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

=MM. f the e fa r had little Con since raffle n for mum was [ con- It of ng to xpect until done ipany had busi eeling ipany Lem in hanks y was lange- which of the ed into ent of apany. ited to of the a bill npany. Nanteclt anti saw no mpany l taken d it to tt they fle wall_ lat depend chair- mded a . of the discre og with ply, and 'finks to EST was held iitehead the re account showing half of 3 period interest 3 for the 2tors re ree from d a divi ed, after tor were with a IRK AT and Lon don last week in the fire pre £313,725, the department , yielding in t of profit and re •insurance the net profit elated was at The accumu- iil is given in occurred at ;nsions =on; :astern Rail distinguished ortant works• Lther, 40 years which supplY he' suggested tufactorY• NONEY 111_4R.KBT AND CITY NET CITY, T wo o'CLocx. 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 L moderate request ' au Beitast and Ballymena at previous rates, and sugars hay .e been dealt in to stock 3. 1 1 1 ii Birk., 11 . .1 , a a n ng 6 SrVal a limited extent without any m iterial change in ; , ,s Blytil and Tyne June stocklo t. Sleaf. andMid.Co. values. For coffee the inquiries l' rave been of quite Bristol and Exeter a retail character, and the inferi •nr. qualities have stook Caledonian i slightly given way in price. Rice, fruit and spices so Cork and 20 have exhibited no change of importance. In salt- 2 0 Cornwall Corn, Itlre . . tPassage petre and tallow the operations h ave been very 10 Do A(A , nets no div. lune. , until il pi - peran. limited, and in the latter article they have been " Do B r lmsbeen , d. ton chiefly on speculative account. P.Y. C. on the spot 1 5 ) n D u llir i t4 t r i elfast ~ tine. E a s tern Anglia'n jzAb. and for March delivery is now quoted. 595. 9d. to stoc k Eastern Counties Sb are E.ailways. raid all 100 all all 100 10( all 60s. per cwt. stock I iastern Union, A stock In the Liverpool Cotton Market the demand . StC4K Do d Do NNV EA, late ti3ds yesterday continued very limited, and prices were ;stock East Sufrollco l3 do stock Edinburgh & Glasgow unaltered. The sales were about 5,0 00 bales. stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee There were no bullion operations a importance at 10 Porth..k Clyde Junction stock Furness the Bank of England yesterday. stock Clam and S. Western 10 e (;rest of Scotland The steamer Pera, which leaves to-morrow, the stock ' G r r e csag h o t rtln 20th inst., for India, China, &c., will take out stock c Do do A stock £71,967—viz., £14,992 in gold and the remainder stock sthck ( - 3-r n ea o t s W tr e v st a q stock (3 . t 1 ,: 0 5. d g I lv. l o t i ? Ireland in silver. ua. stock The proposed liquidation of the Commercial st l o 2 c. Irish South-eastern..... stociKc Lancashire ?Il ' a r c k kw i" a r ll Bank of London, in consequence of the fraud per petrated at the West-end Branch, still engages erotic 1- c T l. m o n n . ci " JA, ff a ",t.. at s i% a y s e t r stock Loud.. k Nth. Western attention, and the general opinion appears to be stock Lond. & nth. Western strongly in favour of the course pursued by the 2 5 L'derry & Coleraine directors in making over their business to the sto 2s ck I%fa i n e .VeV& n i i,i in sß4l ii n i n London and Westminster, by which means the 6° Maryport and Carlisle 12/ Do do / shares alarm that might have otherwise been created sto l c o k Metropolitan Midland among the depositors has been entirely prevented. 6.4.0. Do new stocks brie. d o ci,'tirrirsqnog:i. Ireland Td l e n rb d y Owing to the subsidence of pressure the appear ance of the money market is rather more satisfac- 25 Do 4 shares tory, but the rates, except for the best qualities of 1 25 0 "i lo " (- n a t ;71..in - e - short dated bills, continue very firm. A few trans- 1 0100 N ,\ N , ewcastle A and C i lsle actions have taken place in the class of securities 20 N e e; r ry . , (t lVa rm rnp ' i 1 I c i f o . s referred to at 1 p er c e nt. under the Bank minimum, astock lN o r f, k N 'orth l ß • ritish but a n immediate reaction in the rates is sca?cely stock Nor.Dev.llail&Dk.stoct , stock 1) , A stk ; A recs no d. anticipated. until apch as beenpd.B _ A firmer market hes prevailed to - day for Pub lic s s I o o c e l k NT Ph ° l l ' a s s t t o e n r k n Il • e • rw - i ci ' S ecurities, Consols having advanced about A. per 25 Do do , G.N.E..E purchase cent., viz., 911 / for money, and 92 92k- for the gsrocct Dk poo Ie York e •• • • ----- account. Speculation is inactive, but a few pur- 8 NciVoh n L ew ondon .. chases have produced a favourable effect. The 19t.7100 :4 N N. Staffordshire n...- W. New Threes and the Reduced are fi rtu at 911 i ; 12 l l or& d lanti j ia n m ncti ßail Long Annuities at 161; Bank Stock is steady at 10 Peebles outh ...... - ...... • • sm 238 i and 240; India ditto at 221 ; ditto 5 per 10 arytnin stock Scottish Central Cents, at 100 1 ; ditto New Loan Sc - rip at 100 f, L ; stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock , but Exchequer Bills are flat at 9s. to 4s. dis. stock Do Scots Mid. stock Foreign Securities show little alteration,:withthe stock l' i i i r t gsAi n r n e rn U on ! e ni & SiWei : . • exception of Mexican stock, whiel has receded to stock N S South Counties . iinio . ,•l : • 231 1, being fully I per cent: lower than yesterday. 25 S-Durham & Lanc. Un.: Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to '7O ; ditto 1858, s i, t t o o c c l i c c %Li u 11 , ,\ ; ., a a s i t e e s ril .. . ... . stock S. York. and Riv • eVirju • n • • 55 to 551; ditto £lOO Bonds are flat at 58, P or- 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok tuguese are firm at 461 ; Russian 4,1 per Cents. at 25 Stockton Sz Darlington 91 92 ; Spanish at 481 i ; do, Deferred are steady 2 2 5 5 8 0 0 l's lo ew (1800) at 40! ; Belgian 41 per Cents. are 98. stock Taff Vale . 