The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-30 00:00:00

~' r, ~ MARKET MONEY COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TwELVE O'CLOCK. REDUCTION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT, The Bank of England directors, at their weekly court to-day, have notified a reduction off per cent. in their official minimum, viz., to 4 per cent. This concession has for a long time been expected, and no surprise has therefore been created. The continual accumulation of gold both at the Bank of England and the Bank of France, the very small inquiry for accommodation that has prevailed for commercial purposes owing to the ex ceeding quietude of trade, and the disinclination now generally evinced by the public to enter into extensive speculation, have prepared most parties for the relaxation now conceded. The capital at the command of bankers and brokers is certainly small, but as it has been mostly diminished for revenue and other payments, which are sent into the Bank, and redistributed in the form of dividends, it is not too much to expect that in the course of a few days the supplies on offer will show a large increase. The settlement at the Stock Exchange is likely to produce a further demand for accom modation, and to-morrow, which is the end of the quarter, a large number of Indian engagements will arrive at maturity. The discount market is likely to present a busy appearance during the re mainder of the week. Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., Messrs. Alex ander, Cunliffes, and Co., the National Discount Company, &c., have reduced their rate of interest for deposit accounts per cent.--viz., to 3 per cent. for money at call, to 31 per cent. for seven days, and to 3f per cent. for fourteen days' notice of with drawal. Reduced Annuities are 87/ 87k. Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s. prem. India, 5 per Cents., 105/ 1051. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1001. Debentures, 99i ; and the Bonds, 15s. prem. Continued firmness prevails in the Foreign Market which is rather active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 731 74 ; ditto Consolides, 568 551. Mexican, 26/ 27 ; ditto New, 25/ 26 ; Greek, 211 211 ; Spanish Passive, 321 321; do. Certificates, 17117-8-; Italian, 631 64 ; do. New, 3 2i dis. ; and Confede rate Loan, 32i 33i. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and prices has shown a slight im provement. Great Northern A Stock have advanced 2, North Eastern, Berwick, 1; North Western, ; Midland, ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, I. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in fair request, and prices are generally well sustained. Millwall Freehold Land and Docks have improved to n 3* prem. ; South of England Waggon shares are quoted 4 11 prem. ; South African Land, prem. ; and Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, April 6 B9} / b per Cent. Reduced B9} ft New 3 per Cent B7} New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 • Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,_ooo, 4 per Cent 6 3 £5OO 6 3 £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 2411 Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 99} Do. Bonds, £l,OOO pm Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent D0._41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Apes 6 per Cent — Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Ohilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. .Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid — pm Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do £65 paid — dis Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent 95 1 Do., Second Issue 941 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 961 7 Do Scrip, £55 paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account The joint-stock banks have lowered their rate of interest for deposits to 3 per cent. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an influx of £31,000. The suspension of Messrs. Bremner and Co., in the East India and Brazilian trade, has been an nounced to-day, with liabilities about £150,000, of which about £lOO,OOO is secured. It is reported to be a very good estate, and a favourable result is anticipated. There has been no demand for silver for several days past, and the small quantity in the market has been sold for the Continent at 600. per oz., establishing a decline of id. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :-- Great Western North Western South Western Brighton ... ... Midland South Eastern 1865. 1864 ....£63,500 £65,658 ... 101,368 101,074 19,268 20,692 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 15,854 44,678 ... ... 17,696 33,161 ... ... 36,110 ... 6,208 ... North Eastern ... ... 56,293 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 17,388 21,367 46,971 21,523 Great Eastern ... ... 30,049 30,255 38,047 5,971 57,181 18,973 Do. Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £25 paid Mexican 3 per Cent. Do. Account Dc 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 44 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Porttiguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 44 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 'Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent 31,527 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, show some very unsatisfactory results, consequent upon the late severe weather and the disturbance existing in the iron trade of the north of England. On the Great Western there :is a decrease of £2,158, on the South Western of £4,424, on the Brighton of £5,513, on the Midland of £2,293, on the South-Eastern of £3,287, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £1,937, on the North-Eastern of £BBB, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,485, and on the Great Eastern of £1,478. The Great Northern, however, shows an increase of £2,906, the Bristol and Exeter of £237, and North Western of £312. ~ 251 The meeting of the City Offices Company was held to-day, and the following is an abstract of the report presented :—Since the issue of the report of the 30th November last the properties of the com pany under construction have been rapidly pro ceeded with. The alterations on the Cornhill pro perty have been completed, and it has been let on lease at a rental securing a very remunerative re turn on the investment. The present productive properties of the company are as follows, viz. : Nos. 17 and 18 Cornhill, 27, Leadenhall-street, and 63, Great Tower-street. It is expected that the block in Clement's-lane will be so far completed that rents will be received fora portion of it at Michaelmas next. With reference to the Bishopsgate-street block, possession has been obtained of the whole of the site, and the old buildings are in rapid course of demoli tion. Having regard to the suggestions of the share holders, at the last general meeting, in respect of the interest on the £300,000 mortgage debentures being charged to cost of buildings, the direc tors have carefully considered the matter, and for their guidance instrusted the solictors of the company to draw up and submit a case to counsel, which was done, and submitted to Mr. I. H. Lloyd, of the Temple. The following is an abstract from his opinion :—" Upon a