The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-13 00:00:00

the City of g at Guild' on. ~was unal* ere also 0:1° !ITT. 215 houses' reek, and he ry improve' rs had seize d D tons and ;,592 poun d Mr. Fish el :; xidson, an ly Mr. Ne* : A this wa; eased, an d ' the marital' it. ig into theit t month to ° to 97, but 11 3 number Ol Trespondleg t 55 ; 27, e t children °i I e among el " L respiratory k there w ere om phthisl s t e class th en tinned fever, three fre ei fever. N°ll' the week' WEE. ,„ reso lutloo regrets to leet Sew er ; ral Purpos e the c orope.: 0 advice if 1" e t a the subj e , ce, and WO.; Tessing tb e . d appened, di t ng muc „ . h like ) it might gu, tut wliat ece ' d, that the y, the 14ea li ,ondon, Li a o ,he presenct he could 1 1 ° iat that WA , : ) the Cour" ess of 1211/1° nances it Per emarks have It is ly esta public be oar, in, and ce, and -iovern ts dele ined to le to no it does cannot d to say ', and ie other liary to iment a etween are and re Mini e agent, is indis r of the nents do account a whom d which ry, it is employ, 1, all the the ex )11 as its produces shown dangers once the 1852 on ace have Casimir the free f Rentes lic Debt; nt to the E . 12 years nscribed. e Repub )23,ooof., 3ment for whether eneration nswer is, millions s that all balanced, and the ?sentative ce in the tnufactur- Le. Some f discount mark the d for pro rd to pay Ley might .?,d because isiderably enance of ican crisis me of their kewise in pay cash utactories. time, en •ench pro ;onvention with the od of two iron trade The iron e projected l Belgium• s will not Lte. They hat system L after the ce of wool, urers have oleaginous ►f January nds of the on all inev irm within of flour of Den quoted, for bakers ' the other. he sack Of it from 64f. vas cheaper, provincial , the price ca Ye consider land. Tb . e ecreased 111 72 quintals , was less by the Paris The factors If flour, ?f very within sack. The The offer° prices were Tf. the sack F. The corn ces slightly :ets on the Lyons and . markets 1 11 a are quiets 'comers well market 1$ )dessa state b een pur' la. I...'Hill] E, tUTION • 'SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. F,P 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 Tangie!'s to receive an instalment of the war indemnity were very cordially treatod by the Moorish population, The Government has sent orders to the authorities at Mahon to receive with marked attention the officers of a Russian squadron 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 is not true, as stated in some journals, that Spain is about to come to a rupture with Mexico ; and it affirms, on the contrary, that the relations between the two countries have lately assumed a more friendly character. Mo;i 7 err): 1V Eti S. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Continued activity is reported in the general dis count market, and the inquiries at the Bank of B. England are also very extensive. Upon the whole, at however, an easier feeling seems to prevail, and as soon as the immediate payments on account of the Indian Loan are completed some slight relaxation 1 in the terms is not considered improbable. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of a+, England yesterday. No material variation was exhibited in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. vt, In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday .r business was uuusually dull, and prices were st decidedly lower. The sales o nl y amounted to st 19 3,000 bales. The public sales of indigo commenced yesterday with a fair attendance of buyers. The biddings have not been very active, and the general tone N that prevailed was unfavoura ble ; considerable et, Support, however, was given to quotations by the s . t j, withdrawal of several quantities by importers. The rates realised compared with those current at the ° last October sales showed an advance of about 3d. to 6d. per lb. for ordinary and medium qualities. The quantity declared is 7,779 chests, of which 1,811 have passed the chair, 764 were withdrawn, 475 bought in, and 572 sold. etc A call of £5 per share became due to-day on the stc Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction hallway. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. P. C. Salvago, merchant, has been held to-day, when, from a balance: sheet presented by Mr. Coleman the ac countant, it appeared that the liabilities amounted to £42,659 12s. 9d., and the assets to L 29,871 10s. 9d After some discussion it was resolved to send Mr. Salvago to the Levant to act under the supervision of a committee of creditors appointed for that pur pose, with the view of realising the assets out there. There has also been a meeting of the creditors of Mr. S. P. Zizinias, merchant, when it was stated that the liabilities amounted to £66,036 ls. 10d., and the assets to £10,254 7s. 6d. After a short dis cussion it was resolved to adjourn to the 18th of April'next. The Edinburgh, which left for New York to-day, took out about £44,000 in specie. The English Stock Market has continued buoy ant, a rise of per cent. having taken place. Con sols are 92 for transfer, and 921 for the account. Business has been quiet, but several purchases for investment and on speculation have produced the improvement. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm at 91-1 92 ; Bank Stock has advanced to 234 and 235 ; India 5 per Cent. are 101 ; ditto New Loan Scrip is 100} 101; and Exchequer Bills are 4s. dis. to par. In Foreign Securities the principal feature has been the buoyancy of Mexican Stock, which has further advanced to 24i 4. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 69/ to 701 ; ditto (1858), 56 4. Sardinian have improved to 81t ; Spanish Passive to 10!, a ; Portu guese, to 451 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. to 481-; Dutch 21 per Cents. remain at 63} ; and ditto 44 per Cents. are firm at 1001. Increased buoyancy has been apparent in the Railway Share Market, and several of the prin cipal lines have advanced to 1 per cent. Cale donian, Great Western, and South-Eastern have improved 10s. ; North British, ss. ; and Lan cashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and North- Eastern (Berwick), £1 ; London and North- Western have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are also at slightly improved quotations. San Paulo have advanced ss. ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 10s. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in moderate request, at about previous rates. London and Westminster have declined ss. ; and Chartered of India, Australia, and China im proved ss. ; London General Omnibus Company shares realised I. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICI?.- Bank Stook 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities oli 2 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Inlia 5t0ck.......... .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Scrip Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 51 per Cent ................ Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto 1859 95 i Consols for Account, March 7 .......... 92± 1 i 1 Exchequer Bills, £ l,OOO , 1 1d .......... par 4 dis D 1 to £5OO ................ 5 die FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Braailian 5 per Cent ........... Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 .... 851 I Mexican 3 per Cent 24-1 ± 1 1 Ditt o Account Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • • Ditto 4} per Cent. Sardinian 5 per Cent. .. Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto Vassive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded....... 6 51 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21,per Cent... 631 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 92 i Ditto Account VHS 11.4 Y' S ALARA E TS. CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat on sale heie to-day was limited, and the general condition of the samples very middling. Fine qualities changed hands readily, at very full prices ; but inferior samples were a slow inquiry, at Monday's currency. The arrivals of foreign wheat are confined to 2,120 quarters, and both red and white parcels met a steady sale at full quotations. Floating cargoes 9f grain were in fair request, and prices ruled firm. Malting barley was inquired for, and in some instances prices were the turn in favour of sellers. Other kinds fully maintained previous rates. C The malt trade was in an inactive state, but without leading to any change in the quotations. Oats moved off steadil y at very full prices. Beans and peas ruled firm, and prices were well sup ported. For flour there was a steady demand at quite Monday's currencies. ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK. Whe it. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. r 980 1 4! 3,0_90 1,251 2,67; ! English.. 1ri5h............ F0reign........ 2, 12 u bads.' BOROUGH HOP. A limited business is still passing in all descriptions of hops. Compared with Monday, however, no quotable change has taken place in their value. WHITECHAPEL. Our market is fairly supplied with most kinds of meat, for which we have to report an inactive demand, as follows : —Beef from 3s Od to 48 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 5s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 58 Od per 81bs. There is to be secretly propagated at Rome a weekly journal advocating the unity and independence of Italy. This journal will have as its motto, "We wish to make of this eternal city, in which twenty-five centuries have deposited their monuments of glory , the splendid capital of the new Italian kingdom." (Cavour—SPoecb. to the National Parliament, Oct. 11, 1860.) - - BHA R E iil A. I? r. - .:1 - NZ- 7 (7111S DAY.) # OUDENARY StIARES AND STOCKS. Businesp reid.l Price. ; Done. ilk , J.,. •J ;3.14 \col , and Str. Val. stbel: TSirk., La., and Ch June 25 Blytl; and Tyne 10 Solt. Sleaf. and Mid.Co stock nristnl and IC ter SI 80 S 2 ri 7 co 101 Lock iCaledor 10 ICa r ardigat 50 Cork and Balloon 20 Fork, Nrock., krassage 20 Cornwall..... 10 Do A CA 2 - eta no div. tii6p c peran. 10 riso B d. 50 Dublin & Belfast -June. 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc stock East Anzlian stock Eastern Counties stock Eastern Union, A stocll sfc,c Do do B do. 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. stock Nast Suffolk stock Edinburgh . fllasfrow stock F.din. Perth, & T)undee / 0 Forth &Clyde Junction stock Furness ..-.. stock Gilts.. And S. Western 1 0 (Treat Nthn.of Scotland stock IGre A t Northern stock Do do A. stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland stock Great Western .. • ..... stock Do Str Val vs. stock 12 Trish South-eastern ... stock Lancashire & Torkshlr , stock London and Blackwalt stock Lon., Brio•lit.. &S Coast stock Lond., Chat., and Dover stock Loud. &Nth. Western stock Lond. & , th. Western.. 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. 25 I;oerry & Ennisaillen stock Nan. Shet. & Lincoln.. 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. 12a Do do shares.... 10 ITetropolitan ock Midland . 1.0. Do new.... ock Do '4irminfr. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do if shares 25 Mid Kent. .•••• • • • • • 10 Do, Cray Line DO Newcastle and Carlisle 10. Newry & Armagh, def 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Bos. ock Norfolk.... • ock North British ock Nor•Dev•Rail&Dk.stozi ock D A stk ; A recs no d. until spch as beenpd.B ock Do B stock -• • ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick' 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase ock Do Leeds ... • • • • ock Do York oca North London 1 0 Do new .16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction 12 Not. do Grantham Bail 10 raebles .... • • •••-• • • • • 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney .. •• • --•• • • • • ock Scottish -Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stool: 1 ock Do Scot. Mid. stock.— 1 ock Shropshire Uni & O Slain ghourne Sheer. ock South Devon .. • • 1( 50 N• hn. COUP ti es Union •. 25 S.-Durham & I,anc. Un. 2 ock South Eastern ock South Wales ...... ock ,S. York. and River Dun 10( 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok at 2 5 Stockton & Darlington al 25 Do do ll 25 Do New ( 1860 ) 3 ock Taff Vale • • ock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 Thatnestfavenl.k&Rall 22 50 Ulster . ••• 25 Do 10 Do ... : ...... • • ock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim tocic Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 50 Waterford tt Limerick ,rll 20 West C.rnwall all 20 West London ........ Id - Do Ist class . • 20 Do 2d class .. all stock IWestiTartlepool Harbr 100 1.4.0. 100 all anti ..1 10 , 1 stock "West Midland—Oxford, 100 stock Newport, 100 stock Do. Hereford 100 45 47 41 43 82 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid Closing Business Share ) R a ilways. Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O all ctk (Iris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £10,41 per cent 100 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 29 Cornwall. 5 per cent. all 204 214 84 Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun all 6 64 14 ,Do Ist Class Pref all stock j _ E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 1 1 00 99 101 stock (Do. do. Class B 8 p.c.. 00 112 115 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 106 103 stock iE. Coun. Ex. .5 p. c. No.l 100 110 112 stock Do. do. No.. 100 108 110 stock Do. New 6 pet et. stock • 100 124 126 stock Eastern 'Union, 4 per ct. 1 08 76 8 ' ) stock Do. 5 per cent. gmar... 10 0 stock I Edin.&Glas. tip.c. shares lt stock Do. 4p. c gna. S. &D. 101 stock !Edit). Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 10 stock , Furness, 5 per cent 100 stock 101 a s.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock !Greht Northern, sp. et, 100 117 119 stork ro.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 112 111 stock I Do. 44p. c. do. do. 100 Do. 5 p c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 83 85 10 'Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all stock # G t.Sn..4t W (Ireland) 4 1 100 95 100 p. ct. pref. stock ) 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. sp. ct.. • 6 stock to. Redeemahle,4l p.et". 100 99 101 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 89 91 stock IDo Irredeemable, do lOO 9 92 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 10 0 1 103 8 Do. firm. I'ref. Shares. all 10 106 10 lit. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. all 171 181 I't 1)o. do. sp. et. pref all lei 11 stock jDo Birmg.guar. stock lOO 76 73 264 Do. Chester gun. shares all 20 21A 131 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 pc. pref 4O stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock Do.Barnsl.st.Es 3s 10d pc 100 - stock Do. 6 per c. (E: Lan.) 100 stock Lon. & Brig,. 5 pc.gu. No.l 10, stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 10( stock Do. zna. 6 p. c. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 101 stock Do. do. 44 per cen'. 10( 5 Do. do. 44 p. c. shares al stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock lOl stock Do. 6p.c. d0.01.E.&c.r ) 101 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '65) 10 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref stock Lon. ( ;hat. and Dover to, Do.W. Arceiv.no illy., 1 10 Ex.A p cis pd on. a. ° o. 11 B. & Brom ex. a! 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B ' stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. andl Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... 1 stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6d. all - Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. all Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. all 14 141 Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 125 130 Do. 46 Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 14 p' 124 7,laryr,ort & Car., 4p. c. all 12 8 Do. 44 per cent. all stock Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. sp.°. 100 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lot 6 Do. with option till 1860 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. 10( stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 10(, stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1 847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 10' stock North British, 5 p. e. stock Do. New, gun. o p. c 101 Do. Bor. 'fin. g. pt. .sh 10 r Do. do. do.l a stock Nth. Dev. Rail. & Dck.Co. 10( stock N-14;ast.Cons.Pret. 4p. c. 100 stock 1 . ) , 0. 44 p c. redeemable... 100 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Preti 100 17 Do. do. do 1'.1:1.4 , 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1' V 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 15 Do. York, . &S. Purch. 