The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-16 00:00:00

ATONEY MARKET AN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is assuming a firmer aspect, under the influence of an increased demand for commercial purposes and prepa rations for the Italian lean. This financial Operation, which has oecupiud attention for sonic time past, is likely to he atm , unced at once. Indeed it is already known that the price is 71, which, al lowing for the discount offered for prepayment and other advantages, reduces the cost to the subscriber to 69k. It appears that £3,000,000 is to be raised in London, £3,000,000 in Paria, £2,840,000 in Turin, by private subscription, while £11,160,000 has been taken privately, and £8,000,000 will re main unappropriated for some time. There is rea son to believe that tne affair will prove successful, notwithstanding the large addition that has been made to the supply of Italian securities during the last two years, The Car,ada, from America, has been announced, With £44,000 in specie. The treffic receipts of the Great Western Rail- Way of Canada for the week ending the 27th ult. amounted to £14,666, against £O,BA last year. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week state that business in most de partments has been partially suspended, owing to the festivities consequent upon the marriage of the Prince of Wales. At Manchester, however, there has been more inquiry for cloths and yarns for the Indian and China markets, while a fair amount of business has been transacted in the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, chiefly, how ever, in spring fabrics. At Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton there has been little change of importance, although symptoms of improvement have been perceptible in most departments. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were 69f. 10c., 69f. 05.—ex coupon. The prospectus of the Italian Loan has just ap• geared, but the principal features having previously transpired, it has not at present attracted much at tention. Continued dulnness is the principal characteristic n the market for English Securities, but prices, notwithstanding the paucity of business, are exceed ugly well maintained. Consols are 92k for transfer, and 921 Q for the account. The New Three per Cents. remain at 90! j ; the Reduced are fit at 901; Exchequer Bills at 4s. premium ; India 5 per Cent. is firm 108 k /. The transactions in the Foreign Market have continued on a limited scale. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. are heavy, at 924 ; Eg) ptian, at 96 1; ditto, second issue, at 96; Greek Bonds are firm, at 201 21; the Coupons, at 81 9; Spanish Passive have improved to 261 27; but the Certificates are flat, at 91 ; Turki,,ti 6 per Cents., 1858, are 68 f ; do., 1862, 681 692 ; Venezuelan 3 per C!nts. are 232 ; ditto 6 per Cents., 58 1 ; Italian are buoyant at 70 k. Business in the Railway Share Market has been Moderately active, and the general tendency of prices continues upwards, owing to the arrange ments in progress for the liquidation. Caledonians, Great EastErns, South Westerns, and Lancashire and Yorkshire have advanced 55., and London, Chatham, and Dover, and South Elstern 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there Was no material variation. Great Luxembourg realised 15i ; Recife and San Francisco, 18y; Western of Canada, 13 ; East Indian, 106 f ; and Scindes, 1061. _ _ Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re mained without any material change. London and South African being steady, at 26i; London and Westminster, at '77; Alliance of Londcn and Liverpool realise 23i; Berlin Waterworks, 74 ; and Royal Mail Steam improved to 601. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. C onso le Annuities ... 924 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l/ India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto 61 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 Consols for Account, April 8 921 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 24 per Cent 4 die Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 4 die FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Egyptian 7 per Cent 96/ 1 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 2Ol 1 Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent .... New Granada 134 Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent ~ 1862 ... Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St •— Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 92 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Pasnive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 91 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto, £lOO Bonds 7 O/ Ditt o 6 p e r Cent. 1852 I 1 itto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Ditto 6 per Cent., P-t'i'' Divi , ieuds on t he above payable in London. Italian, 5. per Cont., 1061, Ex. 25 francs.. 70 1 I.).it to Amount 7 '' TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money Ditto Account 921 1 Liverpool Cotton Market---- This Day. (RETJTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, March 16. Advan3ing. Excited. S ties fully 15,000 bales. Import, 2,071 ; previously, 4,213. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF A LARGE CITY WARE UOUSE FROM FlRE.—Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Saturday morning the greatest alarm was caused in Cannon street West, ewing to a fire being discovered in that well known and extensive pile of premises belonging to Messrs. Belee and Speckley, Manchester warehousemen. The building contained eight floors, and besides the frontage in Cannon-street the warehouses flanked a considerabl e por tion of the western side of Friday-street. The discovery was made by some of the females sleepitag in the premises by experieLcing a dense suffocating smoke, filling the rooms on the fourth floor, just the middle of the block of premises. They at first were unable to tell where the smoke came from, and they had also their doubts as to whether the building Was on fire or not, but, in order to make assurance doubly sure, they sent to Capt. Shaw, the superintendent of the fire brigade, and it was exceedingly fortunate they did so ; if they had sot, In all probability, we should have had to re• cold the destruction of property valued at some hundred thousand pounds s erling. Upon the arrival of the brigade it was found that, owing to some timber beams having been placed under one of the hearths, the heat from the stove had ignited them, and the flames commenced burning through the flooring and joisting towards the top of the building, and at the same time were working downwards behind the partition to the lower floor. The firemen, seeing the great danger to which the property was exposed, at once set to Work, and by zipping up the floorings and cutting away the Wainscoting, they were enabled to get to the exact seat of the fire, and by judiciously distributing the water they were, after the lapse of an hour and a half, enabled to get the fire extinguished, the damage done to the stock being incon siderable. The firm was insured in the Phconix, General, Manchester, and Union offices. BONFIRE ON THE G RA MPIANS. —The materials for a large bonfire were conveyed by Mr. 11 'Nab, of Delchully-house, near Loch Laggan, to the top of the Great Donne, a lofty hill overlooking the Valley of the Spey, in order to commemorate the ltoyal marriage-day. About dusk nearly the whole population of the upper part of Glenshero, numbering nearly 200, headed by a piper and torchbearers, began to ascend the mountain. After lighting the fire, and partaking of the refreshments liberally provided for them, they cleared the green, and danced till after mid night to the stirring music of the bagpipes. All the party descended the rugged path in safety, and separated alter a hearty cheer for the Prince and Princess. Tile Court Journal gives an E xclusive and the fullest account of the Marriage, with a special plan of re ference for the Chapel; also, complete details of the grand reception of the Princess Alexandra. The Court Journal always contains the most amusing rdsuutd of the week's events, and