The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY IVEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Business in the Foreig and Colonial Produce Markets during the past mek has continued rather dull, Sugars, however, mintained previous rates. At the public sales of teaiate pricei were barely maintained. Coffee contißed inactive demand at full prices ; and moderate 'ealings were recorded in rice, rum, spices, and 41tpetre. Tallow has been dull, and is quoted 5 9 4, gd. per cwt. on the spot. A fair amount of business Vas recorded in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and previous prices were well supported. The sales were 10,000 bales, _ _ About £45,000 in Australi an gold was sent into the Bank of England Yesterday. The report of the Universal Marine Insurance Company has been issued prig to the meeting, which proposes a distribution 015 per cent. on the £lOO,OOO share capital of the cot any, the balance, after writing off preliminary expenses, &e., being £302,473. A call of £5 per share, amounting to £250,000, became due to-day on the Madras (Fourth Exten sion) Railway. A moderate amount of business i s reputed in the general discount market, and full rates continue to prevail. The steamer Ellora, which leaves to.morrow, the 27th inst., for Bombay, will take out £ll,OOO in gold and £186,690 in silver. The meeting of the creditors of Mes sr s. Schilizzi and Vuras has just been held, when it was stated that the liabilities amounted to £ 31 ,893, and the assets in London to £16,386, irrespective of a sum of £17,796 due from Constantinople• After a few remarks it was resolved, in the prese n t state of uncertainty with regard to assets, to place the affairs under the supervision of Messrs. A. T. Ralli and J. Negroponti, and to adjourn to the 16th of April next. The meeting of the shareholders in the Victoria Dock Company has also been held to-day) when the report was adopted, and the usual dividend at the rate of 51, per cent. per annum was declared. The Market for Public Securities has continued in a quiet state to-day, but the few transactions recorded have produced a favourable afoot upon prices, Consols being 91Z- for money, and 911 I for the account. Speculation continues dull, and the purchases for investment are very limited. The New Threes and the Reduced lia'Qe im proved to 911 ; Long Annuities, to 161 ; Bank Stock has receded to 234; India ditto, to 223; ditto New Scrip, is 108; and Exchequer Bills are Os. to 2s. dis. The dealings in the Foreign Stock Market are of an average character, but priC r es in some instances tend upwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 69k to 70 ditto ; New, 541 to 55. Mexican have im proved to 231 1, and are now nominally quoted 231 to 24 ; Spanish to 49 ; ditto Deferred to 411; Russian 5 per Cents. are 104 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 631 ; ; and Peruvian have advanced to 981. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued inactive, but in some instances prices have slightly improved. Eastern Counties and Great - Western have advanced 55., and Midland 10s. ; Great Northern, Brighton, and North Eastern (Berwick) have declined 55., and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln £l. The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial un dertakings have been of a limited character. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have im proved to 121 ; and Great Luxembourg to 6! ; East Indian declined to 971 ; East Indian Penin sula improved to 951; and Great Western of Canada New Shares realised 81 81. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been inactive. Ottoman Bank, however, have improved ss. ; Union of London, 10s. ; Royal Mail Steam, £lO ; and United Mexican Mining, 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. - Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll k / 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l/ i a Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880: — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth .April, 1335 l3 t India Stock OO c• ... ... 223 Ditto 5 per Cent .... 991 1 Ditto Scrip Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 51 per Cent lOOl Ditto Debentures, 1858 955 Consols for Account, March 7 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1858. Ditto 4i per Cent. 1860 Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian 4i per Cent — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 104 Spanish 3 per Cent.. Ditto New Deferred 4ll Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 631 TWO O'CLOCK Consols Money 91 a R Ditto Account THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, between 8 and B. E. M. D. -F. C. I. S 9 a.m. ------ -- Aberdeen 30'03 36 34 S.S.W. 3 1 b. 2 Greenock 3 0 .05 42 40 S.S.W. 3 9 o. Berwick 30*13 44 41 W.S.W. 1 3 b. 1 Ardrossan Shields . Galway... . . 30*19 46 45 S.W. 4 6 c. 2 Scarborough 3OlB 41 40 W.S W. 2 7 o. 3 Bull Liverpool 30•21 39 37 S.E. 1 5 0. 1 Valentia ...: 30'15 46 45 N. 1 3 b. 5 Queenstown 3o'll 49 48 S. 2 4 f. 2 Yarmouth 3O 21 40 39 N.N.E. 3 7 f. 5 London 30'19 89 38 N.N.E. 1 8 m. Night extreme 2920 36 E. 3 6 b. Xew 3020 37 36 N.N.E. 2 9 0. Dover 30'14 39 38 N.W. 7 8 0. 6 _Portsmouth ; 30•19 41 39 N. 3 5 m. 2 rortland . Plymouth.. 3016 41 40 N. 1 3 f. 2 Pen za nce ExPLANATIoN. — B. Barometer, corrected and reduced ExpLANATION. — B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; e., 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). ,EPORT, THIS DAY, 9 A. 31 Kingstown, N.W.; fine Leeds, N.B. ; dull Leith, S.W. ; dull Limerick, calm ; thick Londonderry, W, ; fine Lowestoft, N.W., light; hazy Manchester, N.W.; fine Middlesborough, W. ; dull Milford Haven, N. ; cloudy Newcastle on Tyne, S.W. ; fine Newmarket, N.E. ; foggy Norwich, N. ; fine Perth, calm ; frosty Peterborough, S.E. ; fog Port Glasgow, S. • dull Sheffield, N.E ; fine Southampton, N.N.E. ; dull Stockton on Tees, N.E. ; fine Sunderland, W. ; dull Wakefield, N. ; fine Whitehaven, S. ; fine Wolverhampton, N. ; dull York, S.W.; fine WIND AND WEATHER Alderney, N.B. ; cloudy Ayr, S.W. ; dull Belfast, thick wet Birmingham, E. ; fine Bradford, S. ; dull Bristol, S.E. ; fog Cambridge, N. ; foggy Cardiff, E.; cloudy Carlisle, S. ; fine Chatham, N.N.E ; fine Cork, N.E.; dull Deal, E. • foggy Derby, DLL' ' fog Doncaster, N.E.; dull Dublin, S.. ; fine Dumfries, W. • dull W.S.W.Dundee,; fine Edinburgh, S.W.; fine Glasgow, N.N. ; fine G o ole, N.E.; dull Gravrsend, E. ; fine Hartlepool, S.W. ; fine Harwich, N. ; cloudy Holyhead, S., light breeze; haze Inverness, S.W. ; fine HISTORY OF ENGLAND, BY LORD BROUGHAM. —lt is now known that Lord Brougham has at length consented to publish, with his name, a second edition of his unacknowledged work, " History of England under the House of Lancaster." It is understood that his lordship has also given a new preface. A Parliamentary return shows that during the last 20 years 18 bills have been introduced into the House of Commons and two into the House of Lords in relation to churoh-rates. The first was in 1841 , by Mr. Easthope and Mr. Hume. The second was in the following y ear, by Sir J. Easthope and Mr. Mark Philips. CONCOURS IN FRANCE.—This system, heretofore much lauded by our Gallic neighbours, as often else where, has just received a heavy blow and great dis couragement from an Imperial-. decree, dated the 15th of January last, which orders that henceforward all professorships in French veterinary schools will be no longer attainable by competition of voluntary candidates, but are to be directly filled up by the Minister of Agricul ture's special appointmeAt 3—Zolical Times an 4 (igft(e. SHARE 31ARE ET.-(THIS DAY.) OItDIARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing I Business Price. Done. rare Railways. 