1 20 North Staffordshire al 10 Rhymney Guaranteed., al 81 Scottish Central, new pt al stock Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c pref. stock 10 stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.op.c, 10 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 10 los. South Devon, Ann. 10s. al In Do. Fixed 41 per cent. al 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading! Ann., 1.0.6) stoat Do. 41 per cent. lO sock I Do. Fixed 'lp.c. Ist is.l stock outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c.! 1( stock Do. i 4 per cent. ll stock to. 5 per cent; stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 1 a. 25 Do. B 6 per cent .ds ci 25 Do. C 6 percent al stock Watrid & Kilkny, (1 p. c lOt stock IW.Mid -Oxf Ist Grua stl 10( stock I Do. 28 do lOt stock Do. Newport 5 p.c.p f. red. 101 stock Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1860 101 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 10' 121 Do. do. 2d is. 101 103 ►p 112 114 )0 00 92 H:1 113 )0 113 10 135 116 116 140 116 103 12; 12 stock 124 1213 102 104 )0 105 97 )0 111 113 )0 IC9 111 3, 1 P 91 93 101 103 102 104 11 22 23 0 133 136 [1 10i 11 1 23 24 0 'lO9 104 0 ',182 104 0 ,01 93 0 100 IC2 ,00 - - 85 88 275 28i %25 33i 325 331 45 43 124 125 120 124 101 103 123 120 115 120 125 4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED l'u-ENTALS. Railways. Bedford and Blotch ey all Ln & - N.W .. .. Buckinghamshire .. 1 ..1 100 Ln &N.W 98 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. ,53 531 Do. do. 51 per cent) 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 113 115 Clydesdale ;Junction.. 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.11.&E C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g*. o p.c. 10 Gt. North. 136 138 E.Uniod,Harwich Shs, all E.Counts. 44 41 Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gls.Barr.&Nells,Drct. 100 Caledoniu -- Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest all Pt. West. • Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all Tk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. Shares i Do. Shares ....... all Do. Lanc.& Carl. t - ,rua.s p.c. 100 , Ln.&N.W London & Greenwich 100 IS. East Do. Preference ...... 100 Do. Lou.,Tilby.& Sontend. 100 ,Peto & Co. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Norfolk . .. Do. 6 per c en t.. • .. 100 Do. Aranc.,Bux tn. & )latk.l all I L NW &31 ' Mid. Bradf or d P refer-I ence Stock ..... - . Newmarkt,BuryEx i guaranteed 5 p. c 5 Northfi.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 0 per cent .. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North Western ..... Preston and Wyre. 1 Do. 1 Shares A Roystn.llitch.,& Shepl Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. Do. inidland 1 100 5. 5 6 E.Counts Do ‘Do. Do. Midland L&NWI do L.Yk. j Do. Ca.Nortlt.' T.Brassey, South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. WiMbledoniz Croydn. Gt W 'L est .& Bigt2). 3i 3i 97 99 * 41 ) 56 58 151 16 136 138 ,103 105 P 11 n 911 9 94 Leasing IClosing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. 6 6i 43i 44i 8 15i 50 37 26 10i 83 61 39 28 stt 88 26i 27 1113 1123 105 106 132 134 112 113 613 70 61 64 'll4l 115, 62 64 'll4 115 48 10 '1( 0 1004 I 934 044 10 11 514 621 3i 3} d 131! 1321 105 107 7 6d 52 54 64i 65 1041 104; p 1p 601 co 92 624 101 103 31 31 lot 101 8 8} 114 116 331 ,3 , 1 86 88 48 60 6 7 39 II 85 851 80 62 0 100 4 7 42 43 101 11,5 I , 6 66p, 558 568 2 alp itl) 67 59 118 11/ 6 6, 70/ I 10! 1 stool 100 stool 94 stow 33} 3 4 I Li P no 100 100 100 10 13 4 1 100 I 100 { 100 1041 51 P I 101 143 I i, 331 I -2; 85 I 21 101 2 )0 113 )0 101 ;0 150 153 10 128 131 70 73 ;6 - 188 89 116 118 150 155 88 i 8 ;111 113 207 210 61 83 115 120 88 n THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY IiEVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1861. Business done and Friday. 5 7 97 98 21 If , l —d 91 98 g d 'WAYS. 51 5i 93 21 981 9) - - 1) 2 If 4, i 1i 431 / 98 11i 12} 3% 21 3f 3} 23 24 6 61 7I 8 19 20 374 384 8 361 371 55 57 31 211 llf f 92 i 54 5i 81 ti 4 1 $d 20 21 8* * 61 6 91 9f 21i 224 DERBY. 4to 1 agst Dundee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dictator (taken) 25 to 1 agst Kiarikoff (offered) LINCOLN RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) These races are postponed until (to-morrow) Thursday BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. For the Lincoln Handicap, Golden Pippin, who for some time past has been out of betting for this event, came with a rush, finishing at 7 to 1 (taken) ; 100 to 8 was also taken against Little Gerard. The Colonel and the Premier were supported for the Lincoln Steeplechase. For the Grand National Steeplechase, 100 to 9 each was taken about Franc Picard, Jealousy, and Tho Emperor, and if either may be said to have the call, it was in the order named. Old Ben Rce was freely backed at 100 to 6, and there were offers to back Anatis and Freshman, but 100 to 7 and 100 to 6 re spectively were declined. Klarikoff was supported at 10 to 1 for the Two Thousand Guineas ; and 4 to 1 was taken about Dundee for the Derby, and a very slight shade over 20 to 1 was taken about Dictator. Closing prices . LINCOLN HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Golden Pippin (taken) 9 to 1 agst Canto (offered) 9 to 1 agst Spicebox (offers to take 10) 10 to 1 agst Jenny Longlegs (offered) 10 to 1 agst Walkington (taken) 12 to 1 agst Miss Emma (offered) 12 to 1 agst Steelpin (taken) 100 to 8 agst Little Gerard (taken) 100 to 6 agst Benbow (taken) LINCOLN STEEPLECHASE. sto 1 agst Colonel (taken) sto 1 agst Premier (taken) 6to 1 agst Cockatoo (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 100 to 9 agst Franc Picard (taken) 100 to 9 agst Jealousy (taken) 100 to 9 agst Emperor (taken) 100 to 7 agst Old Ben Roe (offered) (100 to 6t f) 100 to 7 agst Anatis (offered) 100 to 6 agst The Tattler (offered) 100 to 6 agst Freshman (offered) 200 to 7 agst Redwing (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STALES. 9to 1 agst Preceptress (offered) 10 to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.) IN RE MORTIMORE EX PARTE MORTIMORE-JUDGMENT. This was an appeal from a decision of Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, declaring that the two debts of £1,300 and £l,OOO was due to the bankrupts jointly; and that the deposit of railway shares constituted a general security for the gene ral balances duo to the respondent from:,the bankrupts jointly. The appellant contended that, on a true construction of the memorandum of deposit, the shares were only a secu rity for such sums as might be due from the bankrupt Mortimore separately to the respondents, the City Bank. The Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices were of opinion that the deposit of the shares were only in security of such sums as might be due to the City Bank by Morti more separately. Their Lordships discharged the order of the Commis sioner. The respondents to pay tho extra costs before the Commissioner, but no costsof the appeal. Appeal allowed without costs. POLICE IN7ELLIgENCE—(Th , is Day). MARLBOROUGH STREET. CLEVER CAPTURE—AN INTENDED BURGLARY rit-E -VENTED.—William Porter and Henry M'Ardle, two deter mined.looking fellows, were charged as follows : Sergeant Boden, 11 D, said—About seven last evening, meeting the two prisoners, I folLwed them and suspecting their object, watched them. On reaching the Oriental Club House, Porter went up the steps of the front entrance and peeped into the hall, the other prisoner keeping watch. Porter then went round the railings in a stooping position, while doing so peeping hi ut every window. They then left and went round tißrook-street, to Mr. H. Emmanuel's, the jeweller, and they both looked over the railings. After waiting for a minute or two Porter went up the steps and looked over the ground-glass of the windows in the door, the other prisoner all the while, with assumed carelessness, walking up and down, with his hands in his pockets, keeping watch. They then left and Porter went into the doorways of several adjoining houses, in each of which he stayed a minute or two. They then went further down Brook-street, and crossed over to Claridge's Hotel, where Porter got his head and shoulders in at ono of the doors, the other still keep ing a watch. They then walked as far as the corner of Davies-street, where, a sergeant and constable coming round as the relief, they started off, but were captured. One of them refused his address, and the other gave a false address. I have no doubt their object was that of reconnoitring for the purpose of committing a robbery either at the hotel or the jeweller's. Porter said it was not to be supposed that the landlady of a house knew the names of all her lodgers, and if his wor ship lodged at the house his name would not be known. The prisoners were remanded for a week, and Mr. Beadon ordered them at once to be removed from the dock. Porter said he should like to know what he was remanded for. The constable said he had pushed open Mr. Em manuel's door. Mr. Beadon said he had said no such thing, and on the prisoners being removed from the dock they behaved with the greatest impudence, stating that all the officer had stated was false. .IPE RIAL PA MI AME NT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER t , ok the chair at two o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. W. FOIMILB., took the oaths and his seat for Brad ford in the room of . 