The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-23 00:00:00

11 0 I\T - E - Y X ARKET AND COMMEROri:LL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no change whatever to report in the discount market, it having closed for the week with a very quiet and easy aspect.: There were no gold operations yesterday at the Bank of Engl and. The specie movements during the past week have been on a rather moderate scale. The imports have alnouhted to about £409,761, including £13,000 tr ee). New York, by the City of Paris, and £2,000 by the Cuba ; the Chariot of Fame, from Australia, has brought £42,000; the Atrato, from the West Indies and Pacific, £203,340 ; and £149,424 in Silver has been received from the Continent. The exports have been £10,300 to the West Indies, by .. the L a Plata ; £28,972 to East Indies and China, by the Delta ; and there have been remittances to the Continent, through private sources, estimated at £134,689•—the total amounting to £173,961. Advices from Birmingham state that an improved feeling has prevailed in the iron trade of South Staffordshire. Orders to some extent have been re ceived for sheet, hoop, and strips, as also for Arm strong gun i ron . Th e d eman d f or p i gs h as a l so been more active, and a slightly improved inquiry has been experienced for finished iron, and the de mand for coal at most of the works has increased. , ' j r. Cyru s W . Fi el d h as arr i ved i n London. We understand the object of his visit is to enter into a contract with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, on behalf of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Com- Pany, for the immediate manufacture and laying of a submarine cable between Placentia, Newfound land, and some point on the continent of America. When this line is completed, the uncertainty of the Present communication by the land lines getting out of repair, will be in a great measure, if not entirely removed. The public may not be aware of the fact, but we are in a position to state it with certainty, that the two cables of the Anglo- Atnerican Telegraph Company are employed at Present on an average about four hours out of every 24 • They are in every respect in the most perfect Condition for the transmission of messages. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., request the inser tion of the following letter, which they have re ceived from Senor Don M. Errazuriz, the special agent of the Republic of Chili, in consequence of a co mmunication made to him by them on the sub ject of the proposed issue on this market of the Internal Conversion Bonds, which have been the subject of recent remark " London, Feb. 22. " Gentle men, —l h ave cons i dered, with the atten tion due to the gravity of the subject, the represen tations which you have made to me as agent of the Chilian Government, to the effect that serious im- Mat ions attach t o m y G overnment for not having communicated to you pr ev i ous t o th e i ssue o f t h e late loan the , fact that the loan of about five million b dollar s, which in August last was contracted with ankers i n Chili, was to be represented by st er li n g cis, the interest and sinking fund of which would be payable in England. good ." 1 ca nnot admit th a t the re h as b een any want o f faith on the part of my Government, wh o iP Co uld not h ave made the communication which it is 't lg g e sted tliey ought to have made, inasmu c h as th e o f ale elapsing between the declaration by the h o ld ers the bonds that they availed themselves of the o°Ption reserved to them by their contract with the 11 - n ° 4 term :tient, and the issue of the recent loan did s u ffi ce t ngian to convey the information from Chili to Gov T here certai n ly was no d es i re on th e p ar t of my I,eruatent to withhold any information connected tirthe l oan in question, as is perhaps best e i eed by the f ac t th a t a ll th e particulars of oe con tract for th a t l oan were submitted to the lurnittee of th e St oc k E xc h ange on th e applica _ re m for a centl y settlement and quotation of the loan issued by 3 -our house. (3.o ` ._ ` Feelink.r, however, most strongly that the Chili= fz J erni neut desire n o t on l y t o o b serve per f ec t goo d 1:c, but scrupul ous l y to avo i d any semblance of a the of str aightforwardness in their dealings with public, l‘ as their only representative (although ",`"Y possessing speciac powers in England), have with it my duty to put myself in communication ith the gentletnen in London who represent the abondholders of the Internal Loan Conversion Bonds, b lid have urged on them to postpone offering their ti rds for public subscription until I could represent tl e circumstances to my Government. These gen t e naeu at once acceded to my suggestion, and will, uY the next mail, communicate with their principals, between Whom and the Government I trust satis -2 t' , " or Y arrangeme n t s may b e made for postponing ,e p ro posed issue, whi c h, i n any event, will not take place until f ur th er i nstructions have been ;eivere from Chili. Th ese i nstructions cannot be loo ked for before June next. • 44 •an concl us i on, I can with every confidence as dure you that th e course wh i ch my Government may decid e !desire on adopting will be dictat e d b y t h at earnest which had ays animated them, of maintain !rug the high credit which Chili enjoys in Europe.-- am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Messrs. "MAX. ERRAZURIZ. " Speci S. al Agent of th e Chi l i an Government. J. Morgan and C o, 22, Old Broad- street." Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the drench Rentes were 69f. 85c. Firm. Notwithstanding extreme inactivity, values at the Stock Exchange have closed buoyantly. Con '.°lB, for example, are 90k 91 for money, and gc, 15-16 91 1-16 for the account, the latt er show ing an al most i n fi n i tes i ma l advance. All Fo re i gn Securities, despite t e. the fluctuations of the Week, a re b etter at t h e finish , American Secu ries, likewise, are slightly in the ascendant, yfirmness.and nglish Roailwa Shares manifest greater tem these and other circumstances there is plenty et evid ence to sh ow th a t th e pu bli c h a ve been " bears, " and are now disposed in most cases to claee their 'th accounts with substantial profits. o n e New Th rees and Reduced Annuities were l an ds; Exch equer Bills, 17s. prem. ; Bank of Eng- Sto c k , 254 ; India 5 per Cents., 107 ; do. Z,nfaned 4 p er Cents.,B4 ; and do. Bonds,. 