13.14 stcck stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.1.0. stock stock stock stork stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 121 0 stock stocK stock stock Stock Stock Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co , Bristol and Exeter ... 'Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigar Cork and Bandon Cork, I drock., &Passap - ,c! Cornwall no A. (A nets Co div. l , until (3 p, peran. Do B hasbeen • d. toB Dublin & Belfast June. , Dun., Perth, &Ab. Junc ! East Anglian Eastern Counties ,Eastern Union, A stock! Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction! Furness Glass. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern do A stock Po do 13 do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val g - ua. stock I (rich Sotilli-eastern .Lancashire & Yorksbir , London and Blackwall Lon., !!right.. & S Coast Lon d.. Chat., and Dover Load. & Nth. Western Load. & Western L'derry & Coleraine ! L'derry Ennisiullen j Iran. Shef. & Lin , oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do # shares Metropolitan 'Midland . , Do new ! Do 'cirming. & Derby, Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 4 shares Mid gent—. • • scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 Do Scot. Mid. stock... 100 Shropshire Union ...... 100 Sittin zbourne do Sheer. all South Devon .......... 100 Nthn. Counties Union .. 31 S.-Durham & I,anc. Un. _221 Sitith Eastern 100 ,South Wales S. York. and River Pun 1 00 qtaines, Wok,. and Wok all Stockton & Darlington I all Do do . 11 Do New (1S60) 3 ITaff Vale Do Pref. No 1 lOO ITh amesHavenDk&Rail 22 Ulster . Do .......... 20 Vale of keath Victoria Ste. and Pim Waterford Sz Kilkenny' 100 Waterford & Limerick all West Cornwall West London all Do let class ' all ! Do 2d class .. West Hartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO West Midland—Oxford; 100 Do. Newport, 100 Do. Herefordl 100 Paid. , all all 100 all all 100 100 all Do, Cray Line i all Newcastle and C.trlisle I all Newry & Armagh, def 9 Newry, Warnpt. do nos all Norfolk.... lOO North British ~.,I 100 Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.sto,lb 100 D A stk ; A recs no d.i until fipchas beenpd.B l 100 Do B stock ..... 100 Nth. Eastern—Berwick' 100 Dodo, eI.N.E. purchase 16 13 4 Do Leeds ......... 100 Do York North London i 100 Do new 5 North Staffordshire 17.4 N. and S. W. Junction i all Not. & Grantham Rail i 11 leebles Portsmouth [Rhymney.....- ScOttish Ccntral 4E 46 40 43 81 83 8* 81 80 82 6 99 10 6i 1 97 97i 44 45 8 81 15 16 48 49 37 39 26 28 88 88 26 27 112 114 110 112 103 104 132 131 110 112 sot G9l 60 63 1091 1101 62 63 113 114 47 49 98! 991 93 94 10 11 46i 47 d 130} c3ol 1 1 1 103 105 7 6d 69 1 i i 601 1101 4 10 62 114 13i 464 99 931 4* 46 I 53/4 1301 11 53 65 63 63i 001 1001 p Ip 561 571 871 881 101 103 3 1 3/ 1 101 10, 7/ 81 114 116 331 341 86 88 49 51 51 6/ 40 42 85} MI 61 63 94 96 4 7 90 41 10 11 6 6i p 551 56i 2 3ir El it 67 69 111 PREFERENCE 'HARES. Shafe / Railways. 25 Thythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £s(' stk Ex et. 4 p.ct.stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Cateflon £10,4i per cent stock Dn. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 6 i ICork ,cz Bandon, 51 p. c. 2 0 iCornwall. 5 per cent 6.1 Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun _ Do Ist Claq s Pref 14 -I.Ar - ,rn.Class A 7 &sp.c I Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do, New 6 pet ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar...l Mdin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. C gua. S. & D. Edin, Perth& Dun. 4 p.c Furness, 5 per cent GlasA S. West.g.a. 5 p.c (Ire4t, Northern, 5 p. ct I rn cr, , Marirn ,10p.e.prn Do. 4i p. c. do. do. 1 Do.lsll.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm (it. Nh. of Scothl. Ist pf c Gt.Sn.,t W (Ireland) 4 , j P. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berke and flaws) Ext. 5 p. ct ,Co. Redeemable, 41p.ct. Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 P.ct, Redeem. Pref Do. Birm, Pref. Shares (It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. 1(0. do. sp. et. pref Do Birmo..o - uar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. k C'rl. 4: 3 p c. pref Lam&York 6 p. c. stock Dallarnsl.sf.£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 Per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig..sp c . g „.N o 1 I SP. c. No. 2 , Do. Pia- (3 P. c. Do. do. 5 P. c. No. 4 I Do. do. 41 per cen'. I Do. do. 4 i p. c. shares ' Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E..tC.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '651 Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover I" 1 Do. W. A reely. no dlv. Ex.A til 6pcls pd on 1 r'o. 13 B. ,t Brom ex. t Do. Mei ropolitan Ex B i Lon. and N.W. Coy. and stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Nuneaton, 5 p. et .... Lon. & S:W, 7 p. et stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. Perpl anne. of 2s. 6d.. •.... Londondy. Cole:4 ' BK r Lo a n n d . o s n iL y. jr & L ii i :nsO r s c h t. . Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent 'Earynort & Car., 4 p . c , Do. 44 per cent. Nfld. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. do Mr. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. 0. pref. sto c k Do. with option tilllBBo Do. Leie. & Bit pref. st. Norfik 5 p. c. lix. et. 1846 Do. 5 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o. Do. New, plc. 3 p. c. • Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do Nth. Dev.Rall. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pret 4 p. c, Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. s. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, &S. Porch North Staffordshire all 1 100 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. t” Scottish Central, new pt stock Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c pref. stock stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. 1.0.6 south Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) stoex Do. 44 per cent. stock Do. Fixed iip.c. let is. stock south Wales, gua. 4p. c. stock Do. 44 per cent stock Po. 5 per cent: stock S.-Yorkshire. 4p. c. gua 23 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 25 Do. B 6 'per cent 25 Do. C 6 percent stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c stock W.llTid -Oxf let Gua stk stock Do. 2d do stock Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf. red. stock Do.Perpet. 6p. c. , pf 1866 stock Do. till 1869, let is. 121 Do. do. 2d is. 100 100 100 all all Closing: Business Paid Price. Done. 100 102 20 21 6 64 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 76 80 112 114 90 92 116 118 112 114 104 106 84 86 98 100 99 101 89 91 90 92 100 IG2 10 101 18i 101 11 76 78 20i 214 104 101 154 16 32 311 ti 135 137 ill 113 111 113 135 140 111 113 101 103 ISO 153 128 131 70 73 87i S 9 116 118 150 155 131 141 123 130 6) 11 i P I i $1) 134 136 102 104 95 97 111 113 109 111 90 92 100 102 100 102 i 'IP id *P 22 23 132 134 10 11 23 24 91 93 100 102 87 90 27 28 32 33 32 33 45 48 125 127 120 124 101 103 123 126 116 118 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Bedfiird and Bletchley all rn A; N.W .. .. 1 Backinglismshire .... 100 Ln &N W 97 99 Chester & Holyhead .. 100 Do. 53 534, Do. do. 54 per cent. 100 Do. 122 124 Do. do. 5 per cent. i 100 Do. 110 112 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 99 101 Colchester, Stour Val. all . E.U.&13 C I 154 164 ELlncolnshire,g.6 p.c. ICO Gt. North. 135 137 E.Union,Harwich Shs , all , E.Counts. 45 41 Do. Woodbridge .. 100 1 Gls.thirr.&Neils,Dret . . 100 ,Co,ledonin Do. New ... ......, 100 D0...._.... Gloster& Dean 'Forest' all Gt. West. Hartipool.Dck.& Rail. all N.