2,1 r. Titus Salt. The hon. gentleman was introduced .by Mr. Wickham (Bradford) and Mr. Baines (Leeds). PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time : Baggymoor, Baschurch, &c. Drainage and Improvement Bill. Banbridge Extension Railway Bill. Caledonian, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Scottish Cen tral Railways Bill. _ __ Cheshire Midland Railway Bill. Clifton Suspension Bridge Bill. Cork, Blarney, and Macroom Railway Bill. Downpatrick and Newry Junction Railway Bill. Dublin, Wicklow, and W exford Railway Bill.' East India Irrigation and Canal Company Bill. Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway Bill. Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway Bill. Garston and Liverpool Railway Bill. Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway Bill. Great Northern Railway (Doncaster to Wakefield) Bill. Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Hertford, &c. Railway) Bill. Great Southern and Western Railway (Capital, &c.) Bill. Great Southern and Western► Railway (Extension) Bill. Huddersfield Gas Bill. Hull West Dock Bill. Inverness and Aberdeen Junction, and Inverness and Nairn Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill. Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Bill. Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Bill. Kilkenny Junction Railway Bill. Kingston-upon-Thames and Leatherhead Road Bill. Kirkcudbright Railway Bill. Limerick and Foynes Railway Bill. London and North-Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways (Manchester London Road Station) Bill. London and North-Western, Great Northern, and Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies Bill. London and North Western, Lancaster and Carlisle, and Caledonian Railways Bill. London and North-Western Railway (Eccles, Ty Y, and Wigan) Bill. London and North-Western Railway (Manchester Lon don Road Station) Bill. London Tramway and Dispatch Company Bill: Marton and Harbury Railway Bill. Mid Eastern and Great Northern Junction Railway Bill Midland Railway (Otley and Ilkley Extension) Bill. Midland Railway (Tibshelf and Teversall, &c.,Brancheri Bill. Midland Railway (Whitacre and Nuneaton) Bill. Nantile Railway Bill. Penarth Harbour, Doak, and Railway Bill. Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway Bill. Ross and Monmouth Railway. Shadwell Ferry Bill. Somerset Central Railway Bill. South Shields Improvements aid Quay Bill. Sowerby Bridge CI as Bill. Stourbridge Railway (Extension to Smothwick, &c Bill. THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Mr. DISRAELI appealed_ to Mr. Dillwyn to postpone the second reading of this_ bill until the house had an opportunity of considering it. Mr. DILLWYN assented, and fixed the second reading for to-morrow. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Mr. HUNT obtained a keturn in reference to lunatic asylumo. CHURCH RATES. Mr; BRISTOW obtained a return in. reference 'to the number of church rate bills ititroduced,at various times. „The holm adjourned, at twentl-five minutes to 3 o'clock. THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Feb. 13, between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. -- — — -- N a i rn 20•59 39 S. 1 90. 3 Aberdeen 29•62 32 31 N.N.W. 1 9 a. 1 Greenock Berwick 29•66 33 W. 3 6 , b. 3 c. 5 G I'ortrush Shi e lds G a l wa y Scarborough 2 9 .64 28 ' W. 2 3 f. 4 Hull Liverpool-- 29•66 33 31 E.S.E. 3 9 o. 1 Queenstown 2 9 .67 37 36 N. i 2 Ib. 2 Yarmouth 2 9 .07 3 0 N.W. j 1 I 7 f. 5 London 2 9 .62 35 34 E. 1 9 B. Nig - lit extreme 2 9.66 30 N.E. I—m. Kew....— 2 9 .62 33 52 E.N. E. 313 i o. i Dover 29•63 49 37 S.S.E. 1,7 I o. 1 Portsmouth Portland ..... 43 42 S.W. 4, 8 r. 5 Piymouth —.129 . 41 42 41 S.W. 31 5 f 3 Penzance . 1 29'18 4 l 40 N.W. 415 i b. 3 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 (I to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m , misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s , snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). WIND AND WEATHE Alderney, W. ; cloudy Belfast, N.B. ; frosty, fine Birmingham, N. ; dull Bradford, N.; frosty Brighton, S.S.E. ; rain Bristol, S.E. ; dull and showery Cambridge, N.B. ; foggy Cardiff, cloudy, cold, and unsettled Chatham, W.N.W., cloudy Cork, calm, fine Deal, S. ; moderate Derby, N.E. ' • snow Doncaster, N. ; frost Dublin, E.S.E. ; frost Dundee, N. ' • snow Edinburgh, S.W. • frost Falmouth, N. ; dull Glasgow, N.E ; hazy Gmvesend,E. • cloudy Hartlepool, S.W. ; frost Harwich, N.W. ; fog Holyhead, E., light breeze, and clear 4 R REPORT, FEB. 13 Inverness, S.W. ; fine Kingstown, S.E. ; fine Leeds, S.W. ; frost Limerick, S.E. ; frosty, fine Londonderry, N.E. ; frosty, fine \Lowestoft, calm'', fog, frost Manchester, NM. ; frost !sliddlesborough, S.W.; frost Milford Haven, rain Newcastle on Tyne, S.W. frest Norwich, S.E. ; light Peterborough, E.; frost Port Glasgow, N.E. ; fine Sheffield, S.E. ; frost Southampton, S.E., variable Stockton on Tees, S.E.; frost Sunderland, N. ; frost Wakefield, N.B. ; frest Waterford, N.E. ; fine Weymouth, S.W. ; rain Whitehaven, S.E.; frost p, Wolverhampton, N.; dull York, N.W. ; frost CONTINENTAL STATIONS, FEB. 12. Brest, S.E.; cloudy Madrid, S.; slight fog Brussels, S.S.W. ; snow Marseilles, N.W.; fine Cherbourg, S.E.; foggy Montpellier, W. ; fine Copenhagen, N.E.;; cloudy Paris, S.W ; foggy Dunkirk, W.N.W. ; 'cloudy St. Petersburg, N.E. ; foggy Havre, W.S.W.; fine Strasbourg, N. ; fine Leghorn, S.W.; fine Toulon, N.W. ; finr Leipsic, S.W. ; foggy Turin, W. ; clear Lyons, N.; foggy BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share I Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrenct Bom.,Baroda(t.Cent t Gu. 5 per cent .8 Do, Do. 1 !f4 4 Buffalo and LaKe Hurorl '.()/ o. New .0 . o. Preference ...... uffalo,BrantotGodriel, i S p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187:1 )0 Do. do. July 1. 187. )0 Do. do. June 1, 187 5 Clout te.t , , S.Eastn. (Lin; 10 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim Cape Town . Seri] I 'IP Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 174 Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 'IDo. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debentrs. 10 Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1804 10 Do. 1805-1870 lc Grand Trunk of Canada ' Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2(1 Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1882 / Do. do. 1867 1 Do. do. 1872 i.3lc t. In diaPen n..!Yua.sp.c :0 Do. New gun. 5 p. c )ck Gt. South.oflndia(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 10 Do. do. stock stocl :01 Gt. w. of Canada Sharesi tO4 Do. New 10 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 10 Do. do. '73 till '6O 10 Do. do. '73 without opt. 10 Do. 5 p. c. do. '77 do 10 Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B do ;k Madras, guar., 41 p. c k Do. do. 5 per cent ek Do. 4-1 p. c. Extension tO Do. Fourth d 0.... •• • .)1( Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds.i New Br unswick do Cancla Ry. &Lan d(Lim.)o'.6pc Class A Capital Share IDo. do. Landdo...... • • to IDo. do. B Capital d 0... IDo. do. Land do. •. • • to Oude (Limited) .... •• • • Scinde .......... /*,l I Do. Punjaub g 20 Do. Do. ........ (nit Do. Indus. St. Flo. 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. stocl Paid. Closing Price. 7.1f7 92 93 100 1 all 16 d 55. 0 10 all 100 1 6 7 75 80 67 72 61 :0 i pr li 1i d d 2 101 1 986 99i 97 99 99i 100 i 22 23 73 75 CO 63 44 96 50 55 42 47 42 47 05 lid d 2 11 (11 1v!, 11a 81 sae ?,3 96 03 96 ++4 97 89 D 2 82 84 91 02 85 87 2 It 5 7 1 1* d * 30 31 ate. 90 42 8 10 24 3 21 22 It 1 pP 9 10 I id 4 8 MOTION FOR JUDGMENT - IN RE FRESTUN.