL, Tuesday M orn i ng . Passed, Feb. 20- - Magno li a, from Shields for Genoa. The Submarine Telegraph Company held its half yearly meeting to-day, and the report presented stated that after adding £2,682 6s. 4d., being the usual proportion of the receipts, to the reserve fund, which now amounted to £11,728 75. 11d., there remained a sum of £11,791 15s. 11d., which en abled the directors to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and carry over to the next account £603 14s. 4d. THE SEQUEL OF A PRIZE FIGHT IN AMERICA. — The Philadelphia Press of the 3d has a long account of a prize fight which had just taken place there in the presence of some 1,200 people. Just as it was over, "an alarm was givefi that the military were at hand, and every one was on the scamper. Scattering shots were soon heard and the whistling of the deadly leaden missiles were soon distinctly audible. Numbers made their escape, but some 250 were kept within the enclosure by the bayonets of the United States regulars, who seemed to relish the idea of shooting a few of their prisoners. All were ordered to fall into line, and the prisoners were marched to the Claymont station. The prisoners took every opportunity of escaping, and by the time the train arrived at Wilmington there were not more than GO, and some of those afterwards escaped. The party were marched through the streets like a drove of sheep, and placed under guard in an empty building of the most filthy description. After two hours' detention the party was marched to the City Hall, where they were kept standing for nearly an hour to the delight of the gaping citizens. All were ultimately turned over to the mayor, who, on Friday, discharged the whole lot, with the excep tion of the unfortunate loser, Ward, who was bound over to answer." Brazil and the South American Republics. We have received by the French mail steamer Guienne advices and files of papers from Buenos Ayres to the 12th of January. The Standard, in its fortnightly " Review for Europe," says "In our last review we informed our home readers of the siege of Paysandu by the revolu tionary leader Flores, and the blockade of that port by the Brazilian squadron. Since then, however, the Brazilian army, 8,000 strong, came up and in vested the place. Defended by a valiant soldier and patriot, named Leandro Gomez, Paysandu re sisted every open attack, but the rebels and in vaders ultimately succeeded in taking the place by one of those questionable stratagems so unknown in European, yet frequent in South American, war fare. Paysandu was formerly a very thriving town in the River Uruguay ; it is now, however, little better than a heap of ruins, and in the possession of the Brazilians. Flores and his allies are in full march on Montevideo, where a determined resist ance is talked of ; the blockade and siege will take place about the 15th of January ; how long it will last it is difficult to say, but from the present appear ance of things there is strong reason to believe that the place will hold out for some months. It is with the greatest repugnance that we commence our re view for the new year with these sad revolutionary details, but we cannot deceive our readers abroad. The state of the River Plate is critical in the ex treme. The revolution in the Banda Oriental is drawing to a close, but Paraguay has taken the field, and before Montevideo surrenders it is more than probable that other South American States will follow the warlike example. The Argentine Republic is, however, in no way connected with these wars, and it is right to call the attention of our home readers to this fact, as they generally coil found Montevideo with Buenos Ayres and Para guay with Brazil, when there is no political con nexion whatever existing. The peace of this coun try is menaced, no doubt, by the disturbances which surround us, but we all have the greatest confidence in the non-intervention policy of President Mitre. The Brazilian Minister, Senor Parahos, who arrived here last month on a special mission to the Argen tine Government, has failed to induce President Mitre to form any entangling alliance, and is now, in company with the Brazilian Admiral, Baron Ta mandare, consulting as to the proposed assault on Montevideo." More detailed accounts of the fall of Paysandu given in the same paper, supply the following par ticulars : "It seems the combined forces, about 10,000 strong, attacked the place on Sunday, Jan. 1, and were repulsed by the garrison, which, however, sus tained a serious loss in Col. Piriz, who died sword in hand. On the morning of the 2d Leandro Gomez received a note from Baron Tamandare, the Brazi lian Admiral, whereupon a truce was ordered between the