The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-15 00:00:00

. _ .., THE SIN, _ „LONDON, FRAPAY EV. . _ . ....,,, , ................--- 4.1.........610M6 , • •••••••=1.......11111r ri derstood to have relinquished his intention of tarrying MONEY ,MARKET AND CITY ;NEWS'. : SHARE MAREET.—(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESS' 11° r the night." • • , i MR. ERSKINE. CI'FY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. } Share Railways. ! Paid. Cl 4 P "The Hon. Henry Erskine was remarkable for ready ' humour and repartee. Meeting in London the celebrated The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets (Paid. Closing 1 Business 1 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Duchess of Gordon, he said to her, ' Are we never again to during the last few days have shown very little flbarel Railway s. Price. Done. stkloo t,2 Gu. 5 per cent.. ..... s enjoy the honour of your Grace's society in Edinburgh ?' ' ! i ~,. activity. For tea the inquiries have been limited, `-a, Edinburgh is a vile dull place; I hate it,' responded au Belfast and Ballymena , all 20 Buffalo and LaKe Huron all 4-1 the Duchess. 'Madam,' said Erskine. 'the sun might as and at public sale late rate's have been only sus- 20 •iDo. New . ... all 13.14 ,Bir., Wol , and Str. Val.' all 881 Well say, There's a vile dark morning ; I won't rise to-day.' tamped for the finer qualities. Sugars have been stock Birk., La., and Ch Junc.l 100 60 62 10 Do. Preference - -A late Earl of Kelly was relatine• in a company that he 25 Blyth and Tyne 1 all ~ 100 I Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 75 bad listened to a sermon in Italy ' , in which the preacher pressed for sale, and prices consequently have given 10 Bost. Steal. and Mid.Co.l all 5 6 6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 stock Bristol and Exeter lOO '97 99 99 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 65 described the alleged miracle of St. Anthony preaching to way ; holders of coffee, however, demand full stock Caledonian the fishes, which, in order to listen to him, held their heads . 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' all 41 prices, and but little business has been done. 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all Mit of the water. ' I can believe the miracle,' said Erskine, 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 2s. ' if your lordship was at church.' I was certainly there,' II rice moderate transactions have taken 20 Cork, 111 rock., ,t Passage all 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 11 20 Cornwall sad the peer. ' Then,' rejoined Henry, 'there was at least without material change in values. Fruit • 174 Demerara... all one fish out of thewater.'—On a change of ministry, Erskine place, 10 Do A l e 6 ts pc no div.l 111 W as appointed to succeed Harry Dundas (subsequently Lord and spices have been in fair request at advanced 10 Do B P eran •l all a -- -- , 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 15 11 fu A nt g i f hasbeen td. toBI stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 101 98; Alelville) as Lord Advocate. On the morning of his ap-20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all ' quotations. Saltpetre has continued in moderate 50 Dublin & Belfast, June. all 42 44 Poin.ttnent, he met Mr. Dundas in the Parliament House, 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc.l all 8 84 20 Do. Jubbulpore all favour, at about previous prices. The tallow stock East Anglian Who had resumed the ordinary gown worn by all practi- , 100 16 17 17 100 Do. 44 pC. Debentrs all 97 tioners at the Scottish Bar, excepting the Lord Advocate market has continued inactive, particularly for stock Eastern Counties 'l 100 494 504 5 0 1 4 1 00 Do. s p. c. Deb., 1 86 4 .. all 984 and Solicitor-General. After a little conversation, Erskine stock Eastern Union, A stock) 100 36 38 100 Do. 1865-1870 all li l 'erearked that he must be off to order his silk gown. "Tis present delivery, and a downward movement has ste , ix Do do Bdo 1 100 26 27 stock I Grand Trunk of Canada 100 21 . 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds , 1 34 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 68 Bet worth your while,' said Dundas, ' for the short time taken place in quotations, P.Y.C-, on the spot, stock East Suffolk 1 100 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 58 You'll want it; you had better borrow mine.' I have no being at 595. 6d. At the public sales of foreign stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 85 87 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 40 doubt your . gown,' replied Erskine, 'is made tofit any stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee ICO 25 26 100 Do. 100 Do. 7 per docent. 1862 .. all . 48 .party ; but, however short may be my time in office, it shall and colon ial w ool p r e vio u s va l u es have b e en sus- 10 Forth & C l y de JunctionlB67 .. all 33 100 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all as not be s a id o f H en ry Erskine that he put on the abandoned tamed f or m o s t d esc ripti ons . C a p e qu alities, how- stock Furness stock Glass. and S. Western 100 110 112 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 941 Aabits of his predecessors.'—Mr. A— B —r, a judge of ever, have been in better demand. 10 Great Ntlin. of Scotland all 20 Do. New g ua. s p . c... 8 1 1d the Commissary Court, talked in an inflated and pompous stock Great Northern lOO 1084 109/ 1094 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim r aanner. Having failed to attend an appointment with Although no further alteration has taken place stock Do do A stock j 100 1004 1014 1014 2 guaranteed 5 per cent, all Erskine, he subsequently explained that he had been calledthe rates in the condition of the money market, stock Do do Bdo alit of town owing to his brother, the proprietor of B—, 2oi Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 111 having, in attempting to leap ' a fence, fallen from of discount still present a favourable tendency, stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 107 109 stock Great Western p . stock Do St Val gua. stock 100 60 62 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with stile, and sprained his foot. 'lt was fortunate for your and as large quantities of gold are being sent 12 Trish S t th-eastern.... all opt, till '6O .... brother ' said the wit, 'that it was not from your style he •100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all into the Bank of England, increased easiness is fell, or ' he had certainly broken his neek.'—Shortly after stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1105 1115 1114 4 4 stock London and Blackwall 100 604 411 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 95 the death of Mr. John 'Wright, a talented but unsuccessful anticipated. stock Lon., & S Coast 100 115 116 117 161 , Bright.. 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 100 Do. 50 p. c. do. '7B do all advocate, the late Sheriff Anstruther remarked to Erskine A further large amount of gold, viz., £36,000, s t oc k stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 9 4 6 7 5 9 4 6 9 4 964 4 stock Madrie, guar., 45 p. c lOO 81 on the street, 'Poor Wright is dead. He has died very tock Do. do. 5 per cent Poor. It is said he has left no effects.' That is not won- stock T ond & Bth. Western . 100 Si 9l 02 911 i Lotid. &Nth. Western 100 was sent into the Bank of England yesterday, but s -, • • . • stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 85 derful,' replied the humorist ;'as he had no causes he could 38.000 sovereigns were withdrawn for America. 25 L derry & Coleraine .. all 25 L'derry & Ennisirillen all 104 114 20 Do. 5 do all 2 have no effects.' " stock Melb.Corp. 6p. a Buds lOO The interest has been advertised for payment on 20 Newßrunswick & Canda LEARNED LANGUAGE. 50 maryport and ar s e.. a stock Man. Shef. & I c .inc i ol i n.. 100 1 l _ 47 _4B 471 Angle-Peruvian Bonds, Brazilian 5 per Cents., and 12 4 Do do }shares.... all -- Ry.&L an d(Lim.)g.6pe all 6 " The use of learned phrases by persons who do not -- -0 1 0 Metropolitan 6 3 4 14d Class A Capital Share thoroughly comprehend their meaning is a fruitful source Danish 3 per Cents. stock Midland p 2.0. Do. Do. do. Land L B a C o ap d d it o a . l . d 0 ... :: all 5 of the ludicrous. ' I don't know him,' said a Glasgow A meeting of the Oriental Bank Corporation has 6.4.0. Do new .... ..... Magnate, in speaking of a less prosperous citizen. ' I be- stock Do mirming. & Derby 100 101 103 iieve he is a good enough fellow in his way, but he is not been called for the 22d proximo. 