-IIAI3BAS COR PUS FOR DISCFLARGE FROM CUSTODY. The Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices were of opinion that the bankrupt, William Anthony Frestun, a prisoner in the Queen's Bench prison, was unlawfully imprisoned, and unlawfully arrested in prison. Their Lordships were of opinion that the bankrupt was protected from imprisonnaent until he was finally examined. Their lordships considered all the subsequent detainers lodged against him were unlawful, and ordered him to be discharged immediately. The bankrupt was accordingly discharged, and loft the court with his friends. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly). MOTION FOR DECREE-JUDGMENT, ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, said—The question on which this information turns depends on the proper con struction to be put on the will and codicil of the Rev. Edward Merricks, the founder of a Scholarship and Fellow ship at Oxford, and a School at Bara, in North Wales. The testator, by his will, devised all his real and personal estate to trustees and executors, for the purpose of establishing a scholarship and fellowship at Oxford College, and appointed the Bishop of Hereford and others his trustees and executors to carry his will into effect. And by a codicil to his will he devised his personal estate and the residue of his real estate to his nephew, Robert Merrick, and his heirs and executors, for the pur pose of endowing and establishing a school at Bara, in North Wales, and the question raised was how far this codicil took away the direct gift to the college at Oxford. His Honour was of opinion that the bequest to the school was in the ratio that £4 17s. bears to the whole rent of the estate at the date of the codicil, and declared accord ingly, with costs out of the estate. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) GURNEY V. GURNEY AND TAYLOR. At the sitting of the Court this morning, the Solicitor- General, on behalf of the petitioner, Mr. Gurney, M.P. for King's Lynn, applied to have the decree nisi, which had been suspended, made. The motion was granted, and the Court pronounced the decree. BHEDDON V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. This was an application made by Miss Sheddon in person to re-open this case. The Judge Ordinary informed the lady that he had read the papers she had filed, and he found it impossible for bim to entertain the application alone. The former took place before the full Court, and the application must be made when the other judges were on the bench. Miss Sheddon said the mental depression and illness she had suffered since the judgment in the former trial had been pronounced, had prevented her making the application before, but her ohief reason in troubling his lordship on this occasion was to enable her to comply with the rules for an appeal to the House of Lords. The notice must be given within three months, and that time expires in a few days. The Judge Ordinary said the application must be made to the full court. Miss Sheddon thanked his lordship and left the court with her friends. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) ODAITOgITORS AND PIECE WORK..--IMPORTANT DECI SION.--SIAIS Y. MA.DDICK . This was an action to recover two weeks' wages in lieu of notice, plaintiff being a compositor, and defendant a master printer. Plaintiff said he had been engaged at defendant's house in December last. His Honour—How were you paid, the usual 365. per week ? Plaintiff—No ; I was upon piece-work. His Honour—Can you demand notice when you are OR piece-work. Plaintiff—Yes; I was engaged upon a new paper, and worked upon it for three weeks. Defendant's overseer said he had boon a compositor, and during the last ten years he had filled situations as over seer. In his opinion piece .work hands were not entitled to notice. Plaintiff—l am sure they are. I with four bands was discharged summarily without any fault being found. Defendant's overseer--Plaintiff is one of Hansard's ses sional hands, and as soon as the session opened would have left us unceremoniously. Plaintiff—lndeed, I should not. His Honour asked plaintiff if he had the rules with him. Plaintiff produced the rules, and his Honour suggested that an alteration should be made with the one embracing and dealing with "notice." It should say "whether •a stab or piece •work." Plaintiff had witnesses as to the custom. His Honour (to defendant's overseer)—When you en gaged plaintiff, did you say " for a week and no longer," or anything like it ? Defendant's overseer—No; I engaged him in the ordi nary way. His Honour—Then he is entitled to notice. Verdict for the plaintiff, with costs. THE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mile prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.22 i per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 'l7s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about I-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 i per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.5 i per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, rather more than 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Ham burg. The course of exchange at Newliork on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1004 to 107 per cent., which, as compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England. The present rate, however, leaves no profit on the transmission of gold to the United States. At Paris, in the open market, money can be ob tained at 5 per cent., and there is consequently a strong expectation of an early reduction in the rate of 7 per cent. charged by the Bank of Franco. FOREIGN RAIL. 0 ( Antwerp & Rotterdam !O I Ardennes • • !O BaliAS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction !O Beziers to Graissessac.. 6 Ca ,-- neaux Mine & Rail O Coplapo ........ & O Ditto Extension .... O Dutch Rhenish ........ 0 Eastern of France .... 0 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 10 Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs...l :0 Italian Junction . . .0 Lierre & Turnhout .... :0 Lyons & Geneva. • • !C. Namur & Liege • • !O Do. 6p. c. Pref. • • 10 Northern of France.... 16 Do. New Shares ...... 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. !O Paris,Lyons, & 3lediter. !O 'Paris & Orleans.... •• • • !() IRecife & S. Fran. (fern.) gua. 7 p. et. 1im...... :0 tj..- Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish ...• •• • • • • 5 Royal Swedish ' 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref !,0 Sambre & Meuse •••• • • I 0 Do. 5i per cent. Pref • San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c S. Aust. &Lomb Vene tin ',O Southern of France.. • • !O S. East Portugal 7 p ct. fif West Flanders .... 10 DL , 0.5/ p. c. Preerence.. W W. & IN.W. of France .. t 3 WestPrn of Austria-- tO West,rn of Switzerla.nd 6 Wiesbaden ...... ...... 6 o. S par cent Pref.... ZO .. ealan d .. all all all all all all ' I all MUTTS MINES. 2.11.10 i 16 nil 1 30 1.14.6 ' 1 7.4.0 541 17s 13.9.6 5.14.6 f ed 2 - 0 ' A B r l t r I C l ° rt 1 Clifford s(Philacky. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogran) East Caradon E. WI Russel (TavistkA Gam.k;St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus 1 G,Wheal Alfa. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Ifelston), Grenville Herod's-Foot ..... -- Iningston Downs 4.10.6! - !Lady Bertha ! 1.8.6 !Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs 2 'North Frances (Mogan) 11/ BasePt (Illo4fin) 1 North Wheal Crotty . 9.18.9 Par Consols (St. Blazey . ) 1/ 20 ;Providence (Uny Lent.) 10.0.7 ! • Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l lls South Caradon(St.Cleer); 1/ , S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 4 1 , .S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim! all S.Wheal Fran. (IlloganY Stray Park '20.8.0 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 1 4. 10 Tin Croit 9 Vale of Towe.y (Carrn ) , .3s 6d West Basset (Illo , gan) l/ W. Caradon (Liskeard)! 5 West Seton ',Wheal Basset (I llogan)j 5 a Wheal Buller (ItedrutN 5 'Wheal Ed ward (Cats.), 7.5 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.), 53 20 1 A us t ra li a n / 1 IlionAccord Copper,Ltm.i 17.8 20 \ Brazil St...T. del Rey,Lire 15 5 Do. Land and Miningeo. all 1 ,Clarendon Cons.MinCo Ai, 40 ICobre Copper ' all iCopiapo .. I 16 1 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming Col all 2 ' , F or t una . 