30s. to 8 . Prem . n f ,.. l :Oreli v 6 S tocks generally sho w a s li g ht a d vance. "m ian Scrip has improved to 11 dis. ; Russian oe r i„ , t° 2 / /1- prem. ; Mexican to 171 k ; ?hre:er,it' • t° 16 4 ; Spanish Passive, -4- to 224 23 ; per ‘j at to 141 15 ; and th e T ur ki s h 5 6 e 4 n . t s• to 31 53 4 Italian Loan were firm at to The Danubian Loan Scrip has improved to par s pre m. t t A l'lner tone has prevailed in the Railway Share eir: tk t e r t ' and prices generally have tended upwards. W elt : ast ern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North earZt7al Me tropolitan,and South-Eastern have each 4nproved ; a- Great Western and Midland, ; and Brighton 11. aa3, aV °r eign and Colonial lines remain without i,"eratinn of importance, Bahia and San Fran -10 seoring marked 12k, Great Luxembourg 12, 1051 ladi4ll 1 061, and Great Indian Peninsula i• 41 4 , 4 z , tile of rklares remain inactive. Chartered Mercan - / 1-n dia, Lond on and China, have improved t o ef an dlVestninster, to 911; and Uni on h ave •-.4ur a ll• Australia to too7l ; while London and County ki cieel iaed 63i rat e feellaneens and Finance shares are in mode ; 16i I,ilnest ; City of Moscow Gas are dealt in a t lect r i ; Anglo-American Telegraph at 15k ; Nay. tt 'elegraph at 134 ; Hudson's Bay Coin at 6 6. 16 1 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam Alucli usines s b prevails in the market for American Eri e shSecuritie'' -Illinois have declined 1, to 761 77-1.; sc)n a rea are firm, at 37 ; but United States Bo , Ati a , lt .` 44 'lave advanced i f, to 731- 'lav e ad Le and Great Western Railway Debentures ttort,,,,:aiGnee to 31 32, and the Consolidated -pe ' cn ic l B ,to 24 25. MINING MARKET. Ann.,Ann.,— , SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. .: ar® the current quotations tales "ci.‘-olciaborne„ s ; Chivortos, Moor, 7 7, ; Chou ' 2i 2i; Clifford Amalgamate, 51 6 ; Cooks' DrltkeWollS, East Bassett 17. 19 East Caradon, 5 5 ; East Carn Brea, 3+ ; East Love 10f ; East Russell, n ; East Wheal Grenville, 2121; Great Laxey, 16 17; Great North Downs, 31 4 ; Great Retallack, 60s 725 . ; Great South Tolgus, 12s 6d 15s; Great Wheal Vor, 16 17 ; Marke Talley, 4 41; North Crofty, 41 5; North Roskear, 7 8; North Treskerby, 21 2f; Prince of Wales, 32s 355; Prosper United, 31 1; Redmoor, 9s lls; South Condnrrow, —s —d; Sonth Grenville, 7s 6cl lOs ; south Ilerodsfoot, —; Tincroft, - -; West Caradon, ; West Chiverton, 60 62 ; West Seton, 1321 1371 ; West Drakewelle, 5e 78; Wheal Basset, —; Wheal Buller, —— ; Wheal Chiverton, 8 81 ; Wheal Grenville —; Wheal Seton, 105 110. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. OCVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cent. Consols Do. Account, March 7 9O/ 1 1 per Cent. Reduced 904 a Jew 8 por Cent 9Ol 4 NOW 21 por 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., 1208 — xchcquer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent l7 pm Do £5OO 71 17 pm Do £lOO & £2OO , 17 pm Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent .... 254 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874... Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 844 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 — De. 5 per Cent., 1865 — 1)o Account 75 Do. £lOO Bonds Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Callan 6 per Cent 984 Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A — Do. ~ B — Do. „ 1867 Do. t, Scrip, £2O paid l4 - dis Colombian, 6 per Cent. Juba., 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Da. 5 per Cent., 1864 — /a lubian Principalities, 7 per Cent elquador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Piovisional Land Warrant — Do )ant - loci E ;yptian 7 per Cent — Do. Second Issue — Do. £lOO Bonds )o. Do. 1864 B- Do. £lOO Bonds B3/ Do Government Railway Debentures Bl 80/ Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ox Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Italian 5 per Certy 1865 — Do, Accoun t Do. Maremmana Railway — Id , xicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French /lontevidean G per Cent. .. — ktoorish Imperial 5 por Cent Nev Granada Do 3 per Cen 33 Do. Deferred - — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Pvuvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — Do 44 per Cent., 1865 Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 6 per Cent., 1862 - — Do Account P mtuguese 3 per Ct., 185?, '6, 7 7, '9,'60,'2, '3 421 4 :tussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pei Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cont. 1862 BB4 I Do 5 per Cent. 1864 904 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BB Do. do. £25 paid 2l / pta Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do. Account Passive Do — Do Account 2 24 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cont. Do. 44 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid t'urkish 6 per Cent. 1854. Do. Account , Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863.... Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per Cont. Ex. 12 Gull, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italia), 3 per Cont. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 54 34 TWO ©'©LOOS. Money 904 1 Do. Account ' 781 56 56i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuts DAY. The LORD CILANCELLOR took hie seat on the woolsack al one o'clock. THE HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND; (ACT). The Earl of Derby moved that the bill be road a first time. Tho LORD CHANCELLOR, having put the question declared the bill read a first time. The second reading was fixed for Monday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. MARKETS.-..This day. COVENT GARDEN. 'he supplies of fruit are seasonably good, and of veget ables large. The trade is steady, as follows : FRUIT—Pine apples, 4s to 8s; grapes, 8s Od to 8s Od ; a pples, 4s Oct to 8s Od ; c h estnuts, 10s to 185 par bushel; oranges, as Od to 8s ; 1em0n5„.,45 to Ps per 100. VEGETAllLES—Canlifiowers, 2s to 6s Od ; cabbages, 2s to Od; turnips, 4e Oct to 6s Od ••carrots, 6s Od to 8a Oct per doszen bunches; horseradish, 4 ' s Oct to 6s Od; celery, 1s 6d to 2s Oct per bundle ; onions, Os to Os Oct per bushel; rhu burb, 6d to is 6d per bundle. POULTRY. Turkeys, 58 Od to 108 Od ; geese, Gs Od to 98 : ducks, 2s 6d to 4s 6d. ; tame rabbits, is Od to is ; wild is Od to is 3d ; pigeons, 9d to 18 Od ; haros, 2s 6d to do, 4s Od ; pheasants, Os Od to OS Od ; partridges, Os t o to Os Od each ; Surrey fowls, 9s to 12s ; do. chickens, 58 to Os 10d ; barn door fowls French do. , Os Ckl to 08 12s 6d Od per couple. English eggs, 14e 18 H to l to 15s Od ; s 7d per lb. , to —8 per 100 . Freak butter, BILLINGSGATE. Soles, 1F Od to 38 Od per pair; cod, is to 7s ; haddocks, 6d to is 6d each; plaice, 6d to 1s; flounders, 18 to is 6d por dozen ; Salmon, 28 6d to 3s; eels, 1s per lb. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4e 6d Veal Muttonl 3s 2d to 4s 8d Pork WHITEOHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 8d Veal I Mutton Be 2d to 4 3 10d Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9id. ; of household ditto, iid. to B}d. per 41bs loaf. HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 64Ibs, 2fd to —d ; 64 to 721bs, 214:1 to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 34d ; 80 to 881bs., 3jd to 3}d ; 88 to 961b5., 3}d to 4d. Horsehides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 7s; polled sheep, lOs Od to 12s Od; half-breds, 9s Od to lOs Od ; downs, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 153 to £ 53; clover, £4 Os to 15 10s; and straw, £1 16s to £2 63 per load. Trade quiet. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to .