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

RONEY NARKET AND CITY AV Eu 8. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. RISE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND. The Directors of the Bank of England have just advanced their rate of discount from 7 per cent., at which it was adjusted. on the 7th ult., to 8 per cent. The alteration has not created st , much surprise, owing to the increased exportation FA! of specie, and the extraordinary pressure which has lately prevailed in the discount market. As it has been impossible to negotiate bills at 7 per cent. in the open market, the demand at the Bank has been excessive, and the returns in the Gazette to-morrow evening will no doubt show that the st t i authorities are fully justified in the course they ` O , eta have pursued. A further sum of £59 ,000 in Australian gold was at, sent into the Bank of England yesterday. r The steamer which left to-day for Spain con veyed £16,000 in gold. The interest on Danish 5 per cent. Bonds will , be payable or and after the Ist proximo. St A call of £3 per share, amounting to £90,000, is sti due to-morrow on the Buffalo and Lake Huron :11 Railway, New £2Ol shares. tit Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes- et, terday continued inactive, and pricer; were again 8 8 1: a shade lower. The sales were about 5,000 et , bales. Towards the close of business yesterday after- st, noon a decline of about / per cent. took place in ' the market for Public Securitien, and a further 0, similar depreciation has been reported to-day, (3. Consols being 9116 for money, and 911 92 for the s t l, March account. This unfavou.rable change is, of course, mainly attributable to the disturbed state of the money market. The New Threes are flat, II 912. 92 ; the Reduced, at 911 ; the New 31 per Cent. are 101 ; Bank Stock is firm, at 234 1 and :ft; 235; and Exchequer Bills have advanced to 3s. et,, die. and 2s. prem. ; the New India Loan Scrip has been dealt in at 1001 I, but it is now 100/ 1. et( The dealings in the Foreign Securities have eta been of an average character, and prices are etc tolerably well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. stril are 601 to 70 ; ditto New (1858), 551 to 56 ; Mexi- 19 . 1 can are flatter, at 24-} s ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are firm at 856; Russian 3 per Cents., at 611 ; Span ish Deferred, at 401 41 ; and Venezuelan 3 per ste Cents. at 211. etc The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up :1; to this day, are in round figures as under : st 1861. 1860. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton 13,096 11,911 stook 8 ,,,,t Y . ork. al.ndkßi.ivnerdDitonkl 100 Midland 25 Stockton ßes &oD'ahington all South-Eastern Great Northern 26,329 24,597 25 Do New (1860) 3 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 5,693 5 , 621 stock Do Pref. 15ro 1 lOO North-Eastern .. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 25 Do .•• . . ' 20 South Wales Vale of N eath 1,708 1,468 stock Vale of Neath West Hartle and Pim pool Edinburgh and Glasgow Scottish North Eastern „ t ; r , ° , rd & Limerick, all rnwa l ........ a ll Great Western of Canada The above returns again show a considerable 10 DoTo Ist class ..•• - ••• ••• a a ll improvement on those of the corresponding period stock WestTTartlepool flar . r in the previous year. The increase on the Great stock West and .l Ball iland-Oxford 0 100 l Western amounts to £2,145 ; the North Western, to stock O. Newport, 100 Do. Hereford, 100 £1,629 ; the South Western, to £762 ; the Brighton. - to £1,185; the Midland, to £4,247; the South Eastern, to £770 ; the Great Northern, to £1,732 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, to £2,127 ; the North Eastern, to £2,548 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, to £671; and the Great Western of Canada, to £2,826. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been moderately active, but a heavy tone has prevailed, the advance in the rate of discount hav ing caused a decline of about I- to 1 per cent. on several of the principal lines. Caledonians, Great Northern A Stock, North British, and West Mid lands have receded ss. Great Westerns, North Westerns, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; South Eastern, £1 ; and Midlands £1 to £1 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been inactive, and also at slightly reduced quota tions. Paris and Orleans realise 37i ; Great - Western of Canada have declined to 11 and 111 ; Great Indian Peninsula to 951. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continued in moderate request, without any mate rial variation in prices. London and County realise 35 ; Bank of London, 521 ; Oriental Bank, 47-t and English and Australian Copper, 31 32,.. BRITISIL FUNDS --ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ..•......."......•••"••• 235 41 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l 2 11 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 1 2 1 2114 / New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOl India Stock .... 100 1 1 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Scrip Ditto Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 51 per Cent lOll 1 Consols for Account, March 7 Exchequer Bills, £ l , O00 , 1 1d Ditto £ 5OO 2 din 2 par 3 die FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent. 1860 Mexican 3 per Cent .. 241 1 1 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cont., 1856, '7 and '9 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859 .. • . 611 1 Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred 4Ol Ditto Account Ditto Vassive Sp an ish Cert. of Coup. not funded.....; 6l / Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account; Dividends on the aboVe payable WO on in Ldon. T O'CLOCh Consols, Money 911 1 Ditto Account ... THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Feb. 14, between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. • 9 a.m. Nairn 2910 32 31 S. 2 7 o. 2 Aberdeen 2 9 .89 23 W. 1 1 b, 1 Greenock Berwick 2917 35 32 W. 2 2 b. 5 Portrush Shields Galway 29/8 42 41 S. 4 9 o. 4 Scarborough 30.07 29 W.N.W. - 1 1 f. 3 Hull Liverpool__ 30.05 32 31 E.S.E. 3 6 c. 1 Queenstown 2 9 .73 47 46 E,S,E, 7 1 o. 6 Yarmouth.... 301.7 30 W. 2 7 f. 3 London 30*13 30 S. 1 f. Night extreme 3013 26 S.E. 1 90. 1 New..•.