The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-03 00:00:00

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: There is still a good inquiry for accommodation in the general money market, preparations still being made for meeting the commercial bills due to-morrow, the 4th. The rate for first class paper is therefore maintained at 6 per cent„ very few exceptions being reported at 5d per cent. A special general meeting of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steampacket Company was held today. The report recommended the creation of 37,500 new £lO shares, and represented the affairs of the com pany to be in a most prosperous state. The biddings for 40,00,000 rupees (L 400,000) in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England, and the following are the official particu lars :—The proportions allotted were, to Calcutta, 22,00,000 rupees; to Bombay, 16,00,000 rupees ; and to Madras, 20,00,000 rupees. The minimum price was, as before, is 110 per rupee on Calcutta and Madras, and is 114 d on Bombay. The appli cations within the limits amounted to 237 lass. Tenders on Calcutta at is 111 d will receive about 11 per cent.; on Madras at 2s about 44 per cent; and all above these pries in full. The directors of the Credit Fencier have brought forward a new companion institution to their own, entitled the Credit Mobilier. The former company is purely for making investments in larded secu rities, while the latter will be entirely devoted to financial transactions, and will, therefore, co-operate with other monetary and industrial undertakings, negotiate Government and municipal loans, aid in carrying out concessions, make advances to con tractors for English and foreign railways, and other public works, and lend money on approved securi• ties. The capital required is £1,000,000, but the first is only to consist of half that amount in shares of £5O each, which are now quoted 21 3 premium. The last week's raliway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under:- 1864. 1863. • Great Western £54,724 £52,507 forth -Western South-Western Brighton Midland 42,478 38,064 South Eastern Bristol and Exeter North Eastern 51,004 47,731 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 31,830 31,080 Glasgow and South-Western Midland and Great Western of Ireland These returns, compared with those of the same period of last year, are, with a few exceptions, of a favourable character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £2,217; North Western, £6,990; Midland, £4,414 ; North Eastern, £3,273 ; Great Northern, £3,384 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £3,750 ; and Glasgow and South Western, £156. The South Western, however, shows a decrease of £9,42; Brighton, £1,715; South Eastern, £1,355; and Great Western of Ireland, £1,668. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Routes were 66f. 42c.—Flat. The Stock Exchange Markets opened this morn ing with a very general appearance of depression, and a few sales following close upon each other sent the English Funds down i per cent. Nothing new of a political or monetary character has since occurred to occasion the heaviness now perceptible, but speculators nevertheless, seem to possess but little confidence in the ability of the present English Government to bring about a successful issue of the Deno German difficulty. Consols are 91 for money, end 91 a for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; Exchequer Bills, 53. dis. to par; and India 5 per Cents., 1041 3. Foreign Stocks have not varied to any material extent, and business has been quite. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69-1 9 ; do. Consolides, 503 ; Mexican, 433 ; Spanish Passive, 351 1-; do. Cer tificates, 14 3, ; Greek, 223 23 ; Portuguese, 483 1 ; Russian, BSI 89; and Italian, 66Z- a. In the Railway Share Market a heavy tone has prevailed, prices generally showing a downward movement. North-Western, Metropolitan, and Midland have declined 108., and Great Northern, Great Western, and London and Blackwell, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are generally a shade flatter, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, March 5 9l 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 5 dis Ditto £500 Bank England Stk, 4i per Ct., last hf.-yr par INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874.... Ditto Account • • Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1879 Ditto Account.... , — Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 . Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 — Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 ...... 1.), t to bondstl,ooo — dis Ditto wider £l,OOO . Ditto'Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 . — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - , Ditto 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred — Colombian 6 Scrip £65 pd — uhilian 6 per Cent — Ditto 45 psi Cent Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equ4dor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent 991 100 a Ditto, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons .— Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account lOl Guatemala 6 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent 42 Ditto Account f 4 34 3 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada - New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1891 — Peruvian 45 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account — Ditto 15 per Cent Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d.. paid — Pm Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — } Ditto Account ... 11•11 484 Damian 6 per Cent., 1822, S St B9 Ditto 45 per Cent 1850.. Ditto 6 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 6 per Cent — Ditto Account S panish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred DitDDittoto Account unt — t o I . ' sco 8i " gp,tnish a cco unt 351 a Ditto A. of Coup not funded — unt Turkish 6 per cent , 1854 Ditto Acc ount 92 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1 86 8 Ditto Account " — Ditto £lOO Bonds 6Bl Ditto 6 per Cont. 1862 Ditto Account. . ... • Ditto, £lOO Bonds .............. c 695 Venezuela per Put. ... . '.Ditto Ac ount .................. 2 - 4 t Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .............. . . Ditto Account 60 Dividends on the above Payable in Lond -a. Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f, ....... . Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Dutch 25 p er C en t., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f 66f. 75e. Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 Italian, 5 per Cent, , 1861, Er. 25 francs.. --- Ditto Account Peruvian Dollar Bo n d s , 45 per Ct.Ez . 4s. ' TWO O'CLOCK. consols Money Ditto Account .. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. No change in the market. Sales, about 5,000 bales. Import, 3,247; previously, 26,903. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing are gail ways ' Paid. Prioe. finBloe BB done _ 190 vtlantic &St Lawrenc , all 59 61 60 sk j Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc I ,B J 103 101 1041 Gu. 5 per mat.. 20 Do. New . ...... 20 Do. E. Shares a)/ Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 4 10 Do. Preference , nn Ilultalo,Brant,&Godriel ' p. ct. 1)018. Aug. 1, ' 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:- 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 16; 100 st Cleutta.&S.EaBtn.