The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-21 00:00:00

1101T1-iIY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCR, TWELVE o'CLocx. There is a steady business going forward in dis count circles, and the rates for all classes remain without the slightest alteration of importance. At the Bank of England yesterday there were no gold operations. The biddingg for £350,000 in bills on India took Place yesterday at the Bank of England. The pro portions allotted were--to Calcutta, £197,840; to Madras, £2,160 ; and to Bombay, £150,000. The l ailainaum price was fixed at ls. 11. d. for all the Pre sidencies—an advance of a half per cent., and tenders at that rate on Calcutta and Madras will re ceive about 63 per cent., and on Bombay about 42 per cent. These results show a further moderate in crease in the demand for means of remittance to the East. Messrs. Seymour and Elwyn, of the Stock Ex change, in their weekly circular, state as follows :-- "The state of the money market during the past Week has been somewhat chequered. For a few days there was a decidedly increased demand for discount through the falling due of a large number of Indian and Australian bills. Nevertheless, in the l general market th e ra t e f or th e b es t p a per has not reached the Bank minimum of 3 per Cent., but has varied between 21 and 2i. At the Bank itself the business done has been exceptionally small. Thus the main features of the Money Market are practically unaltered. Every now and then some little increase of de fland arise s , b ut i t is soon recogn i se d as b e i ng Merely temporary. A movement of this sort may b e expected now. The Fenian disturbance has caused the - withdrawal from England of balances employed here by continental bankers and mer chants. Th e f ore i gn exchanges are consequently a shad e weaker, and some small amounts of gold may be taken from the Bank. The available supply of capital, however, will not, in reality, be appreciably affected. For months past it has been much iu excess of the requirements of the day, and there is no sign that the over-abundance has been diverted else where. A striking proof of this fact is shown by the little influence caused by the subscriptions for the Chili= and Russian Loans, and the propositions, actual or prospective, of several other needy Go vernments. The public appear able to part with Many millions in operations of this nature without inconvenience. Of course it would be far better that fortunatel y th ese accumulations sh ou ld b e use d at home, but un the present condition of trade forms a fatal bar. A revival from the stagnation produced by the late crisis is as vet distant. The period of transition that always follows a great commercial convulsion is likely to last for some time longer. On the Stock Exchange the supply of money has in variably been abundant. In the past week there was for a time a slightly augmented inquiry for the foreign c lock a n d s h are settlement, but this is only an ordi nary feature on such occasions. The rates for lean s on Government securities are little more than nominal, 2 per cent. being the usual charge, although in some cases 21 has been obtained. alkeustral,ian ,At a meeting held to-day of the English and Copper Company the accounts pre abuted by the directors to the 30th June, 1866, , ,ed a real profit of £3,324 applicable to sat.tvidend. The dividend declared was ls. per vhare, payable on the Ist of March. In coaclusion, the directors state that copper, which was quoted at fall Per ton at the beginning of February last, has c _ en) during the year, as low as £B2 per ton ; and 2 n not now be quoted higher than £B5 per ton. The t3l.l3bught Australia had caused the price of fodder adA raised very considerably during the whole year, , v ,". n g greatly to the cost of the company's cartage; aNnifst the monetary crisis in England could not but eiffleilet the interests of the company most prejudi pointthala b Y depressing the copper market to a lower has been known for the last 16 years, do by embarrassing the ordinary financial opera sof business. Nothing but the economy intro ducedAtia into the working operations of the company in tralia--the full effects of which have been felt, for _Lilac _ fi rst time, i n t h e year under review—could have s 'e t_ de he a d against such a current of adverse circum 2nces ; and it is the knowledge of that fact which enco urages the directors to hope for a better future. c_r A . m eeting cf th e b on d an d debenture holders, ech tors and sh are h olders, has been convened by the committee of investigation, of the Atlanti c an d Great Western Railway, to be held on Tuesday, the sth March, at the London Tavern. to T. last week's R a il way receipts, ascertained up this day, are iu round figures as under : gNorth reat W estern 1867. 1866. ... 65,040 63,514 y'estern ••• ...108,969 105,721 ii r ° i " l g t i l;l to Vi a est ern 20,766 19,842 Is l4ldian d ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• F0 '8 4 7 4 2 0 41 '9 241 uth Eastern , 17,712 ,an 'rut Northera ••• 20,7 35 3626 33,519 e ••• ••• slot aaneashire and Yorkshire... ..• ... 43,580 40,842 North pansdteErnxe ter... 5,809 5,453 Manchester, Sheffield, andlineoin • ••• 65,593 61,63121 Great Eastern . 20,85982 22 7 82 011 '05 London, Chatham, and Dover 8:35 7 7: 705 The returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are generally of a very satisfactory character. On the Great W estern there i 8 an increase of £1,733 ; on the IcT orth-Western of £3,218 ; on the South Western of £924 ; on the Brighton of £1,921 ; on the Mid land of £2,198 ; on the South Eastern of £3,023; on th e Great Northern of £2,742 ; on the Lancashire an d Yorkshire of £2,738 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of 356 ; on the N or th-E as t ern of £3,962; on the the Great Sheffield, and Lincoln of £744 ; on `ue Great Eastern of £216 ; and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £652. Two o'CLOcir. as 'Towards the close of business yesterday therew has an inaprovement in the Funds, but to-day t h e re be en a reaction to the extent of 1 per cent. Con sol s 41. .„ 90 1 4 for money, and 904 91 for the account. 'lle Principal feature in the Foreign Stock Mar- Stk has been a decline of 24 in the value of the b ehil ian Loau Scrip, the price now being 3 2/ dis aaubian Scrip has also declined i, to par to 4 pram, Turkish 5 per Cents. are 4 lower, at 301 1; fi but l Italian had advanced 4, to 534 i ; Greek 4, to -*N-g 11 ; and Russian Scrip, 4, 24 4 ; Mexican are I , C ' 46 17 1 i ; Spanish Passive, 224 i ; and the -e,rtifierats4, at 154 4. done‘ lla a moderate amount of business has been st e t, ll British Railway Shares, but in a few in- Great Prices Northern G alle— Puce% are a. shade firmer. Great Eastern, While South Eas wilor.kshire, and , Great Western, 'Lancashire and Midland have each improved 4, lit an i. tern kayo decline • d 4 and Metropo -03:111e Forei gn and Colonial lines remain without lasiof importnce. Great Luxembourg are 1 2 , Ind i a ., 111 ° 138, Grand Trunk of Canada 214, East A - „, --11 46 i, and Great Indian Peninsula 1054. notcTerican Securities are flat. United States:s-20 e ked Shares are 3 7 1 have declined 1, 73! 4 ; Eric Shares, 4, to 1 1 ; and Illinois Shares are 774 78 i. are quiet. Bank of Egypt 1.4 0 ,, d ed 32i Imperial Bank have improved to 23 d 4 n ; t o 4 , ° e Joint Stock, to 434 and Union of Lon o 1 4. It4 eell fqii. d e is m ll4 and Finance shares continue in Tl_ dat steady rates. Anglo-Amer i c a n 31 r aph being 154 4 ; Credit Foncier of Englan d, Pi o l ,,' lludson I 3 ay Company, 16 ; Internationa l 21 . 4nci al, ,„ ; am i d 7 . Rio de Janeiro Improvements, 204 A.tort advanced ktai-- Long ; General Omnibus Company, 3 4. ilav e 411 t ie and Great Western Railway Debentures 1, to 28 30, and the Consolidated gage Bonds 1 to 22 23. BRIT 4.811 FU NDS —CLOSING PRICES. I:loyßit bar c 1114ExT UNDIJ en& c o • a°. Ac e 9Ol 1 90 1 - Per Consols Ilp r 90} N e , It ed ch 7 ktvo.23,ippereroceentltut.e,tjclan.. ... ............. 