The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COAIMERCIRL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK The directors of the Credit Foncier of England have issued their report, together with a statement of accounts, made up to the 31st January, 1867. It states, after the trying and harassing period through which this and other companies have just Passed, and to the depression in almost every branch of joint stock enterprise which still con tinues, owing partly to that exhaustive reaction Which always follows a time of active speculation, and partly to the great losses experienced by holders of nearly every description of securities, it will not surprise the reflecting investor that from the above-mentioned causes, as well as from the prudent abstention of the directors from en tering into fresh liabilities, apart from those neces sary to the development of the various industrial undertakings with which this company is connected, the profit and loss account does not, for the first time, admit of the declaration of any dividend. In conclusion, the directors state that it will be seen that if the company is charged on the one hand with the amount paid by way of capital, and interest from the day such capital was paid at 18/ per cent. per a nnum, together with the amount paid for pre miums on shares, the sum of £2,196,433 will have to be accounted for. On the other hand, if the amount of money actually distributed to the share holders as dividend, &c., be added, viz., £383,791, to the net amount of the assets of the company, as Per balance sheet, £1,812,642, a total is reached of 2)196,433, thus showing not only that no losses have been sustained by shareholders, even on the Payment of premiums, but that an average amount equal to above 18/ per cent. per annum has been a ctually paid in dividends for a time embracing the Whole period from the earliest formation of the ori ginal company in February, 1864, up to Jan. 31, 1867, The annual report of the English and Australian Copper Company states that the net profit for the Year ending 30th June, 1866, applicable to dividend, amounts to £3,824, and declares a distribution of la. per share payable on the Ist March next. At a meeting held to-day of the Telegraph to India Company the directors recommended the payment of a dividend for the last half-year at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Affairs in the discount market to-day are with out the slightest change of importance. The rates are very easy and the inquiries moderate. The sum of £10,0)0 was withdrawn from the Lank of England yesterday for Egypt. The Bank of England return, completed to the Week ending Feb. 13, is of a favourable character. The bullion shows an increase of £153,189, and there is an augmentation in the reserve of notes to the extent of £516,525, while the other securities h ave been diminished by £398,876. Annexed are the particulars : nubile Deposits .£6 870 680 Increase ....£873,2-13 UKestther D eposits 17'476'265 Decrease.,. 791,330 i,564 , 865 Increase ... 5,821 0 0 n the oth er side of the account : N „vern ment Securities 513,111,068 N o a lt era ti on . LUer Securities... 18 317,542 Decrease £398.876 Notes unem ployed ... 10 , 587,295 increase ... 516,525 . The amount of notes in circulation is £22,630,785, ,Deln.g an increase o f £393,385 ; an d t h e stoc k o f oull!on in both departments is £19,177,382, showing an increase of £153,189 when compared with the for mer return. d 1 0 the F ore i gn and Colon i al P ro d uce M ar k ets, during the last few days, there has been very little animation. The supplies of most of the principal sta ples have b een li g h t, an d pr i ces genera lly h ave remained without material variation. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reute r 's telegram from Parr to tlaY, the French Rentes were 69f. 47c. Heavy. With a ve ry d epressed appearance a ll t h e S toc k Exchange markets opened this morning. After a little heaviness prices assumed a more tranquil posi tion, and are now considerably better. Consols have advanced I per cent., vi z ., t o 901 91 f or mone y, dto 91 for the account. The New Threes and educed Annuities are 891 901 ; Bank of England 102 eck, 25 3 ; India Stock, 107 1 ; ditto Enlaced, i . The Foreign Stock Market shows very little ch ange of importance. Turkish 5 per cents. have advanced +, to 31+ 1; Russian Scrip f, to 21 1 .„ , , P r ein• ; and Mexican fto 171 ; but Spanish pa ssive have declined f, to 22+ 1; and the Certifi cates k, to 141 1 ; 'Greek are firm at 141 15 ; and and the Chilian Scrip at 11. The transactions in British Railway Shares have been on an extremely limited scale, and little change of importanc e can b e reported. Great Eastern and South Eastern have each further receded 1; while Metropolitan and Midland have each improved +, and North-Eastern (Berwick), f • The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very inactive, and prices have been without change. Paris and Orleans are marked 36 ; Great Wes of Canada, 141 ; East Indian, 106+ 106 f ; tern Great Indian Peni nsu l a and , 105/. American Securities remain very depressed. Erie shares have declined f, to 38 39 ; and Illinois shares I, to 78 79 ; United States 5-20 Bonds are steady at 73i i . Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures, how ever, have advanced 1, to 31 33 ; and the Con a°lidated Mortgage Bonds 1, to 26i 27. B ank Shares continue very dull ; Alliance being dealt with at 171; Consolidated, 4j. ; London and county, at 65 ; Oriental Bank Corporation, at 43 ; tad Union of London, at 44/ Miscellaneous and Finance shares continue in active, but in most instances support previous rates. Credit Foncier of England are marked '3113-16t hs ; Anglo-American Telegraph, 15+ ; London Finan cial) 7 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 661. At the meet i ng held to day of the Thames and Me rsey Mari ne I nsurance Company, the report of the director s recommended the payment, free of i 9°7:mac-tax, of the same dividend as last half-year, t viz., 2s. per share, and a b onus o f 25., making t, s e g e ther 4s. p er share, or at the rate of 20 per ea'meat• for th e year ending 31st December, 1866, on j e P a id-up Capit a l o f th e company, and that the ard be empowered to pay a similar dividend and ' 4 _ ° ?ails for th e half-year ending 30th June next, should they d eem it expedient. 18An67 is a report from Wheel Buller, Feb. 13, " Stevens's Shaft.—The 92 West.—The o7e in thi s end is 31 feet wide, producing tinny f k, and l e t t i ng out a quantity of water, but has \v as yet d ra i ned the 80-fathom level. The 80 siti e l. at is Worth for tin £25 per fathom. The winze the ' in g under thi s level is worth £4O per fathom ; lerg © n g off in this winze in the lode is not so Stope i n the back of this level is worth £9 Th p e r %t ho rn. The 80 West i s wor th £l2 per f a th om . stop e i n the back of thi s l eve l i s wort h £2O per fathom The 70 East is worth £10." h e fon "nwing is a report from Bryn Gwiog : co urse of o re h as b een cut i n the b ottom of fat , . v2 fathoms level at this mine, worth £5O per u°4l ) and the • mule generally looking better." MINING MARKET.,T FRIDAY, Two o'clock. elat ion 11l the Mining Market there has been more an . i- F lation , a , , uu a fair business has been transacted in }Vest of Wales, Great Retallack, North Crofty, a n d eSt Chiverton, Seton, South Grenville, Redinoor, 4.._ ,hiverton Moor, at steady prices. Annexed ' c e , tl.le current quotations : taleal4 Catnborne, —s —s ; Chiverton Moor, 64 61 ; Chon -1(4,81,Q41, 2 1 1 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 64 7 ; Cooks least-edlt: s, ll 14 ; Drakewells, —; East Basset, 18 20 ; 101 Ltd " , 4 4 ; East Cain Broa, 3 31 ; East Lovell, X; East Ru 11 31 1 • East Wheal Grenville, 14 2 ; Great Fake Russ ell, - ' 3a a • Great, Rbtallaek, slol6 • Great North Downs, „ s , 0,1 50s Great South Tolgus, 103 15s; 9reat Wheal Vor, 17 ; 174 •, Marko Talley, 4 41; North Croft y, 51 :. . 