(l,lll 100 101 103 at eapeTown Dock Scri; 100 101 103 stock Ea.stn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 105 106 Heck East Indian,gu. sp. c. 100 114 115 10'1 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 P 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand trunk of Canada ltu 191 20k 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 IS W 0 Do. do. deferred all 5/ 61 100 Do. 2d fret. Bonds, all 66 63 100 Do. do. deterred-- all 6,1 63 100 Do. 3d PI ef. stock all 49 52 100 Do. do. deferred all 3 3 * 2 100 Do. 4th Pret stock all 26 28 261 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 5 stook Gtlndtarenin.gua.sp.o 100 1031 104) 101 20 Do. New gua. sp. n l2 4t I 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of Indla(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 14 Gt. W. oiCanadaShareB all 91 10 201 Do. New 18 11 101 , 1 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wittet opt all 92 94 100 Do. 81 p. c. do. '77-8 all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p 10 21 stock Madras, guar., sp. 0. stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 97 99 stook D 0.44 do l9O s 2 96 2 0 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds , 100 5U Melb. & liobson's Bay all 58 60 100 Do. 7 p.c. nortg. lids all *0 Newßrunswick a Can& Class A and B all 3 6 N.lll.C'das pc Ist 1 bds 100 1 82 14 stock Scinde .......... (100 103 104 103 't stock Do. Delhi ' 100 1 12 1 103 1 1031 to Do. d 0...... 2 iP at Do. Punjaub 1 ,74 c all 1021 1031 103 1 Do. Do. s 'cock Do. Indue.St. Flo ) x,lOO 'COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Cral.(ioy. 43 p. - aTt S•J ul) —• 1877-84 Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102 Do. 6 p.c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Ep. 0. Jan.&.luly. lOC 8) 91 8) Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 82 91 Cape G. llope, p 0,1870 100 106 1(8 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 108 110 Do. 1891 100 110 112 Do. Jan. A July, 1891.. 100 108 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 111 perent .. 100 106 10 I Natal Mauritius Gov. 6 6 per cent. 1)0 118 110 -- N.B.Gov. a.&Jul) 100 )01 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 6 p 1,1801 100 99 100 1)o. sp. c.,18,4 to V 7( 100 90 10 Do. d0.,1888 &upwch. 100 99 100 - ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 ICB 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106 ;Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 - 6.Aus Cilip.e.l67BA up.. 100 10) 111 - 'Nrio.Gov. p.c..ra,tJul) 100 - Da 4o 6 n.o. A.n.&00t.. 100 11.5 111 .111 101 BRITISH MINES. 2 uambrian. Consul. Gold 1 4 I Id ultrford Amalgamated.. 311 110) Devon G. Con, Javist.) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 62/ 674 East Clogau G old Ltd. East Caradon 1.14. t, 31 33 East Carn Brea... ... 3.4. 0 63 / 4 7 WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 41 (.lam.&St.Aubyn(Gweu., 581 10 11 'Great South Tolgus l 7B 4 41 .—Wheal Vor (Lielstone 40 26 38 34 751 6 Grenville 6.16.0 51 51 Iler:A's-Foot 8.12 85 37 Ilingston Downs 4.'8.0 4 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (llny Lelact ti} 17 19 Marko Valley. 4 31 yndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 11 r. New Setun l9l 8.) • North Downs 2l 11 2 N.Wh'l Baseet(lllozan 3.1.0 2 21 2 oortli Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 - t'ar Consols (.st. Blaze) Vrovidence (Uny Lelnt. ' ~ 10.0.7 44 46 S ou th Caradon(St.Cleer, l 11 440 160 IS. Carn Brea (1llogan).. - jt:.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, BARS. 15 6 0 0 Stray Park 3 0 .1 7 .6 28 3 I nunarSilv.& Lead Min - fin Croft , 9 20 201 - West Basset (Illogan) 11 11 12 IW Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 20 2 2 —.— West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5f 190 200 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 871 921 —Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant) 2.0.6 31 37 WhealLuthott Wheal MaryAnn(rden ), 8 131 141 Wheal 3eton 1 581 175 185 Wh e al Tretawney (Lis )' 7 212 /1 Wheal Union 3.17 I 21 21 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 41 per cent, pf., 102/ LINES LEASED Al' FIXED BENTALS. Birkenhead, 811 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 1001 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9t Dutch Rhenish, 171 G rea t Luxembourg., 101 Namur and Liege gua. 7141 per annum, 81 San Paulo ( im.), gua. pr cent.,Bf Ditto (all), 21 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, Cape Copper, lim., 101 Cobre Copper, 35 Fortuna (lim.), 31 Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21 St. John del Rey 50 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and united Service (lim.), 1221 Alliance Bank of LOD:011 and Liverpool (Urn.), 48 1 Ditto, new, 331 Australasia, 711 7 Ditto, new, 47 Bank of Egypt, 261 Bank of London. 164 3 Bank of Queensland (lira), 111 Brazilian and POrtUglleSe, Um.. 8 British and American Exchange (lim.), 181, Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 44} Continental. Urn., 81 Conso lid a ted Bank,llim., 101 East London, Lim., 71 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 English and Swedish, lim.. 71 Hi n dustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 311 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 81 Imperial Bank (lim.), 261 Imperial Ottoman, 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 5} London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, Um., 121 London and Couuty, 57 Merchant Bank, Um., 111 Metrop. and Yrov. Bank (lim.), 25} Oriental Baltic Corporation, 8411 Proyincial of Ireland, 911 Union of London, 48 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 711 Victoria, 1001 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, limited, 41 Commercial Union (Insurance), 91 9 Contract Corporation. Dm.. ill 5 Discount Corporatiou, limited, fli i Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Urn., 41 Gen. Cr dit and Manse of Lonaon. Um., 7i 8 71 Hudson's Bay, 18i 1 International Financial Society, 12i Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 3 Ditto, 6 per cent. B o nds, redem. 1870, issued 00, S 5 4 Joint 'stock Discount, lim., 01 1 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 31 London Provincial Marine, 31 3 London Financial Association, inn.. 201 1 3 Mercantile Credit Association. lim., 13i North British and Mercantile Insurance, Una., 193 Nova Scotia Gold and Laud, 11m., 1 03 Royal Mail steam. 85 , Societ e Financiere d ' ggypte, lim., 5 Universal Marine (Insurance), itin., 41 COURT OF DIVORCE, (Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Common Jury.) WRIGHT V. WRIGHT, BUNTING AND BRICKNELL. This was a petition presented by the husband, a butcher, carrying on business in Clerkenwell, praying for a dissolu tion of the marriage on the ground of adultery committed by the wife with the co-respondents. The case, during its development, was one of great de pravity. The marriage took place in 1846, and the final separation in 1851. Preuious to the respondent leaving her husband she used to frequent low places of entertain ment, and on which occasions she would remain from home during the night, and it was during this course of dissipation that the particular acts mentioned in the petition were com mitted. Robert Oxenham, Mrs. Sermon, and other witnesses hav ing been examined, Mr. William Higgins, a coffeehouse keeper at 69. lted Cross-street, said in Nov. 1855, a cabman brought a woman to his house. She stayed all night as she was very drunk. She kept sending the servant out for brandy. As she did not get up the next morning at the usual time one of the servants went up, and, from what was told him, he went into the room, and there found a number of deeds and jewellery lying about the room. He considered it his duty to read a portion of the documents, and after doing so, he discovered the address of Mr. Wright, with whom he im mediately communicated. In a short time the petitioner arrived, and he (witness), in company with Mr. Wright, went up to the apartments. Petitioner asked the respon dent for his keys. At first she refused to give them up, bat a fterwards she threw them on the ground. Mr. Wright who seemed quite overcame, gathered up the papers and left the house. Mr. John Watson, clerk to the solicitor for the petitioner, proved the handwriting of