The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-14 00:00:00

MONEY 111AREBT AVD CITY IVEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. RISE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT AT i THE BANK OF ENGLAND. ~ rre I The Directors of the Bank of England have 50 1 5 ,Ztast and ilaHymen% just advanced their rate of discount from 7 per 5 1 t 3.11 Tlir., W r ol , a n nAl •1 1 r C. . 1 Nr u al cent., at w hi c h it was adjusted on the 7th ult., ( 4 1 ' ry l 4; at I'vne 'lc to 8 per cent. The alteration has not created 10 Rost. Slcaf. and Mid.Co -,tack Bristol and Exeter flinch surprise, owing to the increased exportation , stock Caledonian , °f specie, and the extraordinary pressure which has . r) ceaoWal. n ri- d hp r n ,a .t i ( La:dig-al: Pork, r il l r l ock., trassag,c Cornwall..... been prevailed in the discount market. As it has .200 been imp oss ibl e t o negotiate bills at 7 per cent. in 10 D o A(A gets no div. the open market, the demand at the Bank has to Do 13 ! ras t be 6 en ' • P d e . r al been excessive, and the returns in the Gazette 50 Dublin k Belfast June. 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc. t - morrow evening will no doubt show that the stock East o Anglian authorities are fully justified in the course they stocksoe rea s st e e rn rn Pn ' io n n tie l stock have pursued. StCOC Do do Bdo 25 Do Nw A, late EIJNis. A further sum of £59,000 in Australian gold was stock ' East Suffolk stock 'Edinburcrh & Glasgow sent into the Bank of England yesterday. stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee The steamer which left to-day for Spain con- 10 Forth &Clyde Junctionl stock Furness . veyed £16,000 in gold. stock ;alas.% and S. Western The interest on Danish 5 per cent. Bonds will sto"ck ( c lr re ea a ttt r h t l e o rn f Scotland be payable on and after the Ist proximo. stock Do do A stock stock Do do T 1 do A call of £3 per share, amounting to £90,000, is stock Gt. S. kW. of Ireland due to-morrow on the Buffalo and Lake Huron stockoe Gr i ;a o t si lTeern , ~ Val a . . • fito .. ClC . Railw a y, N e w £2Ol shares. stockl2 Irish South-eastern Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes- stock Lancas hire London an : 7 3 t t o r k i : w t a r i r i terday continued inactive, and Coast prices were again stock T l . , o on n I RA g a ll ! . . and & Dover a shade sower. The sales were about 5,000 stock Load. &Nth. Western stock Load. & •ith. Western bales. 25 L'derry & Coleraine Towards the close of business yesterday after- st2osek waiine.ra:f.FinalsKi.tolllnen 1100 n a decline of about i per cent. took place in 114 mgpo d rt o ant s v i s a r r i e i s sie the market for Public Securities, and a further 10 Metropolitan similar depreciation has been reported to-day, stock 4 91olanndew. Consols being 911 1 for money, and 91i 92 for the stock Mpi0,Y17,,,v, ing ij & t :?erb d y March account. This unfavourable change is, of 25 Do A shares Course, mainly attributable to the disturbed state VI 9; 1 0 1C , ga t y Line . . of the money market. The New Threes are flat, 1( 1 ) . g .7. , ewcasre A and ( QV . 911 92 ; the Reduced, at 911 1 ; the New 31 per 20 Newry e wr Warn; L t . . & Roe. Cont. are 101 ; Bank Stock is, firm, at 2341 and stock Norfolk.... sil •.• • • • • • • • • 235 ; and Exchequer Bills have advanced to 3s. stock x'or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoct dis, and 2s. prem.; the New India Luau Scrip has stock u D ni4 s , l ,: p tk o th cc e s n n p v i l i been dealt in at 1000 i, but it is now 100 1 I . stock Do R stock ..... ... stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick. The dealings in the Foreign Securities have 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase stock no Leeds .... -- been of character and Irices are stock Do Yori, Railways an aTerage p, tolerably well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to 70; ditto New (1858), 551 to 56 ; Mexi can are flatter, at 248 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are firm at 84; Russian 3 per Cents., at 611 1 ; Span ish Deferred, at 401- 41 ; and Venezuelan 3 per Cents. at 211. )ciz North London 10 Do new .16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction 12 Not. &Grantham Rail 10 1 - eebl es ...... • •• • 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhomney..... ••• • • • ock Scottish Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock ock Do Scot. Mid. stock.. ,ock The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up :I: to this day, ars in round figures as under :- 1861. 1860. et, Great Western North-Western South-Western t righton 13,096 11,911 s ib , Midland South-Eastern Great Northern 26,329 24.597 Lancashire and Yorkshire ek Shropshire Union...—. 0 Sittingbourne k Sheer. )ck South Devon 0 N , hn. Countiea Union .. S.-Durham & Lane. Un. Eck SJnth Eastern ........ )ck South Wales .......... )ck S. York. and River Dun !0 Staines, Wok,. and Wok 15 Stockton & Darlington !)5 Do do ;5 Do New (1800) >ck Taff Vale ...... all all 100 100 100 100 11 all all all 100 100 100 Ick Do Pref. No 1 lOO ThamesHavenl k&Rail 22 ;0 Ulster Do . I 20 10 Do )ck Vale of Neath ,0 Victoria Sta. and Pim j all 10IC Waterford & Kilkenny 100 10 Waterford & Limerick all !CI West Cnrnwall West London all 10 Do Ist class ...... all ?.0 Do 24 class .. )ck WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO )ck West Midland— Newp Oxford 100 no. ort 100 stock Do. Hereford 100 --- Bristol and Exeter 5,693 5,621 et North-Eastern . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln South Wales Vale of ti Bath 1,708 1,468 et ( - West Hartlepool Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,072 5,401 et( Scottish North-Eastern Great Western of Canada The above returns again show a considerable improvement on those of the corresponding period et; 11 1 the previous year. The increase on the Great Western amounts to £2,145 ; the North Western, to £1,629 ; the South Western, to £762 ; the Brighton, to £1,185; the Midland, to £4,247; the South Eastern, to £770; the Great Northern, to £1,732 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, to £2,127 ; the North /:astern, to £2,548; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, to £671; and the Great Western of Canada, to £2,826. • In the Railway Share Market the transaction s have been moderately active, but a heavy tone has Prevailed, the advance in the rate of discount hav ing caused a decline of about 7 1 ,- to 1 per cent. on several of the principal lines. Caledonians, Great Northern A Stock, North British, and West Mid lands have receded ss. Great Westerns, North Westerns, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; South Eastern, £1 ; and Midlands £1 to £1 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been inactive, and also at slightly reduced quota tions. Paris and Orleans realise 37-1 ; Great Western of Canada have declined to 11 and 11i ; Great Indian Peninsula to 95t. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continued in moderate request, without any mate rial variation in prices. London and County realise 35 ; Bank of London, 521 ; Oriental Bank, 471 ; and English and Australian Copper, 31 31. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 2 1/ 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 n 2 11 1 t New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOl India Stock . Ditto b per Cent .. ... Ditto Scrip Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5} per Cent lOll 1 Co/Isola for Account, March 7 Exchequer Bills, £l,O00, 11d D tro £5OO 2 dis 2 par 3 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1858 B5l Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 B5l 1 Mexican 3 per Cent 241 1 1 Ditto Account - 1 1 1 1 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 Russian 5 pet Cent. 1822, St — Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859 Spanish 5 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded....... 61 1 Turkish 6 per Cent • • Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Commis, Money 914 / Ditto Account THE IVEATHER Share r 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Feb. 14, between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. L S. 9 a.m. Nairn 29.80 32 31 S. 2 7 0. 