— 3014 25 calm 0 8 1. Dover ... . Portsmouth 2917 43 42 N.N.W. 3 8 o. 2 Portland PAymouth Penzance 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. C loud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b blue sky ; clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ;h„ 1., hail ; lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r„ rair.; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augment s t us, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). WIND AND WEATHI Alderney) S.S.W. ; cloudy Ayr, N.B. ; frost Bradford, N.; frosty B r istol, S.S.E. ; frost Cambridge, S.S.E.; fine,frost Cardiff, E. ; cloudy Carlisle, S. ; fine Ch a tham, N.E., l ig ht; fine Deal, S.S.W. ; fine Derby, N.W. ; fog Dublin, S.E. ifine Dumfries, N. ; frost D un dee, N.E. ; frost :Edinburgh, calm; hazy, frost Glasgow, N.E. ; frost, fine Goole, S.W. ; frosty Gravesend, calm; fine, frosty Holyhead, S.S.E., breeze, and clear L'R REPORT, FEB. 14. Harwich, N.R. ; frost Inverness, N.E. ; frost Leeds, N.W. ,• foggy Leith, S E. ; frost Middlesboiough, W.; frosty Milford Haven, S.E. cloudy Newcastl e ma Tyne,. S W ; frost Newmarket, S.W. ; fine Norwich, S.E. ; fi ne Peterborough, S R.; fi ne Southampton, N.E. ; cloudy, frost Sunderland, W.S.W. ; frost Wakefield, S.E. ; fi ne Weymouth, S.E. ; unsettled Whitehaven, S. ; fine Wolverhampton, S.E.; frost York, S.E. ; fog 'ATIONB, FEB. 13. ; very d E. • fine Morsel loud cloudy Montpellier, N. 1V FY E fog u St. Petersburg,W • foggy S Madri Paris, S. ; e y Strasbourg , • Toulon, E.N.E. ; fin e Turin, E.; foggy Vienna, calm ; foggy CONTTNENTAL Brest, S.W.; cloudy Brussels, S.S.W. • cloudy Cherbourg, S.S.E.; fine Dunkirk, S.; cloudy Havre, S.W. fine Leghorn, W.S.W.; cloudy Leipsic, S. ; cloudy Lisbon, N.; intense fog Lyons, S.; cloudy General Ulloa and Baron Jochmns, the latter bearer of despatches from the Austrian Government, were to leave Marseilles the day before yesterday for Civita Yeo !shia, on their way to Rome. men .ll the clear. space bit of trees gray vinter ?s the above , f ivy er. 1 glen ; )elow, id the moul 'onto- ee the ire are sweet L their laden ;ht of read sh has , ne its of the ink of ►e last ds last It 4s Od ; as, 39s is hi ; 128 Od ; 57,621; ; peas, d with mday's I in ro iea.vily, er Sibs. hands vs were d. P. d. 05 8 10 6 2 8 5 2 4 5 0 4 6 8 5 0 .0 pigs, .. 120 . 700 69 • dies of .ows to 5s pork, )ing*, as Od to pork, 45 )Ilows : 6s Od ; )ork, 4s quarter 14 Os clover Per load. £5 ; ) £2 Os 5 Od ; £1 18m P, d. .22 3 ~21 0 ~18 0 ~21 6 —2l 9 .10 6 .20 6 .20 0 ..16 6 .16 6 0 .21 SHARE .31Alif DAY.) ORDEN A.RY STIA ttES ©ND STOCKS. RailWayS. Paid. priae. Belfast and Ballymena 13.14 Wol , and Str. Val. l - ock Birk., La., and Ch June 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost. Sleaf. andMid.Co x'.k Bristol and Exeter ...• )ek Caledonian 10 Carmarthen A Cardigan $0 Cork and Bandon 0 Passage l l 0 0 ( Cornwall.....D;ook r 8 ,1 t r, 10 Do A (A gets no div. l • hasheen 50 Dublin A Belfast 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab.3unc i ock East Anglian ock Eastern Counties ock Eastern Union, A stock c- ,, c Do do B do 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds oak East Sufrolk oak Fdinburo - h & Glasgow tock Edin. Perth, A Dundee 10 Forth A Clyde 3 unction, stock - Furness stock Glaso . . and S. Western 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland ock 'Great Northern ick Do do A stock )ck Po do B do - )ck Gt. s. A W. of Ireland 3 ek Great Western .. ock Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Irish South-e2stern rack Lancashire A Torkshin ock London and Blackwarr x i s Lon., Bright... A S Coast ock Lond., Chat., and Dover ock Lond. &Nth Western ock 'Load. A - th. Western..' 25 L'derry A Coleraine 25 I,',lerry A Enniskillen ock Man. She. A Lineoln ..1 50 Ma ryport and Carlisle..l 12} Do do shares....; 10 Metropolitan ock 'Midland . , 4.0. Do new.. . .. • ock Do A Derby 50 Mid. G. W. of Ireland 25 Do shares '5 Mid Kent . • •• • 10 Do, fray Line 00 N ewca.tle and Carlisle 10 Newry A Armagh, def 20 Newry, Warnpt. AR. ock Norfolk.... •• • ock North British ock Nor.Dev.RailkDk.stoe ! oak D A stk A rocs no d.l until 6pchas beenpd.B! oak Do B stock .. • • 1 ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick? 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase ock Do Leeds ...... ock Do Yort , • ric4 North London •', 10 Do new 16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction 12 N ot. do Grantham Bail 10 T nbl es -• _ 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.. •• • -- •• •• •• ock Scottish Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock ock Do Scot. Mid. stock ock Shropshire Union ...• 10 Sittingbourne A Sheer. ock South Devon • • • • • 50 N'hn. Counties Union 15 S.-Durham & Lana. Un )ck sJuth Eastern ick South Wales .- Business , I s Done. 1 100 100 100 1 81 i 1 100 50 I I 10' I 101 26a lOl 1061 5/ I 21 70i 70 114 i 1 00 } 1 99 } I sto, sto 941 4 sto 1331 21 651 41 121 1021 It P 141 1 2( 21 Pi 81 80 82 64 7 99 101 964 97i 6 6i 43i 44i 8 8 15 164 50 51 37 39 26 28 85 88 26i 27 113 115 'lll4 1121 105 166 132 13+ 112 113 69i 70 61 64 114 f 1151 114 114 115 48 60 100 1001 931 9411 10 11 51i 52} Si 2 d 131 32i 105 107 7 6d 52 54 64i E 5 104} 104 p Ip 60} co 92 624 101 103 31 3 101 10/ 8 81 114 116 33a .14i 86 88 43 50 6 7 39 41 85 851 60 62 SO 100 4'7 42 43 101 Ili 0 6 6i p 5 ;1 5351 p 67 - 69 11 11! 45 47 41 43 82 St PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. 25 It . ythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issaed at ..£5 l :tk & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 Do. do. on. Shares stock Caledon £10,41 per cent stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. C. 20 Worn ;wall. 5 per cent. Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun 14 Do Ist (laza Bret 4toek I,....AnLln.Class A 7 &sp.c stli ; 1 100 „._ stock IDo. do. Class B 6 p.c.... stock ino. do. Class C 7 ;tick F.. Conn. Ex. sp. c No.l, stock IDo. do. No. 2 - stock 1)0. New fi pet ct. stock. stock Eastern Union, 4.per ct. stock Do. 5 percent. guar... stock EdinAG las. sp.c. shares stock Do. 4p. c zua. S. D. stock 1 Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. stock Furness, 5 per cent . stock Glas.k S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. "oel: Grcht Northern, 5 p:ct. dock , o.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm dock Pb. ,* p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt.Nh.of Scotid. Ist pf. ,tock 5 Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. stock 50 'great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. stock Co. Redeemable,4i p.ct. stock Do. Redeemable. 4p. ct. stock Do Irredeemable, d 0... stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. - . 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref Mock Do Birmz.v.uar. stock 261 Do. Chester gua. shares 13} Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do _ _ ell Ino 100 Lan. St Carl. 4i pc. pref. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s :is 10d pc stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. stock Lon. & Brig. 5 pe.grn. No.l stock Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 stock Do. rua. 6 p. c. stock Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 stock Do. do. 44 per cen'. 5 Do. do. 4i p. c. shares stock Do. 7 p. et. Bret stock stock Do. 6p.e. do. (W.E.&C.P) stock no.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref stock Lon. What. and Dover I Do.W. IA rceiv. no div. Ex.A tilEip cis pd on 10 ^o. B B. & Brom ex. 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p, ct..... stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock stock Do. 4A per cent 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6d. 100 100 100 100 all all 100 all all all 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 stoct 'Do. per cent 10 Do. redeem. 8 per cent 121 ',Tary,ort & Car., 4p. c 12§ Do. 41 per cent. stock Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock stock Do.Con.Bri 8. & Bir. 6 p.c stock Do. 41 . p. C. pref. 8 Do. with option till 1860 stock Do. Leis. & Hit. pref. at. stock Norlik sp. C. Ex. et. 1846 stock Do. 5a p. c. Pref. do. 1847 stock Do.slVay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 stock North British, 5 p. a stock Do. New, gua. Sp. c 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs - 10 t Do. do. do . stock Nth.Dev.R ail. et Dck.Co. stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. stock Do. 44 pc. redeemable 2 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref 1 17 no. do. do 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 3 15 Do. York, . Purch 6 to North Staffordshire— -4 tO Rhymney Guaranteed. 