two letters written from Norfolk as that of the respondent, Mrs. Wright. For the defence some witnesses, relatives of the respon dent, gave evidence to prove cruelty on the part of the petitioner, and also to prove adultery had previously been committed by her with persons unknown. Rebutting evidence was then called on the part of the petitioner. The foreman of the jury said his colleagues did not re quire to hear a single word in reply. They had made up their minds more than an hour ago. On being asked by the ofiloor of the court what their de cision was, The foreman said they were of opinion that the respondent had been guilty of the charges brought against her in the petition. Tha Judge Ordinary immediately issued a decree nisi, with costs, against the co •respondent, As the parties concerned in the cause were preparing to leave the Court, His lordship said he considered the answers tolthe peti. tion filed in the cause was most disgraceful. In them the respondent deliberately swore to every species of cruelty as having been committed towards her, and yet not the slightest effort had been made to sustain or prove one of them. It was the most disgraceful proceeding that had ever come within his knowledge and he would see whether he could not put a stop to it for the future. Mr. Brewster (one of the counsel concerned in the de fence), said he hoped his lordship did not think ho was concerned in the matter, as he had nothing to do with those answers, neither had ho seen them before they were put en the file of court. His Lordship did nit impute any blame to the learned gentleman; he was too well acquainted with the high honour of all the gentlemen practising in the court to blame any of them for such a state of things. To mark his feeling in the matter, he should give orders that the costs of that answer should not be allowed, and thus prevent them from falling upon the husband. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr, Commissioner Fane.) IN RE PA.YI39DY. This bankrupt was described as of Kettering, innkeeper, and this was a meeting for last examination and release from custody. Mr. Camp opposed on behalf of Mr. Hecknott, hop mer chant, on the ground that the bankrupt had obtained hops to the value of £52 4s on the representation that the inn and brewhouee were his own property, but it was afterwards ascertained that this was a misrepresentation. The bank rupt sold the hops a day or two after they were delivered, and even afterwards petitioned this court. He had been in prison for seven months. Mr. Camp urged that thist was a very gross case of obtaining goods under Ipetences. His Honour thought the bankrupt had been sufficiently punished, and granted the release. IN RE DROVER. This bankrupt was described as a vocalist, of Fulham, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. The debts are £ls4—no assets. There was no opposition, and the order of discharge was granted. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE ELLIS. This bankrupt was described as of the Minories, plumber and glazier. The accounts by Diesels. Johnstone, Wintle, and Co , show debts £1,198, do. holding security, £705. Credit by do. good £l5O, property given up, £lll. Mr. J. B. Sorrell, Mark-lane, appeared for the assignees, and the order of discharge was granted. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Torch, 5, screw steam gun vessel, 428 Eons, SO-horse power, Commander F. H. Smith, from the West Coast of Africa, arrived at Sheerness do Tuesday, the let inst., and was inspected by Capt. J. Fulford, of the flagship Formid• able, for Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.O 8., on Wednesday, after which she proceeded to Chatham to be paid out of commission. The Trafalgar, 70, screw steamship, 2,900 tons, 500-horse power, Capt. Thomas H. Mason, which was paid out of commission on Monday last by Capt. Charles Wise, .6k,D.C., Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, was recommissioned on Tuesday by Captain Charles F. Schoenberg for coastguard service at Queensferry, North Britain, in the place of the Edinburgh, GO, which it is re ported is shortly to be sold out of the service. On Tmaday Vice-Admiral Sir Cloarhs Talbot, K.C.B. hoisted his fig, white at the fore, on the Cumberland, Capt. W. K. Hall, guardship of steam reserve, having succeeded Admiral Sir George It. Lambert, 1i.C.8 , as Commander-in-Chief at Shefnmess. At sunset the same day Admiral Sir G. It. Lambert struck his flag on board the Formidable, and on Wednesday morning, the 2d inst., Vice- Admiral Sir Charles Talbot transferred his flog from the Cumberland to the Formidable fl ogship. Tho screw steamer Ariadne; 2G, Capt. E. NV. Vansit tart, of 3,214 tons and 800-horse power, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the West Indies, having sailed from Bermuda on the 13th ult. When she left there were lying there her Majesty's ships Nilo (flagship of Vice- Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8.), waiting the arrival out from England of the Duncan, screw line-of-battle ship, with the new Commander-in-Chief, Rear. Admiral Sir J. Hope, K.C.B.—the Terror, guard ship—the Phaoton, 39, screw, Capt. G. Le G. Bowyer—the Liverpool, 39, screw, Capt. Rowley Lambert—the Pylades, 20, screw, Capt. Arthur W. A. Hood—and the Petrel, 11, screw, Commander G. W, Watson. A heavy north-cast gale was experienced on the 23a • inst. off the Western Islands, during which a marine fell overboari and was lost, notwithstanding that the ship was hove to and a boat lowered in charge of a lieutenant in the endeavour to rescue him. The following passengers and in valids arrived in the ship from Barmuda :—Lieut. Evans. invalided ft om her Majesty's ship Nile—Rev. Mr. Pember ton, chaplain, and Sub.-Lieut. Lloyd, invalided, from her Majesty's ship Pylades—Midsbipman Mercer, invalided from her Majesty's ship Rosario—Capt. Luard, R.A., in valided—Lieut. Bradford, 39th Regiment, on leave-1 ser geant and 11 men 39th Regiment, invalids-7 men of the 15th Brigade R.A., invalids-2 military and 5 naval pri soners, and a number of naval invalids and time-expired men. Tho whole were landed from the ship yesterday and forwarded to their respective destinations, with the excep tion of the men belonging to Plymouth, who will be sent on to that port in the Geyser, 6, paddle, this morning. Tho Ariadno is ordered to the eastward ,to pay out of commis sion, and will sail from Spithead this morning. Capt, Speke on Civilisation in Central Africa, A meeting was held at the residence of the Mar quis Townshond, Grosvenor-place, on Tuesday, for the purpose of considering Captain Speke's plan for the civilisation of the natives of equatorial Africa. Amongst those present were Lord Kinsale, Col. Sir Thomas Trowbridge, Mr. Perry Watlington, M.P., Col. Dawes, Capt. Speke, Dr. Murie, and the Rev. W. Denton. Capt. SFEKE arose amid warm applause, and spoke for a considerable time on the subject before the meeting. He s.id it was gratifying to observe the existence of a strong determination on the part of this country and the Government to suppress the slave trade. At presenlonr exertions had been un successful, and would so continuo as long as they were confined simply to the presence of men-of war along the coast of Africa. As soon as that was withdrawn the slave trade would revive, LORD DIINDREARY'S CHARACTER As MR. SOTIJERN IiAS CONCEIVED IT. What he has so marvellously worked out is the complete disappearance of all such intellectual power as involves even a momentary effort of atteu tion from a supercilious mind by no means devoid of natural clearness, eager for amusement, and re sentful that almost every amusement floes draw upon the power of attention. He catches at straws floating on the surface of thought, and resentfully abandons it the moment he finds that he cannot even follow the indolent train of association it suggests without, some effort of discrimination, There is a chronic crave in him to individualise MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BEARE MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOPS. Closing Business Share' Railways. i Paid. Price. , done. _._.