£4 8s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, .£1 18s to £2 6s per load. Demand inactive. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 5s ; cloves, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 16s per load. A heavy inquiry. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, (This Day.) Market opons quiet, at about yesteiday's closing rates. Sales probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales. SO THAT MT RATHER LIKE IT !—A Cambridge paper states that at a business meeting of the Cambridge Union last week a proposal was made to exclude Mr. S win burne's poems from tho list of books recommended. for purchase by the library committee. After some discussion, _ _ it was carried by a large majority that tho book should re main on the list. THE LATE MR. N. P. WILLIS.—The funeral of tho late Mr. N. P. Willis took place on the 24th ult., at Mount Auburn, when the following gentlemen acted as pall-bearers : Professor Henry W. Longfellow, Dr. S. G. Howe, Edmund Quincy, Esq., Professor Oli-er Wen dell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Esq., James T. Fields, Esq., E. P. Whipple, Esq., T. B. Aldrich, Esq., and 4r Merritt Trimble, of New York. IHE SUN, LONUON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23 1867. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ---+- ISIOXS. 67 LO 100 102 id ip 4 44 74 Si 50 55 10l 103 101 It 3 106 107 20 22 85 88 57 59 53 54 52 51 37 to 23 25 10 6 6 ICO 1 6 1 p 100 102 91 93 14 13} lt 120 1 , 8 92 81_ 84 - 11 11,1 100 102 tl2 H S 5 90 82 65 97 9.) 97 98 1 I 97 98 1002 TIES. col cool 10 102 891 81 91 86 51 LA►W INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. KOLAR V. HARRISON AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover a sum of £14611x. Gd. for goods sold and delivered, to which the defendants pleaded not indebted, and the acceptance of a bill of exchange in payment of the claim. It appeared that the plaintiff was the trustee of Messrs. Goldsmidt and Cross, who had been provision merchants, and the action was brought for provisions supplied to a ship called the City of Melbourne, in the port of London, which was bound for Mobile. Tho defendants were the owners of a vessel, and were extensive shin proprietors at Liverpool. The orders were given in writing by Mr. Machi, the husband of the ship, and who had previously had several dealings with the firm of addstnith and Cross in Feb., 186 G. There was prima foie by the register of the ship that the defendants were part owners of the ves sel, but that fact was not disputed. With regard to the bill of exchange, the parties from whom it had been re ceived had failed in business, and the bill was dishonoured. There had been no money payment whatever to Messrs. Goldsmith and Cross on account of the amount claimed. As the evidence was proceeding it was agreed between the parties that the case should be made special on a point of law to be brought before the upper Court. APPEALS.—HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 19. O'MALLEY IRWIN V. SIR GEORGE GREY, BART. The arguments in this appeal from the Court of Exchequer chamber were resumed this morning by Mr. O'Malley Irwin. The appellant, who sought for a mand amus from a jury, under the provisions of the Common Law Procedure Act of 1854 (sections 69 to 74 inclusive) and not from the discretion of the judges, commanding Sir George Grey, the defendant, to return his petition of right, dated 24th of April, 1861, having obtained her Majesty's fiat to said petition "that right be done," pursuant to the petitions of Right Act, 1860. The jury having returned a verdict for the defendant the appellant made application to the court below to set aside the verdict, on the ground that 10 only out of the 24 special jurors struck had been summoned, and that 8 were actually admitted by defendant not to have been sum moned. Consequently the issue having been tried by a jury not duly constituted before whom his application for a mandamus came had not jurisdiction, and therefore the verdict of such a jury was not valid. He brought error in fact before the court, and submitted that the judgment of the court below, founded on such a verdict, in fact founded on a nullity,is erroneous and illegal. Ito contended that he had no erroneous judgment to complain of until he brought the fact before the Court, placed it on the record, and taken their judgment on it, which made the error in fact error in law. The judgment being erroneous and illegal, the House of Lords ought, and were bound by the authorities from the most ancient times, uniformally to that of O'Con nel and executors v. the Queen in Error, to reverse it. He referred especially to Chief-Justice Raymond, 5 Term Rep. 453, where it was held, that after a special jury struck, the cause appointed, where it fs stated m "to st beprevent trie d by mischiefthe fromjy picking up talesme n ; " ur and " supposing a design to have a packed jury the method will be this :—A rule for a special jury, a jury struck, 24 returned, and those he will continue on the Di s t r i ngas , till he hath time and opportunity to mould the m t o hi s aopur pose." dpt in hed Exactly " s t e h a ca e t Inesteh,otdo" which appea rs t o h ave b een deprive the appellant of a duly &Instituted jury by not summoning more than 10 of those struck, omitting to summon eight, and having there two tales jurors from Pimlico in attendance before 10 o'clock, the hour for which the special jurors were summoned. The question was argued in the court bel ow b e f ore t wo judges. That this shows the mischief so much complained of in Exchequer Chambers on 2d February, 186; in "Kemp v. Halliday," of the recent innovation of only two judges sitting in banco. He submitted that the error as signed did not contradict the record, which is silent as to a special jury being struck, and that the matters assigned as error were causes of error, and not mere irregula rities. That the record and judgment roll proved how fallacious were the defendants' cases—printed for their lordships' use—as well as the law reports, which were the cause of the Exchequer Chamber's affirmance of the erroneous judgment of the court below. He ad mitted that the judgment of the Lords must also affirm the jadgment of the court below, if those printed cases and the law reports of the case were accurate ; but the judgment soil and record, by which their Lordships were bound, proved their fallacies, which ho enumerated and pointed out specifically. Their Lordships, without calling on the respondent, dismissed the appeal on the same grounds as the Court of Exchequer Chamber affirmed the judgment of tho Court of Common Pleas. POLICE IN TELLIGEACE.