The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-19 00:00:00

CITY NEWS. 1101VE17 111 A CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Less activity has prevailed in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days, the discount orders preventing large speculative operations. Tea has continued in moderate request at previous rates, and sugars have been dealt in to a limited extent without any material change in values. For coffee the inquiries have been of quite e. .retail character, a n d th e i n f er i or qua liti es h ave 61 Ightly given way in price. Rice, fruit and spices have exhibited no change of importance. In salt , - Petro and tallow the operations have been very limited, and in the latter article they have been Chiefly on speculative account. P.Y.C. on the spot and for March delivery is now quoted 59a. 9d. to GOs• per cwt. In the Liverpool Cotton Market the demand Yesterday continued very limited, and prices were unaltered. Th e sales were about 5,000 bales. There were n o bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The steamer }Pera, which leaves to-merrow, the 2 0th inst,, for India, China, &c., will take out 71,0 67 —viz., £14,992 in gold and the remainder In silver. The proposed liquidation of the Commercial Bank of London, in consequence of the fraud per petrated at the West-end Branch, still engages attention, and the general opinion appears to be Strongly in favour of the course pursued by the directors in making over their business to the Xondon and Westminstr, by which means the alarm that might have otherwise been created a mong the depositors has been entirely prevented. Owing to the subsidence of pressure the appear ance of the money market is rather more satisfac • tort', but the rates, except for the best qualities of Short dated bills, continue very firm. A few trans actions have taken place in the class of securities referred to at per cent. under the Bank minimum, but an immediate reaction in the rates is scarcely anticipated. A firmer market has prevailed to-day for Public Securities, Consols having advanced about 4 per C ent, viz., 914 for money, and 92 92k for the Recount. Speculation is inactive, but a few pur chases have produced a favourable effect. The Nevi Threes and the Reduced are firm at 914 1; Long Annuities at 161 ; Bank Stock is steady at ` 3B i and 240 ; India ditto at 221 ; ditto 5 per Cents. at 100 ; ditto New Loan Scrip at 100 t ; b ut Exchequer Bills are fiat at 9s. to 4s. dis. Foreign Securities show little alteration,:with the e lception of Mexican stock, which has receded to ,„ 23 1 being fully per cent. lower tha n y es t er d a y. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 694 to 70 ; ditto 1858, 65 to 561; ditto £lOO Bonds are fiat at 58. Por tuguese are firm at 461; Rus s ian 4/ p er Ce n t s , a t ul 92 ; Spanish at 481 d ; do. Deferred are steady at 401 ; Belgian 41 per Cents. are 98. The Railway Share Market has been rather ' 4ll , and in one or',,two instances prices opened With increased depression. Eastern Counties have declined ss. and South Western, ss. Great Wes tern have improved 55., Lancashire and Yorkshire, ".) Midlands, 10s., North Eastern (Berwick), 55., and South Eastern, ss. The Foreign undertakings have been at about 110I llinal quotations. t 0 98 k, the Colonial Markets East India have receded T runk anti Great Indian Peninsula t o 95f. Grand ` r unk of C ana d a d ec li ned to 22, and Great Western of Canada are steady at 11 to 11-1. Joint-stock Bank and Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares h ave bee n in limit e d reques t. L on d on and Westmin- Ater realise 611 61,1 ; Bank of Australasia, 68i ; P alace of Aust ra li a h ave i mprove d to 39-3- ; Crystal 4- alace Stock is steady at 31; Red Sea Telegraph at 18 ; and Royal Mail Steam at 49}. i t BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a 41 c Stock a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll A ti.l)er Cent. Commas Annuities A;!° 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l/ 1 --„ouities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — 1 Aiitto for 39yrs, expire ire sth April, 1885 l6/ India Sto k Dtt o c ••• -r,' a per Cent &sift() itt b • it I 1 , -to E se nla V ced Paper, 4 per Cent. .. 100 1 4- , 6i per Cent lOl thtto Debentures, 1858 1 -, Ditto 1859 t u itto Bonds £l,OOO ' l5 dis _ 4B ols for Account, March 7 'lloquer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto £soo 9 4 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK tt • . kaathan 5 per Cent , eit , i Call 3 per Cent _ 11: 1 Ltto Account C,,Nlise 3 per Cent.. 1853. "rail 6 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 4/ per Cent. ir,, tto 3 per Cent, 1859 t ish 3 per Cent t i i to New Deferred .. 4B/ 1 —,, tto Account ... l'illiittioll 'l 2 .itni .... of Coup, not funded....... 6 i k tto sii , per Cent . A A C c e:W t o un . Loan 551 5 55 Dit to £lOO Bonds Bet .Dividends on the above payable in London. • 1%14,1,1 per Cent., Ex 25f 9B nixes° 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Consols TWO O'CLOCK. M , oney Ditto Account 92 i TILE WEATHER. M ETEOROLOGICAL REPORTS Thies` __ ... ..... , ..u1vi.a.mr.u./.A.0 Akea - vnua. betw D al, S *-- 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. ~...._9 a .m. Ic4 --- ----____ . 1 i i ) ..r0 .. ---- --- 9 o. 6 .s. ei,,• ..... . 2945 39 37 E.S.E. 6 Greei,"e,,L..•. 29•60 33 37 S.S.E. 5 ter..,AeX 29'38 43 41 E. 4 90. lird, i .,•ez 29'63 42 40 S.S.E. 8 9r. 6 Nel d BB4 2l 29'28 45 43 S. 4 4C. 3 izta, b „. ... , 29'53 42 41 S.E. 8 5 T. "q1.. 1 1.11 " rw ugh 29'59 42 41 S. 3 BM. 5 ..),e,_ 29'57 42 41 S.S.E. 3 4 O. 1 . 4 1 ., i ,`1 5 001 ... 2943 46 42 S.E. 5 3 c. 7 3 t l .o,c g otith 2 9 / 1 42 41 S.S.E. 3 7 1. t gla d t " 29'65 46 44 S.S.E. 23b. Do.k " e xtreme 29'64 42 S. 2 sc. .• • Pori! Ntt?lllouth 'alld Pe' ,„outh S.W. 5 - "Alice b. 5 toa,,XPLAIIATIoN.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced ca li :. deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise do„. 111 g about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 ),'„,_ltbove 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. epr,s_sed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for toteoration and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — (1 t o t tgnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud f.' ' 3 t• , h , , in 4 . 9 ). I. Initials :—b,, bl ue s k y; c., clouds (detached); IN, •hail ; 1., li ghtning ; ~ misty (hazy) ; 0., r e C ast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter Netted o augments—thus, 9) r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb- Ivp,,, q t , AND WEATHER REPORT, THIS DAY, 9 A. 31. .y, l ey, S. ; cloudy I nv e rness , S.W . ; d u ll kw -t..N.E. ; m ild Leeds, S.E. ; f i ne 4 44 7 S. by W., blowing Leith, E. ; dull ti),..(?ng; wet Limerick, 8. ; fine 13,(4..,1ngbara, S.; fine Lowestoft, S.W. ; rain L.Nford, N.E. dull Manchester, S.W. ; fine t'Aton, S.W,'; dull Middlesborough, E. ; dull NI 1 N• • fine a,„,,° 7 • f Milford Haven, S.'. ; gale (I,,,eridge, S• ; fine Newcastle on. Tyne, N.E. ; Ciff, s.; fine rain Ci i t i Ne, E.S.E. ; fine Newmarket, S.E. ; fine S.E. light ; dull Do"ilam,southerly,moderate Norwich, 14 8.8. W. moderate Perth, E. ; dull Do h. t ib, S.S.E.; fine Peterborough, S. S.E .; cloudy 1)1 h - ties, N.E. ; fine Port Glasgow E.; breezy ci - i',;1 (1 ,e N.E. ; windy Southampton, S.W. • unset. , Q . 18,7 1 .14gh, E.S.E.; stormy Stockton on Tees, S.W.; fine G oo (1v r E N E • rain Sunderland, S. ; rain l e ~,; • • • ; Wakefield, S.E. • fine GrE t , , 11 . W. • fine 11 ` e nd, W. • fine Weymouth, S.S.N. ' ; cloudy 1-lat",`!Pool, S.i. ; rain. Whitehaven,•S.E. ; fine liol" tc h; S. ; cloudy Wolverhampton, S.; fine Yhead , s .E rain York, W.; t i ne ~ gale ; Br et CONTTNINTAL STATIONS, FRE. IS. 114 8 ) .S.W. ; Very foggy Madrid, S. ; cloudy eh e els, s.s . E , rain_ n ''• l'bo— _ • , slight fig Marseilles, E.5.E..; rain ~-;p,4,`,:rg, S.A.; fine Mot.tpe s l . li!r c , .4.,. -"111 4;, 4 tge... 11 9 N.E.; cloudy Paris, : E, • foggy ~..,,‘, o. • fi ne St. Petersburg, 7 lo N ud E y . ' Ltil, S.W' • ~1 4 1 0 1 : 1 8. ,foggy. ;gain tr a Stockhol m, sbou r o N E . . E ; . ;snowe 4 4 - 04,;: g.s.W.; cloudy, rain Toulon, i.N.E. • i fug Vienna, N.N.E. ; fog TL A sti ,, • report of the Thames and Mersey Marine reeet74lce Company, preparatory to their firsthalfarl receiv e Oh the 28th inst., states the amount of premiums in hand eel to the 31st of December at £94,365, and the balancee. liw• , after writing off £7,816 for the whole of the B pre , 'hat Th e , ePeses, and paying all losses, &c., at £9 ,5 d irect ors having been established only six months, the me rs do not recommend any dividend. w hite ll . t4 T l L Bh , 'ek, or great anxiety changes the blackest h . air by h e ri - "IS colour, however, is to be restored with certainty regard. them nlagnetic brushes, &c. Dr. Hassan says—" I respects their e as the most perfect brushes hitherto made,. as i aCti rih alechanical construction and their ns.agnetica _l•2ll,e4unstnat 'rheumatism, are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, N. 13. —Counterfeits are being made. Odices, el asingtall-atreet, undue. SIMBE 11ARKET.