combatants, whose positions were only some 40 yards apart, the heroic little garrison be ing hemmed in almost to the Plaza. While the general was dictating a reply to an officer of his suite he was suddenly accosted by two officers of the enemy, who said very coolly, We have taken the place ; come with us.' It seems the besiegers had surprised or overpowered one of the barricades, and hurrying off the gallant chief to a garden tw o cuadras distant they shot him in the back and prac tised the most revolting mutilations on his corpse. Meantime the aides-de-camp attempted to escape, and two of them got through a hole in a wall, where they met with Captain Fernandez. The latter said, Come with me and we are safe ;' but in a moment he and one of the aides were shot down by one of the rebels, while the other, meeting Captain Carreras, of thb rebel army, was spared. There are confused accounts about the num ber killed and wounded on both sides. Some say they amount to 1,000, while others estimate the loss of the besiegers at only 300, and boast they have taken 500 prisoners of the garrison, which would only leave 100 killed of the latter. Any estimate, however, of the number killed after the place was taken cannot yet be formed ; but it is said not a man would have escaped had it not been for the exertions of Admirals Muratori and Tamandare. All the chief officers of the garrison, Azambuya. Braga, and Rana, shared the fate of Gomez, or were killed in the encounter. By one account Piriz was found dead in his bed ; others say he was wounded, and his throat cut, but the latter seems incorrect. It is said that the bodies of all the officers have been found excepting that of Leandro Gomez, which is supposed to have been cut up in pieces, after the mutilations and indignities above mentioned. We had hoped to be spared these horrible revelations, which not only affect the character of a faction, but tends to show the European world that war on the River Plate is still conducted in the barbarous manner which made - the names of Quiroga and others infamous, and handed down Quinteros, Canada, Gomez, Las Playas, &c., as scenes of cruelty." A letter from Montevideo, in the Buenos Ayres Standard : " The present state of Montevideo baffles descrip tion. Revenge is discernible in every countenance. The impotency of the Government, the defenceless state of the city, make the unfortunate natives writhe under the conviction that the fate of their cherished, murdered hero may possibly prove their own. The best streets, the greatest thorough fares, are deserted ; the hotels are crowded with estancieros and their families, who have fled from the camp ; the foreign gunboats have anchored nearer to the shore ; the Custom-house is shut up ; decent, respectable yoUng men, with muskets on their shoulders, are seen hurrying in the direction of the cantons. Montevideo is ruined—Montevideo is destroyed. Better far that the fated city was buried in the waves which beat around it ; better that the hand, the genius, the capital of the foreigner, which has built up this once magnificent city out of blood stained bricks, had been never known, than that all the progress, all the advancement, all the improve ments should be annihilated in an evil hour by the ruffian dagger of revolution, or the ruthless sword of the invader. No man in Buenos Ayres can form the remotest idea of the sad picture of desolation which Montevideo presents at this moment, awaiting as it were its doom. The Brazilians are hourly ex pected by water, and Flores by land. Friday being a holyday the churches were crowded with ladies, all dressed in the deepest mourning. There may be some who laugh at these feminine emblems of sor row; but there were prayers, earnest, fervent ap peals to Heaven offered up that day from bleeding hearts. Let us all hope that the Almighty will mer cifully avert the horrors of a siege, bombardment, and assault. The domestic affliction is at pre sent unsusceptible of exaggeration ; husbands, fathers, and sons are hurried from their houses ; weeping wives, mothers, and sisters are seen at seen at every door. The awful sufferings of the Paysandufamilies on the island are to be re-enacted in Montevideo. Verily, the country is cursed, and the incarnate fiends who have caused all this human woe, as sure as there is a God in Heaven, will yet be punished. From the appearance of things it is obvious that a very determined resistance is medi tated. Still, as far as we can gather from the prac tical remarks of English officers, the place cannot hold out, and if the Brazilians throw shells into the city, the loss of life and property must be frightful. Some gingerbread fortifications are in process of construction, facing