413-404.ii:lierPRe,3roaneyurt,::jo..1.11p.tre8;53th Jan., 1880 1,111:In. (Red is,yars4,o;xpire sth April, 188'5 — Dc,` . "q l ler 2i ) graPll), Aug., 1908 .............. 450,0000, per Cent ...... ......... 71 13 17 pm .... 410 & 2,00 thlglanao Stock, 6i per Cent 254 2 ►onies us of ounds - alked ifying inCeS3 nidge rde by nee in t eight lonald. e E:tri , Lord 'rances Mar t Hon. t last Lris on rived y en- Clan t Hon. Hugh Hon. moo in ) pre tea, if 3eason xhibi before which and time lot to mam e wish w, by no, or eking urces. ell as ver to 'rince ess, if incess sist at Lebra 4ueen their incess 1 visit King >ndon, It is e into that lready e will Prince a that Gossip or the every feeling ;rifices is also )1e ad mdent 1 some me at- would stume, resses, )racles trticu lively ,wasp It is A into )W not The n, but I in a if the keep- or has ho (lo fted b your of nk, 011 ,ar will antes's, in the ,ed the Oxford, rage of !ndels tossini's Choral le bans, sty, and r. G. `v DUSe Of he fia t urt, the he first Probate [so to be .ftor the rith the 0 a year the re it:, to the louse of j u dges y Of the judge s Dint one a o f the n other to tbe vr TU au cote 33 , -k" a nd oso vn ; bioa 0 Ora 6%... bit' aa of, us act ,01315 (f De l t C Oil.. i.O o er) ; i3uo ler i ; 1, 0 s° o ,allerl°s, f th e ;t , o f 0 3s 0 10 0 ,8,1,00 W INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indtan Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 216 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 lo7f 1 Do. Deb., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873 De. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 ~ 3razilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 D. 5 per Cont., 1663 . I Jo Account. D0..£100 Bonds 13.10n0s Ayres 6 per Cent (351 75 741,- DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) o..iltan 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Do. „ B .... Do. „ 1867. Do. „ Scrip, £2O paid 1 } 2 3 2f die Colombian, 6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 por Cent., 1825 — 101} i D). 5 par Cent., 1864 — lalubian Principalities 4 ivador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Laud Warrant — Do Deforiod Egyptian 7 per Cent Do. Second Issue — Do. £lOO Bonde Jo. Do. 1864 B3 Do. £lOO Bon'le B3/ Do Government Railway Debentu r e s sq. 1 801 Ureek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Du. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Itliian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway — 11, , xicaa 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French • 0 ontovidcan 6 per Cont. . 110orish Imperial 5 por Cent Ne w Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land ,larrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 641 5 Do 4f per Cent., 1865 Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 6 por Cent., 1862 — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853 '6,'7,'9,'60,'2, '3, 42 i Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l 1 Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 4f per Cent. 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862' BBl 1 8 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 B9l 90 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B B - I 7 1 Do. do. £25 paid ...... Sardinian 5 per Cent ipanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do. Account Passive Do — Do Accitant 221 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 4 per Cent. 1864 _die Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 56 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cont., 1865 Do. Account Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Bll. Ditto 1i per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 18 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2:4 per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . — French Routes, 3 Der Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 8 pia. Omit: IE3I, Ex. 25f. De. Account s3} THREE O'CLOCK. fonsols, Money 9Ol 4 De. dooonnt A CABINET MINISTER'S PENSION being vacant, we (WO are very glad to learn that it has been conferred on Mr. Walpole, who has now served the required time. CITY ANECDOTE.—Baitman, secretary to a limited liability undertaking not cousidored too safe, hating a handsomely furnished office, it was remarked of him that his Room was better than his Company.—Piencla. THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. —Mr. Cave had a narrow escape yesterday morning. As he was riding in St. James's-park towards the Horse Guards, his horse, a spirited young animal, suddenly reared and fell back upon him, and in struggling to get up struck him twice, cutting his hat completely through, and bruising his face severely. The right hon. gentle man, though much shaken and likely to be confined to his room for some days, is not materially injured. CONSECRATION OF ENLARGED CHURCHYARDS.- Lord Bedesdale's Bill recites that it is held that any addi tion made to a church which has been consecrated becomes also consecrated, as forming part of that which is conse crated, and that it is expedient that no legal impediment should exist to the same principle being applied to land added to a churchyard. The bill accordingly proposes to enact that whenever any land shall be united to a conse crated churchyard, so as to become part of it within one external enclosure to be used for burial purposes, and the Bishop shall, by a memorandum deposited in the register office of the diocese, declare such such land to have be come consecrated, the said land shall be held to have thereby become consecrated, in like manner as if it had always been part of such churchyard. THE LAST FENIAN ARREST—Stephen Massett— Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville.—This literary celebrity writes to inform his friends that he has had a narrow escape of being arrested as a Fenian ! The adventurous Yankee says—" I was giving my lecture in the neighbourhood of Chester, and being a stranger I was suspected of Fenian propensities, and watched accordingly as I went home to supper. The Mayor had me closely questioned, but I settled the business at once by showing the title-deeds of my property at Pipesville, and telling the alarmed autho rities that I knew " Nimmo." Alt right, was the reply— no mistake about it—didn't I shout out " Drifting along." I calculate this won't injure my prospects when 1 open my show in London. GALLANT BERAVIOUR. A writer in the Times says : —ln the midst of so noble a display o f goo d English charitable fe e li ng as t his w th inter has witnessed, lam encouraged to call the attention of public to a case which 1 think calls for especial commiseratieo n ot only on account of the seriousinjuries sustained, but b e c ausel: they A were the result of an act of great and generous bray porter named John Preece, aged 32, at the le y v ' el crossing Ilrombridge, in Shropshire, saw a child running across the line as a train was near approaching, and he instantly rushed to its rescue and saved its life. The child was not injured, but the bravo man was knocked down by the train, and sustained such injuries that it was necessary at once to amputate his left arm at the shoulder, his right hand at the wrist, and his right foot at the ankle, and in this mutilated and helpless state he is now in the Salop Infir mary in progress of recovery. lie has a wife and two little ohildren, and subscriptions aro earnestly solicited for the purpose of collecting a sum which will place him and hiS family in a way to obtain a living by setting them up in some way in business when he leaves the hospital. About £l3O has been subscribed in Shrewsbury and the neighbourhood, and it is calculated that with a little more than £3OO a small annuity might be pur chased for him. It would be difficult to point out a case mere deserving, and I am sure you will allow me to make this appeal to the good feelings of my country men and countrywomen. It would, indeed, be hard if this humble man, who, out of sympathy, performed a generous deed which was so disastrous to himself, were allowed to feel the