The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-01 00:00:00

..... 'old i INONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. - • :ion AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. re - - rear COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Share! Railways. I p a i d. l Closing I Business ! 30 * _ Price. done. 'Bristol and Exeter .... 100 93 95 tO TWELVE O'CLOCK. at Caledonian lOO ISt 132 r ed The Bank o f En gland directors have not deemed st 60 Cork and Bandon all 1' 0 65 13 1 5 5 nal . i t expedient to make any fu r the r r ed u cti on i n th e i r 20 Cornwall all 4 6 B a tD u u n„ bli p n e & rth,& Belfast June lOO 67 70 t D de - rui nhnum rate of discount. A downward move- A b.Junc. 100 70 72 ifi- Ineu t Was generally anticipated a few days ago, but 100 E.L iv en o t . ion, .tcrip Certi. 20 - - 10 - -el d een su bsequently the complexion of affairs became at Glasgow &S. Western 100 116 lis altered through certain financial engagements be- B at t Great Do E.A East e rn, iigi . a Ord. tw s o t . k ; 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 3 1 7 39 4 4 n ~t,,er s t Great North of Scotland 100 - - in . Coining due, and the introduction of new foreign 100 121 126 1 254 Government and joint-stock enterprises. In the ein• so O pen market there is a moderate inquiry for accom- pa. 10) - - st Gt S. and W. of Ireland 100 83 90 L uSt raodation, and the rates for first-class paper are are about + per cent. below the official rate, viz., 7 at D.. S. Val. Rail gua. 100 - - iieh Still per cent. .) at i t G r )D e a o. . Do. A IN I3. o ea rw stock ot .b o i e ks r . n a t 25 . 100 14 ) 14 1401 FM - - at Gt. Weste-n -Original 1 , 0 60 604 V/ 9i 6'l 1 at Do. South Wales ... 1 0 60 6 et Do. W. Mid.-Oxforii 100 39 41 Ilan The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up at Do. Newport lOO 3 i 38 st Do. Heref0rd.... ty- tO t his date, are in round figures as under:- at Lane tshire &Yorksiiire 100 1104 12 i 120 at Lmdon and Blackwell 100 87 8 i 88 6 8 1866. 1865. at Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 100 96 98 97 61 7 Great Western ... ... ... ... £64,676 £61,629 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 38 40 N orth Western ... ... ... ... 103,862 96928 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 44 48 16 5 the b o uth Western ... ... - ... 19,802 1 7 751 , at Lon. & North Western 100 1221 122 t 122/ 4 4)l :ighton ~. ... 16.563 14,309 st Lou. & South Western 100 9t 13 924 1 Ws et Man., Shet., & Lincoln 100 64 63 41 - 1 ,„ a nd : ::: ::: ... ... 47,419 44,070 at Metropolitan ae- Eastern ... ... ... ... 19 , 321 16 , 830 10 Do. New 7 3 flp Ne d . \ Great Northern 35,296 34072 10 Do. Extension .. Lancashire - ** ... .- and Yorkshire ... ... 40,461 26,292 100 1 Metropolitan District. all 97 19 '9B Bristolii,._and Exeter ... ... ... 5,659 5,169 Do do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd 6 -os Prth Eastern ... ... ... ... 64,264 56,759 st Mid and - Ma nchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 19,696 17,260 9 Do. £9 Share 5 221 i ~Great Eastern ... ... ... ... 31,202 29,048 at Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 17 99 08 the "don, Chatham, and Dover ... ... 7,595 6,030 25 Nor t h ent tish . - - et Bri tilo - at Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. 100 7 23 ag, e Two O'CLOCK. at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 112 114 1091 4 25 Do. G.N -1.1 purchass. 16.13.4 - - P ist- According e to Reuter's telegram the French at Do. Leeds ...... Thr e at Do. York lOO 108 110 too per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 40c. Do. Carlisle .. ... - - ffas Firm. 25 Do. Stock. & Darling all 37 38 25 Do. do. 1860-61 l6 104 111 p The reduced price of Consols has attracted a few st North London 10 Do. do. 1864 ... the Purchasers, whose operations have improved the ie Do. do. 1863 • 5 14 2 p market value to the extent of / per cent. There a at North Staffordshire 11 7 1 7 2 10 t siNc.odzttiSs.h W. Junction ok 3 however, not a very confident feeling among the in- Ce ntral at Scot. S c E , Aber. stock 100 69 71 111'. vesting and speculative classes, because it is thought Do. Scot, Mid. stack lOO 112 114 cd- that - many changes may arise during the present et Shrogshire Union - st Sout Devon lOO 53 55 his Beasi un, which temporarily disturbing, may re- at -ouch Eastern . 110 764 774 761 1 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok . all 8 9 allit in profit to the country. Consols are st raff vale lOO 144 148 ...... 87 .1 i for money, and 87+ / for the account. le Do. C a - The at Vale 01 Neath New Threes and Reduced Annuities are at Waterford & Kilkenny 10) -- - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 2 - - 87 + 87 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. dis. ; India 5 per at West Cornwall 100 51 53 •? ent s's 102/ / ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. rCents., 1 ioit; ditto 54 per 108 . and ditto 4 per 100 Atlantic & St. Lawrence all 53 41 C e nt. Bonds, 10s. 15s. prem. The new Chilian at i Bom.,Baroda, k Colin. 100 994 1004 Scrip g has been dealt in at 3/ / prm. 20 ( Do. I' sharesu. 5 per cent.. Foreign Stocks generally exhibit steadiness, but 201 Buffalo & Lake Huron a a l l i l 10 Do. Preference ve ry little business has been transacted. Turkish 100 1 Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 5 7 10 4 11 8 100 74 78 New Per Cents. are 371 38 ; Mexican, 22 1 23 ; do. st ca 6l C ) liiia 96 98 •& S. E., lim lOO 3C - 2 , 201 I•; Greek, 14 + ; Spanish Passive, 27+ 4 • at ..:ar e Town & Dock, gu lOO 65 7 0 the ' .00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p l all 100 102 Certificates, 16+ 4 ; Italian, 604 61 ; the Con- .4t East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 100 101 fed erate Loan, 45 ; Brazilian Scrip, 2 / prem. •; ''2l Eit o t . lnlt t g . ... i g i f lo oi 102 103 1021 3 - and Egyptian Railway Scrip, / 2 - 4 prem. United at Grand Trunkof Canada 100 45 49 38, 74 States lOO Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds es Government 5-20 Bonds are 708 71/ ; Erie 1 charge 6 p.o all 87 90 Shar es, 54 +ex div ; and Illinois, 78+ I. 100 Do. let Pref. Bonds all 68 70 100 Do. do. deferred in In the Railway Share Market there has been very 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 62 61 jell litt le business entered into. Great Eastern, South 100 Do, 3d 'Pref. stock all 48 51 fl.- 'Western and South Eastern have each declined ss. W 3 863 40 2 38 100100 D D D 0 0 0 .. 4 d d t o o l . 1 d d p e e r t f e e e t r r . r r s e e t d d oc .. k . . .1 ; allal all 144 47 Wye Great Western have improved ss. 100 Do. do. deterred g 6p c lOO 103 104 1061 / 7 ;01 Ch a• nge Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little ' 2l Gt i• l o n . d G ia ua. Pe s n i,e'r aa. cent l6 i 111 tile of importance South Austrian and Lombardo 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 t 1p 7 i bt Gt. South of India ..... • eiletia. n are dealt in at 16, and Grand Trunk of gua. 5 per cent lOO 119 100 the Ca nada at 378 38f. at at D.. 4 per cent l OO 91 93 2 - - be la Great Wes. of Canada 1 : ank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very gt Do. New .. w- i na • etave. European have declined to 11/ ; London CSC and lOO Do. 5) do. pay. 1877-8 all 81 e 4d 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 all 12 4 6 1 County to 774 ; Joint Stock Discount to 3/ 4 10 Indian Branch, limited o .. _ 2 ) 9) 10t 10'1 994 01 1 National Discount Company are steady at 141 f ; at ll Madras, 34 ca. sp. ... 10 100 e 0 92 • ect allfil Overend, Gurney and Co. at 19+ I. at Do. 41 do lOO 86 88 / 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 - - (01 1 IrThe shares of the Imperial Land Company of at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 a d, 60 Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. all 6 - 4 66 .4tarseilles are quoted 2/ 3 prem. at N. It 1. C' da, 6po lat pf.bs. 100 8 . 82 , )til at Scinde .. 1 100 984 994 - at Do. Delhi BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 20 Do. do g,-, 4, 2 4 4 be a „_GOVERNMENT FUNDS. at Do. Punjaub ai. 100 93 99 at Do.lndus St. Flo " 10 0 -- - , ,vy 113 r Cent. Consols of 8 w pe : rt&ecount, March 6 B7l 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Cent,N o Reduced 8 74 7 ;111 Isl e 3 per Cent B7l 7 - British Columbia, 6 per ,1 1 1,1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 - cent., Dec.3l, 1572.... 