The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The continuous efflux of gold from the Bank of England is imparting stringency to the genera) money market, and 4 per cent. is now the quotation for bills of three months' date. In exceptional cases short-dated descriptions may be negotiated at 31 per cent., but capitalists are proceeding with more reserve than for some time past. The amount of specie taken out by the Delta, which left to-day with the Bombay mails, was £315,430, viz., £69,300 in gold to Alexandria, and £17,300 in gold, and £228,830 in silver to Bombay. A call of £3 per share has been made by the directors of the Union Bank of England and France, payable on or before the 18th pros. On the Ottoman Railway the traffic returns for the week ending the 11th inst., were £212 on 481 miles against £l6l last year on 40 miles. There is an increase of £1,121 in tha traffic receipts of the Brighton Railway, and of .£1,289 on the South-Eastern for the past week. During the last few days there has been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro- duce Markets. A fair amount of business, however, has been done in tea, at steady p' ices. Sugars have been dull; while moderate dealings have been re ported in coffee, at full rates. Rice, fruit, and spices have remained at about previous values. In the tallow market there has been a good demand for home consumption, and prices have shown an up ward tendency for both present and forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. The market for the English Funds has shown Increased depression, and a further decline ofd per cent. has resulted from several sales on speculative account. The principal disturbing cause is the flow of gold from the Bank of England and the prospect of its continuance, leading to an increase in the value of money. Consols are 921 1 for money, and 921 t for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are heavy at 921 8 ; Exchequer Bills are 3s. to 6s. prem. Business has taken place in India Stock at 229 ; ditto 5 per Cents. 1081 ditto 5 per Cents. Enfaced at 1081 1 ; ditto 51 per Cents. at 113, A rather heavy tone has also pervaded the Foreign Market, and a moderate amount of business has been negotiated. Egyptian are heavy at 96/ 971 ; do., 2d issue, at 96/ a ; Spanish Passive at 261 e ; do. Certificates at 10 ; Italian are 69 1 1 ; do. Railway Loan is flat at 721; Mexican Stock, 32t- a ; Peruvian New Loan, 871 88; Portu guese do., 46/ ; Russian do., 95-7 ; I; Sardinian Bonds tare 81 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, 86 ; do., 1858, 70/ 71; do., 1862, 661 67 ; and the Consolides, 40/ /. In the Railway Share Market there has been rather less animation, and prices have, in most in stances, shown a slight downward movement. Lancashire and Yorkshire and Metropolitans have receded ss. ; and Great Easterns, Great Northerns, London, Chatham, and Dover, North Westerns, and IVlidlands, 10s. ; Great Westerns and South Easterns, however, improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were dull. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian receded to 23 ; East Indian to 1061 107 ; Great Indian Peninsula to 1051106 ; and Scindes to 105/. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were in some instances a shade firmer. Bank of London improved to 1031, and Crystal Palace Stock to 31/. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Celt. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92 t i it New 3 per Cent. Annuities knnuittes, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15 3-16 1-16 India Stock.. 229 Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl 1 I 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl. 1 i )1=54 per Cent 1863 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct,, Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 i I D., friends €l,000 Ditto uuder £l,000 Consols for Account, Feb. 5 921 ± Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 24 per Cent 3 6 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 3 7 - - —____ FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 E g pptian 7 pet Cent 97t 6 Di t t o , Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms — Ditto Coupons Italian 5 per Cent. (Xlaremmana Railway) 72k Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 321 I New Granada 2 per Cent 29; Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 131 i F,1110411 4 3 / 4 per Cent. Ditto Account.. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account BB 7i Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account 471 7 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account B4 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account .. 86 1 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 : Ditto Account. i .itto £lOO Bonds 72 4i Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .Ditto Account . Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f — Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account Yesterday, the clipper ship Eliza Bonsai], Capt. Stalker, arrived at Liverpool, from Nassau, with about 1,600 bales of cotton. The cotton was brought, of course, to Nassau, by the "blockade breakers." THE MURDER AT NINE ELMS.—Yesterday even ing Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, re sumed the investigation, at the Duke of Clarence Tavern, Penton place, Walworth, into the circumstances of the alleged brutal murder at Nine Elms. It will be recollected that the deceased, Charles Champion, was seen in good health on the night of the 27th ult., at a quarter-past seven o'clock. At 20 minutes to eight he was found in Nine Elms lane, outside his master's stables, shockingly injured—his nose smashed in and his spine broken. He died on the 6th inst. in St. Thomas's Hospital, merely saying that it was all about 6d., and that "Jim" knew of it. A man named Hillier had been inquiring after deceased, and making threats against him that day, and he is now in custody on suspicion. Several witnesses were examined ; and after a protracted inquiry, the jury returned a verdict "that the deceased man died from the effects of mortal injuries, but by whom the said injuries were inflicted there was no satis lactory proof." FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED POLICEMAN AT ACT ON.—The murder of potice-constable be William Davy, 84 T, must be still vivid in the memory ter i o l f lin our a readers, it hav in g taken p lace so recen t l y a week at Acton, an d for which two men of the name Brooks are now in custody on suspicion. Yesterday the f usually quiet little village of Acton was visited by an im mense concourse of people from severalrniles around for the purpose of witnessing the funeral of Davey. Then t deceased, it appears, was 40 years of age, and had been ihe force twelve years. His good conduct had causeb him to be greatly esteemed, especially by his brother constables, who followed him to his grave. Besides the consta bles of the T division, a large number of the L divi sion attended, with their band, as well out of re spect to the deceased as to their late superintendent, Mr. Beckerson (now appointed to the T division). About three O'clock the constables were formed in procession " four deep," and marched to the residence of the deceased, the scene of the murder. It is a neat cottage, called Petherton Villa, and is only a little way back from the main road, After waiting a short time, the body was brought from the house, borne on a bier by four of deceased's comrades; im mediately behind followed his bereaved widow, relatives, and friends; abut 210 constables forming the rest of the procession. Nine inspectors and 30 sergeants attended. The word to move having been given, the L division band went to the front, and began playing the " Dead March" in Saul, which was continued along the route to Acton Church, the procession being accompanied by throngs of people. Most of the shops in the High-street were closed, and much sym pathy was expresseei. Upon arrivisg at Acton Church the body was borne into the sacred edifi_e,and the burial service having been read, the officiating minister made some most impressive remarks on the melancholy event, which drew tears from many eyes, especially from deceased's fellow- Constables. After the interment the crowd dispersed. Share 13.14 6.4.0 42 44 35 37 94 26 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business don. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence 7,11 65 67 dk j Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 1 , 1 , E 105 106 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New - 204 Buffalo and LaKe Huron all 41 54 10 Do. Preference .... . all 71 e 4 100 Bufralo,Brant,&GodriCh 10,, 80 83 ( 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 73 76 100 Do. do. June 1. 184 100 73 76 st Clcutta,%;B.Eastn. (1,, ) 100 104 106 st Cape Town & Dock Seri' 100 108 icgi Stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. c 109 1(6 1074 1065 1 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 109 106 1071 107 64 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 1 14p • 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 4 fp stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 21 22 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 74 76 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 64 66 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 33 35 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 48 52 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 33 85 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 33 25 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1054 in 64 ' 1061 54 6 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 1. p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 i i P Stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 104 106 201 Gt. W. of Canada ShareF all 124 121 204 Do. New .. . ... . . 