-(77-IIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. f Share Railways. !p aid. Closing I 81181110811 Pride. Done. 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 jßir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 84 84 stock (Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 80 82 25 !Myth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 61 7 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 99 161 stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, Illrock., .t Passage all 20 Cornwall . f A refs no div.! ail 6 64 10 11° A 1 1113H - I'6p p f all d e . r 1 . 3 0 1 .1i all 44 45 10 Dog hasbeenc, 50 Dublin & Belfast. June.] all 25 Dun., Perth, SzAb.Junal all 8 Si stock East Anglian ! 100 151 164 stock Eastern Counties i 100 486 494 48 s4 .Bi stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 stcoc Do do Bdo 1 0 0 26 28 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds 135 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburrh & Glasgow 100 86 88 stock Eslin. Perth, & Dundee 100 261 261 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furn ess stock Masc.. and S. Western 100 115 117 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 110 112 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 110 112 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val orta. stock 100 61 64 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1111 1125 112 11; stock London and Blackwall 100 62 64 634 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 1100 1135 1141 1134 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 48 50 stock Load. & Nth. Western 100 994 100 100 994 100 j stock Lond. & gth. Western lOO 935 941 94 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all 2 5 L'clerry & Ennisaillen all 10/ 111 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln.. 100 51 511 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all 125 Do do shares.... all 10 Metropolitan 6 3/ 24d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do firming. & Derby 100 104 106 5 0 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 2 5 Do shares zit 25 Mid Kent. 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Csrlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt..is Ros all stock Noilolk lOO 52 14 stock North British .. . 100 645 65 stock Vor.Dev.Bail&Dk.7 . tock 100 stock D, A stk ; A recs no d. until flpchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 102 1021 1024 25 Do do , purchase 16134 p 1p stock Do Leeds .............. 100 58 59 58 I stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 5 9.16.4 North Staffordshire..., 175 34 3 1 1 0 N. and S. W. Junction,. all 105 101 12 Not. & Grantham Rail;. 11 8 85 10 ftebles ........ all 2 0 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- tock Scottish Central took Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 335 345 took Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 took Shropshire Union...— lOO 49 51 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 55 65 Lock South Devon .. 50 Nthn. Counties Union 25 S. -Durham & Lane. Un 224 tock South Eastern tock South Wales tock S. York. and River Dun 100 90 100 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington I all 41 42 25 Do do J • 11 104 116 p 25 Do New (1860) 3 665 p lock Taff Vale • lock Do Pref. IN - () 1 lOO - - 25 . ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster " 25 Do !10 Do 2 d p `ock Cale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim. all 115 114 :oca Waterford & Kilkenny . 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London • all 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class .. . ock West - Hartlepool Uarbr and Rail lOO ock West Midland—Oxford] 100 45 47 46 ock Do. Newport; 100 41 43 ock Do. Hereford( 100 82 84 Share Railways. 100 stk tAtlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and L axe Huron 13.1f30°: l e e Terence uffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1. 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' ICape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.' , Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1855-1870 ;Grand Trunk of Canada 20 20i 10 100 I 100 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New trua. 5 p. c... Gt. Soutkoflndia (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till 'BO Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. o. do. '77 do Do. 5 p. c. do. '7B do Madras, guar., p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds Newßrunswick x Canda Ry.ttLand(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Landd0........ Paid. all all all 100 100 100 all stock 6.4.0. stock Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde .......... i d re, Do. Punjaub .... Ls Do. Do. ........ w c.? ,Do.lndus.St. Flo. 4 424 Trinidad (Lim.) Sc p.. all f 100 10 all 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 MUSA stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock all all all all all 6,6, 64 on 71 8 19 20 37i 38i -- - 8 9 36 37 66 67 3 2jd stock stock 12 10 stock 10 atom gi 6 211 2291 stock stock stock stock 3t 41 1 190 200 390 400 105 110 14 114 6 oil 22 24 74 8 1 lt 2i 34 16 2 21 It 62 54 8f 9 4 7 f 1 12 4 - 300 31 1 0 3} 3 185 155 37 39 2 21 5; 5/ 17 18 80 82 345 855 113 ° 2 4 PIP 1 1 12 1 3 18 20 11 13 `E S, - 11 id Si 32 dig. 40 42 8 10 24 2} 20 22 pr ip lf p 9 10 all 12a.6d. a 11 1 108. all all 19s. r i i) f id MEN' 4 6 1 a I i i n THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY v EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1861. Closing Price. 92 93 16 16i d i 4 / 1 b d 6 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 i pr 111 d I Id li lid 98 99 I 97 99 100 101 22 23 73 75 CO 63 44 46 50 55 42 47 42 47 95 96 11d ; d 12 1 111 9} d 84 93 87 11 0 IThusiness done 98 6} llf i f BLACKIFA COIIIPANY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of tie shareholders in this company was held this day at the London Tavern, Bishops, ate-street. The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, and the report, which has already appeared in Ihe Sun, taken as read, The CHAIRMAN briefly moved the adoltion of the report. He said the net profit for the six motths amounted to £35,298 10s. 2d. ; and after the payment Df £7,589 13s. Bd. for interest, there would remain a balance of £27,708 16s. 6d. for distribution. It was consequently reLolved to declare a dividend at the rate of 4 per oent. per anium. After some discussion, the report was 'greed to. TEE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT WILYBLEDON. The adjourned investigation into the civumstances con nected with the death of Dr. Bali, at Wimbledon, on the 28th ult., was resumed this morning at the White Hart Tavern, Wimbledon. The coroner commenced by reading over a portion of the evidence given on Friday last by Mr. Joseph Beattie, the locomotive superintenent of the South- Western Railway, which related almost entirely to the mode of fastening the tires on the wheels and the question of break power required to a train going 30 miles an hour. The coroner having concluded reading the former evidence resumed the examination of Mr. Beattie, who said every theory of the accident which.had been presented was sur rounded with so many difficulties that he was completely and entirely at a loss to assign it to any cause satisfactory to himself. (The inquiry was proceeding when we went to press.) LA TV .INTELLIG.ENCE—(Dis Day.) 5 7 HOUSE OF LORDS. 5 7 Peers Present—The Lord Chancellor, Lori St. Leonardo, Lord Cranworth, Lord Chelmsford, and ether Peers.) 