the bay ; but a small gunboat could riddle the whole concern in a quarter of an hour. It remains to be seen whether the foreign Powers will interfere and compel the combatants to select some other less valuable spot than Monte video to settle their differences. Thefe is a fright ful animosity displayed against Buenos Apes, which the Montevideans regard as the root and branch of all their misfortunes. House property within the last week has fallen 30, 40,50, and even 60 per cent. Business is at a complete standstill, and as the tri bunals are closed the recovery of debts is, of course, out of the question. The barracas are full of wood belonging to foreign estancieros; not an arrobe of it can be sold, and the owners, becoming nervous as to what uses it may possibly be applied to by the besieged, are baling and shipping it as fast as they can." 44 71 79! i 11 , 1 87, 7 104 3i 1211 201 1191 19 1 1391 1 1 1021 31 Oa d 634 60 85 1 i 1 6 1011 1 1 Working Men's Clubs Yesteiday a public meeting was held at the Lon don Tavern in support of an association the object of which is to promote and aid in the organisation of clubs for the working classes. Mr. Goschen, M.P., occupied the chair. There were also present—The Bishop of London, Lord Lyttelton, Sir John Pa kington, M.P., Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., Sir R. W. Carden, Rev. Mr. Abdy, Rev. Mr. Rowsell, Rev. Mr. Hibbs, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. John Lubbock, &c. Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from the Earl of Shaftesbury, Right llon. W. Cowper, M.P., Sir F. Kelly, M.P., Mr. Samuel Gurney, M.P., and several other philanthropic friends of the working classes. The CHAIR . 3IAN, in opening the proceedings, said it would not be necessary for hi m to i ndulge in very many remarks in reference to the motion in further ance of which the meeting had been assembled, as he was to be followed by several noblemen and gen tlemen who were more competent than himself to explain its operations and scope. That special qbject, so far as he understood it, was, not to create any particular club, but to assist in the formation of workmen's clubs, and it was therefore one worthy of general support. (Hear.) It created and fostered an interest in such institutions, and when in the spread of that interest a desire sprang up in any locality for the establishment of a club, the institu tion stepped in and supplemented the endeavours of the workmen themselves. It gave them the benefit of its advice, and, where necessary, pecuniary aid in the providing of suitable club-rooms, furniture, and books. It thus contributed to their comfort and social well-being, and made them, as it were, assistants in working out the problem of their own civilisation. It was not, under these cir cumstances, to be wondered at that the managers of the institution should seek sup port from the rich and wealthy citizens of the city of London, especially as there were lying on its eastern outskirts such districts as Bethnal-green and St. George's-in-the-East, where the poverty was so great that the people could do very little for them selves. Lord LYTTELTON said the holding of the present meeting in the city of London, which was as it were the heart and the kernel of the nation, would give a national sanction to the institution. The main objects had been so accurately defined by the chair man that it was unnecessary for him to travel over the same ground. It would indeed be a piece of presumption on their part if they in any way at tempted to force those institutions upon the working classes of this country, who knew their own wants just as well as any other clam in the community knew theirs, but it was because the people themselves were crying out for these reunions, and expected them to work the same change in their social life which the West-end clubs had produced among the higher classes. They were, too, founded in a friendly, unsectarian spirit, so that no matter what might be the creed or what night be the politics of the people, they-could meet in those clubs, share in the rational amusements which they afforded, and enjoy all the benefits and advantages both-of conversation and of the reading-room. His lordship concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the meeting, bearing in view the narrow range of the domestic comforts of the working classes and the deficiency of their early education, approved of the labours of the institution. Mr. Jorm ABEL SMITH, M.P., seconded the motion, and said he was one of those who regarded the in stitution as one of the means—he might say the chief means—under Divine Providence of bringing down to the humbler classes those improved