—rhis Day. BOW-STREET. Harold Hirst, 26, who was brought before Mr. Flowers last week on a charge of embezzlement, was again brought up, charged with having forged two cheques for £7O and £3O on the Union Bank of Loudon. A gentlomm from the Bankers' Protection Society prosecuted. Mr. D. L. MacAfco (instructed by Mr. Naters, of Cifford's-inn, ap peared on behalf of the accused. The prisoner was clerk to Mr. Jones, solicitor, of New-inn, who proved that on going to his bankers in the early part of this month he found that two cheques, one for £7O, payable to a Mr. Hill, and one of £5O, payable to a Mr. Lloyd, had been pre sented by the prisoner and paid. The cashier was also called, and after his evidence was given Mr. Flowers re manded the prisoner for a week. TIE IRD EDF rt ON SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocic. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE.—This Day VICTORIA CLUB BETTING. —Tins DAY The attendance was a large one, yet, though book makers were loud in their offers to bet on the field for the different forthcoming events, the actual business done was not great. For the Grand National Steeplechase t here was a rush on Shakespeare, who was backed for good money down to 100 to 8, but 100 to 7 was obtainable at the close about the Newmarket horse, who finished first favourite. Neither Columbia nor Surney were in request, but Fan found it customer, find several others, as quoted below Fur the "Guineas" Julius was again in request, and Van- ban, of the others, was most inquired after; while fur ti►e Derby it was a mere point fur favouritis►n between The Rake and D'Estournel, the former being to-day is better odour. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 7 agst Shakespeare (taken freely) 100 to G agst Columbia (offered) 20 to 1 ngst Surney (offered) 25 to 1 agst Fan (taken) 30 to 1 Not The Plover (taken) 30 to 1 agst Rhodomontade (taken) 40 to 1 agst King Arthur (taken) 40 to 1 agst Silver Star (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 40 to 1 agst Brown Tommy (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 85 to 20 agst Plaudit (offered—taken) 51 to 1 agst Julius (offered-6 to 1 taken) 500 to 35 agst Vauban taken) 10 to 1 agst Hermit (offered) 14 to 1 agst Marksman (offered) 20 to 1 agst Master Butterfly (offered) DERBY. 9to 1 agst D'Estournel (offered) 9 to 1 agst The Rake (offered—take 10 to 1) 14 to 1 agst Plaudit (offered) 100 to 7 agst Dragon (taken and offered) 18 to 1 agst Marksman (offered) 20 to 1 agst Hermit (offered) 25 to 1 agst Julius (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr.ster Butterfly (taken) 83 to 1 agst Vauban (offered) Two MONSTRE SWEEPS OVER THE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, drawn Monday, March 4th, 1867. 10,000 members at is each, and 3,000 members at 2s. 6d. each. Address, HARRY WILSON, Turf Herald Office, Hull. Commissions executed on all races. The Ensuing Week's Selection?. NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING. TRIAL STAKES (one mile).—" Bell's Life :" Bis marck, Volunteer, or Clarice. " Era :" Bismarck. " Field :" Bismarck, or Volunteer. " Sporting Life :" Bismarck. " Sporting Gazette :" Bismarck. " Sportsman :" Bismarck, or Clarice. STAND PLATE (half a mile).—" Bull's Life :" Landlord, Lady Valentine, or Columbine. " Era :" Landlord, or Lady Valentine. " Field :" Usher, Qui Vive, or Landlord. " Sporting Life :" Qui Vive, or Landlord. " Sporting Gazette :" Panta loon, Columbine, or Mr. Angell's best. " Sports man :" Qui Vive, Flying Jib, Lady Valentine, or Landlord. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. —g Bell's Life :" Bismarck or Landlord. " Field :" Crown Prince, Contract, or Sweet Anne. " Sporting Life :" Lady Pam or Rustic Beauty. " Sporting Gazette :" Mr. Angell's best. " Sportsman :" Crown Prince or Chapel Royal. MACARONI STAKES (two miles).—" Field:" Hugue not or Lidcote. " Sporting Life :" Huguenot. " Sporting Gazette :" Greyfoot. " Sportsman :" Mustang. NOTTINGHAM SPRING HANDICAP (mile and a quarter.)—" Bell's Life :" Vigorous or Sweet Anne. " Era :" Beadle or Life Guardsman. " Field :" Brick, or Vigorous. " Sporting Life :" Beadle, Brick or Vigorous. " Sporting Gazette:" Fortu natus or Beadle. " Sportsman :" Helen, Fortu natus, or Beadle. GREAT ANNUAL HURDLE RACE (2i Miles.) — Fan, Surney, or Fortunatus. " Field :" Fortunatus, Surney, or Lord Burleigh. Sporting Life :" Fan. " Sporting Gazette :" Fortunatus or Fan. " Sports man :" Fortunatus, Dean Swift, or Fan. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. !Bristol and Eldttr jUaledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast J unc Dun„rerth, & Ab. Juno E.London, bcrip Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, ord. stk. Do. E. Augl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern ...... D. A stock Do. 13 stock Do. New, Is. at 2 pu GIS, and IV. of Ire!anti Ut. Western -Original, Do. 6. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxior Do. Newpot Do. ilea eford 1 tLancaab:reJa Yor kali Iry 'Landon and lilaek►vaii Lou., S Lon., Chat., and loved Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. , Lan. cti A orth Western, Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., do Lincoln , Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension I:lctropolitan District. t)o. do. Jo. 1 00. and St. John's NV it. Do. £9 Share Do, thrinia.. & Derby Id Heat . orth British ... Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E puroh.., Do. Leodi ..... Do. York DG. Carlisle ..... Do. Stook. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 _ Do. do. 1866 INorth Staffordshire N. do S. W. Junction Scottish Central cot. N. E , Abcr. stock, Uo. Scot, Mid. stack..' Shropshire Union .... south Devon... iouth Eastern italues, Wok., Wok ran Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford di Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall Paid ) Closing Business Price. I done. 85 B7 116 .IS 40 15 4 6 C 5 .6S 70 72 1"4 :1 6 0 32 6 8 120 122 I 8 13 89 91 50 61 32 35 33 3tl 1'2.8 128 82 84 18 19 13 Id 122 121 81 64 41 50 ,24 125 501 491 126 i 1 J 2 3 Sit .241 I 50 692 1 Atlantic & Bt. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, a Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butl.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- Calcutta & S. E., Um Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension rand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bond,- 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. lth Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D.., 4f per cent Do Great Wt. a. of Canada Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c 13(..5. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8— Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4; do __ Do. Pitt' Extension lielb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. & Hudson's Bay. Zl.lll.C'da,6pcletpf.bel Scindc . Do. Delhi Do. do a te . 4. Do. , Punjaub 1 E., I Do.lndus St...telot BRITISH FOSSE. 103 110. MI 125 n 94 u 4 37 39 4 IS 104 10a 63 65 99 100 35 36 10 11 p /15 /20 1 2p I 21, 63 71 115 120 148 152 49 51 09 TO 8 It/ 155 ;00 3 4 , MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING A PARSER MERCHANT'S TURBAN. —AN OLD OFFENDER.