2 Aberdeen— 29.89 23 W. 1 1 b. 1 Greenock Berwick 29.97 35 32 W. 2 2 b. 5 Portrush Shields Galway ... . Searborough Hull Liverpool 3 0 .05 :2 31 E.S.E. 3 6 C. 1 Queenstown 29/3 47 46 E,S,E, 7 4 0. 6 Yarmouth London 3 0 .13 30 S. 1 1. Night extreme 30 03 26 S.E. 1 9 0. new... .— 3 O 3O 14 25 calm 0 8 1. Dover 3 0 .16 40 38 S,S.W. 2 4 f. 1 Portsmouth Portland Pqmouth .... 29.91 44 42 E. 3 7 0. 3 Penzance .... 29.87 40 39 S. 6 6i b. 6 EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean s ea l eve l ; each 10 feet of vertical rise caus ing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 d e g above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for e vaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12 —estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b , blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h., hail ; lightning ; , misty (hazy) ; 0 ., vercast (dull) ; r., rain ; s , snow ; t., thunder. A. letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). FRB. 14. ER REPORT, Harwich, N.E.. frost ' Inverness, N.E. • frost Leeds, N.W. ; foggy Leith, S.E. ; frost Middlesborough. W.; frosty Milford Haven, S.E.; cloudy Newcastle on Tyne, S.W. ; frost Newmarket, S.W. ; fine Norwich, S.E. ; fine Peterborough, S E.; fine Southampton, N.B. ; cloudy, frost Sunderland, W.S.W. frost Wakefield, S.E ; fine Weymouth, S.E. ; unsettled Whitehaven, S. ; fine Wolverhampton, S.E.; frost York, S.E.; . fog ATIONS, FEB. 13. Madrid, S.W. ; cloudy Marseilles, E.; fine Montpellier, N.N.E. ; eloudy Paris, S.W ; very foggy St. Petersburg, E. ; cloudy Strasbourg, S.W. ; foggy Toulon, E.N.E. ; fine Turin, E. ; foggy Yiezuxa, calm ; foggy WIND AND WEATH Alderney, S.S.W.; cloudy Ayr, N.B. ; frost Bradford, N. •, frosty Bristol, S.S.E. ; frost Cambridge, S.S.E.; fine,frost Cardiff, E. ; cloudy Carlisle, S. ; fine Chatham, N.E., light; fine veal, S.S.W.; fine Derby, N.W. ; fog S.E. ; fino • Dumfries, N. ; frost Dundee, N.E.; frost Edinburgh, calm; hazy, frost Glasgow, N.B. ; frost, fins Goole, S. W. ; frosty Gravesend, calm; fine, frosty liolyhead, breeze, and clear CONTINENTAL ST . Brest, S.W.; cloudy Brussels, S.S.W. • cloudy Ch erbourg, S.S.E.; fine D unkirk, S.; cloudy Ravre, S.W.; fine Lorn ' W.S.W.; cloudy ma • • 'S. , 41 c S • • cloudy b Lyon, ' S. e fog N;'cloudy .~ ..~- &HARE MARA ET.-(11/IS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Cloeing Price. SI 80 82, 7 99 101 m 981 43i 44i 8 8i 15i 16} 50 51 37 39 26 28 86 88 261 262 113 115 110 112 104 106 '132 I:it 112 113 VI 70 61 64 111} 1124 62 64 1134 1144 48 50 904 991 934 944 loi 114 51 51 31. WI 132 1321 104 106 7 6d 52 54 641 1551 1011 101, p 1p 59 5K 891 8q 101 101 31 3 i 10} 101 8 8} 114 116 331 .341 86 88 49 51 6 7 39 n 84/ 851 60 62 90 100 4 7 41 42 10; Ili t), 6 66 13 551 2 5 31 p d p 58 70 114 11l 6 61 851 5 4/ 45 47 41 43 82 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. Paid 25 itlythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issned at £5O Etk dris. & Exet.4 p.etstock 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun 14 Do Ist Clive Fret stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c stock Do. do. Class II 6 p.c stock Do: do. Class C 7 p.c stock E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. I stock Do. do. No. 2 stock Do. New 6 pet et. stock. stock Eastern Union,4 per et. stock Do. 5 per cent Ztlar• • • stock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares stock Do. 4p. c gna. S.& D. stock Fdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. stock Furness, 5 per cent .... stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. stock Great Northern, 5 p. et. stock Po.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt. Nn_ of Scotia. tat pf. stock Gt.Sn..ts W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. stock 50 Great Wez.t. (Barks and Ilants) , Ext. 5 p. ct. stock Fo. Redeem alde,ll p.et. stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct stock Do Irredeemable, do stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. 10 l) t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh: 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref . stock Do Birmg.grar. stock.. 26 Do. Chester gua. shares 13i Do. do. do . 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 pc. pref stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock Lon.& Brig.s pc.gn. No.l stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 stock Do. gua. 6 p. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 stock Do. do. per cen`. 5 Do. do. 4A p. c. shares stock Do. 7 p. 6t. Pref. stock stock Do, ap.o, d o. (W.ltl&C.P ) stout Do.4p.e.q.(div.def.til '65) stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref stock t,on. f 'hat. and Dover Do. W. IA reeiv. no div. 10 Ex.A tilapcispd on ^o B B. & Brom ex. 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et stock T.on. & S.W, 7p. et. stock stock Do. 41 per cent 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. ad ....... 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. 121 Londony. & Ennis. sh. stock Wan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 stocL Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 121 - Jaryoort & Car., 4p. c 12* Do. 41 per cent stock Mid. Con. 6 p c. stook stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c stock Do. 41 p. a pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. at. stock Norfik sp. c. Ex. et. 1844 stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 stock North British, 5 p. o stock Do. New, gas. 3p. c 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she 10 Do. do. do stock Nth. Dev.R ail. & Dck.Co. stock N-EastCons.Pret 4p. c. stock Do. 41 pc. redeemable stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. I 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 L 8. 15 Do. York, .& S. Porch. 20 North Staffordshire i 0 Rhyroney Guaranteed. 2 81 Scottish Central, new pi 1 stock Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. e. pref. stock.... 5 stock Do.Aberdeen,examp.e. 3 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stool, 6 tos Louth Devon, Ann. ins. 4 1 0 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. 3 1.0.6 .4 outh Eastern (Readinz Ann., 1.0.6) stoca Do. 41 per cent stock Do.Fixell I,p.c. Ist is stock =oath Wales, gua. 4 p.c stock Do. 41 per cent. stock 'o. 5 percent:. stock S.-Yorkshire,4 p.c gua.l 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c , 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 percent 3 stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. stock W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk stock Do. 2d do stock Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. stock Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1866 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 121 Do. do. 2d is. all 1100 100 100 100 all all Closing 1 Business Price. Done. ICO 102 20 21 6 6i 99 101 112 115 [O6 108 [lO 112 108 110 124 126 76 80 112 114 90 92 17 119 .12 114 [O4 106 84 86 98 100 99 101 89 91 90 92 101 103 10 106 17i 18i 10i 11 76 78 20i 21i 101 1(4 15i 16 135 137 113 116 113 116 135 140 113 116 101 103 150 153 128 131 170 73 88 89 116 118 150 155 131 141 125 130 63 71 Pj 134 136 102 104 95 97 111 113 109 111 90 S 2 100 102 100 10t :1) idip 22 23 132 134 10 11 23 24 100 102 100 102 91 93 100 102 87 90 27 28 32 33 32 33 45 48 125 127 120 124 101 103 123 126 116 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways Paid. Bedtbrd and Blet.chley all 4. Backingharnshire .. • • 100 ,n JtN.IV &N.W 97 911 Chester'dz Holyhead .. i 100 'Do. Do. do. 5i per cent.' 100 Do . 125 127 Do. do. 5 per sent.! 100 Do. 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledcmin 101 101 Colchester, Stour Val. all 1 E.U.&8 CI 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g,.6p.e. ICG it. North,l3s 137 E.lJnion,Harwicsh Shs all E.Couuts. 