__________----L--'---------- I 13.14., Bir.. Wol , and Str. Val all $ 8 85 25 I Blythe and Tyne. 10 I Ilost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co all St at Bristol and Exeter 1 100 83 t 5 at Caledonian I 100 120 121 10 Do A r 50 ;Cork and Bandon 10 Do. B I all —-- 20 Cornwall . all 6 i 7 4 gets no (11‘ 1 a ll —...- till flp c.p an.llo i all been paid to B. 50 Dublin lz Belfast June. 1 all 37 „ r, 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.' all I °, ,‘ at Edinburgh & Glasgow., 100 0 1 4 0 5 1 " WS at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 1 ~.,. i . st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 474 ,85 l' at Ditto A stock 1 100 740 . i at Ditto East Anglian at 100 7 0 at GreatNorthol Scotland 100 St Great Northern lOO 1W 128 127 at Do A stook lOO 13 , et Do Bdo at Gt. S. an iW. of Ireland 100 95 97 65 041 i 3, at Great Western lOO e at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 104 1105 at London and Blackwall 100 72 74 70 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 104 4 106 1025 et Lou., Chat., and Dover 100 :- 9 1 at Lou. & No'h Western 103 110 110 at Lon. & So.th Western 100 995 1004 994 k 4 107 at Man., Shef., 4: Lincoln. 100 I 514 521 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 12} Do 4 shareJ . all at Metropolitan al l 100 110 I C B 4 4 i et Midland 5.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kart 10 Do Cray Line ...... all at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 t 6 st Nth. Eastern—Berwiois 100 1034 104 1011 i 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.12.4 d c! at Do Leeds lOO 58 59 at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO et North London 10 Do New 1 9.16.4 North Staffordsrire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 11 114 at Scottish Central at Scot N. 11., Aber. stook 100 4d 44 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 93 100 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon .. . 100 34 :6 st South Eastern st South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 100 102 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 84 95 25 Stockton St Darlington all 58 39 26 Do l7 95 104 0 25 Do New, 1866 8 7. 84 p st Tail Vale . . 10) 165 17.) 10 Do B 8 55 '6 i • 10 Do C 3 34 411) 60 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 5l at Vale of Neath et Victoria sta. and Pim lOO at Wateribrd & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO I 22 24 at W. Hartlepool Ilar..tit lOO at West Midland -Oxford 100 i -- -- et Do Newport 100 at Do Hereford s 100 Tilt SET LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) nE lIIRDISTY. This bankrupt was a clerk in the office of the Poor-law Board, residing in Prospect-place, Wandsworth-road. His debts are abant £9OO, The assets, consisting of furniture, had been assigned under a bill of sale, but have since been recovered for the estate. The case was adjourned for further investigation. RE DANIELS AND MARIL-HEAVY FAILURES. The bankrupts had carried on an extensive business as merchants, in Cannon-street, but both have incurred liabili • ties to the extent of £3,1100. This was a meeting for last examination, but as the bankrupts did not surrender they were proclaimed in the usual manner. Mr. Cooper, of the firm of Johnstone, Cooper and Co., is appointed manager of the estate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREE T. SINGULAR. CHARGE OR ROBBERY. —Mary Wright, a married woman about 60 years of age, was charged before Mr. Barber, who eat for Mr. line.; witk stealing the sum of £2 108. from the person of Mr. Tomlin, cutler, of 9, Market-street, Newport-market. Mr. Tomlin, an elderly man, said—l have known the prisoner for years, and her husband is a customer of mine. As she called on me yesterday, I asked her whether she would take a glass of anything. She said she would, and I told her to fetch a quartern of rum, and we afterwards had another. We then went to a publichouso and had some more, and I left her there and went to a neighbour's. On going home again I found the prisoner lying on a sofa. In answer to Mr. Barker, the prosecutor said he charged the prisoner because there was no one else to charge. Ile had lain down alongside her and went to sleep, and when he awoke he missed his money. He was not quite sober. The prisoner denied taking the money, and a constable stated when she was searched at the station, only one shilling and a penny piece were found upon her. Mr. Barker discharged the prisoner. ROBBERY AT A. TAVERN. —Stephen Wright, a labourer, was charged before Mr. Barker with stefling a quantity of plated forks and knives and spoons from the pantry of the Cranbourn Tavern, Cranbourn-street. The potman in the employ of Mr. Watson, the landlord of the Cranbourne, having deposed to seeing the prisoner in the pantry with the articles of the value of £3 in his pos session, and Sergeant Gordon, 9 C, having proved taking the prisoner into custody, Mr. Barker asked the prisoner' who:her ho would plead before him or go for trial. The prisoner admitted his guilt, and was committed for three months with bard labour. THAMES. DRUNK OR So➢ER.—AFFRAY ON THE BLACRWALL RAILWAY.— Henry Byford, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being noisy on the Blackwell Railway, and assaulting James De wdney, a signalman. It appeared from the evidence that on the arrival of the Woolwich train at the Skedwell station of the London and Blackwell Railway at half-past four o'clock yesterday after noon, the prisoner was standing in the doorway and ob• structed the passengers who were passing out. He was requested by a porter named James Floyd to pass on down tho platform, where ho would be out of the way. The prisoner used the most disgusting language to the officer, and threatened him. The passengers leaving the train were put to great inconvenience, and as the prisoner refused to desist, James Dowdney. a signalman, took him by the arm and led him down the stairs. The prisoner turned round on the signalman on the stairs and struck him. Ho also seized him by the throat and torn his collar right away. A police constable was called, and the prisoner was given into custody. All the witnesses said the prisoner was the worse for liquor, and two of them said ho was neither drunk nor sober. Mr. Partridge asked the constable, 493 K, if the prisoner was drunk or sober ? Ho replied that ho was neither one or other. Mr. Partridge could not understand such fine drawn dis tinctions. A man was said to bo the worse for liquor, but not drunk, and two witnesses said that he was not drunk and was not sober. A man must be ono thing or the other. The prisoner said ho was making a little merry with some sailors on the platform, and if he had ,offended anyone he was sorry for it. He caught the signalman Dowdney, who was pushing him down stairs, to save himself from falling. Mr. Robert Wilding, of No. 23, Newgate-market, said ho was; with the prisoner, and confirmed his statement up to the period of being led away by the signalman. They had been drinking a little wine. Mr. Partridge said it, was not proved the prisoner was drunk. The sooner the police constable Stapleton could give a decided answer the better, Ile fined the prisoner 203. The money was paid. The examinations of naval engineers at Portsmouth, with a:view to candidates receiving catificates from the Rev. Dr. Woolley, commenced at the dockyard school on Monday and concluded yesterday (Wednesday). Only 15 candidates presented themselves for examination. The foNwing appointments have been made at the Admiralty:—Commander J. Ward (b), to command the Rifleman, her complement having been altered, vice Mr. Reed, master, suspended at his own request on account of ill health—Frederick A. Johnston, master, to the Indus, additional for the Assurance—Alexander Cross, staff-sur geon, promoted to be a Deputy Inspector General of Hos pitals and Fleets, on the retired list—llenry Louis Fleet, nominated to a naval cadetship—and Thomas Robinson, assistant clerk to the Princess Royal. • THE ARMY. A general order from the Mass Guards signed by Lieut.