--Wm. Burton, describing himself as a porter, but well known to the police as a carriage thief, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing from a car riage, in Oxford-street, a turban of the value of £lO, the property of Sorabjee Darashaw Captan, a Parsee merchant, residing at 16, Holland Vill as, Kens i ng t on . The prosecutor identified the turban which was pro duced as his property, and stated that it coat him £lO, having had it sent from India to him. He left it in his carriage in Oxford -street yesterday. George Ellaway, cabman, badge 8481, said that on the previous night he was coinin g along Oxford-street on his cab when he saw the prisoner walk round a carriage standing at a door, and take a parcel out of the carriage. He told the coachman in charge of the carriage what hap pened, and to follow him, and they went after the prisoner, who dropped the parcel, which was picked up by a man, and stopped him and gave him into the custody of Hands, 374 A. David Bourne, coachman to the prosecutor, proved going after the prisoner on being spoken to by the cabman, and seeing the prisoner drop the parcel. William Allan, a labouring man, proved picking up the parcel, containing a turban, and putting it into the carriage. The prisoner said ho was not in Oxford-strnt at all. c H ry o W of as ,, C s o t n o i l i ) n t g hi f e r f or ” Cav en di s h- square , when he heard a Mr. D'Eyncourt asked if the prisoner was known ? Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said there were several convic ions against the prisoner for similar offences. Mr. D'Eyncourt committed the prisoner for trial. TRAM ES. IMPORTANT CONVICTIONS.—WARNING TO PAWNBROKERS. —Louis Losblinier, a foreign Jew, carrying on the business of a licensed pawnbroker at No. 117, Kerby street, Poplar, appeared before Mr. Paget to answer five surmnonscs, charging the defendant with as many infractions of tho oOth section of the Metropolitan Police Force Act, 2 and 8 Vict., cap. 47, which prohibits all pawnbrokers iu the pollee distriet purchasing, receiving, or taking in pawn any pledge, goods or chattels, from any person apparently under 16 years of age. Mr. Richard Ring, solicitor, appeared for the defendant. of the stolen The complainant in this case, Sarah Rance, is the wife of a carpenter and joiner, dwelling in poplar; and it is their age, an d misfortuneapp apparently have nt ly nota m dishonest?re than sea under e ol r ahs l ta 6 di n y bo e ne a et r hn s On the 24th of wife received the articles as the principal pro pertype plundering cem ibnerpl aas h wt i his n hea parentspawned a thevn e defendant's e d snadwa disposi ngnyot,, us wst hhhoeop W. a plane, on the 24th of the same. month a shawl, on the Gth of the present month an iron, and lastly on the Bth andwinisttnaenlsetsilanother e a y t tshawl.uhp e o d n e f e t ln h d l en . tb'so . H e was never asked any questions about his ago or auythi?g else. Mrs. Rance, the complainant, said the duplicates relating to the stolen property were found u n d er h er son's pillow. She waited on Mrs. Losblinier on Monday evening last, and expostulated with h er for ta king in goods f rom h er son, and she said she cou ld take an ything of a boy or f oo l over twelve years of ago. _ Mr. Ring said that was so under the 21st section of the pawnbrokers' act, but the police act extended the age to 16. Mr. Paget said the police act bad been many years in operation, and must be generally known to every pawn broker. _ . _ - 111 r. Meg then called a boy in the service of the dofen dant, who swore positive l y that hi s mistress asked th e b o y Dance on every occasion wh e n she received anythi ng f rom . . a b ffl im rn if a h ti e ve w . as 16 years of age, and ho al ways replied in the ..... 2dr. Ring ttrgttod that the principal 'witness against the defendant was, on his own confession and upon the state ment of his-mother, a thief, and that his evidence was not to lie depended upon. tin the other hand, the boy called for Mr. Losblinier was a person of Untainted character, whose tcstintonyought to be preferred to that of a dishonest lad who robbed his own parents. Mr. Paget had no doubt whatever the defendant and his wife knowingly violat3d the provisions of a very wholesome statute, and he had as little doubt that the statement made by the defendant's boy was utterly untrue. There were five cases, and lie should convict the defendant in the miti gated penalty of 40s. in each case, and 10s. costs. The to tmount which the defendant would have to pay would be 10 guineas. The money was paid. Mr. Rance—We will give up the goods, and not put Nr. and Mrs. Ling to any-more trouble. LITTLE JOHN STAKES (strnight half mile). " Bell's Life :" Ninny. " Era :" Ninny or Eau de Vie. " Field :" Ninny. " Sporting Life :' Ninny. " Sporting Gazette :" Ninny or Eau de Vie. " Sportsman :" Ninny or Traviata. FOREST . HANDICAP (six furlongs).— Crown Prince or Sweet Anne. " Field WEST DRAYTON MEETING. IVER PLATE (five furlongs).—" Sporting Life :' La Sorrentina, Bay Leaf, or Countess Bob,o " Sporting Gazette :" Mr. Pitt or Marquis of Worcester. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE (two miles).—" Sport ing Life :" Holkar or Pirate. " Sporting Gazette : Pirate. COLIIAM PLATE (one mile).—" Sporting Life :" Feemy or Libertine. " Sporting Gazette :" Liber- MIDDLETON STAKES (half a Sporting Life :" Mr. Ten Broeck's best. WELTER CuP (one mile).—" Sporting Life Lord Douglas or Slender. " Sporting Gazette :' Royal Tartan. OPEN HUNTERS' STAKES (mile and a half).— " Sporting Life" and "Sporting Gazette :" Pear: Diver. WEST DRAYTON nANDICAP (mile and a half).— " Sporting Life :"—Opposition, Hop Leaf, or Libertine. " Sporting Gazette :" Libertine orltoyal Tartan. DERBY SPRING MEETING. GREAT MIDLAND STEEPLECHASE (31 miles).— " Bell's Life:" King of Hearts, Patience, or Elsham. " Era :" Elsham or King of hearts. " Field Ehhani or Balder. HARRINGTON PLATE (half a mile).--" Era:" Eau de Vie or Pyrenees. "Field :" Eau de Vie, Vex, or Speculum. DERWENT PLATE (one mile).—" Sporting Life :" Sweet Anne or Black - Prince. " Field :" Best bf Cliff's. GREAT MIDLAND SPRING HANDICAP (one mile).— " Bell's Life :" Beadle or Bismarck. " Era :" Beadle or Bismarck. " Field :" Beadle or Queen of Trumps. NOTES FROM TRAINING QUARTERS. NEWMARKET. The Rake continues at work, but gallops less than a mile, and very steadily, all by himself. 'The Hermit stil canters about, but Knight of the Garter is at good exer cise. Leybourne is taking D'Estournel nice mile gallops. The Dragon is striding along now, but Trocadero and Enchantress are not doing a great deal. Julius is doing uncommonly well, but he is a light-timbered horse, and should the ground become hard he will not like it. We shall have nothing for West Drayton, but several will go to Nottingham and Derby. The Beadle and Ninny have gone on from Lincoln. Qui Vive is fit, and so are Landlord and Lady Valentine. Sweet Anne, too, is in form; and Chapel Roy-al never went better. Bismarck has all the pull of weight in the Trial Stakes at Nottingham, and cannot lose, but:Volunteer is as well as ho possibly can be. Wild Agnes, Indigestion, Havelock, Lizard, Fortunatua, Claverhouse, Caprice, Gretna, Gauntlet, Black Prince (by Knight of Kars), Leases, Sweet Home, Barrington, and Numa Pompilius, aro severally forward in condition, and will take part in next week's encounters. THE JAMAICA PI.OSECUTIONS. BOW-STREET.