11 411 Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gls.Barr.kNeils,Drct. 100 Ca,ledonin Do. New ... , ..... 100 0....... Gloster& uribDuart Dean * Forest all t. West. .lapfo Shares Sharesl ... R .: ... aii...1.... allaaa I ll i DD 00 i N N . .,13 m B d . r L.Daon. e.p&reCcearreln. Preference 100100 1 1 L D n 0 . ..,t N.W ~t so Greenwich utea..l.lt: ....: i 1 1 1: 0 : 0 01 Ip S . e 1: 0 a: t C . . o . L Lo on n. d ,T on ilh (t y Lowestoft, gust. 4 —. p ct. 100 LNorfolk .. Do. 6 per cent .. .. 100 po. rL AZ W Ia: v d M Mid. Bradford Prefer- M e a n: B S u t o x e t k n ... jz . . 3. . I Newmarkt.,lfuryEx ) . guaranteed 5 P.C. i 5 . 5 6 E.Counts Northn.St Eastn. 5 p.c. all D 0...,.„ Do. do. 6 per cent .... a ll ino. Do. Fixed .5 per cent. all t00. North Western p re stos and Wyre. I all i I e L N AT Do. shares A., all Do. -. .. , ~..., .... ydlc Her e ford 100 T.Brassey 104 106 Roystn.Hitch., & Shepi 100 ( 3 t.North . . 132 131 1 * P e ' • 92 Wilts and S omerset.. au Leozsratu 8i 9i South Staffordshire .. 1 ; 0 11 I , l a M t `ClA r an. t . line Wimbledon Croy SU D re o w . sbr 3k 31 97 99 i iP 56 58 15& 16 easing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Business Done. 981 *8 111 1061 51 70f 70 69t 70 113/ 12 1 64 114 1 1001 1991 I 941 4 1 133} 2} I 2 } P 65} lf 102 12 4 P 901 90 09 111 '207 210 61 63 115 120 88 61 fLP* _ rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV ENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1861. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) THIRD COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) HOLLAND V. ROXBERRY. i:3'UN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALLB'-(THIS EVENING). This was an action by the chief mate of the steam-tug Hope for £62 as his proportion of one hundred and thirty four three-quarter shares for services rendered in the sal vage of the cargo of the Earl of Eglinton, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands on 29th January, 1860. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7to lon the Field (offered) 25 to 1 agst Walloon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Deucalion (taken) DERBY. 4to 1 agst Dundee (taken) Very few members present. Nothing else named. The plaintiff's counsel called and examined the captain and crews of several steam-tugs to prove the practice of paying a rateable salvage to the captain and crew of steam tugs for services rendered in the salvage of the cargo of ships wrecked. The defendants contended that the plaintiff's services were voluntary and gratuitously rendered, and that no claim lay against the owners of the ship wrecked. There was no contract expressed or implied to support the claims now made. The defendants' counsel (Mr. Lush, Q.C.) is now ex amining the defendants' witnesses, to prove that the claim was paid and discharged by the owners. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) COMMITTAL OF A DEFENDANT FOR ALLEGED PERII,TRY.— EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—GRUNDY (SMITH AND wire) V. PEAB.CE. This was a judgment summons upon a verdict obtained in the Gravesend Court, and had been adjourned fiom Tuesday. Mr. Kemp, instrusted by Mr. Perry, of Ironmonger lane, appeared for the defendant. Mrs. Smith said that, in Sept., 1854, defendant and a lady introduced themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Crittenden, and hired his rooms. Defendant sl3pt in the same room with the lady on the following Sunday, and upon s subsequent occasion. Witness, a short time since met the defendant in St. Mary-axe, and he then said " that he me; the woman for the first time on the Terrace-pier, went hone with her and paid her as he would any woman under sinilar circum stances. The servant who was living with the plaintff at the time said, that defendant and the lady hired the rocms together, and that she saw him on the following Sundry. That he did not sleep on a sofa in the sitting room, anc that the bed occupied by the lady appeared to have been slept in by two persons. Defendant subsequently called twice, and slept again cn one of those occasions in the house, and again the lady's bed appeared to have been slept in by two persons. Mr. Purvis, grocer, said he was at Gravesend upon a certain Friday, and saw the defendant near the plaintiff's house. Subsequently called at defendant's house and asked for Mr. Chittendei. A lady (Mrs. Pearce) came out and said that no Mr. Crittenden lived there. Mr. Pearce came out, and witness said, " That is the gentleman." Witness mentioned about the Gravesend matter, and Mrs. Pearce, appearing very much cut up, said, " Oh, it was Mrs. Crittenden, was it P" Mr. Pearce was very flurried. Mrs. Smith—At the Gravesend Court defendant offered to pay in four months. Mr. Kemp called defendant, who said he was only at plaintiff's house once, and then by accident, having missed a train. Did not sleep then with the lady, whom he had known for eight or nine years as a very respectable lady. "Never was at the house but once in my life." Mrs. Crittenden said that no one was with her when she took plaintiff's rooms. Defendant did not call at the house more than once, and then he did not sleep with witness. His Honour said he had made up his mind'that defen • dant should have the opinion of 12 rnen in the Central Criminal Court upon his case. He would be committed for 40 days upon tho judgment, and under the 14th and 15th Vic., cap. 110, he would be sent for trial for perjury. Defendant said it was a most diabolical conspiracy against him, and was then removed in custody. POLICE INIELLIGENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH STREET. UTTERING A FORGED BANE OP ENGLAND NOTE. — Henry Spring, 10, Cumberland-street, Middlesex Hospital, general dealer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with uttering a forged Bank of England note for £lO. Mr. Michael Hart, coffeehouse •keeper, 2, Windmill street, said on Saturday night last, about 11 o'clock, pri soner came in and asked me if I would do hira the favour of changing the note produced for him. Knowing the pri soner, I said I had not sufficient change, but if I could pro cure it I would do so, and sent to Mr. Hovell, a cheese monger, who sent me back gold for it. I had previously put the name of " Hart Brothers, Feb. 9," on it. I gave the prisoner the change and he left. I heard no more of it till Monday, when Mr. Howell asked me if I knew who I had it from, as it was so dirty. I told him I did. Last night Mr. Howell brought back the note, which was marked "forged," at the Bank of England, having been passed through the Union Bank, and I gave him in consequence £lO. I afterwards saw the prisoner outside of Carter's, in the Haymarket, and gave him into custody. The prisoner said I knew how he had got it, and I told him he had better make leis explanation before the magistrate. William Kratoske, waiter to Mr. Hart, proved that the note was the eawe he changed at Mr. Howell's, and that he saw Mr. Hart put his name on it, and afterwards gave the change to the prisoner, who then left. Mr. John Howell, of Great Windmill-street, proved giving last witness change for the note produced. It was afterwards paid into the Union Bank by Mr. Carter, to whom I paid it. Prisoner said he wished to know if he did not tell Mr. Hart that he found the note, and whether Mr. Hart did not say that he would change it if he gave him a sovereign? Mr. Hart denied this, and the prisoner was then re manded for a week. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. CHURCH RATES, Lord COLVILLE presented a petition against the abo don of church-rates. THE REMOVAL OF MR. TURNBULL. The Marquis of NO RMANBY said he had given notice to the noble earl with respect to the removal of Mr. Turn bull, but since that circumstances had occurred which in duced him to refrain from putting his question for a few days. BETTIS') POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. itk 18 Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent Do, Do. P Buffalo and L aKe II uroL, 20i 20i 10 kDo. New IDo. Preference ...... iuffalo,Brant&Godricb 15 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187 Do. do. July 1, 187: Do. do. June 1, 187 Clcutta. itS.E astn. (Lim Cape,Eas tn. Prov. (L Cape Town & Dock ScrilJ Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext , Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs I Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 stock Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct 1 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 stock stock Do. do. 18;2.. Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New ova. 5 p. c... Gt. Soutli.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent, Do. do. stock 204 204 100 Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ....... stock stock stock stock stock ~to~k Bonds pay. '76, with )t, till '6O do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras, guar., 4i p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent.., .. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do.'Fourth d 0........ ltelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Ends.' Newiliunswick Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pa, Class A Capital Share', Do. do. Land do., Do. do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Punjaub Do. Do. j c; Do. Indus. St : irlo. g,g4 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. Paid. 100 Closing Price. 74 77. 92 93 16 16a d 41 bdi 6 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 i pr li If d I id 1 1f d 98 99 97 99 100 101 22 23 73 75 CO 63 44 46 50 55 42 47 42 47 057 f 6 d 2 11d 1 11 111 91 d 100 all 93 90 93 96 04 97 89 82 82 84 92 03 85 87 2 it d 'lOO I 10 all 100 1 5 7 5 7 97 98 td - - d 91 98 t d 'WAYS. 5 1 51 - -P 2; 11 114 11 12i 3} 24 , i 31 3i , 23 21 ei 6i 7f 8 l 9 20 874 384 8 9 354 37i 58 57 3 2id 54 51 St 114 11 14 d 20} 214 51 6 91 Al 22 23 3 f ; 1 /- 195 205 400 410 105 110 13 131 et 6 , 1 22 c.!,4 74 8 7 1 ; 21i 3IA ill 34 16 21 2i if 53 65 31 4 5 6 7} 8t Ot 9} 4 0 4 t 300 310 31 3f 190 200 38 38 2 21 51 i 17 18 80 82 345 355 1025 1075 136 145 11 2 12 13 18 20 11 13 1 d 1} 31 32 40 42 8 10 I 20 42 pr ip 1 p 9 lo ID_ id 4 6 t i A 3} i3I XllO 114 T SECIT 107 109 110 112 1004 101 1074 1181 1074 1084 1054 1064 96 98 96 99 965 975 IOG 107 108 NKS. .ITIES. 82 84 68 70 18 19 52 64 1 21 21i 69 71 38 40 204 214 151 IGi 221 23} 31i 36 li 1 61i 62i 1 47 48 174 184 24 25 98 100 id par ,OUS. 131 141 28 30 4} 41 35 37 18 20 13 15 112 116 23} 244 304 31i 101 Ic3 914 98} 31 3B 16 16 26 36 1 lid 1 06C i 1 1 1 pr 3 3} 47 50 70 72 11 12 17 1s p 17 19 5 6 48 50 120 134 32 34 I 6 7! 9/ 101 Business done 11921 2 COURT OF ADMIRALTY. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill for the improvement of the Court of Admiralty. The bill was read a first time. THE TROOPS IN CHINA. Lord HERBERT said it had happened fortunately for him that the first time he had to address their lordships was on a subject which he anticipated would meet with unanimous approval. He would not go into the circumstances that were the occasion of the war in China.' (Hear, hear, from the Earl of Derby.) It would be quite sufficient for him to say that imme diately on the arrival of the news of what he was com pelled to call the disasters at the mouth of the Peiho, troops were sent out by the Government as soon as pos sible to stop the spread of the disaster. At this point he wished to pay a tribute to an officer, who, though called upon to fill a much higher post in India, left with great regret a duty which he would no doubt have fulfilled admirably, he alluded to Colonel Hathorn. (Hear, hear.) The troops sailed, and it would be interesting to their lordships to know how they arrived in that distant part of the world. He would read a portion of a private letter from Sir Hope Grant de scribing the troops under his command. [The noble lord here read the letter he referred to, which spoke in very high terms of the troops placed under his command.] On the Ist of August the force landed at Petang. That country was in a state that rendered military operations necessary ; but notwithstand ing that the period of their arrival had been very short, the troops, after a short engagement, took the place after a very strong resistance. The bravery and intrepidity displayed by the troops on that occasion were beyond all praise. After a short time it became absolutely necessary to capture the Taku forts, which offered a strong obstacle to the advance of the army. They were of great strength and surrounded with wet ditches, which were almost im passable. Our troops gallantly overcame all difficulty, and with the success that had attended their previous efforts gallantly captured the place in the face of all obstacles. It was necessary to dwell upen this part of the war a moment. Since that Pekin had been taken, and we had obtained a number of brilliant successes. reople were apt to forget the difficulties which the troops had triumphed over on the breaking out of the war. The manner in which the; guns were brought up on that occasion was worthy of the highest praise, for despite a heavy fire all were placed in such a position as to ren der all further resistance on the part of the. Chinese futile. The noble lord then noticed the other operations of the army, and came to the engagement at Tien-tsin. At this place it was supposed by some persons that the Chinese were desirous of peace, and that we had forced them into hostilities by our aggressive oonduct, but in his opinion nothing was more ridiculous. Not only in Sir Hope Grant's despatches, but in private letters, all he had seen appeared quite the contrary. So careful was General Grant to prevent the Chinese from misunderstanding, that he allowed himself to be almost surrounded by the ,Tartar troops before orders were given for the forces to open fire. The conduct of the Ist Dragoon Guards was of a very brilliant description, such as would shed a further lustre on that distinguished corps. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord then referred to the naval forces. He had seen letters from Admiral Seymour, the best colleague that could possibly have been selected for Sir H. Grant. Referring to the Armstrong guns, he thought their power had created the utmost sur prise to the enemy, and was such as to confirm the strong opinion the Government entertained of their efficiency, and ho thought he might congratulate the country on their acquisition. LLEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The standing orders were declared to have been com plied with in the case of several railway and other bills. CALEDONIAN, EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW, AND SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAYS BILL. Mr. BLACKBURN, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that he was the chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railer ay, which was one of the undertakings proposed to be amalgamated. This bill had been intro duced for the first time last session, and after a most patient hearing from the committee to which it was re ferred, it was rejected on the ground that sufficient public benefit would not be realised by the bill to jus tify its adoption. The opposition to the bill proceeded from the Town Council of Edinburgh and Glas gow, and other places, and no less than 77 petitions had been presented against it, while there was no similar de m nstration in its favour. Objections were made to the I present bill on the ground ttiat it contained the same fea tures as that introduced ,last session. He contended that the objections were unfounded as the bill was materially altered from that of its predecessor, and said no case had been made out against the bill being referred to a select committee. • Mr. BLACK opposed the second reading, as the real object of the bill was to monopolise the whole of the traffic from England to the south and west of Scotland. The present bill was essentially the same as that of last year, and the committee were so fully satisfied