97 98 2,1 lid APPEAL-SAUNDEAS V. EVANS, 11T AL. This is an appeal from a decision of the Lords Justices discharging an order of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley. The contention is whether the testatrix, Ann Lewis or Evans, validly executed the power of appointment contained in her marriage settlement with John Evans on the 19th of April, 1794, by deed or will in favour of her trustees. And whether the trustees have tendered a good and valid title to the purchaser of her property. 90 92 $ f d ,ATLWAYS. - 21 111 11i 12i Mr. Green, Q.C., resumed, and concluded his arguments for the appellants. 31 211 31 23 24 The Lord Chancellor, without calling on the Attorney- General to reply, delivered judgment, arming the decision of the Lords Justices, declaring the deed valid, and dis missed the appeal with costs. The other learned and noble lords entirely concurred. APPEAL-EVANS V. WLOUGHLAN. This is an appeal from a decision of the Second Division of the Court of Session in Scotland, and the question raised is whether the Court of Session or the Court of Exchequer have jurisdiction to take cognisance of a commitment for breach of the Excise laws for smuggling. The Lord- Advocate is now being heard for the appellant, and con. tends that tho Court of Exchequer only has jurisdiction in such cases. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) 81 5i / Ai 14. lkd , 4 214 I d i 20 IN RE TIIE SHOREDITCH BANK-DAVIES AND TROUGHTON. ledged on all hands to be a great and finished perform. ance, renders it unnecessary for us to remark further upon it than to say it was marked by all those fine touches that have already rendered it famous.' With the Falconbridge of Mr. Edmund Phelps we were highly pleased; it was a performance that showed he had got "the stuff' in him, and that at no distant day he would become a finished and accomplished actor. Throughout the whole of the part he wisely abstained, in order to draw down a round of ap plause, from appealing to the free and easy denizens of the upper regions ; all was given with the con ciseness of a true Shakesperian actor, and a suc cessful and highly satisfactory result was arrived at. To Mr. Hermann Vezin, for his admirable rendering of Hubert do Burgh, we must award our unquali- To-day was appointed for a dividend meeting in the matter of the Shoreditch Bank. The various legal gentle men were engaged as upon previous occasions, and although nothing decisive was determined upon, it was confidently stated that ss. in the pound would be the dividend declared in about ten days. fled praise. He brought out all the beauties of the charac ter to the full, without the slightest attendance of that stagyness which always mars the performance of some of our reputed great actors. His acting in the celebrated scene of the tragedy which occurs within Northampton Castle, where he is about to burn out the eyes of the Prince, was of the highest order, and the applause was both enthusiastic and unanimous. Space, of coarse, would forbid us noting at length the scholarly taste and elegance with which he repeated all the lines of " the great master spirit," but as a specimen of passionate declamation we don't remember ever to have heard the following lines more finely gives-- HEAVY CITY PAILCRE-IN RE RYDER, The bankrupt was described as of Leadenhall-street, City, and to-day was appointed for his examination meet ing. The accounts show—Debtor to creditors, £7,116; ditto holding security, £54,583 ; profits, £75,574. Creditor, by consignments, £65,315; expenses, £5,328; losses, ,E 6,915, The bankrupt was expected to pass. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) PISSEY V. MURDOCK- IMPORTANT DECISION ENDER Stand back Lord Salisbury, stand back, I say, By Heaven, I think, my sword's as sharp as yours : I would not have you, lord, forget yourself, Nor tempt the danger of my true defence ; Lest I, by marking of your rage, forget Your worth, your greatness, and nobility. The acting of Miss E. Josbphs as Prince Arthur in the prison scene waspretty, natural, and unaffected, and a better little prince we have seldom seen. Miss Atkinson sustained the part of Constance, but in this instance she was not as successful as she usually is in the delineation of Shakespere's female heroes. THE STATUTE OP LIMITATIONS PLEA. This was an action upon a tailor's bill for goods sup plied in 1850. Defendant pleaded the statute of limita tions. Mr. Abbott (for the plaintiff)—Defendant went abroad. Does your honour think, under such circumstances, that plea will stand ? His Honour—Yes, if the statute had begun to run. Mr. Buchanan (for defendant)—Of course, the plea is perfectly good. Mr. Abbott—Defendant went away directly the debt was contracted. Mr. Buchanan—That is not so, and otainuionts ShoulCl not be made. Plaintiff—He went away six months afterwards. Mr. Buehanan—Ah, the statute had a. nice little run for six months. His Honour held that the plea was perfectly good, and found for defendant. TUCKER V. GEARING—PLEADING INFANCY—IMPORTANT DECISION AS TO PROOF. This was an action upon a promissory note. Defendant pleaded infancy. 32} 11 2} The niece was put upon the stage with much eleganoe and minuteness of detail, and will, no doubt, prove attrac- Ave every evening it is performed. His Honour called upon defendant to prove he was an infant. Defendant put in a document. His Honour (reading)—Well, this shows that two per sons were married upon a certain day, and that on the 14th July, 1840, a boy named Theophilus was born. That is no proof. How do you Show that you are that Theophilus ? Defendant called a witness, who did not answer, and his honour, holding that the infancy was not proved, found for plaintiff. POLICE IN7ELLIT:iENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH STREET. " COMING TO LONDON FOR A HOLIDAY."—Too BAD FOR A REFORMATORY.—A lad of 18 who refused to give his name, was charged before Mr. Beadon, withbeing found in the house of Mr. Fisher, 11 Stephen-street, Tottenham court-road, for the purpose of committing a felony. A warehouseman, named Warnford, living in the houso, proved finding the prisoner, at one this morning, secreted behind a partition, and on seizing him, the prisoner put his hand in his pocket with the intention of taking out a knife ; he struck him a blow on the arm with a poker, and detained him till the arrival of the police. There were spikes on tho area railings over which the prisoner must have got to get to the place where he was found. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 61 1 1 TAT TERSA.LLS'—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 agst Franc Picard (taken) 10 to 1 agst Emperor (taken) 10 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 10 to 1 agst Anatis (taken) 15 to 1 agst Old Ben Roe (taken) 15 to 1 agst The Freshman (taken) 15 to 1 agst Tattler (taken) Nto 1 agst Redwing (taken) 25 to 1 agst Xanthus (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bridegroom (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to lon the Field (offered) 33 to 1 agst North Lancashire 40 to 1 agst Wild Rose (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STARES. 7to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) Bto 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 9to 1 agat Diophantus (offered) 10 to 1 agst Preceptress (take n) 10 to 1 agst Mosley (taken) DERBY. 7to 2 agat Dundee (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 25 to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 40 to 1 azst Knight of the Thiello (taken) 4U to 1 agst Folkestone (taken) 50 to 1 agst Preceptress (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Russley (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER, MONDAY. There was not a great amount of speculation on future racing events 'A -day; the settling upon the past Lincoln Meeting occupying the greatest share of attention. Very few missed laying against the winner of the handicap, although on Saturday he was so little thought of that 20 to 1 was laid against him.—For the Great National Steeple Chase, Franc Picard, Jealousy, the Emperor, and Old Ben Roe were supported, and an offer was made to take 100 to 7 about Anatis. For Chester Cup 10 to 1 would have been taken against Chore Arnie, but no one seemed inclined to lay it. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. Bto 1 agst Franc Picard (taken) 9to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 11 to 1 agst Emperor (taken) 100 to 7 agst Anatis (wanted) 100 to 7 agst Old Ben Roe (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINBAS STAKES. 7to 1 agst Diophantas (taken and off.) 9to 1 agst Klarikoff (offered) 25 to 1 agst Walloon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Deucalion (taken) THE DERBY. 4to 1 agst Dundee (taken) ,ITIE S. Prisoner said he only went there to sleep, when the man came with the poker. He belonged to Barking in Essex. Mr. Beadon—Then what were you doing up here ? Prisoner—l had come up for a holiday (laughter.) Appleby, 489, here stepped into the box, and said he had known the prisoner for two or three years. He took him into custody, and on asking NI hat he had the knife (a large clasp one) for, he said he was "sorry he had not got it out.' About two years ago he took him for having a baker's barrow, and he had been taken for robbing his father. He once escaped from a Reformatory, but on taking him back they stated that he was so bad that they would have no thing more to do with him. He believed after then he had been got to sea by Mr. Bingham, but for some time he had been about the district of the C Mr. Beadon committed him for 'throe months' hard Labour. THE CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (offered to take) 40 to 1 agst North Lancashire (taken) 66 to 1 agst Sycophant (taken) The announcement of the performance of Shakepeare's tragedy of "King John," last evening, in which Mr. Phelps, Mr. Edmund Phelps, and Mr. Hermann Vezin . would respectively represent the parts of the King, Philip Falconbridge, and Hubert de Burgh, appeared to excite much curiosity in the minds of the critical and, to an extent, fastidious habitues of this theatre. The interest was created more particularly by the latter two kentleraen, as it was thought the character of the blunt and chivalrous Falconbridge would afford Mr. Phelps, junior, an ex cellent opportunity of showing his qualities as an interpre ter of Shakspeare. In the parts he has already performed he has acquired much success, although in some of them the master-hand of the father was clearly visible; but nature had endowed him with the natural qualities for the por trayal of Falconbridge, and that being so it was naturally expected he would rely, in this instance, upon his own unaided qualities as an actor for a successful result. With respect to Mr. Vezin, the character of Hubert de Burgh was looked upon as one that woull afford him a better and larger field for the development of those great abilities which have rendered him a favourite with the frequenters of the theatre. The 'ng John of Mr. Phelps is too well known and appre ciate it-of any speculation as to his embodiment of the part, all expected a great intellectual treat, and it is needless to say their expectations were fulfilled to the very letter. The fact of Mr. Phelps' King John being acknow , _ _ _ y was J. W. Reared of the he fa y had little Con- since traffic on for nnum , was 1 con nt of ng to xpect until done ipany had busi !ding [piny em in kanka ' was Inge- vhich f the Tinto nt of ?any. ed to PREFERENCE SHARES. 1 Closing Business Share Railways. Paid Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Pies. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent ,Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun Do Ist Class Pref :E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. EL 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. Eastern - Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 percent. war... Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. I Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. I'o• •5p c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 44 1).,„.."_ !Do. sp.e. lieam. p.c. pm I Gt. Nh. of Seotld. Ist pf. 1 I Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 p. et. pref. stock.... Great West. (Berke and Haute) Ext. 5 p. et... Co. Redeemable,4lp.et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, d 0... Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. Gt. IT. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. tt. pref Do Birm.z.zuar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock • t ocl: stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 101. 10 stock stock stock 2s. 6d 12 124 stock stock 12i 12 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock 8 stock stock stock all 1 100 Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 41 p c. pref an.&York 8 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3B 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. c No. 2 Do. 121111 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per een'. Do. do. 41 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. Bp.e. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil 'B5) Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover Do. W. (A rceiv. no div Ex.A til 6pcis pd on Do. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cov. and stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12} Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. & S. W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 45 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. Londondy. & Cole. eh. Lon dony. & Ennis. 5 eh. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 3+ per cent ... Do. redeem. 6 percent.. 'Jaryoort & Car., 4 p. c. Do. 45 per cent. Con. 6 p c. stock.. Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c.... Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do. Nt h.Dev:it ail. & Dek.Co. N-EastCons.pret 4 p. c. Do. 44 p c. redeemable.. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, •. &S. Puroh North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed ' Scottish Central, new pt (Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stools South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 45 per cent. ISouth Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 45 per cent. Do. Fixed 45 p.c. Ist is. -outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent. Do. 5 per cent: S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. Do. B 6 oer cent Do. C 6 percent ‘Vatrfd do Kilkny, 6 p. c -Oaf Ist Gua stk 100 100 100 100 100 1 all all Do. 2d do D o.Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, let is. Do. do. 2d is. 100 102 20 21 6 6i 99 101 112 115 106 108 ,110 112 ,108 110 124 126 76 80 100 100 100 all all JOINT-STOCK BANKS. AgradzUnitedService Australasia Bank of Egypt . Bank of London ..... Bank of Turkey 'British North American :Chtd.Bank of India, Arc. Ch.3ler. of In. Lon. ct Ch. City _ !Colonial. . ;Corn Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Ans. Ch.. ;Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral ;London and County .. ;London Joint Stock .. ;London and S.Airican.. 'London & Westminster ;Nat. Prov. of England Do. new ........... !National Bank New South Wales Orient. B. Corporation: Ottoman Bank ..... Provincial of Ireland .. Do. new...... South Australia .. Union of Australi . a.,... Union of London ...... Unity Mutual.. OLONIAL GOVERN Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. . July Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6p. cent. 1884 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 6 per cent Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 pa Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Goy. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwde Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875.. S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. JP, &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 82 84 68 70 18 19 82 E 4 1} 1 201 211 DOCKS. stock (Commercial 1100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min , 100 stock (East and West India 100 stock ILondon lOO stock 'St. Katharine lOO stock :Southampton lOO stock ........ 20 IDo , New . 2 70 72 38 40 20i 214 164 16 221 23* 35 38 1 1:51i 624 47 48 In 18i - - 24 25 T SECU: 'llO 114 :.07 109 110 112 1004 101 107 108 1074 108 i 1054 1004 98 98 96 . 98 96 psi No 107 1074 08 -- iOO id par MISCELLANEOUS. .1 dAriglo-Mexican Mint all 131 145 ' 10 ;Atlantic R. ISd - --- 1000 Atlantic Tel. M (Li rated) all - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS . 25 ;Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all j 45 4$ 'Leasing (Closing Bu s i ness 50 rltish Americ an L an d 40 - Railways. P a id . I Co ' ' s • Price. Done. 50 B.&l.M ag. T e l . A. (Lim.) all 35 37 I BedfoTd ZeifiT4chi e y lir.W W 20 Do. 8 ,7 p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all ' 18 20 . • • 2O Do. C. (Limit e d) all 13 15 Buck inghamshire .... 100 L n &N. 97 99 825 Canada Land all 112 116 Chester .& Holyhead ..1 100 Do. - Do. do. 55 per cent. 100 :Do, 122 124 stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Srnitg. all -- - Do. do. 5 per cent. , 100 pc. 110 112 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent .. all 231 241 Clydesdale Junction.. l 100 Caledonin 101 103 stock Crystal Palace Colchester, Stour Val.' all iE.U.&E ClB 17 stock Do. Preference E.Lincolnshireafip.e.l ICO IGt.North. 135 137 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 id par i E.Union,liarwich Shs' all E.Counts. 41 41 stock Electric Telegraph Do. Woodbridge . .1 100 25 Do. New l5 - Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dreti 100 Ca Do Yedo . n . in 7 - --- 5 Englisji & Aug. Copper all 31 31 34 1 Do. New 15 Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 - - Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. Wes . i. - - 1 Great Ship Limited) all I 1 Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail.' all ,`Ylc.N.&Br - - 1 Do. 17; pet Preference all H u 11 Do. and iShares h S a e r l e b s y . : :..: .. ! 6 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 3 - - 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 1 Do. I Shares ..,....1 - 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 15 14 24 Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c.l 100 •Ln.& N:IV 207 210 10 Med. Exton. TeL (Lim.) all 25 3; London & Greenwich' 100 IS. East. .• 81 83 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 11 11d Do. Preference ... • - lOO IDo. . . ~ 115 120 alla all ll D . D Y o o k. : N .. . : M d : : I_o9 I_ll 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 15 old Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend.! 100 IPeto & • Co. 88 61 10 Netherlands Land all - - Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.cti 100 Norfolk„ ___ 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl cis. all 4 1 Do. 6 per cent... . I 100 Do ... . _ _ 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 89 - Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk.; all L NW . &ii 34 31 34 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 1 Mid. Bradford Prefer-1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all once Stock .... P . E ... 0.x ... :6 1 . 0606 ilMß.iedloartundts 9; :9 p 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. Ipr Newmarkt.,l3ury 10 Orintl•ln.Steam(Lim.)., 8 31 35 stock Pee l ß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) 100 47 50 Northn.& Eas IL . 1 ) . 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 71 72 t ... all 0 5 c.' all to. ..... r ID o. 50 Do. New 25 11 12 . a. . 6 n tpeeerd teat n 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4sp.e all 18 li/p 18 a a l l l l I D M o idland 151 16 all 17 19 all !., IL& NW - - 50 Rh ymney Iron 15 Do. New..., all 5 6 Preston and Wyre. 100 Royal Mail Steam BO 48 60 491 - - North western Western stock Scot ' tln. Inv. (Lim.) 100 120 130 Roystn.Hitch., &. p t o :North. 132 134 21' • • d all 32 34 -.. mouth Australian Lan Do. 5 Shares ... .s.h.eA,, 100atl TGD.Brassey Skrewsbry& Hereford' 1 I P 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. all it I Do. Do. 'lO4 106 1 Do. do. Registered .... all 10 Do. do. -..• all 6it 71 Wilts and Somerset ' i 190 20 Vr. & Ln. Co.of - Upr•Can. 5 - - I IA Brgill $i 9 i 190 _Vata Diemen' o Laud .... XI 4 94 1° South Staffordshire all I .ll G l t. `Cl i e v a e n s . t .. 9 1! 92 111 Trimbleclona Croydn all _ 9 10 112 114 90 92 117 119 112 114 1101 106 84 86 98 100 99 101 89 91 90 92 [Ol 103 10 106 174 184 104 11 76 78 204 214 101 101 155 16 135 137 tl2 115 [l2 115 [35 140 [l2 115 [Ol 103 [5O 153 [2B 131 70 73 88 89 1116 118 1150 155 13! 141 12S 130 70 72 p I fp, 134 136 102 104 95 97 111 113 109 111 1111 90 92 100 102 100 102 * 11) 22 2 i3dp 132 134 Di 11 23 24 91 93 100 102 87 90 27 28 32 33 32 33 45 48 125 127 120 124 101 103 123 126 116 120, FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah. &S.F ran..Lim.7 P.C. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Car - neaux Mine 45 Rai Copiapo Ditto Extension ... I Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France .... Grand Rus. Guar. 8 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France l Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... lEtalian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur 35 Liege ........ Do. 6 p. a. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ....... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris, Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Frau. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. lim Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. S.Aust.d&Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flandern ........ Do. 5i p. c. Preference : : W. dz N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden .... Do. 8 per cent Pref 1 Zealand BRITISH MI f Alfred Consols (Philack; 20 i British Iron - 'Clifford - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) - lEast Bassett (Illogan) - 'East Caradon - E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) - I Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) • Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Ilelston) Grenville .. 'Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs !Lady Bertha 'Margaret ( iTny Lerlant) North Downs North Frances (Illogan) N. Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an) (North Wheal Crotty .., Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (tiny Lelnt.)! Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l South Caradon(St.Cleer), S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.l I S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Mini, Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Caren_); IWest Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon. (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan Wheal Buller (Redruth LWheal Edward (Cals. Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Treiawney (Lie. 20 5 10 4i l 4 5 5 7.6 1.7.2 ;2.11.10 16 nil , 2-14.6 7.4.0 54f 17s 13.9.6 9i 5.14.5 8.12 4.10.6 1.8.6 2 9 1 11* 1 9.18.9 1* 10.6.7 41 all 18.18.9 124.8.0 ;2a FOREIG Australian . BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil St.J.del Rey,Liml Do. Land and kliningCo 1 Clarendon ConeatinCod Cobre Copper Copiapo DunDloun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna. General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Mariquita N.RhineCopof S. Aus. L Pon tgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) 1 Do THAMES. A REGtrLAR GAOL-BIRD. - Mary Donnelly, alias li.c=arney, alias Sullivan, a masculine-looking woman, about 40 years of age, of very strong passions, and whu has been in the practice of using remarkably strong language, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a piece of beef, value 25., from the shop of Mr. Smith, butcher, of Carlisle-street, IN hitechapel. The prisoner has been committed from this court about 100 times for assaults, drunkenness, and disorderly con duct; and although a premium was actually given to her to keep out of prison by some philanthropists, and every possible attempt has been made to reform her, she has proved to be irreclaimable, and has lately taken to dis honest courses. Last night she took a piece of beef from Mr. Smith's shop-board, and ran away with it. A poor Irish lad named Patrick McCarthy gave immediate infor mation of the robbery, and joined Mr. Smith's shopman in the pursuit that was made after the prisoner, who was over taken in Mill-yard, and the beef she had stolen was taken from under her shawl. She walked back to Mr. Smith's shop with a police constable, No. 80 11, and she then took up some mutton chops and pelted the butcher's wife with them. It was with difficulty she was prevented doing further harm to the butcher and his wife. Mr. Yaidlcy to the gaoler—She has been hero before, Roche? Roche—Very often, sir. The prisoner kept up a running commentary upon the evidence, and occasionally abused the witnesses. When Nlr. Bowdler, the second clerk, had completed the deposi tions, and read them, she was asked if she was guilty or not guilty, or would elect to be tried at the sessions. She exclaimed, " Settle it hare any how, and don't give me much for that small piece of beef." Mr. Yardley—Are you guilty or not guilty ? The prisoner —Guilty, to be sure. Mr. Yardley sentenced the prisoner to three months' im prisonment and hard labour. The prisoner abused the magistrate, the gaoler, and the witnesses in the most horrible manner directly she heard the sentence, and said she was so much accustomed to im prisonment that she could do three months on her head. - Greenroom gossip mentions that a new and original play by Mr. Craver, in which Mr. Robson has a principal part, is in preparation at the Olympic. Some idea of the extensive popularity enjoyed by Meyerbeer's last opera, " Dinorah," may be formed from the fact, that it has been represented in no less than 66 towns, 41 of which are in Germany, 18 in France, apd the remainder in various parts of Europe. IRIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 19.