-TIIIS DAY. COMMITTAL OF GENERAL NELSON AND LIEUT. BRAND. The further hearing of this case was resumed this morning before Sir Thomas Henry. General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand on this occasion occupied seats at the solicitors' table, and did not to day stand in the felon's dock. Mr. Stephens appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Hannen and Mr. Poland appeared on the part of the War-office to defend General Nelson, and Mr. Bristow, from the Admiralty, attended for Lieute nant Brand, Mr. Phillips recalled. Mr. Stephens—l understand you are acquainted with the law and history of Jamaica ?—Yes, 1100 10 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT BECUR British Columbia, 6 per Cent., Deo. 31, 1872. Can.liov.ti J myi 1877-84 - - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk, Caiw 61.110pe, 6 p.c. 187zto Jo.Apl.&Oct. 1890-1900 Do. do 18.30-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9. Do. 5 per cent. 15 April anu 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, du . lattritius, 6 p. o, 1871, Jan. and July Do. 11 , 78 .. • Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. , t• . 5 o. 1805, Feb. & A.ut; I atal , iov. 0 per cent .13.G0v.6p.c.Ja.&.1 ul) ... S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 ' New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &J uly Do. do, April & Oct 190 100 100 1.0 100 100 99 101 98 100 100 102 83 VO / 1 7 8J 10: ►t4 105 107 1(4 106 102 lot "(.3 101 1(3 1A 1 8 102 104 10 105 It 3 106 105 107 98 1(0 P 6 18 91 93 85 '7 101 lu2 est 86 96 98 91 P 3 106 :08 107 100 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caraiton East Carn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk Claim& StAubyn(Gwen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal tsusy G. Wheal Vor k Heist .i, Grenville fierod's Foot •••• flingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Nlarke Va11ey..... Awyndy Iron Ore, lite >i elv Se ton •••• North Roskear ,N.Wh'l Bassettallogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan tray Park ... in. Croft..... Vigra and Clogan, Um West Bassett (Mogan W. Caratign (Liskeard} West Chi verton West Seton. .... Wheal Bassett 'Mogan' Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Whp.i 'Vrelawner 2.1.0 294 2.11. e 8.3.6 3.9.0 11.2.6 8 9 5 7 400 410 1 11 22 21 5 6 3 34 2 3 I to 10 3j 31 4 5 18 17 all 0.14. e. 14.9.( 17 IS 1} ly 31 31 7 9 3} la 2} lid 35 45 11 13 92 Si 22 31 26 28 310 330 I '1 11 3.2.0 t 8.18.9, 3i 44 i 3 )4 6 14 it) .2 61 03 130 140 6) 75 21, 28 10 12 05 115 10 12 61 2 SR:} 5 17.0 PREFEILEN bIiALEb. Great Western, Orig. 41 per cent., 801 North Eastern, G.N.E., 4 per cent. pref., Stockton and Darlington B, O'per cent., 32 ['REFERENCE SNARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent., Ditto, 5 per cent., 1802, 65 London, Chatham, ezo., Metrop. Ext. B 6 per oent.. 36 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per 0ent..12 lireat Luxembourg, 12 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 13k FOREIGN MlNicg, Chontalea Gold and Silver Mining, z Dont.j oln delPeidro,Nitoery, ,hupin, l Del R0y, 52 pm 8 United Mexican, 11cn., 21 1 BANKS, Alliance, Jim.. 17 Australasia, 67 Chartered :Ver. of India. London, and China, 31 2 Consolidated Bana..llm., 42 London and Brazilian tlirn.), •- Ditto, MT, 41 London Chartered fans of Australia, 22 London and County, 631 London and 5% estminster, 941 Midland Bank, Jim., 18 Union of Australia, 47 1 Union of Loudon, 45k MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegrapti, 151 Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 63 32 Berlin Water Works, Jim., Ditto, new, 61 Canada Company, 7o Gaylen Company, 0 ; Dlt:o, A shares, 12 City of Moscow this, Jim., 17 17 Commercial Union, lusuranJe, 4 ai Crystal Palace, Ditto, Prderunce, 102 Ditto, 6 per cent. perpctl. deb., 9 Ebbw Vale, SI Egyptian Coin, and Trading, lim.. 3 Credit ot 14 nslnnu , Jiro . 3 1 2 Electric Telegraph, 131 1 Hudson's Bay, 6 2 Imperial Land Company ot Marseilles, Ilm., • 1 International Financial society, 22 London Gel. raiOmnlbus Company, lin., 31 Lon os ai,d Provincial Marine, it dras Irr.gation and Canal (muaranteed 6 per cent, byln• dlan Government). 101 Merchant Shipping, limn., 121 Nr.tional Discount uompany. Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of which fo to pay, 11 New Consolidated Discount. Jim , North British A ustr. lasian, 12 Ocean Marine Insurancc), 19) Panama, Nov Zealand, and Aus. lt. Mail, 71 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 63 Ditto, new, 664 Submarine Telegraph, 62 Thames and Mersey Marine. Insurance, Jim., 51 rust and Loan Company f Upper Canada, 11 Universai Marine, Insurance, Brit, 5 'rho ADULLAMITES are going to set up a new penny daily paper, so it is rumoured, of which Mr. Hutton is to be the editor, and the Marquis of Westminster the capitalist. 100 100 100 all 100 100 Mr. Hannen—l object to the evidence of history, Sir T. Henry—You can put it as a matter of law. Mr. Stephens—Do you know what the state of the law of Jamaica, was before the acts were printed? —I do. Was Sir Thomas Muddford Governor in 1664 ? He was. To what period was their power libuited at that time ?—To two years. Did the Jamaica Legislature in 1664 make a law relating to the la . ,v of England in Jamaica ? —Yes. State the effect of that law.--Witness was about to read from a memoranda-book, when Mr. Hannen—What are you reading from ? From a memorandum I have made of the opinions of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General. Mr. Hannan—l object to that. Sir Thomas Henry—The opinion of any living person is not evidence. Witness—lt is the opinion of the law officers of the Crown at the time I have mentioned. The objection was over-ruled, and Mr. Stephens continued his questions. Witne:s—An act was passed dui (ring the laws in England in force in the island of Jamaica, and always after to be in force, except in so far that they were allowed by the local acts of the Legisla ture. That was passed in 1664 ; was there up to 1683 any legislation on that subject ?—I find no trace of it. In 1683 had the Assembly of Jamaica the power to make permanent laws ?—Yes, unless disallowed by the Crown. Was an act passed the 35th of Charles IL, chap. 13 ?—Yes ; but that law was disallowed by the King. It was, however, law until that disallowal was known. Do you know, as a matter of law, between that time the 35th of Charles 11. until George I. and 11., two acts were passed, but they were disallowed. Dazing that period was it a matter of opinion how far the law of England extended to Jamaica ?—Yes. Subsequently, however, the question was how far the King had power to tax?—lt was. In the first of Geo. I. was there another act passed which has been substantially re-enacted ?—Yes ; an act was passed settling the question in 1728. The act was repealed by the Bth of Vic., sec. 9. Was the last section of the Act of Geo. I. (the 22d sec.) re-enacted ?