- Gen. Sir R. Airey, 1i.C,8., Quartermaster-General, has been received at Chatham garrison, announcing that in con sequence of the numerous accidents that have occurred from the use of sails in garrison boats the Field-Marshal Com manding-in- Chief, with the concurrence of Secretary of State for War, has directed that, as a gen : -1:e, in future sails are not to be used in boats manned by t,roops. If a general or other officer commanding at a station wishes an exception to be made to this rule in the case of any particu lar boat, and considers that the use of the sails may be re sorted to with safety, special application is to be made to the Quartermaster-General fcr the retention of the necessary sails, a report being at the same time forwarded to the de partment. All sails not proposed to bo specially retained in possession of the troops are to be forthwith given into the charge of the principal military store officers at the respec tive stations. In accordance with a special order received at the ord nance store department, Chatham, from the War Depart ment, all heavy Armstrong guns, including 7-inch and up wards, aro t) be in future designated ty their calibres, in stead of by the weight of their projectiles. The terms " 110- pounders," " 70-pounders," &c., will consequently cease to be recognised in the service. A couple of 300-pounder smooth-bore guns, with coiled tubes and solid ends, made in the Royal gun factories at Woolwich, have been proved this week at the Plumstead butt. The first gun proved was fired two rounds, with a charge of 501 b of powder fulcra 6001 h. cylinder shot, and two subsequent rounds with 351 b. of powder and a 3001 b. cylinder shot. Itt was then ascertained that the shot could not be driven home. The fifth charge, partially loadcdoo as extracted, and on examination a flow was discovered in the inner tube near the breach. The second gun withstood the test well, and will 1.).3 sighted and prepared for cupola service. An order has been received at Woolwich from the War Departmunt for the wh,le of the Armstrong guns now in store to be fitted with new sights before any further i'sue takes place, which will cause some considerable delay. MARKETS—This Day. MARK -LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 61 ; barley, 32s Od ; oats, 198 4d ; rye, 39s Od ; beans, 33s ld ; and peas, 32s 9d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 40s 91 ; barley, 328 Id ; oats, 198 Id ; rye, 303 lld ; beans, 338 bd ; peas, 33s Od. barley, 75, 9 5 3 ; oats, 18,418; rye, 2 ; beans, 8,333; peas, ENGLISH GRkIN SOLD LA ST WEElC.—Whent, 100,242 ; 1,577 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here, to-day, was very mode rato, and the condition of the stock was inferior. Prime breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency—the late figure being 5s per 81 bs—whilst inferior breeds were very dull, at barely stationery prices. Sheep—the show of which was by no means extensive--were a dull inquiry, at late rates. Downs, in wool, realised Gs 10d to Gs—out of the wool, 45 10i to 5s per Blbs. We have to report a dull trade for lambs, at from Gs 81b to 7a 41b per Blbs. Calves, though in short supply, were heavy, and 2d per Blbs lower than on Monday. In pigs and milch cows very little was doing, at barely late rates. Per 81bs.to a. s. d. e. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 10 Secondquality do. 4 0 4 4 Primo large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, ol:c. 4 10 6 0 Crso. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Second qualitydo. 4 6 5 2 ink the offal. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Prue. S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers ..., 4 2 4 6 and quarter-old store pigs, Suckling calves, 20a to 263 Os to 263 each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 720 Cows l2O Sheep Calves rigs 340 FOREIGN BIIPPLT. Beasts 3lO She©p and lambs CAlves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEIVOATE AND LEADENIIALL.—The supplies of moat are moderate. and the trade rules inactive, as followh: Beef, from 3s Od to 4e 2d; mutton, 3a Gd to 4e Gd ; veal, Is 4 1 to 4s 8d ; and pork, 38 4 d to 4e 4d per 81be by the carcase. ---- SOUTHALL, March 2.—Our market was fairly supplied with stock, and the trade ruled heavy, as follows :-13eot, from 3s 6d to 4e 13d ; mutton, 3810 d to Gs Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 38 8d to 41 6d per 81ba, to sink the offal. Romronn, March 2.—Primo beasts and sheep were in moderate request, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 6s Od; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od; veal, 48 4d to 4 s 10d ; an d pork, 3d 8d to 4 8 Gd per 8 1 bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 225; quar ter-old store pigs, 20e to 268; and much cows, £l4 108 to Mg each. The only method, in his opinion, was to educate the negro to maintain his own right, and to parti cipate with us in the abolition of this inhuman traffic. It might be true that in America and Cuba the trade had declined ; yet at Z tezibar it was three times as great as at Cuba. The slave trade also on the White Nile was almost unparalleled; the merchants sent large parties up the country to obtain ivory in any way they could, by beads or bullets, and sided with one chief or another to rob the natives and capture slaves. It was calculated that the capture of one slave involved the loss of four lives. The cost of our present system of sup pression was something like £150,000 annually, and so large a sum should realise much greater results. The propositions he had to make were the follow ing, and were calculated, in his opinion, to effect the objects he was assured all present desired :-1. That our Government be petitioned to use its influ ence, conjointly with the Egyptian Government, to suppress the illegitimate tendencies of the "White Nile trade ; and, for that purpose, to establish an alliance with the Bari negroes, at the foot of the cataracts above Gondokoro, 2. That our Govern ment be petitioned, with other European Govern ments, to support an united Church mission, to bo sent, via Luwakem on the Red Sea, to Berber on the Nile, thence up the Nile to the foot of the cataracts above Gondokoro, whence, by land, they would march up the Nilo to the kingdom of Unyoro. 3. That the missionaries composing the mission be selected not for the purpose only of preaching to the Wahumo, but for general instruction ; and that they shall be bound to be self-supporting after the first two or three years, or until a trade can be insti tuted with Egpyt. 4. That when the King of Unyoro can see and understand that legitimate trade is the best thing for the maintenance of his Government and the prosperity of his people, de tachments of missionaries shall be sent further on to the kingdoms of Agunda and Karague. 5. That our Government be petitioned to make some ar rangement with the Sultan at Zanzibar to put a stop to the slave trade in his dominions. 6. That our Government be petitioned to recognise all per sons convicted of taking part in slavery as conniv ing at murder, and to treat them accordingly; for without bloodshed slaves cannot be caught. 