3 fq Scottish Central, new pt stock Scottish North-Eastern 1 p. c. pref. stock stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 8 I ▪ stock Do. 7p. o. pref. stock 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 4i per cent 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 4i per cent ' stock Do. Fixed lip.c. Ist is 6 stock -South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. stock Do. 4i per cent stock Po. 5 per cent, stock 5.-Yorkshire, 4 p. e gua 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C G per cent stock Wated & Kilkny, 6 P.C. stock W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk stock Do. 23 do stook Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf. red. stock Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1666 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 124 Do. do. 2d is. Paid Closing Business Price. Done. 101 103 6 20i 214 6 1 99 101 112 115 108 108 10 112 108 110 124 126 76 80 113 113 135 113 101 118 116 140 116 103 150 153 128 131 1?0 73 88 89 12 114 90 92 117 119 112 114 103 105 83 85 98 100 99 101 89 91 90 92. 101 103 10 101 17i IBi 104 11 76 78 2011 211 101 101 151 16. 135 137 II fi 118 150 155 14 14i 125 130 i i P 69 71 + IPi 134 136 102 104 95 97 111 113 109 111 11p 91 93 101 103 102 104 i iP id -4.- p 22 23 100 100 100 all all 133 138 10e 11 23 24 102 104 192 104 91 93 100 102 85 88 27i 284 324 3.31 324 33 45 48 124 126 120 124 101 103 123 126 116 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Railways. i p.,,, 1 Leasinc , I ,Closing Business I ' '''''' Co. s. I I Price. Done. ' Bedford End Bletch ley all Ln & /3.1 V .. .. Buckinglismshire ....I 100 Ln & N.W 98 100 Chester & Holyhead.. , 100 Do. Do. do. 54 per cent . ) 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per centi 100 Do. 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all .U.&E Cl 6 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6 p.c., ICf t. North. 136 138 E.Union,Harwich Slis; all- , E.Ccunts. 44 44 Do. Woodbridge . , 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils;Drc .. t. 100 Caledonin - Do. New ... ..... 100 D 0....... Gloster& Dean * Forest all t West Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all .N.&Br Hull and Selby ...... all ' N. Md. 111 113 Do. i Shares ....... all Do. — Do. i Shares ....... all D 0....... Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 n.& N.W 207 210 fe & re a n r ee ee 7. i . c . h . ' 110000 S. East... oat. .. 61 63 115 120 Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 Peto &Co BB 01 p •B er ux ce tn n . t &.3iatk., l a oo ll 45 o Nw . ,szm 3i 3i Lowestoft, ;ma. 4 p.ct. 100 Norfolk Mid. Bradford Prefer. ence Stock Newmarkt,Bury x guaranteed sp. c. 1 1 5. 5 6 i TE.Connts i 4 p Do. do. 6 per cent .... all Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all 'Do Do . — Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do.. 100,0 T G . t is .i r . a o . s r e t e b . y . 1 13; 3 6 138 North Western . ...... all Midland 154 — l6 prestos and Wyre. t all IL& NW) S L.Yk. 1 Do. i Shares A. all Do. Do. It Sif ° r Y e s N t v li s . likr il y ite .t h lie et p re S o f l c ee r p d 1 .... 1 a South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean. li 14 Wilts and Somerset.. f all 'L West : 89 in 1 Trilaledo3l& Croydn. all 'L.faßrgta a az -. LDvoroona.::: r en all 'all 100 100 all all 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 5 all 851 5 FHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY Ev ENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1861. .( This Day.) ASTOR YEirCE. Closing Paid, !Butiness done BETTING AT MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY. I'rice. - 7477 92 03 16 16i dl 4 b d 6 7 75 SO 67 72 Os 70 pr LINCOLN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Golden Pippin (off., take 6) 10 to 1 agst Miss Emma (taken) 14 to 1 agst Benbow (taken) LINCOLN STEEPLIICIL&CE. 4to lon the field (offered) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to lon the field (offeredN i 30 to 1 agst Redwing (taken) LINCOLN WEETING. There was very little doing to-day, the uncertainty as to the Lincoln races coming off causing quite a check upon speculation. For the handicap, b to 1 was offered on the field, 10 to 1 was taken against Miss Emma, and 14 to 1 agst Benbow. For the Lincoln Chase, 4to 1 was offered on the field. For the Liverpool Steeplechase, 10 to 1 was offered on the field; and offers were made to back Dundee for the Derby at 4to 1. Closing prices : The following horses have arrived :—Annan, Aneurin, Amsterdam, Ataman, Bayonet, Benbow, Clovernook, Canto, c by Ilospodar, Chloe, Conundrum, Confessor, Cherrokee, Corona, Cockatoo, Deception, Donner and Blitr, Doubtful, Estella, First Lord, Flash in the Pan, Foretop, Gaylad, Golden Pippin, Griffin, Grillade, Guilder, Hornsea, Isthmian, Ingestre, Jackal, Jenny Longlegs, Jerusalem, Liberality, Little Gerard, Little Wonder, Master Bagot, Mercury, Mercia, Miss Emma, filly by Crnisk, Miser, Pre centor, Penuistone, Parapet, Paradox, Prologue, Queen of Spain, RebelKon, Revolt, Rookawn, Sepoy, Sheffield, Spicebox, S',,eelpin, Summer Goose, Sister to Johnny Raw, Tidlywio!es, Tadmor colt, The Martyr, The Colonel, The Dane, The Lawyer, The Premier, Vixen, Wee Nell) Walkington, Willie Wright, Worship. Grand Steeplechase.—Old Ben Roe and Bucephalus scratched. POSTPONEMENT OF THE RACES. LINCOLN—THURSDAY. (Er ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) In consequence of the severity of the frost, these races are postponed until to-morrow (Friday) and Saturday. Litre r Railways. IC At antic & s . . ',awrenc , • 5 Born., Baroda,t.Cent Inc ' I Gu. 5 per cent 8 Do, Do. P 94 Buffalo and Laxe Iluroui 94 Do. New O Do. Preference ...... 13 uffalo,Brant,leG odricl 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187". Do. do. July 1, 187: Do. do. June 1, 187- 5 Montt a AS.Ea stn. (Lin , :0 Cape,liastn.Prov. (Lim O Cape Town & Dock Scrir O Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. C. 74 Demerara.. 9 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. , East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext..... Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 O Do. 1865-1870 Ick Grand Trunk of Canada O Do. 6 per cent. Pref O Do. al Pref. 6 per ct O Do. 6 per ct. Debentr O Do. 7 per cent. 1862 O Do. do. 1867 O Do. do. 1872 ,ck fri t. Indiarenin.gua.sp.c. O Do. New g,tia. 5 p. c ,ck Gt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. O Do. do. 94 Gt. W. of Canada Shares 04 Do. New O Do. Bonds pay. '76, with, opt, till '6O . O Do. do. '73 till '6O. O Do. do. '73 without opt. O Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... O Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B d 0... )ck Madras, guar., 44 p. c... )ck Do. do. 5 per cent..... )ek Do. 41 p. c. Extension 9 Do. Fourth do ...... • • )ck Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. tO Newßrunswick t Cand Ry. &Lan d(Lim.)g. 6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do ...... .. tO I Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .. • • 10 Oude (Limited) )ck I Scinde -.'' 