moral and social habits which distinguish the upper classes of the present day as compared with those of 100 years since. These institutions were eminently calculated to lift them out of a life of sin, misery, bad health, and moral corruption, and he therefore welcomed them with unqualified delight. The Rev. 111 r. HIBBS thought that in the present inclement weather something ought to be done for the relief of the starving poor. The CHAIRMAN said that doubtless the sufferings of the poor were such as to enlist the sympathies of all, but then this institution was not a charitable one. The motion was then unanimously adopted. The Bishop of LONDON moved the next resolu tion, to the effect that the meeting regarded the institution as worthy of support as a means of simultaneously improving the faculties of the labouring 'classes—social, moral, and intellectual. His lordship said that he considered the resolution which was entrusted to him to propose met the views of Mr. Hibbs, for although they knew that poverty could never leave the land, yet it was a well-known fact that the more improved the people became socially, morally, and intellectually, the better qualified they became to earn a respectable livelihood, and so lift themselves beyond the. reach of poverty. It had been said that those institutions would separate the workmen from their homes, and so infringe upon the comforts of their domestic life ; but the experience derived from their working hitherto went to show that they had a tendency en tirely in the opposite direction ; for it was found that the men who through the means of them had been initiated into improved habits of action and thought, had acted on that principle at home, and introduced into their own dwellings all the adjuncts to comfort with which the club-room supplied them. These clubs would, he was persuaded, create a healthy sympathy between rich and poor, and would therefore meet with the hearty co-operation of the clergy of the Church of England, than whom, there were no men more anxious to promote the social and intellectual well-being of the working classes. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, M.P., seconded the motion, and said that at the outset he wished to observe that he had not the presumption to suppose that, in coming at the request of some of his friends to ad dress them, anything he could say would the effect of stimulating the liberality of the city of London, which was as justly famed for its generosity and noble charities as for its vast commerce and bound less wealth. He had two motives in attending the meeting. In the first place, he had been a close watcher of the society from its very commencement, and was therefore anxious to bear his testimony to the good effects it had produced ; and still more did he desire to express the great satisfaction which he felt at the fact that the vast weight of the high name and character of the Bishop of London would be henceforth recorded among the supports of the in stitution. The main object was to raise the social position and moral character of the working men of England. From the success of that object would spring a twofold benefit ; first, the individual wel fare of the workman, and, secondly, an additional security for the prosperity and welfare of the coun try. There was another object of little less impor tance, rnd that was the great object of their intel lectual improvement. They all knew the early age at which th 6 children of the labouring classes had to give up the benefits of a school education, and there fore it became an object of immense importance to induce them at these clubs to renew and continue to cultivate their intellectual faculties. The other day, when reading the report of the Committee of Council he had been much struck with a passage from the report of Mr. Kennedy, inspector of sch.odo:s in the Lancashire district. That gentleman stai " After more than 15 years' experience I do i n s o worth per sonally know a mere evening school there is being kept up. I decidedly limit this evening schools, because what I call ' mere ' qshire especially a new institution taking rootin Lane< , whichss ertion to and . Liverpool, called a room for study in Preston, Manchester, which ' Working Men's Clubs,' with and learning is and institutions make always connected, the unofficial v isits which I have p aid to these • me sanguine that by connecting instruction of an evening w i t h comfort and social life, even thos e whose n ervous energy has been exhausted in the day's labour, m ay be enabled and ind uce d t o b egin or carry on the work of their own education." li e t h oug ht that expression of Mr. Kennedy's experi ence would do more to promote