a vast amount of original news and information. Stamped, 6d. W. Thomas, 26, Brydges. street, Covent garden, end all newsagents. The Itaze'un Liheit,i, residing in Paris assem bled at a Ltnquet a few days ago to celebrate the emancipa tion of the serfs. M. Tourgueneff, known as a novel writer and Poet, presided on the occasion. PREFERENCE SHARES. Lancaster and Carlisle, 41 per cent pf., 102 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 1131 Stockton and Darlington, C 6 per cent., 33i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 11} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 151 1 Namur and LteAe, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 201 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 181 Sambre and Meuse, 51 per cent. pf., FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Austral& (lira), 4 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Anglo Portuguese (Urn.), 3/ Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 23/ Bank of London, 1156 London and Colonial (UM), 3 i London and South African, 26j London and Westminster, 77 National Provincial of England, new, 214 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 7* Madras Irrigation and Canal, 3i Royal Mail Steam, 61/ Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. 21. via Marseilles ... Mar. 15. ..irazil and Cape Verds, by British pachet. Apr. 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena., Ap r . 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Mar. 21. via Marseilles Mar. 15. Falkland 151and5...... Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 13. India Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 21 -- via Marseilles Mar. 16. raja (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 13 via Marseilles Mar. 22. Portugal.... ...... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 13. via Marseilles Mar. 15. :'Tewfcindland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Mar. 18. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packot.Mar. 13. W.C. of A tries, M adeira, and Teneride Mar. —. 13abanios, via New York Mexico Mar. 31. Ali 1 arts of West Ind ies,,including Chili, Peru, !Mar. H. Contemn, and lintiAl Colniabia.. AMERICAN MAILS.—The Cunard steamer Asia, Capt. Shannon, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for New York with the mails. Besides these she had a full cargo, and also took out about 50 passengers. A Munich letter states that the new Minister of War has decided on making a considerable reduction in the Bavarian army, so that from the Ist October next the War Department will not require any extraordinary budget. on of ssiug a the 0 and aVilig ,eut.lQ beiJ vir re' iedf 15 ti elveo main" if ilOtf eigh t -rOtdt Ltions• ag vas so d and ern to 'tuted indis liately es the tUrerf 1 frac• ilder° , on or ill in er, (3f cture° jug iv north . essivg ries ° f of t" were tber e bufer' i n the egen t.. v3OO . a verof ovat e pith she 1 ! age 11' t WI O • 6 e be , r , bIP 10. ,, to Ut ie d . ( - 1 * arOle' 7 • • lit 111 1 1 a sta cloo' corone r vib ir oitber' 3'er r oe , o t• of gia nt) , Di; c ile )r t i • arO 0 f c) e Pe orie t g 1 0 r e a a P lA Ch ~; (It l '` ) vt of o d 136 iii- pf eov" ;0 die ,off COLONIAL GOVER. Cau.Oor. p.c.Ja &J ul , - 1877-Si Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au: Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept D 0... p. Do. 6 Inscribed stock —,Cape G. Hope, 6p c. 187:, Do.Ap & Oct. 188( Do. 189( - I Do. Jan. & July, 1891. 1 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c Mau'itius 5 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. N.B.Gov. p.o. J a.&Jul) Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. N.S.W.Gov. 5 p e.,18 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to lt,'7( Do. d0.,1888 &upwdE 'New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. S. Atm G6p.c.1878.& up - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. to so.n. Ap..tto. SHARE MARKETS---This Day. Share Railways. Paid. Clo . s ing Pnce. 13.14. 25 10 st st 50 20 Bir., Vol., and Str. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,annMid.Llo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork ;And Bandon Cornwall B 8i 7 8 86 88 116 117 61 7} I),, A Do. ti i ucen pato 1. , 1 Dublin & Belfast. June. Dun., Pertli,& A h.. 1 unc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorthol Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do G t. S. an 1 W. of Irelan , ; Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Doverl Lou. & North Western , Lon. & South Western I , i an., Shet, & Lincoln. Maryport and. Carlisle. Do # 5hare5........ Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 11 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 1 1Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington its I 40 12 13 14 88 20 107 109 49 50 46 48 241 251 121 123 1:A) 122 134 136 101 103 of (61 1081 IG9t 7.) ;4 114 115 39 41 98,6 981 10 1016 4 456 13 14 124 124 i It lip 94 96 50 52 24 26 98} 981 -d 551 661 87} 871 114 118 1 1i p 16} 181 11} 11f 121 123 44 45 100 102 19.16.4 50 51 32 34 92 92} 68 69 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. . Do B Do C Aster 12.10 Do Vale of Neath )Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dat West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford' 7 8 87 38 9 10 v 74 8 p 149 151 4i 5 v 2 / p 4I 42i 35 37 98 100 OItDINARY SHARES AND STOul‘S. 491 501 241 109 734 1 115 9,q I 100 t 1 1 13i 14 124 I BRITISH P dailwayb k t antic & St Lawrenot lom.,Barodadz.Cent Ina Gu. syer cent.. Do. New . •• • Do. E. Shares... 13uflalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference liutlalo,BrantotGodrict o p. ct. lids. Aug. 1, I.;`z Do. do. July 1, 1873 00. do. June 1, 1,;9 6.cutta.,v.S.Eastu. Cape'Town & Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. e. Do. do. U Do. do. 11 do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pr, 1. Bonds Do. co. deferred...... Do. 2d fret. Bonus.. Da. do defers ed...... Do. 3d P• ef. stock ... Do. do. de_ 0rrtd...... Do. 4th Pref. Fno k... Do. do. deferred. ..... Gt.lncliaPento.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. Januiry, 1862 .. Gt. South.of Inclia(Lim ;guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Share► Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. ~ Indian Branch Limited, Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4, p. 0. Extension Dc.4• d 0...... • • Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.(orp. p. C. Bnds . Sielb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. a nortg,. Bds. Newßrunswiok x Cands Class A an 1 B. N.ll.l.C'das po Ist t bds Do. Delhi 1 4 Do. do Do. Punjaub c 4 :::: t ll Do. Do. -—•• •• ti,o Do. Indus. St. Flo.) i 80 84 150 160 28 30 , SSESSIONS. Business done. 102 104 12} 7 13 100 102 93 tis 1 lip 103} Ivi 96 98 93 .5 49 51 3 5 83 B 5 1(6 107 104 105 iP e Iv 1031 1044 98 100 'l' SECURITIES. 1061 1071 105 107 105 107 97 98 95 97 109 111 113 115 114 116 112 114 110 112 11 . 111 106 107 I°o4 101 1004 101 100 101 110 112 100 100 100 100 100 108 i 1077} L:1 113 I!1 113 108 110 1111 1111, BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4d p t_tallord Amalgamated.. 21 23 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist. , 1 630 540 East Bassettallogan).. 30 80 83 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. id P East Caradon ...... 14 45 East Carn Brea... . 3.0.0 1 W'l Russel (Tavistk; 7.19.0 44 5 GramArSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 57r 16 18 Great South Tolgus.... 17a 64 e:1 Wheal Vor (Helstoif 40 7 74 Grenville ... 0.15. f 54 6 flerod's-Foot R.I2 46 48 :1 ingston Downs..... 4. 7.0 24 3 Lady Bertha ,largaret (tiny Lelaut. ~) 34 36 —llarke Valley 4 , Ivndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2A 1 New Seton l9l 135 145 r .torth Downs zi 21 34 Isadeet (111o.;au 2.17.1. 44 4 N;orth Wheal Crotty .. 2.4.9 4I 6 t'ar Consols(81. Blazey) 14 4.4 6 20 t`rovidence(CnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 0 12 SoutliCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 I 405 415 S. Carn Brea (lilog - an).. 