10 Do. Punjaub .. —c.? f tic, 10 ,Do. Do. ........ 5 ook 'pl o.indus.St. Flo. 5,g. 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. LAW lar COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. ings at Nisi Prius, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) HOLLAND V. ROXBERRY, This was an action by the chief mate of the steam-tug Hope for £62 as his proportion of one hundred and thirty four three-quarter shares for services rendered in the sal• vage of the cargo of the Earl of Eglinton, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands on 29th January, 1860. _ . The plaintiff's counsel called and examined the captain and crews of several steam-tugs to prove the practice of paying a rateable salvage to the captain and crew of steam tugs for services rendered in the salvage of the cargo of ships wrecked. The defendants contended that the plaintiffs services were voluntary and gratuitously rendered, and that no claim lay against the owners of the ship wrecked. There was no contract expressed or implied to support the claims now made. The defendants' counsel (Mr. Lush, Q.C.) is Row ex amining the defendants' witnesses, to prove that the claim was paid and discharged by the owners. SHERIFFS• COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) COMMITTAL OF A DEFENDANT FOR ALLEGED PERJURY.-- EXTRAORDINARY CASE.--GRUNDY (SMITII AND WIFB) V. PEARCE. This was a judgment summons upon a verdict obtained in the Gravesend Court, and had been adjourned fa om Tuesday. Mr. Kemp, instrusted by Mr. Perry, of Ironmonger lane, appeared for the defendant. Mrs. Smith said that, in Sept., 1854, defendant and a lady introduced themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Crittenden, and hired his rooms. Defendant slept in the same room with the lady on the following Sunday, and upon a subsequent occasion. Witness, a short time since met the defendant in St. Mary-axe, and he then said " that he met the woman for the first time on the Ten ace-pier, went home with her and paid her as he would any womanunder similar circum stances. The servant who was living with the plaintiff at the time said, that defendant and the lady hired the rooms together, and that she saw him on the following Sunday. That he did not sleep on a sofa in the sitting room, and that the bed occupied by the lady appeared to have been slept in by two persons. Defendant subsequently called twice, and slept again cn one of those occasions in the house, and again the lady's bed appeared to have been slept in by two persons. Mr. Purvis, grocer, said he was at Gravesend upon a certain Friday, and saw the defendant near the plaintiff's house. Subsequently called at defendant's house and asked for Mr. Chittenden. A lady (Mrs. Pearce) came out and said that no Mr. Crittenden lived there. Mr. Pearce came out, and witness said, " That is the gentleman." Witness mentioned about the Gravesend matter, and Mrs. Pearce, appearing very much cut up, said, " Oh, it was Mrs. Crittenden, was it ?" Mr. Pearce was very flurried. Mrs. Smith—At the Gravesend Court defendant offered to pay in four months. Mr. Kemp called defendant, who said he was only at plaintiff's house once, and then by accident, having missed a train. Did not sleep then with the lady, whom he had known for eight or nine years as a very respectable lady. " Never was at the house but once in my life." Mrs. Crittenden said that no one was with her when she took plaintiff's rooms. Defendant did not call at the house more than once, and then he did not sleep with witness. His Honour said he had made up his mind that defen • dant should have the opinion of 12 men in the Central Criminal Court upon his case. He would be committed for 40 days upon the judgment, and under the 14th and 16th Vic., cap. 110, he would be sent for trial for perjury. Defendant said it was a most diabolical conspiracy against him, and was then removed in custody. POLICE IN7ELLIC'ENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH STREET. UTTERING A FORGED BANK OP ENGLAND NOTE.-- Henry Spring, 10, Cumberland-street, Middlesex Hospital, general dealer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with uttering a forged Bank of England note for £lO. Mr. Michael Hart, coffeehouse •keeper, 2, Windmill street, said on Saturday night last, about 11 o'clock, pri soner came in and asked me if I would do him the favour of changing the note produced for him. Knowing the pri soner, I said I had not sufficient change, but if I could pro cure it I would do so, and sent to Mr. Howell, a cheese monger, who sent me back gold for it. I had previously put the name of " Hart Brothers, Feb. 9," on it. I gave the prisoner the change and he left. I heard no more of it till Monday, when Mr. Howell asked me if I knew who I had it from, as it was so dirty. I told him I did. Last night Mr. Howell brought back the note, which was marked " forged," at the Bank of England, having been passed through the Union Bank, and I gave him in consequence £lO. I afterwards saw the prisoner outside of Carter's, in the Haymarket, and gave him into custody. The prisoner said I knew how he had got it, and I told him he had better make his explanation before the magistrate. William Kratoske, waiter to Mr. Hart, proved that the note was the same he changed at Mr. Howell's, and that he saw Mr. Hart put his name on it, and after*ards gave the change to the prisoner, who then left. Mr. John Howell, of Great Windmill-street, proved giving last witness change for the note produced. It was afterwards paid into the Union Bank by Mr. Carter, to whom I paid it. _ _ Prisoner said he wished to know if he did not tell Mr. Hart that he found the note, and whether Mr. Hart did not say that he would change it if he gave him a sovereign? Mr. Hart denied this, and the prisoner was then re manded for a week. THAMES, ROBBERIES BY A CLERK.—Alfred Westrap, a well dressed youth about 19 years of age, who was said to be very respectably connected, was charged with stealing watches and other property from several houses where he had lodged for a short time. Mrs. Elizabeth Fox, a laundress, of No. 11, Grove street, Stepney, stated that the prisoner hired an apartment of her last Thursday, by the week, and said he was a clerk. Yesterday the prisoner said he was going to look after a situation, and went out. Upon his return at three o'clock in the afternoon he said he had been unsuccessful, and asked her to borrow a newspaper for him that he might ascertain if any places were advertised. She bor rowed a paper for an hoar, and he sat down in his room and read it for a long time. All at once she heard the prisoner leave his room, creep to the street door and open it. She suspected something wrong and went into her front room and missed a valuable silver watch from the stand. She immediately went after the prisoner and called out " stop thief' as loud as she was able. After a long run he was stopped by some men in front of a broker's shop and brought back to her. He then took her watch from his breast and handed it to her. Its value was six pounds and upwards. In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the witness said the prisoner informed her he was a clerk and that he intended to get a situation at the Pavilion Theatre as an actor, and if he failed there, he should obtain a situation. Mrs. Emily Lewis, of Pentonville-road, near King's cross, stated that on Saturday the 2d inst., the prisoner hired an apartment in her house. He slept in the house the same night. On Sunday morning, the 3d inst., at two o'clock, he suddenly disappeared, and, directly after he went out, she missed a watch, a purse containing some money, and a small gold chain. . Mr. Yardley—When did you see your watch and chain last ? Mrs. Lewis—At half-past nine o'clock in the morning. Half an hour before he went away I saw my watch and chain. My purse was taken from the pocket of a dress belonging to me. Carter, a police-constable, 78 K, stated that he found three pawnbroker's duplicates on the prisoner, and one of them referred to a watch pawned in the Mile-end-road on Feb, 9. Mrs. Lewis had not yet seen that watch. There were other charges against the prisoner. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner until to-morrow. THIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 14.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. DEAL, Feb. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Mernow Broil, from the River, and sailed for Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Icarus, from Bermuda ; her Majesty's ship Spitfire, from Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 14.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's steamer Ondine, for Lisbon. FALMOUTH, Feb. 14.—The Sprite, of and from Sunder land for Bordeaux, sprung a leak, and foundered last night, 20 miles north-west of the Lizard; crew landed here. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Atrato, steamer, from St. Thomas ; Isabella Croll, steamer, from Cardiff; Hornet, from Pittensween ; La Poule, from Cherbourg; Courier, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed—Anemone, for Newcastle ; Hay and Catherine, for Seahatu ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Ceres, steamer, for London; Wonder, steamer, for Jersey. •(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GnAvssucis, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp; Diana ; steamer, from Amsterdam. Sailed—Nimrod, for Sydney. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Feb. 13—Dement, screw steamer, for Swan'iceit ; Caroline Brown, for St. Michael's ; Majestic, for the Clyde —all from London ; Goshawk, brig, and Nil Desperandum, brig, from the westward, for London. It appears that the directors of the Eastern Counties Company, at their last meeting, determined I • adopt a system of communication between the guard and engine-driver of a train, which will, in the first instance, be applied to express and fast trains, with a view,howevor, to its extension to ordinary trains. IY 100 all all all 100 li 14 I f id 2 li d 98i 99i 97 99 994 100 i 22 23 73 75 CO 63 44 46 50 55 4'2 47 42 47 95i 564 lid d 2 1! d 111 111 8} Bsd 93 98 93 96 94 97 89 92 82 84 91 02 85 87 2 . 111 5 7 5 7 97 99 21 lid 91 93 t 1d ,WAYS. 51 51 - -a 2 114 11i 124 3}. 2, 3i 3} 23 24 6i 61 7f 8 19 20 87e 38i 8 — 9 36 37i 55 57 31 211 5 4 5 i ' 1 8 4 8 * If tp 1 $d 20 E 1 5 8 91 90 210 220 lf 1 E .- 95 205 400 410 105 110 12! 137} 22 24 7! 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The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, and the half 'yearly report, which has already appeared in The Sun, been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said when the extraordinary wet weather that existed during the year 1860, the exceeding lowness of the temperature, and the new line, which was opened for the first time, and which was technically called a " green line," were considered, he did not think that the directors had overstated the facts in their report by declaring that the statement of their affairs for the last half-year was satisfactory. ,The directors had received an order from the Board of Trade to double the Dorchester line of rails for a distance of twenty-six miles, which he thought the meeting would agree with the directors was quite unnecessary. (Hear, hear.) The traffic at present was worked satisfactorily, and that being the case he thought it was right to call upon the directors to execute such work, but as the Board of Trade possessed such a power, amongst others which seriously affected the prosperity of railway property, the directors had no alter native but to comply with the order. The directors had waited upon the authorities to remonstrate against such a proceeding, but all in vain. The paragraph in the report referring to the locomotive department he did not think called for any remark from him. With respect to the permanent way there had been a charge for £5,000 for repairing in two heavy slips in the clay district, and as that was an exceptional item he did not think that it was likely to appear again for some time. He had great plea sure in informing the shareholders that the company had no bills in Parliament during the present session. (Hear, hear.) A statement had gone forth which had caused some regret that the directors were in favour of extensions. He knew positively that the directors were of opinion that they had got far enough to the West when they got to Dorches ter. The directors had no idea of putting life and breath into several small schemes afloat, nor did they intend to contribute anything towards carrying them out. (Hear, hear.) Extension being dead and buried, he thought that the directors would be far better engaged in develop • ing the resources of their property to its fullest extent, and further increasing the traffic thereon. The shareholders had granted a sum of £l,OOO towards the improvement of the position of their employes, and he thought the meeting would like to know how that sum had been appropriated. They had granted £5O to the schools (hear, hear), £lOO to the Mechanics' Institute, £550 to the Friendly Society, and £3OO to the fund for decayed clerks. (Hear.) It was not the intention of the directors on that occasion to ask for anything further at present, but, at the next half yearly meeting, a proposition would be made for an in crease to that sum. He thought that the granting of of an increased sum for that laudable purpose would be a benefit to the company, and only just and generous to their servants. It had been his habit on former occasions t 3 go through the figures in the report, but he did not think he was called to do so on that occasion. He had examined them very minutely, and as they appeared in the report they were fairly and honestly stated. While a judicial inquiry was pending he did not think it would be judicious in him to make any remarks on the unfortunate accident that had occurred on the line on the 28th of January, further than saying that the directors deeply regretted the accident that had occurred, especially as it had cost the life of one eminent member of society, who was esteemed and valued by the highest person in the realm, as well as by every other member of society— (hear, hear)—and had been the cause of great suffering to a number of others. (Hear, hear.) It was a matter of congratulation that since the opening of their line only five individuals had lost their lives by accidents upon it. When it was considered that upwards of 72,000,000 persons had been safely carried, and that during the last year no less than7,ooo,ooo persons safely travelled on their