21 2 i ; p i .tl 'i, North Roskear, 104 114; North Treskerby, Red, "co of Wales, 34s 3Gs; Prosper United, 3 31 ; Grenville -I° °r Os 115; South Condurrow, 16s 18s; South 41;i_, 8s los ; South llerodsfoot, —; Tincroft, 124 1 West Caradon, —; West Chiverton, GO 624 ; Qh• ' I 13a "et, C 4 66; Wheal Buller,Wheal Wert 9/ 1024 1 4: `-' 8 1 ; Wheal Grehville, 18s 20s ; Wheal Se on' BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cont. Consols Do. Account, March 7 9Ol I 1 3 per Cent. Reduced B9i 90i low 3 . pe,r Cent _ 9O 89k 90} 90 Now 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 lunuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 4:xehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — Do £5OO 17 •••- pm Do £lOO & £2OO , pm Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... 253 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Endtau Stock, 101 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 — 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,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 741 1 5 Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 34 C..ilian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent. 00. 6 per Cent A Do. „ B Do. „ 1867 Do. ' , Scrip, £lO paid i f pm Colombian, 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — D 3. 5 per Cent., 1864 «. DA aubian Principalities Do. Account equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2l Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferted Eaptian 7 per Cent Do-Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds — .)o. Do. 1864 — Do. £lOO Bonds B4 Do Government Railway Debentures BOl 1 Do. Account — Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons - Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. — It olian 5 per Cez t 1865 Do, Account . Do. Maremmana Railway 551 41 Mixicar, 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 ll Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French Slontevideau G per Cent. .. ‘loorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Con Do. Deferrad Do Laud dart-ants (Hectares) Do. Account Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 6ll 51 Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 6 per Cent., 186' Do Account 1 Portmguese 3 per Ct., 1853 '6,'7,'9,'60,'2, '3. 42 i Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BBl 71 81 71 Do. do. £25 paid 2l Ipm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do Now Deferred — Do. Account Passive Do — Do Acc.ant 221 1 1 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account S.,vedish 4 per Ceut. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — _.. Do. Acc6unt Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account s6} Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 4Bi Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Yanezuela 3 per Cent. Do XlOO Bonds Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 25 Ditto 14 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 por cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italia), 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 531 f THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9ok 1 Do. Account LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) Market quiet. Sales probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris I■ about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint prise of .f. 3 12s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills a. 60 days' sight is about 109 per cent. At this rats there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States The Archbishop of Dublin has left Maurigy's Hotel for The Palace, Dublin. The Duke of Buckingham, Lord President of the Council, left Chandos House yesterday for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Howth have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Howth Castle, Ireland. The Earl and Countess Granville have issued invitations for a dinner party to-morrow evening. The Countess of Derby will give the first of a series of four evening parties to-morrow at the noble Premier's residence in St. James's-square. • Lord Naas, M.P., left town on Wednesday evening by the mail train for Dublin. We understand that Lord Stanley has appointed Mr. Charles Lover, the well-known author, who has for some years filled the appointment of consul at Spezzia, as consul at Trieste. The will of the late William Cotton, Esq., F.R.S., D.C.L., late Governor of the Bank o f Magian .3, and many years a director, was proved in the London Court, under £70,000 personalty. The executors are Benjamin Cotton, Esq., the brother, of Forest House Chigwell : Henry Cotton, Esq., the son ; and Edmond Hay Currio, Esq. The will is dated July 6, 1865, and there are two codicils, June and November, 1866, and the testator died at his residence, 'Valwood House, Luton stone, Essex, Dec. 1, at the ago of 80. Ho has left consi derable property to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the support of the church of St. Paul's, Stepney, erected at his entire expense, and leaves the patronage and ad vowsou thereof to his son, the Rev. Arthur Benjamin Cotton, the present incumbent. H e devises to his son Henry his manor of Gibbins and Cleaves, in Essex, and leaves his Bow-common estate in trust for his wife for her life, and after her decease he bequeaths the same amongst his sons and daughters in certain specified portions. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CAB DRIVER.—On Wednesday an inquest was held, at the Westminster Hos pital, on the body of William French, a Hansom cab driver. The dec&ased was driving down Pall-mall during the late severe frost, when his vehicle came into violent collision with another cab. Deceased had been somewhat off his side on the road, owing to the footing for horses being better in the middle of the road, and in trying to keep clear of the other cab he unintentionally pulled the wrong rein, and caused the collision. He fell into the road, and was removed to St. George's Hospital, which he left next day. But shortly afterwards ho went to West minster Hospital, where he died from fracture of the skull. Verdict—Accidental Death. SINGULAR ROBBERY OF A Box OF WATCHES.-- On Wednesday morning it was ascertained that a box containing 51 gold and silver watches had been stolen from tho shop of Mr. Jackson, druggist, of Snow-hill Wolverhampton. Mr. Jackson holds a double shop, and lets the half to Mr. Dumbell, a watchmaker; and it appears hat Mr. Dumbell is in the habit of putting the watches in box every night, and of giving the box to Mr. Jackson to be kept in his shop for safety. This was done on Tues day night, but on Wednesday morning the box and the watches had disappeared. There were no indications that the shop had been broken into. Mr. Jackson said that he put the box under his counter on the private side some Limo before he closed the shop, and suggests that some persons must have been watching him through the window, and that they afterwards came in through the door during his temporary absence from the shop, and carried them away. There appears no other way of solving the mystery at present. The watches belonged to Mr. Dumbell's cus tomers, who had left th em a t hi s s h o p to be cleaned an repaired.—Birminvltatit Gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, FRICMY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1867. SHARE MARKETS This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid'l Closing Business Price. done. et Bristol and IC;efer ....1 100 85 87 at Caledonian ' 100 117 119 1134 at Cambrian - Fork and Bandon.