20 !General , all 2 IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 1} K.apunda (Limited) 1 1 3 Linares i all 5 Lusitanian . i 2 1 IMari qui ta I all 1 IN.llhineCopotS.Aus.l 125.6 d. all 20 Po l x i t n p, - ,i in b g au a d nd Si s ly m e e r, l L t. e . a . d . 5 Port. Philip 1 1 ,Scottish Austrin. (1,.) los. ?.13.2.8f I United Mexican 'l all 1 ,Worthing (Limited).— , all 1 I Do. I 19s. 3!1 4} i 105 205 400 410 105 110 I 121 134 64 71 22 24 71 8 1 24 14 8111 35 17 2 21 1 )4 53 55 34 4 44 5 5 6 74 85 vi9l 41 45 4 t 300 310 31 81 181 15 35 341 2 21 51 .% 17 18 I 81 82 365 305 105 tlO 4'30 140 14 2 1 1 12 13 19 21 I 10 12 FOREIGN MINES. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 110 114 - Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 - - - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - - - Do. 6p. cent. 1884' 100 - - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 07 109 - Do. 6p. cillar. & Sept. 100 110 112 112 - Do. 5 per cent lOO 1001 101 1001 1 - Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1880 100 1071 1181 i ll, - Do. 1890 100 1074 1084 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1054 1061 - Do. .6 p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 97 99 - Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 97 99 - Do. 5 p.c.,1888,is upwds 100 97 98 974 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 105/ 106/ - S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO - - 107 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oot lOO 107 108 1071 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 190 AgTa&UnitedService Bk 60 82 54 40 Australasia 1 all 68 70 25 Bank of Egypt all 18 19 18 100 Bank of London 5O 62 d 4 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all - 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 214 211 211 25 Chiller. of In. L on.& Ch. all - - 100 City 100 C010nia1........ 25 38 40 20•11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all - -- 100 Commercial of London. 20 20/ 211 211 1 26 Eng., Moot., & Ans. Ch.. all 153 184 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral . all 221 234 50 London and County .. 20 86 37 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 - - 30 20 London and S. African.. 4 14 1 100 London & Westminster 20 614 624 1311 2 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 - -. 99 3 20 Do. new l2 - -- 29 50 National Bank ... 25 -.- 20 New South Wales.-- all - - 25 Orient. B. Corporation ~ 'V 17 48 20 Ottoman Bank .l nll 174 184 174 100 Provlnei al of Irelanti. .. 25 -..-- 10 Do. new. - - 25 South Australia - - 25, Union of Australia 50 Union of London l2 24 25 241 100 Unity Mutual 6O - __ - DOCKS. _ ____ stock (Commercial lOO - sleek Do. 4 per Cent.Prof.Min lOO - stock East and West Intlia - stock London stock St. Katharine - stock 'Southampton ' 100 - stock Vistcria ~ .. . 100 98 100 20 Thi New .- - - - 2 id par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 , .Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 133 144 10 !Atlantic R. Ml Stm (1d) - - - 1000 'Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all - - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 43 50 British American Land 40 - - 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37 20 Do. 11,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 321 Canada Land all 101 115 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all - - stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sraltg all - - 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 1 1 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 - - 5 Eng,diah & Aus. Copper all 31 31 31 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 - - 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 1 1 Do. 174 pct preference all 1 1 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.) 3 - - 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all . 11 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 14 1 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 21 34 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 11 1Id 1 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 14 010. 10 Netherlands Land all - - 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..imatl dis all 4 1 100 N. Br.&NovaSeotiaLand gs _ - 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all i l4 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 'lss. * pr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.),. 8 31 31 stock Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) 100 48 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 71 73 50 Do. New 25 11 13 36 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.e all 1 174 151 p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 ' 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 48 50 stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 125 135 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 - Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do all 6 1 7 1 20 Tr. & Ln.Co.olUpr.Can. 5 . - .- Ve 1 ;,100 Van DIOMMIII Land .. 281 94 104 ii 1O 117 7 - 1 0 0 THAMES. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A DRAPER'S ASSISTANT. — James Lawson, a well-dressed man, aged 28, who was labouring under great depression and anxiety, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with stealing property to a large amount, belonging to his employer, Mr. George Greenbridge, a linendraper and outfitter, carrying on an extensive business at Nos. 99 and 100, St. George-street, alias Ratcliff Highway. The prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor for five months, and in the course of that time many articles had been missed from the shop and warehouse. The pri scner was at length suspected, and last - night, as he was leaving his master's shop, he was stopped by Thomas Harper, another shopman, and given into custody of Smith, No. 253 K, who found eightpairs of child's stays concealed round his body, and in his pockets. The prisoner also took from him a quantity of tickets in blank, and used by drapers and outfitters for ticketing goods. His dwelling, at No. 17, Roman-road, Bow, was then searched, and a large quantity of goods, similar to those which formed a portion of Mr. Greenbridge's stock, were found in his parlour, but with the exception of 6 dozen pieces of tape with the prosecutor's private mark upon them, nothing else could be identified. The prisoner said he was guilty of stealing the child's stays, but not of stealing the other things. Mr. Yardley—Then you are guilty of the charge against you. Mr. James Massingham, a linen draper, sail he had known the prisoner eight or ten years, and never heard any thing to his prejudice before. The priscner was in his employ for some time and conducted himself in a most exemplary manner. He had no reason whatever to doubt the prisoner's honesty while in his service. Mr. Yardley—One can't help being sorry at seeing man, apparently respectable, and-who has for many years maintained a good character, in such 'a degrading situation as this. He has a wife and family too. His character is zone for ever. lam sorry a,mR.ll should so_faKforget him self as to be guilty of an act of tbeft. Tn cOnsideration.of the prisoner's previous good character and family I shall pass a light sentence. The prisoner is sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. We have several times had occasion to mention the various objections adduced against the use of iron armatures as a protection to submarine cables, at least in deep water, where they are not in dan ger of injury from the dragging of anchors. The chief inconveniences of iron armatures are-1, the enormous strain on the cable in paying -out; 2, the danger of kinks or casual loops which occasion rupture ; and 3, the currents of induction generated in the armature, and often counteracting the desired effect of the transmitted current. In order to do away with armatures, Capt. Rowett, as early as 1857, patented an outer envelope of fibrous materials for electric cables; but the latest improvements in their construction, marked by peculiar originality, are due to an amateur, Dr. Thomas W. Evans, well known as dentist to the Emperor of the French. Starting from the prin ciple of the absolute necessity of light electric cables for great sea depths, he proposes, as an external envelope, a combination of hemp or other fibrous materials, wrought in the usual fashion of ships' cordage. But the- chief novelty consists in the mode of preparing the electric conductor and its insulation. He insists upon the employment