100 - - G•- Can.Gov.6 p. c.Ja. & July At i , - ,.„. per Cent. Jan. 1873 _ . 1877-84 Ile to Lao s , 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - - Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Aug lOO 93 96 b for, 3 0 yrs, aspire sth April, 1885... - - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 95 97 t xe ° Vied Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908... 191 - 1 )0. 6p. c. Jan. & July 100 t 0 6;.. id - - Do. sp. e. inscribed sit 100 73 20 eaner Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. - lid Do. £5OO - - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 101 103 L a Po £lOO and £2OO - Do.Apl.&Oct, 1890-190 C 100 104 106 - Do. do; ISBO-9, 100 104 104 - ill , . 0 ; England Stock, S per Cent - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9; 100 101 103 tis itid, ." 0 " GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April L.Ol- T,'_,ll Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 - and 15 Oct., 1 900 lOO 90 92 too. A ccount . - CeLlon, Nov. 1865, 6 p., 100 101 103 1878, do ioo 106 1 8 c. I), ?, Per Cent. July, 1870 ir :) ,, I,per Cent., Oct. 1888 - - , p. 9 .^.. NliitillS 6 0 1873, Jan. and July Of Du. Certificates e o : Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent - - uo. 1882, Mayls, Nov... 10 1 103 105 eat - Do. 1"95, Feb. & Aug.. 100 114 106 1),. s ,yer Cent., Jan. 1872 - Natal qov. 6 per cent.. no 94 ;01 0 0. i'l ,Per Cent., May 1879 lOB - N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.&-July 100 93 95 93 ut- *D o . D e °-, 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 - - N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1864- 100 - - I),• - onds, ..£l,OOO l5 - Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 t 100 93 95 ast . • under £l,OOO - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1891 iOO 874 F 8 8 7 1 8 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 100 102 la - A r F OREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. gehtin e ..... Do. 5 per cent.... cent t 85 84 8 2 4 - 'ova Sc tie Gov. 6p. c. •ty r Au stri Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd l4 pm sterling, 1875 l9O 18 10) 13 1 .„,,„,a 1 1 Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 - 105 r ) ' l lan 5 per Cent _ - ,tueensiand Gov. 6p. c. 100 98 100 09 - .3. A 1.1.8.G0v. 6 p,c 1868-v 100 -- - __ CDS °' 4 } Per Cent 1852-58-60 - Do. 1878 & upwards.. 1 0 104 106 bo. be .7 1863 - - Vic,Gov. 6 p.0.1a J 5 J ul) 100 - - .)3 0 bo. 1865 - - Do. do, 6 pril & Oct.. 100 1064 107 1071 7 ll .I),. ). teeollnt 734 4 xd 35. N e •'criP. f.. 35 paid N °B Ayres 6 per Cent - 2 Cam. ConsoL Gold, Um. 1 - - ;e) to. Account - Chiverton U- Chin Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - - Clifford Amalgamated 3 o' 15 17 c ol 7 . ! ,1 ,6 per Cent - - Devon Cl. Cons. (Tavist. 1 560 58) - Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 1 c u r Wall 6 per Cent. - - East Bassett (Illogan) 204 19 21 :Ty b a ' 6 Per Cent. atiish 3 - East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9 11 0 Jr), per Cent., 1825 - East Cam Brea 3l 3 41 ,y• 4 per Cent., 1863 East Grenville 2.14.0 3 4 1 81 11 0 1 : , -1 -'O. 5 per Cent. 177 3-77 £25 itid - _ East Gunnislake a- t 8.3.6 1 1 ,allUbian Princi p alities 7 P East Loved 3.9.0 91 104 t ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. - N. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.3 3 3 1 ,„ 0., Provisio na l L an d Warrant . - - Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 66 5 7 Of ''' l 9, - ptian 7 per Cent .. ....... - 4 Great L sxey, limited all 20 21 204 1 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 ea I : ) °•, Second Issue - Great Wheal 8u5y..... 14.9.6 34 4 0 £ l OO Bonds - G. Wheal Vor (Ileist..i. 40 3C 31 Lr - to Do. 1864 92 34 - Grenville 8.18.0 31 3/ .„0...£1.00 Bonds 93 - Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 33 40 ;r- - Hingston Downs 5.10.6 4 i 6 te Government Railway Debentures. 91 4 - margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.8 5 7 (44 X l5 paid 4pm - 'Starke Valley. 4.10.6 4 44 ed D U. 5 Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons - 4 Awyndy Iron Ore, lim 21 21 ltd Account - New Sewn Of - - e c,0,,, 0ns it tnic7; Am t - - N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 1 1 North Wheal Crofty Itst a , l , ll ala 5 per Cent. - - Prosper United......., 7,1,6 _ - Providence Uny ',rant 10.6.7 32 34 ) 3 ... 5 per 1865 - ;0. - ° A eto t Cent, N . , un - S. Caradon (St. Clecr).. 11 390 410 by Ile x i ca 't ereMmana Railway - - South Condurrow 3.2.0 2:1 - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 • ad Do, : 3 Per Cent - Stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 "f e eolint , .u 6 pre) +JO R 1864 5 Vigra and Ciogan,lini.. all 4 6 litio,,teuviPe,,_raCent. Anglo-French . ar .- West Bassett (111ozan .. 14 3 4 ~.,"-toor i s h7 n 6 per Cent., £3O paid - W. Caradon (Luskeard 9 8 10 I IS qe•vir '' 4- lUPerial 5 per Cent - West Chi retton ll 75 90 D QT allada - West Seton 471 165 175 - Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 54 80 95 ,id Do 2 Per Cent De ferred - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 27t I),? . ;La ti e d l l r d - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 3 ff ll arrants (Hectares) is p .. 00 e 1 .,, C ent, 1864 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 164 174 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. a CI CVERNMENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols 00• tiAccount, March 6 B 7l 1 P e r Cent. R e d uce d B7l 7 li- e l ° 3 Per Cent B7l 7 - .lj r 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Ann° 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 - .„uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - „L I % for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 - ty . '„,_ ° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 l9l -- "L'equer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. - D O D .VOO - £lOO and £200 atil t 0 ; Engl an d St oc k , S per C en t 11 1 7,1 h bI A-N GOVERNUENT SECURITIES. o 14A Stccount ock, 10k per Cent., AprillB74 - t D °5- CetJl 1870 per n . II / 1 . per Cent., Oct . 1888 D 4 h Certificates DO.- Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent - ij• 5 per C en t., J an . 1872 n ° ' 5 i per Cent., May 1879 lOB : 1 5, 0 : . _Deb., 4 per Cent., A ug. 1866 - Du .uonds, £l,OOO l5 0. under £l,000 -rUREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. r t . A .entine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd 1 1 pm Bruatrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 _ rilian 5 per Cent _ °' 4 } per Cent. , 1852-58-60 - Do. Do . 7 1863 - 71 1865 - ' i n ° Account 731 1 xd -..,) 0 . , paid Bt i h ',.,''criP, £33 paid I , e -•••8 Ayres 6 per Cent - Ch'so A.cceunt - ? 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) - Cd 4a - II - . 6 Per Cent - La b s 6 per Cent. - elm ) 6 per Cent. a kish 3 per Cent., 1825 - •I'„o 4 per Cent., 1863 0 -lie. 5 per Cent, 1773-77, £25 pdld , tt ilUbian P r i nc i pa liti es t tador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - 0., Provi s i ona l L an d Warrant - ttYptian. 7 per Cent 1,.),0*, Second Issue " o .£loo Bonds , Do. ."-10 £lOO DO. 18 64 92 31 93 O. Gov ernment Railway Debentures 9 l/ Greek• lo paid E - 5 Per * Cents , 1824-5, ex Coupons .-... Per - r ,:. COUp ons t tlitt " • ACCOUnt 1 4,1& 1118 . 1 a 5 per Cent. - D -4 5 ou e ,Cent, 1865 t ° Aec ir ite,„. 44aremmana Railway - D 4e831 3 per Cent ' A ccount D o 1..) 0 e 1864 ll o4t " Per Cont. Anglo-French ko evidean 6 per C en t., £3O paid 4 e Q. °llBll l inDerial 5 per Cent ,--1/1702rap4aer Cent 3ll I), Deferred 0 0. ; L and Warrants (Hectares) t _ lier Cent, 1864 Pet.ll' t:iliaranteed, 4 per Cent D:," per Cent., 1865 - Do o '3 671 1:2 1 ,, - , A", Per Cent. (Uribarren) Port v ,'l Per Cent., 1862 121;g 11 , ese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. , . ,„ „D o " A Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62, a t .--- 411, : ''-ccuunt .11i Fai th t 0 A l ' Per Cent., 1822, .£ St - /), 'l, P e r. Cent. 1850 p o ll Per Cent., 1860 - D ° 5 Per Cent. 1859 - Do , Per Cent. 1862 9O 891 1 Mardi u. Per Cent. 1864 - 00 4 1 44 5 per Cent - 4.