as to its public inutility, that they decided against it without hearing any evidence on thepart of its opponents. Amongst the petitioners against the bill were mineral owners and proprietors of 12 railway companies in Scotland, who might naturally be supposed to be as well acquainted with their own and the national interests as the promoters of this bill. The alterations in the present measure were very trivial, and he doubted very much whether their so-called amendments would effect any improvement. He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time this day seven months. Mr. DALGLISII supported the amendment, and said that the whole community which would be affected by this bill were opposed to it. He objected to the bill also on the general principle that he was opposed to amalgamation. Mr. B. COCHRANE, as one of the proprietors residing on the line of the proposed railway, bore testimony to the fact that the opinions of all the proprietors on that line were not adverse to this bill. Mr. INGHAM, as one of the members of the committee who rejected the bill, stated that it appeared to the com mercial public in Scotland that it would be more conducive to commercial interests if there were competition, instead of the whole traffic being surrendered into the hands of three amalgamated companies. Colonel SYKES said that the real question in reference to this measure was whether or not the public in Scotland should be left at the mercy of a monopoly. He had voted against the original measure, because it surrendered the public into the hands of a monopoly, and for the same rea son he would vote against the present measure. No less than £15,000 was expended in opposing the bill of last session, which was a proof of its unpopularity. Sir J. J. FERGUSON said there were advantages offered to the public in this bill, such as the rates, which entitled it to be carefullyconsidered before its rejection. He therefore supported the motion. The LORD-ADVOCATE said that the question at issue in reference to this bill had been fairly tried last ses sion, and the bill had been decided against on its merits. He thought the house should affir m the principle that they would not sanction the opponents of a bill being put yearly to :the expense of contesting it, if the promoters thought fit to introduce it annually. He must, therefore, oppose the second reading of this bill. Mr. CAIRD said the bill had been brought before the house seven times, and under the circumstances he must oppose the present motion. Mr. HADFIELD supported the bill, and wished to know whether the opposition was authorised by Government. Mr. M. GIBSON said that the bill had been under the consideration of the Board of Trade, and they did not think there was anything in regard to it that justified the de parture from the usual practice of making any special re port but left its merits to be decided on by the house. Mr. MASSEY said that no case had been made out to induce him to withhold his assent to the bill being referrad to a select committee. After a few words from Mr. BLACKBURN the house divided, when there appeared, For the motion Against —46 Majority The bill was then read a second time. PRIVATE BILLS. The East India Irrigation an d Canal Rail way Bill was withdrawn. Several private bills were read a first time. NAVAL ADMINISTRATION. .Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that on air early day he would move for a select committee to inquire into the co; astitutiou of the Board of Admiralty, and to ipquire also THAMES. ROBBERIES 13Y A CLERK.—Alfred Westrap, a well dressed youth about 19 years of age, who was said to be very respectably connected, was charged with stealing watches and other property from several houses where he had lodged for a short time. Mrs. Elizabeth Fox, a laundress, of No. 11, Grove street, Stepney, stated that the prisoner hired an apartment of her last Thursday, by the week, and said he was a clerk. Yesterday the prisoner said he was going to look after a situation, and went out. Upon his return at three o'clock in the afternoon he said he had been unsuccessful, and asked her to borrow a newspaper for him that he might ascertain if any places were advertised. She bor. rowed a paper for an hour, and he sat down in his room and read it for a long time. All at once she heard the prisoner leave his room, creep to the street door and open it. She suspected something wrong and went into her front room and missed a valuable silver watch from the stand. She immediately went after the prisoner and called out " stop thief' as loud as she was able. After a long run ha was stopped by some men in front of a broker's shop and brought back to her. He then took her watch from his breast and handed it to her. Its value was six pounds and upwards. _ _ In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the witness said the prisoner informed her he was a clerk and that he intended to get a situation at the Pavilion Theatre as an actor, and if he failed there, he should obtain a situation. Mrs. Emily Lewis, of Pentonville-road, near King's cross, stated that on Saturday the 2d inst., the prisoner hired an apartment in . her house. He slept in the house the same night. On Sunday morning, the 3d inst., at two o'clock, he suddenly disappeared, and, directly after he went out, she missed a watch, a purse containing some money, and a small gold chain. Mr. Yardley—When did you see your watch and chain last ? Mrs. Lewis—At half-past nine o'clock in the morning. Half an hour before he went away I saw my watch and chain. My purse was taken from the pocket of a dress belonging to me. Carter, a police-constable, 78 K, stated that he found three pawnbroker's duplicates on the prisoner, and one of them referred to a watch pawned in the Mile-end-road on Feb. 9. Mrs. Lewis had not yet seen that watch. There were other charges against the prisoner. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner until to-morrow. IBIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 14.—Wind this day at noon—South. Easterly ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. - - - . - DEAL, Feb. 13.—Wind N.E —Arrived—Mernow Broi from the River, and sailed for Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Icarus, from Bermuda ; her Majesty's ship Spitfire, from Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 14.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's steamer Ondine, for Lisbon. FALMOUTH, Feb. 14.—The Sprite, of and from Sunder land for Bordeaux, sprung a leak, and foundered last night, 20 miles north-west of the Lizard; crew landed here. (CY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Atrato, steamer, from St. Thomas ; Isabella Croll, steamer, from Cardiff; Hornet, from Pittensween ; La Poule, from Cherbourg; Courier, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed—Anemone, for Newcastle; Hay and Catherine, for Seaham ; Allianoe, steamer, for Havre ; Ceres, steamer, for London; Wonder, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRIVICSEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp; Diana, steamer, from Amsterdam. Sailed—Nimrod, for Sydney. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Feb. 13—Derwent, screw steamer, for Swansea; Caroline Brown, for St. Michael's ; Majestic, for the Clyde —all from London ; Goshawk, brig, and Nil Desperandum, brig, from the westward, for London. It appears that the directors of the Eastern Counties Company, at their last meeting, determined to adopt a system of communication between the guard and engine-driver of a train, which will, in the first instance, be applied to express and fast trains, with a view,however, to its extension to ordinary trains. FOREIGN RATL' Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardenne5........... lish.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Bel ;tan East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Ca—neaux Mine Copiapo Oitio Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France .... Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c.' Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva .... • • Namur SL Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref.. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, & Mediter Paris & Orleans ..... . Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, a. 7 p c. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p et. West Flanderis Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France . WestPrn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand . Pll all all all all all all all all all BRITIS Alfred Consols (Philack) I British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon gib,. WI Russel (Tavistk.' • Gam.(tSt.Aubyn(Gwen.j 'Great South Tolzus.... 'G. Wheal Alfa. (Philack: G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston; Grenville ;Herod's- Foot. .. illingstma Downs !Lady Bertha - 'Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs !North Frances (Illogan) N.Wh'l Basvat (1110 ,an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (st. Blazey) 20 Providence (Uny Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) 'S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. ,S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 10 Tin Croit Vale of Towey (Carm )i West Basset (Illogan) I .W. Caradou (Liskeard). West Seton - , Wheal Basset (1110g . a . 11 'Wheal Buller (ftedruth - Wheal Edward (Cals. Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant Wheal litaryAnn (Men. I Wheal Trelawney (Lis.), FOR EIG: Australian Bon Accord Copper,l,im. Brazil St.J.delltey,Lini Do. Land and Mining, Co. Clarendon Cons. MinCo Cob re Copper Copiapo Dun3loun.Cop.Ming. Co Fortuna. General 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austri Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian . Mariquita N.RhineCopotS.!..us.L Pontg.,ribaud SP.var,Lead, Mining at:a Smelt Port PhPip Scotti'lli Austrin. (L.) Unwed Mexican TATorthing, (Limited)... De COLONIAL GOVERNMEN Can. Gov. 6p.c.Ja.,tJuly Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6p. cent. 1884 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876; Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 s.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 Scup. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. JP. &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. JOINT-STOP X B A4, , ,TaUnitedService Bk, Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, dm. Ch.Dler. of In. Lon.& Ch. City (Colonial . Corn. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch„ Gen. Bk .of Switzerls.nd Lon. Char.Bkof Austral London and County London Joint !!.,tock :: London and S.Alrican.. London .1z Westminster Nat. Pre;,,r. of England Do. now 'National Bank • • .. 'New South Wales 'Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. new South Australia Union of Australia Union o London Unity Mutua1........ !Commercial stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min.! 100 stock East and West India ; 100 stock London 1 100 stock :St. Katharine ' 100 stock Southampton lOO stock Viethri a.. ........ ~ lOO 20 IDo • New . ........ - t 2 MISCELLANE tAnglo 7 M exican Mint -.. 'Atlantic R. MI Stm (1d) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Watei (Limited) IBritish American Land ,B.Srl.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canadi Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop. Min.ofE.ng.&Smltg. Do. Pref. 7 per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference E. Indi a Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New Engli h & Aus. Copper team Navig f aL m Great Ship Limited)... Do. 176 p ct Preferenca Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal.. Med. Exten. National Dia. Co. ( Lim.', Nerbu.Coaht Iron Lim : Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. N.Br:&NovaSeotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lint.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) . Orintlin.Steam(Lim.).. Peellt.Lnd.&llin.(Lim.) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. New RedSearlnd.Tel.g.4ip.e Rhr miff Iron aynu_ Do. New all Royal Mail Steam 6O Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 South Australian Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip., all Do. do. Registered. Do. do. all Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUgr.Can 5 Pau Dierwo!F 10ad . .. 4 181 stock 1000 321 10 stock 25 stock stock 20 stock stock 100 stock 99 i 81 111 1 11 1 8j 231 21 131 81i 8} 121 21} 2.14.8 7.4.0 54/ 17i 1 13.9.6 i Oi 5.11.6 8.12 4.10.6 1.8.6 11* 1 9.18.9 1* 10.6.7 I all 124.8.0 t3s 6d 47. 5 5 7.5 1.7.2 MINE. ii l3l i 4 11 M 31i 11# I 21i i all t 1 28.6 d. all 1 10s. ail all 19s. all 40 all all all all all 100 100 1 100 whether some mode might not be devised more efficient than the present for the administration of naval affairs. DRAINAGE OF LAND, &c. Sir J. SHELLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measures for further facili- Win 2: the drainage oVands by the improvement of outfalls and arterial channels. Sir G. C, LEWIS raid he believed that considerable in terest existed on the subject, and a bill was in preparation, whiqti would be laid before the house on an early day. THE MILITARY AND CONSTABULARY AT LONDONDERRY. Mr. M'CORMICK inquired of the Chief Secretary for Ireland by whose advice and recommendation a large number of the military and constabulary force wero sent into the city and county of Londondery, on or about the 18th of December last ; and whether any correspondence or documents upon which such orders were made were in existence, and would be produced. Mr. CARDWELL said that in sending troops and cox stabnlary to Londonderry the Government acted on their own responsibility. SCHOOLMASTERS IN SCOTLAND, &c. Mr. STIRLIN G asked the Lord-Advocate if he pro posed to introduce in the present session any bill for the relief of the parochial schoolmasters of Scotland, whose salaries had been diminished by the expiry of the late Act The LORD ADVOCATE said he had submitted the matter to the consideration of the Government, but he could not say what would be the nature of the bill, or when it would be introduced. VACANCY, &c. (SCOTLAND). In answer to Sir J. FERGUSSON, The LORD-ADVOCATE said that he had a bill in pre aration en these subjects, and he took that opportunity of stating that he was also prepared to introduce a bill on the question of the fisheries in Scotland. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND a writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a member of Parliament in the plaoe of Sir John Owen, Bart., deceased. THE ARMY AND THE NAVY ENGAGED IN THE CHINESE WAR. Lord PALMERSTON, in rising to move a vote of thanks to the members of the army and navy engaged in the opera tions in China, said he had one of the most grateful duties to discharge. These forces had performed brilliant services under circumstances of great difficulty and attended with considerable danger. These operations were of a most remarkable description. In the first place these operations were performed by a comparatively small force, and in one of the remotest portions of the globe. The e was not a single mistake committed in the whole of the operations, and the greatest unanimity prevailed between forces engaged. The noble lord having adverted to the fact that force was not resorted to until all attempts at con ciliation had failed, referred in detail to the achievements of the B ritish troops,which he highly eulogised. He adverted also to the union that prevailed between the French and English troops, and expressed a hope that they would never be materially engaged in hostilities except side by side. He also directed attention to the great political benefits wbich might be expected to result from our successes in China, in inducing the people of that country to keep faith with the European troops for the future. Mr. DISRAELI seconded the motion, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY. There was very little doing to-day, the uncertainty as to the Lincoln races coming off causing quite a check upon speculation. For the handicap, 5 to 1 was offered on the field, 10 to 1 was taken against Miss Emma, and 14 to 1 agst Benbow. For the Lincoln Chase, 4to 1 was offered on the field. For the Liverpool Steeplechase, 10 to 1 was offered on the field ;4 1 b.nd offers were made to back Dundee for the Derby at 4to 1. Closing prices : LINCOLN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Golden Pippin (off., tuke 6) 10 to 1 agst Miss Emma (taken) 14 to 1 agst Benbow (taken) LINCOLN STEEPLECHASE. 