1 .... - .... • . stock Do Pref. No The Railway Share Market has been rather '25 ThamesHavenLk&Rail .. Ulster dull, and in one or ,1,;wo instances prices opened rs 'with increased depression. Eastern Counties have stock Vale of Ne a : ill . ••••• • • • • declined ss. and South - Western, ss. Great Wes- at 1.0 t victoria Sta. and Pi m.. tern have improved 5 5 , , Lanca shire and Yorkshire, aterford It "Limerickl 6 8., Midlands, 10s., 'North Eastern (Berwick), 5s '2O West Cornwall ... *, 20 West London .......... and South Eastern, ss. to Do let class .. - .... The Foreign undertakings have been at about stock 9 W r est' Va n r l t a l e s ; o • o • 1 iia, • ;1;;• and Rail nominal quotations. stock West Midland—Oxfordi In the Colonial Markets East India have receded stock Do. Newport, Do. Hereford' , 981, and Great Indian Peninsula to 95 1. Grand stock Trunk of Canada declined to 22, and Great Western of Canada are steady at 111 to 111. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in limited request. London and Westmin ster realise 611 611; Bank of Australasia, 684; Union of Australia have improved to 391 ; Crystal Palace Stock is steady at 31 ; Red Sea Telegraph at 18 ; and Royal Mail Steam at 491. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Monk Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l 1 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Eith Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 161 India Stock .... 221 21 Ditto 6 per Cent .. Ditto Scrip Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5/ per Cent lOl Ditto Debentures. 1358 Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO l5 die Consols for Account, March 7 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, liti D tto £5OO 9 4 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian. 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. ......... ~ 92 Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 51 Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 10-11 Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859 • . • . 611 Sardinian 6 per Cent. .. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent .... 48} 1 Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6l i I i Turlish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds e Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 9B hutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto 4:per Cent. Piedmontese 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f. THREE O'CLOCK. Console, Money 9ll I T Ditto Account TILE WEATILE.R. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. ____ ______ _ Nairn 29'45 39 37 Aberdeen__ 29'60 33 37 Greenock Berwick 29'63 42 40 S.S.E. 8 9 r. 6 A rdrossan Shields Scarborough null Liverpool 29'43 46 42 SE, 5 3 C. 8 Yarmouth 29/1 42 41 S.S.E. 3 7 1. 7 London 29'65 46 44 S.S.E. 2 3 b. .„,Night extreme 29'64 42 S. 2 5 c. -rkew 29'65 45 43 S. 3 7 c. Dover 29/0 46 44 S.W. 3 7 0. 1 Portsmouth 29 64 47 46 S.W. 3 6 m. 2 Portland Plymouth.— 29'51 48 46 S.W. 5 1 b. 5 Penzance ExpLINATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at wean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3100ths increase. E. _ __ . ExpLINATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at wean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation 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 ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). • WIND AND WEATHER. B Alderney, S. ; cloudy Ayr, E.N.E. ; mild Belfast, S. by W., blowing strong; wet Birmingham, S.; fine Bradford, N.E. ; dull Brighton t S.W. ; dull Bristol, N. ; fine Cambridge, S.; fine Cardiff, S.; fine Carlisle, E.S.E. ; fine Chatham,southerly , moce rare Deal, moderate Dublin, S.S.E. ; fine Dumfries, N.B. ; fine Dundee, N.E. ' • windy Edinburgh, E. S.E.; stormy Glasgow, E.N.E. ; rain Goole, N.W.; fine Gravesend, W. • fine Hartlepool, S.E.; rain Harwich, S. ; cloudy llolyhead, S.E., gale; rain ,EPORT, Tins DIY, 9 A.M. Inverness, S.W. ; dull Leeds, S.E. ; fine Leith, E. dull Limerick, S. ; fine Lowestoft, S.W. ; rain Manchester, S.W.; fine Middlesborough, E. • dull Milford Raven, S. W.; gale Newcastle on Tyne, N.B. ; rain Newmarket, S.E. ; fine Norwich, S.E., light ; dull Perth, E. ; d u ll Peterborough, S. S.E .; cloud y Port Glasgow, E. breezy Southampton, S.W.; unset. Stockton on Tees, S.W. ; fine Sunderland, S. ; rain Wakefield, S.E. ; fine Weymouth, S.S.W. ; cloudy ; fine Wolverhampton, S.; fine York, W.; fins ATIONS, DO. 18. Madrid, S.; cloudy Marseilles, E. ; ram Montpellier, N. ; rain Paris, S. ; cloudy St. Petersburg, B. ; foggY Stockholm, N.B. snow. Strasbourg, B. ; fine. Toulon, E.N.E. ; ram Vienna, N.N.E. ; fog CONTINENTAL ST Brest, S. S. W. ; very foggy Brussels, S.S.E.; slight fog Cherbourg, S.E. ; fine Copenhagen, N.E. ; cloudy Dunkirk, S.; fine Havre, S.W.; foggy Leipsic, S. ; fog Lisbon, S. S.W.; cloudy, rain Lyons, S.; g Mental shock, or great anxiety changes the blackest hai r white. This colour, however, is to be restored with certainty by Herring's magnetic brushes, &a Dr. Itascall says—" l'agard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their magnetical action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, r heumatism, &c. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basingtall-street, London. 100 100 100 10 13 4 100 100 100 5 174 all STARE 111AR.K.NT.-(TRIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Clcs bag 81 81 80 82 0; 7 V) 101 97i c 8 6 6 44 45 8 8i 15 16 48 49 37 39 26 28 RR RR 261 261 Business Ifi Done. 1111 4 105 52 54 64i 65 102 1021 P In 58 59 891 601 101 103 31 3 10} 101 8 8i 114 116 331 .144 86 88 49 51 51 61 39 41 86 861 1 60 62 80 100 4 7 41 42 10i 111 6 Gbp 5 sst 2 r j il 3 l 67 69 , 117 111 5i ei 0 47 41 43 82 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. P a id Closing . Business Price. Sh a r e Railways. Done. 1:5 .11ythe and Tyne 10 per, ctk c. Kris.&relf. (i , 20 Do. do. do. Shares xeT4 le p d .c a t. t stoc s k l stock iCaledon £10,41 per cent stock I Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2 . si Cork & Bandon, 5% p. c. 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent 61 Don.Perth&Aber.Jun 14 Do lot Class Pref stock ;E.Angn.Class A. 7 &sp.c. stock I Do. do. Class B 6 p.c stock , Do. do. Class C 7 p.c stock :E.. Coon. Ex. 5 p. c. No. 1 stool; Do. fin No. 2 stock , Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. stock !Eastern Union, 4 per ct. stock : Do. 5 per cent. guar stock I Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares stock ; Do. 4p. c glla.. S. &D. stock lEdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. stock i Furness, 5 per cent stock 'Mits.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. stock Greht, Northern, 5 p. et. stock Vo.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.e.pm stock Do. 4%.p. c. do. (10. 