18 8 74d 10 100 ,Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 99 101 100 I Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 92 04 10 Indian Branch Limited t 1 1) p 31 stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 103 108 1034 stock I Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 97 99 971 stock , Dc. 4# d 0........ 100 93 i 5 20 ! Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock ,Melb.Corp. ip. 0. Bnd, 100 50 I Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 1 Do. 7p. c. dlortg. Bds. all 20 'Newßrunswick& Cand. Class A Capital Shar , all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital do. all 3 .., IN.ll.l.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 10 0 83 85 8 tCICK I &Jude ) (100 1055 1004 1051 ~. r ;Do. Delhi. I d«: 100 1034 104. 104 -" (!Do. do . ' c t, 2 1 fp 21 20 !Du. Punjaub .... tOi .., 15 1 / p st Do. Do. .. ..... , T,,P,.° , 100 104 105 104 stock 'Do. Indus. Si. Flo.) Xl O 199 101 OLONIAL ti, ,V 1-4,11.\ m ii,.‘ , 8 tia, , hill ~aii.uov. 6 p.c.J a StJ my 1877-Si Do. 6 P.C. Feb. & Autz.! 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. liar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July.: 101' 96 97 96 51 6 Do. 5 Inscribed stock' 100 94 96 Cape G. Hope, A p c. 1873 100 10 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1890' 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 100 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c' 100 -- N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.‘lauly l 100 104 105 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct.; 100 N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866 100 100 101 Do. Sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 1004 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 951 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 1 IQueensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 (9 11; 1s . Aus G11p.c.187&& up lOO 109 111 Vic.Ooy. 6 p.c. Js.&July 100 ,107 109 -- IDo. to 4 0. e. ko.ttOnt, , 100 111 C 1104 1104 10 -- -- RFiTTTCFt NUN 'ES. Cambrian Con sol. Gold , ;1 itior a Amalgamated Devon G. Con, Tavisf East Bassett (1 llog - anl East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... ' I East Cam Brea E. WI Russel (Tavistlf , I Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South Tol gruff IG. Wheal Vor (llelston Grenville .. Herod's-Foot tl ingston Downs Lady Bertha dargaret (tiny Lelant Mark e Valley.. Niyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New ew Setun .: North Downs V. Wh '1 Basset (I 110 4an 1 corth Wheal Crotty Par COD sole (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) S o uth Caradon(St.Cleer) IS. Cara Brea (Illogan) ',.Wheat Fran. (Mogan, 1 i Stray Park Tamar Silv,t Lead MM Pin Crott West Basset (Illogan) 1 1V Caradon (Liskeard) West Seto" . ..... ..... • Wheal Basset Wheal Buller (KedrUth) heal Kitty (U. Lelant) WhealLud . ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton Wheal Treiawney (Lis )) Wheal Union par 24 2 } 6 510 520 51 53 P 481 494 kP 111 i 2 64 7 18 20 6 64 6 64 5 54 50 52 21 3i 1 14 33 tO 91 Itde pr 0 150 21 3 21 SI 41 6i 3.0.0 7.19.0 571 17' (1.15. 8.12 4. 7.(T 2.0.6 tf4 4.3.0 2.17.0 2.4.9 10.6.7 14 5.15.6 18.1-.9, 28.9. 475 55 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 585 7 3.13 1 43 400 410 2} 21 87} 021 4! 4 13114} 13 14 31 33 285 295 75 80 60 85 7} 8} 9 9i 15} 18} 140 250 104 17} 51 6 14& id 91 scl PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western (Perks Sc Hants Ext.), red. 41 per cent., 99 London, Chatham, and Doyer sper cent. pref., 1001 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., siper cent. pt., 1041 West Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stock, 1211 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Rent Coast, per cent. pref. B, 2; 3 London, Brighton &c., 4i per cent., 1858. 1041 London, Chatham, &c , Metrop. ext., B 6 per cent., 11 Metropolitan, 51 I LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 969 London and Chatham 4; per Cent., 931 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, n 8 Dutch Rhenish, si Recite anrl S a n Francisca (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 19k South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 23 South-Eastern of Portugal 7 per cent. pref., 131 FOREIGN MINES. Fortuna (lint), 44 Port Philip, ii St. John del Rey (Um.), 561 6 :Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lira.), 3i I JOI v T-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 24; Bank of London, 103; Bank of Queensland (lira.), 81 4 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 91 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um.), 8 London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (lira.), lik London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 London and County, 38i 9} Loudon Joint Stock, ! , 51 London and Middlesex, 21 London and N irthern (Lim. ) , 3 London and South African, 2i London and Westminster, 7 Oriental Bank Corporation, 533 Ottoman Bank, 346 —Ditto, new, 81 South Australia, 341 Union of London, 32; MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 3i Electric Telegraph, 9c E glish and Australian Copper. 