5.15:r1 31 44 Wheal Frau. (Mogan • IS.I -.9 90 05 Stray Park 6 'lauiarSily. Lead Min, 16 10 Pin est Basset 14 124 134 Caradon (Liskeard 33 35 West Seto:l .. Wheal Basset (Mogan' ! - 4 70 75 — 1,, heal Buller(itedruth) 3 624 674 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelani) 2.0.6 7 WhealLud ott 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 166 164 Wheal Seton . . 584 245 255 %V heal Treiawney (Lis.! 7 17 18 Wheal Union 3.17 5 54 Business done z - •• TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1863. MARKETS—This Day. is 101 d, handwashed Is 7id to is 9d, slipe Is ld to Is 71d. Cape--Clean sheep's Is 7 d to Is 4d, scoured is 3d to is sd, grease 9d to 91d per lb. Privately the trade for English wool is in a sluggish state, and prices have a downward tendency. Last week's import was large, viz., 3,055 bales from Adelaide, 6,310 Port Philip, 4,372 Geelong, 1,569 Moreton Bay, 60 Cape, and 472 Shanghae. 1859. 1860. I 1861. 1862. 1863. Stock this day.... 17,035 34,707 71.795 43.325 45.623 Price of Y.C. 5259.1 to 58s Od to 60 8 0 C to 46s Od t o 44 s 3d t o --s Od —8 Od —s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 1,287 1,002 717 1,949 1,032 Ditto from June 1 86,06) 68,921 76,949 102,032 66,995 Arrivals last weal 3 1 834 665 1,625 877 Ditto from June 1' 91,528 91,516 112,620 88,596 74,329 Price of Town 59s 3d 58s Od 68 s 9 d 48s Oct 458 95 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. THROWING' A POLICEMAN OVER THE AREA RAILINGS. —Robert England was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with assaulting a person named Baker, and also for violently assaulting a police-constable by throwing hire over some area railings near Tottenham-court-road. From the depositions taken on the first examination it appeared that a disturbance took place in Tottenham court road during the great illumination night, when a fight en sued. A man was knocked down by another, and on the defendant being secured ho was brought back and given into the custody of police-constable 134 E, when a desperate struggle took place between the constable and the prisoner, the result being that the man took the police. man up in his arms and deliberately threw him ever some area railings near Store-street. Another constable then came up, and the defendant was taken into custody as the person who had committed the assault. A number of wit nesses were examined on both sides ; and two men named Furnival and Percival corroborated the constables' statement as to the prisoner being the man, whilst a number of other witnesses swore positively that it was a companion of England's, and rot him that struck the man in the face. None of the defendant's witnesses knew who was the man who threw this policeman over the area railing. The evi dence was extremely conflicting, and as the person assaulted was not in attendance the case was adjourned in order that some other persons who witnessed the disturbance might be in attendance. The following additional witnesses were examined this morning John Baker, of Crown-place, Aldgate, said on the morn ing of the 11th he was proceeding along Tottenham-court road during the illuminations, when the defendant came up with two women and pushed violently against him. lie asked him what he did it for, when he knocked him (wit ness) down, and on getting up he gave him in charge to 134 E, when prisoner seized the constable by the leg and collar and threw him over some area railings near Store street. He ran away for some distance, but witness pur sued him and succeeded in capturing him. The reason he did not attend on the first examination was, that he was unable to leave his bed owing to the injuries inflicted on him by the prisoner. He was certain the prisoner was the man who assaulted him and threw the constable over the railings. By Mr. Lewis—He never used any insulting expressions towards prisoner. A person named Fisher was here called into court, but the witness swore he was not the person who assaulted him. Henry Fisher, 11, Steven•street, Tottenham-court-road, said—On the 11th of March he was in Tottenham-court road when the disturbance took place. He was going up the road with some friends, their wives being behind them. He heard a scream, and turning back he saw some men assaulting their wives. He asked the men what they were doing, when one of them spat in his face and struck him. Ho (witness) struck him again in self-defence. The pri soner was not the person who assaulted Baker. Mr. Henry—Do you know the man whom you struck. Witness—Yes. ..He then pointed out Baker as the per son]. Mr. Henry—You don't know who put the constable over the railings, Witness—No, I did not. Edward Fisher gave similar evidence as to the assault, and swore positively that the defendant was the person who threw the constable over the railing. Mr. Henry said :t was a case of conflicting evidence, and therefore ho should send the case to the sessions. The same witnesses would be examined, then the jury would decide the case. MARK-LANE. In the country markets held on Saturday the wheat trade was somewhat firmer, and in, some instances, fine parcels commanded rather more money. For spring corn, however, the demand was much restricted, at drooping currencies. Flour moved off slowly, on former terms. The continental markets are very dull for all descriptions of cereal produee. Our advices from New York report a further reduction in the value of wheat and flour. . . . . Up to oar market last week the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. The imports from foreign parts amounted to 15,888 qrs. of wheat, 2,645 barley, 66,427 oats, 12 beans, 91 tares, 4,594 linseed, 7,951 rapeseed, 25 maize, 2,040 sundry seeds; 922 sacks and 11,373 brie. of flour. A very small supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, in but middling condition. Owing to the improved feeling in the trade in the provinces, the demand, both for red and white qualities, exhibited more activity, and the greater portion of the supply was disposed of, at the full prices of Monday last, to in some instances is per quarter advance. The show of samples of foreign wheat on offer was some•. what extensive. In most descriptions, a moderate, but. by no meanss extensive business was transacted, and quota tions were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, and the currencies ruled firm. In the value of barley no change took place. The finest samples were in demand for seed ; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state. The supply of foreign produce on offer was large. The demand for malt was by no means active. Prices, however, ruled stationary. The market was extensively supplied with foreign oats, but to a moderate extent only with home-grown qualities. The trade for all descriptions was very dull, and a reduc- tion of 6d to is per quarter took place in prices, compared with Monday last. Beans, :in good condition, moved off slowly at the late decline in their value; but damp parcels commanded very little attention. The supply en offer was less extensive. Peas, with which the market was but moderately sup plied, changed hands slowly on former terms. _ . Barrel flour was in slow request at late rates. In other descriptions a very moderate business was transacted at previous quotations. The town of Besancon (Donbs) bas just had a cavalcade for the benefit of the distressed cotton-weavers, the result of the collection being satisfactory. After de ducting all the expenses a sum of 4,086 f. remained for the charitable purpose intended, out of which 600 f. ►ere given to the poor of the town. CERRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 485 545 Ditto, white, new 47s 515 Ditto, old 505 576 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s ■ Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— 385 345 Barley—Grinding; 265 35s Malting 3Bs 435 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 505 665 Brown Kingstown and Ware s6s 708 Chevalier 665 255 Oats —Yorkshire and Linoolnah., Feeding 195 215 Potato Youg hal and Cork, black .. 165 225 Cork, white 195 25s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 25s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new .. 