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 20 Oude (Limited) ........ 55. 25 Do 4 shares all stock IScinde of the hong-kong.' This opulent gentleman probably in- Th e B an k o f F rance h as re d uce d it s ra t e o f IS Mid K en t. ............ all 20 IDo. Punjaub tended to use the words haul ton.—' Where is your son 10 Do, Cray Li ne ...1 ° all Zanies?' inquired an old acquaintance of a widow lady in discount from 7 to 6 per cent. 100 Newcastle and Clrlisle all stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. 5, 1 „; 100 90 , _noxburghshire. ' He's gone to Galashiels,' said. 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d the A fair amount of business was transacted in the 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 lady, 'to be a malefactor' (manufacturer).—From an 20 Newry, Warn t. Jr Ros , all FOREIGN ItATLWAI evening party at Dundee . , the Misses —, sister,. Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices stock Noifolk '1 stock North British . • 100 631 644 641 10 i Antwerp & Rotterdam' all 64 Were accompanied to their residence by two young were again a shade higher. The sales were about stock Nor.Dev.RailteDk.stoc ), 100 20 ' Ardennes. ..... ..... .. all gentlemen, who, according to usage, paid their respects 10,000 bales. stock I)' A stk ; A recs nod. 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 20 1; en the foll ow i n g d a y. Ha v i ng e xperienced con s id er - until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 5 Belgian East. Junction all able fatigue at the party, the ladies requested their The return issued by the Bank of France for the stock Do 13 stock .... .... 100 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all aged mother to inform visitors that they were indisposed. month ending yesterday exhibits a falling off of stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 1 00 1 0 14 10 14 1014 zi 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16 13 4 4d ip 6 Cr-neaux Mine & Rail 30 12 This expression was novel to the worthy matron, and was £1,100,000 in the discounts, while the advances stock Do Leeds . lOO 595 60t 601 1 601 i 100 Copiapo ... & all readily forgotten; she informed the young gentlemen, in stock Do York reply to their inquiries, that the Misses were deceased. have also been reduced to the extent of £640,00 0 . stock North London , 100 98 100 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 31 r, Deceased I' exclaimed both the gentlemen at once, utterly The bullion has been augmented £544,000. There 10 Do new 5 20 Eastern of France .... all 23 aPpalled, 4 Deceased, do you say ? and both of them too l' 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 175 31 31 1 145 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. a 10 is a decrease of £533,300 in the notes, and of 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 101 20 Do. do. all ?kith ! ' replied tht mother. The gentlemen retired, 12 Not. & Grantham Rail ll 73 75 20 Great Central of France all tendering condolence. The melancholy tidings spreod £1,200,000 in the current accounts, but the Treasury 10 Feebles . . . •.. • all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 7 rer the place ; and the astonishment of the public may be 20 Portsmouth balances have been increased £580,000. 9 18 gmed, when the young ladies were next day seen en- 10 Rhymney.....- •• ••• • • • all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .1 0 YIng their usual walk. The origin of the rumour was More activity and buoyancy prevail in the mar- stock Scottish Central explained ; but the poor Misses were afterwards re- ket for Public Securities The comparative2o Namur & Liege ........ all 71 Cognised as the deceased ladies.—' I wormer,' sad the wife to-day. stocketock Scot po s N e . o ß t . B. 3 , ltd Aber. stockstock 100 100 8834 ,15, 20 Do. 6p. e. Fret......... all 19 easiness of money and the expectation of a favour- stock Shropshire Union lOO 49 60 16 Northern of France.... all 874 of a Stirlingshire farmer to an acquaintance—' I woLner 16 Do. New Shares ..... 15 What that Calvinism is that cures the rheumatism and a' able Bank return this evening, have led to several stock " South Devon .. Sittin 2 - bourne & Sheer all 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 kind o' diseases.' Galvanism was the word intended.—A 50 Ntlin. Counties Union Amer in the • hof C—, F f la • remarked ' pans e° s l PliMent to the Rev. Mr. H—, of K—, that he was has taken place, Consols being 91 + 92 for transfer, stock South Eastern stock South Wales .... 7 & :. S. e l t ` . r Fran. i m .. (fern.) .... 15 4 a great augmentation to a dinner party.' Acquisition was 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 16 probablyand 92+ 1 for the account. India 5 per Cent. Loan stock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 97 the word meant.—' He's a very offensive man, the 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 20 Royal Dani5h....... : .. all _ Doctor ; 'deed he is, ma'm,' said an eldeily parishioner to is firm at 1001 ,4,-, but the Debentures are flat at 95,-1 ; 25 Stockton & Darlington all 41 42 411 1 5 Royal Swedish ..... the i 11 104 111 e 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all An lady of the Rev. Dr. N —r, of G—w. There was Exchequer, 10. per diem, are ss. to 4s. dis. ; ditto 25 Do do 1 omission of a syllable, the word inoffensive being ob- 25 Do New (1860) 3 664 p 20 Sambre & Meuse hourly intended.—An elder of the late Rev. Mr. Oliphant, 2d. per diem, ls. to ss. prem. stock Taff Vale .............. 100 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 84 stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 14 Of Dumbarton, resolving to pay the reverend gentleman a In Foreign Securities a fair amount of business 25 Tb amesHavenDk&Rail 22 —-- 20 S. Aust. &Lomb Venetin 14 14 eoropliraent, said to him, at the close of the service one has been recorded, but prices generally show less 50 Ulster .. •s i alt 551 561 20 Southern of France.... all 201 Sabath, ' I've seldom, sir, heard ye preach with sic ani- 25 Do .. . . 120 23 p 20 S. Eastportugal 7 p et. 4 —2 / 1 0.fity,' The phrase blundered was animation." firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 721 to 731 ;1210 Do ... : ' 2 d p 81 " est Flandern ' ditto, 1858, 531 to 541. Mexican are flat at 241 stock victor ot Neath [ 100 76 76 10 10.51 p. c. Preference.. all 91 20 ~ & N.W. of France .. all 214 Zutiness Life; the Experience. of a London Trades- 5 . Grenada at 15/. Russian 41 per Cents. are 10 ia Sta. and Pim i all 114 111 stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 20 ' estern of Austria.... 6 man. Honlston and Wright. 7 4 , 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 Western of Switzerland all firm at 911 ; ditto 3 per Cents. at 61 : 1 ; and Dutch 20 West Cornwall . . all 64 64 6 Wiesbaden ... . . . all This is a singular little volume, which, notwith- ~, 20 West London ..... ..... , all 6 Do. 8 per cent * Fief:: : . all Z. per Cents. at 63 , % . . . . 10 Do Ist class ........: all 20 Zealand standing its eccentricities, contains a good many The market for American Securities during the 20 Do ....i all ---- .pieces of practical advice, which the inexperienced stock WestHartlepool Harbr BRITISH MINES. or ignorant may follow with profit. It professes past week has shown greater activity, and prices and RailAifred ConsolinTliiiik stock West Midland—Oxford 100 44 46 20 'British Iron ! 16 1 to narrate the experiences of a London tradesman, have tended upwards. The subjoined remarks are stock Do. Newport 100 40 43 Clifford 1 nil 175 1 Who bee iseerieel nn business for 12 years and en- Preen the circular of NTessrs. D. Bell. Son. and Cora- stock Do. Hereford 1 0 0 79 81 !D evon (4_ e nna _ (T av i s t ) , 1 350 3 Closing Price. 