line, he did the directors and shareholders had good cause to congratulate themselves on such a favourable result. He did not think that such a statement showed that the directors were at all careless of the lives of their passengers; but he hoped the public would not for a moment think that any relaxation in their endeavours 'would be made by the directors to provide for the safety of the persons using their line. (Hear, hear.) He could not con clude without expressing the regret of the directors at the loss they had sustained by the death of Mr. Uzielli, who had for a number of years filled a place at the board of directors. He did not think he need occupy the time of the meeting any further, but if any gentleman required any explanation he should feel great pleasure in giving it to the best of his ability. (Hear, hear.) He would resume his seat by mov ing the adoption of the report. Mr. TOTE said he had great pleasure in seconding the motion. He should, however, like to know what,were the schemes alluded to which the directors had expressed their intention of watching in their report. He did wish the chairman to give the information if it was thought wise to do so. Tho CHAIRMAN said he thought the schemes alluded to were too insignificant and unremunerative to mention them, as such circumstance only brought them into notice. All he could say was that the directors would narrowly watch them, and he had no doubt they would succeed in knocking them on the head. (Laughter.) Mr. EDWARDS said he had an amendment to move to the adoption of the report. It was that the directors would direct their early attention to the efficiency of the working of the line, more especially between Kingston and Wey bridge and the Chertsey branch. After a short discussion the report was adopted. We regret to learn that Lady Evans died on Friday from bronchitis. The deceased lady was wife of General Sir De Lacy Evans, who she married in 1834, having been widow of Captain Hughes, H.E.I.C.S. ; she was daughter of the late Colonel H. Arbuthnott. Marshal Vaillant has addressed a letter to the President of the Academy of Sciences, announcing that the Emperor will add 10,000 f. to the prize which the Academy intends to give for the best treatise on the means of restoring bones broken or injured by accidents by balls from fire-arms, &c. In this matter some progress has been already made, and it has been employed with advantage in the case of wounded soldiers. M. A. Fould has returned to Paris from the South of France. M. Bonaparte-Paterson has been unanimously chosen a member of the Paris Jockey Club. M. Pierre-Leroux and his family, ho e for some years have been residing at Jersey, have rturned to France. The Madrid journals of the Bth have reached us. In the Congress on the preceding day the general discussion on the bill relative to the governorships of provinces was closed, and the first article was adopted ; the other articles being reserved for con sideration in the next sitting. In the Senate no thing of interest took place. Some of the journals say the officers and crew of the Spanish vessel which lately went to Tangiers to receive an instalment of the war indemnity were very cordially treated by the Moorish population. The Government has sent orders to the authorities at Mahon to receive with marked attention the officers of a Russiansquadr on which is about to visit the Balearic islands. A tele graphic cable was successfully laid down between Mahon and Barcelona so far back as the 29th of last month, but for some reason not known it does not work. The semi-official Epoca declares that it notis abo about rtuteo, come in s t ( , 3 a t t o e d a in ru p s t o u m r e e t u h r n m a l e s x , itehoa and d a i i n t is i y e r a e a ls o . u ti m on ed s a between more athffiernitws'ooncothunetoorienstrarhay; friendly character. ethlaattet 100 all FOREIGN RAIL' 10 Antwerp t Rotterdam !O Ardennes'........... .. • Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Bek-ian East. 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Yan DielnieslAnd all all 'lss. 8 100 all 100 all all all all 5 38 20'11 100 9111 111 1 11 1 'MEN' ,ITIES. !K B r ARLE-STREET.I OL D On Friday evening last a very interesting and admirable lecture was delivered by the Rev. A. J. D. D'Orsey, 8.D., Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, " On the Study of the English Language as an essential part of a University course." After some general observations vindicating the claims of language on the attention of men of science, not simply as the vehicle of thought, but as the very looni,in which thought is woven, he entered on a rapid sketch of the origin of the English lan guage, illustrating his subject by large maps of Europe and the British islands, coloured (as he termed it) "glosso graphically" so as to exhibit the seats of the various languages and dialects, He showed also by coloured charts and tables the pro portion of the Teutonic and Romanic elements in the spoken language, and i❑ the writings of our great authors. Thus out of 100,000 words in Eng lish, 60,000 were Teutonic, 30,000 Romanic, and 10,000 from all other sources. Having . thus proved the great preponderance of Anglo-Saxon words in English, the lecturer entered on an inquiry as to the present modes of teaching our native language. He censured the employment of uneducated nursery governesses, quoting Quin telean in support of his strictures. Extracts were then read from the reports of H.M. Inspectors of Schools, to trove the want of attention to the proper teaching of English in schools for the people—the indistinct articulation—the mono tonous sing-song—the total want of reading, so as to understand or be understood. Schools for the middle and upper classes were next reviewed, and their means of teaching English by trans lations from the classics, occasional themes and declamations on speech, were fully con sidered. The City of London School, King Edward's at Birmingham, and the Grammar School of Bury St. Edmund's were about the only ones where direct English teaching existed. The first English department worthy of the name was insti tuted in the High School of Glasgow in 1834, and since then English masterships and professorships had been founded in King's College and University College, London, and in the Queen's Colleges in Ireland. Bat in the universities little had been done. Professor Aytoun, in Edin burgh, and Professor Ingram, in Dublin, had met with considerable success for many years. Mr. C. J. Plumptre (a barrister of the Temple) an eminent elocutionist, had broken ground at Oxford, and an English lectureship had been founded at Cambridge, but both were of origin too recent for their results to be at present adequately estimated. The authorities in our great universities seemed to rely on previous training. They assumed that men were masters of their own language when coming into residence, and that a few prizes for essays, poems, declamations, 4nd reading in chapel were sufficient encouragements. So while there was ample disciplining of the mind, and every effort to store it with knowledge,• there was no training in the mode of communicating thought; men were not taught, not even clergy men, to read and speak in public. The lecturer then sketched the results of this neglect of the mother tong'ie. The mass of oar population, in spite of