careful consideration of this matter, I am of opinion that it was and is competent to the company to carry to capital the interest on so much of the debenture debt as on a fair apportionment may be attributed to the purchase of the premises, at present unpro ductive, as being in course of construction or adaptation, and to the expense of such construc tion or adaptation ; and that if any surplus income remain after satisfying the interest on the debt not so apportioned or appropriated, it may be distributed as dividend among the shareholders." In accord ance with that opinion £2,334 13s. 11d., the amount of debenture interest paid on the properties under construction that had been charged to revenue account, has been transferred to the cost of pro perty. By such transfer the revenue account shows a balance of income in excess of expenditure of £703 9s. 10d., as per audited accounts annexed. Several of. the company's properties being leasehold, it is necessary that provision should be made to re coup the capital at the expiration of the terms of the leases. An actuary's calculation has been ob tained of the necessary annual amount to be set aside for that purpose, which it has been determined for the future so to set aside, and to charge to the debit of revenue account. The directors recom mend that power be given them to pay an interim dividend before the accounts for the current year are closed, in the event of their finding it advisable to do so. 48 'Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l7l Swedish 4 per Cent. — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 74; 4 Do. £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1863 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent.,1864 4ll Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 42 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 22 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 621 Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi,..tes — French Rentes, 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money ~ 89 Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. ` ,l -- The first ordinary general meeting of share holders of the India Rubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Company was held to-day. The report stated that there was a balance of £7,818 195., at the credit of trading accounts, enabling the directors to recommend a dividend at the rate of 10 Per cent. per annum ; there remains £2,368 195., Which, after liquidating the balance standing against Preliminary expenses, left a sum of £1,138 7s. 3d. to be carried to next account. Sales 5,000 or 'RES FOR 1865. Canterbury Spring Abergavenny • 20 Thirsk 2l Cardiff 25 Epsom Spring Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge Nottingham Southampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood Down Royal Corp The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Reliance Mutual Life Assurance Society was held to-day. The report submitted showed that, during the year 1864, 790 policies were issued for assuring £233,530, bringing in £7,582 14s. 11d. hew premiums. The total income of the society for Premiums and interest was £50,683 10s. 6d. The Cash liability is £143,697 45., and the certified assets £168,429 18s., showing a surplus of £24,732 14 5., to be appropriated for bonus subject to the Usual reserve. Two o'CLocir. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's t :legram the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. us c. Heavy. There has been a slight increase in the demand f or money since the alteration in the official mini -17411m, owing no doubt to the Stock Exchange settle -125411t. A large number of Indian enga gemen t s will 1 e due to-morrow, which is also the end of the quarter, aid it may therefore be expected that the inquiry dill be actively kept up the remainder of the week. T he rate for the best bills is 4 per cent., with excep tional transactions at 3i per cent. 41 1 improvement of per cent. has taken pla ce i n .0, i t 'e Mark e t f or th e E ng li s h F un ds, an d C onso l s f or 1 ,,. °11 ey and th e 6th inst., are 89i 89i, and for th e "ay settlement, 89i 89i. The New Threes and SHARE MARKETS—This day. POLICE INTEL LIGENCE, —This Day. THE SUN, LOADON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1865. kIIST. The Market rather firmer. 6,000 bales. RACING FDCT Vincennes Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB Vincennes Chelmsford 7 Manchester Summer 7 Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Alexandra Park 2O JU: Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Abingdon Stamford l3 Winchester lB AUG' Brighton 1 Brighton Club Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham l5 Royal Windsor l7 SEPTE: Leicester 7 Doncaster Brecon lB Richmond York Plymouth Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 30 Weymouth 3l Baden 3l Stockton LBER. Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct 26 Walsall ouro: Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Vincennes Newmarket Ho. M 23 Vincennes WOODS, FORESTS, AND LAND REVENUES.—The accounts of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for the year ending March, 1864, have been published. The receipts for the year were £96,001 lls. Bd., the princi pal item being for sale of estates, £82,762 3s. ld. For the purchase of estates the Commissioners have expended £33,350, and they had a cash balance in hand on the 31st of March last of £19,116135. 10d.,while the stock and other securities standing to their credit amounted to £200,854 13s. sd. TOLERATION.—A Glasgow paper states that a compositor employed on one of the daily newspapers in Glasgow has just been denied the privileges of membership in the Free Church, of which he and his wife have long been members, simply on account of the fact that he is em ployed for a short time on Sundays. THE SOUTH WALES PORTS.—Iron shipbuilding is gradually extending at the South Wales ports, and several yards are already opened at Cardiff and Llanolly, where iron vessels are now in course of being built. Pre parations are also being made for opening an iron ship building establishment on the east bank of the Usk at Newport, and an iron ship of 400 tons burden will first be built, and as soon as this is completed another of a like burden, and for the same trade, will be commenced. This gradual extension of the trade clearly indicates that before many years are over the South Wales ports will compete with the North of England in iron shipbuilding. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. I Paid.! Closing I B u siness Price. done. 13.14 st st st 50 20 10. 10 Bir., Wol., & str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter 'Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A E A gets no div till6p.e.p.an.has Do. 11 been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun,.Perth, & b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Ann]. st No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northera D ). A Block Do. B o 100 100 100 100 10 Do. New, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Ori:dual I) S. Vti. Rail gua. Do. South Vales .... Do W. Mid.