-ccount 7l D 0 i I. CO Bands - fzik '1 Per Cent - Do Dish A Per Cent lil,oo N'-:;_ccoce°slr.uilliDnettferred A 371 „ D o A ' 6 .slve L 'ai l i:reount 271 b D 'Ag Cert of Coup not funded l6l ' l %',ek b e c A elint l 6l 1 1 T - 4 7 1 Per Cent. - Do‘lla.i.j% Cent. 1864 -• , 4 1, - „,,u_P_ P er Cent. 1854 u 0 G cou nt - I), A Per Cent. 1858 - D D o ' ke eeUnt 66} 6 o f lOO Bonds 7l Dog Per Cent. 1862 - D o eceunt - ° D 4100 Bonds 67 i De 6 hf, .-„-e 5 -r Cent., 1863 - Do ii Per Ce t 1865, paid up Scrip -ee n., v 4 Guilt3B 1 etie zu Per Cent. Guaranteed - 13 itt o e a ' 3 Per Cent. - Dog aeco nut l5l 1) . APe ecount r Cen l t 1862 - - D o "°• 1864 3Bl • I . t i per Cent . 11 ,ka, 1 4,. ; ivi dends on the above payable in London.. 1.• 1 "1:n r .6' 4 84 4, 'l' 1 3 3 r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins - 4 14 , - 3 - Per cent., Ex. 25f. - 1 \ 4i t , 11 1 ,4'0 i re Cent.,Gail 6l 1 , elici t tr Cent. Certificates - Ekii44 ntes 3 per Cent. - be A P B r Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. - "'Ault Cotizo°l , p 8 for money THRE EB7 O'CLOCK. 1 Aceennt Tixt, ), '-• 1) L e li e E At' C6ACH, —The superstitious among ti ttY geB hav e been supping on horrors for the last eight sti o ß i t . e It is said and believed (2) that a black coach at the I ll eat e ° a f t , 4li doight is heard rolling along the station-road ; 'Jack, r .," 8 8 the toll -road to the bridge of Findhorn and h l ver '4O credulous woman whom it passed says there e ti c , ~..r , 54 Vil y. ..,' W Bes-only their heads The wheels drag kely 4 are uuring the time it is heard all the dogs in the 4et aqloWiing !--Forres Gazette. ka re, ,te rclia EILEN(IN n. Great Western Orig. 4 3 / 4 per cent :pf. Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, lArcho. 91 Ditto 4b per cent., rd., 961 North Eastern, G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref., mi. Stockton and Dariingtonf 13, 5 per cent., 82 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 79} South Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6), 22 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwall, 4} per cent. stk., 92 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 91 Lancaster and Carlisle, 211 London Tilbury, and Southend, 95 Royston, Hitch., and Shep., I‘7} Wlits and Somerset, 85} VOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 111 Bahia and San Francisca', llin., gua. 7 per ocnt., li Central Argentine, 6} Dutch Rhenish, 221 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldin), Si San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., ICI South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15 FOILEIGN MIN Es. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 41 1 St. J ohn del Rey, lira. ' 64 Yudauamutana of S. Australia, lira., 11 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 74 3 BANKS. Agra and Mastermanie, Ilm., 14 Alliance, Um., 29 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 13 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21 City, 2 Consolidated Bank, lira., 91 English and American, lir e ,, 0 European Bank, 12 4. Lana Mortgage Banl - of India, itm., 41 London Charteree London and Cr nty, 78 .. Bank of Australia, 2i 2/ Midland Ban% , u m. ID/ National of England. Ditto d and issue, 45 Orient , ' Bank Corporation. 531 Orieto.al Commercial Bank, lira., late 0. C. 451 Scir.de, I'unjauo, and Delhi, lira., 51 Dit o, issued at 2 pni.,l2i Union of Loudon, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Bombay Gas, lim„ City of London Real Property, lim., 4 City Offices, lim., Credit Fonder and Nfobilier of England, Si Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim„ 71 8 East Indian. Land Credit and Finance, Um., 6 Ebbw Vale, 8k Electric Telegraph, 136 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of Lannon, tiro., 5 fludson's Bay, 171 Imperial Mercantile Cr edit Asso.. Um., 6 International Credit. lim., 6 Italian Irrigation (Canal Carour), Ditto, 6 per cent.p,onds, redem. 170, issued 91, fo Joint Stock.Disco' ant , lim., 41 4 • London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 3i Merchant ShfptAno*, lim., 12/ 'Millwall Fre mold Land and Dock, 41 National nit count company. 141 1 National Pro vincial Marine, lim , If 1 North Britiei and Mercantile Insurance, 201 Ottoman FiAancial Association, lira., 81 Overend, C urney, and Co., lim., 191 Panama, Zealand. and Australian Hail, oi 7 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1866. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, MARCH 1. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Rhone has arrived here from Brazil, and will leave for Southampton at 8 a.m. to-day with 52 passen gers, 2,039 bales of cotton, 130 packages of sun dries, and £50,000 in specie. The Douro, with the out-mail of the 9th February, was at St. Vincent on the 20th February. AMERIC A (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (Noon). There is a great dearth of news, particularly from the South. No political events of importance aro reported from that section. The people seemed to be anxiously awaiting the action of Congress. Southern journals show that the proceedings of the Committee of Reconstruction are watched with great interest. • " The proceedings of Congress have not been specially important for a few days past. In the House of Representa tives a petition was presented from some three hundred communicants of an African Methodist Church at Atlanta, Georgia, asking an appropriation to rebuild their church, which was entirely demolished by Federal troops during Sherman's campaign through Georgia. In the Senate a petition for the immediate recognition of Tennessee as a State was presented, and referred to the Reconstruction Committee. Mr. Sumner (of Mass.) presented a petition from the women of New England asking that there shall be no dis tinction on account of sex in the bestowal of the elective franchise. A bill was passed to punish kidnapping or enticing away, with the view of selling them, negro or mulatto persons. Any ono convicted with the offence to be fined from $5OO to $5,000, and imprisoned from one to five years, at the option of the Court. The bill also provides for the punish ment of the master of any vessel tl ansporting a kidnapped person, and for the forfeiture of the vessel. A bill was introduced, and laid over, to grant privilege to tho International Ocean Telegraph Company to establish a line from this country to the West Indies, to be completed within five years. The right of way to last for 25 years, and the line to be under Government control in case of foreign war. A message was received from the President transmitting correspondence between Secretary Seward and the Marquis de Monthelon, French Minister at Washington, in rela tion to the adoption of measures to prevent the spread of the cholera. It appears thereby that under suggestions of M. Drouyn de L'Huys a conference of medical men of all nations is to take place at Constantinople under the auspices of the Sublime Porte for the purpose of adopting some universal system of precautionary measures with regard to the cholera. Two medical officers of the United States army are to represent this country in the conference. Hu USE OF LORDS—This Day. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Chelmsford • and Kingidown.) DE WINDT (BY HIS NEXT OF KIN) v. DE WINDT. The case came before their lordships on an ap peal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Wood, and had reference to the construction of the will of the father of the appellant. The facts of the case have been so frequently published as to render even an outline of them unnecessary. Their lordships dismissed the appeal. Total Loss of the Ship Palmerston. Yesterday the following communication from her Majesty's Consulate at Bordeaux was received by Admiral Halstead, secretary of Lloyd's, reporting the total loss of the ship Palmerston :—" Bordeaux, Feb. 20.