all that has been done, must be considered densely ignorant ; millions never opened a book ; nearly fifteen millions never entered a church or chapel. Other causes might operate, but the want of a knowledge of language was a potent one. People, whose vocabulary was limited to about 300 words, could not follow a sermon, and clergymen who had never been taught the value of plain Saxon-English could not preach one. Then amongst the middle and upper classes, how superficial was the knowledge of Eng lish. How few could write a common letter with out faults in grammar, choice of words or spelling. Punctuation was absolutely ignored by many. What were the speeches at public meetings, or rather how would they appear in print, but for the talent of the reporters, who could bring order out of chaos. The results of the civil service examinations abundantly proved the justice of these strictures ; and the fruits of univer sity trainin g,or rather nonstraining, were too patent to require illustration. Our clergy too often carried into the reading desk and pulpit all the defects of early life, the provincial accent, the sing song tone, the nasal twang, the lisp or burr or stammer, in distinct utterance, inaudible reading, vociferation, wrong emphasis,und ue stress on particular words,and many other faults. Good sermons were the excep tion rather than the rule, for if sound in doctrine and full of zeal, the style was often obscure or pe dantic or inflated, and the delivery monotonous and soporific. In the Senate, though most of the members were University men, there were but few really effective speakers. Were our senators trained to speak well, that is, to the point, much time would be saved and public busi ness dispatched more rapidly. The remedies sug gested were-Ist, Training schools for nursery governesses, who, without knowing or pretending to know French and Italian, should speak English without vulgarisms. 2nd, Greater attention in our present training colleges for schoolmasters to due instruction in English, especially in correct and fluent speaking. 3rd, More encouragement to men of talent and education to become and to remain schoolmasters by holding out the prospect of hon ourable offices to distinguished teachers. Why should Inspectorships of Schools be always given to clergymen and barristers, to the exclusion of the schoolmaster. 4. The appointment of a thoroughly accomplished scholar as English master in every great public school, of equal rank with the other masters. 5. The endowment of at least one professorship in every University. 6. The recognition of English as a subject, in every ex amination not strictly scientific, and rewarding distinction in composition or oratory in the same substantial manner as eminence in classics or mathematics. Were these suggestions carried into effect, the lecturer believed the greatest benefits would result, not merely literary, but moral and religious, and not simply to the educated, but to the great mass of the community. The lecture theatre of the Royal Institution was filled with a very numerous and distinguished audience, and the Rev. Lecturer was frequently and loudly applauded. THE LOSS OF TEE CAMILLA. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 13 Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope has transmitted to the Admiralty the following extract of a letter, dated the Bth of December, written by the master of the Ivera, which appears to confirm the idea that her Majesty's ship Camilla foundered at sea:— " On the 27th of October, being 70 miles south east from Cape King, I passed a large lower mast, with top on it, scraped bright, and evidently not in the water for a very long period; it well could have been considered as a mast of a man-of-war brig." MUSEUM OF PATENTS, SOUTH KENSINGTON. -- Number of visitors for the week endin g Feb. 9, 2,8 63 ; total number since the opening of the museum free daily (May 12, 1858), 322,863. G IB RALTAR. —A Parliamentary return has been o btained by Mr. Alderman Salo mons of the revenurieta ea-t rived from granting permis sion to sell wines or spr 38 Gibraltar. It amounts to £ 3,432, and, as there ,are only places authorised, the a uthority m ust cost in each case a bove £9O a year. The population may be taken at 18,000 or 20,000. THE DISASTER AT NINGSTOWN.—In the course of Tuesday the search for the bodies of Captain Boyd and a m i ss ing sailor, named Forsyth, belonging to the Ajax, was vigorously prosecuted. Early in the morning Lieu tenant Hutchinson, with Lieutenant Morrell and a party of sailors from the Ajax, and fishermen of Kingstown, commenced the search. It was supposed that the body must be lying amongst the loose rubble, and the atten tion of those who were looking for it was specially directed to the debris of the wrecks, which it was supposed might have covered it from sight. The vest and comforter, and even the shirt of Captain Boyd were found, but there was no trace of the body. Lieutenant Hutchinson offered the reward of £5 to any per son who would find it, but the men toiled on without success until darkness caul() on. To wards evening the sea and wind began to rise and the barometer fell, murky clouds drove across the sky, and those persons who were engaged in the search were oom pelled to desist. ?ER T. A very curious troupe of minstrels have arrived from America, and have taken up their public abode in the smaller hall of St. James's, which is entered. from Piccadilly. It consists of 30 performers, costume in file style of a period ranging from 50 to 100 years since, and showing all the eccentricities of former fashions, and proving that our grandfathers and grand mothers, and ancestors, doubtless up to the remotest times, were, as are their descendants, the slaves of fashion, consenting to put on any ludicrous garb, or any absurd costume that the absurdity of the period may demand. The concert is divided into the sacred and the secular, and thus we have several pieces of very old religious music in the first part ; whilst the second is devoted to very worldly, not to say fast produc tions, although throughout the utmost decorum is preserved. The first part consists of some very old psalm tunes, which forcibly carry one back to the pure and stern Puritan times, when the young Republic was making her way into the Is ild prairie and the dark woods, and when she had a stern and often solitary duty to perform. Doubt less in the cities of the Western World, whence this " Old Folks' Concert" comes, these old tunes, sung with the simple yet natural power of these singers, must produce many associative feelings which we on this side the Atlantic . cannot so fully participate in. The merrier portion of the entertainment con sists of home melodies which have the novelty and gaiety of the Western world, and although they cannot be called negro, they have the simplicity and touchingness of that class of music. Mrs. Nichol sang two or three ballads with great sweet ness, and a certain naivete which were very telling and which commanded rapturous encores. A lady of the name of Reeve sings with much expression and power ; and there is a fine natural bass voice, but we did not catch the name of the possessor. The chorus sing very well together, and are effec tive. Altogether it will prove attractive from its eccentricity, and from the perfect novelty of much of the performance. We can sincerely recommend those in search of a couple of hours of novel amuse ment to look in on " The Old Folks' Concert." ROYAL GEOGRAPRICAL SOCIETY. A crowded meeting of tlitt Society was held on Monday evening, Lord Ashburton, President, in the chair. Among those present were Sir R. L. Murchison, Sir John Anson, the Danish Minister, General Portlock, Colonel Sykes. M.P., Sir J. Elphinstone, M.P., Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir Richard Mayne, Lord Strangford, the Right Hon. H. U. Addington, Colonels Sotheby, Gawler, and Shaffner, of the United States ; Capts. Sir E. Belcher, Sir F. Nicolson, R. Collinson, C. G. Robinson, G. A. Bedford, M. S. Nolloth, E. Orn manney, Sherard Osborn, and Aldrich, R.N. ; Allen Young, D. J. Herd, S. Hyde, and W. P. Snow; Major Cooke; Drs. Hodgkin, Rae, Bigsby, Worthington, and Bernays ; Messrs G. W. Dasent, Crawfurd, Brooking, Hamilton, Stavely, E. 0. Smith, C. White, C. E. Mudie, &c. Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, and Messrs. G. Cox Bompas, Charles Bonney, Thomas Combe, John Jermyn Cowell, Passmore Edwards, William Fairbairn, John Fleming, William Forsyth, Wil liam Bosville James, Hayes Kyd, William Robert. son Sandbach, Peter Sharp, and James Simpson, were elected Fellows. The subscription list in aid of Consul Petherick's expedition up the White Nile, amounting already to upwards of £l,OOO, was laid upon the table. The PRESIDENT, in opening the discussion on the North Atlantic Telegraph, observed that the geo graphical features connected with the scheme were before the public, and he hoped the meeting would have the assistance of several eminent travellers present who had visited the region in question. Sir EDWARD BELCHER, R.N., said that he had accompanied the deputation to Lord Palmerston, and was glad to find that the arguments then used had been thoroughly realised. He expected that a great bank would be found between the Faroes and Iceland and Greenland ; and as to the existence of reefs, from which difficulties were anticipated, he believed they would serve as a defence, because they would prevent the ice coming down. Sir Edward bore witness to the value of the soundings which had been carried out by Sir F. L. M'Clintock. Capt. SHERARD OSBORN said that no doubt could exist as the practicability of the route after what they had heard from the distinguished navigators who had read their papers at the last meeting. The soundings showed that, with but an occasional exception, the depth never exceeded 1,000 fathoms. The principal difficulty was in carrying the cable within the 150 fathoms depth on the Labrador coast, where it might be exposed to the action of icebergs. The great point would be to push the 150 fathoms mark as far in towards the coast as possible. There was evidence, however, from the soundings made by Capt. M'Clintock that the bank off Hamilton Inlet was 200 fathoms in depth, and that fish and shells were brought up, showing that the bergs did not rip up the bottom in the sweeping manner which some had alleged, and that the risk to the cable was therefore not so great as had been imagined. With regard to the aurora borealis and the intense cold being likely to affect the electric current, if any apprehensions existed on that bead, they were set at rest by the fact that when Capts. Kellett and M'Clintock were beset in the ice a few seasons ago, in 742 deg., a much more northerly latitude than the line of the proposed route, they established a telegraphic communication between the two vessels, and maintained it without any difficulty. Mr. JOHN BALL said, that while acknowledging all that had been achieved, and believing in the practicability of the northern route, they ought not to underrate the obstacles that still remained. The thsaription given of the interior of Iceland showed. that there was an extensive desert to be traversed, where there was no grass for horses, and no tim ber to form the piles with; nor did he think the difficulties on the coast of Labrador had been suffi ciently considered, and that before they could be solved it might be necessary to make a more care ful survey. Sir R. AlueeHisosr briefly observed that he was disposed to accept as conclusive the opinion of the Arctic navigators who had examined and had pro nounced in favour of the scheme. He had no in terest in the undertaking except in a geographical point of view, yet he must say the promoters had put their case ably before the public, and that the gentlemen associated with the other lines must admit that they had done so in a clear, fair, and candid manner. Sir Roderick concluded by ac knowledging the valuable assistance which had been rendered by their friends, the Danes, to the undertaking. Dr. JOHN RAE, in reply to Mr. Ball as to the difficulties in Iceland, said that in his journey across that island he and his party never wanted grass. They rode 30 miles a day with the .same horses, some of them carrying men weighing 14 and. .l _ 5 stone, and the journey was made in 13 dayst) habit l wth ti out any impediment. The horses were in of carrying toy eo n veloads piles o f2iOnOtle any b. , and d i s w t r o i u e l t d w thheerree theyf o therefore, beable might be bwearsesqtuililreedas.ierT.he southerfrnomroui‘tiera.crsotsusatrhves Diary Mr. ofG a b n i s T ,re explorations, p i r e e r a a d ti oextracts ertaken previously to a_ailthrough the centre of of Carpentaria. He l A ii u s st la ra te lia da t r o i w n Lake Torrens. Driftwood W e e b rae found 15 feet high on the trees discovered wellga_rwdsaidtnevtrohefned u districts and springs be- Ri ve r Neale, proving the large quan- I till) o in°t n ryd g d i roe n urf g ibnbg t i o stth t h h ee which during the rainy season must pour through the valley. His examinations extended 27.30 deg., between long. 135 and 136 deg., vtboaustt lat. he could not reach the northern limit of the la goon discovered. Indications of gold were found, but his health having broken down he returned, and succeeded with Mr. Kokewieh and two men in reaching Chamber's Creek on the 21st of January, 1860, after an absence of about three months. Sir R. MraellisoN reviewed at some length the data cotleeted by various explorers, and expressed his belief that, notwithstanding the discovery of an extensive fertile region in the interior by Mr. Mac douall Stuart, there was, as he had originally sur mised, a vast saline desert to the eastward. Mr. BAKER, of South Australia, believed that the theory of Sir R Mure i iiison would prove to be cor rect, and mentioned a variety of facts tied indica tions in support of it. Colonel GAWLER, late Governor of South Aus tralia, urged the great importance of Mr. Stuart's discoveries, in making which he had been so nobly assisted by Messrs. Chambers and Finke, and which had proved the practicability of forming a route from the south-east colonies to the north-west coast, and enforced the advantage of establishing without delay a now colony on that roast. The meeting was then adjourned, to the 25th,_ inst., when the President hoped that a papel_elyt Mr. Du Chaillu on the Gorilla Co untry of W Equatorial Africa, and one by Hodgson on Japan, would be reaCdicl:sul rembea:tort ROYAL LYSTIJ .e is for ere. the rec- 6 66 ---- 11 32 10 stock 25 stock stock 20 stock stock 100 stock ,10!4! (100 10 all 100 1 I 3i 4 1 1t 100/ 1071 391 9 3 4 1