—Ox. ord Do. Newpo t Lo. He Lanc .shire & Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Do. New %rid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt.. IV_ Ireland Do. shares \' id Kent No:th British Do Ed., Pth Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchAse Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Mock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-'B.. Do. do. 186041 North London Do. New Do. do. 18q . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N E Aber. stock Scot, Mid. stack , h=ews do Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon outh E stern itaines, Wok.; & Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw LTI V. Hartlepool Han& Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. ISSM 100 {lOO 2 100 100 100 100 10k) 100 100 100 100 ICO 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 ISH M. 46 D 8 128 129 5 6 66 68 16 17 85 87 107 V 9 47 48 7 8 120 i 1306 1431 14$. 125 30 129 k 130 S 1 146 8S 90 73 73h 63 0 49 52 45 47 :t0 tO! 1165 117 86 E 8 101 1066 58 39 118} 1181 95 96 58i 159 1274 1284' 131 133 f, 101 103 53 54 z4i Z 5 108 107 6G G 7 101 1( 2 37 38 , 10 11 p 81 9 1P 118 120 1 tAI) 77 .78 11 11, 138 142 44•.46 87 0 57 51 Sli St 81 9 155 158 3 'A p 108 110 . _ 46 48 74 77 74,1 i f I 117 1 1 1 57 1761 39 119 181 19 964 51 60 I^_9 El 7! 133 1 1 VI 1091 10 631 102 i 2 371} 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 60/ all 7.8:3 8.13 4.18.0 4.3.6 214 3 32! 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 47i 10 3.12.1 ,SIONS. 53 66 1014 104 id ;p 4} 5 ti 65 70 g 8 100 75 85 1(0 102 09 100 100 101 17§ 18 33 9) 61 66 53 6 60 62 53 55 50 53 45 48 25 27 21 26 103 101 t,d kit * 93 100 81 81 12i 12(1 85, 4,0 77 EO di 100 101 93 95 88 9J 62 64 59 84 ; 3 5 82 81 00i 101 i ,00 101 d id t.B 101 94 97 99 92 9 91 89 91 79 81 18 82 103 ICB 105 107 108 108 105 107 102 101 1(5 107 10Z 104 105 107 108 109 105 107 88 92 98 100 92 91 91 93 103 105 87 90 91 93 102 104 BRITISH 1' Atlantic St. L awrence. Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo ct Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,B ran t, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 87, Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Calcutta & S. E., Rm 'a e Town & Dock, gu Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben .al, gu , 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J _Extension Grand Trunk of Canad a Do. Equip. Mort, Bond 6 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. Fd Pref. stock. Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lint , gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great NV, s. of Canada.. D New. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 1 to. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Filth Extension gelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Niel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B g. itl.C'da, pc Ist pf. bds Scinde Do. Delhi d Do. do. Do. Punjaub Do.lndus St Flo Huai COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR: British Columbia, 6 perj cent„ Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Au 4 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Po. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 184!0-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1808, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do. • Mauritius, P p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1..78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 18 Natal f; ov. 9 per cent N.B. Gov 6 p.c.Ja. uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 8 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. C sterling', 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.o 18843-8 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRITI Cam Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara ion as t Carn Brea East G:enville East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavlstk Gam .& StA übyn(Gwen. Gr.•at L .xey , , lim►ted Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist ,► Grenvil e lierod's Foot .... ilingston Downs Margaret tllny Lelant Marke Valley M wyndy Iron Ore, liw Nangiles New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United... Pr vidence UnyL lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 'tray Park . Tin Croft West Itassett (Mogan W.,Caradon (L skeard ffestChtrerton West Seton (wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth whea Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. Wheal n......•... 1 PREFEREN Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., t— tto, 4t per cent. pt. stock rd., 68 PRE FE MENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Aletrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 98} i:E SI North Di [ARLES. FOREIGN RAILWAYS Bahia and San Francisco tii.n.) gua. 7 per cent., 15 Dutch Rhenish, 22} pp Great Luxembourg, 121 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin),:lo South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian.:l:ll FOREIGN MINES, General, 21k Linares, lim., 4} United Mexican, lim., 4/ BANKS. Agra and Altsterman's, lim., 122 Ditto, new, 011 1 Albion, 7 Alliance (Um.), 34 Anglo Austrian, 71 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 13} Bank 01 Queensland, lim, 221 British and Californian, hrn., 5f Chartered Bank of India,'Australia, and China. 321 Chartered bier. of Indi i, London, and China, 53 Consolidated Bank, lim., English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20/ European Bank, lim., ilindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 25 k Imperial Ottoman, 171 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 London Joint Stock, 47 London and Venexula, him., 5 London and 11 estminster, 941 Oriental Banx Corporation, Pitto, new, 51; MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 18 Berlin Water Works, lim., 9/ Canada Company, in 4 City of Milan Improvements, Bin., 9f Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 10 Financial Corporation, f f Fore-street Warehouse, lira., Ff Gen. Credit and Finalize of Loudon, lim., Genet al Steam Navigation, 26 Hudson's Bay, 15f Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 6f Joint Stock Discount. Rm., 8f London County Land and Building, !im.;lf London Financial Association, lin►., 2if London General Omnibus Company, 3} Milwall Iron Works, 6/ Oriental Inland Steam, V Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 82} Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 41 Royal Mail Steam, 97 Universal Marine, Insurance, lira., 5; By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark. and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 stcrlin Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The /mum of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 249 per cent., and the- premium on gold 127 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the importation of god from the United States. 105 107 103 110 INES. 51 29 31 580 59 ) 20 251 14 15 6 6 4 1/ 11 12; 3t 4 4 6 19 'A 2 2 32 33 4 43 :15 36 31 4 5 7 5 51 1.1 Of 16 18 35 45 12 14 11 2 3 3: 33 35 530 550 2) 25 15 17 14/ 15. 7 3 / 4 8! 7 S 60 62: 190 100 100 105 Ili 13 ! 