want of that succour which he supplied to another at the risk of his own life. " The Tuscan Episcopate," says the Giornale di Roma, " sustained two heavy losses last month by the death of the Bishops of Borga, San Sepolero, and Montalcino ; being Mgr. Joseph Singlan, nominated by the Pope to the former in a con sistory held in 1849, and Mgr. Paolo Bertolozzi, appointed to the latter in 1850." Marshal Wratislaw has just died in his palace o La Josephstadt, at Vienna, aged 81. He was a Knight of the Golden Fleece and Chancellor of the Order of Maria Theresa. The Piethnontese Gazette learns from Florence that Count Landgrand Dumonceau has left that city for Brussels, but is ready to return if the new Cabinet accepts the Scialoja contract. One of the gentlemen connected with the Paris Observatory states that an eclipse of the sun, the most beautiful of the present century, will take place on the 6th of March next. The moon will cover nearly eight-tenths of the diameter of the sun. At Paris the eclipse will begin at Bh. 23m. in the morning, and finish at 11h. 3m. The instant of th e greatest obscurity will be 9h. 40m. The quantity of light and solar heat which we shall re ceive at that time will be less than that which will then be enjoyed by the inhabitants of the planet Mars. THE SUN,' LONDON, THURSDAY EVE NiNd, FEBRUARY 21, 1867. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing BitableSs Share Railways. , Paid., Priee. dsne. et Bristol and Zie - ter 'Too 0 - 37 st `aledonian lOO 117 119 118 it Cambrian , 160 40 46 - Cork and Bandon - - - 20 Cornwall. all 4 6 st Dublin & Belfast June. 100 65 65 it Dun„Perth,& A b.June.l 100 ;0 72 100 10. London, ..crap Certi. all - - Do. 100 - d et Glasgow &S. Western 100 1!4 116 at Great Eastern, Ord. at k. 100 8 t 82 314 at Do. E. Angl. it. No. 2 100 6 8 et Greet North of Scotland, 100 - - at Great Northern lOO 120 122 itl at 1) J. A stock lOO 1,8 13. , at Do. B stock lOO - - Do. New, is. at 25 po leo - - at GAS, and W. of lrelan 100 89 11 it (it. Western -Origina 100 50 61 101 st Do. 6. Val. Rail. gu 100 - - at Do. South Wales - - st Do. W. Mid.-Oxior 100 32 25 it Do. Newport lOO 83 36 it Do. Hereford......., 100 - et erica/3111re & Yorkshir 100 126 US 127 et London and Blaokwa 100 - - et Lon., S Coast 100 $2 84 844 st Lou., Chat., and Dove 100 18 19 st Do. Mctrop, Ex. A lOO 13 16 it Lon. & North Western 100 122 121 12211 it Lon. & South Western 100 81 66 814 st Man., Shef., 2; Lincoln 100 49 60 at Metropolitan..... all 124 (38 124/ - Do. New - st Do. Extension all 103 110 110 100 I Metropol itan District, - Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. John's W'd 6 - - et IlieVand 9 Do. £9 Share 7 lot 11 it Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 62 04 63 25 Bid Kent • all - - et orth British at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lO9 4 18 st l th. Eastern-Berwio 100 104 10.) 25 Do. G.N•li purchase 16.13.4 - - st Do. Leeds ..... 100 63 40 it Do. York lOO 99 10 it Do. Carlisle ..... 100 - - 25 Do. Stook. & Darling. all 35 36 10 Do. do. 1860-01 lB 10 11 ly et North London . lOO 116 126 et Do. do. 1804 5 et Do. do. 1866 at North Staffordshire 100 63 71 69 st Y. &S. W. Junction 25 'cottish Central at 'cot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - - 10 vo. Scot, Mid. stook lOO - - at Shropshire Union - - st south Devon lOO 46 51 et ,ouch Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 10 st raft' Vale lOO 165 ;110 10 Do. C 2 3 4 st Vale of Neath - - et Waterford & Kilkenny 10u 10 Waterloo & Whitelia I 6 - - et West Cornwall lOO - - , BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic &St.Lawrenoe all 67 60 • Bom.,Baroda, &Cen.ln. at 100 100 101 1014 101/ gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. F shares lO Id 4p 40/ Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 44 10 Do. Preference ButL,Brant,&Goderioli all 74 8/ 100 / 6 p.c. 1872-3- - - et Calcutta &8. E., lira lOO - - st •Jal e Town & Dock, gu lOO 50 55 00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p all 10t 103 st East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 103 at East India n , gu. 5 p.c. 100 106 107 104 40 Do. J Extension - - et •irandTrunkof Canada 100 20 22 2114 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Boucle 1 charge 6 p.c all 85 88 1.013 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 59 100 Do. do deferred 100 Dv. 2d Pref. Bonds all 62 54 100 Du. do. deferred - (00 Do. 3d Pref. /gook all 37 40 100 Do. do. deferred - - 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred - - et Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0 lOO 106 106 1054 90 io. Gua. 5 per cent lB 4 1 • 20 Do. New gus.. 5 p.c 6 4 1 st Gt. South of India gun. 6 per cent st Do. et Do 44 per oent loo 91 93 2 - - 204. treat Wes. of Canada all 12/ 134 14 204 Do. New .. . all 12 121 .00 Do. 6p. o B6s. pay. 1873 all FS 92 100 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. all t 81 84 10 Indian Branch, li m it e d 2 r It lid st Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 it Do. 44 do lOO 92 94 at Do. 1/ do lOO 85 90 2') Do. Fifth Extension 6 - - et Ilelb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - - 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay., all - - et N.lll.C'da,t3pc lstpf.tel 100 82 65 it Scinde 100 97 99 st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do t at Do. Puniaub loo 97 98 at Do.l ndus St. t 00 100 I - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUII ITIES. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. HOUSE OF LORDS-WRIT OF ERROR,. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND JOHN 130RWELL V. MARSHALL. This was an ecclesiastical case of some importance to the clergy, involving as it does the right of bishops to re fuse to institute clergymen presented to them for institu tion to benefices. It was an appeal from the Exchequer Chamber affirming a decision of the Court of Common Pleas in favour of the defendant in error. The action was brought by the defendant in error, the plaintiff in the Court below, to recover re-presentation of the rectory and vicarage of St. James and Cuby, otherwise Tregony, in the county of Cornwall, of which the defen fendant in error was patron, against the Bishop of Exeter as the bishop of the diocese in which the parish was situ ated, and against the Rev. John Henry Coots Boswell, ILA., of Queen's College, Oxford, formerly curate of Chittlebam holt, who had been collated by the bishop to the said rec tory and vicarage upon a. lapse alleged to have occurred to the bishop. The case is a long and complicated oue, and will no , conclude to-day. COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCH. (Nisi Prins Sittings, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Jus tice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) DAWSON Y. THE NEW RIVER COMPANY. This was an action by the plaintiff, an excavator in a small way of business, to recover compensation in damages for injuries sustained by a horse through the alleged negligence of the defendants. The latter pleaded not guilty, and that they were not liable under the act of Parliament relating to the repairing, &c., of roads. Mr. H. James appeared for the plaintiff, and his state ment was to the effect that a man in the employ of his client was driving a horse and cart along the Kings land-road in September last, when a portion of the road gave way, and the horse's leg went through a hole about three feet deep. It appeared that the company had been excavating in the road for the purpose of laying down pipes. The accident was alleged to have occurred in con sequence of the hole not having been filled up properly, a soft instead of a hard material having been used. The defendants contended that, having done what was neces sary in the first instance by filling up the hole, the parish were the parties liable for any defect in the road after wards, as the care of it passed into their hands. His Lordship observed that the Court of Queen's Bench had decided that a company were not liable for any acci dent which occurred in the case of the softening of mate rials of a roadway, if they had done what was necessary iu the first instance, and the softening was produced by na tural causes. Mr. Ccleridgs, Q.C., who appeared for the defendants, said that his clients would not dispute the claim of the plaintiff, which was only for £lO, if they thought they were legally liable.; but they felt bound to resist the de mand, as they considered that the Metropolitan Board of Works were the parties responsible for such accidents. Some witnesses were then called, and a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff for £lO. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prins in London.—(Before Lord Chic; Justice Bovill and a Special J - ury). GIBBS AND ANOTHER V. TILE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE compAxr. The plaintiffs in this case were executors of the late Mr. John Gibbs, and they sued to recover £2,000, the amount of a policy of insurance against fire effected upon some bags deposited at the Thames Tunnel-wharf, and which were burned on Jan. 16, 1866. There was a second action of a similar kind, and the whole amount of claim was £ll,OOO. The case for the plaintiffs was that Messrs. Levy and Davis carried on the business of bag manufacturers at Thames Tunnel-wharf, and that for some years Mr. Gibbs had made advances of money to be employed in this busi ness. As security for these advances he had a lien upon the goods purchased; he also had an usderleaso of the wharf, and he from time to time effected policies of in surance upon the goods. In May, 1863, it became necessary that the superior landlord should grant a new lease of the wharf, and it was verbally arranged that a new under-lease should be granted to Mr. Gibbs; but this agreement did not appear to have been carried out. The fire was believed to have been wilfully caused by a person who was arrested on the night of the fire, who was charged with setting fire to a shed in the neighbourhood, and was convicted of arson. The learned counsel said he believed that the main qUestion was whe ther Mr. Gibbs had an insured interest in the goods, and this would depend principally upon whether the jury should be satisfied that there was an agreement that Mr. Gibbs should have a lien upon the goods and an under lease of the wharf. Another question would be as to the quantity of goods upon the wharf at the time of the fire ; but upon this part of the case it was shown that there was at least property to the extent of £ll,OOO there, and indeed the salvage after the fire fetched £1,364. Tho jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, but directed that an examination of ac counts should take place, and also put the interest charge able on the defendants at S per cent. much bad feeling. lie fined the prisoner 40,5., and in default ono month's imprisonment. WESTMINSTER CRUSADE AGAINST Citosst NG-SW EEPEItS. —John and Hobart Pay, two children, aged 8 and 9 years, were charged with begging. Police -constable Giles said that he saw the defendants begging in Belgrave-place last evening. They had brooms in their hands, and were near a crossing. Mr. Selfe —Were they sweeping a crossing ? Constable —I did not see them sweep any crossing. It was a fine, dry evening, and the crowing did not want any sweeping. Younger boy—The crossings was dirty when we went there, and we had to sweep them. They was clean when the policeman came, but then we'd done it. We kept to our crossing. Policeman—They followed people five and six yards and begged of them. I saw a lady give them a halfpenny. Defendants—We thought we might sweep a crossing. Mr. Selfu—Aid you thought right. You may sweep a crossing, but you must net beg of any ono ; but if any one pleases to give you anything, well and good, you way take it, and will be doing no harm. Whoa the weather is fine and dry there is No necessity for your services, and then the act of being about with a broom in your hand would look very much like begging. A sergeant informed the magistrate that the boy's mother was there the other day watching them. She explained that seeing one of them had a disinclina tion to go to " his work," she followed to see that he did. Mr. Bello repeated to the little boys that they might sweep the crossing, but must not importune passengers. They were then discharged. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocic. :British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1972 100 - - Can.tiov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 98 100 Do. 5 Do. sp. c. Jan. /o July 100 87 89 P.C. Mar. & Sept 10 0 IGO 102 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ss 100 86 68 Cape U. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 10:. IG4 . Do.Apl.&001, 1890-1900 100 104 106 Do. do 1880-9 u 100 103 105 Do. Jan.&July, 1800-9, 100 101 103 Do. 6 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO Di 111 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.,' WO 101 103 Do. 1578, do. 100 11.6 1.8 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1378 . Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. :5 100 1(3 106 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 105 107 at 'lOl. 6 per cent lOO 99 110 .B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 36 108 S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 18 100 91 95 .Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 18 71! 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 85 P 6 8 5 4 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 101 102 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Goy. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 1 91 33 61 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-9 100 ' Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 106 108 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100 1 Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1 107 100 1 1661 1 1 ........—.......—..........—.......0a.....w.. eftikb . Alli , - -.' '6"'"." BRITISII MINES. Cam. Consul. 11010, lin. 1 7 - - - Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated SO 6 7 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 400 410 Drake walls 2.1.0 1 11 East Bassett (Illogan) 291 22 24 East Caradon 2.14.0 6 6 East Cara Brea , St 3 31 East Grenville 2.14.0 2 el East Gunnislake 8.3.6 I 6 East Love.l 3.9.0 9 10 E. W'l _Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 34 3 1 Gam.ez StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 6 4 Great Limey, limited all 16 17 Great South Tolgus 0.14.5 -- - Great Wheal Busy. G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 17 18 Grenville 8.18.0 11 11 Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 12 31 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 21 .11 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 7 9 Marke Valley 4.10.6 11 41 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 24 lid Nev Seton - North Roskear ig. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 - - North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.6 21 31 Providence XnyLelant 10.6.7 26 28 .... :. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 310 130 South Condurrow 3.2.0 1 11 S.Wheal loran. (Mogan 18.18.6 -- - stray Park . 35.16.6 84 44 In Croft 9 13 14 'Vigra and Clogan, lim all - - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeasd 12 10 12 West Chiverton ll 61 61 West Seton. 471 110 140 Wheal Bassett (Illogan 51 65 75 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 2S 28 Wheal Mary Ann (slen. 8 19 12 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawner (Lis 5.17.1 10 111 _ ____ ritIGFERENCE 811A1ES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 87 Great orthern, 5 per cent., 191 Great Western, 4 per cent irred. 70 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per cent., Ditto, 5 per cent.. 1 862, 65 Great Northern, Boston and Sleaford 44 per cent., 911 FOREIGN RAIL WA YIN Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 iireat Luxembourg. 