7. That our Government be petitioned to form a chain of negro depots round the east and west sides of Africa, in sufficient numbers to half man our men-of war, and yet to have a strong reserve at each depot, who shall be educated and brought up for the holy purpose of liberating their fellow coun trymen from the thraldom of slavery; as it :is ob vious that the great sums of money now spent with a view to suppress slavery are doing more harm than good. 8. That, as much as possible, negroes should be educated and employed in all British services, and taught to abhor the slave trade, which they have hitherto been taught to consider legiti mate from the fact that they are purchased with European articles of merchandise. Fertility and good government are necessary to the missionary ; from the want of these essentials the Zambesi Mis sion had failed. The great belt of fertility he (Captain Speke) had discovered within three degrees of the equator, on either side ; the existence of three kingdoms, governed by kings of Abys sinian origin, of an intelligence superior to the natives, and of milder disposition; at Unyoro a King who would readily receive the missionary ; the opening of the ivory trade and other products down the Nile—guaranteed the success of a mission. A settlement, with an English consul, should bo established at Gondokoro to prevent the passage of muskets without a written authority. The trade with this country would then be carried down the Nile, instead of, as at present,through Zanzibar and so round the coast. He would also observe that the climate on the equatorial belt was more healthy than is usual in intertropical Africa. He recommended his propositions to the meeting with great confi dence, as he was assured it was the best course to suppress slavery by the education of the natives in Christianity, and the advantages of commerce and agriculture, (Applause.) Dr. Murie, Mr. Perry Watlington, the Rev. S. May, and the Rev. Wyndham Malot having ad dressed the meeting in favour of Captain Speke's plan, Mr. C. MURIDOCII proposed the following resolu- tion :—" That this meeting, having considered a statement made by Capt, Speke, is of opinion that an association should bo formed for the suppreslion of the slave trade, the instruction of the natives of Central Africa in the truths of Cbrietianity, and opening a wide field for commerce in lands remark ably rich and fertile." The Marquis TOWNSEND seconded thb resolution. Mr. PERRY WATLINGTON then proposed " That the gentlemen present be appointed a committee to carry the preceding resolution into effect, with power to add to their number." The Rev. WYNDHAM MALET seconded the re solution. The Marquis TOWNSIIEND then pat the third resolution : " That the committee hold a mating on Monday, the ith inst., and that Mr. Herbert Safford, of 6, Bolton-row, be requested to under. take the duties of honorary secretary;" and fourth, " That the thanks of the meeting bo given to.CAp tain Speke." These resolution , ' having been agreed to nenz. con. and after some observations fro►n Colonel Dleva and Mr. Herman Lowenthal upon the success of the mission in Africa with which they were acquainted, the meeting adjourned. LANCASTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL. —We have great pleasure in observing that the Royal Gram mar School of Lancaster still maintains its high reputation, not only at the universities, but also what is of almost equal importance, in the middle class examinations. It is there by shown that boys aro as well prepared for commercial pursuits as they are for the more learned professions. For the Cambridge Mathematical Tripes of this year, we find that Mr. Metcalfe was 26th wrangler, and Messrs. Bolden and Pritt occupied good positions among the senior and junior optimos. The following were successful candidates at the Cambridge local examination, held in December last. In the list of senior candidates, first class honours were ob tained by Irvine and Baynes—second class, Irawxby—third class, Barton. Among tho junior candidates--first class, Fitzgerald—second class, Bond, Cooper, and Murton-- third class, Fowell and Leach. Booth and Wane passed also to the satisfaction of the examiners. While Irvine and Baynes were first and second of the senior candidates examined at Liverpool, Fitzgerald surpassed all rival com petitors, and his name accordingly figures at the head of the whole list which embraces boys from all parts •f the king dom. Should Lord Derby give the same five or 10 guinea prizes that ho did in Juno last, both will:have been carried off by Lancaster boys, who have been entirely educated at the Grammar Scheel of Lancaster. THE ELEVENTH EDITION OF RENAN'S " Vie de Jesus," unchanged in form and price, has just been issued by Messrs. Ldvy frZrcs of Paris. NATIONAL SAINTS.—St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was a Seotchman, named Somali. Being of noblo birth ho was Bummed Patricius, which became afterwards Patrick. St. David, the patron saint of Wales, was the son of a Cymric prince and uncle of King Arthur. St. Gall, the apostle of the Swiss, was Colhinbau, an Irish priest. St. Augustine, the apostle of the . Saxons, was an Italian. St. Boniface, the apostle of the Germane, was a Devonshire man, named Winifred. Constantine the Great, who first made Chtistiauity a state religion, was born in Britain. Pelagius, one of the great heresiarchs of the ancient Christian Church, and who as an eye-wituess !rote a n account of the sack at Emma, was one Morgan, a Briton. St. Dunstan was a Glastonbury man. St. Swithi n, who es corted Alfred the Great when a boy to Item°, was a Win- Il chester monk. St. Boethius lived and died a pagan. was canonised on account of the inestimable value of his great work on " The Consolations of Philosophy to Reli gion and Morality," his own thoughts without effort to him.seif, and chronic anger because he can't succeed. Lord Dundreary would be even a lucid-mindtd man if ho could attend to anything for two consecutive minutes. If he calls everyone and everything " a fellah," even to the candles an his dressing-table, it is not confusion of thought, but simply indolence in expression, which induces him to use the abstract instead of recalling the specific term. When ho can explain himself without an effort, there is something graphic in it notwithstanding the lassitude of his exposition —as when he defines the game of draughts by "wound piece of wood hopping over each on squares of leather," or illustrates bis own assertion that he is a good-natured fellow, by explaining that "two out of every thwee men who know me would think so," and adds, after a brief pause, that " the third fellah who didn't think so so would be an ass." Then the habitual angriness of his state of mind is only the natural disgust attending the discontinuity of his own thoughts, and the perceived impossibility of remedying it without an effort. When he says of the peacock, "I hate a bird all tail and no head," and reviles the pigeons for tumbling head over heels because " 1 hate a bird that doesn't know its own mind,"—the irritation he feels is merely a mode of cuttiag short his thoughts about a rather singular phenomenon which he feels would haunt him if he didn't get up temper and abuse it. None of this is native imbe cility—it is a haughty sort of lucidity which is furious because in this universe nothing is isolated and comprehensible at a glance, so that you are in danger of being led on from one thing to another in a very perplexing way which does not suit a man anxious to find adequate amusement in the straws floating on the surface of his thought. Even the uphill triumphant catch in hie voice or crow which is his equivalent for laughter, admirably ex presses this momentary character of his perceptions, for his sense of the ludicrous is not the full meeting of two incongruous ideas in his imagination, but a mere point, a spark, an infinitesimal gleam of in congruity, which it is a triumph in him to have caught at all, and which vanishes from his grasp just as ho catches eight of it. The angry stare with which his lordship looks at us when he gets into difficulties about folding his arms, and can no more remember how the double j unction is effected than a child