3BB 385 Maple White, new 4os 41s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk Stockton and Norfolk. ...... METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a fair averags supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market, and the whole of it found buyers, at very full prices to a slight advance. l'he arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Ireland, were somewhat limited, and the quality of most kinds was by no means first-rate. From Scotland the receipts were rather extensive for the time of year. Although the beef trade was not quite so active as on Thursday last, that day's advance in the quo tations was supported. A few very superior Scots and crosses realised 5s 2d, but the general top price for beef was 5s per 81b. _ From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,700 Scots, short-horns, and crosses; from other parts of England, 660 various breeds ; from Scotland, 400 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland 40 oxen and heifers. For the time of year, the show of sheep was limited as to number, but their general quality was prime. The demand for all kinds was active, at fullyThuraday's improvement in value. Downs, in the wool, realised 6s 2d, in some few in stances 6s 44, per 81b. Prime half-breds, out of the wool, sold at 6s 4d, and clipped Lincoln' and Leioesters, 5s per 81b. Lambs, the supply of which was very moderate, moved off freely, at from 7s 4d to 8s per 81b. There was a fair inquiry for calves, at very full prices, viz., from 4e 4d to 68 6d per 81b. The supply was rather limited. We have to report a steady sale for pigs, at previous quo tations. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 8 IPrimecrs-wool d 0.5 2 5 10 Secondquality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.6 0 6 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Largo orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 6 2 6 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 4 6 0 Small porkers ... , 4 6 4 8 Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows Sheep Calves 6l Pigs Pigs ... 3 7 0, A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattlemarket, on Monday, March 17, 1862, and this day, Monday, March 16, 1863. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. March 17, 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality do Prime large oxen 3lO 4 2 Prime Scots, &c 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 6 5 2 Prime Southdown do. ** 5 4 5 6 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs 4 Neat small porkers 2 4 8 Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 370 SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 1830 1861.—8 sheep, 18,460—calves, 46—pigs, 2. MA.RCIL 19, 1860.—Beasts, 3,840 —sheep, 2' 96—pigs, 370. The total imports of foreign stocx into London, last week, amounted to 2,816 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 1,454—in 1861, 2,494—in 1860, 2,052 —in 1859, 2,524—in 1858, 637—in 1857, 1,218 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDOI4 LASI WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .. 47 .. li4 . • .. 135 .. 2 Harlingen .... 392 .. 2 .. 1 Hamburgh .... 21 .. 1,903 .. . , Boulogne Medimblik • • • • March 16, 1863. 3 4to 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 6 4 8 4 10 36 4 0 4 2 410 50 5 8 510 6 0 00 0 0 44 5 0 52 5 6 38 4 4 46 4 8 3,680 18,140 I 370 leasts, 3,360 ~070—calves, Vigo — • • NieweDiep Amsterdam — Antwerp. — • • Ostend . Carril .. . -- Dordt l3 .. 262 .. .. Oporto .. .. •• •• • • .. - • • - • . 84 .. - Total .... 473 .. 2,111 .. .. 220 .. 2 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 272 .. 883 .. .. 299 .. 1861 9st .. 1,374 .. .. 102 .. 64 1860 2133 .. 1,629 .. .. 165 .. 23 1859 155 .. 2,319 .. .. 50 .. 1858 225 .. 116 .. .. 152 .. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat is not to-day extensive, and the trade rules firm at our quotations. Per 81b, by the carcase. a d a d' Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Isliddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime largo do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Large pork .• . . 3 6 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 sclad Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do 4 8 5 0 Veal Small pork Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in all kinds of hops is very moderate. Good and fine home-groWn parcels are tolerably firm as to price, and the best foreign produce fairly maintains its pre vious value; otherwise, the quotations have a drooping tendency. Last week's import wa s comparatively small, via., 24 bales from Boulogne, 105 Hambro', 27 Antwerp, and 24 from Bremen. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex . 7os to 126 s ~ Bavarian Belgian American WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool held since our list have gone off with increased heaviness at further reduced rates. Port Philip qualities now show a fall, compared with the Novemfler-December sales, of id to lid, and most other kinds, fine Sydney and good, as well as fine, Eastern Cape qualities being excepted, of Id per lb. The following prices have been realised :—Port Philip—Clean sheep's is 4d to 2s 21d, scoured is 9d to 2s 71d, lamb is 8d to 2s 21d, do scoured 2s Id to 2s sd, pieces Is ld to is 71d, grease is ld to 1. 4d. Australian—Clean sheep's is 41d to 2s lid, scoured i s 50 to 2s 4d, lamb is Bd, pieces and locks is lid to la 3d, grease 10d. Van Diemen's Land—Clean sheep's is 7id to LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SHERIFF'S COURT. TURNING THE TABLES-NOVEL FOINT.-BITRTORD V. BONING, This was an action to recover for commission earned, and defendant was described as " Kming trading as Herbert." Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff, and a female an swered for defendant. The Lady said—lt is no use going on, as Mr. Koning knows nothing of it. . His Honoui—There is some question about the service of the summons. Mr. Beard--I will soon get over that. Now, madam, are you not Mrs. Koning ? Lady—No ; nor am I 'Mrs. Herbert. I never passed as either. Mrs. Beard—Perhaps you had better be sworn. The lady having been sworn, Mr. Beard again questioned her as to her knowledge of defendant. She then admitted having lived with him as his wife some time ago. His Honour—The return to the summons says, delivered to a woman, who said there was no person of the name of Koning or Herbert living there. Lady—Neither is there. Mr. Beard—Upon a previous occasion a similar return was made, and we did not attend, when defendant came forward and claimed costs in our absence. His Honour—Defendant must pay this claim. But you will take your chance of catching him. Plaintiff—Oh ! I will catch him. Lady—That you never will I (Great laughter.) Verdict for plaintiff with Cogs. BOSS V. KINIF . TON. -- JUS 7 SAVING THE STATUTE OF LT. lITATIONS. This was an action to recover damages for the non delivery of a certain parcel. Mr. Buchanan appeared for defendant, who pleaded the statute of limitations. Mr. Buchanan said a very singular fact had arisen during the progress of this suit. Plaintiff had just saved the statute by two days. The summons was issued on the 19th Feb., 1863, and the cause of action arose on the 21st Feb., 1857. The plea, therefore, would not be pressed, but the defendant would meet the case on its merits. It certainly was cutting the matter very finely, but he (Mr, Buchanan) would admit that the issuing of the summons on the 19th February removed the plea. Plaintiff was called, but did not appear, and costs were awarded to defendant. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING—SATURDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 9to 1 agst Kantsford (taken) 12 to 1 agst Grimstone (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 15 to lon the field (offered) TWO THOUSAND. Sto 1 agst Hospodar (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered) 10 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 16 to 1 agst Glenoehty e (taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Stradella [RES FOR 1863. IL. Liverpool Hunt C1ub....10 Think Epsom Spring 16 Newmarket F. ..20 York Spring ...28 Salisbury Epsom Radcliffe 26 Manchester NE. Bibury Club ......17 I Stockbriige lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlisle 3O 'LY. - - ... Pontefract 16 Nottingham 21 Winchester 2l Southampton. 