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; light breeze, and fine weather. OFF Cowne, Feb. 18.—Wind S.W—Arrived—Arago, steamer, from New York, and sailed for Havre; Balna gouth, from Foo-chow-foo. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—lndian Empire, from the Clyde for Melbourne, with loss of main topmast and other damage. DEAL, Feb. 18.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Antelope, from Adelaide; Chrysolite, from Calcutta; Ariel, from Algoa Bay. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Bulldog, for Queenstown. PILL, Feb. 18.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Chevy Chase, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Devonshire, for Mauri tius. RAMSGATE, Feb. 18.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Nancy, for Singapore. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Arrived—Devonshire, from London for New Yolk. LAMLASH, Feb. 18.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrivod—St. Mag nus, from the Clyde for Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 18.—The John Wesley, which arrived here yesterday from New York, had sprung a leak on the 21st January, in let. 37 N., long. 68 W., and had to lighten the ship by pumping out some of the cargo (mo lasses). (ZY ELECTDIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 18—Test, from Port Madoc ; Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Kathleen, from Seaham ; Mary, from Waterford ; Albion, from Port Madoc ; Recovery, from Swansea. Sailed—Richard, for New Orleans ; Le Coq, from Cher bourg ; Tha b ne, steamer, for Lisbon ; Southampton, steamer, for Jersey ; Tasmanian, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Ally, for Sunderland ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. (BY SUBMA.ILINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAER.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 18—Despatch, from Demerara. Arrived, Feb. 19—Silva, for Antwerp ; Expert, from Antwerp; Atalanta, Veritas, and Reward—all from Guer sey ; Cincinnatus, from New York; Ariel, from Algoa Bay; Conqueror, from Santander. Sailed, Feb. 19—Mary, for Auckland ; Circassian, for Cardiff and Beyrout ; Northfleet, for Hong Kong ; Sco tia, for Calcutta, DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored—Sir F. Seymour, for Bermuda ; Eagle, for Demerara; Mauritius, for Geelong—all from London. Passed—Ceylon, from Foo-Chow , Foo ; War Eagle, from Canton—both for London. Report of ship War Eagle, from Canton—Left Nov. 1. Arrived Feb. 19 in Downs. Jan. 14, let. 3.20 S., long. lBf W., Dutch barque Lideina, from Japan to London, 105 days out. Jan. 16, lat. 1.50 S., long. 20.20 W., the ship Livingstone, from Shanghai to London. Jan. 16, lat. and long, the same, the Dutch barque Princess Amelia, from Batavia for Amsterdam. Same day, lat. and long. the same, the barque Georgina, from London to Calcutta, Jan. 18, lat. 0.5 S., long. 20.50 W., an iron ship, third pennant 6,027, from Calcutta for Liverpool. Jan. 20, lat. 1.37 N., long. 21.10 W., the French barque Ville de Lille, bound south ward. Same day, lat. and long. the same, the French barque Vidal, from Marseilles to London for Zanzibar. Jan. 21, lat. 2.22 N., long. 23.48 W., the ship Frederico, from Ran goon to London. Jan. 28., lat. 15.50 N., long. 35.20 W., the American ship Renown, bound southward. Feb. 5, lat. 36.20 N., long. 34.50 W., the iron ship Knight Errant, from Calcutta to London. Feb. 6, 1at.38.53 N., long . 33 . 19 W., saw iron ship, third pennant, 6,027. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners will receive tenders to-day (Monday) for the conveyance to Sydney, New South Wales, of a party of emigrants, in a vessel to sail from this country not later than the 23d of March• Some malversations are reported to have been discovered on the part of one of the officials of the East and West India Docks, but they are believed to refer to past transactions, which will not alter the present or future pecuniary position of the qompany, 1071 1 THE RISE IN THE BARK RATE OF DISCOUNT. From the Economist. On Thursday the Bank of England raised its rate to 8 per cent.—a step which has excited much surprise and drawn forth some severe criticisms. The general reason which has no doubt influenced the directors is not so much the increase in the demand for accommodation at the Bank, though the Other Securities have increased by 1794,088 in the week ; for this is properly ascribed in great measure to temporary causes. It is rather the re appearance of the drain of bullion from this country which has been temporarily, but only temporarily, checked by the high rate already adopted, taken in connexion with the circumstances which show that the causes of that drain are still in operation. The bullion reserve is diminished this week by £261,504. The particular form which the drain is now assuming is that of a demand for silver for India. The amount of the silver exported in the last six weeks to India and China is £1,521,901, the whole export of silver in the pre vious six months having been only £3,703,903—50 that there is reason to fear that the drain in that direction is lik e ly t o spr i ng again into its old proportions. This turn against, us is said to be due to the " wild orders" for cotton from Bom bay, and very probably this may be the case. But it matters not in the least to what cause a drain is due —nor, of course, whether it be a drain of silver or gold—so long as it continues and seems likely to continue. The special form it t a k es b ears on the question only so far as it indicates:a more or less temporary cause. Yesterday it was a demand of gold for the United States—now it is one of silver for India. The greater the number of possible or probable causes for a turn of the exchanges unfa vourable to England, the more needfulis the caution which the Bank directors have shown in adopting the only remedy which can arrest its con tinuance—because, when there are many such causes, even if one cause ceases to operate, some of the others may again become active. In the present instance it cannot be denied that there is evidence of a steady tendency to a renewal of the drain. For more than twelve months it has gone on steadily, and only been arrested for very short intervals. On the 15th of February, 1860, the bullion and coin in the Bank of England was £15,105,287 On the 13th of February, 1861 11,571,332 Decrease But it is said that for the fortnight ending with the 6th inst. a recovery took place in the Bank's stock of bullion, and it is argued that even if that re covery has been lost (which it has almost entirely), we are no worse off than we were when the high rate of 7 per cent. was first fixed. This is erroneous reasoning. We are worse off if, after trying a remedy believed to be sufficient and more than sufficient, we find that its effect is inadequate ; and this we do know, if the tendency is to lose in stead of to gain bullion in spite of the 7 per cent. rate. The absolute stock of bullion may not be less; but we have the evidence that it will shortly be less instead of more, unless a still more stringent rate be adopted. In short, we have it proved that the current is against