the object for which they were assembled, than anything he could state from his own authority. Ile entirely concurred in that gentleman's views, and had no doubt these clubs would be of great benefit to the working classes in improving their social bearing, and equally so in affording an opportunity for self-cultivation, so that they would become an extension of that educational movement to which the public were indebted for the establishment of the Mechanics' Institutions. If he had had any fear at all of them it was lest the culti vationof the social qualities should be more attended to than that of the intellectual faculties, but the ex perience of their working was a conclusive proof that such would not be the case. After a few words from Mr. JOHN LUBBOCK, the resolution was unanimously agreed to. Mr. W. CRAWFORD, M.P., moved the next reso lution, regarding the want of such an institution and the desirability that its income should be augmented by subscriptions from all classes in the City of London. Mr. S. MORLEY seconded the motion. From his own experience he could bear testimony to the fact that these clubs were altogether unsectarian. He found the workmen in them discussing great social problems, such as " Strikes ;" " 'What constitutes a fair day's wage for a fair day's work ;" " Do the la bouring classes participate to a sufficient extent in the general riches of the country." These were all matters which it was desirable that the working classes should fully consider and thoroughly discuss, so that they might form for themselves a correct judgment upon them. The motion having been unanimously agreed to, a vote of thanks was, on the motion of Sir H. W. CARDEN, passed to the chairman, and the proceed ing,s terminated. Manchester Art Workmen's Exhibition. Yesterday afternoon ing was held at the meet Royal Institution, Manchester, for the purpose of opening an exhibition of works of art contributed by working men, intended as a modest and inte resting effort to show what the working people of the district can do in matters of taste and ornament. The meeting was held in the Lecture-hall, which was well filled with people taking an interest in the scheme. Sir J. Kay-Shuttleworth presided, and there were present the Mayors of Manchester and Salford, the Duke of Manchester, and other influ ential inhabitants. The chairman, in his opening remarks, contrasted the personal liberty implied in an exhibition like this with the feeling which had too often actuated working men, and produced com binations and strikes: The meeting was also ad dressed by Mr. Alderman Heywood and the Dean of Manchester. The company afterwards proceeded to take a view of the exhibition. In this exhibition there are shown some surprising examples of apti tude and excellence in workmen, to whom it opens, probably for the first time, an avenue to fame in their own calling. A few may be mentioned. There are some carvings of fruit and flowers in Caen stone by Mr. Green, a Manchester sculptor, which no one with an eye for what is beautiful could pass without attention. Of artistic wood carving there is a clever piece by Mr. W. Fasana, called " The Invader"—a serpent whose stealthy approach has caused the ut most excitement in the domestic circle of a bird's nest. A beautiful carving of a dead canary in box wood is by a workman employed by Mr. Cowan. There is merit also in a statuette, by an apprentice, carved in boxwood, of Whittington listening to Bow bells, and in limewoodof a group of shrews. Alady's gilded worktable, among contributions by - Mr. J. H. Moore, is noticeable for elegant workmanship and enrichments, a novelty in it being an idea of making an ever-open album, by inlaying the round top with a glazed circle of portraits, or other picto rial subjects, in the shape of photographic cartes, or copies. There are some fine carvings in ivory, some small models of steam engines and machinery, some architectural models of buildings in cardwood, and other substances. Among the cardboard structures is a very picturesque representation of a miller's rustic abode somewhere in Westmoreland, appa rently with minute attention to local colouring and circumstances, and a representation of Shakspere's house at Stratford, weather-stained and poverty stricken, as it used to be before the restoration. Photographers claim a place in the ranks of art workmen, and some of the best of them are repre sented in the exhibition by a tolerably large number of portraits and views. There is a small oil paint ing to be distinguished as the work of an operative spindlemaker, 55 years of -- age, who had never handled a pencil till the cotton famine threw him out of employment, but who in a year or two made