22 Goodwood 28 'UST. - - Egham 25 Stockton 25 Oxford Lichfield .... Brecon 2l Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 OBER. I Newmarket Houghton ..26 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets continue to be extent.ively supplied with home-grown potatoes, and moderately with foreign produce of inferior quality. The demand for all qualities is in a sluggish state, and in some instances prices exhibit a slight depreciation when compared with our previous report. The import last week was 114 tons from Dunkirk, 150 Rouen, 67 Calais, 65 Caen, and 78 bags Rotterdam. Yorkshire Regents Do. Flukes Do. Rock 5.... o. Seedlings Kent and Essex Relents 9os to 120 s I, Scotch Reg en t s Do. Ro c k s 7OB to 85s „ Dunbar Regents —B to —8 ~ Foreign 4ss to COs SEEDS. Cloverseed and trefoil are in moderately active request, at full prices. Linseed and rapeseed continue firm, but canary and tares aro dull. About an average business is doing in cakes at late rates. Turnip, W hite,p.bus.lls to 14s Swede —8 —8 Mustard, Brown 96 12s White, Tares, New 7s 6d 8s 6d Old per quarter - Canary, per quarter 468 528 Rye grass, HeW 8 —8 Clover, Red Eng., ct. 458 72s White Foreign Red 42s 55s White 5BB 758 Trefoil, new. 26s 34s Carraway Coriander l6s 18s llempseed, per qr 42s 44s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74s Crushing Baltic Odessa —s -s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo OsLlO 10s Foreign 410 Os £ll Os Rape Cakes,p ton.E6 08 £0 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr. 158 —9 TALLOW. The tallow trade is firmer, and an improvement has taken place in prices. To-day, St. Petersburg Y.C. is quoted at 44s 3d per cwt. on the spot, and 47s for the last three months' delivery. Town tallow, 43s 3d net cash. Rough fat, 2s 3id per Sibs. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, ASSAULT IN AN ONNIBUS.—Mr. Louis Pritchard, of Acton-green, and Ebenezer Little and Frederick Little, mariners, of 8, Jamaica-row, Rotherhithe, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mr. Frank de Fon blanque, of 28, Sussex-place, Kensington, an employc in the War-office, Pall-mall. Mr. de Fonblanque said he was in an omnibus on Satur day evening, on his way home, the three defendants being at the far end of it with three women, all evidently under the influence of drink, and exceedingly noisy. When the omnibus stopped at the White Horse Cellar the three de fendants got out and brought some drink from the public house to the omnibus to give to the women. He objected to the drink being brought into the omnibus, and asked for the conductor, when two of the defendants (Pritchard and Frederick Little) tried to push past him, and threw some of the drink into his face, nearly blinding him. He rushed at the defendants, and was knocked down on the pavement, and rolled over several times, and was so much stunned by the repeated falls that he could scarcely say how he was treated. He afterwards gave the defendants into custody. Police-constable Henry Smith, 147 C, said that there was a large crowd at the White Horse Cellar, and the defend ants were given into his custody for the assault. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the constable whether the defendants had been drinking, and the constable said ho could not tell whether they had or not. Sergeant Bradley, 25 C, said that he saw the defendants when brought to the station, and they had been drinking. The defence the defendants offered did not alter the com plexion or Li. mine. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he considered the case distinctly proved against Frederick Little and Pritchard. An omni bus was not to be made a drinking shop of. He should fine Frederick Little and Pritchard 10s. each, or 7 days, and dis charge the other defendant. WESTMINSTER. SERIOUS PLUNDER OF AN EMPLOYER,--Ann Thom king and James Coghlon were placed at the bar for plun dering the former's employer of jewellery and cash, value £l4O. Mrs. Broom, of 1, Rochester-row, grocer, said that her husband was ill at home, and had been so for some time. On Tuesday evening last she went out to see the illumina tions, and, returning about one in the morning, her daugh ter-in. law found the sash of the window in the prisoner's bedroom lying on the floor, the sash-line having been cut. Shortly afterwards, on going to her husband's room, she missed a small portable bookcase, with four drawers, which contained £75 in gold and silver in different bags, and a £5 note, besides which were a gold watch, a silver watch, four rings, and a great quantity of jewellery. All these things had been safe in the house when prosecntrix went out that evening. Mary Ann Adams said that, at about half-past 8 on Tues day evening, she saw the female prisoner let a man into the house. Witness was certain male prisoner was the man. and had frequently seen him let in before on Sunday nights. Thorn, 272 B, said he investigated this robbery. He examined the premises, and found the lower sash in a bed room on the first-floor had been taken out. A person might have obtained access that way, but there were no marks. Witness was asked whether she had been visited by any one, when she replied she had not, she only had an uncle and aunt in London, who seldom saw her. She said she had only been out three minutes for the supper beer for her master. The female prisoner went aut on - Wednesday for a holiday, and yesterday also, when witness kept an eye upon her. On both occasions she met the male prisoner. Last night as she left him she was taken into custody, and Morgan, another policeman, took the male prisoner, upon whom was found £56 in gold and silver, and the £5 note which had been stolen from the prosecutors, and also the watches and jewellery identified. Walter Morgan, 277 B, proved watching the female prisoner on Wednesday and yesterday. On the latter oc casion they went in St. James's-park, and went into Eaton lane. The male prisoner seeing witness there, ran away, but was captured. When told the charge he made no reply. It was shown that the whole of the property had been recovered. Prisoners were remanded for a week. THAMES. STEALING TEA IN THE LONDON-DOCK.—Thomas Nelson, a labourer in the London-dock, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing 13oz. of tea. , William Northage, a constable in the employ of the Lon don Dock Company, said he stopped the prisoner at the principal entrance gate on Saturday evening as he was leaving the dock, and took off his boots, in which he found 13 ounces of tea quite clean. Colin Gallons, a foreman, said the prisoner had been working under him off and on for two years, and his general character was good. There were thousands of chests of tea open in the warehouses of the dock. The prisoner's wages amounted to 2s. 6d. per day. Mr. Woolrych fined the prisoner 165., and in default to be imprisoned for seven days. The fine was paid. DARING ROBBERY IN THE WBST INDIA Dock.—. Richard Merchant, aged 39, a painter, of No. 8, Ebenezer place, Vincent-street, Limehouse, was charg€d wtth steal ing four oil cans, valued at 12a. in the West India Dock. The four oil cans had been removed from the ship Day light, in the West India dock, and placed on the quay alongside the vessel. The prisoner boldly took up the cans, and presented himself at the gate with a forged pass. He was stopped by a constable, named William West, who, having suspicions of the authority of the pass, which purported to be signed b 3 the mats of the Daylight, he made inquiries and found it to be a forgery. The prisoner said he was a inaman, and one of the crew of the Daylight. The mate stated in the prisoner's pre sence that ho knew nothing of him or the pass. The Daylight was leaving the dock on Saturday, and the mate, of course, was unable to attend. The evidence, however, was conclusive against the prisoner, who pleaded guilty, and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. An impudent robbery was committed yesterday to the prejudice of an optician in the Rue St. Martin. On the previous evening, a lady named D— went to the shop to look at some double opera-glasses, and on leaving RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF OXFORD she told the optician that she would send for two or three COUNTY GAOL.