The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-11 00:00:00

KARKET AND C OMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. The transactions in the money market to-day are rigt very numerous, but although the available re sources of bankers and others are abundant, the rates are very well maintained. A call of £2 per share becomes due to-morrow, the 12th inst., on the shares of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway New Shares. The quarterly sales of indigo commenced yester day, and consisted of 7,657 chests. There was a moderate attendance, but the biddings were ex tremely dull, wad of 2,852 chests which passed° ply 398 sold, at pices ranging from 2d. to ls. per lb. below those realised at the last sale. The Spanish Finance Comm•ssion have notified that the auction of the Foreign Redeemable Debt will take place at Madrid on the 28th inst., and 8,886 472 reals have been assigned by the Govern. went for that purpose. Two o'CLocK. Paris Rentes were at 1 2.45 this d-iy (says R,utet's telegram) 70f. 75o.—flat. Active encouragement :s still given to new joint stock enterprise, and it is satisfactory to fled that most of the companies brought under the notice of the investing classes are of a bona fide character, Some of them, no doubt, will fail to realise the expectations set forth in the prospectus ; out, taken as a whole, the class of projects seeking sup port are such as to commend themselves to parties desirous of obtaining a remunerative channel for the employment of their surplus means. There are, it appears, many other undertakings in course of organization, and it is not improbable that a few of the continental Governments will shortly appear in this market as borrowers. No definite informa tion has yet transpired upon the subject, but nego tiations are in progress which render it very proba bable that some small financial operations will be speedily announced. Speculation in the market for the English Funds continues quiet, the operators being still disinclined to enter into extensive engagements either for a vise or fall. The abundance of money and the easier tendency of the rates of discount, however, give support to quotations, and Consols, after a slight depreciation, are now firm at 921 for transfer, and 92i for the account. The New Three per Cents. are fiat at 94 I, and the Reduced at 928 ; Exchequer Bills remain at ls. dis. to 3s. pm.; Bank Stock is 237 and 2381 ; and India 5 per Cent. Loan 108 Business in the Foreign Market has been moder ately active, and prices have shown very little change. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1554, are steady at 89 90 ; do., 1858, 721 a ; do., 1862, 68 1; and the Consohdes, 401 41*. Mexican is 321 ; Per uvian New Loan, 87i 88 ; Portuguese do., 47 ; Russian do., 031 94 ; Spanish Passive are 26 ; ditto Certificates 94 10 ; Italian, 70-1 1; and Vene zuelan New Loan, 601 ; Greek are 191 1 1 ; and the Coupons, 81. The dealings in the Railway Share Market con tinue moderately active, and prices in several instances have shown an upward movement. Bristol and Exetet have advanced £1 ; MetropolitaL £1 ss; Great Western and South Eastern 103.; and South Western 55.; Great Northern, however, have de clined ss. ; and London and Brighton 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained inactive. Bahia and San Francisco realise 201; East Indian 1061 1061; Great Indian Peninsula, 105 to 1051; and Madras 5 per Cents. 103i 1. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Snares are dull, but Ottoman Bank are largely dealt in at en hanced prices, being marked 391 401, and the New Shares 101 ill. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 237 8 3 / 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuitie5... 4. , II tutiets, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jau., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l, India Stock D tto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 51 per Cent, Consols for AcCount, March. 5 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 1 did 3 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Equador New Consolidated l6l EgPptian 7 pet Cent lOOl 99a Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms l9a 3 / 4 i i Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent .... New Granada ......... Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Gi Pe uv , a.n 4 3 / 4 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New D e f erre d Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto 6 per C en t. 1832 Venezuela, 3 per Cut Ditto 6 per Cent., 1802 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f..... 71f. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f 7Ol / TWO O'CLOCK. CoAsols, Money I . ) itto Account 921 CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—This Day. S rATE OF TUE POLL. TWELVE O'CLOCR. Powell ...... 502 FaNs eett 13.14 19.10.4 12.10 An ingenious piece of Afghan practice for re ducing a dislocation of the thigh.—The patient is first kept in a dark room for three days, heated by fires in cessantly burning, and fed with copious draughts of thin gruel. A fat bullock is at the same time fed with chopped straw, flavoured with salt, and denied a drop of water. At the end of the third day, the patient is made to ride on the back of the bullock, his legs being fastened tightly under its belly by cords round the ancles. The beast is then led out to drink. lie is natu rally inten ely thirsty-, drinks copiously, and swells out visibly to twice his former size. The force exerted on tf dislccated limb is ufficient to bring it back to the socket The dislocated shoulder is treated in a similar way; the band is tied s lose to the oppr site shoulder, an empty water bag is placed in the bend of the arm, and gradually filed ; its weight overcomes the resistance of the muscle, and be fore long the bone flies back into the socket with the usual sound.--London _Review. GAINSBOROUGU:S BLUNTNESS AND GOLDSMITH'S GAUCHERIE.—When Gainsborough drew the por trait of the celebrated Earl of Shelburne, his lordship com plained that it was not like. The painter said he did not approve it either, and begge, to try again. Failing a second time, he flung down his pen p— it, I nev er could see through ell, saying, " e , s an en d . " We commend this varnish, and ther story to those who believein t i r n u h th soerpiteerdqnuiaaleitd. In allusionlateies,forthe to the Earl's nickname Marquis was franknesso and t maia grida (a Portuguese Jesuit) Gold s mith once naively remarked to him know, I never c o uld conceive the reason whycall th — ev "oyou you Dsala says the ?rotes, grida, for Malagrida was a very g . goo s df i o t r i t v o i f ew a man." Mr. Kinglake, a f n c . e " rtain Persons and things, loses his reason .h h by the si g ht o f t h em as a t ur key-cock spread s out h i s periods, swe ll s hi s sentences, fa l il l s of cut sound his sounds all over the Or a r e e d i s inflamed l coa k h o ; c ourtly pages, an d go bbl es forth fiery phrase s u and fury s i gn if y i ng noth i ng, The freed om o f t h e Fi s h mongers ' C ompany is to - f feathery i nvect i ves, sp l urts angr y sou be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to-m orrow, at the Hall of the Ancient Company; near London-bridge. Sir James Graham's father was full of anecdotes of Archdeacon Paley, and loved to tell how he dis enchanted Mr. Howard, when fishing one day at Corby, who had asked him it the quiet of the wooded glen through which the Eden flows was not propitious to high philoso phic thoughts, by replying, "Nay, nay, with rod in hand I think of nothing but the salmon." Another story never failed in its recital to excite the merry little baronet's laughter. Some one, p ra i s i ng t h e conjugal peace enjoyed by a gentleman in the neighbourhood, who had not had even an argument with his wife for more than 30 years, appealed to Paley whether it were not admirable as a domestic ex ample. "No doubt," said the doctor, "it is verra praise worthy, but it must have been Terra dovi." Share' PREFERENCE SHARES. Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per at., Qsi LINES LEASED Ai' FIXED RsNTALS. Buckinghamshire, 97i London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 94 London and Greenwich, 63 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Inn.