—Yes ; by the Bth of Vic., chap. 16, sec. 7. Mr. Stephens—l have asked these questions to clear up the state of the law of Jamaica. The short wand writer's notes of the examination of General Nelson and Lieut. Brand at Spanish Town, Jamaica, before the Royal Commissioners, were then put in and portions of them read. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Hannen, for General Nelson, said be had now to submit that the evidence before the court against the two gentlemen on a charge of murder had altogether failed, and that they ought to be discharged, as their conduct Was entirely justifiable by the law. if they had refused to do other than they had done, they would have been liable to have been shot. They had but one duty to perform, and that was done fearlessly. That they were to be brought to a criminal bar and charged with murder, the penalty for which was death, was a proposition he felt certain he (Sir Thomas Henry) would be slow to come to. If they were subjected to the pain of a public trial for mur der it could but result in an acquittal, and there fore the present inquiry was merely a solemn, serious farce, and nothing more. General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand had been guilty of no legal offence, and therefore he asked that they might be discharged. He contended that the law was quite clear on the subject, and by it if officers holding the position of General Nelson and Lieut. Brand were called upon to provide for the safety of the State in cases of great danger—when the courts of law were closed there was no limit to their discre tion, and whilst they acted bona fide iu the inte rests of the Sovereign and the State, and in good faith, they could not be called to account in any court of justice. There had been cases of the suspension of the common law in Ireland both before and since the union, and in Titler's " If o ssay on Military Law" there was clearly hid down the cases that justified such a state of things. What he said was th it the Legislature of Jamaica had done precisely what Ireland and this country had done, for by the act 'of the Jamaica Legislature, 9 Vict., chap. 35, provision was made by anticipation for an occasion which bad arisen, and thus martial law had been enacted precisely as it had been done in Eng land and Ireland. There was, however, no defi nition of what martial law was—but there was a limitation of it in favour of loyal subjects, and there was nothing stating the extent to which martial law might be exercised against foreign invaders and in ternal rebels. The 96th sec. of the act laid itdown that before martial law was put in force there should be a great council of the nation acting upon informa tion. That great council had been called in Jamaica ; it had been attended by the governor, the officer in command of the troops, the admiral, and all the authorities in the island. What had been done be was clearly of opinion was justifiable by law, there being that state of things in existence which one of the witnesses for the prosecution had stated was open insurrection. It was brought to the attention of the great council of the nation. They declared martial law, which the two gentle men now in court were compelled to administer That the court martial had jurisdiction to try was admitted, and the only part he had now to deal with was, he presumed, the execution of Gordon bcfcre the proclamation of martial law. Gordon had as sisted to bring about the insurrection ; he had en gaged in it by act and deed ; his words had led to open outbreak ; and he held he was amenable for what had occurred precisely in the same manner as if he had lit a slow match which exploded a magazine some time after. His acts had led to the proclamation of martial law ; his acts had called into existence the court for summary punishment, and the gentlemen now in court were altogether blameless iu what followed If he had not stated sufficient to convince the learned magistrate, he would conclude by stating that the Act of Indemnity completely exonerated them from all blame or punishment done by them whilst acting under orders for resto ration of peace and for the preservation of the lives of her Majesty's loyal subjects ; that they had per formed acts within the limits of legal authority, and that therefore the warrants ought at once to be dis charged. Mr. Briscoe, for Lieutenant Brand, said that the charge of wilful murder was futile, because be was a subordinate officer; and had he refused to sit on the court-martial, he himself would have built brought before a similar tribunal an d found gy, when he certainly would be liable to death. To say that he had maliceaforethought against Gordon was absurd, because he had nothing to do with the carry ing out of the sentence of the court. His function altogether ceased when the evidence and finding was given into the hands of the superior officer. Mr. Stephens summed up the case for the prosecu tion in a long and elaborate address, and at the con clusion of which Sir Thomas Henry said the long and elaborate arguments that had been addressed to him by counsel on both sides abundantly proved that there were disputed questions of law and of fact that it would be desirable to have before another tribunal. Ile refrained from ex pressing any opinion of his own, awl, therefore, be should hold the defendants to their bail to appear at the Central Criminal Court. As the sessions commenced next Monday, it would be premature to send the ease to be disposed of so early. Ile there fore should bind all the witnesses to appear at the sessions to be held on the Bth of April. Miss THACKERAY, it is said, is about to be mar ried to Mr. Leslie Stephen, second son of the late Sir James Stephen. LORD DUNDREARY has just given his opinion with regard to that much-vexed question- marriage with a deceased wife's sis-ter. " I—l think," he says, mar iiage with a detheathed wife's thither is very proper and very economical, because when a knell marl-loth his detheathed wife's thither, be- be bath only one mother -42-laW:" .—___ Reform Meetings in the Provinces, Last evening (we learn by telegraph) a large town's meeting was held in the Temperance-hall, Leicester, to consider the Government's proposed Reform resolutions. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. T. Paget, and the assembly numbered about 2,000 persons. The borough members, Mr. P. A. Taylor and Mr. J. D. Harris, who had been invited to at tend, sent letters of apology for not being present. A rumber of addresses were delivered, and reso lutions were unanimously adopted, expr es sing an entire want of confidence in the present Ad ministration, and :,n oi,inion that the peace, order, and good government of this country le. quire a speedy enactment of a Reform Bill which shall secure a full and fair representation of the working classes in Parliament. The meeting also recorded is undiminished and entire confidence in Mr. Gladstone, and c tiled upon the reformers of the ljuited Kingdom, of all shades of opinion, to unit._: their efforts in supporting the right hon. gen tleman as the leader of the liberal party in the House of Commons. We learn also by telegraph that a succes,ful meeting in favour of reform was held last evening at Devonport, ou the occasion of the in auguration of a branch of the Reform League. The hall was crowded by respectable persons, chiefly artisans in the Governments establishments of the town. Resolutions were passed, amidst deafening cheers, declaring that the conduct of the • present Government in its treatment of reform is an insult to the well known wishes of the people, besides marked by a very despicable desire to ob tain office by any means; and that under these circumstances the meeting declared its conviction that the liberal majority of the House of Commons would be justified in proceeding at once to the ex pression of a vote of want of confidence in the Ministers. Another resolution in favour of the Re form League's principles was unanimously passed. Meetings were held on Thursday of th e W a ll sa ll _ _ , branch of the Reform League, and at York, the latter being one of the largest assemblages which. can be remembered in that city, at both of which resolutions, in substance the same as those referred to above, were adopted. Sir W. Hutt addressed a meeting of his constituents on Thursday, at Gates head. Having referred to and commented on the " Resolutions," he said—" What are we to do? (A voice—" Kick them out.") Are we to swal low heaps of resolutions, and follow Mr. Disraeli wherever he would lead us, under the assurance that be is going to bring the subject of Parliamentary reform to a satisfactory termination ? (Cries of " No, no.") I say with you No, no. (Hear, hezr.) I say that if this plan, under ordinary circumstances, were proposed to us, our course would be simple and plain. We ought utterly to reject it. But in the emergency in which we are placed, I think we must take a dif ferent course. I think it is the duty of the House of Commons--and especially the duty of the Liberal party in the House of Commons—to endeavour, if they can, to shape out of those unpromising mate rials, a real and an effectual reform bill. And if, gentlemen, after an earnest and sincere endeavour to arrive at this end, we should find that it is wholly impracticable, well, then, I say that the time has arrived when the Liberal party must step forward. (Loud cheers.) They cannot have in the House of Commons a better advocate than Mr. Gladstone. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Let Mr. Gladstone introduce again, with certain amend ments, the bill which was rejected in the last session of Parliament. (ic. Voice—" Let him go further.") And in the conjuncture we have arrived at I have no doubt we shall carry the measure triumphantly through the legislature. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. Gladstone is not titularly—is not nominally-- but he is really now the leader of the House of Com mons. (Cheers.) He will be the leader and the Prime Minister of England—(a voice—" Yes, he will, soon")—if the nation's confidence—if his own singular training for public life—(cheers)—his own' unimpeachable honesty and integrity—(hear, hear, and cheers)—his earnestness of purpose and won- derful accomplishments—his great sagacity and in comparable eloquence—are any qualifications for that duty. (Loud and protracted cheering.) GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DIY. This morning the 41st half-yearly ordinary gene ral meeting of the proprietors of the Great Northern Railway Company was held at the board room of the King's-cross station ; Col. Packe, M.P., in the chair. The report, which has already been published, was taken as rend, and the further business of this meeting was to elect four directors in the place of Major Answick, Col. the Hon. C. Duncombe, Mr. Turner, M.P., and Mr. Waterhouse, M.P . ., who retired; and also an auditor, in place of Mr. Morgan. The CHAIRMAN said that the report was longer than usual, because they wished to give to the pro prietors, who did not attend, the fullest information possible. He (the chairman) and his brother directors regretted to announce that they had been obliged by circumstances over which they had no control to decrease the dividend during the past half-year, but it would be satisfactory to know there were ample reasons why such a course should be adopted. The receipts on capital accounts during the last half-year had amounted to £666,171, out of which there was £210,000 which had been issued in exchange for a similar amount of West Riding and Grimsby Company's stock. The expenditure on the capital included £415,130 on account of new lines not yet completed ; but, in reduction of this sum, £201,771 had been received from the Midland Company for their proportion of the amount expended on the Cheshire and the Liverpool station. He now came to the revenue; and although there had been an increased receipt of £44,120, yet their traffic had fallen off. This was owing to several causes. The excursion traffic had fallen off princi pally, in consequence of the unfavourable weather, and the panie.which had taken place in the money market during the last autumn. The report having been seconded was unanimously agreed to. SHIPPING IN FELLIGENCE. LONDON, Feb. 23.—Wind this day at noon, North-West; moderate breeze and fine weather. (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Saturday lforning Arrived, Feb. 23.—A lbion, steamer, from Ostend; Mau, steamer, from Antwerp; General Slade, from Guernsey; Providence, from Gravelines; Wave, from St. Michael's; Caroline, from Faaborg; Wopkea, from Emden ; A re t as, from Genoa ; Carl, from Alexandria ; Humber, from Trini dad ; Evelyn, from Adelaide; Heron (steamer), from Hamburg ; Rhine (steamer) from Antwerp. Sailed—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—fronsides, for Auckland; Satellite, for Panama; Express, for Madeira—all from London; Egean, from Mauritius for London. DEPARTURE OF GARIBALDI FROM CAPRERA. FLORENCE, Feb. 22. Garibaldi disembarked at Leghorn yesterday 'rout Capron% and has arrived in this city to-day. The French steamer La Seine and Tatnise, Capt. Corr, belonging to Messrs. Gaudct Freres, yesterday embarked at the 'l' pier at Woolwich arsenal 300 tons of War Department models, being the heavy portion of the samples of ingenuity prepared and packed in the departments for the Paris Exhibition. She expected to sail to-day. About 50 tons still re main of additional lighter articles, which will be shipped from the Cus.torn-house in London on the 10th of March. THE LAUREATE'S new volume of poems, consist ing,a , :ed3 , A. S. s v f seven songs, u lillustratedafi tuu , to pea b j i is llais a , r and r aceom tli about Easter. We understand that the candidates at the Army Medical Examination on Monday were ten below the numder required, and a few have been plucked, making a further alight deficiency. Forty-five vacancies were announced, and only thirty-five candidates pre sented themselves. The competitive character of the examination is of course altogether destroyed by the present unpopularity of the service, which the authorities are doins their best to increase. —British Mtlica/ Journal. Share 20 et et 100 94 2