--The governor of the Oxford county i glasses in the morning and make her choice at home. This gaol, Lieutenaut-Colonel Stace, has tendered his resigna arrangement was overheard by a thief who was lurking about, tion, which was accepted on Saturday by the county magis and the next morning a young man called for the opera- Crates. We understand that the governor resigned in con glasses in the name of Mme D--, and received t w o very sequence of his conscientious scruples with respect to capi valuable ones. A few minutes later, the lady's servant cams tal punishment, and from a desire to be released from any with a similar message, and the cheat was discovered ; but participation in the execution of Noah Austin, the Heyford too late, for the thief had got clear off. murderer, RACING FIXTU P. Newmarket Craven...". A 6 Durham . ............ 6 Knighton ........ 7 Llanboidy . ............. . 7 Catterick 8ridge........ 8 .A.bergavenny ....... 9 Chester ............. 5 Bath ..........12 Marlborough .......... .Harpenden ............15 Ascot 2 Newton 10 I Hampton .... .. 10 Odiham 16 Beverley ........... 17 Jv Worcester.. . ........... 2 I Newmarket Ju1y...... .. 7 I Liverpool ...............13 Abingdon . . ............14 Aungerford .... 16 AUG Brighton .............. 4 I Brighton Club .......... 6 Lewes ................ Reading York August ..........13 I Devon and Exeter ...... 1 SEPT] Derby Summer ........ 2 Leicester ..............10 Doncaster ........15 O Cri Newmarket S. 0 ........ 12 Lincoln Autumn....... 20 :MBER. SHIPPING—This Day, LONDON, March 16.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; strong breeze and cloudy weather. FALMOUTH, March 15.—Wind N.W., strong gales.— Arrived—Edith, from Mauritius; Princess, from Pernam buco for Hamburg. Orr QUEENSTOWN, March IC—Arrived—Pomona, from Callao. BELFAST, March 11.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Sprit of the Seas, for Cardiff and Shanghai. PORTLAND RoADS, March 15 . —Sailed—Clyde (convict ship), for Swan River. PLY?LOUTK, March 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Wel lesley, from London for Melbourne. CARDIFF, March 14.—Wind B .—Sailed—Aramede, and Madame Josephine, for Monte Video; Nicolene, for St. Thomas. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGR.A.PII.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, March 16—Christian a _, from Dram; Christian, from Stromstadt; Mary Ann Wilson, from Melbourne; Mary Herzell, from Cochin ; Lond on, from Frederikstad ; Vikingen, from Dram ; Iris, from Guernsey ; E. U., from Sannesund ; Franz de Paul Amersin, from Tuticorin ; Lady of the Lake, from Hangesund ; George and Elizabeth, from Ostend; Regina, from Kragereo ; Charlotte Maria, from Stromstadt; City of Sydney, from Frederikstad ; Augusta, from Stromstadt; Cowslip, f rom Colombo; Sleepner, from Christiana ; Equator, from Gottenburg ; Brazilian Packet, from Helsinborg ; Sophie, from Emden; William, from Caen; Tre Venner, from Lokken. Arrived, March 16—Charlottes, from Memel; Surprise, from Guernsey ; Wings of the Vind, from Bombay ; Clio, and Brilliant, from Gottenburg ; Apollina, from Strom stadt; Caroline, from Stromstadt; Jess_, from Guernsey ; Pro gress, from New York ; Friendship, and Gipsy, from Dun kirk ; Catherine, from Svendborg ; Thyra, from Vording borg ; Gustave, from Stralsund. Sailed—Bury St. Edmund's, for Mauritius. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, March 15—Gerrnanico, from London, for Malta ; Pellen Ellena, from Shields, for Ancona; John Watson of S ou thampton, Reliance of Shields; and William Skinner of Arundel, all from the North, for the West ; H.M. yacht Osborne, from the East, for the West; City of Tanjore, from London, for Calcutta. Passed, March 16—Racoon of Newcastle, from the North, for the West; Melina, schooner, from London, for Cher bourg. Sailed, March 15—The whole of the outward bound, for the Westward. Spoken with—Royal Bride, from London, for New Zea land, Feb. 14, lat. b 2o, t lon. 22 W. ; Anne Catherine, steering I: l ,arrived. south, same day; 3' he Cowslt /' ,f THE SENTENCE ON DILLANE. (From the Dublin Freeman.) Of all the persons implicated in the murder of Mr. Fitt gerald the Crown was most anxious to get hold of Matthew and Denis Dillane. When the special commission took place the evidence was considered incomplete by the law officers. Links in the chain ware wanted, and until these were supplied it would be dangerous to go to trial. Accord. ingly the trial was postponed from one assizes to another, until the Crown was enabled to prove the case against one of the prisoners, and with what result the verdict of guilty, after a few minutes' deliberation, sufficiently shows. Mr. Justice Fitzgerald pronounced the sentence with which the law visits such crimes, and the blood of a man who once filled a respectable position will expiate the deed in which he par • ticipated by instigating the actual murderer. The Dil lanes were always considered sober, industrious, and well behaved men. Denis received the highest character for honesty and propriety of conduct. Until the murder of Mr. Fitzgerald neither of them was charged with any crin.e. Both Were models of good behaviour, awl until disputes arose between the convicted prisoner and Mr. Fit zgcrald about lend, he was quite satisfied with his conduct as tenant. No mental state, short of madness, could have induced Denis Dillane to go into Limerick with such a notorious character as Beckham, with whom even Walsh retured to associate, to purchase pistols at a gunsmith's shop. It appeared on the evidence that he felt much aggrieved, and thought he had been treated with some rigour, whether justly or not we have no means of knowing. Let us take a few facts from Mr. Lawson's reply. It had been urged on the part of the prisoner that no motive existed for the com mission of the murder. On the contrary, a very adequate motive might be found in certain documents discovered in Dillane's house after the murder. It appears there had been a negotiation for a lease between Mr. Fitzgerald and Dil lane, which was broken off, and the lease never executed. Why Dillane refused to take the lease—what were the conditions imposed on him antecedent to its execution—we do not know—for the evidence cast no light on the subject but he did refuse, though most tenants would only be tot!) happy to have such a security if the terms were only fair and reasonable. Mr. Fitzgerald's solicitor having received directions to prepare the lease, wrote to the prisoner de manding £5 10s. costs, at the same time stating that if Dillane refused to take out the lease, that was no reason why he should not pay the costs after putting the solici tor to the trouble of its preparation. On this the Soli citor-General observed—" It was natural that the pri soner should feel considerable irritation at being called upon to pay for a lease the benefit of which he had never received." Dillane persisted in refusing to take the lease or pay the costs, whereupon Mr. Fitzgerald wrote to him to the effect that he was authorised by his solicitor to take £5, and in default threatened legal proceedings. Still no payment. Then followed a notice to quit on the 2d of March, and on the 2d of April Mr. Fitzgerald again wrote to Dillane insisting on a half year's rent "to be paid before four o'clock on Friday," or a few days after the gale fell due. Unquestionably these facts supplied evidence of motive, for an action of ejectment was pending, and Mr. Fitzgerald was peremptory about possession of the land. Whatever may have been the value of the evidence for the Crown before Cussen was produced, there could be little doubt of Dillane's guilt after his examination. Counsel for the prisoner confidently stated that an acquittal must ensue without Cussen's evidence, and so it appeared to the law officers during the special commission and at the previous assizes. The Crown had all the evidence then on which it relied now; but it had Cussen's