-- - - 20 •,:orn wall all 4 6 at Dublin & Belfast Junc lOO 65 63 et Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junca 100 70 72 100 E.London, Scrip Certi. all - - Do. iJO - d at Glasgow &S. Western 100 1 4 116 at Great Eastern, Ord. a tk. 100 30 32 301 414 30, st Do. E. Angl. st. No. 21 100 6 at GrcatNorth of Scotland 100 - - at Great Northern lOO 120 122 the at D.,. A stock lOO la 119 at Do. B stock lOO - - 1271 84 Do. New, Is. at 25 pre 100 - - et GtS, and W. of Ireland 100 Bi/ 11 at Gt. Western -Original 1(.0 41 61 494 504 et Do. S. Val. Rail. gua 100 - - et Do. South Wales ... 100 - - et Do. W. Mid.-Oxtor 100 32 35 at Do. Newport lOO 33 36 et Do. Hereford lOO - - at Lancashire& Yorkshir 100 120 127 1251 64 at andon and Blackwal 100 - - et Lon., Brlgh.,& S Coast 100 82 84 831 et Lou., Chat., and Dove 100 18 20 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 13 10 at Lon. & North Western 100 122 123 121 21 2 at Lon. & South Western 100 81 66 84/ 1 2 et Man., Shot., & Lincoln 100 48 60 at Metrop olitan...... _ 3 1 4 - Do. New lO - at Do. Extension.— all 107 110 Metropolitan Distric t. all - - 100 Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd 6 - - at Midland 9 Do. £9 Share 7 101 11 et Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 92 94 93 25 aid Kent - - at orth British et Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lOO 4 18 et Nth. Eastern-Berwic 100 104 105 106 25 Do. G.N*.E purohas 16.13.4 - - et Do. Leeds at Do. York lOO 99 101 100 et Do. Carlisle ..... 100 25 Do. Stock. & Darling all 35 36 10 Do. do. 1860-61 lB 10 11 p et North London at Do. do. 1884 5 at Do. do. 1866 at orth Staffordshire at .&S. W. Junction 25 'cottish Central at 'cot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - - 10 Do. Scot, Mid. stack lOO - - et Shropshire Union 100 - - at South Devon lOO 47 40 et South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 10 at Taft Vale lOO 165 100 10 Do. C at Vale of Neath - - et Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - 10 Waterloo & Whitely( I 6 - - et ‘Vest Cornwall lOO - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 8t ot m. ti a ct S.L d ,k a c v(T en e . n i ce all 68 68 n. 100 100 101 gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. F shares lO id 4p 12 ul3 P r r a e la f t e , r 204 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 44 10 Do : Preference all 74 84 100 Bti p.c. 1872-3-1 lOO - st Calcutta &8. E., lim lOO - - at e Town & Dock, gu lOO 60 5i ;00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 101 lu3 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 103 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 106 107 1064 6 4 10 Do. J Extension - - et , irand Trunkof Canada 100 21 22 n 100 o. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge it p.c all 85 88 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 67 59 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Prif. Bonds all 52 54 100 Do. do. deferred all -- 100 Do. 3d Prefl stock..., all 37 40 100 Do. do. deferred - - 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 23 25 100 Do, do. deterred - - et Gt. India Pen. gua.6p.c lOO 106 106 1.51 73 l'o. Gus. 5 per cent lB 4 1 20 Do. New g ua. sp. o 6 1 P at It. South o f India gua. 5 per cent at D 44 per cent lov 91 93 at Do .. . - - 204 Great Wes. of Canada, all 121 134 141 204 Do. New . ,, all 12 120 100 Do. 6p. o Boa. pay. 1873 all 68 92 100 Do. 5( do. pay. 1877-8.. all 81 84 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 11 14.1 at Madras, gua. 5 p.c ~,, 100 100 102 1001 1 at Do. 41 do lOO 92 94 et Do. 44 do lOO 85 90 20 Do. Filth Extension 5 - - et Ifelb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - - 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. all - et 'N. lt l.C'da,6polstplbsl 100 82 85 at Scinde 100 97 93 st Do. Delhi I t; 100 97 98 98 20 Do. do lO 1 a at Do. Pun;aub.... rs 100 97 98 st Do.lndue St.Flot XlO 100 - - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. _ - - (British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec.3l, 1972.... 100 - - - , Can.Gov.l.l p.c.Ja. Jz J uly 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 98 100 - I Do. sp, c. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102 - 11)0, sp. c. Jan. .t July 100 8$ $7 8 3 1 - i Do. sp. c. Inscribed OS4 100 81 86 - 'Cape G. (lope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 10 ! I c 4 - Do.Apl. &Oct, 1810-1900 100 104 106 - Do. do 1880-90 100 103 105 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 lul 103 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and II Oct., 1900 lOO 50 n - 'Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p luo 101 103 - Do. 1878, do lOO 1 0 6 1.8 - auritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov it 100 103 106 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 105 107 - atal Goy. 6 per cent.. , 100 98 ICO - .B.Goy.6p.c.Ja.&.luly 100 95 97 - S.W. Gov. 5 p'c.,1861 100 fr 91 93 92} - .Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187c 1 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 100 85 96 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 911 101 - Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 81 85 841 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 974 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 91 63 9 1 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o. 18684 100 - - - Do. 1878 & upwards lc() 105 106 - Vio,Gov. 6 p.o..Ta &July 100 - - - Do. do, A pril & Oct , 100 107 109 107} 84 BRITISII MINES. - .-..............- Cam. Coneol. Gold, lira. 1 - - - Chiver ton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 7 II - Devon G. Cons. (Taylst 1 400 410 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1} - East 13assett (Illogan) 29} 22 24 - East Caradon 2.14.e 5 6 5) - East Carn BrPa 3l 8 3} - East Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 - East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 i i - East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 2} 21 - Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 66 5 6 4 Great Laxey, limited all la 17 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 - - - Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 - - - G. Wheal Vor (Ralston 4U 16 18 - Grenville 8.18.0 1} 16 - Elerod's Foot .... 8.10.0 32 34 - Kingston Downs 5.10.6 2/ 5} - Margaret (Uny LelanV 1117.6 7 9 .-Malice Valley 4.10.0 31 4} 4 llwyndy Iron Ore, lim 3} 2} ltd - New Seton - North Roskear - N.Wlelßassettallogan 4.4.0 - - - North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United 7.1.6 21 3} - Providence ,Uny Lelant 10.6.7 26 28 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 310 530 ... South Condurrow 3.2.0 1 1} - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 - -- - ,S tray Park 35.15.6 3} 4} - Tin Croit...., ..... . - Vigra and Clogan, lim all - - - West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Ltskeard 12 10 12 - West Chiverton ll 61 63 - West Set0n....” - Wheal Bassett (Illoganl 5} 65 75 - Wheal Buller (Itedruth 'l6 25 28 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 10 12 - Wheal Se ton sB} 105 115 .., Wheal Trelawnev (Lis 5.17.0 10 12 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Eastern 4i per cent, lto, new 5 per Cent., 1863, 661 Great Di LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4 per Cent., 61 Mid. BraAford,'pf. stock, ula FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central Argentine, lei Ureat Luxembourg, Ili Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 30 Paris and Orleans, 36 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 16 FOREIGN MINKS, Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 2i I Port Philip, United Mexican, lim., 2 Winans= Gold, lim., BANAL Alliance, liM., 171 Anglo Austrian,'.7 6; Australasia, 87 Bank of Egypt, 3:11 Colonial, 40} Consolidated Bank, lion., 9; ]English, g l ish Ottoman, a and Amu. ,Australian Chartered, 17; imperi al London and County, 85 44 Scotch,n, li London Joint Stock, 421 London and South African, In 6 London and South-Western, lim., 171 London and 11 estminster, 94 5 Midland Bank, lira., 18 National Provincial of England, Ditto, 'd and 3d iBBllO, 396 Oriental Bank Corporation, 43 Provincial of Ireland, 84 Union or Australia, 47è Union of Loudon, 441 51 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, Olt MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 15} 15 Atlantis Telegraph, 22 pit o, 8 per cent., 57} 5 • Berlin Water Works, 11w ., 12 Ditto, new, 51 Commercial Union, Insurance. 