The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-30 00:00:00

4 -- 0 IT 4 7 i . MARKET. °°MAftILCI AND AL INTELLIGENCE. Th e ,. • CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. „.1 There i s Do ,. L quite so much firmness in the gene ;°: Die is Market this morning, a better feeling ,3".'Pecting the specie movement prevailing, and the o l utetocanks and private firms are consequently d more re willsg to negotiate first-class paper at 71 an Per c ent. Abe )'eet er 108' 00 0 in g o ld was ta k en i nto t h e B an k h ar c . . • et:inee Monday last th e i mports of spec i e have 12t s 900• to £1,228,200, and the exports to foreignal In the exchanges yesterday afternoon a ' g r t decline W as app arent i n several i nstances. m eeting rePort to b e presented at the forthcoming p ro rg of the B ank of Egypt states that the net of t 8 f a Rix months to Dec. 31, including a balance 44 145 9s• brought forward from the previous th e ' ear, amount to L 15,970 Os. 2cl. ; which enables the directors to recommend the usual dividend, at r il it . t e of 7 per cent. per annum for the half-year to I:, f ree of income tax, leaving £7,220 Os. 2d. dir ectors carried forward to the next account. The f k t. e n t° re hav e to announce that in consequence o lied, he Thurburn's intended return to Eng- f loc al a ll , e nee been obliged to resign the office o Of hi' rec tor in Egypt. While regretting the loss ifitisisltelnable services, the directors have the ( ",!tion. to state that they have arranged with 0 141; f : tisti ao (for s ome t i me an off i cer of the bank, th e -er wards a manager in Alexandria) to assume '4lBitien held by Mr. Charles Thurburn. At th Two O'CLOCK. 14 r,11 6 ?a ria Bour se thi s morn i ng, accord i ngto I hte Niters tel egram, the Three per Cent. Rent es 11 (Dieted 66f, 50c. C0t1)144 to-day have been 4- per cent. higher, d the in3Provenient has not been maintained, 4t h e ' W hich have been 90a t for money and and 4 8 4 11 44 ., are now only 90 1 respectively. Business the co e n e . 4 , 41111 , and the position of political affairs on tioo . 7. l , t nerit has again attracted considerable atten -46901;116 New Threes and Reduced Annuities 1 4 4' and Indian 5 per Cents, 1044 Fo reign M arket there is not much anima- De r ti t Price s are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 k • its., 1 862, are 67 I ; do. Consolides, 46. 4 ; 3 41 ' 6 I; Greek, 21/ ; Spanish Passive, i 4 4 4; do. Certificates, 131 ; Portuguese, 47z ; r ate ; I n n ' 87 4 881; Italian, 671 ; and the Confede- Th: 4ll, 47 49. operations in the Railway Share Market thov have eec, exceedingly limited, but prices generally d ! 2 )% 113 . ° f e firmness. Metropolitan have advance lotittit;:ft‘ Eastern, Great Western, Lancashire and Th, i t , te 88 ,, and North Western 10s. pt faro: °rei gn and Colonial undertakings remain i e r rates. tluic end Miscellaneous Shares there has t khib it - 1 little business negotiated, and quotations feW v ariations of importance. ; -- S 1 ter v4l-1 ;( SR PIJND b C till p S—CLOSING PRICES. 140 Ateo trigzs. l i Det e ,„ 111 01 s ly tto a ee t, 1 1 — • 1 ,,,,t Feb 4 9Ol "4, - Per n ‘...ticed . 901 If 44 4 44. t l i a te P e er s 'e ett et t 'i . . Jan. 7 elliti e ; April, 1 , 1894... s h l . tt e t ,..) 30 „ I _ 85 :?tt e ,T,' 30 'i, r 7 3 : 2 xPire Bth Jan., 1880 — • • Nee h T•ed s ea Ilpire sth April, 1885 — ~ • 'bitt.7 Bill T elegraph), Aug. b• , 8 , Xl,OO O, 2 , s 3 g. 1908. •-•'. 4 per Cent 4 dis 1 Itt e 500 I , i , on _ £lOO and £2OO k1bi•14,!46 dis otetit .TRB-NmENT Ditto A • loi „.,_ - - SECURITIES. oto roil jAk,r Cent., April 1874 — b l i tro Per cell , „tt e A eo elliat ‘• July, 1870 100 i •,4, 0 1,,Pet C ent • • Die 'Zillf eee ,, .• Oct. 1888 — titte . ,sper Paper,cen_ 4 per Cent .. Ik e d e t er cet , l ., :ittl. 1872 t "day 1879 — bi ti l) ltt e "'tares, 4 per bt., April 1861 bit t tol ld ditto Aug., 1866 Atu cilt ° o.d e 8r El,OOO 00u par tri tj kll t e ON FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 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"mo 2 bti lt 4 , 0 ........... tu e. ol ~ te r e tl t l . l o above P . a . y . abl; ... s L s ond .a. ),4t t le tr e o4 ° l l4 t.g Ex. 10 Florins. C its l l, s : l l 7 o e e t l la tz . -E Z IE I2 2 G sf t; il — D i t to Pe e, ,ti Certificates Aec r eent Per Cent., Ex. 25f L tili oti th. .• 1 861, Ex. 25 francs ' —.-- llirt)l4 7s. i• ......... .. to 4 1 04 3 , TWO O'CLOCK. tive etce rp tln ......... ...'• ........ .. .. .. .. k 0 01 c---------vi to, et be. ___________..______ottola Mar ket —This Day t tio a rse / o) tter to Por t q ne to-day. Sales 4,000 bales or • ,33 81 .-------.7.----- --- ---------- I lA t° tep ,_______________ 14 G— This D ays kt. l 'bolv 4 1 : elf 'J ----- - ltiN'l e . Node -ail• o. Wind this day at noon—South tato breeze, and very fine weather. la ,4 4 44,1,,, . 29.---Wind S.E.--Sailed—Amoor, for kililNA.; ktiiiizt-,t) Jan, 20...—Ni;rind N.E.—Sailed—Hyalmer, 4e:t4t o.,,,\____ k10 1i tt,,: 14 14 1 , 4 i - FroM'S; AND SEDUCTION. —In the tt ty ,4) eoart, Guildhall, yesterday, Mr. 44 a \ Nt ' °tte t and a jury were engaged in trying the 1,144, 01.164:1,1:4'):.b.rweazh Nol! promise of marriage and seduc- Ztl .1\4 14, '__ L L iss Nelson, a ged 24 years,.daugh; INkr:l4, 4,1, )4, an auctioneer carrying on business a to r , i, e , the defendant was Mr. Coleman, manager Ni444ltill,l,lha te,°?"latt and Co., contractors, Aldershot, from NlBl4, N ° e d Li a month and his board and lodging. ,fot, c,e zi to a Market committee, but was not pos- Iltitt, ' , Ler 1 . 4 ~. a t erne In 1869 he was introduced to the 1._.1-..;:e.tn,.44:Zytnd subsequen'tl.y obtained . her parent's ;IS`atl4 Iti ß h , r. Y her s under which promise he succeeded. + i, l 4 iqt,,: " 14 she was now pregnant. He had since •Itti,i triarz.,;"o which he stated that he should not be 'I at i,i l `,l' Unless her father gave her £l,OOO, which 41 0T) 5 k t tt 4t?'o Power of Nlr. Nelson to do, The damages °CI, a mt the jury returned a verdict for SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share Railways. Paid) Closing Business Price. clone. ' Bir., Wol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 8 8i 1 8i 84 f 6 120 f 12t 7 4 Do A A gets no div till Op c.p an. haf , Do. B /been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June., Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.' Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 37 39 16 17 96 97 106 108 49 50 46 48 7 U 8i Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland ;Great Western 128 129 1344 135 i 134 136 97 99 65 Gsi Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brig S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lou. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shAres... Metropolitan !Midland 1. Do New 110 1101 70 72 103 104 41 43 i 107 1074, 102 1(3 501 51 98 100 129 i 1291 98 100 Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Ker t Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds 52 63 25 16 103} 103! 69 60 904 91i Do York Do Carlisle 'North London Do New North Staffordshire 125 130 1 77 7 2 9 p 11 11} 123 126 43 45 98 100 'N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Welchpooi ;Shropshire Union South Devon ... . South Eastern South W.des ,S. York. and River Dun 6tatnes,Wok.,andWok. Stockton . Darlington Do Do New, 1836 Taff Vale.. ...... Do B Do C Ulster 63 64 33 36 64i e 5 98 100 91 10i :18 39 9; 10i 74 8 16J 105 p Si St (• 3 Si p Do Do Vale of Neath 'Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford dt Kilkenny West Cornwall 85 90 170 175 22 25 IW. Hartlepool Har.ctß.' West Midland -Oxtord NewportUo Do Hereford BRITISH PI Hallways mantic & St Lawrence Bom.,BarodaJz.