&Br Hull and Selby ...... all Yk.N. Md. H . Do. 4 Shares ....... all Do. Do. 5 Shares ....... all Do. .. I Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 Ln.&N.W London & Greenwich 100 S. East Do. Preference ..... 100 Do. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 ,Feto &Co Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 ',Norfolk Do. 6 per cent........ 100 'Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Dlatk. all 1., NW&M . .. Mid. Bradford Pr e f er l 100 1 ence Stock ...... Midland Newmarkt,Buryix 1 guaranteed 5 p. a i 5. 5 6 E.Counts Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.e. a ll Do. do. 6 per cent .... a ll Do. Fixed 5 per cent, all North Western all I , all A. all n Hitch &Shep 100 PrestosDo.sh Shares and s Wyre. 1 Royst • ~ Slarewsbry& Hereford 100 DO. Do. 1 South Staffordshire .. all Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Wimhledo3l4 CroYd 3 L all 88 91 31 31 97 99 i i P 56 58 Do. I Do. Midland L& Nw & L.Yk. Do. Gt. North. T.Brass e y 1...... M`C Gt. West. L.ck Broil l 5 16 1132 134 104 106 11 1 1 90 92 9i Leasing Closing Business Railways. I Paid. Co.'s. I Price. Done. 1001 1 1 87f 81 8 09 111 :207 210 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EvENING, FEBRUARY 126, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share C P losing 7 Railways. Paid. rice Business done 100 lAA !antic &-t Lawrence all ' 74 76 f ,Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind stk 100 915 924 91.5 . 2 11 Gu. 5 per cent.. - 18 I Do, Do. 13 16 16 164 d 205 IBuffalo and LaKe Huron all 45 41d 205 II JDo. New 10 i Do. Preference ...... all 6 7 ~,,, f , Buffalo,Brant&Go dri ch 100 75 80 ''''''' i 16 p, et bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 65 70 100 Do. do. June 1, 187 , : 100 65 70 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim all 41 5 20 ;Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lima 2s. 20 , Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 1 4 1 4 d 6 5 20 !Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 75 4 pr 175 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. (1 15 11 11 d 135 5 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 975 985 98 571 20 Do. F Shares Ext all 20 Do. Jubbulpore all 100 ' Do. 45 pc. Debentrs all 07 98 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 985 100 a 100 Do. 186.5-1870 all 15 4 995 stock 'Grand Trunk of Canada 100 211 22 22 100 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all CO 63 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 42 44 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 40 45 • 100 Do. do. 1872 all 40 45 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c, 100 045 155 955 20 Do. New gua. sp. o 8 lid 1d 61 stock ,Gt. South.oflndia(Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. all 20 Do. do. 18 21 15 d 155 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 / 11 205 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '7:l till '6O . ' all 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 94 97 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 89 02 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all stock 31adras, guar., 45 p. c... 100 82 84 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 915 925 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 85 57 20 Do. Fourth do.. .... 15 25 15 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnds. 100 20 Newßtunswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.. .... 20 Do. do. B Capital. do. .• all 5 7 Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) ........ 58. stock Scinde 20 Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Do. ..... stook Do. Indus. St. Flo _ ? c ,f.', 100 90 92 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 t 1 d ---. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 55 55 20 Ardennes.... •....... .. all —p 20 ' Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 10 15 15- 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all j 15 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all j 6 Carneaux Mine & Rail 30 12 13 125 100 Copiapo _ ......&...... all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 35 21 , 1 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France .... all 23 24 20 Grand Rua. Guar. 6p. c 10 -- 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 65 65 65 20 Italian Junction ...... all 20 Lierre & Turnhout all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 75 75 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 19 20 16 Northern of France.... all 875 385 16 Do. New Shares ~... 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref . . all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 365 374 20 Paris & Orleans .. •... all 55 57 20 ( Recife & S. Fran. (Porn.) gua. 7p. ct. 1im...... 15 3 25d 12 20 g Riga & Dunaburg...... 18 20 Royal Danish.. 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Prof.... all j 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 65 5 I 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref..... all 8 /4 5 20 San Paulo, lim, ~.,o*. 7p. c. 4 15 1,1 25 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 14 j 15 1 d 125 20 Southern of France.. all 205 215 20 S. East Portugal 7 p France.... 4 - 81 West Flanderu 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preerence all, 94 91 20 W. & N.W. of France 23 West , rn of Austria 6 20 West,rn of Switzerland) all 6 Wiesbaden ... .. . . 1 all 6 Do. 8 per cent 'Pref I all ; 20 Zealand CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Mahomer Ali Khan was indicted for unlawfully in flicting a wouni upon himself with intent to destroy life. It will be recollected that the prisoner some time ago attempted to commit suicide in the House of Lords, and that the offence with which he stood charged on the present occasion was committed near the carriage in which ber Majesty rode cn the occasion of her op - ening Parliament on the sth of the present month. The prisoner attempted to throw a petition into the royal carriage, but was prevented doing so by the wilco, and then he instantly attempted to stab himself with an old knife, which was in such a state as to inflict a vey deadly wound. The instrument was knocked from the hand of the prisoner, and he was taken into custody. Onithe prisoner being placed in the bar, he bowed to the judge 'and jury, sad then handed in a long written state ment of the allegel wrongs he had suffered in consequence of his claims for pLyment for services being disregarded by the late native autlorities at Bombay. The Recorder Inked if there was anybody in court who knew anything abut the prisoner. Colonel Hughes the Governor of the Home or Refuge for destitute East Indians, said he merely knew the prisoner as having been at he Home. He had no doubt the pri soner was in the full possession of all his faculties. The Recorder, ii addressing the jury, said the fact that the prisoner was is a sane state of mind made the ease of his intention to commit suicide most inexplicable. One could understand such a circumstance if the person doing so was of unsouid mind. It might be that, labouring under the impression that a great wrong had been inflicted on him, he might lave attempted to destroy himself for the purpose of creating a sympathy in his behalf. However, it was undoubtedly an offence in any person to destroy life, and it would be for them to say whether he was guilty or net. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, intimating that they wished the judge to inform him that it was an offence to attempt to destroy his life. The Recorder said the prisoner was well aware of that, as ha had already been in custody for the same offence. THE TALLOW MUD. The grand jury have returned a true bill for felony against Robert Fraser North, who stood charged with having obtained a quantity of tallow from various parties by fraudulent representations. HUNGARY. General Turr, having been elected a member o the administrative committee of the Comitat o Czabolcs, in Hungary, has addressed to the genera assembly of this comitat the following letter : To the General Assembly of the Comitat of Czabolcs, al Nagy Kallo. Gentlemen,—Receive my sincerest thanks for having called me by your votes to the honour of being one of the members of your administrative committee. We all feel the significancy of this election. The Croats, Serbs, Walla • (limas, and Hungarians are all convinced that there is no means for them to become free except to take as guides the principles of fraternity, for no intrigue, no brutal force can triumph over the brotherly union of all the races. We all have our duties to perform, and our line of action to follow. My colleagues on the committee, who are in the country, are making every effort to insure that the laws we possess by our will and not by the good pleasure of others, shall be at once re- establishedafterhavingbee n violently suppressed for 11 years. Let the King of Hungary restore to us our autonomic and responsible government ; let the constitution of 1848 be re-established in full force; let every foreign soldier leave our country ; let the Hungarian army be brought back to it ; and let the House of Hapsburg give up tyran nising over your brothers of Venetia by the help of Hunga rian, Serbian, Wallachian and Croatian blood ; then we shall return to our country without needing an amnesty. But so long as that is not the case the members of your committee who are abroad will remain there ; for what the country demands is not the pardon of a few isolated citizens but the restoration and religious observance of all our con stitutional rights. We shall not be caught by means of an amnesty. It will soon be decided whether an Austrian wishes once more to hound on his people and excite them against one another. In this case we shall embrace tho first opportunity that offers to strike out some path to our country, and there joining our forces to re-obtain our freedom. The patience of European Governments is exhausted. At last, English statesmen themselves acknowledge that, for the mainte nance of European equilibrium, the existence of the house of Hapsburg is not necessary.—l am, with patriotic greet ings, your devoted fellow citizen, Milan, Feb. 5, 1861. STEPHEN TURR. A number of Hungarian youths have just sent to M. H. Berlioz a silver crown of exquisite work manship; bearing on a shield the arms of the town of Gyor (in German, Raab), and these Hungarian words " Berlioz Hectornak a Giori ifjussak" (to Hector Berlioz, the young men of Gyor). This present was accompanied by a letter, also in Hun garian, the translation of which runs thus : Most honoured Sir,—Receive our sincerest thanks and this trifling testimony of our gratitude for the honour you have done the Hungarian nation by your new setting of Rakoczy's march, for the flattering sympathy you have shown us by selecting from our entire musical literature our national theme as the most worthy, by taking up this aban doned gem, and honouring it with your sublime develop ments; for the taste, enthusiasm, and warlike and national character with which you have raised to the rank of a work of art our popular march, which animates us to the combat or to death for the glory of our country. Receive the best wishes of our sincere Hungarian hearts ; may God grant to your life, which sheds such lustre on the musical art of Europe, as mush happiness as your mind has shown great ness in the production of this work.—We are, most hon oured sir, your devoted admirers, The Youth of Gyor (Raab). Jumus TAMASSY, Secretary. January 31, 1861. GENERAL CIALDINI AT GAETA. The following is the order of the day published by General Cialdini at Gaeta, and already men• tioned by telegraph : Mola di Gaeta, Feb. 17. Soldiers,—Gaeta has fallen ! The Italian flag and the victorious cross of Savoy are waving upon the top of the Orlando tower. What I foretold on the 10th of January you accomplished on the lith of this month. He who leads soldiers like you can safely become a prophet of victory. In 90 days you have subdued a fortress celebrated by numerous sieges, and become still stronger by the addition of new works of defence ; a fortress which at the beginning of this century resisted for nearly four mouths the first soldiers of Europe. History will tell the exertions you made, the fatigues you went through, your constancy, abnegation, and valour. History will tell the gigantic work accomplished by you in so short a time. The King and the country applaud your triumph ; the King and the country thank you. _ _ Soldiers! We have fought against Italians. It was a sad but necessary duty. I cannot therefore inviteyou to joyful demonstrations—to the insulting merriment of the conqueror. I think it worthier both of you and me to unite you to-day in the isthmus, under the walls of Gaeta. where a funeral miss will be said. There we shall pray for those gallant soldiers who during this memorable siege have fallen, both amonst our ranks and upon the enemy's bastions. Death covers with a sad veil human wrath, and the dead are all equal before the eyes of generous men. Our anger should not live beyond the fight : the soldier of Victor Emmanuel fights and pardons. CIALDIN I. BRITISH MINES. - 'Alfred Consols(l'hilick)2.Tl.lo 35 4 20 'British Iron I 16 1 2 ,Clifford nfl. 180 200 Devon G. Cons. ((Taoist ) 1 350 370 :300 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1025 105 East Caradon 12.14.6 14 15 E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 65 61 64 74 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 7, 544 21 23 Great South Tolgus I 17s 74 8 G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack)' 13.9.6 / 1 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 1* 14 Grenville 5.14.6 2/ 31 Herod's-Foot 8.12 I 34 16 Hingsbon Downs 4.10.6 2 25 Lady Bertha 1 1.8.6 4 1 Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9; 49 51 North Downs , 25 35 4 North Frances (Illogan)I 114 35 44 N. Wh'l Basv.t (Illo;an)1 4s 55 64 North Wheal Crofty 9.18.9 71 84 Par Consols (St. Blazey), 14 94 9/ 20 'Providence (Uny Lent.) 10.6.7 43 45 Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l lls 4 South Caradon(St.Cleer), 11 300 310 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 4/ 3* 3 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim l all 5 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.1'c9 180 190 Stray Park 24.8.0 40 42 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min ( 44 2 21 10 Tin Croft 9 5 8 Vale of Towey (Carm ) .i3s 6d West Basset (Illog - an) 1 15 17 18 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 81 82 ' West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 ,1024 1075 .Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 ,135 145 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 7.5 2 24 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 12 13 Wheal Mary Ann (Mel 8 19 21 Wheal Treiawney (Lis. 54 1 12 14 FO ttEIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.8 1 d 20 Brazil St.J. del Itey,Lim 15 104 311 315 5 Do. Land and Alining,Co. all 5 1 I Clarendon Cons.MinCo.i dis. 40 !Cobra Copper all 40 42 Copiapo . 1 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co, ail / 2 Fortuna. 20 'General all 20 22 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr , 1 pr 4p 11 14 Kapunda (Limited).... 