2 Italian Irrigation Canal, ; National Discount Company, 9 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements (2N, 3i A WELL DESERVED APPOINTMENT. it is h with t mu ch pleasure we have to announce the appoint ment of Mr. Charles Web b, one of the inspectors division of police, to the p ost of su p erintendent of thee C L division. Mr. Webb, who has served upwards of 20 3 ears in the police, was, it may be recollected, selected as one of the inspectors to do duty at the International Exhibition and gave the grea'est satisfaction nct only to the exhibitors and others having business engagements there, but to the large body of visitors; and his name will be remembered by many of our foreign visitors on account of his courteous be haviour and the services he rendered them. In retiring from the C division, and the St. James's and St. George's district, Mr. Webb carries with him the good wishes of all; and many of the inhabitants while expressing regret at his removal from a district in which he has served so faithfully and zealously, at the same time feel that he is removed to a larger field of usefulness, and that the possessing e th o e f Lambeth may congratulate themselves on porTioes of such an officer, SHARE MARKETS—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOu.F. Railways, af id. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andM l d. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no di Do A till6p c.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. ,Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk ts fi 7 86 88 116 116 Gi 7 41 13 13 14 86 87 105 107 454 464 42 44 234 244 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland 'Great Northern Do A stock Do 13 do 128 129 132 133 136 138 Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland [Great Western Do Str Val qua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 'London and Blackwall I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast ;Lon., Chat., and Dover ILon. & North Western ;Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shares ,Metropoll tan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 104 MI 661 En 109 i 104 72 73 116 118 41 1 424 97} 98 103 104 41} 411 121 121 128 f i29i 1i 1 1? 97 99 Do. h shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase 1 1 Do Leeds Do York _ 53 53 25i 268 99i 100 57 68 881 881 128 130 111 1 3 1 15; lei 11 111 118 120 48 49 104 106 Do Carlisle iNorth London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. %V. 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.,andWok. (Stockton & Darlington 47 49 33 34 90 904 68 70 101 104 6 7 384 394 10 104 p 71 7; p 149 151 4i 5i 2$ h p 554 tio l 24 34 p d* p 87 90 140 145 Do Do New, 1860 ( Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath ' Victoria sta. and Pim !Waterford 415 Kilkenny IWest Cornwall iW. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 29 31 471 7 128 1321 66 1 1 I 1091 117 411 2 98 71 121 i f 1291 Si 53 11 904 } 684 Closing Busineto Price. I done. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief J ustice and Barons Martin, Channel], and Wilde.) The Court was occupied the whole morning in hearing an information on the part of the Attorney-General on the revenue side of the court, relative to legacy duty payable by legatees under the will of Harriet Brackenbury, deceased, and whether the duty payable was at the rate of 3 or 6 per cent. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir Cresswell Cresswell.) RIDGWAY V. ABINGDON AND OTHERS. Dr. Spinks moved in this case, which is a suit to try the validity of the will of Joseph Myres, Esq., deceased, late of Hanley, Staffordshire, that the trial of the issues, which are of a very important character, should take place before the learned judge and a special jury in London. The suit is one for calling in a probate granted two years ago, when the property was sworn under £160,000. The will was dis puted by the plaintiff, who had at first claimed as next of kin, but it turned out he was not one of the next of kin, and he afterwards claimed as executor of an uncle who was the cousin of the deceased. Dr. Spinks asked that the matter might stand over for three days, to know whether the plaintiff would accept the terms proposed. The Court directed the matter to Etand over. CHRISTMAS AND CHRISTMAS AND WHINTATES. This was a suit to establish certain documents in the handwriting of Letitia Whinyates, formerly of Weston super-Mare and Cheltenham, deceased, as her will and codicil. The first will