of a conductor composed of several wires drawn from metal rendered absolutely pure by refining, and he adopts copper as the con stituent metal of the wire conductor. To avoid the serious risk involved in the employment of a submarine electric conductor composed of only a single wire, Dr. Evans combines seven copper wires (drawn from perfectly pure metal), six of which surround the remaining one as a centre. Having first placed these wires in pal allel lines in close con tact with each other, he draws them all together through a round-holed draw plate. By this means he reduces the volume, and compels the wires to assume the form of longitudinal sections of a prolonged cylinder, the exposed surface of which will be, of course, exactly equal to that of a single wire of the same diameter, while additional strength and addi tional safety from risk of total rupture are effectually secured by the use of independent wires. Upon the cylindrical conductor thus prepared, Dr. Evans superimposes a slight coating or plating of pure copper or gold. By thusyresenting a surface of abso lutely pure metal, the facility of electrical trans mission is sensibly increased, whilst the danger of any chemical action upon the conductor from the contact of the insulation is entirely avoided. The insulation is effected by three distinct coats—an interior one of pure caoutchouc, a second of gutta percha, and a third of caoutchouc. For the interior coat, Dr. Evans employs pure caoutchouc unmixed with any other material. From sheets of india rubber, of about 12 millimetres in thickness, he cuts long narrow bands, which are then united together end to end, and then stretched to such a degree as to lose their elasticity. This inelastic gum cord is then wound upon bobbins, and from these bobbins it is rolled off by simple machinery Upon the metallic wire-conductor already prepared. (Syn . this a second coating of gutta-percha in a semi-liquid state is imposed, and upon this is placed a third coating of caoutchouc, either pure, or com bined with pulverized glass, feldspar, sand, or other non-conducting substances. The conductor thus coated is passed through a chamber heated to a gentle heat, and by this mea ns the guttapercha gradually softens and forms a complete solder between the two coats of caoutchouc, and thus two important results are attained, namely, the solid union of all the coats of the insulation, and the total exclusion of air.— Galignani. MEDICAL APPOTNTMENTS.—Robert Gretnhalgh, M.D., St. Andrews, L.R.C.P., London; M.R.C.S., Eng land ; to be physician to the Samaritan Hospital, in the place of Dr. Priestley, resigned ; Dr. Guthrie, Senior Chy mical Assistant in the University of Edinburgh, to be Pro fessor of Chemistry and Physiesin the College of the Mau ritius; Alfred Hill, M.D., King's College, Aberdeen; M.R.C.S. England ; L.S.A., London ; to be an analyst for Birmingham, under the Act of last session ; Alfred Hud son, M. 8., Trinity College, Dublin, Fellow of the King's and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland, elected phy sician to the Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary, in place of Dr. Lees, res i g ned ; Dr. Logan, of Coylton, Ayr shire, elected house surgeon to the Royal Infirmary at Gl a sgow; Reginald Southey, of Christ Church, Oxford, to be Radcliffe Travelling Fellow. THE WAKEFIELD BRIBERY PROSECUTION. — The rule obtained, on the part of Mr. Leatham, for a new trial was yesterday discharged in the Court of Queen's Bench. There still remains one question to be disposed of in thls case—viz., whether the prosecution.was instituted within the time limited by the Act. The finding of the jury upon this point, it was agreed, should be turned into a special ver - dict, which is to be taken to a Court of Error, so that some time must elapse before the whole case can be finally dis • posed of. Baron Anna de Mangalaviti has recently dis covered in the ttorth. of Sicily two caverns, containing a great quantity of bones of elephants, hippopotami, horses, oxen, stags, dogs, bears, hyenas, and cats. The first of these caverns is in Monte-Gallo, at the western extremitynear of the bay of Palermo ; the second, an d larger one, Acque Dolci, at the foot of Monte San Fratello. Baron d'Arnim, Grand Cupbearer to the Court of Prussia, died at Berlin, three days back. THE WEATHER. —The weather has again become T h e g ale, which seemslto very cold in the eastern district. have raged with the greata st severity on the extreme north east coast, on Monday nearly cleared the ground. On Monday night was succeeded by a snowstorm, but a rapid thaw there was a sharp wind, frost, and yesterday morning a fresh fall of snow again took place. The quantity of snow, however, was not stalcient to interrupt the usual comma nications, IRIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 13.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather; fall of snow in the night. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Swiftsure, for Melbourne; her Majesty's ship Spitfire, for the East ward. RAMSGATE, Dec. 11.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Marie, for Havannah. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Asia, steamer, from New York. DEAL Feb. 12.—Wind N.N.E — A rrived—Mar g aret Kench, 'from the River, and sailed for Rio Janeiro. P ouzsmourru,Feb. 11.—Wind N.W .—Sailed—Welling ton, for Pernambuco. PENZANCE, Jan. 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Snake, from Glasgow, assisted in by pilots, having been fallen in with 15 miles south of the Longship, wtth the master washed overboard, the mate ill in bed, and one boy on board. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 10.—Arrived—Scoto, from Now Orleans, with loss of main and mizenmasts. Sailed — Petrel, for Grenada. WHITBY, Feb. 9.—The Gamma has sunk on Whitby Sand ; crew saved. Feb. 12.—The weather has mode ' rated, and the sea is falling. It is possible that the John and An. stranded at Sand End on the 9th, may be got off, as well n as the Gamma and the Utility. (BY ELBCTRIC TELEGRAPH.) S OUTHA MPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 11.—John Watson, from Sunderland ; Richard, from Bremen ; steamer, from Havre ; Tagus, steamer, from Lisbor ; Ceres, stea mer, from Dublin; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; tmer, from Cardiff. .—W e st Lothian, for Scallion ; Massilia, steamer, Sailed steame r, for Jersey. for Alexand r i a ; Atalanta, (By SUBMARINS AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GHAVASHND, Wednesday Morning. No arrivals. Taganrog ; Sir E. Sailed —Lou isa Otta , for Banks, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed —Her Majesty's ship Dee, from the westward, for Woolwich ; Admiral, from London, for Ferrol. Sailed —Early Morn, for Port Natal. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has bean graciously pleased to present £lOO as a prize to be shot for at the meeting of the National Rifle Association. a Patric publishes the THE GARIBALDIANS.- - L following " The ancient corps of Garibaldians are in full reorganisation. Only the men fit for service are retained. They will form four divisions. The Ist, commanded by General Turr, will shortly establish its head-quarters at Mondovi ; the 2d, commanded by General Bizio, will pro ceed to Vercelli ; the 3d, commanded by Medici, will be stationed at Biella ; and t he 4th, com ma nded by Cosenz, will have its head-quarters at Asti," TILE 2VAVI A letter received at Plymouth from the Ajax, at Kingstown, says :—"'On Friday, th e Bth, the wea ther was very rough, but not stormy ; the wind north east, and right in for the harbour. A brig tried to go out, but could not, and in tack:atg went ashore 21.05 e to the lighthouse. We mired all the men, but the vessel was dashed to pieces ; she was laden with salt. On Friday night it blew very heavily from north-east, and on Saturday morning we could not see a particle of the wreck. The mail steamboat Leicester tried to go to Holyhead, but had to put hack, having been nearly lost in the gale. It was dreadful to see the waves. Some dozen vessels at sea endeavoured to put in for shelter ; all but four succeeded. The first, a fine brig, ran on the rocks 500 yards from our ship. Our people were .all on shore trying to save the crew ; they saved one man, the master ; all the 'rest, five, were drowed. At the same time another vessel ran on the rocks close to the first. She was lost, and three men out. of five were drowned. A third vessel was driven ashore, but the crew escaped. The rocks were all crowded with our men, trying to help the crews of the wrecked ships, and a lot of people from the town were looking on. I canno t describe properly what occurred, but a sea like a mountain came and washed every one off. Many were carried up on the land, and dirawn back again by the waves. How many were drowned we can not tell as yet, but we have recovered nine bodies, some from under stones a ton weight. Twenty one townspeople were lost that we know of, and we expect there were more. Our loss from the Ajax was Capt. Boyd, John Curry, seaman; James John son, A.B. ; John Murphy, seaman ; A. Forsyth, A.B. ; and John Russell. The captain's body is not yet found. Our gunner, Mr. Farren, is much. cut by the rocks, and a dozen more are in the same condition ; they ars all in bed. Our ship is very sad and lonely. The gale is all over now. There have been thousands of people from Dublin to see the place where the wrecks occurred, and where our sailors were lost." The Speedwell, screw gunvessel, of 5 guns and 427 tons, was successfully launched yesterday from Deptford dockyard, in the presence of Capt.