learning to tic its shoe for the first time, is one of Mr. Sothern's most effective touches in this carica ture; the difficulty represents somehow the single threat of hie associations, which is never quite equal to the mastery of any two aimultaneous actions, and the resentment which he evidently feels at the failure of memory and the need of recollection, betray - et the indolent pride which is at its root. Even the lop sided run with which he makes his exit from the room is expressive of this utter want of coherent mental effort. One leg drags the other after it, as it were, instead of their both marching together, just as one thought succeeds and excludes another which ought to be combined with it. Of course the worth of the whole conception is is the caricature. and in that alone. But it is wonderfully subtle caricature, in which almost every movement of the muscles of the face, every tone of the voice, and every grotesque discontinuity of thought, contri butes something to the effect. Of course the mere p twer of caricature is by no means rare in comic actors, but the powers of subtle intel'ectued caricature such as Mr. Sothern shows in this character, we take it, excPeclingly rate. It is a caricature, for instance, which even Mr. Dickens—au ac3umplibhcd actor, we believe, as well as a writer of c Inc attire—could scarcely have executed. The whole conception is grafted on the social condition in which Lord ])undreary is supposed to have been brought up, and with all his rudeness and eccentricity the notion of an aristo cratic substratum of manner?' as well as of pride and indolence, is always perfectly conveyed. It is all subtle caricature, though it is caricature of the most extreme and doubly-distilled character. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 08 to £4 5s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £6 108 Od; and straw, £1 2s to 103 per load. A fair demand. CUMBEHLAND.—MetvIow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10d Od; and straw, 2s to £1 10s per load. Trade inactive. _ _ WHITECIIIAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Oa to DI 5s ; clover, £4 Os to f... 5 10.0 d; and straw, £l2s to £1 ]Oa per load. Supply good. COAL MARKET. Priem of Coal per Ton at the Wove of the market. P. d.l Lambert's Wont Hul lo), 11 6 Davison'n Went Hart- _ 8. d. 14 9 Wylarn 17 0 Cowpon Hartley 14 9 Edon Main 17 0 Walls End. .................._. Hatton lB 6 South Hetton ...18 6 Stewart's 18 0 &RA:ldyll's Hetton 17 3 Ships at marl Walls End. Haawoll lB East Hartlepool 18 6 South tlartlopool 17 3 Trimdon Hartlepool 18 3 Kolbe South Kelloo .17 9 lleugh Hall 1 7 9 Tunstall Riddell 16 0 Wharneliffe l6 0 Hartlepool 18 3 1,,82; sold. 38. DEATII OF THE REV. PEEBENDABY JAMES, OF HANOVER CHAPEL.--By the death of tho Rev. Thomas George James, Prebendary of Wells, the important post of incumbent of Hanover Church, Regent-street, has become vacant. Hanover Church, to which a district, is now apper tioned, is worth £7CO3 with a population of £5,000. The incumbency is in the gift of the rector of St. George's Hanover-ignore. EXPENSIVE SAVING, When Susan's brother, John, who is a cashier at a largo linendraper's. came to dinner on Christmas-lay, and wo told him how be had been saving, ho burst out a laughing." " What are you laughing at ?" I says, " What am I laughing at P" he says, almost choking himself with a mouthful of goose—" why, at you." " What for," I says. "For being so jolly green," ho says. " Jolly green 1" I says; "is it jolly green to lay by money for a rainy day ?—leastways for a Christmas-day, when a family requires extras P" "Fiddlesticks I" John says. "Let me ask you a question, George." "Twenty," I says; go ahead, John. " Well," he says, " When did you begin to pay into the goose. clubat the Yorkshire Grey ?" "At Midsummer." I says. " And you paid in sixpence overy week for 2G weeks ?" "Ye`," I says, "I did." " Which made 135., George ?" " Exactly," I says. " Well," ho says, "is the goose and the liquor worth it ?" " Judge for yourself, John," I says. "Could I have bought such a goose as that you are now partaking of for less than eight• and-a;x in the shops ?" No," he says, " I don't think you could. " Very well," I says, :" where's your fiddle sticks, and how do you mako me out jolly green ?" " Why this way, George," ho says—" iu ,tho first place, you've been losing the interest upon your money for six months." " That's not much," 1 says. " NJ," ho says, " perhaps not ; but that's not all. I'll be bound to say, George, if you'll only be candid enough to confess it, that every time you went to the Yorkehire Grey to pay in 6d. to the goose-club, you had a glees of something P" " I don't deny it," I says; "you can't well go to a publiehouse without having a glass." "Sometimes; two," ho says. "Well," I says, "sometimes two ; perhaps three, when I happened to meet a friend." Then, let us say, George, that every time you went to pay is 6d. to the club, you spent, on an average, another 6d. on drink." "It might be about that," I says. "Very well then, George, upon your own showing, your gogse, and bottle of gin, and bottle of rum, have cost you 26a., to say nothing of your loss of time, and injury to your constitution through drinking more than was good for you." " I never thought of it in that way, John," I says. " No, of course not, George," ho says ; " for if you had thought of it in that way, you wouldn't have been such a fool as to do it." "But you'll admit," that Susan has has had her money's worth at the grocers's, and not paid more than aho ought?" I'm not going to dispute that," ho says; "but you must remember that the grocer has had the use of her money, and supposing ho had feilod about the beginning of December, what would have bocamo of Saab, and all the other Christmas-club geese ? I'm surprised at a sensible man like you, George, doing such things, when there's a Post-office Savings Bank close to your door."—Dickens's "411 Mc rear Round." TILE AREA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE is 4,369,72 9 Equaro miles; its population (1861) is 224089,000. Hence our Queen reigns over nearly ono-third of the land of the earth, and about a fifth of its population. SearcelY fewer than thirty native languages are spoken by he i r ) sub jects : for instance—English, French, Dahlia, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese,l,alnii, Tel ga,Hebrew,carn Gatricese,k,olo:7Bl.inAgruaibestee: Maltese, Chinese, A.rmoniau, Ilindostano.o, B.engaloo, Mahratti, Malay, Burmese, Hottentot, Ksitre, Negro, Maori, besides many barbarous tongues which hays not been foriued into written Icing-Loges. In her Majesty's realm there aro four great established roligionv—the Christian, the Brahman, the Mohammedan, the Buddhist. Of these the Christians number, at a rough evacuate, 34,031,164 ; the disciples of Brahma, 60,000,000; the Mohammedans, 20,000,000; the Buddhists, 10,000,000. In form, feature, habits of life, and modes of thought, the British subjects exhibit as many diversities as can possibly exist in the members of the human f am ily. Place side by aido an Englishman, a llindoo from British India, an Arab from Aden, a Chinese from Bong Kong, a Negro from South Africa, an Indian from North America, and a native Australian, and we shall have spec-- room of each of the great types of the human race. Airiemble together an educated Englishman and a heavy un tuttmed Hottentot ; a lively French Canadian and a grave and bellicose Red Indian; a rice-eating liindoo and a man eating. New Zealander; a graceful lonian and a lumpish lisquimaux; and between all those tubjects of one Sove reign there would bo as little in comman as could possibly mist between inhabitants of the same planet. Mr. RAIN FRISWELL'S recent little volume of many', " The Gentle Life," a reprint of papers from the Saturday lievietc, has succeeded so well as to:induee that untlzinan to arrange another aeries for publication. SECOND EDITIO SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRXPII.) DERBY RACES—Tins DAY. STAUNTON HAROLD STAKES. Love Letter.. Amazon 2 Three ran. UNITED HUNTERS' STAKES. Vandal Lucy Seven ran. lIARRINGTON PLATE. Danaue 1 Golden Drop Three ran. RACING FIXT Nottingham Spring .... 