4to lon the field (offered) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 10 IO lon tke field (offered) 30 to 1 agst Redwing (taken) POSTPONEMENT OF THE RACES. LINCOLN—THURSDAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) In consequence of the severity of the frost, these raoes are postponed until to-morrow (Friday) and Saturday. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILW AY. The half-yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders in this Railway was held this day at the offices, Waterloo Station. - Captain MANGLES, chairman of the directors, presided. The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, and the half 'yearly report, which has already appeared in The Sun, been taken as read, The C HAIRMAIt said when the extraordinary wet weather that existed during the year 1860, the exceeding lowness of the temperature, and the new line, which was opened for the first time, and which was technically called a " green line," were considered, he did not think that the directors hail overstated the facts in their report by declaring that the statement of their affairs for the last half-year was satisfactory. The directors had received an order from the Board of Trade to double the Dorchester line of rails for a distance of twenty-six miles, which he thought the meeting would agree with the directors was quite unnecessary. (Hear, hear.) The traf f ic at present was worked satisfactorily, and that being the case he hardly thought it right to call on the directors to execute such work, but as the Board of Trade possessed such a power, amongst others which seriously affected the prosperity of railway property, the directors had no alter native but to comply with the order. The directors had waited upon the authorities to remonstrate against such a proceeding, but all in vain. The paragraph in the report referring to the locomotive department he did not think called for any remark from him. With respect to the permanent way there had been a charge for £5,000 for repairing in two heavy slips in the clay district, and as that was an exceptional item he did not think that it was likely to appear again for some time. He had great plea sure in informing the shareholders that the company had no bills in Parliament during the present session. (Hear, hear.) A statement had gone forth which had caused some regret that the directors were in favour of extensions. He knew positively that the directors were of opinion that they had got far enough to the West when they got to Dorches ter. The directors had no idea of putting life and breath into several small schemes afloat, nor did they intend to contribute anything towards carrying them out. (Hear, hear.) Extension being dead and buried, he thought that the directors would be far better engaged in develop • ing the resources of their property to its fullest extent, and further increasing the traffic thereon. The shareholders had granted a sum of £l,OOO towards the improvement of the position of their employes, and he thought the meeting would like to know how that sum had been appropriated. They had granted £5O to the schools (hear, hear), £lOO to the Mechanics' Institute, £550 to the Friendly Society, and £3OO to the fund for decayed clerks. (Hear.) It was not the intention of the directors on that occasion to ask for anything further at present, but, at the next half yearly meeting, a proposition would be made for an in crease to that sum. He thought that the granting of of an increased sum for that laudable purpose would be a benefit to the company, and only just and generous to their servants. It had been his habit on former occasions t 3 go through the figures in the report, but he did not think he was called to do so on that occasion. He had examined them very minutely, and as they appeared in the report they were fairly and honestly stated. While a judicial inquiry was pending he did not think it would be judicious in him to make any remarks on the unfortunate accident that had occurred on the line on the 28th of January, further than saying that the directors deeply regretted the accident that had occurred, especially as it had cost the life of one eminent member of society, who was esteemed and valued by the highest person in the realm, as well as by every other member of society— (hear, hear)—and had been the cause of great suffering to a number of others. (Hear, hear.) It was a matter of congratulation that since the opening of their line only five individuals had lost their lives by accidents upon it. When it was considered that upwards of 72,000,000 persons had been safely carried, and that during the last year no less than 7 ,000,000 persons safely travelled on their line, he did the directors and shareholders had good cause to congratulate themselves on such a favourable result. He did not think that such a statement showed that the directors were at all careless of the lives of their passengers; but he hoped the public would not forulda moment think that any relaxation in their erndeavours.wf othe be made by the directors to provide for the persons using their line. (Hear, hear gedireetors at the elude without expressing the regret of the who had .) c.ol'ulafedtYnoot con zielli, loss they had sustained by the death oTJ the board of directors. ' for a number of years filled the time of the meeting He did not think he need el:eerie:lie at required any explanation any further, but if any it to the best of his ge ntleman in giving he should feel great pleasurerellpue would resume his seat by mov ability. rt. (Hear, hear. mov ing the adoption of thebad t grea pleasure in seconding the Mr. TITS said he He s hould, however , like to kn ow what were the mo tion. schemes a ll u ded to which the directors had expressed their intention of watching in their report. He did wish the chairmen to give the information if it was thought wise to do so. The cMAIRMAN said he thought the schemes alluded to were too insignificant and unremunerative to mention them, as such circumstance only brought them into notice. All he could say was that the directors would narrowly watch them, and he had no doubt they would succeed in knocking th em on the head. (Laughter.) Mr. EDWARDS said he had an amendment to move to the adoption of the report. It was that the directors would direct their early attention to the efficiency of the w or ki ng of the line, more especially between Kingston and Wey- Jaridge and the Chertsey branch. After allort digcwieio4 gae report was adopted, OLD FOLKS' CONC.EBT. A very en-Lions troupe of minstrels have al-rived from America, and have taken up their public abode in the smarter hall of St. James's, which is entered from Piccadilly. It consists of 30 performers, costumed in the style of a period ranging from 50 to 100 years siva, and showing all the eccentricities of former fashions, and proving that our grandfathers and grand mothers, and ancestors, doubtless up to the remotest times, were, as are their descendants, the slaves of fashion, consenting to put on any ludicrous garb, or any absurd costume_that the absurdity of the period may demand. The concert is divided into the 'sacred and the secular, and thus we have several pieces of very eld religious music in the first part ; whilst the second is devoted to very worldly, not to say fast produc tions, although throughout the utmost decorum is preserved. The first part consists of some very old psalm tunes, which forcibly carry one back to the pure and stern Puritan times, when