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper (lim.). 31 Mont. Aureos Braz. (Jolei Min. Co. (lim.), 31 Pontt.tibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 21 Yudanamutana of S. Australia JOIN T-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 94 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 24 Australasia, 80 79 Bank of Egypt, '45; 1 Bank of Que,nsland (lim), 7 ; 8 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 91 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 2li City, 891 English and Irish (llin.) 21 Imperial Bank (Rm.), 15' Lon,ton and Colonial (lim.) 3a i London Joint Stock, 34 London and South African, 24t Oriental Bank Corporation, Ottoman Bank, 3 t 81 4o 39 40i Ditto, new, 10/ 1P 101 11 Union of London, 331 Louis Napoleon is the bete noire of th e B er lin h umorists, who, of l a t e , never mention him by name , b u t at h Empress lwreanyestalkofhimsvila by E guely as Hiss, and the oth er d ay b egan to gr a tif y their spleen against the supposed i n fl uence of the according her the same d emon i acal pre-eminence, as receipts of the French theatres, concerts, and otheran aooufnpteudbltioc 2,o7iamusement,, u placesr amounted during the month o f January, bei ng an i ncrease of 328,506 fr. over the mo n t h of , 8 December,who was so very precarious Livry, the French dur, terribly burnt some time ego, i s s til l state, Dr. Nelaton is her medical attenda n a nt v . by the Emperor the other day how his patient waisn,ghase kreed_ plied, " There is more to fear than to hope." HORACE VERNET'S PORTRAITURE.—Horace Ver net would have been a valuable detective draughts man; if ho once had a good look at a man, he could from memory produce a striking likeness. It was a happy knack he had, and sometimes an unfortunate knack, for, unconsci ously he would associate certain people's features with par ticular acts. If he represented in one battle-piece a soldier flying with fear and terror expressed on his countenance, his crayon would, in spite of himself, trace the familiar features of some well-known personage who had distin guished himself by a lack of pluck ; and in one of his grand pictures, wishing tors prasent a rapacious, graspinglrraelite, he drew the features of a contemporary, whom many will recognise at the first glance. I have said this was some times an unfortunate knack, because it has occasionally got hina into trouble,--.Dickens's ".41l the roar Retim,,, ►. 9. %t the ng by rouyn scene Em .r was an ged went 3, and which )ff his recog- Larked d as a Is and yore a Prin ne de was a 'dame erved five Ipr, ss ly for inand ✓larch: pid Ce King, 'rince e two nour, vilich The , d for until. small Ice of .anco- weett.. hasp I sus 1m it. ith of k per- ni his is not ~cupa.- nmsels Thant eight ), and I past nt did ed by ?roy is o pay ny 011 were Per e ball dune -18 the ation. The , con-- t four, ea and great t were tzkoi, i', thu se du unetis the F, the n, the [etter— or the by the y the to be e Eu s with :e part ;st the cipate i,Mes- ru,and )all on ). 4. ►e Em- Danced eck to Bn t se- place )n Sa 'ere fall I. Mr. F on the aitharat ;talon of s bofoio wn of ne on ioveson teigate, noon of tt once Three anners, )SS the The in the o'clock Ir. and by the aantry. dr. aud s, they towh r then hanked by and reasou9 being tie wel- Le rela spouded by his 3. Mr. TitseY,. ?lays of door of VA L- ice On in Ash/ lock ja ad Pot begun e usual Severa l .umbe r° ; le NOT chok e ' ~re the eir Thet a ~ the ie d the tittle I jun' t 0 Li W WII. feet. lg. i.CT OI4. Arester Ltd Drci istonees ablo 19th of ic ev en the viden c .i ° etut'n c 3 p it o I eceivo. necked . avaittal SHARE MARKETS—This Bay OEDI" , ARY SHARES AND STOOhS. Railways. Bir., %Vol., and Str. Vat Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 'Cork and bantion Cornwall Do A ( A trets no itiv ti 11 6 it, -)RTI ila , Do ' " been paid - to B. Dublin & Belfast June. j IPun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A. stock Ditto East Anglian st Great:Northot Scotland ;Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares !Gt. S. an ! W. of Ireland ;Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock ;Lancashire & Yorkshire !London and Blackwal!, ;Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast', Lon., Chat., and Dover! Lon. & North Western !Lon. & Soiith Western !Man., Slief., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # 5hare5........ Metropolitan ;Midland I Do New I Do Birming. 4t Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland D 0.6 shares Mid Bent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Car1i51e........ '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 'Staines, Wok. , an dWo k. ,Stockton & Darlington, Do __ Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do 'Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim !Waterford & Kilkenny ' West Cornwall Hartlepool liar. &R 'West Midland Oxiord Do Newport Do Hereford, id Closing Business " Price. I done. 6 6i ei 7 87 SO 115 116 6 7 41 13 13 14 86 87 105 107 47 48 43 45 23} 24i 1266 1274 130 131 136 138 104 iO5 66i (7 1091 1093 74 76 112 114 42 44 98i 99 103 104 44 46 121 13 1271 .28i li 46 98 52i 53 256 2i 101 i 101 d 57 58 89 89} 128 130 110 112 _4_ 1 y 15 14' 11 - Hi 119 121 46i 474 103 105 48 60 321 33} 96 961 68 70 104 106 38} 7i 39}' 10 11 p 7} 8 p 159 152 5 54 pl 21 34 p 55} st) 24 Si p d 4 p B's 87 199 145 29 31 42 44 34 36 95 27 471 1 1 18 127 i 66i 7 1 109} 71 4 114 13 xd 98; io3i E 14 1 31 111 18 1271 521 3 101 963 i 7} BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share ' Hallways 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 65 67 atk f Bom Barodalz.Cent Ind ps. 1041 1051 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5 5i 10 Do. Preference ...... all 71 S 100 Buflalo,Brant,tzGodriel: in 77 ko 6 p. ct. bds. Au k ... 1, P. , 72 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 74 76 100 Do. do. June 1, I`.'. tot) 73 76 st Cloutta.&S.Easi n.(l, 100 1(.3 105 st Cape Town ,t Dock Seri 100 108 /09 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.: 100 1051 061 1065 51 stock East Indian. au. sp. 0. 100 106 1061 1061 1 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 4 lip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 stock Grand Trunk of Canada It 21 _2 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pret .. a i l 73 75 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 63 6 5 100 Do. 6 per et. Dc,bentr. all 32 34 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. al 1 47 50 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 32 24 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 32 34 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c K) 105 106 105} 6 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 P 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. too 103 105 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 12i 134 201 Do. New .. lB 7t 7,; 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wttlet opt. al] 99 101 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 92 24 10 Indian Branch Limited t 15 14p stock IVladrfts guar., sp. c. 100 102 31 1034 stock Do. 45 p. c. Extensim 100 96 97 stock Dc. 4 do 100 92 4 20 i Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock INlt•lbAmro.. p. e. 50 I llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7p. c. Nlortg. Bds. al, 20 New Br uns wick a Ckn.l Class A Capital Shar • all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital do. al, 3 N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 j 83 15 -.do( ,Scinde ) (100 105 (06 04 . Do. Delhi !Do. do •• ' 4 2 4 1p 20 i Do. Punjaub II 4 p at Do. Do. ,t„ , 100 1031 1041 N' .00 I Do. indus.St. Flo.) 0 0 ' 198 tOO i)LONIAL (I()VbItNi\IKN 1 SEut eip.c..lo. 1877-St Do. C p. c. Feb. & A uv. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept_ Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock ape G. Hope, 6 p 0.1873 Do.Ap Oct& 1880 Do. 189u1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891... Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c N. t1.140v. e p.c. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.! N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1866. Do. S p. C.,1871 to 187f1 Do. d0.,1888 upwds' New Zealand 6 p. Nova Scotia Guy. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus G6p.c.1876.& up ' Vio.Gov. ti p.c. Jv-Zauly Do. io 6p.a A.D.&Oct. BRITISH HI. 'Cambrian Consol. Gold ICliilord Amalgamated Devon G. Conn. Tavist East Bassett (Illwan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Carn Brea... E. W'i Russel (Tavistk. Gam.lzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.; IG reat South Tolgus IG. Wheal Vor (Helston IGrenville Elerod's-Foot lingston Downs !Lady Bertha Nlargaret (Guy Lelant Ilarke Valley.. Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' New Seton .. North Downs BasEet(Illo au north Wheal Crotty . Par Consols(St. Blazey •rovidence(Uny Lelnt. South Caradon(St.Cleer S. Carn Brea (I slogan) -I. Wheal Fran. Stray Park rainar Lead Min. tin Croft Nest Basset (Illivan). Caradon (Liskeard West. Seton •• lVlieal Basset (Mogan Wheal Buller( itedrutli, N heal Kitty (15.Lclani) lVhealLud ott ov heal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton heal Trelawney (Lis ) Wheal Union '1054 len 'lO3 106 1( 6 1 0 8 951 96i 94 96 LO4 110 , 112 114 113 115 111 113 1(5 106 103 101 100 101 9D 100 109 111 .06 1(7 (9 11: , O 9 111 [O7 109 Ile 1101 Ad A -21 23 520 63) 48 60 Ad hp ,6 47 101 (1A 51 0A 17 19 (3.1 7} 51 RA 5A 5? 50 62 2A 3 1 1A 33 (0 st 91 6 ds pr 135 145 21 3A :34 4 4A 5 _ _ e 1 13 391 4(0 2} 21 87 1:12i 39 41 lk 16 12i 134 32 34 ',70 280 75 8u 65 75 8} 84 4 154 Irk 220 231 17 18 5 5} THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, ,1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day. QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) HEA.TOCOTE V. BELASCO. This was an action for the recovery of the value of a quantity of jewellery which had Leen lodged as security for an advance of money. and in The plaintiff, it appeared, was a married man , August last year arrived in Lond on from Brighton on a visit, and shortly after went to a notorious house, known as Kate Hamilton's, in Leicester-suare. He there com menced a career of dissipation, and eventually his money ran short, when he lodged his wife's watch, chain, and miniature, which he wore, and other articles, as security for an advance of money from the de fendant, who occupied the upper part of the house, The visits of the plaintiff to Hamilton's amounted to some eight or nine times. On each occasion he supped and took champagne with some of the women visiting the place. On tendering the money, £9 10s., as the amount he had re ceived from Belasco, the property was refused to be given up, as more cash th,n the £9 10s. was said to be owing. The defendant Belasco, in his cross-examination, said he was not the proprietor of the house in question. It was kept by a person named Fryer. The advances made to the plaintiff were to discharge the bills he had incurred at Kate Hamilton's. Ho (defendant)was a general dealer. He dealt in anything by which he could earn a pound. He had been 12 years ago indicted for murder, but he was not guilty of such a crime. The jury found a ver dict of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. Ile was never convicted of theft. He once was on board a steamer, and in a drunken Etate he, for a joke more than anything else, took a great number of pass tickets, and as he refused to give them up he was given into custody. He did not call that thieving. In his re-examination the defendant said that the death of the person for whom he was convicted was occasioned by a blow in a quarrel, and the affair on board the steam boat occurred 17 years ago. A number of witnesses having been examined, The judge commented in very serious terms on both the conduct of the plaintiff as well as the defendant, and said it was for the jury to say which they believed, as they both swore directly the reverse of each other ; at the same time observing that one witness for the defendant did not help his case much, as she admitted sho was a per son of ill repute, and, from the tone of her voice, he thought she was a drunkard. The question for the jury to decide would be whether the defendant had made out his allegation that he had advanced more than £9 10s. If not, the verdict would be for the plaintiff, and an ordor would issue that the goods would be ordered to be given up. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The Judge inquired whether they wore agreed that no more than £9 lOs. was advanced. The Foreman said they were. The learned Judge said that the property must be re stored on the payment of that sum. Sergeant Ballantine, who appeared for the plaintiff, sug gested that some sort of security ought to be taken for the return of the property. The learned Judge ultimately entered the verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, £49, to be reduced to ls. when the property was returned. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.' The further evidence in the case of Fozwell v. Thomas occupied the Court the whole of this morning; the ques tion involved being the infringement of a patent for mak ing sewing machines. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Mr. Baron Martin was occupied this morning in hearing an action for the recovery of compens ttion from the Brighton Railway Compan) for injuries sustained by the unfortunate collision, which took place some time ago in the Clayton Tunnel. The case was proceeding when we want to press. SECONDARY'S COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter and a Special Jury.) CHILD AND WIFE V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL. WAY COMPANY-TIIE CLAYTON TUNNEL ACCIDENT. This was an action to recover compensation tor injuries received on the Brighton line in the Clayton tunnel acci dent, on Sunday, 25th August, 1861. In the case of the plaintiff the damages were laid at £2,000, and in the case of the wife at. £5OO. It appeared that the plaintiff had been a draper's assist.. ant, earning about £lOO a-year, and his wife about 18s. a week. The plaintiff was 33 and his wife 28. The injury to the plaintiff was to his spine, and Dr. Burrows, Dr. Moon, and Dr. Wahl described his condition as one from which he was not likely to recover or be able to earn his livelihood, 1031 I Verdict for plaintiff. Damages, £2,500, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) THE MASTER BUILDERS AND THE HOUR SYSTEM. Ki; IE~ OWEN T. ROBINSON. This was an action to recover one quarter of a day for grinding money, plaintiff being a journeyman, and de fendant a anot.r builder; 110 I_ Plaintiff said—l seek to recover ls. sd. for one quarter of a day. Whenever men are discharged they are always allowed that sum, which is called grinding money. His Honour—Yes ; I thought all that had been settled long ago. Defendant—Your honour will allow me to explain. In the year 18E2 there was a squabble between the masters and men, and the result was a strike. In consequence of the strike, and the difficulties in the way of a settlement, the hour system was introduced, and that system was adopted in my shop. Every week we pay three hours extra, and it is supposed to be an equivalent for the grind ing money. _ _ Plaintiff—We work the usual time on Saturday. Defendant—Oh, no ; and you are paid for the hours as upon an ordinary working day. Plaintiff-1 am in a position to prove that you paid some men a claim exactly similar t 3 this. We work six and a-half hours on the Saturday. His Honour—Now, Mr. Robinson, am I to understand that you pay grinding-money every week, instead of at the time of the men's leaving ? Defendant—Yes, His Honour—Well, but I cannot understand it. It was a custom, as I understood, whenever the men left or were discharged to allow them one quarter of a day's pay for grinding their tools. Now you say that the effect of the hour system has been to cause their being paid grinding money every week. This seems preposterous. Defendant—lt may seem so, but it is nevertheless a fact. His Honour—lf such a custom pi evails in your shop it must be well understood by your workpeople before you can bind them by it. Defendant—l am only anxious to have your Honour's judgment upon the question, as a great number of work men, besides masters, will be bound by it. His Honour—l think it is always better in these cases to have a wri ten agreement with the men, and then all quar rels would be avoided. In this case plaintiff must have a verdict with costs. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SERIOUS DISTURBANCE NEAR BOND•STREET.--ILL TREATMENT OP A WORKMAN.—Ectward Casey, a labour ing man, in the employ of Mr. J, nniugs, builder, of the York-road, Lambeth, was charged as follows : Mr. Samuel Thorburn, foreman to Mr, Jennings, said that the pris ner had been at work for Mr. Jennings some time at Brooks-mews, but yesterday did not come to his I work till 1 o'clock. He set the prisoner to work, and he went on till 2 o'clock, at which time he (Mr. Thorburn) bad to leave, and on coming back at 4 o'clock he found the prisoner drunk at a public-house t pposite. The prisoner then demanded some money of him or some drink, and because he refused to give it him, he challenged him to fight, and afterwards tried to got on the scaffold, but fearing some accident, and as the prisoner was interrupting the other workmen, he tried to put him out of the building, and on this two or three Irish labourers came to the prisoner's assistance and got up a most serious row, in the course of which a workman who had been seen to speak to him (witness) was most seriously injured, so much so that he was confined to his bed. The prisoner was then given into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he hoped all the men would be taken into custody and brought before him. He should order the prisoner to find one housekeeper to be bail for him to keep the peace for six months. A cabman named Macarthy was next charged with steal . ing some timber from the same place, the building being in 1 course of erection as workshops for Mr. Hairy Emanuel, the Court jeweller. The case being proved against the prisoner, Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for a month with hard labour. siurplNG—This Day LoNnolt, Feb. 11,—Wind this day Westerly ; s t rong b retz O an d fi ne weather, but rather Cloudy, at noon—South- Arrived —flamstadueruse (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) Sailed GRAvBSEND, Wednesday Morning. from }lma m g 9 Feb. 10 —Countess of Lonsdale, screw steamer, Arrived FebrProserpiue, from G ' l l—Holland, screw steamer, from Ostend; Y ; Express, from Trieste. steamer, for Bilbaoer, bark, for York; Old screw . Passed, Feb. 10—Penius DEAL Wednesday Morning. don for Cardiff. aar,screw steamer, from Lon- EXTRAORDINARY LEAP. Mr. E. Bolton, of War rington, informs us that last week Mr. E. T. Peroberton's ch snut mare Mayfly jumped 31 feet on Penketh-common, in tt cold blood." The mare was ridden by Mr. Bolton, to the truth Qt,lX..fo4uurs;:xfi A ve d ;: r le se s r se . s can testify wofhtohsoaly: IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Day. The SPEAKER took his seat at the Clerks' Table at 12 o'clock, but a house was not made until 20 minutes after 12. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ _ _ Private business occupied aportion of the earlier part of the sitting. INDIAN ARMY. Col. SYKES presented a petition from officers of the Indian Army, complaining of the operation of the amalga mation scheme—one that he had served for 14 years, and that an officer who had served only 8 years had been placed over him, and praying for redress. FISHERIES. Mr. S. FITZGERALD presented a petition from Armagh in favour of the Irish Salmon Fisheries Bill. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition from Carrick on-Shannon to the same effect. GAROTTING. Mr. ADDERLEY gave notice that on Monday next he should move for leave to introduce a bill to afford greater protection to her Majesty's subjects from violence. SALMON FISHERIES (IRELAND). Mr. M'MAHON, in proposing the second reading, ob served that, up to 1842, the taw of England and Ireland with respect to the regulation of fisheries was identical. Up to that period every person had a right to fish in the tidal waters of the country, as, indeed, they had from time . immemorial. Assuredly up to that period there had been no encroachments upon their undoubted rights by wiers, or otherwise. From the very earliest times enactments had been passed against the setting up of all obstructions to the free passage of the fish. The hon. member cited the various acts, and explained the nature of the numerous re ports of the Commissioners on the Salmon Fisheries of England, Scotland, and Ireland. For many years past all obstructions or nuisances in the rivers had been strictly forbidden by the Crown and the Legislature. The act of 1842, which this bill sought materially to modify, was hur riedly smuggled through the house, conferred the most monstrous powers on the owners of lands abutting on the sea, shores, and estuaries, and rivers ; in fact, it empowered them by allowing the use of stakes and bag nets, to virtually enclose the water and its produce like a gentleman's park. Ile c , uld not find that any dis cussion took place on the Pill of 1842; indeed an hon. member present, ho learned, observed at the time, " This must be a monstrous Irish job, as no Irish members have spoken against it." (Laughter.) The act was a complete violation of the common law of the land and the rights of the people, as defined by the Great Charter. The act had com pletely ruined many people who had made a living out of the fisheries before it became law. The new bill would not in terfere with a single vested right. It might be said that some people had bought property, with the fishing powers given by the bill, in the Encumbered Estates Court, and on the assurance of the commissioners that those powers would not be disturbed; but if any commissioner had given such an assurance he ought to be dismissed from his office. However, he did not believe that any suggestion of the kind had been made. As there had been endless commissions and reports on the salmon fisheries,he didnot see what good could arise from the amendment intended to be proposed by his hon. and learned friend. Mr. BUTT then proposed the following amendment : "That any legislation affecting the rights of the owners of property secured by the existing laws regulating Irish fisheries, ought to be preceded by a full and complete inquiry, either by a royal commission or a committee of this house." He said the whole question amounted to a contest between the owners of the upper and lower fisheries, and if the bill was passed it would virtually confiscate a multitude of undoubted rights, clearly and deliberately deprived of the Act of 1842. A full and exhaustive in quiry was urgently needed, Colonel WHITE seconded the amendment. It was most important that there should be further inquiry as those, like him, interested in the low fisheries were not satisfied with the enquiry of last year; indeed they were not fairly represented in it. He read extracts from several official reports, setting forth that the stakes and bag nets had not had a detrimental effect, and that the fisheries were greatly improving. He was not opposed to legislation on the subject, and would readily meet the supporters of this b ill half-w ay, but he objected to the property enjoyed under the Act of 1842 being suddenly taken thus forcibly from its owners. A large Act of of Parliament amount of capital had been invested i n th ese fi s h er i es in purchases in connection w ith the _Encumbered Estates rights u they n rAmertoh , a a se n d d o it n was the f imaipthossiobfle an n tha A t orted the seco n d rea di ng, con- Mr. LONGFIELD supp bcoausTedbeintgankierny.f ro m them without, at least, full and tending that there had been ample and exhaustive inquiry. There had been commissions and committees out of number. This bill was !presented for the sole benefit of the public. He ridiculed the idea of a Royal Cornmmission, moved by the gallant colonel, and probably headed by him. The public had been too long robbed b y stak e weirs and bag nets, utterly unauthorised even b y the a ct of 1842 ; in fact, these destructives injured the fish, and interfered with the navigation. No 'one save those interested in the present defective state of the law could honestly object to the bill. The legislature of 1842 co m p letel y nullified the interests of the public. Even in Waterford estuae y alone 1,000 p oor men who obtained their living by the fisheries were thrown out of