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 41 6 11 lk d i pr n lid 98} 99i 97 98 984 9 9 4 21 22 68 72 58 62 40 42 48 52 33 42 3$ 42 944 954 lid 1 d 2 l 11 1 1 1 91 4 S'i 95 100 90 83 81 83 91} 921} 85 87 2 11 6 7 Jiusiness Life ; the Experience. of a London Trades man. Houlston and Wright. This is a singular little volume, which, notwith standing its eccentricities, contains a good many -Pieces of practical advice , which the inexperienced or ignorant may follow with profit. It professes to narrate the experiences of a London tradesman, 'Who has carried on business for 12 years and en countered many -vicissitudes. If we are to take his own assertion he is gifted with great energy and considerable talent, but as he pleads guilty to a love , of speculation and an inability to attend to details, we do not share the surprise he expresses at his occasional disasters. He discusses many topics of great importance to the man of business, besides giving hints for domestic life as well. Be says that he has long been con vinced that many of his misfortunes and difficulties could have been avoided had he possessed a friend of experience to guide him, or had a prac tical treatise like the present to which he could turn for instruction. No doubt the re are many o f these experiences which will be useful to others, and perhaps enable them to avoid the troubles the author encountered. His principles are highly 'floral and straightforward ; and some valuable Pieces of advice and instruction may be gathered from this quaint but suggestive little volume. The market for American Securities during the past week has shown greater activity, and prices have tended upwards. The subjoined remarks are from the circular of Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Com pany :—" The market for American Securities during the past week showed a decided improve ment. The actual transactions in State - and City stocks were more numerous, at generally improved prices. There has also been a considerable demand for the best description of Railroad Bonds; more particularly for those of the New York and Erie and Michigan Central Lines." Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon 1 e 175 185 350 370 104 1121 15 154 18 61 20 6} 7 2 21 1 35 27 2 2} ;,1k 46 48- 2.14.6 7.4.0 rE. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.tleSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) , Great South Tolgus... • I G.Wheal Alfd.(Philack)l G. Wheal Vor (Helston)l Grenville 1 Closing Business Paid Share Railways. i Price. Done. ,25 'llythe and Tyne 10 per o , y c. pref. (issued at £sb sit etk Kris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock iCaledon £10,44 per cent 10 0 9 9 101 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 6} 'Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent. 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 6 61 14 Do Ist Class Pref all 1 stock I E.Angn.Cjass A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 stock I Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 109 112 stock t Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 104 107 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 108 110 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 106 108 stock Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. 100 121 123 stock Eastern Union,4 per ct. 100 78 80 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock I Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 110 112 stock , Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock I Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock IGlas.& S. Westga. 5 p.e. 100 stock IGreb.t. Northern, sp. ct. 100 113 115 stock Po.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 110 112 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 82 84 84 , 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist _pf. all stock f GtSn. & W(lreland)4 1 100 97 90 p. et pref. stock CO Great West (Berke and rants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Co. Redeemable,44 p.e lOO 97 99 stock Do. Redeemable, .4 p. ct lOO 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 91 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref lOO 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 92 104 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh all 17 18 110 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 10} 102 stock ,Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 74 76 261 , Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 136 j Do. do. do. 20 I Do. do. do. 100 !Lan. & Carl. 46 pc. pref 4O stock I Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock iDo.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc 100 s-- stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gu. No 1 100 11l 113 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 111 113 stock Do. gua. 6p. 0. lOO 135 140 stock Do. do. 5( c. No. 4 100 11l 113 stock Do. do. 4 per cen.. .... 100 101 103 5 Do. do. 4 p. c. shares.. all stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 100 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 128 131 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) 100 70 73 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO -- I stock Lon. Chat, and Dover lOO 87 89 IDo.W. /'A rceiv. no div 10 Ex.A 1116 pcis pd on, 1 all Pb. B B. & Brom ex. I all 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 1 24 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. ands Nuneaton, sp. et I 100 stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d. all 124 Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. all 124 Londony. & Ennis. 4sh all 132 144 stock ITan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct , 100 126 128 6 , Do. £6 Stock )Do. 3f per cenl, 10 'Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 4 2 p 124 7,1 - aryoort & Car., 4p. C all 126 Do. 44 per cent all stock Mid. Con. 6p a. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 134 136 stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 99 101 101 100 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. at. 100 92 94 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. 5t.1846 , 100 stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock North British, sp. 0. stock Do. New, gua. sp. c lOO 109 111 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 3 I lit p 10 ( Do. do. do all stock Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dck.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 90 92 stock Do. 44 pa. redeemable lOO I stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 99 100 17 I Do. do. do 4 13.4. }d p 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 124 I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 15 IDo. York, •.& S. Parch. 10 4d 4 p ZO 'North Staffordshire all 22 23 2 t2 110 llityrancy Guaranteed: all 84 Scottish Central, new pt all stock Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 132 134 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 102 10 I Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all 1.0.6 j South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) stout I Do. 44 per cent lOO - stock Do. Fixed Ip.c. Ist is lOO stock , =oath Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO 91 93 stock , Do. 14 per cent lOO 08 100 992 stock I Do. 5 per cent: lOO stock I S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua lOO 85 87 25 ,Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 264 274 25 I Do. B 6 per cent all 316 324 , 25 Do. C 6 percent all 314 324 stock ,Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c lOO 45 48 ' stock ' W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk 100 123 125 1232 stock I Do. 2d do 100 118 121 stook Do. Newport 5 p.c.ptred. 100 98 100 . stock Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pf 1866 100 121 124 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 114 116 124 Do. do. 2d is. 74 Flerod's- Foot Hingsion • Downs • !Lady Bertha Margaret ( tiny. -Lelant), North Downs I North Frances (Illogan)' N. Wh' 1 Bas r.t (1110 4 any ,North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey), Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l South Caradon(St.Cleed S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Whea.l Fran. (Illogan) , Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croit 3} 54 7i 7i 7 4 8 4 9 4 91 87 3 9 The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been. to a fair extent, and a further slight improve ment has taken place in values. Caledonian, Eastern Comities, and Lancashire and Yorkshire have advanced ss. ; Brighton and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; and Great Northern A Stock, £1 ; London and South Western, have declined as. ; and South-N astern and West Midland were at about former values. 300 310 3 34 ) 170 180 36i 384 2 21 5 6 Vale of Towe_y (Caren) Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskeard) i .West Seton 17 18 77 79 365 '375 105 110 115 it 12.5 2i 12 13 18 20 •12 13 KES. Cassell's Handbooks. .Natural Philosophy. Elo cution and Oratory. Amusing Experiments. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. This excellent series of handbooks is likely to be of efficient ..Q;Qtanoo rn thn nplf-pcicator by furnishin g him with signposts on the road of knowledge and mental improvement. They give a fair outline of the subject in question, in a concise form, and clear and simple style, thus pro 'Viding the reader with the rudiments of knowledge, and with the means of comprehending larger and 41 °re ambitious treatises. " The Handbook of Natural Philosophy" will suggest to the mind Of the young inquirer many interesting questions, ;Which will incline him to prosecute his studies on a large scale. Those whose want of time or inclina tion forbids an extended course of study will learn from the little treatise before us some of the great principles of natural science, and acquire from its Pages knowledge which they would never have aought in more elaborate volumes. The properties of matter and the laws of motion are described in turn; then the phenomena of the elements are illus trated in a popular manner. INlagnetism and elec tricity occupy, as may be imagined, a prominent lace in the latter pages. The Hand-book of Eloeution and Oratory has been prepared by a lady 'Whose name is not unknown in our dramatic world — Miss Edith Heraud. It is written with clearness and with an especial regard for practical utility. Read ing aloud in public and in private, table oratory, and speeches for occasions of social festivity are discussed successively, while the latter portion of the treatise is devoted to the consideration of the vari ous forms of oratory required for the bar, the p_ul pi t , the senate, the stage, and the platform. he Handbook of Amusing Experiments will be an Inexhaustible source of entertainment to many Intelligent young persons; to whom, however, we 7, 11 .° 11 1d strongly recommend attention to the editor's hint of employing extreme caution in those expe inlents z in which fire is an agent. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained very inactive. South Austrian and Lombardo- Venetian, however, are a shade firmer. Great Indian Peninsula have improved 55.; and Great Western of Canada, ss. Grand Trunk of Canada are depressed, owing to the postponement of the payment of the interest on the Bonds of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence branch. Wheal Basset .Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.)! iWheal Kitty ( U.L elanl Wheal Mary Ann Men. Wheal Trelawney (MM. - FOREIGN Joint• Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in moderate request, without any change of importance to record in values. Peninsular and Oriental Steam, however, have advanced to 69. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consuls Annuities India Stock . . Ditto 6 per Cent .. itto Debentures, 1858 oxsols for Account .. 92 lid. 2d. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 4 5 d D . , 0 £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK razilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41- per Cent. 1860 Bo \lexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account New Grenada Active, 3.5: per Cent. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, I St .. Ditto 4i per Cent. . ___ Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859 .... 611 Spanish 3 per Cent.. Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent • • Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Oividends on the above payable in London. French Ratites, 4i per. Ex 25f 94f. 372 c. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 22 per Cent 63i TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9li 2 Ditto Account S hakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Gesar. By the Rev. John Hunter, M.A. London. THE WEaTHE.R. We can with pleasure commend this edition of - ,L/nlius Caesar," and a similar one of " Henry y to the notice of all instructors of youth. It specially intended to prepare youth for the mi ddle-class examinations on Shakespea re ; and e former one of " Henry VIII." was found " to ha ve successfully anticipated and provided for the re quirements of the Oxford examination." From lo t j a ° 4 2 l l over the " Julius Caesar," we cannot doubt 4 L the Editor, in this, says no more than the tr_l l th . He has provided, what no other edit ions n Shakespeare professes to do, just what stu dious „, youth need, for a proper underst andin g a appreciation of the great poet. Shakespeare is now become a part of the English education in every good school, and certainly with the greatest propri e t y. N one o f our great writers are so well adapted to the tutor's purposes, for giving youth a fight conception of the powers of their mother to ngue, and for imparting to them a just and manly literary taste. The City of London School has a considerable bequest to encourage the lads by and suitable prize s t o t h e study of Shakesper i an wor k s , we cannot doubt that the stimulus wilt prove to be of signal use to great numbers of the boys. We commend this edition of the plays to the. notice of the tutors, if it has not hitherto attracted their attention. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. stock Commercial stock Do. 4 per Cent.PreiMin stock L East and . I.V L0nd0n....... ..•,,.... 1....... stock .. stock St. Katharine. stock Southampton stock ;Victoria 20 I Do , New . 100 100 100 100 100 100 ..., 100 198 100 2 Fl par MISCELLANEOUS. I MPOR TATION OF FOR EIGN GRAIN , &o,—The following quantitie s were im ported into Hu ll last week : Wheat, 1,80 3 qrs . ; barle y , 6,869 qrs. ; Oats, 480 cirs,; 1.berm5 ,1763 312 (FL ; peas, 3 16 qrs.; tares, 10 5 qrs.;linseed qrs. Import duty was p aid the sa me week on 4,641 cw t. of wheat flour. i " DESTRUCTIVE I' IRE.--Yesterday mornin g a fir h e broke out on the premises of Messrs. Lainson a nd Edwards li nendrapers, G rosv enor -place, Commercial -road. The policeman who discovere d the fire roused the inmates, w ho With great difficulty effe cted their escape. Engines quickly arrived, but the fire was not subdued until the premises and valuable stock were destroyed, and the adjoining h ouses damaged. THE MURDERER HACKED. —After the removal of this unfortunate man from the bar of toe Crown Court, in the Castle of Exeter, to the county gaol, lie maintained With great firmness the same calm demeanour which had so i le,rearkably characterised him through out the trying hours When he stood listenin to the evidence aga inst biw, and 'Which co n d uc t h a d excited such attention on the p art Of lie ge wh o prison 1 3.' . crowded the place. Upon his a rrival in the d not exhibit an y difference in his bearing . That he certainly felt the awfulness of the dreadful position in Which , Et . te e was placed there can be no doubt; b ut the mas -1.3' Which he exercised over his countenance p revented an yone haa from det ec ti ng w h a t we re his real sentiments. He to satisfy yet been informed of the day on which he wi ll have fl_ 4 lisfY offended justice, nor is it probable that it w ill be fineduntil the conclusion of the assizes,or at least the cif , "t hal cases in th e C rown Court. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 68 72 C 52 0 16 16i d 41d 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim 17.6 1 d 20 Brazil St.J.del Iley,Lim 15 296 304 5 Do. Land and Mining - ,Co. all 4 1 1 ,'Clarendon Cons.MinCo. ; die. 40 'Cobre Copper all 39 41 ,Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co' all 2 ,Fortuna. 20 General all 20 22 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 pr 6p 14 Kapunda (Limited) ll 1 14 p 8 Linares all 9 10 5 fLusitanian 2 pr } gy p 1 Iltariquica all 1 N.lthineCopof S.Aus.L l2e.6d id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leacil 1 Mining and Smelt. all 4 6 5 Port Philip I 1 } 1 'Scottish Austen. (L.) los. 54 d 68.2•84 United Mexican . all 4 46 ' 1 IWorthing (Limited) all De JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bki 60 40 Australasia- 25 Bank of Egypt. all 19 20 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 204 21 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 35 100 City 100 IColonial 25 37 39 385 20'11 iCom. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London . 20 - 20 lEng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 156 16 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 20 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 224 23 50 London and County .• 20 33 34 50 ,London Joint Stock ••1 10 291 20 ;London and S. Alrican..l 10 2 16 100 !London & Westminster' 20 82 63 63 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 IDo. new 50 ',National Bank 20 [New South Wales 1 all , 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank .. .' 