had been witnessed by three witnesses, but the deceased had after its execution mutila ted it by cutting off pc rtions of the bequest with her signa ture, leaving witnesses' names on the other side. The Court granted probate of the residue of the will. JIPPS V. JIPPS AND HUMS. Dr. Spinks said he was instructed on the part of the petitioner to ask that hls lordship would not deliver judg ment in this ca e heard before him last week—in fact to postpone his judgment, as an application would be made to him in Chambers on the subject of a letter which had been omitted in the correspondence on the hearing. The Judge said he did not think he should be prepared to give judgment on Tuesday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. THEATRE ROYAL, WESTMINSTER. THE TRIAL OF EFFIE DEANS. Last night Mr. Boucicauit's version of Scott's magnifi cent romance, " The Heart of Mid-Lothian," in this in stance called " Tho Trial of Effie Deans," was produced with the greatest success. The novelty of the piece, it must be confessed, consisted in the alterations of Mr. Boucicault, because a previous dramatic version of the work has long held its place amongst the stock dramas of the metropolitan and provincial theatres. All Mr. Bouci cault has retained are the main incidents in the novel, and these he has formed, into a series of exciting scenes, that make up a drama that will for a considerable time attract vast audiences to this theatre. It is needless, therefore, to compare the present with the old version, so we prefer rather giving the following brief outline of " The Trial of Effie Deans." The curtain rises, and the cottage of David Deans is discovered, Geordie Robertson, who has just effected his escape from the Tol booth, enters closely pursued by the officers, whom he eludes by concealing himself in an unfrequented part of the farm. Robertson afterwards obtains an interview with Effie, and persuades her to fly with him to France, and thus both would escape the perils that surround them from the disappearance of their child. This she consented to do, and in the next scene we find Effie nearly heart broken at the thought of secretly leaving her father and sister. Having obtained her parent's blessing, she is on the eve of departure, when the officers enter and apprehend her on a charge of concealing the birth of her child, which in those times amounted to murder. David Deans, shocked by the charge, curses his darling Effie, and with this ter minates the first act. In the next we have the first, we presume, of the " sensation" scenes, viz., the trial of Effie. The stage represents the interior of the High Court of Justiciary, and the whole of the harrowing incidents of a trial of one so young and beautiful are wrought out with painful minuteness. There is the speech for the prosecu tion, the defence for the prisoner, the examination of wit nesses, and the verdict of the jury that consigns the Lily of St. Leonards to death. Then follows the heroic determi nation of Jeanie Deans to walk to London, to beg the life of her sister from the Queen, through the intercession of the Duke of Argyll, and the perils she encounters on the road from the deadly hate of Meg Nhird ochson, who murders her own child, Madge Wildfire, by mistaking her for Jeanie Deans. Jeanie obtains the pardon, and then we are, in the next scene, transferred to Edinburgh, where we find the old town all excitement consequent upon the approach ing execution of Effie. In the streets we have an infuri ated mob, led on by Geordie Robertson and Meg, bent on rescuing Effie, when an unsuccessful encounter takes place with the military. The concluding scene represents the court-yard of the l'olbooth, which is being burned by the rioters without. Suddenly the gates are blown open with gunpowder, a conflict ensues, and, just as the military are about to put the sentence of the law into hasty execution on Effie, her sister enters with the pardon, and the curtain de scends amidst the most enthusiastic applause. The three scenes which particularly claim attention are the hut of Meg, in which the murder of Jeanie is planned, the court of justice, and the attack on the Tolbooth. All of them are exceedingly well managed, although there is no decided novelty in either, becausa we have in the first a scene similar to that in a drama produced by Madame Celeste some time ago at the Lyceum, and, in the great scene, we presume, of the drama a reproduction of the trial in " Janet Pride." The concluding one, with the attack on the Tol booth, was to our thinking the most exciting and effective, and quite sufficient of itself to secure the success of any drama. Of the acting of all the artistes engaged we have the gra tification of speaking in the highest terms of praise. Mrs. Boucecault's Jeanie Deans was quite equal to her Eily O'Connor for pathos and sweetness; and Miss Edith Stuart as Effie was the perfection of trusting