now which it had not then, and that completed the case for the Crown. Mr. Swedes Cussen appeared in the witness-box with his arm in'a sling, having been slightly wounded by a gun shot fired at him in his house near KiLmallock. He is represented as appa rently of the better class, and gave his evidence with much seeming reluctance. His evidence is very remarkable, and we are not surprised at the unwillingness with which he appeared against Dillane, who lent him a hundred pounds in 1847. He knew Dillane for 15 years, and conversed with him while in the dock during the Special Commission. He saw him afterwards in jail, and had a curious conversa tion with him about the constitution of the jury, which illustrates a feeling prevalent among the humbler classes of our countrymen, that jurors and justices may be tampered with. In this conversation Dillane admitted his privity with the murderers. In reply to a question, whether Walsh's evidence would be taken against him, and when Cussen replied that he was himself once on a jury where two men were convicted of a conspiracy on the evidence of the principal engaged in the murder, Dillane said, " Then God help me if that is the case." Cussen's evidence conduced to the conviction. That he was a reluctant witness is pro bable, when his evidence doomed to the death of a felon the man who accommodated him with £lOO sixteen years age. In the prison interview Dillane introduced Mr. Fitzgerald's name. He was hasty, but, "if taken at the right time," a good man—that he had settled all claims with him, except five pounds, we suppose the costs of the lease—and that he did not know why he was tempted. Often, when the wicked thought crossed his mind, ho made efforts to banish it; but when he returned home " they used to be all at him again," and the wretched man yielded to the develish importunities. No person can say that Dillane had not been guilty of the terrible crime which conducts him to the scaf fold. The ignorant and brutal tool who commits the murder is far less criminal than the reason ing head who contrives the crime and pays for its perpe tration. Since the trial of Matthew Dillane is for the pre sent postponed, we abstain from any comment. The trial of Denis Dillane was conducted with the utmost fairness on the part of the crown. The evidence, was never for a moment strained, and, both in the opening statement of the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-Qeneral's rep'y, the effect of the evidence was stated without pressing with undue severity on the unfortunate prisoner. His friends, at least, must be satisfied that the crown did not roar for his blood, while his counsel exerted on his behalt all that earnestness, tact, and ability could supply. The case was dead against the unhappy man. He follows his victim. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ,„...._........__-, 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862. £ £ Belfast and N, Counties 136 136 1,764 1,809 Belfast and County Down.... 49 49 654 597 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,831 1,409 Bristol and Exeter 1215 167 5,383 5,319 Caledonian 230 £3O 14,703 14,069 Cockermouth& Workington B5 85 202 174 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 857 332 Cork, Blackrock, & Pas sage •• • 61 145 186 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 631 534 1,206 1,110 Deeside l7 17 238 248 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,285 1,246 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,341 1,497 Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 484 485 1,783 1,718 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,107 1,0,7 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1695 1694 6,876 6,582 Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 30 237 229 Furness, &o 5O 5) 2,788 2,140 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union 644 614 28,297 24,030 Great Northern 330 330 26,894 23,977 Great North of Scotland 5B 68 1,827 1.818 Gt. Northn. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 714 714 525 281 qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 7,38 1 7 , 065 Great Western 992 9645 53,612 48,916 Inverness & Aberdeen Jima 734 734 882 752 Irish North-Western 145 130 1,761 1.444 Irish South-Eastern 25 26 122 125 Llanelly 251 244 252 Lancashire & Yorkshire 395 3951 31,770 29.568 Limerick and Ennis... 2 24 4 183 151 26 Limerick and Foynes 4 46 510 561 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5 54 2,160 1,353 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 247 2414 15,705 12,340 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 721 3,050 1,508 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend rffan.,S heffield, & Lincolnsh Blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 94 94 1,083 9,%8 Blaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan B4 - 2,501 - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6145 39,635 35,715 Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 2495 192 i 5,099 4,842 Monkland 715 714 1,526 1,432 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,179 2,289 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and New. & Car 8944 8674 North London 9 9 North Staffordshire 251 252 Oswestry and Newton.... 42 42 Rhymney 1 94 195 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern 1324 1321 Somerset and Dorset 394 395 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 5l 54 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. lO 10 Vale of Neath 254 254 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 West Cornwall ' 275 275 W.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rail 39 39 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 11,383 9,778 39,350 36,837 3,233 2,759 7,918 6,924 898 569 818 617 2,191 1,812 3,123 3,059 4,697 4.556 401 244 2.884 3,011 19,423 15,380 9,227 7,721 5,4E0 4,677 1,888 1,812 127 126 2,005 2,185 366 269 1,288 1,148 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam O2 52 f 32 828 Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction 2 161} 20} Buffalo and Lake Huron l 6l* Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 108} Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1.C90 Great Indian Peninsula 495 437} Great Luxembourg l3l 134 Great Western of Canada 345 345 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 439 435 Northern of Canada ........., 94 04 Northern of France 7Ol 680 96,184 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 116,542 114,857 Paris and Orleans 1340 1201 54,202 55 483 Pernambuco 77g - 1 , 515 4 309 , -. Royal Danish 69 69 .._ 74 Sambre and Meuse 6B 08 1,468 1153 South Austrian Southern. of France 777 777 21, 00 258 Z , Welland .. West Flanders 904 8 0 W. and N.W. of France 758 758 35,6t0 36,030 ENGLISH POLICE OFFICERS in POLAND. The correspondence relating to the " mission" of two London pelice officers to 'Warsaw has been published. On the 31st of July last, Baron Brun now, the Russian ambassador in Loudon, wrote to Sir George Grey " The Grand Duke Constantine, during his former stay in this country, has been particularly impressed with thtt beneficial influence which your police regulations exercise for the maint e n a nce of good order, legality; end public security. His Imperial Highness is desirous of establish ing a similar institution in the kingdom of Poland, whose welfare is entrusted now to his care by his Majesty the Emperor. The Grand Duke is the more anxious to intro duce a useful re f orm into this branch of the pu bli c ser vice, as such a reform may enable him to put an end es soon as possible to the now existing martial law, and to replace the country under the rule of a regular civil ad ministraion. For this purpose the Grand Duke has thought it highly important to secure for a very short time (say two mouths) the presence at Warsaw of 'an in telligent an l active police officer, who might communi cate to the authorities there bis practical views on the subject of the organisation of this branch of public ser vice on a similar footing as it is in this country. Taking into consideration the importance of the c:ontempleted reform, I do not hesitate to apply to you in the hope