1I 1 15 p 3 Linares all 9 10 5 Lusitanian 2 pr ip 1 Mariquica all a 6 • 1 N.RllineCopotS.Aus.L 425.6 d. 5 id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead, Mining and Smelt 1 all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 / I 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. * d 28111 Coiled Mexican . - all 31 34 31 1 1 1 Worthing (Limited) all 1 I Do. l9s. )OIN -S CC 3Ai.K3. 100 AgTa&UnitedSer ‘ vice Bk 50 83 55 40 Australasia all 67 69 25 Bank of Egypt all 19 20 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, dzc. all 204 21 25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 35 100 City 100 Colonial . 2011 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 -- 20 Eng., Scot., & AWL Ch.. all 151 16 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 23 50 London and County .. 20 34 35 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 20 London and S.Alrican.. 4 2 11 100 London & Westminster 20 61 62 CI 100 Nat. Prov. of England . ' 42 20 Do. new l2 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wales.... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 47 49 20 Ottoman Bank .. .. .. all 17 18 17 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 10 Do. new all 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union 05 London l2 231 241 21 100 Unity Mutual.. 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..l;July 100 110 114 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1: , :3 100 113 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 :07 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. it Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1001 1001 1001 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1880 100 :07 108 Do. 1890 100 1071 1081 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 104 1061 Do. 6p. c. Ap. (lz Oct 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 97 98 971 Do. sp. C.. 1871 to 1876 100 97 98 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwde 100 97 osz Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1878.. b.Aus.o t. p c. 1878 Ss up. 100 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.,tOct. 100. 107 108 1071 DOCKS. stock !Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Prof.Min lOO stock East and West India stock London stock St. Katharine... lOO 1 stock (Commercial stock Do. 4 per Cent.Prof.Min stock East and West India stock London stock St. Katharine... stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria.. i 100 20 (Do` New. k 2 98 100 id par MISCELLANEOUS. A ng - 10-M exican Mint . 'Atlantic R. MI Stm (Id)' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Pref. 7i per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference E. In di a Irrign. & Canal ) Electric Telegraph Do. New lEngliah & Aus. Copper Gen. gteam Navigate m Great Ship I Amited) Do. 174 p ct Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. TeL (Lim ) National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.S p.c.Pref..iss.ati dis N. Br. &NovaScotiaL an d N.B.Australaaian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) . Orin a In. Steam(Lim.). . Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp c Rhymney Iron lio. Niw Royal Mail Steam Scot, Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine TeL Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do, Tr. & Ln. Co.olUpr.Can Yea Diemen' laud all all 15s. 8 100 all 100 all all all all 6 131 14 28 30 q q 35 37 18 20 13 15 115 120 22 21 29 80 101 IC3 id par 97 101 31 31 I 1 I 1 11 11 124 1134 ,21 1 04d, i 1 11 4i pr 47 50 69 71 10/ ti 17i 1B 17 19 5 6* 48 50 123 130 32 34 o 7 1 1 WATCH ROBBERY. A young man named Walsh was indicted for stealing a watch, the propetty of a jeweller, carrying on business at Woolwich. The prisoner entered the shop, and having looked at some albert chains, put his hand into his left hand pocket and took some muff or other pungent powder therefrom, and threw it into the eyes of the shopkeeper, and then ran off with the watch. The jury found him guilty, and the Recorder sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. The Common Sergeant was occupied the whole of the morning in hear:ng Mint prosecutions, none of which pos sessed the slightest interest. POLICE IN7ELLF:TIENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH STREET. A WOULD-Pa SUICIDE, —AN OVERDOSILLAI ice Watts, a respectable -boking woman of about 40, was charged before Mr. Beadon with attempting to commit suicide. The constaile of Golden-square said he was called to the office of Mr. Sympson, solicitor, No. 7, in the square, and found the defendant there at the time vomiting, and by her side time phials, all empty. Having told him that she had takenarsenic, he took her to a doctor's. Lucas, 160 C, said he understood that she had been to Mr. Sympsons and annoyed him. In answer to Mr. Beadon the defendant said she had taken laudanum—some from each of the bottles. Mr. Sympson ha 4 arranged to pay her some money due to her, and she had ken disappointed. Mr. Beadol asked her where she got the laudanum. The defendant said at three different shops. -- A certificate was here handed to the magistrate by Dr. Slight, of Bawer-street, stating that although he had tried remedies he c)uld detect nothing, but this might have been owing to the overdose having caused vomiting. Mr. Beadot remanded the defendant for a week, that she might see the chaplain and be in a better frame of mind than she thqz, appeared. A CROSSING-SWEEPER CHARGED WITH PICKING A LADY'S POCKET.—Daniel Sullivan, a crossing-sweeper, was charged vith picking the pocket of a lady named White, residing at Thornton-Heath, Croydon. The prose3utrix was crossing from the Crystal Palace Bazaar, Oxford 'street, when the accused seized hei, which caused her to let her dress fall, and at that moment she be- lieyed he took her purse from her pocket—the purse con taining £3 14s. On getting safely over the crossing, not withstanding that she had to shake the prisoner off, it appeared that & friend of the pivioevattla save the pribouer a penny. Mr. Beadon said had the offence of seizing hold of the lady not been condoned by the fact of a penny having been given to the prisoner, he would have severely punished him for it as an assault. The prosecutrix said she did not discover her loss till she got to Messrs. Hodge and Lowman's, Regent-street. A constable (Poole 300 C), said he believed nothing was known of the prisoner. Mr. Beadon, after a caution to the prisoner that if he was charged with seizing hold of ladies again he would fine him £5 or two months, said the evidence was insuffi cient, and discharged the prisoner. ANNOYING THE PERFORMERS AT THE ST. JAMES'S THEA.TRE.—Hannah M'Donnell, a violent tempered wo man, living at Angel-court, near the stage door of the St. James's Theatre, was charged with annoying the ladies and gentlemen connected with the theatre. Sergeant George Silverton, C division, said that on the previous evening about five the prisoner was in Angel court making a great disturbance, and swearing fearfully As soon as she saw him approaching she went indoors, and from her window pelted all the performers who have to pass down the court to the stage door of the theatre. She had also behaved in a most indecent manner before several children. Wm. Parsons, the fireman at the theatre, said ho was in the hall of the theatre, and two of the ladies connected with it came to him and complained of the prisoner's conduct. He heard her make use of the most disgusting language. It was not only last night, but on the previous Saturday evening she had emptied the contents of a wash hand basin over one of the musicians belonging to the theatre, while passing through the court. The prisoner, whose conduct in the dock afforded a pretty good specimen of the sort of woman the magistrate had to deal with, was fined 40s. or a month, 2EIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 26.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. DEAL, Feb. 