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new 25 i South Australia 25 'Union of Australia ... • all 50 Union of London l2 24 25 At ioe Unity Mutual 6 0 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEg - . -- - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..lrJuly lop Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 107 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1006 1001 1004 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 107 108 1071 e a Do. 1890 100 108 109 N.B. G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1066 1076 1064 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 974 986 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 976 986 ' Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwde 100 97 98 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up. 100 ' Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1134 109 1084 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 stock East and West India stock ILondon .......... 100 stock 'St. Katharine. lOO 981 6 - Angio-M exican Mint all 1 35 14 10 'Atlantic R. Ml Stm (Id) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1000 lAtlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 .• 10 (Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 41 1 . 41 I 50 British American Land 40 Railways. p aid. ' Leasing Closing Business 1 1 Co.'s. Price. I Done. 50 R&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 36 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 Bediaid and Bletch Ley all LITisT.W .. .. 20 Do. C. (Limited) . all 124 144 Buckinghamshire 100 Ln &N.W 94 96 324 Canada Land all 114 118 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 i Do. Do. do. 55 per cent. 100 'Do. Do. do. 5 per cent.l 100 IDo. lO9 111 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent. .. all 20 22 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 99 101 stock Crystal Palace Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 15 18 stock Do. Preference E.Lincolnshire,R.6 p.c. ICO ;Gt. North. 135 137 20 E.lndia.lrrign. & Canal 1 Id d 5 E.Union,Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 445 44 st o ck Electric Telegraph Do. Woodbridge .. . 100 1 Gls.Barr.& Nells;Drct. 100 Csjedonin 5 English & Aus. Copper all 34 34 Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest all 'Gt. West. 1 Great Ship Limited)... all I i Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all IYk.N.&Br -- 1 Do. 175 pet Preference all i Hull and Selby Do. Shares 5 Do. 5 Shares _, 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 14 11 Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 'Ln.&N. 201 204 10 Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 London & Greenwich 100 8. East. .. 61 83 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.)' 5 if Ild Do. Preference ..... 100 Do. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend." 100 ,Peto &CoB7 99 10 Netherlands Land all Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 'Norfolk .. 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all Do. 6 per cent.. - . lOO i Do. Mane., Buxtn. & Matk. all L NW&M 34 31 ' 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 1 Mid. Bradford Prefer- 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 5 1 ence Stock—. ... 100 Midland 94 96 1 Do. New SharesLim.) • 158 . p• Newmarkt.,Buryix 1 5.. 5 6- i E Counts 15 p , 10 OrintLln.Steam(Lim.).. 8 4 3.5 guaranteed sp. c. 1 stock reelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) 100 47 60 49 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. 55 57 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 68 70 60 Do. do. 6 per cent .. all Do. — so Do. New 25 10 11 Do. Fixed 5 per cent.. all 'Do. — 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.c all 18 19 p North Western L& NW) 15 Do. New all 45 5 Preston and Wyre. all I& L.Yk. f— 100 Royal Mail Steam BO 494 ish Do. 5 Shares A. all Do. — s t oc k Scot. Austi n . In v . (Li m . 100 123 128 Roystn.llitch., & Shep 100 Gt. North. 132 134 25 South Australian Lan all 32 34 Skrewsbry& Hereford' 100 T.Brassey 100 102 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. all Do. Do. 1 P iiP 1 DO. do. Registered .... tal 1 South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean.. 104 11 10 Do. d 0...... all 6 7 Wilts and Somerset.. 190 Gt. West. 90 92 t 20 Tr..3c Ln. Co.ofUptCan. n 5 TYlzl)lWon&C.:royd.n. ill LAW*. 13a 9i __ ! 100 Van Dlvinea'n Land •., If 01 isi ... ii 'jail This Day, 1 between 8 and B. E. IM. D. F. !C.I. S. 9 a.m. — — -- Nairn 29118 38 37 l W. 4' 2 b. 3 Aberdeen I 29'62 38 36 W.N.W. 3', 4 c. 2 Leith 129 . 88 44 43 W. 5 ' 9 0. 3 Berwick 29.52 45 41 W.N.W. 4 2 b. 3 Ardrossan 'l 29•98 44 40 I N.W. i 3 I 2 b. 3 Poi trush ... 30'01 43 41 W. 5 4 0. 4 Shields • 129 . 87 42 39 IV.N.W. 8 , 6 b. 5 Galway I 30'20 44 42 W. 4 1 b. 2 Scarborough '29 91 44 41 N.W. I 2 b. 3 Liverpool . Valentia Queenstown Yarmouth :-.0 01 44 43 W. i 1 7 o. 3 London 3o*ll 48 45 W.N.W. 7 i 7 c. 1 Dover :30'14 46 45 IW. 7 9 o. I Po , tsmouth Portland Plymouth 3 0 .'8 48 45 W. , .W. 11 1 m. 2 Penzance Jersey 3o•t9 47 46 W.S.W. 8 8 o. 5 EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean 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 :-1) , 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 Bradford, W. ; dull Birmingham, S.W. Boston, S.W. ; fine tEPORT, Tuts DAY, 9 A.M. Edinburgh, W.; fine Glasgow, W.N.W.; fine Holyhead, W.; fine Inverness, S.W. ; fine Leeds, S.W. Lowestoft, W. ; cloudy Manchester, N.W. by W. Milford Haven, W.S.W.; fine 13rivhton, W. ; cloudy Bristol, N.W. ; fine W,N.W. ; fine Chatham, S.S.W. ; fresh Deal, W. ; cloudy Dublin, W.S.W. ; fine INFANTICIDE.--Yesterday Mr. G. S. Brent, deputy coroner for West Widdlesex, held an investigation at the Waterman's Arms, Brentford, into the singular cir cumstances attending the discovery of a child's body perfectly naked, taken out of the Thames, in a fisherman's net. It appeared from the evidence adduced that on the 9th inst., a fisherman, named Pearce, was occupied fishing for smelts off Strand -on-the-Green, in company with a brother, when suddenly feeling something heavy in the net they quickly drew it, under the impression of having a fine haul of fish ; but, much to their consternation they found that in place of fish they had caught the naked body of an infant. The fishermen promptly abandoned their nets find took the body to the Brentford police-station. The medical evidence was to the effect that the infant had received a violent blow on the left side of the head, which appeared to have been inflicted immediately after its birth, and in all probability was the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persoas ilanoWn," PREFERENCE SHARES. NO, MARCH 15, 1861. Business done COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices of Appeal.) LAGIIER-JOHNSON V. CAZENOVE. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. APPEAL.-ROBERTSON V. FL EMING AND OTHERS. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel on both sides in this case, the Lord Chancellor reserved judgment, APPEAL.-JI:DGMENT.=-LITITBEIDGE V. LITHBRIDGII. The contention in this case was whether the appellant, under the will of his father, Sir T. B. Lithbridge, was entitled to the park at Sandhill, and also the garden, of 100 acres, stock, die., along with the mansion -house, under the word " premises" thereto belonging. Their lordships were of opinion that under the devise in the will the appellant was entitled both to the park and garden in question, and directed the receiver to give an account of the rents and profits, and pay them over to the appellant, and decreed accordingly with costs out of the estate. PETITION OP APPEAL-JUDGMENT -JOHNSON V. GAL The question raised in this case was whether a married woman living separate from her husband can contract gene ral debts legally to attach her separate estates. The debt in question, £lOO, was for household furniture, &c. Their lordships in delivering judgment were of opinion that a married woman living separate from her husband can not only contract special debts, but also general debts, which will attach her separate real and personal estate, but no decree can be made against her in this case in respect that the mortgage debt exhausts the separate estate. Their lordships discharged the decree of the Vice-Chan cellor, and the attachment under the decree, and dismissed the bill and appeal with costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE AGATE.