employment. Two of the most eminent judges that ever sat on the Irish bench had decided that the putting up of (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROME. The Marquis of NORMAN BY gave notice that on Monday next he should thaw attention to the despatches and correspondence lately laid on the table on the subject of Rome. At the same time he should ask for some information relative to a certain phrase used in one of the despatches of the noble earl, which seemed to indicate a doubt of the statement of M. llrmlyn do T,'Hnye relative to the approbation by the English Government of t intQrvcn hKap-Milinatii4 i i &Pa n e in Wike r 1; 1 1171 accordance with their policy since the time of Mr. Pitt, which was that of supporting the independent political posi tion of the Pope. TICKETS OF LEAVE. Earl STANHOPE asked what changes have recently been made by the Secretary of State for the Home De partment as to the system of tickets of leave? Earl GRANVILLE said it was not thought expedient by the Government to make any extensive changes until the report of the Royal Commission which had been ap pointed was received, and in the meantime the only altera• tion was that convicts out on tickets-of-leave and becoming reconvicted had the privilege altogether withdrawn of ob taining a ticket-of-leave. The Earl of DERBY wished to know whether it was the practice, when a convict committed a crime during his ticket-of-leave, he was, when freshly sentenced, bound not only to undergo that sentence, but to fulfil the original term of sentence. Earl GRANVILLE said the second punishment was not superadded to the original sentence. The Duke of MARLBOROUGh asked whether it was true that the notorious Leopold Redpath, who was con victed of one of the most extensive forgeries ever known, and was sentenced to transportation for life, was now, after se rving only six years' penal servitude , at liberty on ticket of leave, and, in fact, was now enjoying the fruits of his enormous frauds. Earl GRANVILLE was not conversant with the parti culars of the case referred to. Redpath, he knew, was in the colony at present, and the ticket of leave he had received had been granted by the colonial anthonties. Lord CRAN WORTH said RApath,at the conclusion of his trial, was sentenced to transportation for life. That sentence had been complied with, and it was altogether an other question how he was dealt with when he arrived in the colony. The Earl of CARNARVON regretted the Government , had not dealt with the subject themselves. of the Home Secretary had had almost the entire charge of the matter for the last ten years, and the whole history of the question was one of an incompetent measure by an incompetent Ad ministration. Capital punishment had frequently been relaxed without the slightest apparent reason by the Home Secretary superseding the judicial functions. Earl GRANVILLE said Sir G. Grey was not in office when the measure of abolishinr , transportation was intro duced, and the system he had pursued was precisely the same as that of his f our pre d ecessors . It was a matter of opinion whether remedi a l measures s hould be proposed on theinitiative of the Government alone, or on the appear ance of the report of the Commission. The Earl of HARD WICKE said that one point of im portance raised by the discussion related to a matter of ju risprudence. The public mind hid ling been directed to this subject, from an idea that the power exercised by the Secretary of State rendered it extremely doubtful whether the sentences of the judges would be carried into effect or not. He should be glad to know whether the law lords who were members of that hou-e approved of that line of conduct, which had tended to lessen the opinion which tho public entertained of the decisions of the judges. The subject then dropped. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEARIER took the chair at four o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. Private business occupied sonic part of the earlier portion of the sitting. PETITIONS. INDIAN OFFICERS. Mr. JARVIS, from officers in the Bombay army, com plaining of the amalgamation , and p ray i ng for i nqu i ry. Colonel SYKES, from officers to the like effect. Mr. GREGSON, from certain inhabitants of Singapore, praying they may be placed in dinct communication with the Colonial Office. AUSTRAL:A. Mr. MARSH, from inhabitants Praying for the soparation of the two divisions of the colony. FISHERIES. Mr. M'MAHON, from Limerick) with respect to the fisheries. NATIONAL EXPEiDITURE. Mr. FORSTER, from Walsall, for reduction of expen diture of the duties on tea and sugar ; also for a seduction of the income tax. Mr. S. FI rZGERALD, to the same effect. FIRE DUTY. Mr. FORSTER, in favour of a material reduction in the fire duty, M r . E. BAINES, in favour of Ile repeal of the duty. TICKETS OF LEAVE. Mr. NEWDEGATE, insecurity ti e j ustices of Warw i c k , ca lli n g attention to the of life and property, which they attributed to the present System of dealing with offunders—to the is:.u9 of tickets cf le ave — w hi c h did not afford criminals sufficient time to reform, and praying for inquiry. mr. BRIGHT, from bankers, merchants, and solicitors of Birmingham, for an amend meni of the law. Sir F. KELLY, to the like effee,. SUGAR. Mr. BRIGHT, from wholesale and retail grocers in Bir mingham, pray i ng that the taxation on sugar might be placed on the same footin g a s tea, coffee, gra i n , & c . Lord lIOTHAM, from Driffiel4 to the same effect. RETURNS. Returns were ordered, on the notion of Mr. BAINES, of various statistics in regard to Pott-utlice Savings Banks; on the motion of Sir G. BOWYER, '3opies of an ordnance of the governor of Malta, regarding the extradition of Italians ; on the motion of Mr. LOCRE, ertain returns regarding malt; on the motion of Lord It. o:Lem, the expenditure on the lonian Islands since 1815; anc on the motion of Mr. J. B SMITH, some correspondence abut cotton cultivation in India. PUBLIC rETIIioNs. The following members woro Rip:dated a Committee on public petitions Gregson, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Calcutt, Mr. Cnbitt, Sir J. Fergusson, Mr. Chas. Forster, Mr. Gard, Major Gavin, Capt. Gray, Sir E. Grogan, Mr. H, johnstone, Mr. T. J. Miller, Mr. H. Russell, Mr. Ald. Salomons, and Mr. 0. Stanley. THE ADDRESS.—HER MAJESTY'S REPLY. Lord PROBY (Controller of her Majesty's Housa',old) appeared at the bar and read the following rr j ply of her Majesty to the Address : " I havP, received with. great pleasure your loyal and dutify:, address. I have received with great satisfaction your,: congratulations with respect to the marriage of the Plince of Wales. Your expressions of attachment to my person and family are most gratifying to my feelings. You may be assured that I shall always be ready to co-operate with you to promote the welfare and happiness of my people. NOTICES OF MOTION. EASTERN ARMY. An HoN. MEMBER gave notice thaton the 10th of March he should move for a select committee on this subject. MERCANTILE MARINE —SAILORS' HOME. Sir H. STRACEYsaid, on this -day week, that he should move to introduce a bill to appropriate some of the funds belonging to the mercantile marine to the maintenance of Sailors' Homes not in the neighbourhood of dockyards. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Mr. NAPIER said that on the 24th March he should call attention to the prevalent distress in Ireland, and m ive resolutions thereon. COMMERCIAL TREATIES (ITALY). Mr.S. FITZ GE BALD, on a future day,would call the at tention of the house to commercial treaties, and especially that now pending betwee n thi s coun t ry and Italy. VOLUNTEERS. Lord HOTHAM asked the Secretary of State for War when he would announce the intentions of the Government with reference to the recommendations of the Royal Com mission appointed last year to inquire into the state of the Volunteer force 1' Sir G. C. LE WIS replied that it was the intention of the Government to adopt the suggestions of the Commission. Tie report would be laid before tho house when the army estimates were prepared. LICENSING AND SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. Viscount ENFIELD asked the S ecre t ary o f St ate f or the Home Department whether it was intended during the present session to introduce any bill with the view of im proving the present system of licensing houses for music and dancing, and for the sale of spirits ? Mr. LAWSON also asked the right hon. gentleman whether he intended to propose any measure during the present session for amending the laws by which the sale of intoxicating liquors was permitted and regulated ? Sir G. GREY replied that the Government had a bill in preparation with respect to licensing, and especially houses of entertainment for music and singing. He could not, however, say when it would be introduced. The licensed victuallers of Liverpool had framed a bill, and he wished that measure to be discussed by the house before taking any further action in the matter. BANKRUPTCY: Sir F. KELLY asked the Attorney-General whether it was the intention of her Alajesty's.Government to bring in a bill in the present session to amend the law of bankruptcy; and whether provision would be made in any such bill for the consolidation of the statutes of bankruptcy ? The AT T 0 RNE Y-GENERAL replied that tho Govern ment was not aware that any necessisty existed for an amendment of the law. They intended, however, to ap point, with the permission of Parliament, a chief judge in bankruptcy. The attention of the Lord Chancellor had been directed to a consolidation of the statutes, but he (the Attorney-General) could not promise to introduce a bill to effect this in the present session. AFFIRMATIONS. Sir J. TRELAWNY obtained leave to introduce a bill to allow certain persons to make affirmations in all cases where an oath is or shall be required. The bill, he said, was the same as that of last session. IRELAND. Sir R. PEEL obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend the law enabling boards of guardians to recover costs of maintenance of illegitimata children in certain cases in Ireland. TIIE lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea sury how far the interpretation of the prerogative of the Crown was considered by the Government to extend, in empowering the Crown to relinquish territories, which may have been in the de facto possession of the British nation, without the knowledge and consent of Parliament ? After a few words from Mr. PEACOCK and Mr. ROEBUCK (who asked for the papers), Lord PALMERSTON replied that the lonian Islands had been placed, with the consent of the Foreign Powers, under the protection of the British Crown, and could not be parted with without the consent of these Powers. The Government offered, in the event of Greece selecting a constitutional king who was able to protect the country from aggression, to cede the islands to Greece. But as they had not yet accom plish<:d this, no steps had been taken to attain the consent of the great contracting powers. The noble lord cited cases where possessions had been ceded to the British crown by treaty, and subsequently again ceded by treaty. This was the case 'with Senegal, Minorca, Florida, and the island :of Tobago. The hon. member need be under no apprehension with respect to Gibraltar and Malta, as there was no intention whatever to make a present of these possessions to any foreign power. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Sir G. BOWYER blamed the Government for coming before the house without obtaining the consent of the great Powers. Bills, for which leave was given, were then read a first [me, and the house adjourned shortly before six. o'clock, BILL TO ABOLISH CHURCH RATES. The bill to abolish church rates prepared and brought into the House of Commons by Sir J. Tre lawny, Sir C. Douglas, and Mr. Didwyn, is as follows " Whereas church rates have for some years ceased to be made or collected in many parishes by reason of the op position thereto, and in many other parishes where church rates have been made the levying thereof has given rise to litigation and ill-feeling: and whereas it is expedient that the power to make church rates should be abolished : be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : " 1. From and after the passing of this act no church rate shall be made or levied in any parish in Englaud or " 2. Provided always that in any parish where a sum of money is at the time of the passing of this act due on the security of church rates to be made or levied in such parish under the provisions of any act of Parliament, such rates may still be made and levied pursuant to such provisions for the purpose of pay ing off the money so due, but not otherwise, until the same shall have been liquidated. "3. Any church rate made at any time before the pass ing of this act may be collected and recovered in the same way as if this act had not been passed. " 4. This act may be cited as ' The Church Rate Aboli tion Act, 1863! " MARKETS--This Day. MARK LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day, was very moderate. Selected samples were in fair demand, at full quotations; otherwise, the trade was dull at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. Importers of all descriptions were firm in their demands, and sales progressed slowly, at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at late rates. The barley trade was very firm, and malting qualities commanded rather more money. Grinding and distilling qualities were fully as dear as on Monday. In malt a moderate business was transacted, on former terms. The supply of oats was small. Sound produce changed hands at extreme rates ; but inferior qualities met with a dull inqui. y, at low prices, Beans and peas—the supply of which was very moderate —ruled firm, at late rates. Flour was in slow request, yet prices were supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 780 I 3,010 i 5 2,610 I 100 I 2,710 Irish. Foreign." 4,020 6,670 1,260 50 sack 2,160 brie BOROUGH HOP. Generally speaking, the hop market is quiet, yet very little change has taken place in prices. Good and fine Mid• Kent hops are decidedly firm. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10c1 ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. Liverpool Cotton Market.---This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, Feb. 11. At the market this morning cotton was dearer. Sales about 5,000. No import; previously 5,185, Americans buying for export to New York. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CITY BETTING.—LAST EVENING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 16 to 1 on the field (offered) 25 to 1 aget Shropshire (taken freely) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agst Queen of Spain (offered) 30 to 1 agst Gardener (offered) 33 to 1 agst Misfortune (taken) GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Grimston (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick (offered) 100 to 6 bar two TWO THOUSAND GUI NEAS. 4to 1 on the field (offered) 10 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken) 16 to 1 agst Toni Fool (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to lon the field (offered) In somewhat scornful allusion to the Quee n ' s limes observes that it d oes not contain ' an announcementSpeec theaw of any law reform. At th e t i me of writing (Thursday afternoon) we are not informed how energetic members propose to supply the short-coming of the Go vernn2ent. 160 100 100 100 , 100 THE ARMSTRONG FIASCO. TO TILL' EDITOL OF THE SUN. Snt,—lf it be true, as quoted in the papers of the 2d February, that, in a lucid interval, the War De partment has decided upon upz;:tting the mate's nest at Elswick—getting rid of that glorious field, now producing worse than nothing, although richly manured with the guano of jobbery and extrava gance, I must hail the step as directly in the right direction, and it will then be for the country to pay the fine which, by a strong compact and sound in denture, Sir Wm. Armstrong tied down Gen. Peel and his successors in office to pay, if they ceased to use the works at Els wick. So be it, then. The pretty little bonus which Sir Wm. Armstrong will receive amounts to something handsome—l forget whether it be £7O 000 or £80,000; but what signi fies an odd ten thousand ? John Bull pays the piper while we dance, and John has not yet arrived at the issuing of " greenbacks." Let us pay for our folly without grudge or grumbling, and pray to become wiser. The