—Capt. Wm. Dougall, late master of the British ship Palmerston, lost on her voyage from Calcutta for London, has made the annexed sworn declaration before us this day. He states that he sailed from Calcutta on the 31st October last, with a full cargo, bound for London. The voyage was prosecuted with variable weather up to the 21st of January, when bad weather set in, causing a heavy sea, in which the ship laboured very heavily. The weather continued bad, when about midnight a terrific gale set in, causing the vessel to roll and strain fearfully. On the morning of the 22d, the pumps having been constantly attended to, it was discovered the vessel had sprung a leak, as no suck could be obtained from the pumps. The gale still continued with a heavy cross sea, pumps continually going. On the evening of the 23d the crew began to complain of fatigue in consequence of the con stant labour at the pumps. Towards evening the gale moderated, but heavy sea continued, ship la bouring, and pumps going unremittingly. This state of things continued, the leak appearing to gain on the pumps. On the 25th the gale returned,, ship labouring, people constantly at the pumps. On the 26th, at daylight, a vessel was sighted ; all sails were set to endeavour to reach her, and about noon the captain was enabled to hail the ship Trois Sceurs, of Cherbourg, and to request the captain to remain by the Palmerston as she had sprung a leak, which was steadily increasing. The French captain consented. On the same day, at 3.30 p.m., the crew came aft to the captain, and represented that they were so fatigued by the uninterrupted work at the pumps that they could hold out no longer ; but the captain told them he was willing to remain by the ship and take her into the nearest port if they would stand by him. To this they replied that they were too much fatigued to be able to do any more duty, and that as the weather was again threatening, and as probably by the next morning the French vessel would have disappeared, it was madness to throw away this chance of salvation. The captain then desired all those that would not remain on board to go over to the starboard side, which all hands did, leaving the captain alone. The pumps were then sounded, and 3ft. 3M. of water was found. A signal of distress was hoisted, and the French ship imme diately bore up and hove to ; the boats were got out, and the weather turning very wild the chief portion of the crew were transferred to the French vessel. About six p.m. the French captain sent word to Captain Dougall to leave his ship imme diately, as it was growing dark and the weather getting too bad for boats to live in such a sea. In consequence, at 6 30 p.m., Captain Dougall and the rest of his crew left the Palmerston, not, how ever, without again sounding the pumps and finding upwards of sft. water in the hold. On reaching the Trois Sceurs he requested the captain to remain by the Palmerston all night, in order if possible to save whatever stores they could, but early next morning it was discovered that the Palmerston was on fire from the mainmast forward. He further states that the conduct of the ship's company from the com mencement of the gale up, to the rescue by the French ship was most exemplary, and they one and all exerted themselves to the utmost at the pumps as well as in the general service of the ship." The ship and cargo were fully insured at Lloyd's and at the City offices. Her cargo consisted of 320 bales of jute, 1,120 bales of jute cuttings, 111 bales of hemp, 1,134 cwt. of turmices, 160 tons of linseed, 600 tons of rapeseed, and other India produce. Exezmtion of a Welshman in Am erica. Dr. John W. Hughes, who is described as a native of Wales, was recently hung at Cleveland, Ohio, for having murdered Tamsen Carsons, a woman with whom he had been living for some months previous. The doctor's grandfather, says a New York letter, was a native of the parish of Ballaugh, in the Isle of Man, and his great grandfather accompanied Bishop Wilson to that place early in the eighteenth century. At 21 the doctor came into possession of property valued at £15,000 to £16,000, and soon after he enlisted in the British service, doing duty in Ireland and in the Crimea. In a fit of despera tion, caused through the breaking off a marriage en - gagement, he married a woman who had formerly been connected with the family, but the association did not break up his " fast" habits, and eventually he went to America, after Laving squandered most of his property. After remaining some months in Cleveland, Ohio, ho re turned to his home in the Isle of Man to bring out his wife and child, and did so after selling his property. After his return he practised medicine with varying success in diffe rent places in Ohio, then ♦oluntered in the Union army, and soon became an assistant-surgeon in the hospital at Vicksburg. Suddenly returning to his home, he detected his wife in a situation that nearly crazed him. Then he eloped with the woman Tamsen Parsons. The couple were married. Dr. Hughes was arrested and tried on a charge of bigamy. After conviction ho was sentenced and pardoned. Subsequently his wife and child went to the Isle of Man to visit their relatives, against his own wishes and that of their friends, and during their absence the connection with Tamsen Parsons was renewed; and, because she threatened to leave him, ho murdered her in open day in the streets of Bedford, Ohio. On the scaffold he made an extraordinary statement. He said, " This death penalty is ridiculous, and if you will consider over it you will find it is wrong. One life is as good as another. What advantage is it to take my life ? None. It is not an example to deter others from the crime. Did I remember pointing that pistol ? No ; I don't remember it to this hour. Yet it is the law, and we must abide by it—the law of man, but not of God. lam 'convinced of it. For six months now I have had every sect of religion to visit me, and they come in to tell me which is the way to heaven. Do I believe them ? No What is man's way to Heaven ? The same as his way on earth. Do unto others as we wish to bo done to. I have thought it all over, fully and conscientiously, and have come to the conclusion that my life in another world will be the same as in this, with the difference that there all will be pure. I have considered this over for six months, and in tended to give my own life up to my exit out of this world. I intended to take my own life, but did not succeed. I took enough to take me out of the world, but it is the Great Spirit's will that I should not; and I have not done it. I don't be lieve to-day—God forgive me if I say anything wrong—that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. My anatomical knowledge and everything says that the Immaculate Conception was not right. It is against nature and philosophy ; it is against human nature. I believe that no purer spirit, no better man, ever lived on earth than Jesus Christ, and that in the spirit world ho is next to the Great Creator himself —as far as we know. At the same time, I will tell my experience tells what I know in my own soul. I know from my own experience that there is communication with those who have departed from this life. I am to-day about to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, but at the same time am sure I shall bo with , you after the execution as I am now." MARKETS,—This Day. ................m.......05...0.. ME ROPOLITAN CATTLE. There were only 7 English and 83 Scotch beasts on sale here to-day, the remainder of the supply being wholly composed of foreigners. The beef trade, however, was very quiet at Monday's currency. The best Scots and crosses sold at 58 Gd per lbs. Sheep —the show of which was very moderato moved off slowly at late rates. The best Downs and half-breds in the wool realised Gs 6d to 6s 10d per 81bs. Calves were a slow inquiry on -former terms—viz., from 5s 8d to Gs 8d per Blbs. Pigs wore tole rably firm in price. It is expected that about 220 head of Scotch beasts will arrive by sea for Monday's market. _ _ Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s ds d Crse. ec inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 4 Second quality do ..4 6 4 ,19 Prime a'thdown 00 6 6 6 10 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 La ge coarse calvcs 5 8 6 2 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 6 4 6 8 Crse. and inf. sheep.! 2 4 10 Large hogs .4 t• 4 6 Second quality do ..5 05 8 Small porkers ..4 8 5 0 Lamb....Os Od to 0, Od. Suckling calves, Ws to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts... Cows. Beasts 5lO Cows. 4O 450 Sheep Calves l4O Ca ve4 11) Pigs 393 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENIiALL.—GOOd supplies of meat are en sale, and the trade is steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Gd ; mutton, 4s Od to be 4d ; veal, 5s Od to Gs Od; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d pet 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—MoacIow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, .£ 1 16 s to £2 2s per l oa d. A fair demand. CuntnEnLAND.—lleadow hay, £4 4s to £5 17s 6d; clove; £5 5s to £G 15s Od ; and straw, £l. 18s to £2 5s per load. Supply moderate. WiIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 5s to £6 17s 6d; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade inactive. A DOCTOR'S BILL—At the Secondaries' Court yesterday, in an action for a doctor's bill, the visits were charged only is. each, and in cue instance four ViSUS were charged ss. The jury gave a Verdict for the amount claimed, and observed that the visits appeared to be mode rately charged. Au application was made for a certificate for costs, and the ground urged was that had the plaintiff sued in the county court, the defendant could have had a jury at Brentford, where he "had considerable influence." Mr. Secondary Potter refused a certificate :for such a reason. The parties could go before a jury at Chambers. TIIE SHOOTING CASE AT PADDINGTON.—At the Marylebone piAtee-court yesterday Joseph Ward, a boat man (:,I.t the Regent's-canal, was brought up for re-exami ,,ation on the charge of shooting a lad named Lefley, on the Lock-bridge, Harrow-road, It may be remembered that the prisoner was having a quarrel with his wife in the boat, and the noise attracted the attention of some per sons who were going over the bridge. This seemed to en rage the prisoner the more, and he went into his cabin, from which he fetched a gun and fired, the shot taking effect upon the face of the lad. His face was completely riddled with shot ; one eye was lying on his cheek and had to be removed. His sight is completely gone, and he is in a very precarious state. A message was brought that the poor lad was not able to attend. Jr. 3 Yardley re magded the prisoner. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) BELLEW V. BELLEW. The hearing of this case, which has occupied so many days, was resumed this morning. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., summed up on behalf of Mr. Henry Bellew, who propounded the will of his sister the late Countess of Bellew, which was made in his favour, and was disputed by their mutual sister, Miss Frances Bellew, who alleged that theinstru meat was a forgery. The learned counsel said that not only would his client be deprived of a large pro perty, but the reputation destroyed and the very liberty imperilled of two respectable persons, namely, Mrs. Cap and Joseph Verlaudo, by an adverse verdict. It must be admitted that if this will were a forgery these two persons had been guilty of a dangerous and foul conspiracy, which, notwithstanding the alteration of the law which abolished capital punishment for forgery, still rendered them liable to penal servitude for life. He said he would be able to satisfy the jury that there was no ground whatever for imputing any such infamous misconduct to the parties in question. It appeared from the facts developed in the course of the evidence that the aunt of the Countess of Bellew, the testatrix, had left Mr. Henry Bellew and Miss Frances Bellew £4,000 each, and constituted the Countess of Bellew her residuary legatee. That will Miss Frances Bellew disputed in the Prero gative Court at Exeter, but without success, and very unsisterly feelings between the parties were engendered. The breach was never entirely closed, and shortly prior to her death the countess was heard to complain bitterly of the conduct of her sister in involving her in expensive litigation. He con tended that it was not likely that Mrs. Cap, if she had been a party to forging the instrument in dis pute, would have limited her own legacy to £5OO, or that Verlando would have been instrumental in the fraud, without deriving any benefit whatever, by so nefarious and dangerous an act. The learned counsel then went through, the different points of the voluminous evidence. The jury returned a verdict against the will. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING WET LIN - EN.—Gebrge Davis, a rough looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing some wet linen, the property of Mr. Smith, tailor, of Silver street, Gower-square. The prosecutor said that on the previous afternoon be was at work (his servant girl havingjust gone out) when he heard a noise upstairs ; and on going into a back room he saw the prisoner, and on asking him what he wanted there, ho said he was "looking for Mrs. Sullivan." He told the prisoner .that he had no Mrs. Sullivan there, and hearing something rattle in" his pockets, took from them two keys, which he told the prisoner were most convenient articles for him to carry about with him. He then found that the noise ho had previously heard had been caused by the fall of part of a candlestick which the prisoner had dropped. The prisoner begged hard to be allowed to go, and as he appeared to have taken nothing, he let him go, but directly after his servant coming in, and seeing a strange bag, and which turned out to be full of wet linen, near whore the prisoner had been crouched down, he gave information to the police, and he was overtaken and taken into custody. The articles in the bag were his property. _ _ _ _ Police-constable Foster, 98 C, said that from the descrip tion of the prisoner he received he went after him and took him into custody, in a public-houss in Pulteney-street, when he said that he had only gone to the house for the purpose of seeking employ. Inspector Bowles said he believed there would be other charges against the prisoner, and Mr. Knox remanded him. WEST MIN S TER. EXTENSIVE DIMGLARY.—John Hurley, a ticket-of-leave man, was placed at the bar, charged with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Hamilton, 12, Wilton place, Knightsbridge, and stealing jewellery and other articles. Mr. Hamilton said that on Monday evening his house was entered by burglars and robbed. When he returned home, at a little after 10, his house was in great disorder, and the police there. The property missed and described had been purloined from the upper apartments of the house. Mr. Arnold—How had they obtained an entrance ? Prosecutor—They had broken into an empty house close to me, and had from thence got access by coming over the roofs and opening an attic window. Amelia Spencer, lady's-maid to Miss Savoy, who occu pies apartments in Mr. Hamilton's house, said that between 9 and 10 on Monday night she was going up stairs when she saw two men leaving her mistress's bedroom. The men rushed up the attic stairs and escaped by thp way they had entered. Witness believed tho prisoner to be one of the men. Mr. Arnold—Were you close to them? Witness—l was. Ono of them blew my candle out on the stairs, and they swore they would break my neck if I did not go away. After that I gave the alarm, and the police were sent for. George Wallett, groom to Major M'Pherson, said he was passing prosecutor's on Monday night, and saw prisoner and another jump from the garden wall next door into the street. Other evidence was given in support of the charge.. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. A lanin BURGLAR. —John Smith, a bargeman, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with breaking into and entering the cabin of the ship Calcutta, in the East India Dock, and stealing a tablecloth, some brandy, and biscuits therefrom. John Tomlinson, a night watchman, stated that at half past 4 o'clock this m orn i ng he was walking along the quay and heard a knocking on board the Calcutta. He imme diately boarded the vessel and saw the prisoner lying on his back on the deck floor just outside the cabin door. He spoke to him and asked him what business ho had there, to which ho made no reply. He then aroused the shipkeeper. George Sharp, shipkeeper of the Calcutta, said he dis covered that a case of brandy had been broken open and a bottle taken out. The tablecover was also missing. The bread locker had been plundered. William West, a dock constable, stated that the cabin door of the Calcutta was found open, and an entrance ob tained. The end of a wooden pilcher, or staff, with two large iron hooks at the end, was found in the cabin. it had been used in breaking open the door, and did not belong to the ship. The prisoner was asked what he did on board, to which he replied, "Ask my employer." He asked who . his employer was, and he declined to make any answer. The prisoner afterwards said he belonged to an empty barge called the William, alongside the Calcutta. Ho the beam which crossed the barge and a bottle half filledwith e and found a table-cover on in the corner of the barge. Thera was a long staff on board, secured by a lock went on and fastenings. The head of it, with the iron hooks, board b t h r a e n b d a y r g found on board the Calcutta, had been cut off with a knife, and it must have taken some time to have done so. The staff was, of course, spoiled. The prisoner was in toxicated, and smelt strongly of brandy. The ship-keeper of the Calcutta was recalled, and said the table-cover, valued at 155., was the property of Capt. Jopp, the master of the Calcutta. Tho bottle of brandy had been taken out of a case. Tho prisoner, in defence, said ho was a lighterman, that ho was 33 years of age, and dwelling at No. 20, Checksand street, Whitechapel, that he was stupidly drunk last night, and did not know what he was about. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial. ITEALTII OF TUE MASTER OF TRINITY. — CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday Evening. —The Master passed a very restless night. tit the present hour (6 o'clock) his medical attendants are in hopes that he has recovered from the immediate 'effects of the accident, but they are still in a state of much anxiety as to the ultimate conse- quences. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A BAIIIIISTER.—Mr. Charles Newton, barrister, of No. 5, Briok-court, Temple, was found lying dead, yesterday morning, at the bottom of the flight of stairs leading to his chambers. Dr. Reed, a friend of the deceased gentleman, called upon him on Tuesday evening, when ho complained of being unwell and very feverish. Ds. Reed left him about 10 o'clock, and it appears that he was not seen alive after that hour. The next morning, yesterday, he was found by Mr. Lock, lying, as stated, at the bottom of the staircase, and it is supposed that in walking dowuin the dark ho missed his footing, and fell with great force on his head. His death must have been instantaneous. Mr. Newton had for several years past attended the Northern Circuit. The deceased was unmarried, and his friends, who reside in Yorkshire, have been communicated with. Ho was called to the bar in 1816, and was about 46 years of age. State of Trade. LEICESTER, Feb. 28.—The hosiery trade con tinues tolerably active. Regular goods are in re quest, and orders are coming well to hand. There is a fair amount of business doing in cotton goods. In the country districts there is more doing. Worsted yarns meet a slow inquiry, and prices are for the most part without change, spinners being indifferently employed. Cotton yarns not materially altered in prices. The wool-market remains rather quiet. NOTTINGHAM, 28th.---There is more activity in the lace trade, and a fair amount of business has been doing in several departments during the past few days. The spring demand is early this year, on account of the extreme mildness of the season. Silk mechlins continued in repuest. Black lace sells tolerably well. There is very little improvement, in the narrow edging trade. Orders are in the market for France and Germany, and the home demand is becoming more active. The hosiery trade is buoyant. TOYS AND GAMES FOR THE SEASON. 10,000 Penny and other Toys to select from. - The ss. 6d. parcels contain 73 articles. N.B.—Choice articles collected and sent, post free, to the country upon prepayment, and valu able information to persons commencing the above busi ness. ARTHUR GRANGER, 308, High Holborn, W.C.; and German Fair, 95 and 96, High-street, Borough. A GALLANT CAPTAIN OF ARTILLERY.—Fighting continues on the West Coast of Borneo, says the Singapore Times of January 21. An act of courage and great pre sence of mind was displayed on board the Government steamer Boni, during one of the numerous expeditions against the enemy. When attacking a fortified camp, a smart firing was kept up on board the Both to protect the disembarkation of a landing division. A mortar being fired, the burning grenade struck against the iron chain of the awning and rebounded on deck. Immediate command was given to all present on deck to lie down, but Captain Kilian, of the artillery, without a moment's hesitation, seized the burning grenade with both hands, and threw it overboard, where it burst, having scarcely reached the surface of the water, giving the vessel a severe shock. TIIE JAPANESE.—AII the essentials of the Ja panese labourer's life were and are easily attained. The earth yielded to him bountifully of her increase ; the ma terial for his garments grew by his door and was spun and wove by his own household, the trees furnished both fuel and light, and in all his hamlets the pauper and beggar was not, except pauper and beggar by profession and not by necessity. Yet with all the plainness and simplicity of his rustic life, is not our Japanese peasant a bit of a Sybarite in his way ? His daily appetite is satiated with such food as might belong to the dwellers in the new Utopia. He eats remorselessly the tender bulbs of the golden lily which spreads its sumptuous blossoms over his fields ; he dines daintily on the lotus root ; he boils his kettle with the wood of the camellia, which we coax with so much tender care to bloom under our northern skies.—Netv York Tribune. _ _ LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—LLANDUDNO, Feb. 27. This morning a vessel was observed in distress in Llandudno Bay while the wind was blowing hard from the NE, and a heavy sea was running (says John Williams, Esq.). Before our lifeboat could be got out the vessel had sunk, as well as the boat belonging to her, and the men \ had to take to the rigging. The " Sisters Memoria l " lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was, however, promptly launched, but the sea was so rough that at first there was great difficulty and danger in nearing the vessel, the life boat being submerged several times. At last, by anchor ing to windward, the lifeboat succeeded by means of her grappling irons, in effecting a communication With the vessel, and was then providentially enabled to save the lives of the captain and crew of two men, and afterwards safely brought them to land. The vessel was found to be the schoonor Morning Star, of Carnarvon, bound from Port Dinorwic to Liverpool with a cargo of slates. Her crew were much exhausted when rescued by the lifeboat, as they had been working hard at the pumps all night owing to a leakage. The cost of this lifeboat was presented to the institution by two sisters in memory of a deceased sister. PRINCE CHRISTIAN.—If M. Bismarck succeeds in finally settling the question of the Duchies to his own satis faction, one result will be that the future husband of the Princess Helena, like Garibaldi, will be a man without a country. This will be of less consequence to Prince Chris tian, probably, if he is to find a new "nursing mother" in England. It is already understood that this alliance is made very much in accordance with her Majesty's desire to keep with her an affectionate daughter—that is to say, that the Prince and Princess will have their fixed residence in England, and near the Queen. But we believe that this intention is to be carried further than the mere arrange ment for a permanent residence in this country. It is pro posed to mail.• of the prince a naturalised. Englishman f o rthwith, and to give him an Englis4 peerage n , with the title of Duke of Kendal. This project—so much of it as relates to the peerage—has been met with strong opposi tion, as might have been expected, but it is more than probable that it will be carried through.