100 Do. tp.c. Iterim. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pr. c Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 stock 1 p. et. pref. stock 50 Great West. (Berko and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct... stock Co. Redeemable,4l p. ct. stock !Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. stock IDo Irredeemable, d 0... stock I Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prof. 8 !Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. 10 It; t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. 10 I , Do. do. sp. ct. pref stock IDo Birrncrzuar. stock 261 I Do. Chester gua. shares 13% Do. do. do. 20 'Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 4% pc. pref stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock stock Do.llaritol.st.£s 35 10d pc stock ;Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock , Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.go. No 1 stock !Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 stock ;Do. Erna. 6 p. c. stock I Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 stock Do. do. 4% per cert'. .... 3 Do. do. 4% p. c. shares.. stock ;Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. stock 100. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) stock , ilo.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) stock 'Do. 4 per cent. Pref stock ' Lon f 'hat. and Dover Do.W. i A rceiv. no div 10 ' Ex.A til 6 p cis pd oni co. B B. & Brom ex. 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex 11 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stocki stock Do. 41 per cent 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 5 d 12.1 London dy. & Cole. i sh., 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh.! stock \Tan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct.l 6 Do. £6 stock Do. 3% per cent ; 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 121 qaryoort & Car., 4p. c. 12* Do. 4% per cent 1 stock Slid. Con. 6 p c. stock ; stock Do.Con.Bris, & Bir. 6 p.c.; stock Do : 4% p. c. pref. stock ! . 6 Do. with option till 18601 stock Do. Leto. & Hit. pref. st.l stock Norflk sp. e. Ex. 5t.1846t 6 stock !Do. 51 p. a. Prot do, 1817 : stock I Do.sWay.Val.E K. 5t.1847 stock (North British, 5 p. o 6 stock ;Do. New, elm sp. c.... 3 101 I Do. Bor. I.ln. g. pf. shs 6 10 1 Do, do, do 5 stock Nt fi. CMS', R ail. & Dok.Co. stock iN-East.Cons,Prot. 4 p.c.; 8 stock IDo. 4% po. redeemable.. 7 I stock !Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.', 17 I Do. do. do 20 !Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 i 111 , Do. do. Quarters, 1848, : 1 35 i Do. York, .& S. Pureh I 2 .10 'North Staffordshire 1 5 10 ' Ithymney Guaranteed.; 5 8% 'Scottish Central, new pf; stock ( Scottish North-Eastern 3%p. (... pref. stock.,., I stock ! Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.C.! stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stool , , 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s.' 10 Do. Fixed 4) per cent.' 1.0.6 , outh Eastern (Reading Ann., 1,0.6) , . I stoeg : Do, 41 per cent stock ; Do. Fixed :1 p.c. Ist 15,1 stock I -zouth Wales, gma. 4 p.c.! stock ! DO. 4 pee (scot. , stock ; Do. 5 per cent: 1 stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.; 25 !Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c.,; 25 Do. B 0 uer cent 25 ; Po. C 6 verQent stook I, Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. stock I W.Mid -Oxf lst Goa stki stock I Do. 2d do stock I Do. Newport 5 p,c.pf.red. stook :Do.Perpet. (I p. c. pf 1866 stock i Do. till 1860, Ist 10. 12) Do, do. 2d is. 100 102 20 21 6 61 99 101 112 115 ,106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 76 80 all 1 100 100 100 100 100 100 1 all 112 112 135 112 1101 115 115 140 115 103 150 153 128 131 °0 73 88 89 100 100 100 all all - 112 114 90 92 117 119 112 114 104 106 84 86 98 100 99 101 89 01 90 92 101 103 10 10 Ili 1S 104 11 76 78 20& 214 104 10f 154 16 135 137 116 118 1150 155 13/ 14} 123 130 70 72 BI P, 134 136 1102 104 95 97 111 113 1 0 0 , 111 1 1 i 1 90 92 too 1U 100 10* AP d 22 23 1132,.1 134 V 23 24 91 93 100 102 87 90 27 28, 32 33 32 33 48 112. 127 ,120 121 101 103 123 126 116 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways, Bedford and Bletchley . all Ln & N.W .. .. 1 L D n o. &N.W 97 53 gg e, Ch ilw e ek ste in r g rll m o s l h y l h r e e n . d . : : 1 101 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do .122 124 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 110 112 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 18 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. ICf: Gt. North. 135 137 E.rtnion,Harwich Shs, alt E.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gl s.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Cajedonin Do. New ... ...... 100 Do. • Gloster& Dean * Forest all Gt.Wes . t. H p a p r oo t .. lp t oo sshh l. a D air. c ee k s . s & :: 1 : t .. a . i . 1 . . all Yk.N.&Bri Hull and Selby ...... all IYk.N. Md. all l 1.) D o o .. ....... Lpaon.c.p&reCfearreln. cegua...5.p...c.. 100 L D n o. . & N.W London & Greenwich 100 S. East. .. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 eto & Co. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Norfolk .. Do. 6 per cent.. .... ~ 100 Do. Manc.,Bnxtn. & Matk. all LNW&M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock ...... . 100 -- Newmarkt,Burylix I guaranteed sp. e,. 5. 5 6 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. do. 6 per cent .... all Do. Fixed 5 per cent all North Western all Preston and Wyre. 1! all all Royal'. Slirewsbry& Hereford 100 Do. Do. ~ & Sh A ep 1 Do. i Sh ll ar i g h I S ou th Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO .. NTiMpltdOnct CrOYdn• all all 3lidland E.Counts D 0....... 0.... Do. ....... Midland L&Nw) L.lk. D 0....... Gt. North., T.Brasseyl 3} 31 97 99 iP 56 58 151 16 1132 134 104 100 I) 11 90 92 131 M'Clean.. IGL West. IL& Brgtn Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. THE St.TN, LONDON, TUESOAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 19, 1861. BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, and the report, which has already appeared in The Sun, taken as read, _ _ The CHAIRMAN briefly moved the adoption of the report. He said the net profit for the six months amounted to £35,298 10s. 2d. ; and after the payment of £7,589 13s. Bd. for interest, there would remain a balance of £27,708165. 