12 Imperial Mexican, lim.. 6 Recite and San Francisco, Urn., gua. 7 per cent., 91 Sambre and Meuse, 7 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 131 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 161 FOREIGN MINKS. Copiapo, limitod, fl General, 14 '2O St. John del Rey, Rm., 52; 3 United Mexican, Urn., 21 1 DOCKS ondon and St. Katharine, OL ISANKS. Australasia, 6647 Bank of Egypt, 34 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and:China, In Consolidated Bank, lim., Ditto, new, 31 Imperial Bank, 11m.. 234 3 Imperial Ottoman, lim. 9 London and Brazilian (lim.), Ditto, new, 46 London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at 14 pm., Ditto, ditto, 111; London Chartered eana of Australia, 22 London and County, 614 London Joint Stock, 436 Merchant Bank, lim., 151 National Provincial of England. Ditto. •3 and id issuo, 10 :191 Oriental Bank Corporation, 434 21 Lnityi of Australia, 471 f Union of Loudon, 454 4 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 15f Atlantic Telegraph, Al scrim Water Works, lim.. 124 City of Moscow Gas, Buz., 17 I Coinmerciat Union, InsurauJe. 34 4 Credit voncier of Eugianit, lim., 34 f Crystal Palace, Ditto, Preference. 101 Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., ICS East India Irrigation and Canal. 124 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 124 4 f Gen. Credit and Discount, tim.. $ I Hudson's Bay, 16 6. Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 4 11 1 International Financial Society, lim.. 11 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1570, issued 90, 46 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 3 4 Al idras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 6 per cent. by Ix dian Government), 20 New Consolidated Discount, lim I Peninsula and Oriental steam, Ditto, new, 616 51 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 204 4 1 Rio do Janeiro Gas, 226 2 Telegraph Cons:ruc. and Mainten., Bin., 171 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim., 5 POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—This Day. MAR LBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON THE MANAGER OF THE QUEEN'S CONCERT ROOMS.—Albort Jones, a respectable-looking man, de scribed as a merchant's clerk, of Charlton, Kent, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with assaulting Mr. Fish, the manager of Tke Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover square. Mr. Fish said—Early this morning the defendant came to the Hanover-square Rooms in a state of intoxication, and wanted to bo admitted to the ball-room, where a ball was going on at the time. He (defendant) was requested to leave, but, instead of doing so he pushed past the stewards and got into the ball-room, from which place he was obliged to be removed by force. The defendant then wont into the drawing-room, and remained there a few minutes, and then rushed towards the ball-room again, although he had been told that he could not bo admitted, having no ticket for the ball, and being drunk. The de fendant then struck at me, called me very gross names, and kicked me on the thigh, and but for the fact that I stepped back I believe I should have been seriously hurt. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Was the defendant dressed fora ball? Mr. Fish—No, sir. Defendant—Did I kick you? Mr. Fish—Yes. Defendant—No, I did not • I tried to do so, but I did not succeed. Was I not dressed for a ball ? Mr. Fish—No, you had a greatcoat on and an umbrella in your hand. Sergeant Hum, 22 C---I was called to the Ilanoyer square-rooms this morning, and beard the defendant told that he could not be admitted to the ball-room, as h• was drunk. The defendant abused the last witness, and forced his way into the ball-room. The defendant, after being ejected from the ball-room tried to force his way in again, and struck at and kicked the witness. I then took him into custody. Defendant—l am very sorry for what occurred. I was drunk. I had a ticket for the ball. Mr. D'Eyncourt—You are described as clerk. What clerk are you ? Defendant—A merchant's clerk. Mr. D'Eyneourt—You will have to pay £5, or be im prisoned for 21 days. STRBET Ournion.—E,il y Chapman and Amelia Col lins, two " unfortunates," were charged with assaulting Mr. Francis Tress, accountant, of No. 39, St. Mark's-cres cent, Notting-hill; and Collins was farther charged with assaulting Mrs. Esther Bates, aunt to Mr. Tress, and re siding at No. 19, Porter's-road, Paddington. Mr. Tress was with his aunt and sister standing at the corner of Tottenham-court-road, last night, waiting for an omnibus, when, without the slightest provocation, the prisoners pushed the two ladies in a violent manner, and Collins struck Mrs. Dates in the ey e. Mr Tress de fended his aunt and his sister as well as he was able from the violence of the prisoners, and in doing so was struck and kicked by them, they all the while making use of very bad language and thre a t e ning the ladies with more violence. The prisoners were afterwards taken to the station by Eldridge, 39 E, who, in answer is th e magis trate, said the prisoners had been drinkin g , and that Chap man was the worst of the two. The prisoners had no defence to the charge. Mr. D'Eyncourt said it was a most unprovoked assault, and he should commit Chapman for three months, and Collins for one month, with hard labour. THAMES. SAVAGE AsSAULT.—Catherine Donovan, a largo woman, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting and wounding John Ireland. Tho complainant, an elderly man, with a large surgical plaister on his right cheek, gave evidence at this court yes_ terday in a case in which the prisoner was concerned, and in the evening was standing at his own door, talking to a man, when the prisoner came across the road from her own house and struck him with a largo jug on the face, and knocked him down. Ho bled copiously, and it was necessary to call in a surgeon to dress the wound. his statement was confirmed by several witnesses, and it did not appear that he had given any provocation to the pri soner except giving truthful evidence against her. The prisoner called several witnesses, who said the pro secutor was brandishing a lar g e k nife, and that he de dared he would stab the prisoner, and put a few inches of cold stoel into her body. They also said that Ireland was intoxicated. None of them saw the man struck with the jug. Mr. Partridge said he could not make out whether the prisoner's witnesses were speaking falsely or not. When the prisoner was given into custody she told the police constable she knew nothing whatever about the matter, and now sho admitted she struck him in self-defence, and that ho came across the road to her. He (Mr. Partridge) believed the prisoner came across the road to the com plainant. Whether there wag any provocation given anterior to the blow being given by the prisoner he could not tell, but one thing was certain, the prisoner exhibited IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT lIOUSE OF LORDS—TiIIs EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRI VATS BUSINESS. Mr. VALENTINE SHIRLEY appeared nt the bar of the house, and produced and handed in documents relative to a case triad at the Court of Umballah, and also documents relative to another suit, praying for a divorce tried in Ire laud. RITUALISM. The ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY laid upon tho table of the house a petition praying for a supervision of religious services ix England and Ireland. NEW JUDGES. The LORD CHANCELLOR consented to postpone the second reading of the bill entitled " Office of Judge in the Admiralty, Divorce, and Probate Courts Bill," which was in the orders for to-night. MASTERS AND OPERATIVES BILL. Lord ST. LEONARDS moved the second reading of the Masters and Operatives Bill. ills lordship laid • upon the table several petitions in favour of the bill. Ho said that ho should never have pressed the bill forward until he had been convinced that both masters and operatives would be in favour of the bill. This he now found was the case, and that from every quarter of the king:loin