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Revenue, from Sunderland for Calcutta; Langdale, from the River, and sailed for Bombay. RAMSGATE, Feb. 21.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Carl IV., for Pernambuco. Po ENS Al 0 UTH, Feb. 25.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— Charlemagne, from New Orleans for Bremen. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 25.—Wind S.—Arrived—Malabar, from Demerara. FALMOUTH, Feb. 25.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—St. George ; for the Cape of Good Hope. iO l4 / rm 25. 7 -Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Amisandle, LEITH, Feb. 25.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Thames, for St. John's. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 25.—Spey, from Sicatea; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey; Dora, from Cardiff; St. Croix, from Swansea; Constantine, from Sunderland; Rainbow, from Seaham ; Marquis of Bute, from Sunderland ; Incen tive, from Cardiff; kilgrim, from Waterford. Sailed—Northam, for Newport ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey; Havre, simmer, for Havre; St. Petersburg, steamer, for Hull. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Wagola from Foo-Chow-Foo ; Jacob Synes, from Harlingen ; thefis, from Emden ; Sea Star, from Melbourne ; Stag, frml Gothenburg. Sailed.—Elizabeth for Bremen. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored.—Bielefeld, barque, from Port Augusta, for London. Passed—Cleopatr for Demerara ; Nocdagin, screw steamer, for Coruna, ; Alexandrine, for Brest—all from London; Onni, fron Shields, for Savannah (landed Mr. Thornton, pilot) • ietriever, from London, for Genoa (landed Mr. Scott, Plot); Ranni, from London. for Genoa (landed Mr. CannmEharn, pilot) ; Rosa Gaspery, bark, from Grimsby, for Civita recchia (landed Mr. Wright, pilot) ; Nestorian, from Sunierland, for Ceylon. MEDITERRANE4N EXTENSION TELEGRAPH.- The new line reeentii , laid from Otranto to Corfu is now open for the transmitiion of messages. Intelligence recently received from Kurrachee shows that the InduBtrade, which had suffered a temporary stagnation owing to the cessation of business at Bombay caused by the incom, tax agitation, had again recovered its former active conditon. The Sutlej, belonging to the Oriental Inland Stean Company, left Sukkar on the 13th of January on her Ifth voyage to Moultan, and again ascended through th pass with her load in tow with the same easo and succ4; as on previous occasions. It also appears by advices bought by the same mail that the com pany's barges at CalUtta intended for the navigation of the Ganges are rapidly a;vancing towards completion. These vessels, from their Pat carrying capacity, will give im portant facilities in onveying large quantities of cotton, flax, sugar, and othe similar products, from the interior to the coast at a cheap ate. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 2 agst Franc Picard (taken, and offered) Bto 1 agst Emperor (taken) 10 to 1 agst Anatis (taken) 12 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 15 to 1 agst Old Ben Roe (taken) 15 to 1 agst Freshman (taken) 25 to 1 agst Redwing (taken) 25 to 1 agst Btidegroom (taken) 33 to 1 agst Kilcock (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cockatoo (taken and offered) - TWO THOUSAND dUINEAS STAKES. 6to 1 agst Russley (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Klarikoff (offered) 9to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered) 10 to 1 agst Preceptress (offered) 12 to 1 agst Overton (taken) 15 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (taken) DERBY. 7to 2 agst Dundee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken) 30 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bombardier (taken) 40 to 1 agst Vdonan (taken) 45 to 1 agst Preceptress (taken) 50 to 1 agst Russley (taken) 50 to 1 agst Folkestone (taken) No betting on the Chester Cup. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—MoNnIy. Very little change took place in any of the events now before the public. For the Grand National, 7 to 1 was offered on the field. When the rooms had become much thinned, 100 to 9 was offered against Jealousy, but we had seen 100 to 10 taken previously ; 10 to 1 was offered against Anatis, and both Freshman and Old Bea Roe would have been supported at any advance over the prices quoted.—Chere Arnie was freely supported at 10 to 1 for the Chester event, and 35 to 1 was taken about The Brewer.—For the Birmingham Steeplechase, 3 to 1 was taken about Colonel. North Lancashire was installed the favourite for the Liverpool Spring thp, and very freely backed, the betting Vu tr, 1, ,axe... tdosuig pneets BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASE. 3to 1 agst Colonel (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 17 to 2 agst North Lancashire (taken) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CRAM 10 to 1 agst Emperor (taken) 10 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Anatis (offered) 100 to 8 agst Old Ben Roe (offered) 100 to 8 agst The Freshman (offered) 20 to 1 agst Redwing (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEA. STALES. Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (offered) 9to 1 agst Russley (taken) 10 to 1 agst Overton (offered) 10 to 1 agst Preceptress (offered) THE CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken) 30 to 1 agst Killigrew (offered) 35 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Butterfly (taken) The Select Committee on the Red Sea Telegraph Company sat this morning. Mr. Stephenson, of the Treasury, was examined for two hours, and established on the most direct evidence the uncon ditional character of the guarantee, together with the fact that the prospectus containing the state ment that the shareholders could under no circum stances receive less than a dividend of 41 per cent. for 50 years was submitted to and approved by the Lords Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury. Still, in the face of these circumstances, the committee determined to protract their inquiries and to adjourn till I hursday, the Govern ment meanwhile, to the disgrace of all concerned, continu ing under default. SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FRESH EGGs..--The follow ing facts have been established by a series of experiments performed by M. J. Labiche, of Louviers. 1. Newly-laid eggs have not all the same specific gravity (placed in a solution of chloride of sodium, specific gravity 1060, some sink, and others swim). 2. Every egg that falls to the bottom of a solution of chloride of sodium, sp. gr. 1040, can be used in co okin g ; those that float in the liquid are not• sufficiently fresh for that pur pose ; those that swim on the surface are spoiled.—Xclied Timm an 4 Gazette. 481 91 ME NAVE The Lucifer paddle steam tender arriv - Tcra Portsmouth yesterday from Pembroke, having in tow the Pandora, 5, three-masted screw schooner, recently launched from that yard, and in charge of Commander R. L. Stokes, Master-attendant of Portsmouth dockyard. On clearing Milford Haven the Pandora cast adrift her warps from the Lucifer, and made her way under canvas as far as the Start, displaying good sailing qualities. Off the Start, the wind drawing ahead, the Lucifer took her again in tow, and continued with her to the re mainder of the voyage round. In the Bristol Channel numbers of vessels were seen which had all suffered more or less severely from the effects of the late gale. Off the Lizard, and to the north west, a very heavy sea was running. The Pan dora will be docked and, after coppering, placed in the steam basin to receive her outfit for the steam reserve. According to present arrangements the Narcis sus, 51, screw, Captain Rigk, is expected to sail for the Cape of Good Hope the latter end of the present week, Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., em barking to-morrow or Thursday, unless delayed by the forthcoming Admiralty Commission. The Victoria and Albert Royal paddle yacht will be taken out of No. 8 dock at Portsmouth to-day and placed in the steam basin, where she will receive her masts, which have each been shortened eight feet. The Cossack, 21, screw, Capt. R. Moorman, will be taken out of No. 1 dock at Portsmouth to morrow, and the Rolla, naval apprentices' brig, Lieut.