-AN UNNECESSARY BANKRUPTCY. This bankrupt had carried on business at Emswortll Hants, as a corn dealer, grocer, &c., and to-day was appointed for his last examination. The bankruptcy appeared to be unnecessary, as it wa stated that the bankrupt could have paid 20s. in the pound had he not been harshly pressed. The balance-sheet, by Mr. Butler, commences March, 1860, and ends December, in the same year, and shows a surplus in March of £473, and he now owes £2,937, against which he set down bona fide good debts £724 cash, £66 property, £1,670 of stock, lease, furniture, &c., but on the forced sale there was a loss of £1,174. The profits were set down at £1,044, and the bad debts only £2l. The trade expenses £459, domestic £220, so that he was carrying on a thriving trade, had he not been unduly forced by one creditor. The bankrupt passed without opposition. IN RE WAOSTAPF. This bankrupt was described as of Fenchurch-street, wharfinger, and to-day was appointed for his last exami • nation. Mr. J. B. Sorrell, of Mark-lane, appeared for the assignees, and asked for an adjournment, on the ground that no accounts had been filed. Adjourned accordingly. IN RE ABEL hINIITII. This bankrupt was an engineer, and Mr. Sorrell now applied under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that I reperty of the value of £6OO had been about to be sold, but his Honour stayed the sale to afford an inquiry as to a claim made by some creditors for money lent. They now offered to give up all claims on the property, on being pay a small sum of money, and he now applied for a sum mons to examine the creditors as to the debt. His Honour thought that it was unnecessary to put the estate to that expense. Mr. Sorrell said the expense would be greater by further delay. Summonses were thereupon granted. IN RE WRITEBREAD. This bankrupt had carried on business in Duke-street, Smithfield, and he was adjourned sine die, as he had not prepared his accounts; protection was granted for six weeks, which having expired, Mr. Lucas, instructed by Mr. Drew, Ba singhall-str€et, applied for further protection. His Honour refused until satisfactory accounts were filed. Mr. Warrand, Bashinghall street, applied for a certifi cate to take the bankrupt into custody, but his Honour refused for the present. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DOUBTFUL CHARGE.—Kate Mears, a young woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a silver watch and breast-pin of the value of £7 10s. from the person of Samuel Jackson, a servant, at 26, Hill-street, Berkeley-square. The prosecutor said he was walking up Park-lane about half past eleven the previous night when the prisoner asked him for a penny. He told her he was in a hurry to get home, and could not stop to speak to her, but gave her a penny, and then walked on. The prisoner, however, continued to follow him to the top of Hay's-mews, where he spoke to her for about three minutes, and then missed his property, and told her that if she did not give him his watch he should give her into custody, and he did so. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, prosecutor said that no one else came near them ; that the watch was not found on her; and that he was on his way home from 49, Belgrave-square, where ho had been to see a friend, and that on being there his watch was safe. Prisoner said the prosecutor first spoke to her, that he asked her to go down the mews, but that she never saw his watch. Cooper, 75 C, said that on being given in charge, 30 yards from the mews, prisoner denied having the watch, and it was not found. The prisoner gave a false address. A female in court said that was not true, the prisoner lodged with her at the address she gave. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he did not see what case there was against the prisoner. She appeared to have very little opportunity to take the watch. He thought prosecutor must have lost his watch before getting to Park-lane. The prisoner was then discharged. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verds .. April 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Cuba and Mexico .. April 1. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) . • .. March 13, Cape of Good lope, &c. .. April 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Mar. 21. Do (via Marseilles) Mar. 15. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Mar. 83. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) Mar. 15. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Mar. 13. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Mar. 22. Lisbon Mar. .• •• •• •• •• • 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Mar. 13. Do. (via Marseilles) .• Mar. 15. Vigo, and Oporto .. „ • Mar. 11. United States, California, &c. .. Mar. 14. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Mar. 16. - RES FOR 1861. ,IL. Llauboidy .. l4 I Thi rsk lB , I Liverpool Hunt Club 20 Doncaster Spring 23 i Newmarket F S 29 :AY. Bath 2l b;anch~ etc 22 Harpenden 24 Epsom 2B 'NE. Odiham 25 Newcastle Bibury Cie Stockbridge Winchester 2B Nottingham 16 Stamford lB Southampton 23 Hartlepool 29 Goodwood 3O 21 i 701 5 7 94 97i 2 d lU —d 0 92 AYS. 611 152 — P la 4 12 13 31 21 I 3 3# 23 24 7 71 71 7; 19 20 874 384 8 0 37 38 55 57 4 30 8} Ai t 20t d li El 6 66 96 96 216 226 17i 13.9.6 9} 5.14.6 &12 4.10.6 1.8.6 46 9.18.9 11 10.6.7 124.8.0 i3e6dl 474 5 5 7.5 1.7.2 RACING FIXT' Northampton Catterick Croaton Park Epsom Spring ll Newmarket Craven 15 Chester 7 York Melton l6 Salisbury l6 Chelmsford Beverley llun gerford Ascot 11 Hampton l9 Newton 19 Newmarket .. 2 Carlisle Worcester .. 4 Liverpool July 9 Abingdon 9 Pontefract. ll AUG UST. Lewes . 5 Brighton Brighton Club 9 Wolverhampton l2 Reading l4 SEPT] Devon and Exeter Stockton Derby War wick lO Lichfield Doncaster l7 Radcliffe Egham 20 Oxford York • . 28 Plymouth 29 'EMBER. OCT( Newmarket F 0 1 Newmarket S 014 NOTE Worcester Autumn 5 Liverpool Autumn 13 Richmond 24 Leicester Walsall 25 Monmouth 26 Manchester Autumn 27 IBER: I Newmarket 11 U :BER. Shrewsbury Autumn ....19 IRELAND. APRIL. Curragh 23 JUNE. Wicklow ----- 6 I Curragh ..............25 JULY. Bellewstown 18 I Down Royal Corporation.. 24 AUGUST. Heath of Maryborough .. 8 1 Roscommon ............22 SEPTEMBER. Curragh.. T ramore OCTOBER. 2 1 Down Royal Corporation s .24 l Londonderry] .......... ° 1,1133 0 mi,loitil,••22l SPLENDID AURORA 110REALIS. Mr. Lowe, writing from the Observatory, Bees ton, under date of March 9, says :—This evening we have had an Aurora Borealis which in magnifi cence has not been surpassed for some years. In 1841 (on March 22), Professor Phillips at York, and Professor Stevelly at Belfast, described a very simi lar display, and on the 3d of December 1845, a grand auroral arch crossed south of the zenith of this Observatory, but was less bright than the present phenomenon, and also had features differing much from that of this evening. At 8p m. there was an auroral glare on the northern horizon, and from 9h. 45m. till 10h. 45m. p.m. th e w h o l e northern heavens were covered with bright red aurora. At this place much cloud intercepted the northern heavens, which rendered this part of the phenome non confused ; but within the distance of a couple of miles a red arch was seen which, from the descrip tion, must have passed near Polaris. At 10 o'clock the southern half of the heavens became cloudless, and a colourless arch was seen stretching across the sky from east to west. This arch remained visible till 10h. 45m. p.m., when it faded away and the sky became overcast. At 10h. 18m. I took the position of the arch among the stars ; it com menced in the west at Orion's belt (those three stars being about 20 degs, within the arch), it passed across Procyon, Jupiter, and Arcturus, and ex tended 15 degs. below the latter star. These prominent objects are excellent guides by which to ascertain its height above the earth. The arch was a broad band of soft, white, calm, strong, steady light, being broadest at the apex, and apparently rolling round upon itself with great rapidity, with a short, tremulous, vibratory, and un dulatory motion. The stars were not dimmed by it, and stars of the third and fourth magnitude were seen shining through it, but the planet Jupiter was very sensibly dimmed, and often a bow was formed around this planet. One observer told me that it hid stars, but I am quite as positive that it did not, and that the circumstance of Jupiter being dimmed has led to the belief that the stars also were dimmed in light. I find, in reference to this point, that sometimes