4} Credit Fo,icier of England. 11m., 3:1 Ceylon Company, 10 City Offices, lira., 8:: Credit Fonder of Mauritius, 11m... 01 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim., 3} General Steam Navigation, Urn., 274 East India Irrigation and Canal, 12} Ebbw Vale, 104 10 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lirn.„3 Euglish and Australian Copper Fore-street Warehouse, 11w. , 121 Gen. Credit and Discount, lim., 5 4 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, 11w ., Cll } international Financial society, 2} London Financial Association, lim.. 7 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 3 } Merchant Shipping, lim., 124 illwall Freehold Land and Dock, 40 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 154 New Zililand Loan and Mer. Agency, 11w ., 21 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 20} Royal Mail Steam, 108 Oriental Gas, lim., 5 Peninsula and,Oriental £team,l6o} Ditto, new, CO South Australian Land, 33} Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 2} Viceroy of .Lgypt, Mortgage, Loan, 744 COLCHESTER ELECTION..--This Day, At 12 o'clock Mr. Karslake, the Conservative candidate, had obtained a majority of 63. Bribery, it is said, is going on very extensively. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING BANK NOTES AND GOLD.—liVilliam Edwards, a young man, porter to M. Marcel Masse, agent for French manufacturers, 4, Chapel -place, Cavendish-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a £5 bank note and a sovereign, belonging to his employer, and he was further charged with stealing a £5 bank note, £5 in gold, and Hs. iu silver, belonging to Madame Vigniard and another, Maddox-street. It appeared from the evidence that on the 3d December Mr. Masse called on Madame Vigniard, when she asked him is he was going into the city, as she wished to pay a bill. Mr. Masse said that ke was not, but that he wanted to send himself, and, after some further conversation, loft a £5 note and a sovereign with Mm.Vigniard, promising to send his porter to Madame Vigniard for it, and for any money she wished to send into the city. Mr. Masse sub sequently sent tho prisoner —his porter—to Madame £ .£ Vigniard, and s h e gave tho prisoner Mr. Masse's money, and also a 5 note, 5 gold, and 16s. in silver, her m oney, telling the prisoner that he was to pay a bill for Mr. Masse, and one for her, but the pri soner never did so, and never returned. The matter was then placed in the hands of Police-constable King, 76 .D, who apprehended the prisoner last night at No. 50, Upper George-street, Bryanston-square, and on his telling the prisoner the charge he said that he had not paid the bills, but that if Mr. Masse would wait, he (prisoner) would see his father and see that he was paid. King told the prisoner that he know nothing about it, and took the prisoner to the station. Tho prisoner further told King that Mr. Masse would have been paid before but he (prisoner) had been robbed of all his money and clothes. The prisoner asked Mr. Masse whether he had not written him a letter promising to pay him ? _ _ Mr.Masse said ho had received a letter which he belieyed was in the prisoner's handwriting to that effect. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THAMES. ALLEGED KLEPTOMANIA.—MItnOW Wilson, `alias Chris tian, aged 46, was brought up on remand before Mr. Par tridge, charged with stealing one book, " Lady Flavia," valued at 25., the property of Messrs W. 11. Smith, the publishers, booksellers, and newspaper agents, from their stall at the Bow station on the North London Railway. The case was a very singular one. The prisoner is a Bromley.and he gave his r Bromley. He has been a v d e d y s r s e , s p N e o c t . a b 1 l o e, , A m steady-lookingmulistreet, man, a shepherd in ;Australia, and it was represented by Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, on the first examination that the pri soner had amassed some riches in the colony, and that he came to the country in May last, and had been living much respected iu Bromley, and paid for his passage back to Australia on the very day ha took the book from Smith and Son's book-stall, that he was partially intoxicated at the time, and that the prisoner was a man in good circum stances, not likely to steal a book. It was a decided case of kleptomania under the influence of inebriation. fir. Partridge could not look upon the case as anything else than theft. A felony had been committed, and he should remand the prisoner. Mr. Stoddart then asked that bail should be taken, and said the prisoner was very respectable, and had lived for five months iu one house in Bromley. Mr. Partridge said he should treat the prisoner as he Would the poorest individual, and refused to accept bail. Mr. Stoddart said the prisoner intended to pay for the book. Mr. Partridge did not believe anything of the kind, and remanded the prisoner. This day the evidence given on last occasion was road. In consequence of information, Joshua Aburn, book-stall keeper, went to the prisoner, who was holding a book in his hand some distance from the stall. The prisoner said ho was very sorry for taking the book, and offered to pay for it; he also implored him not to give him in charge. J. A. Smith, railway messenger, said ho saw the priso ner go to the book-stall while the last witness was attend ing to a gentleman, and take a book from the stall and put it in his outside coat pocket. The prisoner walked back to the passage leading from the platform. Ho (witness) followed him to the end of it, when the prisoner turned round, and asked the way to Shoreditch, to which ho replied "You don't want Shoreditch; you have stolen a bcok." The prisoner immediately took the book from his pocket and offered to pay for it. Joseph Simmons, police-constable 427 K, said that since the last examination he had made inquiries and ascertained that his representations were correct, that he had been a shepherd iu South Australia, and had paid his passage money fur Australia on the very day he was captured. Mr. Partridge asked if it was iuteud.,l to press the case against the prisoner. Mr. J. E. H. Taylor, from the establishment of W. H. Smith and Son, 18G, Strand, replied in the affirmative. The young men at the railway station book-stalls through out the kingdom were responsible for all the property in trusted to them by the gnu, and in justice to them he felt bound to ask for a conviction. The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had done. He would elect to be tried by the magistrate. Mr. Partridge had no doubt the prisoner stole the book, that ho know what he was about, and that he intended to take the book away. lie had nothing to do with klepto mania, and should treat the prisoner like any other person charged with crime. lie sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. He thought Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son had acted quite right in the xnatter, and ought to protect their servants. MARKETS.—This day. MARK-LANE. The supply of home-grown wheat on sale here to-day was very moderate. The condition of the produce was, on the whole, good. The trade was rather quiet, never theless prices ruled ruled firm. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat In most descriptions a fair amount of business was trans acted, and previous quotations were supported. Floating cargoes of grain wore in fair demand at last Monday's currency. Barley was in tolerably good supply. For good and fine malting qualities the trade was quiet at late rates. Inferior barley met a slow sale, but without leading to any material change in the quotations. The market was very mo d era t e ly supplied with oats. The trade was firm a t the full prices of Mon d ay . Beans steadily supp orted late rates, b ut th ere was no ac tivity in the dema n d. The market was f a i r l y supp li e d. Peas ruled qui e t a t late prices. The s h ow o f samp l es was very moderate. Flour met a slow sale at tho rates current on Wednesday. ARRIY•Ls THIS WEln" Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 940 960 1,450 180 430 Irish Foreign 4OO 1,170 1,960 1.050 sacks brls. NETIGA.TE AND LBADENHALL. The supplies of moat on salo at these markets are fairly extensive. The trade, on the whole, is quint at our quo- rations. Per 81b by the carcase. sd s d Inferior beet 3 2 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 6 2 Lamb, Os 0 'did Inferior mutton 3 8 4 0 Middling mutton-4 2 4 6 Prime do 4 8 4 10 Large pork 3 2 310 d Id to Os O Small pork. 4 0 4 4 BOROUGII uop. Very little business has been passing in any kind of hops, the transactions having been con fi ned to the pur chase of parcels for immediate use. Foreign hops have barely maintained their previous value, but En g li s h quali ties, owing to their scarcity, are quite as dear. Mid and East Keats l7os to 231 s per owt• Farnham and country Weald of Kent Sussex .......................... 164 4 t o 175 s " Yearlings .............................. 1058 to 1504 ~„ Olds .................................... 568 to 958 „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of Indian have been brought to a conclusion, and the rates realised have been satisfactory, showing an advance of id. to 4d. per lb. on previous rates. SUGAR.—There have been no public sales of importance, and the operations in the private market have been of quite a retail character, pending the discussion of the alte ration of the duties intended by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. COFFEE.—OnIy small supplies have been on offer, but superior qualities of Plantation Ceylon fully maintain for mer rates. Rim—There is a very limited demand, and no altera tion can be reported in prices. TALLOW.—Business remains very qui e t , an d quotat i ons remain unaltered, P.Y.C., spot, being 42.!. Gd. 425. 9d. and last three months' delivery, 435. 6d. p er ow t. SIIOCKING SUFFERINGS OF SAILORS.—On Satur day evening . two coloured seamen named James Edward Dow and George Rawlins, belonging to the American ship Calloun, Captain Page, were admitted to the Northern Hospital, suffering from severe frost -bite. Their hands and feet were in slings, and the flesh had all fallen off. They wero in a shocking state, and at tho time no hopes ware entertained of their recovery. Dow died on Wednesday, and Rawlins is not expected to recover. On Monday seven more mon were admitted to the hospital, suffering from the same cause.—Lisewool Courier. TI I IRD EPIT lON . SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day WINDSOR RACES.—(Tins DAT.) BY ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPH. MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. A Military Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for horses bona fide and [unconditionally the property of officers on full pay of any European army for one month previous to the day of the race ; llst each; winners of any steeplechase or hurdle race of the value of 50 sovs 71b, 100 sovs 14th extra ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; to be ridden by officers on full pay of any Euro pean army; about three miles. Montpelier 1 Violet Bandana and Lincoln also ran. Won by six lougths ; bad third. Betting-2 to 1 agst Violet, sto 2 agst Montpelier. GUARDS' CUP. The Guards' Cup, a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each; four-yr. olds lest 10Ib, fivel2st, six 12st 61b, and aged 12st 101 b About three miles. Black Diamond 1 Forlorn Hope , 2 Gorsehawk, Aladdin, Sir Roger, Fairy King, Maud, Cos sack, and Elise also ran. Won by ten lengths ; bad third. Betting-5 to 2 agst Stiff, 3to 1 agst Gorsehawk, 6to 1 agst Bishopton. 5 1 HUNTERS' STAKES. A Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for horses that have been regularly hunted ; 12st each ; winners of any steeplechase value 100 sovs 141 b, 50 soya 71b; starters in a public handicap steeplechase 51b in addition to any other penalty ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if for 50 sovs allowed 71b, if not to be sold 101 b extra; gentlemen riders; the rider of the winner of an open handicap steeplechase and professionals 71b extra ; about three miles. Hungerford Monitor Brown Charlie, Willie, The Beau, Ebor, TLimblerig, Armourer, and Newcastle, also ran. Won by twenty lengths. Betting-5 to 4on flungerford, 4to 1 agst Newcastle. BOROUGH MEMBERS' PLATE. The Borough Members' Plate. About two miles. Comberton 1 Vindicator Cutler Orontes, Oscar, Rose, Sarah, and Owlet also ran. Won by six lengths; bad third. Betting-3 to 1 agst Comber ton, 4 to 1 ast Cutler, 5 to 1 agst Orontes. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. The Selling Steepleohase Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added; four-yr-olds list, five 12st, six and aged 12st 71b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs; if entered for 100 allowed 71b, 80 111 b, 50 141 b. About two milos. S tiff Bishopton 2 Hero.. Ten ran. VICTORIA CLUB-THIS DAY. Speculation was brisk to-day. Christmas Carol, having been beaten in his trial, was knocked out of the betting, while Mrs. Allen was supported from an outside figure down to 9 to 1. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 12 agst The Beadle (taken) 9 to 1 agst Mr. Allan (taken and offered) 10 to 1 aglst Bismarck (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Problem (taken) 100 to 6 agst Copenhagen (offered) 20 to 1 agst Lady Pani (taken) 20 to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered) 20 to 1 agst Vigorous (taken) 20 to 1 agst Batthyanny's lot (taken) 25 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (offered, take 30 to 1 25 to 1 agst Rejoinder (offered, take 33 to 1) 33 to 1 agst The Duke (taken) 50 to 1 agst Troublesome (offered) 50 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken and offered); 2to 1 agst Christmas Carol running (offered) DERBT. 20 to 1 agst Hermit (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 91 to 1 agst Julius (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow Spring Nottingham 26 West Drayton Derby Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 Margate... Warwiek Spring l9 Eastbourne Hunt Northampton Cardiff Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Lichfield Spring 8 Newmarket Craven 8 Ascot Spring York Spring 7 Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham l6 AUG Ripon a Brighton .. 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham ..... l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford ..... 15 Hastings York August SEPT. Margate Warwick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 Leicester Doncaster Brecon O Northampton Autumn CT 1 Edinburgh Bedford 3 Bromley Epsom Spring Luwes Spring Groxt.cm Park AbergaTenny Thirsk Newmarketlst Spring 22 Durham .. O2 Catterick Choster 3O Harpenden Epsom Croydon Newton 29 Beverley Stockbridgo l9 Chelmsford Summer 20 Newcastle Ipswich 27 Worcester Summer 27 LY. Down Royal Corporatn l7 Stamford Radcliffe Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Goodwood UST. Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth.... 22 Canterbury Derby Lichfield Yarmouth 27 Weymouth Tunbridge Baden Baden :111BER. Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth ..... l9 Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 )BER. I Newmarket 2d October Cheltenham Newmarket Houghton 3113 E R. I Leamington Hunt NOVE Liverpool Autumn 5 I Shrewsbury Autumn ll COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COMB. FEBRUARY. Names Judge. Days of Running Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick l4, 15 Watorloo, Lancashire Taraworth, Staffordshiro ... Mr. Warwick MARCH. Irish. Grand National (Open), county Louta - 6, 7 7, !cc. Ardrossan, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Mr. Westropp ...... 14, 15, ,te Leinstor (Open) Courtown Mr. IL Springall... 19, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire - 26, &C. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. WHITEHALL, FEB. 14: The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Erle, Kut. ; the Right Hon. Thomas George, Earl of Lichfield ; Francis ()Maoris, Esq. (commonly called Lord Elcho) ; the Right Hon. Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., K.C.B. ; Sir Daniel Gooch, Bart. ; Herman Merivale, Esq., C. 8.; James Booth, Esq., C.B. ; John A. Roebuck, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel ; Thomas Hughes, Esq., Barrister-at-Law ; Frederic Harrison, Esq., Barris ter-at-Law ; and William Mathews, Esq.; to be her Majesty's . Commissioners to inquire into and report on the organisation and rules of Trades Unions and other Asso ciations, whether of workmen or employers, and to in quire into and report on the effect produced by such Trades Unions and Associations on the workmen and employers respectively, and on the relations between work men and employers, and on the trade and industry of the country, with power to investigate any recent acts of intimidation, outrage, or wrong alleged to have been promoted, ouceuraged,or connived at by such trades unions or other associations, and also to suggest any improve ments to be made in the law with respect to the matters aforesaid, or with respect to the relations between work men and their employers for the mutual benefit of both parties. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 12. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Glasgow Cowell as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King of the HeHanes. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 14. The Queen bas been pleased to appoint David P. Chal mers, Esq., to be Magistrate for her Majesty's Settlement on the River Gambia on the Western Coast of Africa. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 13. MEMI3EItS RETURNED TO SERVE IN Tll2 PRESENT PARLIA.- ME NT. College of the Holy Trinity of Dublin—Hedges Eyre Chatterton, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Ire land, in the room of the Right Hon. John Edward Walsh, who has accepted the office of Master of the Rolls in Ire laud. FEB. 14. County of Northampton.—Northern Division.—Sack- George Stopford, Esq., in the room of the Right Honour able William Alleyno Cecil (commonly called Lord Burgh. ley), now Marquis of Exeter, swnmoned to the House of Peers. Town of Galway.—The Right • Honourable Michael Morris, her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ireland. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 12. Commander William Henry Webb has been this dsy promoted to be a Retired Captain under her Majesty's Orders in Couucil of 3d Augu i st, 1860, 12th July, 1864, and 24th March, 1866. ;CII. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIs EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Woolsack at 5 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Several private bills of a local character were read a second time and ordered to be committed. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Lord REDESIJALE drew the attention of the house to a pamphlet published by Mr. Francis, impugning the posi tion he had taken in respect to railway legislation last ses sion, and affecting the interests of the company in ques tion. He vindicated the views he had expressed, and the line of policy he had suggested to the house in reference to the important subject of railway legislation. THE FENIAN MOVEMENT. In reply to Lord SHAFTESBURY, Earl DERBY stated that no further information had boon received by the Government as to any movements on the part of the Fenian insurgents. THE VOLUNTEERS. In reply to a question from a noble lord, Earl BELMORE said there was no reason why, in an emergency, the Volunteers should not be expected to act in a civil capacity and be sworn in as special constables. Earl DE GREY explained that there was no compul sion on the part of the volunteers to assume a civil capa city in preserving the public peace ; but it might be con fidently expected that should the occasion arise when the services of the volunteers were required, they would not object to be sworn in as special constables. A brief discussion ensued, in the course of which the principles were laid down that volunteers should not legi timately be required to place themselves in hostility to their fellow subjects; but that in the case of such events as a Fenian movement assuming importance that threatened the peace and order of the country they might be called on, having arms in their possession, to preserve the peace of the country, as well as to defend it in the case of invasion. It was also contended that the civil authorities should have the power to call on the volunteeas to act in a case of emergency, as in the instance of what occurred at Ches ter, on the ground that all available power should be called into requisition in a case of high treason or appre hended insurrection. The subject then dropped. COLONIAL CHAPLAINCY IN NATAL, &c. The Bishop of LONDON moved that there be laid be fore the house a despatch of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies to the officer administering the Government of Natal on the colonial chaplaincy in that dependency, dated the 12th day of August, 1866 ; a despatch to the Lord Bishop of Montreal, relating to the appointment of a coadjutor Bishop of Niagara, dated the 21st of November, 1866 and copies of any returns made in answer to questions lately issued by her Majesty's Secretary of State, in reference to the condition and circumstances of the United Church of Eng land and Ireland in the colonies. The right reverend prelate made some statements respecting the conduct of the Bishop of Natal, which he denounced, and referred to the excitement whico it had produced in the colony. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMUONS.—TIIIS EVENING. Tho SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Sackville Stopford took the oath and his seat for Northampton. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. H. BAILLIE gave notice that on the consideration of resolution No. 2 he should move that in order that all voters be placed upon the same footing no person should be allowed to give more than one vote at any election. TILL FENIAN RISING. Mr. C. FORTESCUE, seeing the Secretary of the Home Department in his place, begged to ask him if he could giVe to the house the information he had received from Ireland since yesterday ? Mr. WALPOLE said the information that ho had re ceived since yesterday was to the effect that the armed parties he then mentioned as marching towards Killarney had doubled back when within 14 miles of the place, and entered Toomies wood. Brigadier-Gen. liorsford,who had the command, had a sufficient force under him, not only to follow them, but to surround the place, so that it might 22 26 28 29 be said that the movement by this time was pretty nearly, if not altogether, put an end to. That was the whole of the information that had been received of an official nature. From other sources of information the Irish Government had learned that the south-west portion of the country was perfectly quiet. (Hear, hear.) An HON. MEMBER asked the right hon. gentleman whe ther he had seen the statements that had been published relative to the further cutting down of the telegraph wires. Mr. WALPOLE said ho had, but that he was not in possession of any positive information on the subject. Col. FRENCH wished to know whether in any tele gram which the right hon. gentleman had received the numbers had been set down as great as 800. Mr. WALPOLE, in reply., said that no telegram had mentioned the number of the party. He was unwilling to state anything that was not of a positive character. STORM SIGNALS. Col. SYKES asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the storm signals, as hitherto practised by the late Admiral Fitzroy, were to be continued ; and whether, if to be discontinued, it would not be prudent previously to invite the chambers of commerce of the kingdom to express their opinion on the subject ? Sir S. NORTHCOTE said on the death of Admiral Fitz roy a committee was appointed to inquire into the meteor ological department, and the report had been received which stated that much more attention had been given to forecasts than to scientific observations. The department, however, had been improved, and scientific observations would be more particularly attended to. Such informa tion would be supplied to those who desired it, and then they would be in a position to make forecasts themselves if they felt so disposed. The last Government decided against continuing the issue of forecasts, and the present Government had come to the same determination. THE CATTLE DISEASE. Mr. READ asked the Vice-President of the Council if the Government intended to compensate the owners of cattle suffering from cattle plague which were slaughtered by the order of the Government inspectors previous to the passing of the Cattle Diseases Act of February, 18G6 ; and if so, at what rate compensation would be granted, and over what period it would extend ? Mr. CORRY said arrangements had been made to pay compensation for cattle slaughtered between the 26th of August and the 23d of November, at which period the authority for enforcing the slaughtering animals was re voked. The rate 4 which cukupeasatiou would be paid was one half the value of the animal slaughtered, also the amount received from insurance or sale of carcase. Mr. DUNLOP asked from what fund it was proposed to take the money to pay the compensation. Mr. HUNT said a supplementary estimate of £25,000 for the purpose would be proposed. Mr. GLADSTONE asked that ample notice would be given of the moving of that estimate. SCOTCH BUSINESS. Mr. BAXTER said, by request, ho would postpone making the notice of the Scotch bills to ho introduced, and who was to take charge of thorn, the Lord Advocate not having a scat in that house until next Thursday. VACCINATION. Mr. BRUCE asked the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whetheP it was his intention to re-introduce the Vaccination Bill, as amended by the se lect commit:ea last session. Mr. CORRY said it was his intention to introduce a bill on the subject, but it would not be a measure identical with that prepared last session. ELECTION OF GUARDIANS. In reply to Mr. A. PEEL, Mr. HARDY said his attention had not boon called to the subject. Ile was not prepared to propose any alteration of the law on the subject. THE REFORM BILL. Sir A. BULLER askod the Chancellor of the Fxchequer whether, upon Monday, the 25th February, he would g i ve an y explanation of the measures which the Govern ment wore prepared to propose for the more effectual pro vention of corruption at electrons. • The CHANCELLOR, of tho EXCHEQUER said that on Monday, the 25th, before moving tho resolution of which he had given notice, ho should make a statement which would meet that and other points involved in the two other questions which stool on the paper for that even ing as to plurality of votes and tho reduced qualification for counties and boroughs. THE INSURRECTION IN CRETE. Mr. GREGORY, on the motion for going into committee of suppty moved for an address for copies of any cor respondence between the Foreign Office and foreign governments on the subject of the insurrection in Crete and the Turkish fortresses in Servia, and of any reports from our consular agents on these snbjects. Mr. B. COCHRANE seconded the motion. [LEFT SPEAKING. I lIOUSE OF COMMONS—LAsT EVENING. THE REPORII BILL. Lord IL 3IONTAGU asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether the Government would endeavour, as early as possible in this session, to bring in a bill which would carry out whatever resolutions might be passed by the committee, on the Act 2 and 3 William IV., c. 45 ? The CIUNCLLLOIt of the EX.cllE4T.7lilit said the A hon. member for Nottingham (Mr. Osborne) had a ques tion relating to the same circumstance, therefore he would answer them bath. The inquiry of the hon. member for Nottingham was founded on a misconooption. The main object of the Government, by the resolutions they had submitted to the house, was to obtain the sanction of the house to the principles upon which the bill, which' he hoped to have the honour of introducing in the event of the resolutions being agreed to, would be founded. - Het was not prepared at that time to enter into details of the resolutions, but in case they were passed the Govrnment were prepared at once to introduce a bill founded thereon. The intention of the Government for proceed-r ing, as ho had indicated, was that the house might come to some general understanding as to the principle of the; bill, and he did not contemplate being called upon to enter into details. What the Government wished was that the principles involved in the resolu tions should be sanctioned, and then the Government would at once introduce the bill. That was the answer he had to give to both questions. If, after the house had adopted the resolutions, Government were not prepared with a bill, he should consider that to be trifling with the House of Commons. (Cheers.) Lord R. MONTAGU reminded the right hon. gentle man that he had not stated whether the Government would bring in a bill founded on the resolutions passed by the house, whatever they might be. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if the house agreed to resolutions which the Government could not . carry out, he presumed they w ere en titl e d t o th e privileg e of free men, and decline to proceed. The resolutions the Government proposed were the basis of the bill. The Go vernment did not suppose that in passing these resolutions is would he looked upon as tantamount to passing the bill. Mr. OSBORNE asked the right hon. gentleman when ho would name the exact sum at which he proposed to adopt as the qualification for boroughs and counties. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—lf the house agreed to the resolution stating that it was ad visable that the qualification for the franchise should be lowered, and also those others in connection therewith, a bill would at once be introduced, and then he would enter into the whole details of the measure. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Government were desirous of proceeding as speedily as possible. They were not at all in favour of delay. (Hear, hear.) ARMS IN CHESTER CASTLE. Mr. OWEN STANLEY asked the Secretary of State for War what was the amount of military force in Chester Castle on Friday, the Bth February? General PEEL said there was a company of the 54th Regiment and also a company of militia. It was proposed on the return of the Guards to London to place a regiment of infantry in a convenient spot ready for a future emer gency. There were 9,000 guns, 4,000 swords, 900,000 rounds of ammunition, and a large store of gunpowder. He had received no reports of the resistance of Fenian against tho troops in that part of the country, and he did not believe that such existed. (Hear, hear.) THE SUGAR DUTIES. The resolutions proposed by the Government for the roductimi of the sugar duties, in conformity with the con vention with France and other countries, were agreed to. Mr. WALPOLE, in asking leave to introduce two bills relating to capital punishment, explained that the object of the first was to confine the punishment of death, —to murder with deliberate intention to kill, fur the purpose of committing or aiding in the commission of rape, arson, or other felony, in aiding in the escape of other persons con victed of murder, or on public officers in the discharge of their duties. All other murders would be punishable by penal servitude for a period ranging from life to seven years, and the bill would also reduce the punishment for infanticide in certain cases. The second bill provided for the infliction of capital punishment within the walls of gaols, under certain securities. In the short discussion which followed Mr. Bright doubted whether the bill, as explained, would vest in juries the power of saying in which class a murder fell ; Sir G. Grey expressed a preference for the classification adopted by the Commissioners into murder of the first and second degree ; and Mr. Henley, while taking the same view, was of opinion that we were fast tending to the abolition of capital punishment. Mr. Walpole, in reply, explained that the jury in all cases would have to find the deliberate intent. After some remarks from Mr. Ewart, Mr. Gilpin, and Mr. Hibbert, the bills wore brought in and read a first time. Mr. Sergeant BARRY introduced a bill to extend to Ireland tho provisions of the English law relating to tho presence of military at elections. Tha house adjourned at a quarter past stven o'clock. COURSE OF EXPHANUE.-- This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 .16 11 17 Ditto 3 Months. 11 181 11 19; Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 35 2.i 40 Brussels Hamburg — 13 8f 13 9} Paris Short 25 10 25 20 Ditto 3 Mouths.2s 30 25 371 itarsoilles Frankfort on the Maine 120 1201 Vienna — 12 95 13 a Trieste — 12 95 IS 5 Petersburgn - 80} 301 Berlin Madrid — 47' 48 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon • • Oporto I 48f 26 90 27 26 90 27 - 26 90 27 -- 26 90 27 -- 26 90 27 26 90 27 51f b 2 51 521 THE BADGER HUNT. (From the Veterinary Gazette.) I have had a groat many dogs in my time, dogs of every breed and description —greyhounds and bulldogs, pointers, pugs, terriers and Newfoundlanders—but I have never had so clever, so sensible, so really good an animal as a cur I called " Old Jack." His breed it would be rather difficult for me to describe; his head showed a deal of the bull dog, and in his other points and appearance he showed something of the wiry-haired Scotch terrier qualification. He was the best-tempered old fellow in the world, but his looks were of the most blackguardly ; his jaw was under hung, and his white teeth put one in mind of an animated rat-trap on a large scale. I will tell you how I became his master. There were some steeplechases in our neighbourhood ; after the dun celebration of which " Old Jack" was seen hanging about the streets of a not far distant town, exer cising his canine intelligence in cadging about for some thing to eat. At this point in Old Jack's life there can be no doubt that his motto was "grub." In the course of his peregrinations, and in the exorcise of his instinct, Old Jack attached himself to a coalhoaver's boy, and as this boy spent the greater part of his life in a coal waggon trading to the neighbouring villages, Old Jack, the coal waggon, and the smutty-faced boy became identified with each other. The master of the coal waggon, however, took a dislike to Old Jack, and left him behind one day in a public-house stable, with instructions to the ostler to kill him. I then, fortunately for the poor dog, saved his life by offering to become his owner, in settlement of which transaction I gave the ostler a shilling. . I soon found I had a valuable bargain —oranges at the bottom of a bucket of water, rats in a barn, rabbits or badgers, Old Jack would grab at ; and, talking of badgers, I'll give you an account of a badger hunt. This interest ing sport is always pursued in the night, as Mr. Badger does not venture out during the day ; he is a kind of quad rupedal owl, and leaves his hole about ten o'elock in the evening, returning again ere the rising of the sun. Mid night, then, is the time to begin operations ; and while the badger is roaming about in search of wherewithal to satisfy his hunger, the bold hunter takes a sack, round the mouth of which he has placed a hoop, to keep it open, and inserts it into the badger's hole. Dirt is then to be thrown around the entrance to the hole, and on the bottom of the sack, for the purpose, if possible, of making the badger b e li eve, w h en he oomes up, that he is proceeding in th e way h e should go ; then there is a cord tied in a slip• knot, put round the sack posteriorly to the hoop, and the bold hunter aforesaid takes the other end of the said cord, and ensconces him self behind a tree, some short distance off, or in any other position favourabl e t o secrecy —I ought to have men tioneday that, as a preliminary step to this, all the other holes should have been well stopped a night-or two before so that there is on l y one, or at least two holes, with the bags and the b o ld h un t ers, left for the badgers to enter — all these arran gemen t s being completed, the beat e rs and the t d h o o g rounds n N e v i a g n h d h e o r orhoo d the to cod rive ppice th a o n d ha a d bo go u rs t bao the k. hedge in old s Jack was the boy for them ; if there was a badger within half a mile, that blackguardly-looking cur would scant him out, and make him go home a great deal quicker than he intended to. It is not a very pleasant thing in the mean time for the sneaking Nimrod ; it is absolutely necessary that this enthusiastic sportsman should remain as quiet as a mouse when the cat is near—a pipe is a thing not to bo thought of, even a pinch of snuff would impregnate the air with its perfume, and bo fatal to the capture of the keen-nosed badger. There he must wait "lying to hole," shivering, listening, and waiting patiently for his In the midst of a large dark coppice, with the wind sighing and moaning, and the trees creaking, a man of ne.!.vo , us . temperament is apt to imagine all sorts of dreadful things , game. sometimes he sees a ghost; anon, ho hears unearthly sounds,. his senses become acutely perceptible to every . little as the and he welcomes the badger, not as th s e a vi f c ri t e ma n , , friend, to relieve object for which ho has come, but his solitude, is another living, warm-blooded anima in the world an d to make him really a i certain that there be sides himself. Hark! here's one cowling; I can hear his short, gruff grunt. Old Jack i is after himl can hear a ; the badger tries a hole, I suppose, an d finds t stopped—then regular serim meg o —that's Old Jack and the badger having a shake up—now he's coming to the trap, as fast as he can shuffle along—he's close now ! Old Jack gives him no time to think, or to see the change in the entrance to his abode —a grunt—a rush—in Le has popped. I pull tightly on the cord, which has the effect of closing the mouth of the sack, and the badger is the prize of the mighty hunter.