that you will kindly lend me your assistance for carrying it into effect as far as it is in your power. The first step to be taken would be to allow Sir Richard Mayne to put himself into communication with a gentleman to whose care the Grand Duke has directly and privately entrusted this object, so intimately connected with the success of his own administration." Superintendent Walker and Inspector Whicher were cent out to Warsaw, and on the Bth Sept. they sent home the following report to Sir R. Mayne : " We beg most respectfully to report, for the information of the Commissi .ner, that we are still in daily communica tion with the authorities, who appear to be well pleased with the information we convey to them. No change has been made in the existing police system at present, but we hope that by the latter end of the ensuing week ,our services will be dispensed with. Everything seems very quiet, and no further attempts at assassination have been made, although it is feared that similar acts will be repeated, but every precaution is taken to prevent them. Indeed, the Government appears to be in constant apprehension. Our mission here is kept entirely secret except to the three gentlemen we have been in communica tion with, that being deemed the most prudent course under existing circumstances, as our personal safety might be en dangered by a wrong construction being placed on the object of our visit." Sir R. Mayne, in a letter to Sir George Grey, nye the only instructions given to Walker and Whither "were verbal to the following effect : That they were to take with them all the printed forms and reports showing the organisation of the metropolitan police, and the mode of carrying on their duties, and that they should give all the in formation in their knowledge on those subjects to the persons with whom they should be put.in com munication." RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Mrs. Jane Hawkins, of Great Marl borough-street, was proved in the London Court on the 24th ult., the personal property being sworn under £70,000. The will, which bears date the Bth of February, 1866, is entirely in the testatrix's own handwriting, and the contents are very brief, being comprised in a few lines. To her eldest son Francis liissett Hawkins, Esq., M.D., she bequeaths a legacy of £4,000, and also leaves to him her resi dence, and one. half the books and pictures, be queathing the other moiety, together with the residue of her property, to her son and executor, the Rev. W. B. L. Hawkins, M.A., F.R.S., chap lain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The will of ,Richard Green, Esq., the eminent shipowner of Blackwell, and of Weimer, Kent, has just been proved in the London Court under £350,000 personalty, the executors nominated be ing H. Green, Esq., the brother, Capt. W. Toller, and Capt. E. Flight. The will was executed in 1849, and there are three codicils dated 1835, 1861, and 1862. The testator died on Jan. 17, 1863, at Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park, aged 60. To his brother Henry, who was his partner, the testator has bequeathed all his dock property and " yard" ships and the plant connected therewith, with some astringent conditions as to the co'ltinuance of the business of shipowners and builders, and that such of his nephews, the sons of his brothers Henry and Frederick, as may be arrarged, should be taken into partnership. To each of his three brothers, Henry, Frederick, and William, legacies of £lO,OOO are bequeathed; to his sister, Mrs. HatL , key, £5,000 in the event of her being left a widow, bf quearhing to his sister Mrs. Daniel Britten the residue of his property, real and personal, after the payment of all legacies, endowments, and charitable bequests. To his executor, Captain Toiler, there is a legacy of £l,OOO, and to his other executor, Cap tain Flight, £5OO. The following are the charitable bequests :—To the Dreadnought Hospital, £2,000 ; Poplar Hospital, £2,000; Merchant Seamen's Or phan Asylum, £5,000 ; Bow-lane School, Poplar, £6,000 ; Sailors' Home, Poplar, £10,000; together with the building of that institution, founded by the testator, as well as a residence for the minister. The will of Samson Ricardo, Esq., late M.P. for Winr'sor, of Grosvenor-place, and Titness Park, Sunning-hill, Berks, was proved in London by the executors and trustees, ; William Arthur Wilkin son, Esq., the testator's brother-in-law, and Percy Ricardo and Albert Ricardo, Esqrs., the nephews. The testator has given directions in his will to add a fourth trustee, to be appointed by themselves. The personalty was sworn under £140,000. The will is entirely in the testator's own handwriting, end was executed on the Bth of June, 1860, the attesting witnesses being the Hon. W. E. Buncombe, M.P., and Sir It. B. W. Bul keley, M.P. The testator, who died in Nov. last, attained the age of 70. He was for some time M.P. for Portarlington, and M.P. for Windsor 1855.7, and held the post of Deputy-Lieutenant for Surrey and magistrate for that county. The will is of moderate length, and the dispositions chiefly con fined to members- of his family, liberal annuities and legacies being left to his brother, sister, nephews, nieces, and others, and also legacies to his servants. The residue of his property is to be divided between his three nephews, Frederick and Albert Ricardo, and Alfred Keyser, Esors. 774 '702 4,218 3,327 882 605 872 835 1,096 1,032 32,665 32,391 201 243 2,384 2, 70 4,491 1,705 3,405 3,072 45,798 48,730 10,903 13,241 18,534 18,104 8,900 4,795 4,704 3,903 14,910 10,175 15,978 12,587 1,947 _ - GREEN OYSTERS. We described, a few days ago, two methods em ployed by M. Cuzent for discovering copper in the oysters which come from Marennes, and which are remarkable for their green hue. The Moniteur now publishes a letter from the mayor of that town, which is intended to counteract the unfavourable impressions caused by M. Cuzent's revelations re garding the unwholesomeness of these oysters. He states in this letter that the trade in green Marennes oysters has increased to such a degree during the last 15 years, that the white oyster beds of the neighbourhood had become insufficient to stock those peculiar beds, where the creatures acquire a green colour together with that delicious taste which causes the Marennes oysters to be so eagerly sought after. In order therefore to meet the demand, white oysters have had to be imported from Spain, Bretagne, Ireland, and England. The Marennes oyster is in fact, in its ordinary state, as white as any other, and only receives its green colour and pecu liar taste when transported to certain beds covered with a small submarine kind of moss, and formed of the slime deposited by the sea from the small gulf called the ltiviere de Seudre. Now a consi derable quantity of oysters are imported from Fal mouth by the inhabitants of Marennes; and these oysters really contain e, certai❑ quantity of coprer, which gives them au acrid taste. On their arrival they are deposited in certain beds apart from the others, and kept there for six months, after which period experience has shown that they lose their copper salt, and consequently their bad taste. N ow as to M. Cuzent's experiments, and the results ob tained by him, the mayor explains that a Marennes fisherman, whose trade is not very extensive, had g ot over from Falmouth a few thousand oysters, which, out of thirst for gain, he sent off to Roche fort before they had sojourned more than three weeks in the beds set aside for their purification. These oysters having caused alarming symptoms, copper was found in them by M. Cuzent, but they were not real Marennes, but Falmouth oysters, the former still retaining the excellent qualities for which they are known. run the iese 32i9 - that !tro , is i~;{ y ti e.. sl~i- ticn, Jl'PB' the way haa u to n iu city 1 !,11t r s au rner [ be )t in per jiere fol- L i) of rbere )eing -reeo i the corn very nee. Shar. 100 atk l stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stook stook stock stock 20 stock 50 100 Stock et to St itoct Vi jo 100 I ...., Pa►o. all 101 , 100 100 100 100 Fir all all all all all WO 100 1100 100 2 15 100 10r, MEN ~;