the operatives and masters were desirous that the bill should be passed. This bill had been supposed to have been borrowed from the French, but the French constitution was somewhat different from that of England, consequently it coul'l not be borrowed from the French. The bill was desired by the English operatives, and he (the noble lord) had had innumerable deputations waiting upon him on the subject. The number of signatures which represented the masters showed that they were extremely anxious likewise to have the question settled. The Duke of ARGYLL was not of opinion that this bill met the requisites of the question pending between the operatives and the masters. Lord GRAN WORTH objected to the clause, which pro vided that there should be a rate Df wages for one twelve month mutually agreed to by both parties. He consi dered that the requirements of the case would be best met by a fired rate of wages. Lord ST. LEONARDS objected that this would de stroy the whole spirit of the bill. It was necessary that both parties should be able to insure a free decision on the question. The bill was read a second time. LIS PENDENS BILL. Lord ST. LEONARDS introduced a Bill " Lis Pen dens," and was understood to say that its object was to operate in the case of a shareholder possessed of a large estate who might dispose of such estate against the suit that had been instituted against him. The LORD C IIANCELLOR said by the company's act of 1848, in the winding up of public companies, there was to be "lis pendens." The Lords Justices had decided that it was an absurdity that there should ba a " lis pendens" against the estates of the individual shareholders, and he (the Lord ChancAlor) thought it was useless to be against the company. After the decision of the Lords Justices he had been of opinion that there would be! no need to alter the matter at all. After a few words from Lord Rommr, the bill was read a second time. SALE OF LAND BY AUCTION. Lord ST. LEONARDS then introduced a bill for sale of land by auction, which embodied regulations relative to sales without reserve. [LEFT SPEAKING.] lIOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. Th© SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Monitis, the Attorney-General for Ireland, took the oath and his seat for Galway. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :--Central Cornwall Railway (No. 2), London and North Western Railway (Lines at Burton-on-Trent), Sligo Port and Har bour, East London Water (Thames Supply), East London Water (Various Powers), Gaslight and Coke Company, Imperial Gas, London City Improvement Rates, and Lon don City Municipal Elections. THE CAVALRY AT THE WATERFORD ELECTION. In reply to TIES OTONO9IIUE, Gen. PEEL had no hesitation in laying that if the 16 men had broken away from th e con t ro l of their com manding officer, he could not coincide with the opinion expressed by the officer in command but he had stated the other evening the nature of the report of Colonel Sawyer of the circumstances which was confirmed now by those made by other officers. The explanation given by the officer with respect to the discrepancy between hie report and his evidence was that he was so puzzled and confused by the questions put to him in his cross-examination that he lost his presence of mind and answered the questions heedlessly. With respect to further inquiry into the conduct of the troops be thought the noble lord in command of the troops in Ireland was the best person to determine that question. CATTLE PLAGUE. Mr. FORDYCE asked the Vice-President of the Council whether, in awarding compensation to the owners of cattle killed before the passing of the Cattle Plague Act, it was the intention of Government to include in such compensation counties which defrayed such expenses at the time from local funds. Mr. CORRY said he had stated the other evening how the compensation was to be paid. It was intended to compensate for individual losses only, not for those sus tained by the county rates. N OUR heTtSoFsecJrUetSaTry t o t he Treasury JUSTICE. Mr. BENTINCK EIV Casked _reasury whether the certifi ca t e re f erre d to in s. 19 of " of Justice Concentrati on A c t , 1865 " had been he Courts received by the Commissioners o f h er Majesty's Treasury ; and what was the probable co s t o f th e land anc" buildings respec tively as stated in the certificate. Mr. HUNT said the certificate,the sth of dated and sent to the Treasury, did not state the x but it stated gen era ll y th at t h e lands hkenwe ou a l c c t 1 3 t e m s on? cient for the purposes intended , and that the estimate, would not bo exceeded. The amount forth in the act for the const ruc ti on o f the courts wasee2lts,ooo. THE SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT. Lord NAAS i n moving the second reading of thi s bill said no one, he was certain, could have anticipated, after the announcement made in the royal speech , that in so short a tim e it wou ld b e found necessary to introduce a bill for a renewal of the bill for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus A c t i n I re l and, yet circumstances with which they were all familiar had rendered it necessary. When the present Government came into office they found 330 persons under detention by warrants issued by the Lord-Lieutenant. In September the number was reduced to 286, and so satisfactory did things appear that in N ovem b er on l y 73 persons remained in custody. The present Government had, however, in con sequence of a renewal of the conspiracy, been called upon to make arrests, and in Nove m b er l as t live warrants were issued, in December 97, in January 17, and in the present month 9, when the disturbances began rapidly to die away, and matters seemed to be becoming peaceable and quieter. In making its arrest the Government had exercised the great e st cau ti on , an d i nva riably the parties taking active steps in the disturbance were alone selected, ' and it was remarkable that as soon as the leaders of the discontent were secured matters very soon became peaceable. Notwithstanding all that had been said as to the ramifications of this disturbance ho felt certain that, had it been necessary to assume a strong and determined posi tion, every person whose services were worth accepting would be found banded on the side of law and order. Matters had been going on very favourably in Ireland until the mysterious disturbances took place at Chester, and whether that was a preconeertod arrangement he had not been able to ascertain. When the news of that outbreak became known in Ireland all the old alarm was resumed, and then followed the insurrectionary movements in the south-west part of Ireland. The news of the outbreak was not known in Dublin until about half-past six in the evening, whent most of the officials had quitted their office ; yet, notwith standing this, Sir It. Horsford was counnunicatod with a eight o'clock the same evening, and by the n ext mornin g he was at Mallow, a distance of upwards of 100 miles, with 1,000 mon under his command, and ready for any emergency. (Hear, hear.) If anything could show to the misguided people the folly of attempting with any degree of success to carry out their insurrectionary movements it was the rapidity with which steps were taken to meet them. It was with the deepest regret that he had moved to ask Parliament to grant them the extraordinary power which the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act would give them. It was a matter of the most sincere pleasure to him to have to say how much they were in debted to the Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland, for he did not think there was a shigle priest in the south west part of the country who did not at once cau tion the people against the folly and danger of listening to the advice of persons whose ohject was any thing but patriotic. On the contrary, their whole proceed ings were dictated by the most sordid motives, and money appeared to be their only object ; and it was only be cause they could not succeed in deluding the people in America that they came to Ireland to try their hand iu that part of her Majesty's dominions. They were con temptible compared with the parties who took part in the disloyal movement in the year 1848, and yet that disturbance ended in the most undignified manner for all concerned in it. The renewal of the bill would be but for three months, at which time it would be for Parliament to say whether it would be safe to allow it to expi re , or to again renew it. He could not resume hi s sea t w i t h out expressing the gratification he felt at the conduct of Dr. Moriarty, the Bishop of Kerry, who fearlessly denounced Fenianism, while in the very midst of the deluded people. The noble lord concluded by moving the second reading of the bill. Sir G. GREY seconded the motion, and, whilst express ing his regret that circumstances had occurred to call for such a bill, approved of the conduct of the Government in Liking- such active and determined steps to put down a movement, which could but lead to 11r. , most knuentalde consequences to all concerned in it. After a short disco:-lion, in which several Irish members took part, the bill was read a second rime. [LEFT SITTING.