-Super intendent Buckle and several visitors. The cere mony of naming the vessel was performed by Miss Fiucham, daughter of the master shipwright. The Saseur, a similar vessel, is to be immediately com menced on the slip vacated by the Speedwell. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Bristol, built at Woolwich, under the superintendence of Mr. Turner, was yesterday launched into the river from her building-slip in the dockyard. Miss Yelverton, daughter of one of the Lords of the Admiralty, had barely completed the ceremony of christening when the Bristol was hailed with an uproar of voices and. cheers, as already on her way, completely clearing herself of her huge cradle and every other incum brance in a most satisfactory manner, and proceed ing up the stream. She was,pprnptly brought to by the steamtugs Bustler, Mpi*y, and Widgeon, and subsequent hauled- initos*Tfitting basin to receive her engines, otLilit'fie - power. Her dimensions are as f6 l q47 . 4r.=—Length, extreme, 285 ft.; ditto between ate - Perpendiculars, 250 ft. ; ditto of keel for tonnage * 2044. 7in. ; breadth, eXtrethe, 52ft.; ditto for tonnage„slft. bin. ; ditto rnculded, soft. Bin.; depth in hold,:lBft. Bin.; bur,-.. den in tons', '3,027 40-94. The tristol is a sister' ship of the Undaunted, built at Chatham, and the Newcastle, launched on the 16th of November at Deptford. Her timbers have been selected with peculiar caution and care. The screw steam frigate Ariadne, 26, Captain Vansittart, in Plymouth Sound, had the Blue Peter flag flying yesterday at noon, and was expected to proceed shortly for her destination, Gibraltar. The paddlewheel steam vessel Spitfire, 5, Lieut. and Commander Allingham, having received 20 volunteers for the Artillery force, which were con veyed to her by the tug Pike, left Plymouth Sound. yesterday for Portsmouth. The 2d company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut. A. R. Macdonnell, arrived. at head•quarters, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on Monday night, from Gibraltar, after an absence from England of upwards of six years. RIFLE VOLUIVTEERS.-LORD DERBY. The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Rigby Wason to the Earl of Derby:— My Lord,—Few can he more disposed than myself to appreciate your lordship's opinions upon any subject un connected with party politics, or more inclined to distrust themselves when differing from your lordship's views upon any particular question; and in venturing to publish an. opinion contrary to that which your lordship has ex pressed on the inexpediency of giving medals to be com peted for by the Rifle Volunteers, my excuse is that the question between us is far more one of fact than of ()pinion, and I submit for the reconsideration of your lordship, that however easy it may be to carry out your plan in the wealthy county of Lancaster, or in those called the metro politan counties, on account of the opulence of their inhabi tants, yet it would be totally impracticable in nine-tenths of the other counties in Great Britain, and therefore, to insist upon carrying out such a plan would be nothing more or less than sacrificing the end to the means. The desired end is to render as permanent as possible the institution of Rifle Volunteers, and that some means aro necessary is proved by the fact that the Volunteers of 1804 (although double in number to the Volunteers pre sent), in a very few years died a natural death ; and it is believed that the principle of competition—an element which did not exist among the Volunteers of 1804—would, if fairly carried out, be most effectual in establishing the per manor cy of Rifle Volunteers. Practically speaking, competition always works better when carried out under a system of prizes ; for although it may and often does exist without them, as at chess, cricket, boating, &c., 3et it must be admitted that while on the one hand prizes cannot possibly check competition, so, on the other, they always materially assist it. With this notori ous fact, it is not surprising that all who desire that our Rifle Volunteers should be permanent are in favour of giving prizes, and the only questions are in what such prizes should consist, and how they should be competed for. The most essential element in the first of these ques tions is that the prizes should be of a permanent character, not given in ono year and withheld in the next; and although in a few counties where there are many, wealthy inhabitants it may be tolerably certain that some one will always be found able and willing to give prizes to each corps within the county, yet it is far more certain that in the great majority of counties the expense of giving such prizes would invariably fall on one or two individuals in each district, and whom it would be unjust to tax for an object of national importance. The feeling of such injus tice could only end in the discontinuance of the gift ; and tkus the very element which is proposed to render Rifle Volunteeri permanent would hasten their decay by being unwisely administered. There is only one mode of avoiding the evil; and that is, by establishing for each corps a prize of a permanent character, to be the property of the successful com p etitor for one year only, an d then handed over to his successor. This would not prevent other prizes being given, but it would ensure that one should be annually given. Now, I venture to submit most confidently to your lordship, that as most permanent prizes can only be retained by the winner for one year, it is impossible to name a prise so The only objection which your lordship has little open to o b j ection as a medal. pointed out everything—may i m ng ed_al m s— ay th b a e t e t a h s e i y l y are obviated n ow g, ibvy m aking the medale n t o everybody for of so distinctive a character that it could not possibly be mistaken for any other ; and this, I think, has been accom plished by the enclosed, the original of which may be seen at Hunt and Roskal's ; but even supposing that this should. not fully meet your lordship's objection, yet I submit that it is of very trifling importance in comparison with that which I have mentioned against your lordship's suggestion. On. the second question—How such medals should be competed for ? I have never seen but two plans—that proposed by the National Rifl e A ssoc i a ti on , th e o th e r by mysel f. To these I beg to call your lordship's attention, a nd have the honour to remain, Your lordship's most obedient and faithful servant, Feb. 11, 1861. RIGBY WASON, The ImperiA Court of Paris has decided that a banker, when lending money to a person who is not a trader, nor borrowing for commercial purposes, cannot take more than the legal interest of 5 per cent. without being liable to a prosecution for usury. We learn from Berlin that Mlle. Artot, whose great success in that city we have already noticed, has now set the seal to her former triumphs by her singing of Amine., in the " Somnambula." Her youth and beauty, not less than her sentiment and style of execution through out, are pronounced the beau ideal of Bellines charming heroine, in which the musical critics declare that she is fully equal to Jenny Lind in the best days of that celebrated vocalist, whose chief success at 33 erlin, was iA the same character,—Galignani. 'T t 34 4 i 1 7 6i 311 } lit