the stars have been found to shine brightly through an auroral arch, and that at others they have been known to be quite obscured. Sir W. E. Parry remarks that on Jan. 15, 1820, " the stars were somewhat dimmed, con trary to former experience ;" that on July 8, 1820, " Aldebaran and the Pleiades were sensibly dimmed ;" that on October 2, 1820, " stars were sometimes altogether obscured ;" and that on Dec. 14, 1821, " stars of the second magnitude were dimmed." Professor Stevelly remarks on March 22, 1841, that " stars in the Lion shone brighter through the aurora." Dr. Falconer, on December 3, 1845, states that " in the centre of the arch stars were invisible," while from this observatory on the same occasion I made a note that " stars shone quite brightly through it." The arch did not always keep at one brightness, being sometimes considerably brighter ; mostly whatever change occurred east of the apex also occurred west of it. From 10h. 18m. till the time it disappeared the arch did not move among the stars ; except a bending about the planet Jupiter at 10h. 32m., and a little oscillatory motion near the apex, the legs of the arch never moved their posi tion. During the latter portion of the time the arch split almost longitudinally in the north-east several times, and re-united. In fading away the diminution in brightness was gradual and equal throughout the whole arch. No doubt, this phenomenon will have been very generally observed. The day had been 'very fine, with a westerly breeze. THIS DAY'S MARE F.TS. CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up, to-day, the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate, but there was an increased show of sam ples in good condition. For both red and white qualities the trade ruled firm, and Monday's advance in the quo tations was well supported. The imports of foreign wheat are somewhat restricted, and considerable firmness was observed in the demand for all descriptions. In some instances prices were decidedly in favour of sellers. Floating cargoes of grain realised fully previous rates. Fine barley was held at previous rates; but all other kinds were very difficult of sale, even at low prices. The transactions in malt were of a limited character, on former terms. Oats were in fair request, at the full prices of Mon day. Beans moved off slowly, but without change in value. Peas were steady, and all kinds realised late currencies. The flour trade was firm, and prices were fully sup ported. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 610 i 1,340 1,320 11 020 I 1,020 iii.h.. ..... .., — - 1,220 f Foreign.... 9,570 brlci. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Increased supplies of beef and mutton are on sale here, and the demand rules heavy on easier terms. Veal and pork, however, support previous rates. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef 2 10 3 0 Middling do 3 2 3 4 Prime large do 3 6 3 8 Do. small do 3 8 4 0 Large pork 3 8 4 4 Inferior mutton 3 4 4 0 R. d. 5. d. Middling mutton 4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork 4 6 5 0 Lamb.... BOROUGH HOP. The market continues very dull for all kinds of hops. Good and fine qualities, however, maintain previous quota tions, but inferior parcels are quite unsaleable eieept at lower prices. per cwt. New Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 200 s Wealds Sussex Yearlings .. 60s to 1688 60e to 126 s 80s to 1708 COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has continued very quiet, all parties waiting the result of the public sales which commence to day. SUGARS.—There has been more disposition shown by holders to realise, and prices have slightly declined, parti cularly for foreign descriptions. In the refined market, however, late quotations have been well sustained. , COFFEE.—There have been no public sales of importance, and scarcely any business has been done in the private market. Quotations, however, remain steady. RICE.—A limited business has been transacted, and pre vious prices have generally been fairly maintained. Fate IT.—The market has shown more animation, and the recent improvement in prices has been well sustained. SALTPETRE.—Limited dealings have been entered into, and quotations in some instances are a shade higher. TALLOW.—The dealings for present delivery have been on a very limited scale, while speculative transactions are restricted. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 59s 6d ; April to June, 58s 6d; and last three months, 55s 6d to 56s per cwt. WooL.—At the public sales the biddings during the week have been moderately active for most descriptions, and the rates established at the commencement have been fairly maintained. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—MIRcx 14. Our corn market this morning was very numerously attended, and a fair business doing in English wheat, at Is per qr advance, and foreign 2d per 701bs. French and American flour in fair request, and 6d to is per brl. dearer. English flour at prices as high. Oats and oatmeal were at late rates. Indian corn 6d dearer. BIRMINGHAM-MARCH 14. At this day's market there was a very large supply of wheat, and all English qualities were at the currency of this day se'nnight. A dull trade. Barley and oats were nominally unchanged. Beans were is cheaper, and peas is to 2s lower. CORK-MARCI 13. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 26s 6d to 28s Ori ; white, 27s Od to 33s Od; barley 17r 6d to —s Od ; oats, 12s 9d to 16s Od. PLYMOUTH-MARCH 12. The market was dull, with very little business, at is ad vance on currencies of last week for wheat—English white wheat,:6Bs to 70s; red, 54s to 64s per qr; French do., 633 to 648 ; American, 62s to 64s ; Spanish, 686:t0 698 ; Rus sian, 60s to 625. Barley in good supply, at 36s to 448 per qr for malting ; griding, 32s to 368 ; oats, 24s to 28s ; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 478 to 50s. EDINBURGH GRAlN—Miatcn 13. Wheat on the top 380 d up..... average is 6d down. Barley on the top 2s Od down average 1s 6d up. Oats on the top 48 Od down... Beans on the top 1. 6d down ..... x . 2 .2 ........... ave rage Os 2d down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat .... ........ 0 0 0 0-12th. B oa a - ge . y . .. .............................. 1 10 2 9-12ths Beans ......... . ......... 2 2 6 1-12th Total Supply and Sales. Wh et , .... ...1217 qrs Sold 913 qrs 8ar1ey.•..•...1262 qrs Sold 745 qrs 0at5......... 2698 qrs Sold 1489 qrs Beans 378 qrs Sold 216 qra 80:111.22ttahhd: "171, DERBY SMITHFIELD-MAR= 12. There was a full supply o f f a t b eas t s t o -day ; former prices again asked, quality go o d, A good supply of sheep, ma i n t a i n i ng late prices. The supply of calves mor e p l en tif u l . F a t pigs were also in good supply, and a clearance eff ected. Beet Mutton .... 6id to 6i 80 to 9 1 Pork ......... Lamb —sl to —d Rough fat, 5s 6d p 7d to lad Veal . .......... 7d to 7ii Hides, 21d to qd ; calf skins' ,6dto 6d p er stone, A heavy failure is reported from Moscow o f firm in the drug trade. The liabilities are said to e xcee d 4260,000, THE NAVY ESTIMATES. Ship-money, in a new sense of the term, seems destined once more to alarm Englishmen for their rights and their purses. We have spent upon ships such incredible sums of money, and we are asked for such large additional sums every year, that the country has at length passed from bewilderment to impatience, and from impatience to clamour. It is hard to say how many commissions or committees are sitting or have been sitting upon various sub jects connected with our naval expenditure ; and a new committee, charged with a more comprehen sive mission than any of its predecessors, has just now been appointed. If it be really true, as stated in the debate, that " the ship a priv a t e room w i t h the bbuyiltdhinegFiorsft Lordthe ninavy is completely mana ge d " Surveyor," we can form some idea of the way in which the money goes ; but the real source of ex travagance we believe to be this —that we are always in arrear of the age as respects our models, so that we first lavish vast sums upon obsolete pat terns, and then incur fresh expenses for the purpose of precipitate reconstruction. The history of our dockyards for the last 10 years would make this suffi ciently plain. We might have saved at least five years' outlay upon sailing ships, but we persisted in build ing them after steam had been established, and con sequently had to pay for our work twice over. We again clung tenaciously to the paddlewheel after the superiority of the screw had