instead of for us, in spite of the high rate of 7 per cent. And it seems, therefore, only reasonable to try at once the effect of a still higher rate. Nor is the argument that the rate on the conti nent is in most places much lower than in London of any value, if we find practically, as we have found, that the difference in the rate is not suffi cient to pay a profit on importation thence. The test is simply the fact whether in spite of the lower rate at Hamburg, Amsterdam, and elsewhere, bul lion is sent thence to London. If not—and this, we need not say, has not been the case—it is no consolation to the Bank of England to know that exportations cannot profitably be made from Lon don to Hamburg, Amsterdam, and so forth. The bullion is going away from us to India, and we want to replace it. Until our rate of discount either tempts hithdr enough to supply its place, or prevents its going out at all, it is not high enough. The only question for the Bank to consider is whether or not the causes which produced the gradual drain of the last year have yet been ar rested, and the evidence is clear that they have not. The United States have sent us largely increased quantities of grain, and have taken less than usual of our manufactures in return. There has been a large expenditure in China. Besides this, our merchants are increasing their investments in the China trade on the strength of the new treaty. In India thcrc i 3 a con3iderable demand for capital on account of the new railways, as well as a suddenly increased demand for cotton. All these causes tend to make floating capital dear, and most of them directly to turn the exchanges against us. When there is added to these general considera tions the fact that bullion is taken from the Bank, instead of being brought there, there is enough to justify the caution of the directors, though cer tainly not enough to justify panic. It has been said in some quarters that the demand is for silver, not for gold, and that this doesnot dis turb the exchanges in the same way as a demand for gold. The remark is obviously puerile. If silver is wanted for export, it can only be got by buying it. And wherever it is obtained, either in Eng land or France, the tendency must equally be to diminish the bullion reserve. If the silver is bought in France, gold will be sent to buy it with. And if gold is sent, it will be obtained by discounts or by presenting notes at the Bank of England. It is said that "the stock of bullion now held is nearly a million in excess of the average of the en tire year 1856, when the average rate of discount was 5i." This is a loose kind of comparison worth very little. The greatest loss of bullion in 1856 was between June 28, when the bullion stood at £33,073,758, and when the rate was 41, and Nov. 8, when it had sunk to £9,530,152, after which it was raised to 7 per cent., being a loss in 19 weeks of about £3,500,000. If we go back for the same period, that is 19 weeks from the present date, we shall find that On Oct. 3, 1860, the coin and bul lion was On Feb. 13, 1861 £15,869,088 11,571,332 £4,297,756 showing a decrease in the same time of X 4,297,756. And we must remember that at the time of the crisis of 1857 the Bank was reproached for not meeting a drain of bullion by stronger measures in an earlier stage. This is exactly what it is now doing. And not only is the loss of bullion in the same period greater now than in 1856, but it appears to be due to a variety of far more steadily operating causes. For at least the last 16 months there has been a steady tendency to a rise in the value of money— which is not due to one cause alone but many— causes which may be described as an increase of general trade in the face of a bad harvest, a large war expenditure, political uneasiness both in Europe and America, and a large outlay on public works in the East. With all these considerations before them, we are disposed to think that the Bank directors have exercised no undue caution, though there is no feature about the new Bank return to give the smallest ground for panic. MB XWAN BONDHOLDERS. The following is from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders. It is calculated, from the evidence it gives of the efforts of the foreign Powers in the interest of the Pope to aid the cause of the crimi nals who have just been overthrown, to increase the regret long felt by all friends of civilization and commerce at the neglect of our Foreign-office to give moral support to the constitutional cause. The disunion in tbeUnited States, of course, greatly increases the audacity of those who desire a return of anarchy in Mexico, and if their wishes should be crowned with even partial success, and murder and rapine again sweep the Republic, much of the re sponsibility will, with good reason, be thrown upon the British Government : " The committee have received a letter, via the 'United States, from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 18th ult. Senor Juarez made his entry into the capital on the 11th ult., and a few days later passports were sent to the Spanish Ambassador, the Pope's Nuncio, and the Ministers of Guatemala and Ecuador on the general charge of h & ving favoured the other party. The French Minister appfa e rr ia t S have resented this on behalf of the Pope, and thoug . 0 . not yet recognized the present Government, a fore no diplomatic status, it is said that he h ther party. A asylum to a number of individuals of thean o. had, a(l d other matters, good deal of difference prevailed on this m talked of. Mira and the resignation of the Ministry r. Mathew, who re mon had so far avoided capture. -I'd u o d v r e r ne hadm en been e e o n f the ap . mained at Jalapa, had remindede andthe aaj British claims on that a robber epsriishniyono f t . the v f e 6 a o r o i 0 , 0 a 0 t O y dollars, 11 fti a pointed to inquire intoPtho and bring all concerned t and Mejia at San Luis,, continued at the head. of reactionary bands, and so me considered that there was as great need of foreign intervention as ever. Nothing had been decided as yet about a oonducta to Vera Cruz." THE ROBBERY AND SUPPOSED MURDER AT FAL mount.—The mate has not been murdered as feared. It appeared that on leaving the vessel to go on board the Vicata he could not reach ber, but went on board another vessel in the Cross Channel, where he remained until Thurs day evening, when the gale moderated, and he was taken on board his own schooner, up to which time he knew nothing whatever of what had happened. The names given by the two prisoners ate fictitious; one of them, who en tered his name as Brown, of Exeter, appears to be a deserter from the Royal Marines. His name is Jenkin Jones, of Llanddewi, Cardigan; the other man (Ellis) belongs to London, or near thereto. Tho apprentice boy is progress ing slowly, and will, it is hoped, be able to appear before the magistrates to-day, EMANCIPATION OF THE EUSSLIN SERFS. The important Ukase for the emancipation of the Russian Serfs, expected to be promulgated in Feb ruary, is positively announced for March. A loan of a very large amount was considered a accessary preliminary to the appearance of the ordinance. The plan adopted by the Russian Government fete last year —we are not, certain how far it has been persevered in—was to give each head of a serf family the full property of his cabin, and of the small garden or spot of ground in which it is generally enclosed. In retur n f ur ceding this, as well as for abandoning his right to the forced labour of his serfs during so many days i n the year, the Russian landed proprietor was to receive an indem nity, partly paid in money, which the loan was to provide, partly in bonds, which the gradual sale of Crown property for a certain number of years was to meet. It was also provided that the serfs them selves should by degrees and by instalments pay for the property they received and the liberation from labour granted them. We are exceedingly loth to criticise the Russi an Emperor or his Government in their provisions for a social cha nge so generous an d philanthropic ; b u t it would be of no advantage to blink the great difficulties that await the carrying out of so vast and so weighty a project. In all countries the population of which has fallen to a state of serfdom, emancipation has been the work of time, attended with obstructions and