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lime Huron Do. Preference Burialo,BrantAGodrich 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187'2 1 Do. do. July 1, 187:5 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lll4, Cape Town .0 Dock Seri) hlastn. Bengal gu. 5 p, h;ast Indian; gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. (.3 Ext...., Do, do. H do. .. . Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred_ Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d Piet stock ... Do. do. deferred._ Do. 4th l'ref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndtal'entn.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. n... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada. Shares Do. New ... • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. a. do. '77-8.... Indian. Branch Limited Madras., guar., 5 p. 0. Do. 41 p. 0. Extension Do. 44 Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. Melb. & laobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. nortg. Bds. Newßrunswick et Cands Class A and B. pe Ist pt bds Soinde .• .• Delhi Do. do • • Do. Punjaub •• • • Do. Do. •• •• • • Do. Indus. St. Flo. SSESSIONS. Closing Price. 59 - 417 t 103 IC4 i 1 P i 1 p 51 6 8 0 ICO lo•>, 101 103 105 106 103 'lO4 P 19i 20j 73 75 58 61 66 68 50 55 50 52 40 12 26 28 22 g 4 163 105 t I p 102 104 9i 10 11 100' 92 94 E 5 87 i - 1O 1 04 97 99 82 96 58 63 3 5 82 84 102 104 102 104 * 11 3 102 lot 9s 100 T SECURITIES. 100 102 103 105 103 105 00 D 2 90 92 ,106 108 109 111 109 111 107 109 110 112 109 106 B 7 109 101 103 99 100 99 10 99 100 107 109 103 105 108 110 108 110 10 111 6 c 1 381 594 670 680 67i 70 id par 27 28 7 71 41 51 10 12 41 41 141 151 41 51 96 38 31 4 17 19 6 4 7 14 p d SO 90 21 2 2 1 2f 5 54 44 46 430 440 157 i 62i 28 30 I 9 20 il 12 54 56 190 200 80 85 3 , 37 1} 11 13i 14¢ 155 165 25 26 3 3} PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4a per cent. pl., 98k Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prt., 103 681 271 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Bahia and San Francisco (lira) gua. 7 per cent.. In Recife and San Francisco (11m.), gua. 7 per cent.,j7& San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 20i A FOREIGN MMES. Cape Copper, lim.. 8 * United Mexican (lim„ Worthing. (limited), Yudananiutana of S. Australia (Um.), 2f JOINT-STOCK BANKS. &Mance Bank of Lon :on and Liverpool (lira), 45 1 Anglo Austrian, 6 / 1 Australasia, 75 41 Bank of Egypt, 27; 81 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 41k 2 Consolidated Bank, lint., 101 Imperial Bank (lira.), 26; 1 7 Imperial Ottoman, l7} 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint., 4 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 51 50 Ditto, new issued, at 16 pm, 3 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27; London and Colonial (Um.), 01 London and County, oi 51 London and South African, 261 London and South American, lint, 8 9 Mercantile and Exchange. lint., 16 1 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lint), 2l} Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (11m. , , ...6i Union of London, 421 MISCELLANEOUS. Discount Corporation, limited, 101 111/ East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Um., 4; Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, Um., 6L a 7 General Steam Navigation, 28 International Financial Society, 12a a Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 8 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 81 Joint .stock Discount, lira., 61 a London Financial Association, Urn., 25a Mercantile Credit Association, lira., st National Discount Company, lim., 10a National Steam Navigation, Um., 4a North British and Mercantile Insurance, Um., 201 Ocean Marine (Insurance), 20a 6 Royal Mail Steam. 79} 9 Scottish Australian Investment, Um., 116 Societe Financiere d e;gypte, lira., 4a Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), m., 61 Universal Marine (insurance) lim., 54 DEATH from YD ROPH 0 BIA .—Yesterday morn ing a Mr. Thomas Junes, 42 years of age, died at his residence, Alma-street, New North road, from the effects of the bite of a mad dog, inflicted in November. At the time Jones's hand was much lacerated, but he was so much better on the 21st instant that he returned to his work as a porter on the Great Northern Railway. On Tues day, however, be was obliged to put himself on the sick list, and on Thursday evening he exhibited all the worst signs of hydrophobia, and it required the united exertions of four or five men to hold him down. Ho died early yes terday morning after enduring great agony. 13.14.' , t 1.16.4 12.10 d t 'is' Z' , a 6, t•lbe, 1 COLONIAL GOVER. OY. %kJ id) I 1877-81 Do. p. c. Feb. Aug Do. Bp. cal ar. Sept. Do. 6 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, 8 p 0,1873 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 189 t Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent ,N.B.Gov. a p.c. J a.&Jul) 100. 6p. c.A p. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p '.,180 Du. 5 p. c.,18r1 to It. 7€ , Do. do., iBBB Stupwds ,New Zealand 6 p cent. Nora Scotia Gov. 6 p. c 1 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c ,S.Aus G6p.e..1673.,5z up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 D.o. A.D.ALOot.. BRITISH MI: Cambrian Consol. Gold Glittord Amalgamated Devon G.Con..;Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Carttdon ...... East Carn Brea... S. tV l Russel (Tavistk.; GamxtSt.Aubyn(Gwen , G reat South Tolgus !G. Wheal Vor (Uelaton !Grenville I tlerc..d's-loot fling - Bton Downs Lady Bertha Niargaret (LJny Lelaut 3larke Valley.. Ntyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; New Seton North Downs N. Wh'i Baseet(lllo4au North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey; Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 'South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, Stray Park ramar Silv.ez Lead Kin rin Cron West Basset (Illogan) W radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan)' Wheal Buller(ltedruth) ' Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudeott Wheal MaryAnn;Llen ) Wheal Cieton Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) !Wheal Union 2.14.0 3.4.0 8.9.0 178 10 6.16. ( 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 Vi 4.3.0 14if 10.6.7 118.18.9 ;30.17.6 2.0.8 3.0.8 8 581 7 3.17 , 3.1:0 2.6.9 THE SITN, LOIN DON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1864. i ffur t • AVY HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 29. Her Maje6ty- the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, embarked in the Royal yacht Fairy, Commander Simpson, R.N., yesterday morning, and visited the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley, attended by the IVlarchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mrs, Bruce, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, Colonel H. Ponsonby, Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulpb, and Mr. Buff. Countess Blucher had the honour of accompany ing her Majesty, Her Majtsty, with Prince Leopold and the suite, lanled at Netley at a quarter before 12 o'clock, and was received by Colonel Wilbraham, C 8., com mandant, and the officers of the establishment, who conducted her Majesty to the Hospital. The Queen went over the various parts of the establishment to inspect the arrangements, visited the kitchen, and entered the wards where the sick are treated, and made inquiries of several of the patients as to their condition. Dr. Anderson, In spector-General, attended her Majesty with the medical staff of the Hospital. Mrs. Shaw Stewart, the Superintendent-Genera of Female Nurses, and Dr. Minter, of the Roya yacht, were also in attendance. At a little before 1 o'clock the Queen re-embarked and returned to Osborne. The Earl and Countess of Derby arrived at Os borne yesterday. The Duke of the Manchester is expected to arrive in town on Wednesday next, to dine with the Con servative peers at the Earl of Derby's Parliamentary dinner. The Duke of Richmond will arrive at his resi dence in Grosvenor-crescent, on Wednesday next, for the meeting of Parliament. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salibbury arrived at their residence in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, last evening from Paris. The Earl and Countess Russell entertained his Excellency the DAnish Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Countess Wachtmeister, Prince Gortschakoff, Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr, and Miss Gladstone and the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton, Hon. George Elliot, Sir Edwin Landseer, Mr, William Harcourt, Mr. C. Dickens, &c., at dinner last evening at their residence in Chesham place. After dinner a select party assembled, the company including his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, his Excellency the Prussian Ambassa dor and the Countess Bernstoiff, Madame Musurus and Madlle. Musurus, his Excellency the Saxon Minister, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, Count Paumgarten,Baron Beck Friis, Viscount Sudley, Lady Cos= Russell, Hon. W. and Mrs. Vernon, his Excellency the United States Minister and Mrs. and Miss Adams, the Earl of Albe marle, Mr. and Lady Georgians Romilly, Mr and Lady Elizabeth Romilly, the Countess Dowager of Westmore land and Lady Rose Fane, Mr Van de Weyer, &c. The Earl and Countess of Derby will return to town to-day from visiting her Majesty at Osborne, Isle of Wight. Lord and Lady de Manley and the Hon. Miss Ponsonby, Lord Portman, the Right Hon. Edward Bou verie, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Bouverie, and Mr. Alfred Bulkley (of the Admiralty) are at present on a visit to the Earl of Radnor, at his lordship's seat, Coleshill House, Berkshire. THE , SCHOOLMASTER ADROAD.—It is by no means a matter of congratulation for those who speculate on the great improvement which has taken place in the education of the working class that, at an inquest held on Saturday last in this town, 11 out of 14 jurors were unable to write their own names. Yet such is the fact. Fortu nately it did not require but the most ordinary capacity to arrive at a verdict, after the coroner fully explained the nature of their duties. Let us hope that in the next gene ration such a circumstance as we chronicle will be as great a rarity as the friends of education will desire.—.Dundalk Examiner. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.—The traffic re ceipts of the railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending 29th January, 1861, upon a mileage of 11,156, amount to £545,743; being equal to £4B 18s. per mile. For the corresponding week of last year the receipts were £489,250; the number of miles open, 10,6991, or £l5 14s. per mile, A comparison of the two weeks shows an increase in the aggregate receipts of £50,493; and of miles open, 457}; being at the rate of £123 10s, per mile. On the lines having termini in the metropolis the increase has been on the Blackwell, £10; Great Eastern, £2,193; Great Northern, £5,877; Great Western, £4,947; London, Chatham, and Dover, £1,955; London and North Western, £8,750 ; London and South Western, £242; Metropolitan Extension (London, Chatham, and Dover), £640; Mid land, £5,285; North London, £187; South Eastern, £4ll, On the Metropolitan lines there is a decrease—upon the Brighton, £851; Metropolitan, £497. On the principal lines in England and Wales there has been an increase in the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,501; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire, £3,132 ; North Eastern, £4,845 ; North Stafford, £906. On the Scotch lines the Caledonian shows an increase of £2,098 ; the North British, £1,032 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £1,239; Scottish North East ern, £232. In Ireland the principal increase has been upon Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford, £617; and Ulster, £459. On 50 lines of railway, with 9,878} miles open, the returns of which enable us to distinguish the receipts of goods and mineral traffic from those of passenger traffic, the aggregate receipts for goods and minerals were £298,675 ; and for the corresponding week of 1863, on the same number of lines, with 9,6384 miles open, £260,903; showing an increase of £37,772. The receipts from passenger traffic on the same lines were £206,320; for the corresponding week of lost year £188,956, showing an increase of £l7,36l.—Railway News. THE ACCIDENT AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL.— Last evening the medical report at St. Bartholo mew's Hospital as to the state of the man who was injured by the lions at the Agricultural-hall on Thursday was that he was "doing well." The severe injuries he had sustained to the right hand and arm rendered necessary the imme diate removal of the hand. This was performed by Mr. Lawrence, the senior surgeon of the hospital. The shock to the system renders his case very precarious. THE ALLEGED POISONING AT HAYLE.—Mr. Richard Ope Millett, the surgeon of Penpol, who is in custody on the charge of poisoning his brother, Mr. Jacob Carnew Millett, was again brought before the magis • trates at Hayle, on Thursday. The substance of the evi dence given in the first examination of the prisoner was published in our impression of Tuesday last, and it may be remembered that up to that time nothing of a weighty character had been adduced in support of the charge. A lad named Rawlings, 13 years of age, who had dined at Mr. Millett's on the day when the deceased was taken ill, was the first witness examined. He narrated the common place events of the dinner table, and, as far as the inquiry was concerned, it seemed difficult to understand why he had been called. The same might be said of William Bryant. William Gilbart, Mary Mitchell, William o:iver, and Ed win E ',muds, a surgeon, whose respective statements were entirely devoid of evidence at all tending to establish the charge made against the prisoner. The magistrates then adjourned the inquiry to Saturday. THE FATAL ACCIDENT To A COLUMBINE,—Mr. John Humphreys, Middlesex coroner, held an adjourned inquest yesterday respecting the death of Miss Mary Ann Thorne, a Columbine at the Pavilion Theatre, who was known to the public as Madame Marie Charles. It will be recollected that during a performance of the pan tomime at this theatre on the evening of the 6th inst., the dress of the deceased caught fire and she was so severely burnt that she died at the London Hospital a few days afterwards. The question for the jury was whether the gas lights which ignited the deceased's dress were protected, and also whether precautions had been used by the manager for the safety of the ballet corps. It appeared from the evidence given yesterday that the accident was caused through the deceased stepping over the board which was placed in front of some gas jets, and that she had stated that it was entirely her own fault, she having gone between two rows of gaslights, which she was warned were danger ous. A damp blanket, which was kept at the side of the stage, was thrown over her when her dress caught fire. The jury returned the following verdict—" That the de ceased died from the effects of burns arising from her dress taking fire at a ground-light while performing on the stage at the PavilionTheatre, and that her death was accidental ; and the jury recommend that in future the dresses of ballet dancers should be rendered non -inflammable, and that all ground-lights should be protected, and the coroner is re quested to forward these suggestions now to the Lord Chamberlain." LONDON STEEET TRAFFIC.