195 205 19 20 53} 3 102} 171 25! It ITIES. BOW-STREET. Elizabeth Haisman, a respectably-dressed woman, was charged before Sir Thomas Henry, with stealing a purse at the Metropolitan Railway. Mary Ann Weldon, of 24, Suffolk-place, Edgware-road, said 'yesterday afternoon she took a third-class ticket at Farringdon-street, and got into the carriage where the prisoner was. When the train stopped at Gower-street, the prisoner took up some things which were on the seat close behind witness, and as she was getting out she saw her drop a purse. Witness said the purse was hers. She then picked up the purse, and as the train began to move witness could not follow. On the train stopping at the next station witness returned, and then found the prisoner in charge of a porter. The purse was afterwards found in a corner of the platform, with the contents, 4s. 9d. The purse, in the first instance, was not in her pocket, but in her lap, near her bag. She saw the purse drop from the prisoner's hands. Charles Owen, a guard on the Metropolitan Railway, said he was with the train in question. He saw the prisoner, pick up a purse from the bottom of a third-class carriage and he asked her what she had, and she replied "Nothing.', He called to a porter to stop the prisoner. Prose cutor said "That's my purse." On the return of the prosecutrix the purse had been found and the pri soner was in custody. When the prisoner picked up the purse she was out of the train. When he spoke to her about the purse she turned out her pockets and said she had nothing, and that she was willing to be searched. Witness said he did not go on with the train, but remained behind to look after the purse. _ _ Robert Cane said he was a porter on the Metropolitan Railway. He was on duty yesterday, and the last witness called to him that the prisoner had got something which did not belong to her. She said she had not, and when he asked her if she had got the purse she denied it. He after wards saw the purse on the ground, close to where she had been standing. He did not pick it up, but showed it to the prosecutor, who picked it up. The prisoner denied drop ping the purse. In answer to the magistrate, the witness said there were several persons standing near where the purse was found. Prisoner said she was knows from travelling frequently by the line, and they could make any inquiry they pleased about her. Police-constable 319 A said he received the prisoner into custody at the Tower-street station. There were a num ber of persons standing round at the time. He asked the prosecutrix where she saw the purse last, and she said she saw the prisoner pick it up from the bottom of the carriage. Prisoner said she knew nothing of the purse. She further said she had dropped her own in the carriage, and that was the only one she had picked up. She produced it. It was a square pocketbook purse. The magistrate committed the prisoner for trial, but accepted bail for her appearance at the sessions. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE WEST-END BEGGING NUlSANCE.—Margaret Whipper, Edward Ferguson, James Tippett, James Beasley, George Richard Payne, and George Reid were charged before Mr. Knox with begging in Old Burlington-street, Old Bond street, Grosvenor-street, Regent-street, and Jermyn-street. Turner, Mendicity Society's office; said that Whipper had been 20 times in custody for begging. Tippett he saw standing shivering in the streets, pretending that he was suffering from ague, although he was a strong, healthy young man. Payne waa following persons and begging of them. Fryer, Mendicity Society's officer, proved seeing Reid, a tall, powerful fellow, having the appearance of an exca vator, begging in Bond-street, and telling gentlemen tha he was starving, and had had nothing to eat all day, while at the time he had several coppers in his hand. Ferguson he saw go into several publichouses for the purpose of begging, and Beasley was sitting on the steps of a door with a child begging to keep in idleness a strong but drunken husband. Payne Said he was a miner, and had met with an accident while working for Mr. Sewell, of the City. He had been supported for two months, and was then obliged to beg for a living. Reid said he had no work but expected some. Mr. Knox discharged Payne, and committed all/the other prisoners for a month with hard labour each, remarking that it was a scandalous thing for a big hulking fellow like Reid to go about begging. WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR APPLICATION.—TUE POWERS OP BONDSMEN.-- A respectable-looking man, in a considerable state of agi tation, came before Mr. Arnold this morning, and said he very much wished his advice. Mr. Arnold having inquired the circumstances, Applicant said—l was bail here yesterday for a man, and I feel in great jeopardy about it, as I have heard from a private source that he intends to abscond. Dennis (the gaoler)—This person was bail for the Ger man who was charged with the abduction of a girl, and is to come up again for re-examination. Applicant—lle stated last night that it was his intention to leave the country immediately. Mr. Arnold—Your recognisance will be estroated if he is not produced at the appointed time. Applicant—What am I to do, sir ? How am I to proceed in the natter ? Dir. Arnold—Hating been surety for his appearance you can take him and bring him here. He is supposed, in law, to be in your custody, and, therefore, you can surrender him. Applicant—He lives at Stratford; can Igo there now and give him into the custody of the police ? Mr. Arnold—l don't know whether they would take him. You are certainly justified in doing so. Applicant—l don't know chat I'm to do, your worship, It will be very hard for me to have to forfeit the amount of bail. Mr. Arnold—That is one of the risks that you incurred when you took this responsibility upon you. I cannot assist you. All that I can say is, you are justified in taking him yourself and bringing him here. Applicant—lf he won't cone ? Mr. Arnold—l cannot help you. THAMES. FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEKENT•—CharIes Wren, late town traveller to the firm of Moss, Levy, and Co., exten sive looking-glass manufacturers, upholsterers, and furni ture-dealers, 45, Leman-street, Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with embezzling goods, the property of his employers, to the amount of £230, and also with fraud, forgery, and larceny. Mr. L. Lewis, solicitor, Ely-place, conducted the prose cution; Mr. Josiah Merriman, of Bouverie-street, defended the prisoner. The case was a very complicated one, and was explained by Mr. L. Lewis. The prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutors 12 months at a salary of 255. per week and 2i per cent. commission on all goods sold. The prisoner went out with a van-load of goods daily, and he was bound to enter in a book every sale effected by him, and the names of the purchasers. He entered the names of Edwards of Hammersmith and Ward of Forest-hill, and he gave his employers bills drawn by the firm and purporting to be accepted by Edwards for £2l and by Ward for £25 in pay ment of the goods which he purported to have sold. The bills when they had arrived at maturity were dishonoured. It turned out there were no such persons as Edwards and Ward, but that the prisoner had opened a shop at Forest hill, and'put the name of Ward over it, and to this place he removed goods of his employers, which he said he had sold. Ho finally absconded, and was captured at Norwich yester day by Dunaway, a detective officer, No. 11 H. A great many looking-glasses and toilet-glasses belonging to Moss, Levy, and Co., were found in a house in Norwich. They had all been covered by acceptances of Edwards and Ward to the draft of the prosecutors. The bills were in the handwriting of the prosecutors clerk, Mr. Glover, but all the acceptances were in the primer's handwriting. Mr. Hyam Levy, one of the prosecutors, produced a num ber of fictitious bills issued by th) prisoner, and purporting to be signed by Edwards and - Ward. They had all been dishonoured. After a long investigation the pisoner was remanded for a week. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Soithampton.....April 18. Ditto, via Marseilles April 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British pao, et April 6. Ditto, by British packet Mar. —. •• Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena April 23. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 4 . Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton , .... Mar. 29. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..., April 4 Ditto, via Marseilles •.. . -„...Mar. 29. India (13..mbay), via Southampton.., Mar. 29. Ditto, via Marseilles .. Mar, —. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil a+,.... Newfoundland ' April 12. Portugal tish packet • ...Mar. 29 unit D ed itt s o t , a bj es pr a i n v d ate .B e r hi iti p sh to No L r i t s h b Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp cll4m"erica, by Bri- tc.n Ditto, via C.,rk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Loadonderry..Mar. 31. West Ccast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe. April 12. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico • Mar. 31. Bahamas, via New York. April 6. Bermuda, ditto • April 12. Cuba and Mexico ROYALTIES ON MINES.—A return issued from the Office of Woods and Forests shows that the revenue of the Crown as royalty on the produce of mines and quarries amounted, in the financial year 1862-63, to £16,453 for England, £6,529 for Wales, £32 for Scotland, and £lO for Ireland. The sum of £9,770 was received as royalty on coal got in England, £3,364 on iron, £2,820 on stone. Wales presents the novel item of £2,005 for royalty on gold and silver. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. SHEEP AND CATTLE BILL. Mr. FENWICK moved the second reading of this bill, which was to assimilate the law in England with regard to dogs worrying sheep, to that of Ireland and Scotland. At present the law in England did not render the owners of dogs liable for any damage they did to cattle. It was to remedy this that the present measure was introduced. The bill, after a few words from C. O'LorcarLDT, was read a second time. COUNTY VOTERS REGISTRATION BILL. This bill was aead a second time. CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS BILL. Sir F. KELLY rose to move the second reading of this bill. He said at present there was no protection what ever for the public against unqualified persons carrying on the trade of chemists and druggists, or preven tative against physicians' prescriptions being made up and dispensed by totally incompetent persons He thought the law ought to provide a remedy for such a state of things, and, as the Government had not felt dis posed to move in the matter, he had the honour to intro duce the present bill to the attention of Parliament. His bill was perfectly simple. At present there was no quali fication, or even a license required from any person wish ing to trade as a chemist and druggist. Tho measure now under consideration proposed that every person who, for the future, wished to carry on the business of chemist and druggist should be subjected to a certain examination by the Pharmaceutical Society, and upon the result of that examination should his qualification rest. if the examina tion was successful, the candidate would receive a certi ficate, which would be registered on the payment of a small fee to the society he bad mentioned, and receive a license to carry on the business of a chemist and druggist. He believed that the only difficulty in the matter would be who were to act as the body of examiners. The society he had mentioned had been acknowledged by Parliament, and having all the machinery at hand, he thought it the best that Gould be selected for the object in view. Now the bill of his hon. friend, the member for Westminster, had two objects in view. The one was identical with his, but the second was neither more nor less than certain enactments to regulate the sale of poisons and chemicals, a subject far too wide to be dealt witfi in the Manner pro posed. His hon. friend also proposed an examining body, but by his bill it was proposed to institute a new. corporate body, a new council, and other matters, all of which he contended was provided for in his bill. If it was thought that any new light could be thrown in upon the matter by referring both bills to a select committee, ho would agree to that course, but he did not think so, and therefore he moved the second reading of the bill. Sir J. SHELLEY said that in the bill he proposed to submit to Parliament he had no intention of interfering with the chartered party—the clients of the right hon. gentleman. The Pharmaceutical Society, he believed, from some cause or other, instead of increasing the num ber of their members, which two or three years ago num bered 4,000, now, including foreign members, only amounted to 2,300. Whether the exposure was the cause of the diminution, he knew not. With respect to the United Chemists' Society, all he could say was that they had been snubbed by the Pharmaceutical Society for in terfering in the matter; but he felt that they were just as much entitled to respect as the society repre sented by the honourable gentleman opposite, because they were far more numerous and quite as efficient . The United Society did not wish to interfe re w ith the privileges of the Chartered Society; they could go on with their lectures balls, &c., but the opposition seemed to be a struggle to obtain the sanction of Parliament to the Pharmaceutical Society taking a fee of ten guineas from any person who applied for examination. He believed that that sum would not represent the amount the candidate would have to pay. He believed from what had been communicated to him it would amount to £3O or £4O. The Pharmaceuti cal Society had altogether shirked the question of the sale of these dangerous poisons ; but he for one felt the time had arrived when some regulations were impera tively called for. He should have no objection to refer both the bills to a select committee, in the hope that an efficient measure might be produced. He would vote for the second reading of the bill on that understanding. Mr. BRADY supported the bill now introduced, as one calculated to give security to the public. With respect to the Pharmaceutical Society he could say that that society was unacquainted in point of science and learning, while the society represented by the hon. member for West minster was composed of druggists, clerks, ladies—(laugh ter)—quacks—(loud laughter}—and apprentice boys. Mr. KINGLAKE said the reason that the Pharmaceuti cal Society was not so numerous in point of numbers as to the society represented by the hon. member for West minster was, that in the first all new members were sub jected to- a very