-Commander Nelson, afterwards placed in the same, In the Miscellaneous Services of the Naval Esti mates for the present year are the following rather striking items :—Compensation for damages done by Her Majesty's ships, £13,672 3s. 9d. ; raising men, £21,816 14s. 3d. The Isis, 44, sailing ship, fitting at Chatham for a store ship at Sierra Leone, and the Pigeon, 5, screw despatch gunvessel, fitting for steam reserve, will be undocked this afternoon, when the Hussar receiving hulk will be placed in the same dock, to be fitted as a target ship to be stationed at Shoe buryness. The iron paddlewheel steamer Trident, Com mander Nicolas, which vessel sailed from Woolwich on the 13th inst. for Sheerness, having met with some injury to her port side paddlewheel and some slight damage to her machinery, causing her to return to Woolwich for repairs, recommenced her voyage yesterday, and proceeded down the river on trial, under the inspection of Mr. Partridge, assistant engineer of the factory at Woolwich, and inspector afloat. It appears that considerable disunion exists among the petty officers and seamen as well as the assistant engineers and stokers, insomuch that several desertions have taken place, to the number of 12 or 14 from among the crew of 50 men, some of whom have been picked up by the police and returned to the ship. Her Majesty's troopship Dee, Master Commander Thomas Pullen, has embarked a heavy cargo of steam machinery from Woolwich for the newly constructed screw steamships Black Prince, at Glasgow ; Defiance, at Pembroke ; Liverpool and Albion, at Devonport, consisting of two boilers, weighing 23 tons each, some heavy cylinders and condensers, to be lashed on deck, and some minor gear, which will admit of being stowed below. From the heavy weight and bulk of the cargo being thus necessarily placed on the upper deck it is apprehended that the voyage will be one of great peril, as experienced on her late voyage from Scot land with a similar cargo for Bristol. The screw steam gunboat Redwing, tender to the Cambridge, went from Hamoaze yesterday into Plymouth Sound, for shot practice. The screw steamship Gibraltar, 101, having had her propeller frame adjusted, was put out of No. 3 dock at Keyham steamyard yesterday afternoon. The gunboat Spider was removed from the lock. The screw steam gun vessel Flying Fish, 6, Com mander Hope, in Plymouth Sound, got up steam yesterday, and shifted her berth for the readjust ment of her compasses. THE ARMY. Some important alterations are about to be made in the internal arrangements of the Royal Engi neer detachment at head quarters, Chatham, which, exclusive of the companies now at Bromp• ton-barracks, numbers nearly 500 men of all ranks, the whole of whom at present comprise one depot. By the plan submitted to the Duke of Cambridge, for the sanction of his Royal Highness, it is pro posed to form the whole of the Engineers compos ing the detachment into four depot companies, each with a separate commanding officer for ad n.inistrative purposes. A number of the more experienced non-commissioned officers of Royal Engineers have been selected to proceed from Cnatham to the various recruiting districts in order to enlist mechanics and artisans for the corps of Royal Engineers, in consequence of the amalgama tion of the Royal and Indian Engineers into one body. The two corps will accordingly be increased by the addition of several hundred men, a portion of whom, to be denominated Royal Indian Engi neers, are to be recruited especially for service in India. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT AND OTHER METROPOLITAN MATTERS. (Front the Obserrer) A Royal Commission will be immediately issued, to whom the question of the Thames embankment will be submitted for inquiry, and if possible for completion. This commission will be composed of seven gentlemen, selected for their competency for the task, and their connection with the public interests at stake. The chairman will be the Right Hon. W. Cuhitt, M.P., the present Lord Mayor of London. The other members will comprise Air Thweites, the President of the Metropolitan Board of Works ; the Secretary of the Thames Conservancy Board, and two or three engineers of eminence. To these will be entrusted the preparation and the construction of the great works, with which will no doubt be combined, if practicable, the execution of the low level sewers of the metropolis. The labours of the commission will be greatly lessened by the several plans submitted from time to time and the successive inquiries set on foot, especially the report of the House of Commons in the last So soon as the commission can mature their plans a bill will be brought by the Chief Commissioner of Works to carry them out. The Home Secretary will propose a more limited area for levying the coal duties, and perhaps will modify their amount. The 20 miles' area is considered as unjust to those who are outside the boundaries of the metropolitan improvements, and even the police area of 15 miles may by some be considered too extensive ; but it is clear that a circle must be taken. The area of the Metropolitan Board is objectionable, as being too small, and as being irregularly extended in some directions. It would not do, for example, to levy coal duties on the Kentish banks of the Thames, and allow them to be landed free of duty on the Essex side of the riser. _ _ _ The Chief Commissioner has proposed a small bill for the purchase of some houses to extend the site for public offices ; after which he will probably ask for a vote for the construction of the Foreign Office, when the plans are approved of. He will also proceed with the bill for the pur chase of houses and lands, and the consolidation of the law courts and offices, in the neighbourhood of the Inns of Court, in spite of Lord St. Leonards' captious opposition. Lord Derby has given a strange notice respect ing the progress of London railways and the ejection of the working classes from their homes. It has puzzled the curious not little ; but we believe it is chiefly wit h a vi a ew to remedy the injustice done to weekly tenants, who come in for no share of the large compensations claimed by the owners of these lucrative tenements, whilst the poor occupier gets nothing, and is thrust forth to seek a habitation elsewhere. FATE OF A FEMALE GAMBLER,—A letter from Frankfort, of the 19th inst., says:—" The day before yes terday an English lady, who had resided at homburg for some time, and had been a constant visitor to the gambling saloons, where by degrees she had lost almost all her pro perty, left the town and went to the village of Kirdorf, about three miles distant. She ascended the tower of the new church there, and, having first tied her legs to gether, threw herself from the tower to the earth, a dis tance of about 100 feet. When picked up she was still living, but was conveyed to the hospital at Homburg i n an exceedingly deplorable condition." THE CA:LCUTTA MAIL. We have received our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta to Jan. 22. We take the following from the Overland Friend of _lndia: " Mr. S. Laing landed at Calcutta on the 10th of January. He received deputations from the public bodies of Calcutta, native and European, on the 16th. " The suffering caused by the famine increases. Relief funds have been formed at Agra, Delhi, Meerut, and Lahore. The citizens of Calcutta have organised a movement for relief. " Minutes by Lord Canning and his Council have been published expressing the intention of Government to employ landholders and other pri vate gentlemen, native and European, as honorary magistrates. The minutes have given great satis faction." (FROM MR. REUTER'S OFFICE ) CALCUTTA, JAN. 29. (By Telegraph to Point de Galle.) Shirtings have declined 3a.; mule twist is dull; raw silk and indigo unchanged ; copper quiet ; sugar dull; saltpetre dull, and declining; in linseed little doing ; jute active, and prices firm; hides have an advancing tendency ; shellac dull and de clining. Exchange on London, 2s. 11d. Government securities, Four per Cent., 19 dis. Fives, 4 dis. Freights unchanged. Considerable shipments of rice have been effected. CHINA., By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have re ceived news from China to the 15th ult. The fol lowing is from the China Atail (Hong Kong) of that date : "In last Overland Summary we noticed that General Grant and staff had left Tien-tsin, as also all the others who did not intend passing the win ter there. Regarding those whe do winter there, the latest advises describe them as being comfort ably hutted, and enjoying excellent health. At Hope Sound, provisions are scarce and of an infe rior kind ; but at Taku good mutton and game are both plentiful and cheap. " Lord Elgin and suite arrived here in the I. N. steamer Ferozo on the Bth of this month, and left on the 12th for Canton. On the 10th at noon he held a levee at the Government House, but he has not otherwise made Hong Kong aware of his presence. His lordship visits Manilla and Batavia before re turning to England. His proposed departure in a few days is felt by the people here to be rather hurried. ,:The Commander-in-Chief has gone toNagasaki in the Chesapeake. Admiral Jones has alsogone to Japan in the Imperieuse, accompanied by three other vessels. Matters there have been slightly unsettled of late, owing to a collision between some Japanese officials and some Englishmen. It - appears that an Englishman having been arrested for shooting a goose, was rescued by a few of his countrymen,and further retaliation resulted in the serious injury of a Japanese official. A good deal of sharp feeling has been eliminated, and a notification by Captain F. Howard Vyse, acting consul at Kanagawa,has been remonstrated against by many of the English resi dents there. Captain Vyse, alluding to the serious injury of the Japanese officer, points out that the carrying of firearms during the day must be looked upon as a breach of the peace, and treated accord ingly. He also states that if parties will violate Japanese game laws, they cannot expect immunity any more than if they had done the same by Eng lish game laws. The residents have resented these sentiments in a protest signed by 20 individuals. They claim the carrying of firearms as a precaution absolutely necessary, and deprecate that part of the notification which forbids the practice. They also demand that foreigners, arrested on any charge whatever, be brought up first before the consul of the flag under whose protection they may be living. Japanese complaints against furious riding have received attention, and servants are not to be allowed to go on horseback at all; the thing is offensive in the eyes of the authorities. Altogether the feeling appears to be strong against the foreigners, but we trust that it will soon be allayed. " The opening of the Yang-tsze, a duty which will probably devolve upon Admiral Jones, is looked forward to with hopes of immediate commercial advantage. The Chinese produce at present in the hands of the rebels is, according to the best ac- Counts, considerable; and that they are anxious to dispose of it we cannot for a moment doubt. " The Island of Chusan, which by treaty provi sion had to be given up, has at length been evacuated by the Allies. " At Shanghai movements are going on against the rebels, but little fighting has taken place. The Imperial forces are quietly gathering together, and it is pot impossible that we may soon hear of a battle. Passports to travellers are now obtainable under the recently-ratified treaty. A treaty be tween Russia and China was signed at Pekin on the 14th of November last, five days after Lord Elgin left the city. The signing parties were Prince Kung and Count Ignatieff. By this treaty China cedes to Russia all the seaboard from the mouth of the Amoor in 141 East, to the mouth of the Tumen in 131 East. This valuable strip of land is fully 900 miles long by from 100 to 200 miles in breadth, and may be considered as advancing Russia's facilities for operating either for or against China. "From Fuh-chau we learn that the gunboat Algerine had gone in search of a pirate fleet, re ported to have been seen surrounding the brig Aim, of Singapore. _ _ " The following notification, issued by her Majes ty's consul on Jan. 5, will be pleasing and satisfac tory to our readers :---‘ Her Majesty's consul has much pleasure in announcing, for the information of the British community, that the proclamation by the Prince of Kung, making public the China portion of the Convention of Pekin and the Treaty of Tien-tsin, was yesterday officially posted by order of the Viceroy in front of the Yamon, in presence of the consul and senior naval officer and Chinese officials appointed to perform the duty. The Viceroy has also, at the consul's request, made arrangements for the posting of 18 other copies of the proclamation in different quarters of the city by the British and Chinese deputed officers in communication together.' Captain Aubaret, of H.l.M.'s war steamer Pregent, is now at Fuh chau, especially deputed to look after the due promulgation of the Chinese version of the French treaty, which will take place during the present month. It appears also that official instructions have reached the Viceroy over land from Pekin to promulgate extensivelyand carry out the provisions of the treaty and convention. " From Ningpo and Amoy there is no news. " An American, named Meredith, en gaged in his lorcha in escorting some merchant junks, has been taken by pirates near Wanchew, and is held to ran som for 4,000 dollars. The United States gunboat Saginaw has left Hong Kong to try and liberate him. " There is still no appearance of the Canton mer chants' indemnity money being paid, although the Americans have got nearly all theirs by this time. The garrison at Canton are enlivening themselves and friends this week by horse-racing. In the civil service abuses inquiry Mr. Cald we ll go es on examining witnesses for his d e f ence; there is no prospect of a speedy terminati on to this inquiry. " The weather here has been colder of late— thermometer at 60 to 65 ; at I Vhampoa it has been as low as 45. COMMERCIAL. Business in general is exceedingly dull, owing, no doubt principally to the approach of China New Year, which occurs on the 10th proximo. Until t hi s event i s over, no revival is anticipated, and it is useless looking further for a cause of the prevailing dullness. The recent conclusion of peace, with the consequent operation of the Treaty of Tien-tsin, is not powerful enough to overcome "China customs," a curtailment of operations and settlement of accounts before the close of the old and a fresh start at "New Year." During the session of 1860 seven election peti tions were proceeded on, and 23 were withdrawn. 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