—The Midland Rail. way Company are stated to be carting about 100,000 tons of goods a year through the streets of London. But it is a prodigious mistake to suppose that these goods are carted to the southern lines. They are intended for the warehousee , of the London merchants and warehousemen. Not more than 10 tons a day come up from the Midland Railway to the southern Railways. The goods traffic between the lines on the north and those on the south of the Thames is, in truth, very small, and little street traffic would be saved by the proposed circular lines. The coal traffic is perhaps an exception, although it would have to compete with the cheaper carriage by water. About 700,000 persons enter London every morning, and leave it at night for the suburbs and the country around. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Chief Justice Erie and Justices Williams, Keating, and Bylea.) TILELWELL V. THE HON. MANOR C. YELVERTON. Mr. D. Bruce, on the part of the plaintiff, moved that the service of a copy of the declaration and notice to plead in this action on Messrs. Tippett and Co., of Size-lane, agents in London of Messrs. Lang and Adams, of Edinburgh, the solicitors of Major Yelverton in the proceedings in the ap peal from the Court of Session in Scotland, relating to the marriage of the defendant with his wife, into the House of Lords, and also by leaving a copy of the same with Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, his army agents, might be held good service. The action was trougbt by the plaintiff, a merchant of Hull, to recover the sum of £730 12e 2d, on a judgment obtained by the plaintiff in the courts in Ireland, in an action brought by him against the defendant to recover the sum of £259 17s 3d for board and lodging of the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton, the wife of the defendant, the costs in the proceeding amounting to £l7O 14s I Id. The writ in the present action was issued as far back as July, 1863, but the defendant having absented him • self from this country, they had been unable to find out his residence until the 2d January last, when it was discovered, by the aid of the French police, thaale was in Paris, and there he was served with a copy of the writ in the present action, but no appearance had been entered by the defendant to such writ, and it was now impossible to serve him personally with a copy of the declaration and notice to plead, as it was believed he had gone to Constantinople. The Court declined to grant the application, on the ground that the serving of the writ was so recent as the 2d of Jan. , and that the affidavits did not show what efforts had been made to serve the defendant, and directed that further efforts be made, the plaintiff to renew his application upon affi davits of such efforts. Application refused. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WINGRAVE V. ITINGRAVE. This was a petition presented by the husband praying for the dissolution of his marriage, on the ground of adultery . No appearance was entered by the respondent. The respondent, it appeared, separated from her husband, and then went to reside at a farmhouse, where she received visits from a person whose name was supposed to be Day. When the medical attendant was engaged, Mrs. Wingrave gave the name of Mrs. Day, and on the adultery being dis covered, she refused to answer any question relative to her intimacy with Day. At the conclusion of the evidence, the Judge Ordinary stated he was satisfied that the petitioner was not the father of the last child of respondent; and that opiuion was strengthened by the fact that when Mrs. Wingrave engaged the services of Mr. Morris, the surgeon, she said ber name was Day. There was no earthly object why she should have taken any other name but that of her husband without it was for purposes of concealment. The petitioner had clearly made out the allegations, and he was entitled to his decree nisi, SHIELDS V. SHIELDS. This was a petition presented by the wife, praying for dissolution of her marriage, on the grounds of cruelty and adultery. Dr. Spinks, for the petitioner, said in this case the parties previous to their marriage resided at Halifax. In a very short time after marriage the respondent fell into very dis solute habits, and ultimately became so addicted to drink that he entirely deserted his home of an evening and spent his time in public-houses in company with disreputable persons. Whenever he went home it was generally in the early hours of the morning, and then he used to ill-treat his wife in the most brutal manner. The other allegations in the petition would also be satisfactorily proved. Ann Shields, the petitioner, said after the marriage with the respondent they went to reside at Wednesbury, at the house of Mr. Shields' sister. He then commenced to fre quent public-houses, and on one occasion on her asking to stay at home he struck her a blow on the head. He ob tained a situation at Birmingham, and seldom returned home from business until morning, and then in a state of intoxication, She again asked him to give up his disso lute course, but he only flew in a passion and beat her. He took up a fire shovel one night and struck her with it. On another occasion he seized her by her throat and said he would make an end of her. She had seen him in com pany with women of bad character. Evidence to substantiate the other allegations in the peti ion having been adduced, The Judge Ordinary said it had been clearly proved that the respondent had treated his wife with great brutality, and he therefore thought she was entitled to the relief prayed for. Decree nisi granted. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Nlr. Comminioner Goulburn.) IN RE MARSHALL. This was an application for a release from custody. Mr. E. Reed opposed—He said that the bankrupt was in custody on a capias ; he was one of the partners of a firm at St. John's, Newfoundland, and was indebted largely to firms in Manchester and other places in England, and ho was arrested on the capias when he was on the point of leaving England. He (Mr. Reed) said that it had now been well defined that the court had no power to interfere in such a case, but the remedy was by application to the Court of Common Law. Mr, C. E, Lewis contended that the Court had juriadic ion to take bail. His Honour said that after the expression of opinion by the Lord Chancellor in the case of Colonel Waugh he would not grant the license, even on bail, the Lord Chan cellor having expressed his doubt whether the Court had jurisdiction to interfere with the common law rights of the creditors. He (his Honour) would leave the bankrupt to his remedy through the Courts of Common Law. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING FURNISHED LODGINGS--TWO CASES.—Char lotto Golden, a dressmaker, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing several articles from her ready-furnished lodgings at the house of Mr. Cutting, 42, London-street, Fitzroy-square.. _ _ Th e prisoner left her lodging s on T ues dlty last, and after she had gone several articles Were missed, and an envelope found in the room containing , the duplicate relating to the articles. Last night the prisoner was met by Mrs. Cutting and given into custody. Some of the articles having been produced by a pawn broker's assistant, Mr. Knox. remanded the prisoner. Elizabeth Brown was also charged with stealing several articles from her ready-furnished lodgings, at 25, Bucking ham-place, the property of Mr. W. Adderley, lodging-house keeper. She was remanded. WESTMINSTER. FRAUD AND FORGERY By WORKING MAN: William Hill, the gardener of Eccl eston-square, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Selfe, charged with fraudulently receiving and converting £lO to his own use, and forging a receipt for the same. Mr. C. W. Curtis , of 68 , Ecelest on - square , a merchant, Mr. Reginald Cust, barrister, conducted the prosecution. stated that Eccleston - square encl osure or pl eas ure ground was managed by a committee of the residents there, who annually elected a chairman for the current year, and as such received the money from the other residents for up holding the garden. and paid the necessary expenses. Pri • soner was appointed gardener in June, 1859. He was paid other accounts at the same time, which ) on Saturdays, by witness, who wages olso settled(l ss. hie were always entered in a book. Witness left town in July for 3 months, and depUted Mr. Glover, of 6, Belgrave-road, rady the current expenses. In ordered to get some turf for the he Augustsqu collectora re and laso tf t thhee prmi authorized aoonneey; A w i tao r, oP G lover to pay him £lO for it. Witness returned the latter end of September, and found the prisoner had had the m oney. Jane Anne Burt, the niece of Mr. Glover, said that on the sth of September the prisoner came to her and said he wanted £lO to pay for the turf, and she gave him that amount. A receipt for £lO was produced purporting to be signed said that the pri soner Mr. William Howard f or £lO p a id for the turf. sonMerr.hWilliamin the Howa rd, of habit o Streatham , dealing with hi m some ti me , and had paid him several amount s. He had the turf in question in September last, but he never paid for it at all. T by witness, and was not r te in n ec h ei i p his handwriting. produced handwri e tin w s. s n H ev e orhagindv se ubse quently sent in a bill to the committee. A question of law now arose as to the precise offence prisoner had committed, Mr. Howard having dealt with him personally. Atter a very long discussion between Mr. Selfe and Mr. Cust, as to the particular mode in which the charge should be shaped, Ptisoner, who admitted his guilt, was remanded for a week. THAMES. THE NEW MAGISTRATE. —Mr. John Paget officiated for the first time this day, He has succeeded Mr. Wool rych, who takes the place of the late Mr. Combo at the Southwark Police-court. Mr. Paget was called to the bar iR 1838, and his practice at the Liverpool sessions and on the Northern Circuit, in criminal matters, has been very extensive. Mr. Paget was appointed a fortnight ago, but did not obtain his commission until yesterday. Mr. Ingham, of the Wandsworth and Hammersmith Police courts, was to have presided at this court to-day. On his arrival he was agreeably surprised at finding Mr. Paget on the bench, and immediately afterwards left. Mr. Ingham Was not aware that Mr. Paget was sworn in yesterday until his arrival in court. MRS. ELIZA LUMLEY, tie niece of the former lessee of Her Majesty's Theatre, made her debut at the Italian Opera in Paris, in the Trovatore," with decided Moms, Her voice is a mezzo-soprano, of a flue quality. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. There was a seasonably good supply of fruit and vege tables at our market to-day. The trade ruled steady at the following rates ; FRUIT. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 5 oto 10 0 I Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0 Foreign do 1 6to 2 6 I Filberts, per lb .. 1 3to 1 6 Melons . . Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per laf-sv. 2 6to 4 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..3 6to 8 0 ; Peaches.. Lemons, per 100.. 3 6to 7 0 Currants, per ti.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hf sveo oto 0 0' Plums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0; Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 5 6 ; Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 oto 1 61 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 6 R , :d ditto 2 oto 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 1 oto 2 0 J Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 Bto 1 01 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 oto 110 0 1 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr lb ..0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6 to 3 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 ; Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 j Mint and savory.. 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 01 Radishes, dz hods 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 6 0' Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 2 oto 2 6 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 ; Rhubarb, per bun 1 oto 1 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Turnip radishes 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 1 3to 2 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od ; geese, 3s 6d to 7s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., is to is 2d; pigeons, Os Gd to Os 10d each; ,Surrey fowls, 8s Oct to 14s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Oct to 6s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 3s Od to 3s 3d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, 3s Gd to Os Oct ; partridges, is 6d to 2s 3d ; woodcocks, Os to 2s Od; snipes, Os to Os 9d; teal, is Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, is 6d to Os Od ; widgeons, is Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Gd to Os 8d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is 2d ; English, is to ls 4d per lb ; English eggs, lOs Od to 12s Od ; French dl., 8s 3cl• to lOs Od per 100 ; leverets, 2s Gd to Os Od ; grouse, Od to 2s 3d. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to ;.0d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 4s Od to 18s ; cod, 2s Od to 15s Od ; brills, 2e Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to sad ; lobsters, 3d to 38 Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 8s to 20s ; natives, 658 to 70s per bushel ; whitings. 2s Od to 5s • haddocks, 9s to 18s ; smelts, Os Od to Os O.; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per le?,; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d , mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d , 4 lamb, Od Od to Os Od; veal, 4s 6cl to 5s 4d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 38 6d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; veal, 4s 8d to 58 6d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81b8 by the carcase. . _ BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 7d , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2/d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 34d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4 d;1 901 b to 1041 b, 4d to 41d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, lOs Od to 13s 6d ; half-breds, 8s Gd to 10s 6d ; Downs, Gs 6d to 9s Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Gs Od. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Orontes, screw troop ship, Captain H. W. Hire, ►ill make her trial of speed and machinery, on the completion of her repairs, at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth, on the sth or 6th pros., before again proceeding on foreign troop service. Messrs. Penn and Son, and Messrs. Mandalay and Field, have each received orders from the Ad miralty for three pairs of engines with twin screws, similar in design and power to the engines of the screw launch Experiment, recently fitted by the steam factory department of Portsmouth Dockyard, and the experimental trials of which, both as re garded speed and steering power or capabilities of towing, have been attended with the most satisfac tory results. The engines for which the two firms named have the order will be fitted to the launches of six first-class ships in commission. The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander Wilson, ar rived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Cape of Good Hope ; and received orders to coal and pro ceed round to Woolwich to dismantle and pay out of commission. She left the Cape on the sth of December, called in at Ascension on the 26th, St. Vincent's on the 10th of January, and Madeira on the 20th. The Narcissus screw frigate, flagship of the admiral commanding at the station, was lying at anchor at the Cape when the Gorgon left, and the Zebra screw corvette was lying at Ascension. Mr. Strong and Mr. Smith, masters' assistants, R.N., with 34 naval invalids, came home in the Gorgon from the Cape and Ascension, and were yes terday transferred from the ship, at Spithead, to the Victory flagship in Portsmouth harbour. The Urgent screw troopship, preparing at Ports mouth for commission and troop service, under the command of Captain Henderson, late of the Megmra, was yesterday undocked from No. 8 dock and placed in the steam basin to complete her outfit. The Royal paddle yacht Alberta was afterwards placed in the same dock, to carry out alterations in her fittings and complete her paint ing, in readiness for service. Tne screw steamship St. George, 81, Captain the Hon. Francio Egerton, iz Plymouth Sound, just re tr-tied from Malta, was inspected on Thursday by Port:Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle, K.C.B. Her powder and ammunition are discharged. She will shortly go into Hamoaze to be stripped before the ore w are paid off. This will probably take place on the 10th proximo. The St. George has been in commission three years and eight months, during which time she has been chiefly employed on the North American and Mediterranean stations. The troopship Meguera, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, and, having transferred supernumerary seamen to the steam tender Trin culo for service in the Channel squadron, proceeded into Hamoaze to be refitted. The Trinculo, which had been waiting for the troop ship, left imme diately for Lisbon. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2a to £1 lOs per load. Trade dull. CIIMBERLAND.—AIeadow hay, £3 Os to £4lOB Od ; clover £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 103 per load. Supply moderate. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 108 per load. Trade inactive. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Jan. 29.—The uneasiness caused by the warlike prospects of the Continent, which ltd to all but a suspension of business some time ago is the market for cotton cloth, continues without much change and with much the same effect. This market, like the Liverpool cotton market, to-day has been very flat, and any business that has been effected has been almost of a forced character, and at lower prices. The state in which the money market was at Calcutta and Bombay, according to the latest letters, prevented many of the leading houses from being in a position to make remittances, and even the richest and wealthiest men were in this position. With such advices it will not be surprising that the houses here who are in the India trade are not doing much just now for shipping. The yarn market has also been very quiet, and there has scarcely been bUsiness enough to test prices. Some sellers, however, seem to think the feeling is less desponding than it has been, that prices have reached about the lowest point, and that we may possibly have a resumption of business next week, provided the fears engendered by the present war rumours should subside. During the flatness, which has now lasted something like a month, it is thought that a good many orders on shipping ac count will have accumulated, which would be exe cuted at present prices, if only the political horizon should clear a little. In home trade yarns some sellers leport rather more business, but it has not been of much account, and there is no change in prices. LEEDS.—The following is the trade report of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce for the month of Janu ary :—" In the woollen trade only . a very moderate amount of business has been done in the warehouses during the past month, as is almost invariably the case in the month of Januery. Business has been very quiet in the halls, the transactions having been principally to assort stocks. The manufacturers continue to be well employed, and are fairly sup plied with orders. The wool trade is without any material change, and has been in a very quiet state, but there has been a steady consumptive de mand at the same price as before. The English wool-market has also been very quiet, prices re maining Without any alteration. Shorts and nails as before. In fine flexes a moderate business has been done, but the maaket is without much animation. There has been no material change in prices, but rather lower rates have been in such cases submitted to. Tows and hemp have been very quiet. The spinners of yarns and threads continue very busy, but few orders have been offered. Prices are very firm. All branches of the iron trade continue good, and all makers continue busy. The machine makers are alsii very busy. The engineer tool trade is very brisk, and the works are all running full time, and with full complement of hands. There is an in creasing demand for locomotives and all descriptio. of railway plant, and large orders are in hamit The cut nail trade continues good. In the earl part of the month the leather trade was universally quiet, bat during the past fortnight there has b ,en a manifest improvement. Heavy loather has been in good request, and there has been a good demand for calf skins, light, shaved, and common dressing hides. Offal of all kinds continue scarce, and sei4a freely on arrival at advanced prices. Seed Crushing and Oil Trades—During the month rapeseed has varied a little in price, and is now quoted rather dearer than last month. Rape oil is in demand, and the consumption is on the increase in this de trict, as the manufacturers aro now using this oil. Prices are very firm. Linseed is more inquired for than last month, in consequence of the cold weather early in the month, which caused a brisk demand for cakes. Linseed oil is much wanted and prices are better. The home trade is now taking the oil as