the young Republic was making her way into the wild prairie and the dark woods, and when she had a stern and often solitary duty to perform. Doubt less in the cities of the Western World, whence this " Old Folks' Concert" comes, these old tunes, sung with the 'simple yet natural power of these singers, must produce many associative feelings which we on this side the Atlantic cannot so fully participate in. The merrier portion of the entertainment con sists of some melodies which have the novelty and gaiety of the Western world, and although they cannot be called negro, they have the simplicity and touchingness of that class of music. Mrs. Nichol sang two or three ballads with great sweet ness, and a certain naivete which were very telling and which commanded rapturous encores. A lady of the name of Reeve sings with much expression and power ; and there is a fine natural bass voice, but we did not catch the name of the possessor. The chorus sing very well together, and are effec.. tive. Altogether it will prove attractive from its eccentricity, and from the perfect novelty of much of the performance. We can sincerely recommend those in search of a couple of hours of novel amuse ment to look in on " The Old Folks' Concert." ROYAL INSTITUTION, ALBEMARLE-STREET. On Friday evening last a very interesting and admirable lecture was delivered by the Rev. A. S. D. D'Orsey, 8.D., Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, " On the Study of the English Language as an essential part of a University course." After some general observations vindicating . the claims of language on the attention of men of science, not simply as the vehicle of thought, but as the very loom in which thought is woven, he entered on a rapid sketch of the origin of the English lan guage, illustrating his subject by large maps of Europe and the British islands, coloured (as he termed it) "glosso graphically" so as to exhibit the seats of the various languages and dialects. Ho showed also by coloured charts and tables the pro portion of the Teutonic and Romanic elements in the spoken language, and in the writings of our great authors. Thus out of 100,000 words in Eng lish, 60,000 were Teutonic, 30,000 Romanic, and 10,000 from all other sources. Having thus proved the great preponderance of Anglo-Saxon words in English, the lecturer entered on an inquiry as to the present modes of teaching our native language. He censured the employment of uneducated nursery governesses, quoting Quin telean in support of his strictures. Extracts were then read from the reports of H.M. Inspectors of Schools, to prove the want of attention to the proper teaching of English in schools for the people—the indistinct articulation—the mono tonous sing -song—the total want of, reading, so as to understand or be understood. Schools for the middle and upper classg were next reviewed, and their means of teacking - English by trans lations from the classics, occasional themes and declamations on speech, were fully con sidered. The City of London School, King Edward's at Birmingham, and the Grammar School of Bury St. Edmund's were about the only ones where direct English teaching existed. The first English department worthy of the name was insti tuted in the High School of Glasgow in 1834, and since then English masterships and professorships had been founded in King's College and University College, London, and in the Queen's Colleges in Ireland. But in the universities little had been done. Professor Aytoun, in Edin burgh, and Professor Ingram, in Dublin, had met with considerable success for many years. Mr. C. J. Plumptre (a barrister of the Temple) an eminent elocutionist, had broken ground at Oxford, and an English lectureship had been founded at Cambridge, but both were of origin too recent for their results to be at present adequately estimated. The authorities in our great universities seemed to rely on previous training. They assumed that men were masters of their own language when coming into residence, and that a few prizes for essays, poems, declamations, and reading in chapel were sufficient encouragements. So while there was ample disciplining of the mind, and every effort to store it with knowledge, there was no training in the mode of communicating thought; men were not taught, not even clergy ' men, to read and speak in public. The lecturer then sketched the results of this neglect of the mother tong'ie. The mass of oar population, in spite of all that has been done, must be considered densely ignorant ; millions never opened a book ; nearly fifteen millions never entered a church or chapel. Other causes might operate, but the want of a knowledge of language was a potent one. People, whose vocabulary was limited to about 300 words, could not follow a sermon, and clergymen who had never been taught the value of plain Saxon-English could not preach one. Then amongst the middle and upper classes, how superficial was the knowledge of Eng lish. How few could write a common letter With out faults in grammar, choice of words or spelling. Punctuation was absolutely ignored by many. What were the speeches at public meetings, or rather how would they appear in print, but for the talent of the reporters, who could bring order out of chaos. The results of the civil service examinations abundantly proved the justice of these strictures ; and the fruits of univer sity trainin g,or rather non.training, were too patent to require illustration. Our clergy too oft en carr ied into the reading desk and pulpit all t he defects of early life, the provincial accent , the sing-song tone, the nasal twang, the lisp or bu rr or stam mer , min distinct utterance, inaudible reading,vociferation, er wr ong emphasis,uudue stre ss on part i cular words,and many other faults. G oo d sermons were the excel). f or if sound in doctrine • and full of zea l, the s tion rather then the rule,t i l e wa s often obscure or p e . d an tic or inflated, an d the delivery monotonous , and soporific. In the Senate, though most o f the mem b ers were University men, there were but few r eally effective speakers. Were our senators trained to speak well, that is, to the point, much time would be saved and public busi ness dispatched more rapidly. The remedies Mig_ gested were-Ist, Training schools for nursery governesses, who, without knowing or pretending to know French and Italian, should speak English without vulgarisms. 2nd, Greater attention in our present training colleges for schoolmasters to due instruction in English, especially in correct and. fluent speaking. 3rd, More encouragement to MCA of talent and education to become and to remain schoolmasters by holding out the prospect of hon ourable offices to distinguished teachers. Why should Inspectorships of Schools be always given to clergymen and barristers, to the exclusion of the schoolmaster. 4. The appointment of a. thoroughly accomplished scholar as English master in every great public school, of equal rank with. ' the other masters. 5. The endowment of at least., one professorship in every University. 6. The. recognition of English as a subject, in every ex— amination not strictly scientific, and rewarding distinction in composition or oratory in the same substantial manner as eminence in classics or mathematics. Were these suggestions carried into effect, thin lecturer believed the greatest benefits wov:id result,s not merely literary, but moral and rerigious, a as no s; not simply to the educated, but to the great the ni of the community. The lecture oftheatreuni erou Royal Institution was filled witb a Er l and distinguished audience, an "cl thevel-t.ey.v was frequently and loudly a pplaud d 13Lecture iges pace and vith ries, ally aid cful, rent the its :yle, Od ; 39a Id ; Od ; 621; ?eas, with lay's 1 re - vily, Bibs. ands were e. d. 5 8 6 2 5 2 5 8 4 6 5 0 ?iggp c of 58 ork, ;, as to 'tc, 43 ws : ; , 48 trter 4 Os )Ver uad . Ss ; 2 Os Od ; 18a 6 6i gOi t 51 i 20 1 20 5 1 40 S 1 28.214 100 100 2011 100 KS. 100 107 105 f 107} i 181 i 52} 471 i 18 39i 9 t i 3 i I 31}