so much progress in the cultivation of a latent talent as to illustrate how late in life a man may discover what might have been his true vocation. There is a sewing machine constructed by a boy who has no mechanical teaching but that of his own ingenuity. Many other things are worthy of notice, but the few here given will show the nature of the exhibi tion. The name of the workmen is attached to each production, and this rule is followed even where the employer is the exhibitor. The Late Gale. FISHOUARD, SOUTH WALES, Monday Night. Yesterday morning (reports Mr. Wm. Vaughan) the Fishguard (the Sir Edward Perrot) lifeboat, belonging to the National Institution, was fortunately the means of res cuing the crew of the schooners Albion, of Teignmouth, and the Emma, of Barrow, both vessels being at anchor in our bay. The former came in here on Friday last wind bound, and the latter ran iu yesterday at noon, having carried away her jibboom, mainhoom, and several sails. Both vessels being strangers here came to anchor rather too far out in the bay, and the wind having suddenly shifted to the N.N.E., and consider- , ably increased in violence, with a tremendous sea running, both vessels were in imminent danger. The gale being on the increase with every prospect of a terrible night, it was determined to launch the Sir Edward Parrott Lifeboat, and send her out to see if any assistance was i required, and she and after havng carefully s w e a c s ui h e a d il t e h d eii. with v the essel te s g b r o e t a h st joy, were but too glad to go crews ashore in the boat; all were safely taken on board and landed at Goodwick. The lifeboat behaved admir ably on the occasion, and, notwithstanding the heavy sea and broken water she had to go through, she steadily went on and never lost her at all This morning about nine o'clock the Albion parted both chains,lrapidly drifted on the rocks, and in a few minutes became a total wreck. Had the crew been on board every soul must have perished, as it would have been impossiblo to have rendered them any assistance, as she so rapidly broke up and heeled over. I cannot close these remarks without speaking in the highest terms of our excellent cox swain and the crew, whose conduct on this occasion de serves the highest commendation. . Nolan BERWICK, N. 8., Monday Night. I have to report (says Mr. Woodrow, officer of Coast guard) that the lifeboat of the National Institution on this station, was launched this morning to the assistance of au open yawl which was at anchor under the lee of Craig Leith Island, a distance of three-quarters of a mile north from the harbour. The wind was blowing a moderato gale from N.N.W., and there was a heavy sea on. The lifeboat behaved admirably, and succeeded in taking off the crew, consisting of a pilot and two men, from the yawl with cold and hunger, tho resue b d y m t e h n e on lif bo eb a o r e hi d ng in their open boat to which was namsd the Matchless, of Newhaven. The We n/171.51s which was continually washing boat returned at 10 o'clocepkxliw,oshist having n l latter t eb been e were e 1 2 - 0 8 the thermometer two degrees below freezing point. The poor fellows are water. The withtd with a o n n d l w t tu a li a p l i eececoost f the over cold tho them, with i t t h h e assistance r ed,s b_ cy t o o tuhr them , h l e a m t 0 grateful emyhtaoisshfaavth e e s r ur . vived have been impossible for them for the lborVoiti,hlo3ocaor aannddtehxaptonsaurturae, as it would benevolent A. W j o a f ffticiriisnliEfesbqo.:et of St. defrayed mud SEATON CAREW, (says OURnAlit, M on d ay N i ght. I regret to repo the Re report very sad loss of life has just v. John Law son ) th a t a Occurred o'clock this morning a fishing on this coast. At 8 yawl, belonging to Whitby, came on shore ab ou t t h re e-quarters of a mile to the north of Seaton. The crew, instead of waiting until assistance could be rendered them by the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat's Institution, unhappily immediately took to their little boat, w hi c h was at once swamped, and they were all —n ine in number—drowned. This took place not more than five minuted after the vessel had struck. If the poor men had only remained on board their craft they would all have been saved by the Seaton Carew lifeboat Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens quiet but steady. Sales, 3,000 or 4,000 bales. The North British Australasian Company held its annual meeting to-day, and a dividend was pro posed at the rate of 21 per cent., free of income-tax. The available profit, after providing for the half year's interest payable to proprietors o f the 6 per cent. guaranteed stock, amounte d t 0 .7 865 I.ls. 7d. 4 t is t 261 1011