searching examination, whilst in the latter no examination was required at all. (Hear, hear.) If the hon. and learned gentleman would consent to certain alte rations in one of the clauses he would support the bill. Mr. ROEBUCK would like to know the feelings of the Government on the matter. He did not think the house ought to decide upon the matter until a select committee had deliberated on the two bills. Sir G. GREY thought the matter deeply interesting to the public. He could see no objection to the second reading of the present bill. As for the Pharmaceutical Society, he thought it a highly useful body, and any examination de cided on might be safely left to that society. (Hear, hear.) He had received deputations from both the societies inte rested in this matter, and he had advised them to unite with each other, but this proceeding, he believed, had been up to the present been a failure. The bill now under con sideration was a good one as far as it went, but it did not 'go far enough. It entirely omits to deal with the great question of the sale of drugs and poisons. He felt it highly important that while dealing with the one matter they should not deal with the other. He thought that both bills might be read a second time, and then each referred to a select committee, and that one good bill might be made out of the two. Lord ELCHO supported the second reading of the bill. The bill was then read a second time, an& ordered to be referred to a select committee. CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS BILL (No. 2). Sir J. SHELLEY, in moving the second reading of this bill, said the greatest care had been taken not to infringe on the privileges of the Pharmaceutical Society, but with respect to examinations that had been talked about, he could say that only three out of the council of 23 of the Pharmaceutical Society had passed any examination, and that there were 600 out of the 2,500 members in the same position. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a select committee, SMALL BENEFICES (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a third time. CONSOLIDATED FUND (£15,000,000) BILL. This bill was read a time time. AFFIRMATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. The house then adjourned. MARKETS--This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a fair average supply of beasts on sale here, to-day, in but middling condition. The demand for most breeds was inactive, and, in some instances, prices were a shade lower. The supply of sheep was moderato. Downs and half-breds were steady, at previous currencies. Other wise the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at barely Monday's decline in the quotations. Lambs moved off slowly, at from 6s. to 7s. per 81bs. Calves were dull on former terms, viz., from 4s. 6d. to ss. Bd. per 81bs. The pork trade was steady, at previous rates. Mulch cows pro duced from £l6 to £22. Per 81b to sink the offal. sclsd a d s d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 0 Pmecrs-wool sheep 6 0 6 4 Second quality do .. 4 2 4 6 Prime s'thdown 00.6 6 6 8 Prime large oxen ..4 8 4 10 La ge coarse calves. 4 6 5 2 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small do 5 4 5 8 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 6 5 2 Large hogs . . 3 6 4 0 Second quality do ..5 0 5 10 Small porkers 4 2 4 10 Lambs....6s Gd to 7a Od. Suckling calves, 188 to 215 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 275 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 1,126 Beasts Cews .. 130 Cows. Sheep .... . • Calves l2l Ca yea ll9 figs 370 Pigs — MEAT MARKETS. NEPTGATE AND LEADEN HALL.—These markets are fairly supplied with meat, and the trade is inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 29.—The supply of stock was on the increase, and the trade ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s 4d; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81b to sink the offal. ROMFORD, ,March 29.—Prime stock was in fair request, at last week's prices. Otherwise the trade was heavy, on lower terms :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s 4d; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Bibs. Suckling calves, 17s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 208 to 265; and milch cows, £l6 to £lB each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5 s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade slow. CIMIBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 43 to £5 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Supply moderate. WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clove; £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade inactive. Lord and Lady Russell's dinner party this even ing is unavoidably postponed. _ The Earl of Ashburnham has been suffering from indisposition for some time past, at his seat, Ashburnham house, Battle. Ills lordship is still in a very weak state. AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per the Belgian.) NEW YORK, March 1 (Evening). The following message was received from the President on the subject of the Exemption Bill : " To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America. " I have now under consideration the Act, en titled 'An Act to diminish the number of exemp tions and details,' which has passed both Houses, and was presented to me on Saturday, the 11th instant. " The act contains two provisions which would, in practice, so impair the efficiency of the service as to counterbalance, if not unweigh, the advantages that would result from the other clauses contained in it. " The third section exempts all skilled artisans and mechanics in the employ of the Government from all military service. A very important, and indeed indispensable, portion of our local defence troops consst of these mechanics and artisans. They amount to many thousands in the Confederacy, and while they are, and should remain, exempt from general service, no good cause is perceived why they should not, like all good citizens capable of bearing arms, be organised for local defence, and be ready to defend the localities in which they are respectively employed against sudden raids and incursions. If exempt from this local service, it will be necessary to detach in many cases troops from the armies in the field to guard the towns and workshops where they are employed. It is believed that if this provision became a law the gain of strength result ing from the repeal of other exemptions enacted by the first section of the law would be more than counterbalanced by the loss of this local force. The second provision to which I refer is that which revokes all details and exemptions heretofore granted by the President and Secretary of War, and prohibits the grant of such exemptions and details hereafter. " There is little hazard in saying that such a provision could not be executed without so dis organising the public service as to produce very injurious results. In every department of the government, in every branch of the service through out the country, there are duties to be performed which cannot be discharged except by men in structed and trained in their performance. Long experience makes them experts. Their services be come in their peculiar sphere of duty worth to the country greatly more than any they