relapses ; and perhaps, there is no social revolution so difficult to accomplish as that which converts the cultivator of the sell from the condition of paying for the value of the ground ohfeptailylsinign ilnabroeunrt. , or in kind, to th e su p er i or re l at i on 'Phis change is easily effected, and inde e d comes of itself, in the neighbourhood of towns, where there Is a ready mark e t f or agricultural produce. But in Itrussia these are few. In most countries of Europe the clergy favoured the emancipation of the artisan, and afforded him asylum and protection beneath the towers of the abbey or the church. When a town was thus formed, the ways of the peasants who supplied it became assimilated to those of the townsmen they supplied, so far as to receive a money price, and consequently to be ready to pay it. But the Church occupies no such position in Russia; and instead of allowing artisans to form independent congregations in towns, landed pro prietors have undertaken to employ them, keeping their serfs all the time. The Imperial Ukase of emancipation will be all and more than it pretends to be to the artisan class. It will prove the same blessing to those por tions of the agricultural peasantry who are near to a market. But there are wide regions in Russia in which emancipation will prove a dead letter. In many the landlords have no ready money, no means to pay for the daily labour of the peasant, no faci lities for either raising or selling produce so as to find money to pay rent. In such districts things will remain pretty much as they are at present, ex cept that the peasant, made proprietor of his cot tage and garden, will feel a very diminished incen tive to work, and will probably make use of his new liberty in not working at all. In that case, proprietor and peasant will both suffer, and both become poorer for the edict of forced emancipation. Notwithstanding, we by no means address any reproach to the Government. Without an impulse from the higher power everything will stand still in Russia. And it is better that innovations should, be made, and inconvenience arise, which may b'e met by legislation and exertion, than that so fine a country should stand still. There is one circum stance, and it should be largely taken into amount, which renders the great question of the relation of the peasant to the soil a much more dangerous ques tion at present throughout the whole east of Europe than it was in the west when the great change took place there from serfdom to tenantry. Throughout the east of Europe the peasant con siders that he has a right and property in the soil. Any legislative act that would totally dispossess him, and make a mere day labourer of him, would create serious discontent and inevitable explosion. Government, therefore, or assemblies who make a grant of the fee simple of cottage and garden, do a foolish thing, perhaps, in one sense, but an inevi table concession in the f ether. Such a gran t ren d ers the Russian peasant:half independent of either labour or landlord, and is a terrible incentive to idleness. But to propose to the serfs emancipation without this, would to them wear the character of spoliation ; and from all we learn, it would be met by a general and formidable insurrection. The worst of such social revolutions by ordinance is, that they do not always find the people able or instructed enough to profit by them. In the law collections of England and France we find grants of emancipation for several lands and districts re peated over and over again. The peasantry could not profit by freedom, and were obliged to relapse into servitude. In the 'West then, as in Russia now, the serf was but a grown child. He had land marked out for him, seed provided for him, labour in sufficient quantities directed now to this spot, now to that. Is the serf everywhere ready, even at the voice of the Emperor, to do all this for himself? No doubt intelligent and philanthropic landlords might do much. But these are rare, as is sufficiently indicated by the fact that the Russian nobles or gentry are universally opposed to the Imperial measure. Government commissioners might be sent down to aid and to direct ; but any one acquainted with the corruption of Russian functionaries must feel that such agents would make matters infinitely worse. We sincerely hope that we exaggerate the ob stacles in the way of the Emperor's noble act. We shall watch it with care, and we shall be de lighted to note and to admit that we have been mistaken. But, however slow or obstructed the progress of emancipation may be in remote dis tricts, it is impossible to conceive a larger act of justice and liberation to the immense numbers of ingenious and industrious Russians who inhabit towns. There every mechanic, smith, carpenter, builder, baker, even shopkeeper, was a serf, com pelled to pay the greater part of his hard-won earn ings to a distant lord, who very often gathered his whole income from this lucrative slave-gang. If the Imperial Ukase did but put an end to this, it would be in itself a blessing, of which it would be impossible to extol too highly the beneficent re - sults. Even here, however, there will be for the present generation the drawback of indemnifying existing proprietors to a certain degree for what they lose. The Emperor insists on cancelling no property in serfs without indemnity ; and his financiers insist, that since the State cannot, the serfs themselves must pay this indemnity. For this, however, the better class of serfs are prepared. Nor will any dif ficulties be found in this, not the least important part of the transaction. But as to the rustic popu lation, it will be a very serious matter to free them, yet induce them to work, to demand money pay ments of them in regions where no money pene trates, or to require provident habits of those who have never worked but at a master's bidding.— Daily News. ;TEACH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. At the last sitting Dr. Jobert de Lamballe gave an account of a most singular surgical operation peformed by him, in the case of a soldier named Gustin, aged 21, who had been wounded at an ad vanced post before the Malakoff tower in the Crimea. A ball had penetrated through his forehefad, about a mak ing a clean circular opening of the siz k e o fell down one-franc piece ; the man thus struck i insensi bility, the parapet, a height of and se ven st f a c e t e e t, e _ taken to the nearest ambulance in Ei a ht days after he was bility, which lasted 24 hours. 0 where he staid was shipped off to Constantin four months in a military hospital. seem, with the h P os le p t ital. However, being well provided, i s t he asked and obtained organ of combativeness , the Crimea, although his permission to return rnsuppuration. He subsequently wound was in fu tir, and afterwards returned to where he continued in the army, but France, fought a N t i, 1 i e employed in any active service on of his health, his wound still obfetihnegas before. At length, in February, state 1857, he entered the Hotel Dieu and placed him • self under the care of Dr. Jobert, who, upon ex amination, found that a ball was still lodged inside his skull ; this, with a variety of pre cautions, was successfully extracted, and the man is now perfectly recovered. Ihe ball had re mained in for the space of twenty-two month ! M. Gaudry sent in a paper on the excavations exe cuted by him in Greece by order of the Academy. Among the numerous kinds of fossils discovered by him at Pikermi, there are the bones of a nonde script kind of antelope, to which he has given the name of Palaeotragus Rouenii. The animal must have been a large o ne , but M. Gaudry has found a still larger sp ec i es, exceeding in size any of those preserved in the Museum of Paris, and to which he proposes to give the name of Palaeoryx. There is a second, but a much smaller species of the same genus, which, on account of its small teeth, he calls Palaeoryx and Parvidens. M. Prost sent in his usual half-yearly account of the terrestrial trepi dations experienced at Nice up to the 31st of De cember last. A very intense one on the 25th of August coincided with an earthquake in Saxony ; (ne on the 22d of September, with an e a r thquake at Broussa, and a third on the 22d of October, with an earthquake at Algiers. 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