1 Derby Spring Liverpmel Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny 5 Thirsk • 5 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Bath Ascot llntspton l5 Newton Odiharn Bibury Stockbridge ;Jr Newmarket July Carlisle .. Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford l4 Pontefract Av Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 Yarmouth SEr•r: Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicertor 8 Doncaster 13r000n .. 19 OCT , Northallorton .. 6 Newmarket Second Oct 10 , rItES FOlt 1864. LtCli. Warwick - Durham Northampton 29 Cutterick 3O Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Manebeger .... 18 Harpenden .. 20 Epsom 2l Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt Ne wcastlo-on- yne 28' Woreest.r (Summer) Ipswich Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield Goodwood irST. York August 23 Plymouth Derby .... 3O Lichfield 3O Stocktcn 3O Devon and Exeter :MBER. Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFiret October 27 IBER. Gloucestrr Newmarket lloughton :Z4 Our Heroes and our Statesmen, A PA ,ItODY. Sing a song of gre:nbacks, l'ociiets full of trakk, Over head and ears in debt, And out of ready cash. Helps of tax col ectors A s busy as a bee ; A'nt we in a pretty fix. With go d at Silty-three. Ab •in the White Howe, l'roo Lunatic; n writiug; 3e tde, on the Rapidan, Afraid to do the fighting. Seward, in the cabinet, Surrounded by his spies ; Bat eck, with the telegraph, Busy forging lies. Forne, under Abe's chair, liar,,:ng 1 ke a dcg. Sohrnk, down at Ba timore, thiog d•rty work ; Butler, at. Norlolk, As savaLo as a Ter's. Banks. out in Texas, Cut clog such a 114ure ; I , e(elier, In itrootlyn, liow:ing for the nigger. Lots of AbDliflordste, g up ft ye In o. , mes r:rs n Brownlns, And sends them all to 11 • IL Burnside, at Knoxvi!le, In a k ntl 01 fix; tahlgr( en a. sumter, Pound np.: at the bricks. Chase, in the Treasury, Making worthless notes ; Curtis, it Harrisburg, g shoddy oasts. Grant, at Chattanooga, Try.ng 1 rag,; to thr4on; Is it it“) , wonder, The Union's gone tarnish? ifillmore, $n Charleston, Lost Jo a tog; Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. A.uatralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..Mar. 20. via Marticillea Mar. 14. and Cape Verde, by British paaet. Mar. 6. Cape of flood Hope, Ascension, and St. Ilelena Mar. 30. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Mar. 3. via Marseilles Mar. 14. Falkland Islands.. Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Mar. 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vi., Southampton Mar. 3. via Muraeilles Mar. 14. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Mar. 13. via Marseilles Mar. 7. Portugal •• • • Malta, Egypt, and Adon, via Southampton Mar. 3, via Marseilles Mar. 7. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. pack.q .... Mar. 2 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packct.Mar. 4. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Toncritie Mar. 10. Bahamas, via New York ....Mar. 11. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, l'rru, J lilac, —. California. and Britieb. Columbia.. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris Is about. 4 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London Is 25.35 per ..C1 sterlinr.r,. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 41 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, It appe.•s that gold la about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Patin. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 174 to 175 per cent., and the premium on gol tis about bog per cent. At these rates there Is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. The Court of Assizas of the Rhone bee just tried a man named Blargotton, aged 49, a weaver by trade, on a charge of having by false representations caused the child of a woman with whom he cohabited to be registered as the legitimatci offspring of his wife. It appears that the prisoner was married at Torero in 1849 to a woman named Mario Givro, by whom he had five children. In 1862, having formed an illicit connection with a woman natued Berard, he deserted his wife and family, and went to live at Atuplopuis, where ho and Berard lived as man and wife. In February, 1869, the woman Berard gave birth to a male child, whom the prisoner get registered as the son of his wife, and satis fied the registrar of the fact by producing the certificate of his marriage with Marie Givre, In July following the local authorities wore informed that Berard was not the prisoner's wife, and ho was arrested.' In his defence this prisoner stated that his only object in committing the trend was to save the child from the disgrace of ille• gitimaoy, but the Mayor of Amplepuis deposed that the prisoner had stated that his obj ect in washing the child to be regarded as legitimate Wit/ that it might share the property coming to his children from his wife's family. The jury having found the prisoner guilty, he Court sentenced him t > two years' imprisonment. UNIVEReITY BOAT RACE.—SOO:IO changes 8111C0 our last notice have taken place in the positi on of the Cambridge crow. Mr. Selwyn has been removed from No. 2 oar to the stroke, Mr. liinglako from the stroke to No. 6, and Mr. Hawkins from N. o. 4 to N o . 2. Th e crow commence d rowing on afonday in a vary largo outrigger— not the now boat by Dlr. Matthew Taylor, expressly built for the occasion, and in which they purpose rowing the race. Although they cannot be said to have improved so much as their friend.; could wish, yet it is confidently hoped that by the day of the race (the 19th inst.) this powerful crew will have attained that perfection of style wiich has for so many years characterised the rowing of university men. Betting i s brisk at 5 and 6 to 4 on Oxford. TUE GREAT EASTERN STRAbitiIIIr.—LIVERPOOL, iVedneaday.—Our readers will no doubt remember that on the 17th of last month the Groat Eastern was put up for unreserved sale at public auction, when the highest bidder was a Mr. John Rae, of 117, St. James's-street, in this town, who offered £25,000 for the vessel. In const quenco of some difficulty in reference to the payment of the deposit money, the auctioneer, the Hon. Mr. Cunard, of the firm of Cunard Wilson and Co., shipbrokere, repudiated the validity of Mr. Rae's bid, and the vessel was ulti mately knocked down to Mr. Yates, of the Great Eastern Steamship Company (Limited) for a sum similar to that offered by Mr. Rae. To-day, however , Mr. Rae, acting upon legal advice, proceeded to Mr. Cunard's and . there tendered £25,000, and claimed the great ship as his Proon perty, stating that as ho was the first bidder of £ 2 6 , 0 t the 17th February, ho had au indisputable right. We understand his money was refused and his i course dismissed. a i t s o l s a s s i n t , Y b ca y r he as r p e r a e p tt t y iva s t i Th e pattiarch lived many years, ; MDLLE. ADELINA PATTI is heard of this liettllOU, captivating nut on ly the Parisians, but gives soirctes, at which rad a nd other artists sing it is said, , hearing no music whatever. Ile now Hale pieces of his composition. TUE MASTER OF THE ROLLS AS M.P. FOR VIE CITY OF LON DON.—A movement is on foot in West minster for the purroso of securing the return of Sir John Itomilly, the Master of the Rolls, R 5 member for the city at the next genersl olootton. Ihe Master of the Rolls is the only judge who is at liberty to hold a teat in the House of Commons. CRYSTAL PALACE.-000 Shilling Day, Wednes day, March 2.—Admissions on payments, 469; ditto by season tickets, 643; total visitors, 1,11'2, .RTL.