could possibly render in the field. Some of them it would be im possible to immediately replace. The Treasury expert who detects a forged note at a glance, the accounting officer whose long experience makes him a living repository of the rules and the precedents which guard the Treasury from frauds, th e super _ . intendents of the manufacturing establislufient of the Government which supply shoes, waggons, harness, ambulances, &c., for the army, the em ployes who have been especially trained in the distribution and sub-division of mail matter among the various routes by which it is to reach its destination, are among the daily instances which are afforded in the experience of executive officers. To withdraw from the public service at once, and without any means of replacing them, the very limited number of experts, believed to be less than 100, who are affected by the bill, is to throw the whole machinery of government into confusion and disorder at a period when none who are not engaged in executive duties can have an adequate idea of the difficulties by which they are already embarrassed. " The desire of the Executive and Secretary of War to obtain for the army the services of every man available for the public defence can hardly be doubted, and Congress may be assured that nothing but imperative necessity could induce the exercise of any discretion invested in them to regain men out of the army. But no Government can be administered without resting some discretion in the executive officers in the application of general rules to classes of the population. Individual exceptions exist to all such rules ; these exceptions cannot be provided for by legislation in advance. I earnestly hope that Congress will pass an amendment to this Act now under consideration in accordance with the fore going recommendation, so that I may be able, by signing both the act and amendment, to secure un impaired benefit to the proposed legislation. "JEFFERSON DAVIS, " Executive-office, Richmond, March 13, 1865." PHILADELPHIA, March 17. The Bulletin:says the storm of last night was very destructive in the interior of the State. The Sus quehanna River and all its tributaries were extra ordinarly high, and below the Middletown Railroad is washed away. In the oil regions also there have been great floods. Oil City is submerged, and great quantities of oil in barrels have been swept away. EASTON, PA., March 17. The Delawarr River is over 26 feet deep above the low water mark, and is still rising, but little damage has been done above this point yet. There is about 22 feet rise in the Lehigh River. It is re ported that the canals have been materially damaged, but there is nothing reliable as yet. POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., March 1. The gale yesterday seriously obstructed travel on the Hudson River railroad. There have been no down trains on that road to-day. Several hundred feet of the track between Stuyvesant and Albany are submerged, and the telegraph poles in that loca lity are washed away. PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S HEALTH. The President, though still in feeble health, is annoyed by the pressure of importunate office seekers. A rebel flag, captured at Anderson by the One Hundred and Fortieth Indiana Volunteers, was pre sented to-day by Governor Morton, in front of the National Hotel. A large crowd was in attendance. Governor Morton made a brief speech, in which he congratulated his auditors on the speedy end of the rebellion, and concluded by introducing President Lincoln, whose purity and patriotism were confessed, he said, by all, even among the most violent agita tors. (Applause.) His administration would be recognised as the most important epoch of history. It had struck the death blow to slavery—(applause) —and built up the republic with a power it never before possessed. If he had done nothing more than put his name to the emancipation proclama tion, that alone would have made his name immor tal. (Applause.) The President addressed the assembly substan tially as follows : Fellow-citizens,—lt will be but a very few words that I shall undertake to say. I was born in Ken tucky, raised in Indiana, and lived in Illinois. (Laughter.) And now I am here, where it is my business to care equally for the good people of all the States. I am glad to see an Indiana regiment on this day able to present the captured flag to the Governor of Indiana. (Applause.) I am not dis posed, in saying this, to make a distinction between the States, for all have done equally well. (Ap plause.) There are but few views or aspects of this great war upon which I have not said or written something whereby my own opinions mi g ht b e known. But there is one—the recent attempt of our erring brethren, as they are sometimes called— (laughter) —to employ the negro to fight for them. I have neither written nor made a speech on that subject, because that was their business, not mine ; and if I had a wish upon the subject I had notthe power to intro duce it, or make it effective. The great question with them was, whether the negro, being put into the army, would fight for them. I do not know and therefore cannot decide. (Laughter.) They ought to know better than we. I have in my lifetime heard many arguments why the negroes ought to be slaves, but if they fight for those who would keep them in slavery it will be a better argument than any I have yet heard. (Laughter and ap plause.) He who will fight for that ought to be a slave. (Applause.) They have concluded at last to take one out of four of the slaves, and put them in the army ; and that one out of the four who will fight to keep the others in slavery ought to be a slave himself unless he is killed in a fight. (Applause.) While I have often said that all men ought to be free, yet I would allow those coloured persons to be slaves who want to be ; and next to them those white person who argue in favour of making other people slaves . (Applause.) lam in f avour o f g i v i ng an opportunity to such white men to try it on for themselves. (Ap, plause.) I will say one thing in regard to the negro being employed to fight for them, Ido know he cannot fight and stay at home and make bread too—(laughter and applause) —and as one is about as important as the other to them, I don't care which they do. (Renewed applause.) lam rathe in favour of having them try them as soldiers. (Applause.) They lack one vote of doing that, raji d I wish I could send my vote over the river so th a t I might cast it in favour of allowing the n'egro to fight. (Applause.) But they cannot fight and work both. We must now see the bottom of :he enemy's enemy's resources. They will stand out as long as they can, and if the negro will fight fez them, they must allow him to fight. They hase drawn upon their last branch of resources. (Applause.) And we can now see the bottom. (Applause.) lam glad to see the end so near at hand. (Applause.) I have said now more than I intended, and will therefore bid you goodby. THE NIAGARA AND SACRAIVIENTO FIRED INTO BY THE PORTUGUESE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LISBON, MARCH 29, 10.25 A.M. The Federal frigates Niagara and Sacramento attempted to sail before the expiration of the time fixed by the Portuguese authorities, and were fired upon by the Belen Fort. The Niagara was struck on the poop and a seaman was killed. The vessels thereupbn anchored. llloli TE ►TIDEO. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) RIO DE JANEIRo, Feb. 14, 1864. We have dates from Monte Video to the 7th, and from Buenos Ayres to the 6th inst. The blockade of Monte Vid eo was intimated on the 2d, and reorganised by fo re i gn Ministers, seven days being granted to those who wished to leave the place. The bombarding was commenced on the 9th by the Brazilian squadron and the allied armies. The besieged have 25 pieces of cannon and 3,600 National Guards for the defence of the city. Gen. Flores occupies the port of Buceo, which is open to commerce. A complete exodus has taken place from Monte Video, more from fear of the rapacity of the de fenders than of the assailants. The Government seized all the bales of wool in the place to employ as ramparts, this brought forth a representation from the English residents to Mr. Letts, the British Minister, which concludes by asking if they could count on the protection of the British forces to de fend their persons and property, or if they were to rely entirely on their own efforts for protection ? The bandits under the blanco Colonels, Munoz and • Apparicio, attacked the Brazilian town of Jaguarao, and were repulsed by the inhabitants, with a loss of between 20 and 30 robberies. One of the inhabitants who fell into their bands was gouged, shamefully maltreated, and then de capitated. Before crossing the frontier they pillaged the fazenda of a Brazilian in the Banda Oriental, and cut the throats of all the family, previously ill-treating the women. On their way to Jaguarao they fell in with a party of eight Brazilians and some women and girls ; the men were maltreated and the women and girls abused. Their career of iniquity will probably not be long, as four detachments of allied armies are on their track, and will not fail to meet them soon. The Paraguayan expedition to Motto Grosso appears to have met with a check somewhere, be eause, after advancing some way into the interior, it returned to Coimbra, and the fleet has also de scended the river, and is at anchor off Coimbra, but little positive can be known, as the only news we receive of their movements is through their own official reports. The officers and men, seven in number, of the Anhambahy who were made prisoners, are in chains at Assumption, and shown about like wild beasts. Senor Carneiro de Campos and his companions in captivity have been sent into the interior, and no news can be obtained of them. The mate of the Anhambahy, being severely wounded, had his throat cut. About 9,000 troops of Lopez are reported to be at San Carlos, where he is said to be concentrating 25,000 men to invade Rio Grande by San Barja, or to relieve Montevido. Senor Beaurepaire Rohan, Minister of War here, has been replaced by Viscount Camamu. The University Boat-Race. e ---- Notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather yesterday a great number of sporting gentlemen and old University hands found their way to Putney, it being whispered that the Oxford men would row a trial ; among them were the following :—Hon. G. Denman, Q.C., M.P. ; Messrs. T.S. Egan, W. B. Woodgate, amateur champion of the Thames; George Morrison, of Balliol; H. C. Smith, and Risley. Nothing was done in the morning except the usual walk on foot before breakfast, and till the afternoon the gentlemen were at their quarters. At ten minutes past three exactly they rowed from the London Boat House down to the aqueduct and turned. There was a swinging tide and the water was without a ripple, although snow fell at the time. Kelly, the ex-champion, sculled up in advance, and the gentlemen were timed to do 39 strokes per minute. The swing of the bodies was excellent, and presented the appearance of a good Oxford eight ; but the rowing in the boat, with the exception of bow and stroke, manifested that a vast amount of improvement was necessary, the general opinion of competent judges being that the work in the boat was so irregular that it did not at all realise the hopes of the Oxford friends, and as a consequence the bet ting went to evens on Cambridge, the latter University having many firm supporters. The style in the boat was defective ; there was a good reach forward, characteristic of the Oxford rowing, but the oars did not get anything like a firm grip on the water. The stroke set by Mr. Brown was excellent, and the time good. One of the best features of the rowing was the activity displayed after the finish of the stroke and the forward reach for the next. With many shouts from the coxswain to the bow side they went at a rattling pace along the Willows, and were cheered well round the point. Time to Crab Tree, five minutes ; and Hammersmith Bridge a little over eight minutes. The crew continued at top speed to Chiswick Church, where "easy all" was the coxswain's order, and after a short in terval they turned for the downward passage. Messrs. Morrison and Woodgate, who were on the towing path, gave them some desperate spurts down, and, on arriving at the London Boat House, it was evident that the want of style in the boat had told its tale, some of the men appear ing rather distressed with the exertion. We append a list of the names and present rowing weights of the rival crews. OXFORD 1. Mr. R. T. Raikes, Merton 2. Mr. P. Senhouse, Christ Church 3. Mr. E. F. Henley, Oriel ... 4. Mr. G. G. Coventry, Pembroke... 5. Mr. A. Morrison, 8a11i01... 6. Mr Wood, Pembroke st lb ... 11 1 ... 11 2 ... 12 12 12 2 12 10 12 2 7. Mr. A. Schneider, Trinity ~. 11 10 8. Mr. M. Brown, Trinity ... 11 3 C. E. W. Tottenham, Ch. Ch (cos.) 7 13 CAMBRIDGE. st lb 1 2. . W iL a ß tn e e e y b , ee !t s . John's t.John's 1 1 1 1 3 2 3. 4. Mr. E. V. Mr. R. A. Piggott, Kingiak e Co , Trinityipus 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 5. Mr. D. F. Steavenson, Trinity Hall ... 12 8 6. Mr. G. H. Borthwick, Trinity 12 5 7. Mr. W. R. Griffiths, Trinity 12 8. Mr. C. B. Lawes, Trinity ; Arr. F. H. Archer, Corpus Christi (cox.) 7 8 From the above it will be seen that the average weight of the Oxford crew, exclusive of the coxswain, is just over list 121 b, while that of their opponents is rather better than list 131 b; the difference in the total weight of the two crews being 101 b in favour of Cambridge. The bet ting still continues to be quoted at 5 to 4 on Oxford, but at the University clubs even money is currently laid and takee. THE LOCK-OUT.—The meeting of the North Staffordshire iron-workers and their masters in the presence of Lord Lichfield, took place yesterday at Stoke. It seems to have ended abortively. The masters insisted as a sine qua non that the men should go to work at the reduced rate of wages, and that then the differences between them should be refereed to arbitration. To this the men declined to agree. They would not go to work at the wages the South Staffordshire men had accepted, and the quarrel seems now as far from being healed as ever. The masters will now probably introduce men from other districts to North Staffordshire, and thus get their works open again. Meantime, the London trades delegates met last night, and passed resolutions approving of the conduct of the North Staffordshire men, and promising them support. - 1