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, 11ARROW RACES.—(Tars DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. HANDICAP PLATE. A Plato of 40 sovs (Haudicap) ; about three-quarters of a mile. Marquis of Worcester Venturer Gaiety Libertine, Killarney, Colonso, Reindeer, Mousey, Glow worm, Wild Bee, Mystery, Seaweed, Lillie, Littleport, and Bright Phcebus also ran. Betting —sto 2 agst Marquis of Worcester, 6 to 1 agst Libertine, 7 to 1 agst Killarney, 10 to 1 agst Colonso. Won by three lengths; half a length between second and third. TWO-YEAR -OLD STAKES. The Two Year Old Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; the second to save his stake; half a mile ; 7 subs. Alarmist 1 Derry Pocket Hercules Betting—Even agst Derry, 5 to 2 agst Alarmist and Pocket Hercules. Won by a head; bad third. SELLING STEEPLE C lIASE. A Selling Steeplechase Stakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added ; four year olds 10st 71b, five llst 10Ib, six and aged 12st ; the winner to be sold for 50 soya ; if entered for 30 sous allowed 71b; about 2 miles and a half. 1 Salamis Fairy King Monitor also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Fuiry King, sto 2 agst Monitor, 4to 1 agst Salamis. Won by 15 lengths. HARROW STEEPLECHASE. The Harrow Steeplechase Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs ; about two miles. Stiff Charrnian Ballet Girl Jack's Alive, Flying Scud, Freemason, and Over-the- Sea also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Stiff, sto 1 agst Ballot Girl, 7 to 1 agst Jack's Alive. Won by a length ; bad third. NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, FEB. 26. The Nottingham Spring Handicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft. with 100 added; the owner of the second horse to save his stake; a winner once after the weights are declared (Feb. 6, at 11 a.m.) to carry 51b, twice, or a winner o any handicap of 200 sovs, 101 b extra. Age st lb Skirmish 5 (pd) Janitor 4 8 10 Retrousse ... 4 (pd) Beadle 6 8 6 Wild Agnes 5 8 4 Indigestion 5 8 2 Exceller 5 8 0 Bertio ... 4 7 12 Mongrel 5 7 12 Monitress ... 4 (pd) Steamboat... 4 (pd) Edgbaston... 4 7 7 Havelock (late Clax ton) ... 6 (pd) Kingfisher... 4 (pd) Goojerat 4 (pd) Lifo Guardsman 4 7 2 The Lizard 5 7 2 Vigorous ... 4 7 2 Fortunatus 4 7 2 Scarborough 5 7 0 Dulcimer 5 7 0 Claverhouse 4 7 0 :Sweet Ann 4 6 12 Douro 4 6 12 Mrs. Allan ... 4! (pd) The Vampire (h.-b) 4 612 Caprice ... 4 612 John Halifax ... 4 (pd) Helen 6 6 10 Age st lb Gretna ... ... 4 610 Brick ... a 6 10 Gauntlet 4 6 10 Wellesley ... ... 4 (pd) Cora ... ... 4 6 3 Violent ... ... 4 6 8 Black Prince, by Knight of Kars 4 6 8 Black Prince, by Voltigeur 4 6 6 Salamanca ... 3 (pd) Easby ... 3 6 5 Pan •. 5 6 4 Lady Lambton 3 6 2 Primrose ... ... 3 6 0 Sweet Home ... 3 G 0 Leases ... ... 3 6 0 Miss Alice... ... 3 6 0 Merry Monarch ... 3 5 .12 The Rock ... 3 5 12 Busy Body 3 5 12 Barrington ... 3 5 10 Anchorite . 3 5 10 Harpenden ... 3 5 10 Ornament ... ... 3 5 10 Sister to Vedette... 3 5 10 Numa Pompilius ... 3 5 7 Miss Fanny 3 5 7 DJralico filly 3 5 7 SECOND DAY. The Groat Annual Miralelieu vi S a)vs eaeli, with 50 added ; the second horse to save his stake ; a winner of any handicap, steepluehaso, or hurdle race after the de claration of the weights (February 14, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b, twice 12Ib extra. Two miles and a half, over eight flights of hurdles ; 29 subs. Age st lb Benazet ... a 11 7 Garus a 10 13 Pearl Diver ... a 10 12 St ea mboat (pays) 410 10 Loy d Burleigh ... alO 7 Arkansas ... ... 5 10 7 Brahma 5 10 5 Nemo 6 10 3 Forester ... ... 5 10 2 Fortunatus ... 4 10 0 Surney ... 5 10 0 Foxholes ... ... 5 10 0 Grace Darling ... 510 0 Clairvoyants 6 10 0 Cure All (h b) 6 10 0 Age et lb Alberts 4 9 12 Goldylocks 6 9 12 Queen of 'Trumps 6 910 Charlemagne a 9 10 Tennyson (h b) 59 10 Dean Swift 6 9 9 Verbena ... 6 9 8 Gardener (h b) 5 9 7 King Arthur ... 5 9 7 Helen ... 6 9 7 Nukuheva ' 5 9 5 Chimney Sweep ... 5 9 4 Helios 5 9 4 Fan 5 9 2 HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. Fel). 16, at 9 a.m., Approver out of West Drayton en• gagements. Fob. 16, at 9 a.m., Christmas Carol, out of Lincoln Han. dicap. Feb. 16, at 9 a.m., Daisy and Flyfishor, out of all en , gagements to date. Feb. 16, at 9 a.m., Elsham, out of Derby Hurdle Races. Feb. 16, at 0.45 p.m., Ibex and Sea King, out of Windsor Open Handicap Steeplechase. Feb. 16, at 4.20 p.m., Steamboat, out of Grand Annual Hurdle Race, at Nottingham. Feb. 18, at 9 a.m., Reinfrid, out of the Hurdle Race (two miles) at Derby. Feb. li, at 9 a.m., Goojerat and La Maudito, out of Nottingham and Derby Engagements. Feb. 18, at 4.15 p.m., Ammunition, out of Lincoln En gagements. Feb. 18, at 5.30 p.m., La Dauphine, out of West Dray. :on engagements. Feb. 18, after 6 p.m., Queen of Trumps, out of Lincoln engagements. Feb. 18, after 6 p.m., Deceiver, out of Nottingham en. gagements. Feb. 13, after 6 p.m., Tomahawk, out of the Hunters Stakes, at Lincoln. Fob. 19, at 0.30 p.m., Paddy Penny, out of the Wolter Handicap, at West Drayton. Feb. 20, at 9 a.m., Maid of Erin, out of Welter Handi cap, at West Drayton. Feb. 20, at 9 a.m., Aubrey, out of Harrow engagements. COLOURS OF RIDBRS.-Mr. R. Haney, cherry, black belt, cherry cap; Lord Royston, white, scarlet hoop and cap. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1867.—Mr. E. Brayley's Stokoley, agst Mr. R. Porter's Challenge, both 3 yrs old, Sat 71b each, T.M.M. 200, h ft. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—Tats DAY. Though but comparatively a small muster assembled to-day and business was not brisk, the doings were not altogether devoid of interest. The Rake's progress was once more decidedly with a downward tendency, for offers of 11 to 1 mg with no response. Plaudit, on the other hand, was backed for over £3OO for the Two Thousand and Derby, and the "dark" Master Butterfly found sup port as recorded below, nothing else important trans piring. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 aget Columbia (offered) 20 to 1 agst Sumo) , (taken) 25 to i aget Shakespeare (taken) 83 to 1 aget Havelock (offered) 40 to 1 aget Little Frank (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 660 to 200 agst Plaudit (taken) 6 to 1 agst Julius (offered) 20 to 1 agst Vauban (taken) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst The Rake (offered) 1300 to 100 agst Plaudit (taken) 100 to 3 agst Master Butterfly (taken) 100 to 3 agst Vauban (offered) NOTES FROM TRAINING QUARTERS. NEWMARKET. The Rake continues walking and trotting, and nothing mere has been done to his off hock since it was fired a fortnight back, but ho will never stand a Derby prepara tion ; nor will the Hermit either, and, as ho merely trots and canters about, be will not be fit for the Two Thousand. The Brothers Bless, therefore, will have to trust Knight of the Garter far the Rowley Mile Spin, and he is under going a careful preparation, doing long steady work. D'Estournel, wh ) has been in physic, is cantering again, and a better looldn i g Derby horse, or a finer goer, there is not on the Heath. Friponnier is leading Van Amburgh mile and a guar ter gallops. Julius is a much-improved animal, but up to the present he has not commenced strong exercise. Of tbm elder horses Tormentor, Tourmalin, Sealskin, and Lothario appear to be doing the most, and are exceedingly forward in condition. The stables are healthy, and the. Heath is now getting into fine order, the winds drying up the meiatttre beautifully. Vander/vide was "a good thing" for tha Lincolnshire Handicap, and kept very quiet ; but large stakes hays been won here by `John Dawson's intimate friends, whom he gave the office to at the eleventh hour. RICHMOND. Violet, has now joined Plau lit in his mile and a quarter gallops, and the pair are led at a good pace by Lozenge. Newland has been eased, and does not go quite so free as he did. Minnette is lame, and the Proctor is in the hospital. Bumble Kite continues to do first rate, and will turn out a good mare. MALTON Grand Cross, after two or three nice canters, gallops a mile and a quarter with Wild Wind and Taraban, the trio being pioneered by Knight of the Crescent, all moving superbly, and getting uncommonly fit. Cora goes in rare form ; and Roudinella, Klariuska, and Corybantee move very free. Southmiuster schools the juveniles. Mess mate is galloping a mile and a half. Soulouque has been physicked. The Grimston side of the wold is exceedingly heavy. John Scott is as well as can be expected, but lm is " breaking-up" fast. STOCKBRIDGE. Vauban is galloping a mile and a quarter, accompanied by Uncas, Caucasus, Fairfield, and Harpenden, the lot following Lord Ronald, who takes them along at a smart pace. John Davis and Gomera do similar work together; but The Duke and Lecturer have been eased. Lady Hester is stopped; but Seville is doing grandly with Ischia, Ines, and Red Riband. The latter is fit for Nottingham. Rose Cheri gallops slowly, and by herself, about a mile and a quarter daily. After Lord Ronald has attended to the Derby colts, he is set to lead the two year olds, all of whom are progressing satis factorily. COURSING—This Day. THE WATI THIRD :RLOO CUP. ROUND. Rattier Improved beat Cauld Rail Lobelia beat Vanity Gaudy Poll beat En Route (1) drawn 0 PURSE. RouNo. Toddy bat Anchor I 8.1,, ,, adi0r beat Faugh-a- Prime Minister beat Atilla Ballagh Mountain Chief beat Just in I Mauls Lana beat Mies i n her Bloom Teens Lord Lyon boat Saturn I Elsecar beat White R ose Blanche beat Swift Lucy Long beat Bella of Glide Away beat Queen Scotland I Emma Lord Soulis boat Top Arch Sea Sand beat Gear Ga- I Woman in Blue beat Belzuai therer Lightfoot beat Flying Mist Shy Girl beat Godiva I Goolaloo beat Mainstay Royal Seal beat Jacob Strange Idea beat Regulus Troyatore beat Fortuna Marionette beat Regent Bettlohoim beat DespJration WATERL FIRST BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Feb. :21. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-thy shows the following changes com pared with that of last week : INCREASE. Cash in hand 19,000,000f. Private accounts DECREASE. Bills .discounted Advances 500,000f. Notes . . - Treasury balance Bank of England Returns.—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for tho week ending ,he Act 7th itnd Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1867. PART/LENT. GoTernmt. Debt.Xll,ols,loo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion ISSUE DE Notes issued .....£33,281,075 X 33,281,075 BISKING I/ X 33,281,075 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' - Yanks, Commissioners of N atiou.l 3PAItT3IENT. Governint. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) £13,111,068 Other Securities 18,201,350 Notes 10,V65,485 Gold and Silver Coin , Debt, and Div, Accounts) 6,203,8.68 Other Deposits 16,539,133 Seven Day and other bills 449,661 £43,328,241 £43, g2B, 241 The Female Barman. So soon as the night charges and the usual re mands had been disposed of at the Southwark Police court yesterday, the court was besieged by a dense and unruly mob anxious to see Mary Walker, who was remanded on a charge of robbing her master, Mr. Frederick Browne, of the Royal Mortar Tavern Loudon-road, where she had been three months em ployed as barman. When brought before his worship on the first examination the prisoner was dressed in male attire, and from her appearance it would have been difficult for any one to have suspected that sho was of the female sex. Yesterday afternoon, however, all doubts about that were removed, as the prisoner was ushered into the dock attired in the costume of females under the surveillance of the authorities of the county gaol, viz., a blue-striped calico dress ; she was with out any head-dress, and seemed to be very anxious and nervous during the examination. Mr. Child again appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society. Mr. Browne said that the prisoner entered his servioe as barman (being at that time in male attire) about three mouths ago. He never had the least suspicion as to her sex. Owing to some deficiency in the receipts of the bar lately, he suspected the prisoner, and on Friday last marked some silver, which he placed in the till. The police were called in, and among 37a. in silver WAS found a marked sixpence. He then gave the prisoner into custody. She was removed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and there her sex was discovered. George Bright, 259 M, said he took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner was remanded. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) The Market opens quiet. Sales probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales. SHIPPING INIELLIGENOE. PLYMOUTII, Thursday Morning. ll.M.'s screw steam-sloop Pantaloon, 11, Commander G. L. Sullivan, from the East Indies, arrived in the Sound last night. GRIVESIXD. Thursday Morning Arrived, Feb. 20.—Normandie, steamer, from Dunkirk. Sailed, Feb. 21.—Cologne, steamer, for Boulogne. DEA.L, Thursday Morning. Anchored—Uncas, from London, for Demerara ; Victor, 'roue London, for Kurrachee. before whom all other cities lust bow ' ROMIC IS THE W O N DERFUL CITY, the d q o w u e n e , n e c v i t e y n , ipnastthhesaeslcaatestr a da l y oy s, al de m s a p n it t e le th : e v l e r r h in n. lion, w gh pretensions ; for the such as no other city shall ever b oas t ; it was ag es its last ea Reeving, t a h n r dit will be ages e re it shall wear out, d it will show a texture that c an never and to bo iniitat .d , for the loom in which it w a s wroug ht i s b ro k en, of human skill t o men d it. Verily,an d there i 4 pa st e power n inanimatspoW things a sort o f soc i a l sca l e ; ar i stocrat a nd plebeian being as clearly stamped on the stones of cities as on the brows of nion.—From "Joyce Dormer's Story," in Once a Week. THE SUEZ CANAL.—A telegram from Cairo an nounces that the Primo, a merchant vessel of 90 tons, be longing to Trieste, has entered the Red Sea after having' reversed the Suez Canal in its entire length. SIAMESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FRENCH EXIII BMON.—The steamer Eldorado has just left Toulon for Alexandria to bring to France the three mandarins charged by the King of Siam to accompany the objects sent from that country to the Universal Exhibition. Those func tionaries arrived on the 9th at Suez in the transport Orne, and were to proceed immediately to Alexandria to embark in the vessel placed at their disposal by the French Go vernment. The Italian journals state that M. Girolamo Scola, proprietor of the celebrated Villa del Gal cotto, near Lecco, on the Lake of Como, and pos sessor of an immense fortune, has just blown out his brains. The cause is attributed to grief at having lost a small sum of money. When, after his death, authorities came to make au examination of his house, they found there upwards of 200,000 f. in gold alone. at