scene is before me when Gen. Peel rose, and, in a clear and steady voice, announced that England was safe in possession of a breech-loading cannon, and that he was proud in having showered down royal honours and government pay on Arm strong, the saviour of the nation. The House of Commons was excited, and cheered to the echo ; even Mr. Williams forgot to be a continuation of Hume, and failed to ask what saving the nation cost. The peace-at-all-price people devoutly believed that the olive branch was in the screw of Armstrong's breech-loader; the reporters were awe-struck; the strangers under the gallery, in the Speaker's gal lery, in the stranger's gallery, heard the words in the house, " Lo, Armstrong is great, and Peel is his prophet; " and then devoutly repeated the holy inspiration. In the ladies' gallery what a fluttering of fans. " That dear Armstrong, from what horrors has he not saved us!" Such enthusiasm never found its way into the Commons House, since, in answer to a motion made by Lord Cochrane, and seconded by Sir Francis Burdett, to inquire into the disgraceful manning of the navy, Croker answered, refuted, put down the two querulous members by an indignant denial, and by reading the despatch just received announcing the capture of the Chesapeake by the Shannon. Tell it not in Gath, but the sapient House of Commons received this English " bun combe" as a valid argument, and scoffed at Coch rane, and believed in Croker and his Admiralty. In their true colours, black enough do they appear by taking up a volume of James's " Naval History," and the number of the men and the state of the crews sent to fight men as good as ourselves may there be read. Indeed, Sir, there was one act of the Croker Admiralty which quite equalled the Arm strongfiaseo, Not being cunning in geography or topography—consequently firmly believing that lakes Ontario, Erie, and other inland American waters were salt—Croker's Admiralty sent over iron tanks to put on board of our men-of-war:on those lakes. These tanks were assessed as costing about £5OO a peace, after carriage, &c., across the Atlan tic and through Canada, and when they arrived it seemed to strike the commanders of our ships that the easiest way of procuring fresh water was by throwing a bucket overboard and hauling it in by dint of a rope; so they declined lumbering their ships with iron tanks. Is there one jot more reason in this Armstrong affair P An engineer persuades a credulous Minister-at-War that the only guns for our service are breech-loaders; whereupon the Minister at War become a true believer, bites all brother ministers, who turn equally rabid with Armstrong mania. Without sufficient trial, and with an exclusion of competition, enormous outlays are made to uphold this breech load engineer. He makes a dead failure; yet, so strong is Armstrong, that he is allowed to back out of the principles - which originally made him an object of attention, and procured him the honour of knighthood; and he is now al lowed to make muzzle-lording guns, which he com menced by abjuring, against Whitworth, who al ways considered breech-loaders a farce.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Feb. 7. SCLOPETRUM. Min CT IOW: IIT I Mil.4loMlieri. CAII BRIDGE. The nomination of candidates for the representa tion of Cambridge took place yesterday morning in front of a temporary hustings erected before the Town-hall. Mr. Alderman Henry Smith, mayor, presided. Mr. C. BALLS proceeded to nominate Mr. Francis Sharp Powell. The motion was seconded by Mr. D. Adams. Mr. Alderman E. RICE next proposed Mr. H Fawcett, the motion being seconded by Mr. MAC- MILLAN. Mr. POWELL then addressed the electors at con siderable length. The foreign policy of the coun try he denounced as in many respects a meddling and impertinent policy. As a proof of this he re ferred to the recently published despatch on the Roman question. Owing to the course pursued by Earl Russell we have been told by Napoleon to mind our own business, and have received a well merited snub from the Pope. He considered we ought not to interfere in the American question, bnt he must add, also, that he-defied any person to say that he had uttered one word in favour of the maintenance of slavery, for he believed that its abolition would raise the negro in the scale of civilisation and humanity. AVitn regard to the public finances, he said that last year to less than seventy-one millions and a half of money had been spent, and in order to maintain that they had a bloated system of taxation, the most important part of which was the income-tax. He should specially direct his attention to the reduction of that tax. He should oppose any augmentation of the Maynooth grant and the unconditional abolition of Church rates, though he was open to entertain any proposal to compromise the latter question. He should up hold the spread of education among the working classes, and of the principles of the Church of Eng land in public and private li fe, a nd all social matters. Mr. FAwcETT, who followed, said, after allusion to local matters, that he was in favour of and would support the present Administration generally, and that, though that support would not be unqualified, he would especially uphold the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston. Mr. Fawcett treated with ridi cule "the snub of the Pope" and the interference of the Emperor of the French. He desired a reduction of the income-tax; was not opposed to the Church of England. He would have every one placed in unison, so far as civil and educational privileges were concerned. One seat might decide the fate of the Administration, and so all England was looking to this contest ; but he had come in and spoilt the " nice little arrangement" made in favour of what was called " Conservative reaction." In conclusion, Mr. Fawcett announced, as Mr. Powell on his own part had done before him, his thorough belief in his success. The MAYOR having called for a show of hands, it was declared to be in favour of Mr. Fawcett. The poll will take place to-day. REPRESENTAT ION OF HAnwicn.—ln anticipation of an early dissolution of Parliament, Mr. Michael Wills, of Mecklenburgh-square, has issued an address t o t h e e lectors, announ cin g his intention to contest the borough of Harwich. It appears from Mr. Wills' address that he is in favour o f a £lO count y franchise, and the a bolition of church rates. He approves the general policy of the present Government, but considers the national ex penditure excessive ; and ho would support a reduction of the tea, sugar, and tobacco duties, and a revision of the income tax. The borough, it may be remembered, is at present entirely in the hands of the Conservatives. REPRESENTATION OF BANDON.—Mr. John King ston Sullivan, solicitor, has addressed the electors of the borough of Bandon Bridge. The representation is also sought by the Hon. W. Bernard, brother of the deceased member, and brother of the Earl of Bandon. REPEAL OF THE MALT DllTY.—Encouraged by the success which attended the agitation carried on by the late Hop Duty Repeal Association, the leading farmers and agriculturists of the county of Kent have formed a society to obtain the repeal of the malt duty. A public meeting, to which the several farmers' clubs and agricultural associations throughout the kingdom have been : invited to send deputations, will be held in London on Monday next, and it has also been resolved to openoa ce c tral office in the metropolis for the business of the Bjoy.. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Feb. 10.