—Pall Mall Gazette The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £d i 7s. loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-10 tbs per cent dearer iu Loudon than in Ti 1 IRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Tho Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition from certain cattle salesmen and others in Edinburgh, against some clauses in the Cattle Plague Diseases Bill, and com plained of the undue haste with which the measure had been passed. He contended that no proper notice had been given to the public respecting this measure. PRIVATE BUSINESS The Holy Island, &c., Reclamation Bill and Roach Fishery Bill were severally read a second time. THE CATTLE PLAGUE, Lord BERNERS read a letter he had received complain ing that infected cattle were still imported into this coun try, and seggested that the most stringent measures should be adopted to prevent the same. Eari GRANVILLE was understood to say that the Home -office had taken every means to prevent the evil complained of. The Earl of LICHFIELD expressed a hope that some clause would be adopted in the proposed bill to prevent a recurrence of the treatment to which cattle were exposed in their conveyance by railway and steamboats. The treatment they received was such as to promote the exten sion of the cattle disease. He asked a question of the noble earl (Granville) on the subject, and mentioned different cases of cruelty to which cattle were exposed in their travel from different places, including the want of water, which he contended was a disgrace to a civilised country. Earl GRANVILLE said that ho had already answered three or four questions on the subject, and ho thought it was time the house should recur to the practice of requir ing notice of any questions before the Government were called on to answer them. On the motion of the Earl of MALMESBURY, the Marquis of Bath was added to the select committee on the Cattle Plague Disease Bill. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION. The Earl of CARNARVON asked her Majesty's Go vernment their intention with regard to the various bills affecting railway communication in the metropolitan dis trict now before Parliament. He expressed his strong dis approval of the facilities that were exposed for the intro duction and passing through Parliament of a large number of railway bills without due consideration, and which conferred very great powers on the promoters. The num ber of railway bills before Parliament this session was very large, and their construction would involve the out lay of millions, while the course adopted by Parliament was to scramble them through committees. He com plained of the hardships to which in many cases persons possessing property were exposed by their property being seized, and they compelled to put up with the award of an arbitration which in many instances acted very unjustly against the proprietors. There was too much and too little legislation in regard to these metropolitan railways, for an unnecessary number of lines were sanctioned, while adequate protection was not afforded to those who were affected by their construction. He alluded to the hardships inflicted on lodgers in poor localities, who were driven out of their tenements and ob liged to pay exorbitant rents. Earl RUSSELL said that no doubt it was the duty of the Board of Trade to take the present subject into their consideration, and measures would be introduced this ses sion in reference to the same.. He did not think, how ever, that there was any necessity for a com mittee. The number of railways in reference had been reduced, several having been withdrawn, and there were only' two or three that would cause any difficulty. Under these circumstances ho did not consider a joint committee of both houses necessary. SCHOOLMASTERS ON THE FENIAN CON SPIRACY. Lord DUNSANY moved for a return on the above sub ject. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. After some observations by Lord REDESDALE on this subject, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. SOUTH-EASTERN AND LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER (LONDON, LEWES, AND BRIGHTON) RAILWAY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Colonel BARTELLOT moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The lines proposed to be made by the promoters of this bill were not required, as the traffic was well supplied by the lines at present is existence. Mr. 11. LEWIS supported the bill, because the state of things at present in existence at London-bridge was dis graceful. The present Brighton line was totally inade quate to servo the great traffic which now daily travelled between London and Brighton. Ile had had occasion last summer to travel up and down the Brighton line, and anything more objectionable than the way in which pas sengers were treated could not be imagined. The express trains were always late, and many things showed that the traffic bad altogether outgrown the resources of the ex isting Brighton line, and the making of the lines now proposed would relieve the Brighton line of its over traffic, and that which remained they would be able to manage with safety, which was not the case now. Lord F. CAVENDISH was in favour of allowing the bill to be read a second time. Mr. WILSON-PATTEN said he had taken the trouble to investigate the complaints that had been made both at Brighton and London with respect to the existing lines of communication, and having found them to some degree founded on truth, he thought the bill ought to be allowed to pass its second reading. He thought, however, that the public should be secured some more advantages than they at present enjoyed, and that the line should not be conceded merely as a competing line. Mr. DODSON said ho should vote for the second reading. Mr. WHITE said, as one of the representatives of Brighton, he was in a peculiar position, because some of his constituents were in favour of the bill, others were against it. Under all the circumstances, he should vote for the second reading, in order that it might be considered in committee upstairs. Mr. BO UVERIE objected to the discussion of the merits of a private bill on its second reading in that house. He thought the house ought not to be asked to depart from its usual course. Col. BARTELLOT said as it appeared to be the wish of the house he would withdraw his motion. The amendment was then by leave withdrawn, and the ' bill was read a second time. PROJECTED METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS AND THE LABOURING CLASSES. Mr. T. HUGHES, who had a series of resolutions on the paper for the evening to protect tho rights of the labour ing classes from being turned out of their houses by railway companies, said he had been in com munication with the directors of several of the large railway companies, and he wished now to postpone proceeding with his resolutions for a week, as he thought that in that time he should be able to frame such a resolu tion as would meet with the approval of all parties. 'He must say he had not met with any great objection on the part of any of those parties with whom ho had been in communication. The consideration of the resolutions was then post poned. THE INDIAN BUDGET. In reply to Mr. J. B. SMITH, Mr. STANSFELD said that communications had taken place, and the financial accounts would be presented to the house about the 14th of May, and he should be in a posi tion to proceed with the Indian budget as soon as it would be thought convenient by the house after that date. RAILWAYS AND THE LABOURING CLASSES. •_ _ _ Colonel WILSON-PATTEN asked the President of the Board of Trado whether they intended to bring forward a measure they had proposed last session, for the protection of the houses of the labouring classes against railway de molitien, and which was dealit with in the resolution which the hon. member for Lambeth had given notice of his intention of bringing forward next week. Mr. GIBSON said it was the intention of the Govern ment to introduce that bill, a nd the y were in communica tion with the Metropolita n Board of Works on the subject. The bill would not quite meet the resolution of the hon. member for Lambeth, for his resolution would embrace removals for all kinds of works, whilst the bill of the Go vernment would only relate to metropolitan railways. Colonel PATTEN asked whether the right hon. gentle man would introduce his bill before the resolution of the hon. member for Lambeth was taken into consideration ? Mr. M. GIBSON replied that ho would bring the bill in in a few days. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. In reply to Mr. NEWDEGATE, Sir G. GREY said he did not intend to proceed with the Parliamentary Oaths Bill on Monday next. THE REFORM BILL The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that on the 12th of March he should move that that part of the Queen's Speech relating to the constituencies of counties and towns should be taken into consideration with a view of asking for leave to bring in a biil founded thereon. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) With respect to the elec toral returns, they were very voluminous, and were,under going:revision ; he could not say they would not be there fore in the hands of members as early as he could wish. Viscount CRANBOURN asked whether the bill would be read a first time before the returns were produced. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should only move for leave to introduce a bill. It would be quite competent for any member to take the sense of the house as to the first reading of the measure. [LEFT SPEAKLNG.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Da:y, TAT TERSALLS'—This Evening, Nothing doing. NOTTINGIIA.M.—THURSDAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. These races are again postponed in consequence of the frost until to-morrow. The Berby races, if the weather continues fine, will bo run on Saturday. MANCHESTER BETTING. —Tins DAY, LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 8 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) 11 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 11 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 11 to 1 agst L'Afraicain (taken) 109 to 6 agst Mistake (taken) 20 to 1 agst :Merrimac, (taken) 25 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken) 30 to 1 agst Turnus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lightheart (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MARCH. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring C roston Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B AP Newmarket Craven 2 Durham 2 Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring M. Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6. Liverpool Hunt Cup `l,o Chester Curragh 24 Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer JU: Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton Odiham Biliury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 '1 Liverpool Beverley 2(l Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester LY. JU. Carlisle Newmarket J uly Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Eghaial l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l York August Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O SEPT] Warwick September 4 Cun-agh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB :MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall ,BEIt. OCTI Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester NOVE. Lincoln Liverpool :BER. Shrewsbury Leamington 8unt........, 19 IRISH RACING- FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Tralee MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 JUNE. C urragh 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curragli 4,5, G OCTOBER Curragh IG, 17 18 CONTINENTAL RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MARCH. La Marche 4, 25 I Vincennes ll, 18 APRIL. Vincennes Pau 2, 4 1 Bruxelles Paris (Spring) 2,8, n, 22, 1 26, 29 1 MAY. Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l JI) Vincennes 3 Montaüban Vissembourg 2t Paris (Summer) 26, 27 Toulouse 24, 2$ JU. Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amiens Abbeville Lo Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Saintes 2B, 29 Caen UST. AUG Deauville....., Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 Le Mans l9 Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l SEPT] Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly EMBER. 1 Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 Bank of England Returns•-• This Evening. An Account, pursuant to I cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DE: the Act ith and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1866. PARTMENT. Notes issued .....£28,113,205 Governmt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo I Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £28,113,205 BANKING D: £28,113,205 Proprietors' Capi tal X14,553,000 Rest PARTMENT. Governmt. Seen rities(including ....... . . Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 5,448,781 Other Deposits 12,742,313 Seven Day and . other bills Dead' Weight Annuity) £9,915,483 Oiler S.;curities 18,812,117 Notes 7,315,105 Gold and Silver Coin £36,926,074 March 1, 1866. £36,926,074 W. MILLER, Chief Cashier. THE TESTS ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL.—The following is the bill brought in the Rouse of Commons, by Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Grant Duff, to provide for the abolition of religious de ee in the testsin Univ ersity of Oxford . connection with academical - degrees an Whereas it is expedient that prov ision should be made for enabling her M a j es ty's s ubjects to take degrees other than degrees in divinity in the University of Oxford, and to hold public professorships, readerships, and other academical offices which are or may bo tenable by lay men therein, without requiring' from them religious tests :—Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Ma jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the sa me , as follows :—From and after the passing of this act, no person shall be required, upon taking, or to enable him to take, any degree (other than a degree of divinity) within the said University of Oxford, or as a condition of exer cising or enjoying any of the privileges and rights which may heretofore have been or may hereafter be exercised and enjoyed by graduates thereof, to subscribe any article or formulary of faith, or to make any declaration or take any oath respecting his religious belief or profession or to conform to any religious observance, anything in the 44th section in the act passed in the session of Parliament held in the 17th and 18th years of her present Majesty, chapter 81, or airy other act of Parliament or statute of the said Universi ty, that in ato the nanya co contrary n o t w ith s t a nding--provided always for any qualification o eseucnhowde tenable gree s h a o l ln only y e b ya ra tenderedoma sb; of the United Church of England and Ireland for which such degree as heretofore constituted one of the necessary qualifications, being other than an office within the said University or any of the colleges or halls thereof, the per son or persons appointing or electing to such office shall re quire the person so tendering such degree as aforesaid to subscribe such formularies or to make such declaration as he would have been required to subscribe or make on tak ing the degree of master of arts iu the said University if this act had not passed. From an d after the passing of this act, no person shall be required, as a q ualification for, as a condition of, holding any public pro f e ssorship, readership, or other academical office which is or may be tenable by a layman within the said University, to subscribe any ar ticle or formulary of faith, or to make any declaration or take any oath respecting his religious belief or profession, or to conform to any religious observance, anything in the Bth, 9th, and 10th sec. of the act passed in the session of Parliament held in the 13th and 14th years of King Charles 11. chap. 4, or in any other act of Parliament or statute of the said University, to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always that nothing in this act contained shall be taken to apply to any headship or fellowship, or any office of or in any college, house, or hall within the said University, no t bein g a fellowshi p or other endowment d in suc h college, house, or hall attached to some public pro fessorship, readership, or other academical office sin the aid Un versity, and held by virtue thereof." UST. AUG :"'~