fast as it is made. Olive oil is in good consump tive demand at former rates. The prices at present ruling in the producing countries are relatively higher than here. The shoe trade is generally dull, although some considerable contracts have been entered into for foreign account. The paper trade continues to be better, and the makers ere pretty well employed. In the cattle market the numbers shown (four markets) were—cattle, 1,821 ; sheep, 12,960. There has on the whole been a fair demand. There has been a fair supply of wheat, the unsettled state of European affairs has a tendency to keep prices firm. In fine barleys a moderate business has been done. Beans and pease are without change. tj ROYAL SARCOPHAGL—The Peterhead Sentinel states that a stone has been successfully cut from the Caicngall Granite Quarry at Peterhead, ten feet long by about seven broad and three and a half deep ; it is to be cut into a sarcophagus, to rest on a pedestal. Two cysts are to be cut for the insertion of coffins, and lids left to be cemented down. The body of the late Prince Consort is . to occupy one cyst; and we believe it is the express wish of her Majesty that her own remains shall be deposited in the other, The obtaining of this stone has been a work of ex treme difficulty—one or two fine blocks having been re jected for flaws. The stone weighs above 18 tons, and will at once be dressed and polished. And, as compared with the month ending the 10th Jan., 1863, the above returns show an increase of £383,439 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £593,492 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : The English private banks are below their fixed issue The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue £445,231 Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,694,829 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. X 1,652,160 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £600,354 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 6th Jan. was £14,112,975, being an increase of £901,719 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £760,632 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 9th Jan.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,350,667 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2 ,00 7 ,210 £4,357,877 Being a decrease of £291,831 as compared with the previous return, and a decrease of £224,901 when compared with the corresponding period of last year. THE FORGET ME-NOT.—The forget-me-not is a name which has, like the pansy, been applied to a variety of plants. For more than 200 years it was given in England, France, and the Netherlands to the ground pine, Ajuga chamaspitys. From the middle of the 16th century until 1821 this plant was in all botanical books called forget me•not, on account of the nauseous taste which it leaves in the Veronicadry s s y the mouth. Some of the o ld German botanist s gave the onrainTeeuVcie•irugmissbmotryeins.nicF mhotrtgolethteo C ha m n wig icke, the correspond- T in h g is D p a l li a i n s t h was in' name , was given English called the "speedwell," from its blossoms falling off and flying away, and "speedwell" being an old form of leave-taking, equivalent to " fare well " or "good-by." The ancient English name of the Mysotis palustris was mous e - ear - scorpion -grass ' • the p h rase mouse-ear describing the sm a ll oval leaves, and the epithet scorpion the curve of the one-sided racime, like the scorpion's tail. In the days of chivalry, a plant which has not been ascertained, was called " Souveigne vous de moy," and woven into collars. In 1465 one of these collars was the prize of a famous joust, fought between a French and an English knight. Certain German botanists, as far back n as am t h e e f o sixteenth, rget.in e century, zot to the i‘seeint, .however, to have given the ysot is palustris; and borne on the wings of the poetic legend of a lover losing his life while gathering a pretty river-side flower for his sweetheart, and throwing it to her, crying, "Forget me not I" with his last drowning breath, this name is now inseparably connected with the flower; and certainly, the lovers are more plea santly associated with it than the mouse's car and the scorpion's tail,—Dickens's " 411 the Year Round." 107 4 494- 150 1351 1 5 65f 110 i f 104 3f 107 f f f 10 3 51f 994 981 100 12 u i = 9l ~ Business done 106 103¢ 13 104 3 / 4 4 t Melancholy Occurrence to a Barrister. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lankester, coroner for Central Middlesex, and a jury of inhabitants of Mary lebone, assembled in the dining-room of the house, No. 100, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, to investigate as to the death of its late owner, Richard Leigh Trafford, Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 63. The evidence went to show that the unfortunate gentleman, who had formerly been a county court judge, bad retired from his office on account of grow ing infirmities and deafness, On the previous Fri day evening about 6 o'clock, he went out for a walk, and was crossing the road from Gloucester-park to wards George-street, Portman-square, when a cart, driven by a youth named James Fellars, came sud denly round the corner of George-street; the youth called to the deceased, who had got two or three paces from the kerb, three or four times, and endea voured to pull up, but before he could do so the horse struck the deceased and knocked him down, and the right-hand wheel passed over his body. The wit nesses generally concurred that, in their belief, had deceased not been deaf he might have heard the youth call out and have escaped. They also said that the cart was not being driven at a furious pace, and they did not attribute blame to the driver. The deceased's servant, who was some few yards behind him, going in the same direction, ran and assisted him up, and he was able to walk to his residence, but a short distance off. He complained of being much hurt, and Dr. W. J. Little was sent for and found he had sustained very severe injury to the ribs and side by the cart going over him. He died on Thurs day morning. The impression on the mind of de ceased, who was quite sensible, was, that the driver had not sufficient control over the horse. James Feliars, who was before the court, and professionally represented, offered to make a state ment, but the jury thought it unnecessary, and re turned a verdict of " Accidental death." BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Jan. 9. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 6th Jnn. (the nearest date furnishesl by their returns) will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Dec. 12, Jan. 9, 1 1863. 1864. Increase. ?Decrease Bank of England... 1 20,704,586 20,075,403 1 £629,183 Private Banks ; 3,220,025 3,115,544 10 i,481 Joint-stock Banks 1 2,899,31 E 2,829,127 70,191 Total in England i , 26,823,929 26,020,074 ---- 803,855 Scotland ' 4' • 634,6 ,- 4 4,301,431 338,233 I Ireland , 6,940,253 5,664,140 276,113 I United Kingdom. ' 37,403,846 35,985,615 1,418,201 ____ SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. FRANKFORT. FRAN KFORT, San. 29.—1 n the Diet yesterday the motion of Electoral Hesse to hasten the discussion on the question of the succession, the demand of the Federal commissioners on the subject of the convocation of the Chambers in Holstein, L‘nd the petition of the deputation from this latter country were referred to the committee. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. AMERICA. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) (Per the Africa via Ruche's Paint.) (Per Telegraph to Halifax.) NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (Afternoon). The diplomatic correspondence has been laid before the Congress. Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Adams ;n October last that the United States insist and must continue to insist that the British Government is responsible for the damages which American citizens sustain by the Alabama's depredations, and Mr. Seward cannot instruct Mr. Adams to refrai❑ from pressing the claims he has in his hands referring to Mr. Laird's rams. In September Mr. Seward writes Mr. Adams that the Navy Department has not any vessels which can be spared from Charleston ade quate to resist those rams, which may be expected to attack New York, Boston, Portland, Charleston, or New Orleans. Can the British Government, says Mr. Seward, suppose that such an assault can be made with British-built, armed, and manned vessels without arousing the whole American nation and rendering a retaliatory war inevitable. The political debates throughout the country show that the United States would now accept an unprovoked foreig❑ war with more unanimity and cheerfulness than at any former period. The nation, after two years war, has overcome the sense of fear, whil its temper is highly excitive. It believes there are n 3 limits to its ultimate ability of self-defence. For the interest of both countries, I hope no blow will fall from the hands of British statesmen, which will render peace impossible after the detention of the rams." Mr. Seward requests Mr. Adams to inform Earl Russell that the Federal Government will here after hold itself obliged, with even more cause than heretofore, to endeavour to conduct its inter course with England, so that the civil war, when terminated, will leave to:neither nation any per, manent cause for discontent. Mr. Seaward wrote to Mr. Dayton in September last that the United States held in regard to Mexico the same principles as towards all nations. They have, he said, neither the right nor the dism position to intervene forcii)ly in Mexican affairs whether to establish a Republican or domestic Government, or to overthrow an Imperial or foreign Government. The United States practice in regard to Mexico is non-intervention, whih they require all foreign powers to ob. serve in regard to the United States. Notwithstanding this self-restraint the United States knows well that the internal normal opinion of Mexico favours Republican Government. The United States do not deny that, in their opinion, their own safety and the destiny to which they aspire are ultimately dependent upon the con'. tin uance of Republican institutions throughout America. These opinions are submitted as worthy of the Emperor's consideration in determining how he would conduct and close what might prove a successful war in Mexico. If France adopted a policy in Mexico adverse to American opinions and sentiments, that policy would scatter seeds fruit• ful of jealousies which might ultimately ripen into a collision between France and the United States and other American Republics. In October last, referring to an intimation of M. Drouyn de Lhnys that an early acknowledgment of the Mexican empire by the United States would be cony onient to France, Mr. Seward writes : The United States are of opinion that the permanent establishment of a monarchical government will be found neither desirable nor easy. The United States continue to regard Mexico as the theatre of a war which has not yet ended in the submission of the Government long existing there; therefore the United States are not at liberty to consider the quel;- tion of recognising a government which in the fur ther chances of war may come into its place. The United States cannot do otherwise than leave the destinies of Mexico in the keeping of her own people, and recognise their sovereignty and independence in whatever form they them selves shall choose that this sovereignty and inde pendence shall be manifested, In December last Mr. Seward writes to the Ame rican Minister in Mexico : ." No contingency is now anticipated in which you will be expected to address yourself to any other government than that to which you aro accredited." Private letters received in San Francisco assert hat the ➢Zexican General Dios attacked and cap. ured Arizaba from the French by assault on the .Bth Dec. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Jan. 21, Evening. A downward reaction has taken place in gold to day, the price falling to 553, closing at 57. Ex change on London, 172; Paris, 3.24. There was much excitement in stocks yesterday at higher prices. To-day, however, the market closed heavy. New York Central, 1363 ; Illinois, 1294; Erie, 1081 i 6 per cent U.S. Bonds, 1043. Cotton advancing. Middling Upland, 841, Flour, wheat, and corn declining. Provisions heavy. Coffee, good inquiry. Sugar advancing, Molasses steady. Petroleum inactive. Crude, 31 32. Refined, 47 48. _ NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (Evening). It is rumoured that Longstreet is advancing ort Knoxville, reinforced by two divisions of Lec'4 army. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER,--FRIDAY. Notwithstanding the publication of acceptances for the Chester Cup, no impetus has been given to speculation on that event in this market, as 20 to 1 is offered on the field, wtthout meeting with a response. For the Two Thousand Guineas Paris has become an equal favourite with Fille do l'Air, 11 to 2 being taken freely about each. On the Derby several important movements have taken place. Scottish Chief is steady, 10 to 1 being taken ; and Coastguard has advanced to 15 to 1 (taken), whilst 1000 to 35 has been ac cepted about Birchbroom, and 40 to 1 about Idler. At any advance upon 16 to 1 Forager would have been supported to money, hut the layers declined to accommodate backers by laying 17 to 1. The betting on the Waterloo Cup continues languid, but there seems a great disposition to invest on Lord Lurgan't4 and Mr. H, Haywood's nominations. Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. 20 to lon the field (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 11 to 2 agst Fille do l'Air (taken freely) 11 to 2 agst Paris (taken freely) 13 to 2 agst Cambuscan (offered) 10 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 14 to 1 agst Paris (offered) 15 to 1 agst Coast Guard (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Cambuscan (offered) 16 to 1 agst Forager (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Birch Broom (taken) 40 to 1 agst Idler (taken) THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUE. 10 to 1 agst Mr. H. Haywood's nomination (tak") 20 to 1 abet Mr. Blackstone's nomination (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nominatio n (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Worrall's nomination (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Russell's nomination (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Jardine's nomination (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr. tpinks' nomination (offered) Mr. John Linnell, the distinguished land ecape painter, has forwarded a donation of £59 to the National Life Boat Institution. et ock stook stock stock stock 20 stack Bonk 3hart stock stook stock stock stock Paid. all 100 100 100 100 100 100 ! 100 (100 100 2 all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1011 1021 109 8 1101