—In yarns there has been almost a total cessation of business. To tffect sales sellers would liaise to accept Id. per lb. under the rates of Friday, and even at that decline it is doubt ful whether the buying VI mild have been large. There have been many low offers made for the pur pose of testing prices, and in order to see how tar spinners wouid go in accepting a decline, but we hear of very little business resulting from them. The cloth market has also been very inactive since Friday. There has, indeed, been an almost total absence of business for all markets. Manufacturers and holders of cloth on speculation show a certain degree of firmness, but in cases where sales have been made to day there has been more or ;ess of con cession in prices. The cause of depression appears to be the same as that in the cotton market at Liver pool, and there can be no doubt that it arises in a great measure from a growing apprehension that the American struggle is approaching a close, and that a settlement w ill b e e ff ec t e d e i t h er t h roug h mediation or the exhaustion of the belligerents. What such an impression may be worth is another question. There are telegrams from Bombay and Calcutta. The latest from Calcutta (26th January) reports shirtings 2 to 4 annas (3d. to 6d.) higher, and yarns firm; and that from Bombay (27th of January) shows some improvement there, These advises, however, have led to no increase of business in this market, but though the operations have been few We do not hear of many sellers who are pressing sales. The advice to a recent date give the prices of cotton. cloths in India and China at 6d. to 7d. per lb. below the buying prices here, which is equal to 4s. to 4s. Bd. per piece on an 81b. shirting; so that there does not seem to be much probability of a resumption of shipments of any magnitude for those markets at present. Shippers appear to be of opinion that unfler no circumstances, even if the largo stocks still in India were cleared off, can we expect to have any considerable revival of trade at the present high rates. Messrs. Fender and Co. say :—" The whole question of the consumption of cloth is one of price. Will the same quantity be consumed, with cotton at 18d. per lb., that has been consumed when cotton was 6d. ? We think not." The periods when we have had the largest shiprents to all markets, and when dealers could push the sales of calicoes to the largest extent, have been those when the cost of cotton cloths here has been as low as ls. (and under that) per lb. The quotations here lest week were 2s. to 2s. id. per lb. (and these far from remunera tive to manufacturers at the current rates of cotton). Assuming that the fund which consumers of cali coes have to expend is about the same as in 1860, the measure of our trade at present prices will be something less than half what it was, even if the insufficiency of supply does not still further curtail it. Messrs. Pender and Co. estimate the cotton sup ply for the present year at 20,000 to 21,000 bales, against 48,000 bales per week in 1860, which, they say, will apparently be sufficient for the demand anticipated. Whether millowners can be induced. to use up even the supply of cotton we now have depends very much upon price and upon the Weediness of the cotton market, which at present is subject to great fluctuation and to sudden checks through the spirit of speculation which manifests itself from time to time. The prospects of our ope rati. es, therefore, whatever the returns as to a pre sent increase of employment may seem to indicate, cannot be very cheering until we have a larger and cheaper supply of cotton. To the present time the distress does not appear to have told upon the com mercial equally with the operative classes. In Man chester, for instance, where the mill operatives are in far less proportion to the total inhabitants than in surrounding towns, we have not yet that evidence of distress in closed houses and places of business which marked long periods of depressed trade prior to the repeal of the Corn Laws. In a return made at one of the periods referred to it was stated that upwards of '7,000 houses, shops, and places of busi ness were tenantless, and no one could walk through our streets, and especially into the suburbs, without evidences of ruin and decay meeting the eye. In the present crisis we have not yet reached this state of things, or at least the evidences of distress do not challenge attention to trio same extent or in the same way. If we have had only half the quantity of cloth to sell, it hes changed hands many times (owing to speculation), and it has been sold at double prices; so that agents have been enabled to reap double the amount in commission they would otherwise have been entitled to. Perhaps it is a misfortune, however, that under such circum stances business does not always flow in the same channels as formerly, and that while some business men, going in the olden and ap proved tracks, have not made rent and office ex penses, others, more alive to the exigencies and cir cumstances of the time and trade, have monopolised more than a fair share of the profits to be had. In stances are known of men who have made immense sums of money, apparently building up sudden for tunes amid the wreck and decay around them. Even manufacturers, in some instances, stepping out of their own line and entering the field of commerce, have realised fabulous amounts ; but such cases are rare, and millowners, as a rule, are, like their work psople, not only suffering severely from their in comes having bean suddenly cut off, but see their capital gradually wasting and in danger of disap pearing altogether. Nor can it be expected, if the present dearth of cotton long continues, that the exceptions pointed out in favour of the commercial classes will continue. A contracting business will naturally contract into few hands, and poverty and distress will spread till they they embrace men of all classes alike within their grasp. LEEDS, Feb. 10.—The cloth halls this morning have been very thinly attended, and very few goods were on offer of the kind which just now are most inquired after. A large clearance of low meltons and light spring fancies having taken place on Sa turday, the manufacturers have not had sufficient opportunity to replenish their stocks. No doubt any future supplies will be eagerly bought up, not withstanding the slight advance in price which took place at the end of last week. The trade in good plain cloths is almost at a stand, but some of the oldest houses in the trade anticipate a strong revival. This idea is encouraged by the fact that the trade is now much quieter than it has been known to be for a long time in the large districts where cloths are manufactured by an admixture of other materials with wool. NOTTINGHAM, 10TH.—At this l Exchange to day there was a good attendance o. merchants h al lauda ra nd h an u t fa e c tur ei. s. alteration verywa squ sl te ig t h b t. but firm, The dull advices from aLriverpßorool w ha n d n a e t t e s n w de er n e cy ab to ou ch t check sales in hosiery y n• same as on Friday. ROCHDALE, 9rll.—The flannel market has been rather quiet to-day. Some kinds of goods have been advanced in price by the manufacturers, which caused buyers to put some restriction upon their purchases and their orders. In Yorkshire goods there is a steady business at late prices. "Wools are very firmly held by the staplers, and a moderate business is doing. ACTS OF UNIFORMITY AMENDMENT BILL.—The bill which Lord Ebury has laid before the House of Lords proposes to repeal so much of the Acts of Uniformity as requires ecclesiastical functionaries to " declare their un feigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the Book of Common Prayer." Bnt the bill is to leave untouched the clause which requires such persons to declare " that they will conform to the Liturgy." The bill proposes also to declare that the enact ment which requires that morning or evening prayer be read before the preaching of a sermon or lecture, and that the lecturer be present at the reading thereof, is to be deemed to extend only to the case of a sermon or lecture preached by a lecturer properly so called, and not to a sermon preached by the incumbent or his curate. CHESS IN PARIS.—M. Kolisch, who now writes on chess in the Nord, has the following :—" A chess-soir6e took place a few evenings back at the residence of the Countess de Colbert. :Among the persons present were Mr. Paul Morphy, M. de Riviere, one of the best and M. Preti, the auth or o f s everal well known works. rs w r o l r a k y s e . - N e cannot unfortunately offer to our readers the games played on this and other occasions lately between Mr. Morphy and M. de Riviere ; we can only announce the result of five games played—three were won by U. de Ai" viere, and two by Mr, Morphy." ~~__ after sa. 7.19.0, 571 17s 6.15. f 4.!7.0. 2.0 6 4.3.0 2.4.9 l U. i;, : 5.15.61 1.t5.1 .9 28.9. 2.0.6 2.10.8 581 3.13