6d. for distribution. It was consequently resolved to declare a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. After some discussion, the report was agreed to. THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT WIMBLEDON. The adjourned investigation into the circumstances con nected with the death of Dr. Baly, 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. J. seph Beattie, the locomotive superintendent 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.) LAW INTELLIGENCE—( This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers Present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leonards, Lord Cranworth, Lord Chelmsford, and other Peers.) APPEAL-SA UNDEUS V. EVANS, ET 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. Mr. Green, Q.C., resumed, and concluded his arguments for the appellants. The Lord Chancellor, without calling on the Attorney- General to reply, delivered judgment, affirming 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-EVINS V. ISI‘LOUGHLA.N. 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 fcr the appellant, and con. tends that the Court of Exchequer only has jurisdiction in such cases. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE TUE SIIOREDITCII BANK-DAVIES AND TROUGIITON. 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 tea days. The announcement of the performance of Shakspeare'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 gentlemen, 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 tor 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 would 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 King John of Mr. Phelps is too well known and appre ciated to admit 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 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 de Burgh, we must award our unquali fied 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 course, 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 given— 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. Josephs as Prince Arthur in the prison scene was pretty, natural, and unaffected, and a better little prince wo 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 piece was put upon the stage with much elegance and minuteness of detail, and will, no doubt, prove attrac tive every evening it is performed. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. are Railways. O 'Atlantic &St Lawrence IBom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind r Gu. 5 per cent.. ...... I ; Do, Do. i Buffalo and Lake Huron !Do. New .0 !Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich G p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 10 Do, do. July 1. 187:i 10 Do. do. .1 une 1, 1871 s'Clcutta.,r.S.l'laetn.(Lini • Cape,Eas tn. Prov. hn. O Cape Town & Dock Scrip 9 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 71 Demerara • Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c mit East Indian, go. 5 p. c. 9 Do. P Shares Ext O I Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. DebentrsJ Do. 5 p. c. 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Registered 10 Do. do all 6 7 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can. 5 100 Vita Dlemen's Lana .. 28 4 9; 10 94 1 Bugness done SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, MONDAY. There was not a great amount of speculation on future racing events :to -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 Chere Arnie, but no one seemed inclined to lay it. GRIND 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 GUINIAS STAKES. 7to 1 agst Diophantus (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) THE CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (offered to take) 40 to 1 agst North Lancashire (taken) 60 to 1 agst Sycophant (taken) 21.1EX1C.A.N B ONDBOLDERS. 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 the United 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 upun the British Government : " The committee have received a letter, via the United States, from Mr. IV4itehead, 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 having favoured the other party. The French Minister appears to have resented this on behalf of the Pope, and though he had not yet recognized the present Government, and had, there fore, no diplomatic status, it is said that he had given asylum to a number of individuals of the other party. A good deal of difference prevailed on this and other matters, and the resignation of the Ministry was talked of. Mira mon had so far avoided capture. Mr. Mathew, who re mained at Jalapa, had reminded the Government of the British claims on that personage, and a judge had been ap pointed to inquire into the robbery of the £600,000 dollars, and bring all concerned to punishment. Vicario at Ygnala and Mejia at San Luis, continued at the head of reactionary bands, and some considered that there was as great need of foreign intervention as ever. Nothing had been decided as yet about a conducta to Vera Cruz." THIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 19.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; light breeze, and fine weather. OFF COWES, 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. — Arrive d—Antelope, from Adelaide; Chrysalite, from Calcutta; Ariel, from Algoa Bay. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Wind Majesty's ship Bulldog, for Queenstown. RIMSGATE, Feb. 18.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Nancy, for Singapore. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Arrived—Devonshirs, from London for New Yolk. LAMLASH, Feb. 18.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—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 lat. 37 N., long. 68 W., and had lighten the ship by pumping cut some of the cargo (mo to lasses). (BY ELECTRIC 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 Ne w Orleans ; Le Coq, from Cher bourg ; Tagus, steamer , f or Lisbon ; Southampton, steamer, for Jersey; Tasmanian, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Ally, for Sunderland; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. (13Y SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 18 —Despatch, from Demerara. Arrived, Feb. 19—Silva, for Antwerp ; Expert, from Antwerp; Atalanta, Veritas, and Reward—all from Guar sey ; Cincinnatus, from New York ; Ar i e l, from Al g oa B a y ; Conqueror, from Santander. Sailed, Feb. 19—Mary, for Auckland ; Circassian, for Cardiff and Beyrout ; Northfleet, for Hong Kong; Scotia, for Calcutta. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored—Sir F. Seymour, for Bermuda ; Eagle, for D emerara ; 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, lat. 3.20 S., long. , 18} W., Dutch barque Lidein a, from Ja p an 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 ~ an iron ship, third pennant 6,027/ from Calcutta for Liverpool. Jan. 20, lat. 1.37 N., long. 21.10 W., the French barque le de Lille, bound south ward. Same day, lat. and long. the same, the French_bearqlr Vidal, from Marseilles to London for Zansilxtr. a . m.) lat. 2.22 N., long. 23.48 W., the ship Frederico, o tt l Ran- Vidal, to London. Jan. 25., lat. 15.60 N., long. 3b Z V., the 3A6m.2eorlcca„nlosnhgip. 3Renown, , tbhoeuinrdonseohuitphnridgiat Errant, from Calcutta to London. Feb. 6, 1at.38.5 3 N., long. 33.19 W., saw iron ship, third pennant, 6,027. FiSome raalversations are reported to have been discoverei on the part of one of the officials of the East and West India Docks, but they are believed to refer to past tranaqctions, which will not alter the present or future pecuniary position of the company. HEAVY CITY FAILURE-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—Debtur to creditors, £7,116 ; ditto holding security, £54,583; profits, £75,574. Creditor, by consignments, £55,315; expeases, £5,328; losses, £5,915. The bankrupt was expected to pass. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) PISSEY V. MURDOCK- IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE STATUTE OF 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 statements should not be made. Plaintiff—Ho went away six months afterwards. Mr. Bucbanan—Ah, the statute bad 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. Defendan pleaded infancy. Ms 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 IN7ELLIGENCE—(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, with being 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 house, 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 the area railings over which the prisoner must have got to get to the place where he was found. Prisoner said ho 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 «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. Ile 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 division. Mr. Beadon committed him for ;three months' hard labour. THAMES. A REGITLAR GAOL-BlRD.—Mary Donnelly, alias Kearney, alias Sullivan, a masculine-looking woman, about 40 years of age, of very strong passions, and who 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. Smiths 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 takes from under her shawl. Sho 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. Yardley to the gaoler—She has been here before, Roche ? Roche—Very often, sir. The prisoner kept lip a running commentary upon the evidence, and occasionally abused the witnesses. When Mr. Boadler, 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 bard 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. Green-room gossip mentions that a new and original play by Mr. Craver, in which Mr. Rohson 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 Prance, and the remainder in various parts of Europe, 115 117 IVO 112 1104 106 1 13') 13 - 110 112 70 701 61 64 111 1121 62 64 1134 1141 48 50 994 100 931 041 NI 114 51 sli 34 24d 132} 132/ 14 li 1 3 105 107 7 6d 100 100 4S Si 8; I 100 70i i i j 100 112 1 2 1; lo t 83 8 lOO 113 k 14k 131 lor stoc, 100 99/ 100} stocl 94 stoci In 3 2i I if 1021 P 10i 5 81 i i li 90i 90 21 14i I ; 109 111 j 207 210 1 61 63 115 120 1 88 61 981 9 101 981 9} 96 5} niiiii all all all ail all TI-11111) EDITION. SUZY OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAIIENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THis EVENING). The LORD CHANOELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE INDIAN ARMY. Lord WYNFORD asked the noble lord opposite (Earl De Grey), with reference to the recent changes in the orga nisation of the Indian army, whether officers, when they received an appointment to the staff corps in India, would proceed immediately to take up their position in the army, so that promotion might go on rapidly from the regiments from which they had been withdrawn ? Earl DE GREY said that, without being in a position to explain the whole of the arrangements contemplated, it had been decided that, whereas under the system existing pre vious to the proposed changes, officers appointed to the staff corps had been left on the roll of their regiments, toe same course would be, for the present, adopted, and such opportunity would not be considered to create regi mental vacancies. CHURCH RATES. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH gave notice that on Friday next he should introduce a bill to amend the law re lating to Church Rates. PRIVATE BUSI NESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Aloa Rail • way, Bonelli's Electric Telegraph, Clitheroe Gas, Corn wall Railway, Dewsbury an d B a tl e y G as; D um f r i es , Loch maben, and Lockerby Junction Railway (Deviation) ; Dum blane, Doune, and Callendar Railway.; Edinburgh ' Perth, and Dundee; Grand Junction Water; Kin ross - s hi re Rail way, North British and Peebles Railway, Portsea Gas, South Essex Water, Southwark and Vauxhall Water, &c: INDICTABLE OFFENCES (METROPOLITAN DIS TRICTS) BILL. This bill passed through committee. FICTITIOUS SAVINGS' BANKS. This bill also passed through committee. CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICES BILL. This bill passed through committee. THE WAR IN CHINA. Earl GREY rose to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty for copies or extracts of any despatches received by her Majesty's Government explain ing the objects of an expedition reported to have been ordered to proceed up the Yang•tze-kiang, and to call the attention of the house to the papers relating to China laid before it by the command of her Majesty. He said, in moving for the papers mentioned, he had no intention of pressing for them if the Government opposed the motion for their