been proved, and the result is that a considerable portion of even our steam fleet is still of doubtful efficiency, so that we divide our frigates and sloops and screws and paddles with a mark of disparagement, if not con demnation, against the latter class. At last, how ever, we seemed to be emerging from these embar rassments, when the new question of iron against wood plunged us once more into the old difficulties. It is, we fear, but too plain that we have again fallen into our old errors ; but something may yet be saved by timely warning, and it is on that account we revert to the subject. Iron appears now to be so far recognised as to h e preferred to wood for all the ships of war above the rating of a frigate. That was the doctrine recently expressed in Mr. Lindsay's resolutions, and pointed at in Mr. Corry's motion for a return of all the wooden ships of two decks and upwards now build ing. To a certain extent, indeed, the principle seems to have been accepted even at the Admiralty, for Lord C. Paget informed the house on Monday evening that whereas they had intended to build be tween three and four line-of-battle ships in the year 1860, they only built actually between two and three of these vessels. Nevertheless, it is clear enough that we have only seen our way after much of the mischief was done, for within the last two years we have doubled the numbers of this very class of ships, and, indeed, only a few months ago were pluming ourselves upon the achievement. The French had not laid down a wooden ship of the first or second rate since 1856, whereas we started in 1859 with a sudden resolution to launch a whole fleet of these vessels at any cost. After what has been admitted in Parliament, it must be perfectly obvious that if we had commenced our ironsides in 1859 as we are beginning them now, and had aban doned the old pattern as no longer serviceable, we should have saved the cost of some 25 line-of-battle ships, and possessed ourselves of a strong fleet of the new model to boot. We may say much the same of our frigates. The Secretary of the Admiralty de scribed our position in this respect as being " ex tremely satisfactory," meaning that by our recent exertions we had raised this department of the fleet to a good standard of strength and efficiency ; but what will be the result if it should be proved that frigates also are the better for being cased in iron ? We shall then find ourselves with a nume rous squadron of these vessels just as they are super seded by a fresh model, and it will be the old story of the sailing ship and the paddle over again. With regard to smaller vessels the case is still more strik ing, inasmuch as this is the particular point upon which we are engaged at this moment. Lord C. Paget, having prudently said little about line-of battle-ships, and rather prematurely congratulated his hearers in theniatter of frigates, observed that the energies of the Admiralty would for the ensuing year be devoted " mainly to the construction of those most useful ships—sloops, and gun and de spatch vessels." No doubt these are very useful ships indeed, and we dare say the " improvements which are taking place in this class" have had a natural effect in urging on the Admiralty to " the completion of a great numberof them," according to the Secretary's promise. But unluckily we have a great number of them already, and find ourselves, as usual, with a splendid stock of the very vessels which " improvements" have rendered obsolete. It was but five or six years ago that the " energies of the Admiralty*" were " devoted to the the comple tion" of all immense flotilla of this identical class, and at the present moment upwards of 300 out of the 505 vessels composing our Steam Navy are sloops, small vessels, and gunboats. Of sloops alone we have nearly 100, 58 of them being screws. It will be said that we built this flotilla in haste for the Russian War, and that if the model has be en since improved we must needs keep pace with the times. Granted ; but is it quite certain that we are taking the best model at this minute Is it cer tain that iron armour will not be found applicable with decided advantage even to gunboats ? We can only say th a t th e F rench have built some iron casedemsthoefseadtmminr things better in spoke hey o f c t e h r o t a s i e n Ty e s s d e o l s m i n a n t a e g r gunboat s , an d t h at Lord C. Paget himself France, and for the simple reason, apparently, that there is no obstructiveness at headquarters, and no indisposition to accept a new discovery. The con sequence is that there is no money thrown away on useless work. The French build their ships of the most modern type, and, indeed, set the fashion in this, as they do in other matters. We are always two or three years behind the world. We ought to have had our screw deckers in 1857, when they were the best line-of-battle ships known, instead of in 1860, when they had been superseded. We ought to have our ironsides now, in 1861, instead of in 1863, when they will probably be finished. It is confessed now that the theory is a sound one, but how was it that we, with all our mechanical pre• tensions, took so long a time to make the discovery ! It could not be accident, for the thing has occurred over and over again ; in fact, it invariably happens in the case of any new invention. We persist in shutting our eyes to conditions which other people have accepted, and then, as a necessary conse quence, we spend our money over again in efforts to recover lost ground. At this very moment we have only overtaken our neighbours just when it would have been better not to have done so. Assuming, as the aspect of the case most favourable for us, that for all vessels except line-of-battle ships wood is still the best material, and limiting our view, therefore, to this class alone, what is it that we discover on a comparison of the two Navies ? We find that, whereas France has 35 screw line of battle ships afloat and 2 building, we have 53 afloat and 14 bUilding or converting, or nearly twice as many as our neighbours. If, however, an iron-cased ship is the only ship for the line of battle, it follows that our E upe riority is a superiority in encumbrances only. We have succeeded by two years of tremendous efforts in stocking our harbours with twice as many inefficient vessels as the French possess. That is the result of our recent expenditure—the upshot, in this branch at least, of the " reconstruc tion of our Navy." The moral, we think, is plain. We must keep our minds, as well as our eyes, more open to the progress of things around us. We must be more ready to accept new invention& ' instead of clinging with bigoted tenacity to vital)- . lished models. We cannot shut out improvement if we would, for what others do we must needs do also, and we do but lose the lead by delay. After n ft a er all, a more liberal system need not essa ntly cost u building additional penny. As we are incessantly have only got to n e ships on some model or other, build them on the best model known at the tim e , by which simple plan shall w e save our outlay on keep ahead of the world an d exploded patterns, besides.-2intes. 211 IS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 15.—Wind this day at noon.--N.W., mo d e rate breeze and fin e . PORTSMOUTH, March 14.—Wind N.N.W. to W..—A r _ rivedF—F PORTSMOUTH,Hercules,from Shields, for Lisbon - . Sailed—m ajor Wolf, for St. Th omas ; Al exan d e r, for Gibraltar. oMarchay; Thorald, from G rangemouth, 14.—Arrived—I mperatrice Eugenie, from Table J 3 for Havana. (By ELECTRIC TELEORIPII.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. March 14—Mowe, steamer, from Bremen; Le Coq,Ar Ar rived, n 1 Cherbourg ; Havre, steamer , Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Reaper, from from Havre ; om Cork ; Duk e of Cornwall , steamer, from Londo n ; Ally and Woodl an d , f r om Sunderland. Sailed—Twenty-Sec on d o f D ecem b er , s t eamer, f or San Domingo ; Ocean Bride, for Aberdeen; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for Dublin. (By SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived—Revely, from New York ; Maritt, from Dem a rara ; Frederick, from Antwerp ; Boreas, from Havre. D Friday Morning. I 2 Passed—H.M.S. :Megtera, from the westward, for the river. Anchored—Faith, for Barbados ; Idalia, for Swansea—. both from London. Brussels advices mention the stoppage of t'Ae mercantile house of M. Leon Gochec for £lOO,OOO. At the annual meeting of the Van Diemen's :r4sna Company to-day a dividend of 6s. per share Iras Woe.