production. His great object was to bring the subject of China before their lordships for discuss on, and had any other noble lord in timated that he intended to bring the subject forward he should not have taken upon himself to do so. He did not propose to dilate upon the disasters at the mouth of the Peiho, nor upon the events which mighthave happened had thatcatastrophe been avoided, but what he wished to do was to call attention to the present condition of our relations with China, and in acquiting himself of the task it would be necessary] for him to look back on the history of our past intercourse with China. When China was originally upened to our commerce, the spur given to trade wait„;..great, though not so great as had been expected. In the beginning of his remarks he must say that he considered the Eng lish Government had no more right to interfere with the regulations of trade laid down in China, any more than it had to interfere with those of France or Spain. For a time all things went on quietly, but at last a circumstance occurred by which we considered ourselves justified in forcing a change, and by fsrce and corruption we re-established a large smuggling trade in 'opium. At the conclusion of the Chinese war large concessions had to be made by the Chinese, and as we had completely subdued them, they had to accept any terms that might be dictated to them. In consequence of the large concessions that had been obtained by treaty, traffic in opium had been resumed, and ever since it had been re garded as a regular article of commerce by the Bri tish Government. The whole of the trade of China became in consequence demoralised, and no attempt to correct abuses was made, but, on the contrary, the consuls vied with each other in their efforts to impose their frauds on the Chinese Government. But a much worse trade had sprung up, ho referred to the trade in Coolies. The Coolie trade had been vigorously carried on, and a system of gambling had, been carriel to an extent that many unfortunate Coolies had gambled away their liberty. In one case a widow was possessed of two children ; the son gambled away his liberty, and the mother, anxious to redeem her son, actually sold her other child, a daughter ; bat when she went to release her boy she found he had been shipped to a European colony. CLEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BARNES took the oaths and his seat for Bolton. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The standing orders were reported to have been complied with in the case of several railway and other bills. The following bills were read a second time :—Colcford, Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool Railway ; Dewsbury, Batley, Gomersal, and Bradford Railway; Elland Gas; Exeter and Exmouth Railway ; Galashiels and Peebles Railway ; Hawiok Police and Improvement ; Kingstown Improvement ; Mid dleton Improvement ; Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, &c., Junction Railway; Tonge Improvement; Universal Pri vate Telegraph Company ; and Wexford Harbeur Com missioners. STREET RAILWAY COMPANY BILL. On the motion of Mr. CHILDERS the second reading of this bill was postponed for a week in order to enable the promoters to consider whether it should be dealt with as a private or a public measure, as it affected the country generally. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. The members to serve on this committee were sworn, and the committee will sit at 3 o'clock on Thursday next. PETITIONS. Some petitions were presented against the unconditional abolition of the church rates, against parochial assessment, against the sale of intoxicating liquors in the provinces at certain hours on Sundays, from Iluddenifield for the ap pointment of Roman Catholic chaplains in workhouses, for a reform of the Established Church, for the passing of a Reform Bill without delay, &c., &c. TIIE SHIP CROCODILE. Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for a return of the amount expended on her Majesty's ship Crocodile, stationed off the Tower ; stating the amount for repairs ; the number of officers and their rank ; the number of the crew employed ; the number of men enlisted fur the navy, and the total amount of expenditure on the said ship in each of the years 1858, 1859, and 1860.—Ordered. EAST INDIA (ARMY). Colonel SYKES moved for address for returns, regi mentally, of officers of the line who proceeded to India with their regiments between the Ist day of May, 1857, to the Ist day of January, 1861 :—Of the number of those who re mained in India up to the latest return received ; of the amount of pasage money paid annually on the outward voyage to India for officers : of the amount of passage money paid annually for the homeward voyage from India for officers : and, general return, showing the number of officers present with their regiments in India and those absent at the latest return, in the case of absentees distinguishing the cause of absence : viz.—Staff employ; civil employ; colonels of regiments; depots in Great Britain and Ireland; in transitu for exchange from regiments or battalions in England ; furlough in India on medical certi ticate, or to Europe; furlough on private affairs ; absentees from any other causes. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice of his intention to ask this day ftnight for leave to bring in a bill for the better protection or of electors in voting for members of Parlia ment. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Mr. P. HENNESSY gave notice that on the motion for the adjournment of the house on Friday week he would call the attention of the house to the interference of the Government in the affairs of Italy, and the effect of such interference. QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. Mr. MARSH asked the Under Secretary for the Colo nies, whether it was the intention of the Government to lay upon the table of the house the despatches of Sir Geo. Bowen, Governor of Queensland, Australia? Mr. C. FORTESCUE said it was not the practice to produce such documents, but in the present case an excep tion would be made, and the despatches in question would be laid on the table. POOR LAW OFFICERS. Mr. P. WATLINGTON asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether it was his intention to introduce any bill this session to provide for superannuation allow ances to poor law officers of unions and parishes ? Mr. VILLIERS said that a committee had been ap pointed to consider all questions relating to the Poor Law, and this amongst other subjects would be submittel to their consideration. DELIVERY OF IRISH LETTERS. Mr. BRADY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if his attention had been directed to the fact that Irish letters, arriving at the General Post-office, London, at 7 o'clock in the morning, were there detained, and not delivered before the second delivery (even so late as 12 o'clock, a.m.) Mr. CARDWELL explained that the delay in question WAS caused by the tempestuous state of the weather during the last two months, which prevented the arrival of the Irish mail in time to be delivered by the first post ; but, with the exception of a few instances, Irish letters were delivered by the second post. COUNTY FRANCHISE. Mr. L. KING rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to extend the franchise in counties in England and Welles; He said he had hoped that after the occurrences of the e ita as t two years in reference to the subject of Pearelsiasamrye for reform, it would not hav© been forward on the him to have to bring this s ubject as no Reform Bill present occasion. However, as tdherneo allusion to reform entertained by Government, in the speech from the Crown, and thought that the present was a fitting opportunity to bring forward his measure as Many persons in the country 'tin instalment of reform. think that Reform should not be attempted in the shape of rehensiva measure, but that they should en • a:onluPr to accom plish it in detail. de(Hoar, hear.) In conformity with that opinion, ho cons idered that it was desirable that he should introduce the present bill for the purpose of extending the franchise in counties to £lO occupiers, the effect of which would be to augment largely the existing constituency in counties, and admit to the exercise of the franchise a class who wore competent to use the privilege conferred on them with advantage to the consti tution of the country. In support of his motion, he ad verted to the fact that the principle en which he based his proposed bill had been already recognised even by those who had been formerly opposed to it, as was shown by the measure of reform introducedby Lord Derby's Government. That bill, however, presented the principle for which he contended in o mutilated a form that he felt bound to oppose it; and, in consequence of that mutilation, it asi rejected, the noble lord (Lord Derby) was deprived of the con fid e nce of the country, and his party driven out of power. Having censured the noble lord the Foreign Secretary, for the course he had adopted in reference to:reform this year, he concluded by quoting the noble lord's words in favour of reform on a former occasion. Mr. WARNER, who had the following amendment on the paper :—" That a select committee be appointed to consider what changes it may be desirable to introduce with a view to amend the represen tation of the people," said he had no objection to the principle of the £lO franchise in the bill of his hon. friend (Mr. Locke King), but at the same time he believed that its adoption was the reason why no measure on reform had been successful in the recent attempts that had been made to legislate on the subject. (Hear, hoar.) He concurred with his hon. friend in his censure of the noble lord, the Foreign Secretary, whose conduct he considered was injurious to himself and to his party. At the same time, however, he thought the noble lord was unjustly blamed for not bringing forward some measure similar to that of last year. There were no petitions in fa vour of such a measure and even the unenfranchised whom it proposed to benefit had made no demon stration in its favour. But there were other courses open to the noble lord which he might have pur sued with credit to himself and advantage to the country. He (Lord J. Russell) might have proceeded by resolution, as he had done so successfully on former occasions, and move for a select committee to form a bill on the subject of the franchise. He objected to the proposed bill of the hon. member (Mr. Locke King), on the ground that it proposed a fixed ground for the pos session of the franchise which he considered impolitic. In his opinion, any reform bill, to be efficient, should be founded on the necrtssities of 1861, and not in conformity with an adherence to the principles of the Reform Bill of 1532. He thought the best course would be to leave the matter to be dealt with by the indepen.447,lnembers of the house. At the same time they filmiti remember that they (Reform mem bers) were a mexoiemnant, and not as they were two years ago, a powerful party. (Hear, hear, from the Opposi tion benches.) They should therefore proceed with caution He drew attention to the fact that notwithstanding only on out of seven of the constituencies was represented, still the general feeling was opposed to anything like revolutionary change. The hon. member concluded by stating that he would not then move his amendment, but bring it forward on a future occasion as a substantive motion. Mrr D. GRIFFITH moved the following amendment : "That, considering that the object of the proposed bill in volves the practical adoption of a principle which has ge nerally been considered as opposed to the spirit of our Par liamentary constitution, namely, the uniformity of th e county and borough franchise, it is not expedient to reduce the county franchise below L 20." He considered that it was most desirable the house should make reasonable concessions to a desire for the extension of the suffrage ; at the same time be considered the alteration proposed 13y the hon. member (Mr. L. King) was too ex tensive to be carried out with safety. Captain JERI:IS seconded the amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the motion, and was 'LEFT SPEAKING. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING). ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Jenner, Esq., M.D., to he Physician Extraordinary to her Majesty. in the room of William Baly, Esq., M.D., deceased. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jose Joel as Consul at Hartlepool for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Murtay Robertson, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon; Dougald Yeates, Esq., to be a member of the Privy Council of the Island of Tobago ; James Clement Choppin, Esq., to be a member of the Exe cutive Council of the Island of Saint Vincent; and Mil Dasp,nt, Esq , to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Nevis. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 19. 'I he Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Aff,►iri,, a copy of a despatch for her Ma jesty's Consul at Naples, reporting that in consequence of the Council of Public Health at Lisbon having de clared the port of Loanda infected with yellow fever, and the other ports of Angola suspected of that disease, the Neapolitan Superintendent of Health has decided :—let. That all vessels arriving from Loanda should be refused pratique. 2d. That vessels arriving from all other ports of the province of Angola should be subjected to a quaran tine of observation of ten days. The Right. Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a circular, forwarded by her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, notifying, by order of the Imperial Central Maritime Government of Austria, at Trieste, that the ports in the Province of Angola, and the Islands of Cape Verde, St. Thomas, and Principe are considered infected with yellow fever. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 18. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Wilts—Southern Division.—Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Hervey Bathurst, of Clarendon Park, in the said county, in the room of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, now Lord Herbert, summoned to the house of Peers. County of Aberdeen—William Leslie, Esq., of Warthill, in the room of George John James Gordon, commonly callod Lord Haddo, now Earl of Aberdeen in the Peerage of Scotland. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 19. Royal Artillery—The Christian name of Lieut. Morley is Clervaux and not Chevaux, as stated in the " Gazette" of Jan. 4, 1861. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 18. The following promotions, dated the 11th instant, have taken place, consequent on the death, on 'he 9th instant, of Admiral of the Red Sir George Mundy, K.C.B. : Admiral of the White John Ayscough to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir James Whitley Deans Dundee, G.C.8., to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, and Vice-Admirals William Bowen Mends and George Ferguson, on the Reserved List, _ to be Admirals on the Reserved List. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir George Rose Sartorius to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the "White Sir James Stirling to be Vice- Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Henry Dundas to be Vice-Ad miral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Henry Eden to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White the Right Honourable Lord George Paulet, C. 8., to be Roar- Admiral of the Red. Rear Admiral of the Blue James Hope, to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Vice-Admirals George Le Geyt, C. 8., Robert Mitford, Henderson Bath, Joseph Needham Tayler, C. 8., Thomas Edward Symonds, Lewis Hole, Henry Thomas Davies, George Gustavus Lennock, aro entiled to the rank and title of Retired Admiral, and Retired Rear-Admirals Robert Patton, and Robert Aitchison (the latter since deccased),l became entitled, from the 11th instant, to the rank and title of Retired Vice-Admiral, in pursuance of Her Majes ty's Order in Council of the 7th May, 1858. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 16. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant James William Vaughan Arbuckle to be Adjutant, vice Naylor, promoted. BANKRUPTS. John Augustus Gustavus Smith, auctioneer, Basinghall street, March '5, at three, and April 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Finch, grocer, Braitwell, Yorkshire, Match '2 and April 6, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. James Thornley, lacedresser, Sneinton, Nottingham, March 7 and 21, at eleven, at the Nottingham Shirehall. Marthy Roby, sauce manufacturer, Leamington, War wickshit e, March 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham Distict Court. George Butcher, boot and shoe ma nufacturer, ril A East ' street, Old Kent-road, March 5, at h alf- p ast two, and p 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. , ey7 Kent- Arthur Smith, engineer, Paragon -buildings, /si. road, to surrender, Feb. 27, at twelve, and April 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Amelia -place, Brompton, Richard Paddy, draper, 4, Thomas Darlington, innkeep , March 1 and April 8, at twelve, aetrthsettiCoopuri‘tioafreßhanlil and '22 District' Court. 'William at eleven., at the Birmingham 'William Brown, butcher,W:ilts,March 4, and April 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Bartholomew Frederick Dunckley, grocer, Kettering, Northamptonshire Feb. 28, at twelve, and March 28, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Richard Burrell and Joseph Burrell, warehouseman, No. 1, Old Change, March 1, at half-past twelve, and A pr il 4, a t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Thomas Stormont and Co., plumber, &c., Edinburgh. William Ralston, house facter, Glasgow. Erskine Finlay, baker, Leith. John Burgess Cruickshank, farmer, Newton, parish of Kinloss. James Rogers, ironmonger, Edinburgh. David Waters, hotel keeper, Lybster, Caithness-shire. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This Dia. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 1 9 12 Antwerp '.,' ... Brussels/W. 1%. Ilamturgh Paris ..... ~ . Short. 25 3 0 25 35 ll itto Marseilles _ 25 67 / 25 72/ Frankfort on Maine — 118/ 119 Vienna 15 25 15 45 15 45 riest 15 35 Petersburgh --33/ 33 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 481 48t 25 95 49 49 ( 2:6 ;25 8, ?, 2,5 85 39 118 118 63 63a 25 80 25. 751 39} 1 181 )118i 52 53 Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — .• •• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard). -•p 135. i& 17 9 Mexicin Dollars ............... ...• 0 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standar.d) ......... ... 0 () 0 0 South American Doublons ........ . 0 00 0 1.:;" was . tared