and forsaken innocence. Miss Atkinon gave a very clever embodiment of Meg Murdochson, while Miss Leclerq made as much as possible of the part of Madge Wildfire. Mr. Ryder's David Deans was a fine rendering of the old Scottishfather, and,Mr. Swinburn as Geordie I obertson acted with great spirit and effeet. The humorous part of the Laird o' Dumbdiekyes was confided to Mr. Leeson, and into more effective hands it could not have been placed. Mr. Boucicault only appears in one scene, viz., the trial, and then as counsel for the defeucs, but he made his part stand cut with the most artistic pro minence. Mr. Dewar deserves especial praise for his re presentation of Ratcliff, the gaoler, and Mr. Henry Vanden hoff made a very stately Duke of Argyll. All the principal actors were called for at the termination of :the play, and from the enthusiasm and incessant ap plause that was bestowed by a large and brilliant audience, a long and successful " run" may be confidently predicted. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-LAST EVENING. - - - ----- Although a large attendance was met with, the majority appeared but little in the humour for speculation. Many of those who had commenced books on the Chester Cup re frained from proceeding until the publication of the accep tances, which are expected to be made known this day, and in consequence li; tle or nothing was transacted upon that once all-e; grossing event. Stradella, who had been backed in the city in the morning at 20 to 1, did not appear so good a favourite here at the commencement of business, as much as 25 to 1 being laid; but towards the close her opponents cooled down, and she left off at her opening price. Black Deer was supported at 25 to 1 to a small amount, and Plover at 40 to 1; Welcome and Anfield also were inquired for, and 50 to 1 booked about each; Caller On was backed at 1,000 to 20, and Donnybrook and Valentine at 1,000 to 16 each. The Two Thousand Guineas was scarcely touched upon ; 100 to 30 was taken about Hospodar, and anything over 4 to 1 would have been accepted about Saccharometer. For the Liverpool Steeplechase a few animals were men • tioned and backed for small amounts, as will be gathered from our return. 20 to 1 was booked that Hospodar wins this and Lord Clifden the Derby, and 25 to 1 about Sac charometer winning the Guineas and Lord Clifden the Derby. For the Derby, although our quotations may appear somewhat extensive, there was really no demonstration made; in fact, the greatest apathy marked the afternoon's t roceedings with reference to this event. With the excep tion of tour animals the business done Was scarcely worthy of recording. Lord Clifden, despite a rumour from the east of his having receded to 8 to 1, was remarkably firm, any thing over his opening price, 5 to 1, being readily accepted, and later in the day 525 to 100 was noted down to oblige a customer. 9to 1 was offered agst Saccharometer, who ap peared friendless, and 100 to 8 agst Ilespodar, but who to wards the close recovered his position, and 12 to 1 met with eager takers. Automaton and Tom Fool were in request, but their highest price, 22 to 1, did not meet with a reply, and at three points more Captain Lane's colt Blue Mantle was supported. The others enumerate 1 in our " price current," if we except Tambour Major, who was backed to win some thousands at his quoted price, were occasionally "put in" to obtain their legitimate pric • e a nd must be taken as neutrals. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECIIASR. 15 to 1 agst Baron de Meslin's Avalanche, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr. W. G. Craven's Master Bagot, aged, 9st 71b (taken) 20 to 1 agst Viscount de Cunchy's Catspaw, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b (taken) 33 to 1 agst Viscount de Namur's Moor, aged, lOst 81b (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lamplugh's lot. The London-Bridge and Charing-Cross Railway. The construction of a second metropolitan line of rail way—that from Charing-cross to London-bridge—is now so far advanced as to enable the engineer to promise with confidence that all will be ready for the opening by the month of July. Seventeen years since the directors of the South-Eastern Railway brought before the proprietors the subject of a west-end extension, and pointed out the great advantages which would result from a west-end terminus for the continental traffic, and at that time they supported their proposition by arguments drawn from the fact that " Paris would shortly be brought within a day's journey of London," and that great saving of time in traversing the crowded streets of London would be effected by the exten sion of their line from London-bridge westward. At that time they proposed to adopt the Waterloo-read as their ter minus, and did notventure so far as to suggest a torminal sta-. tion at Charing-cross. Since then Paris has been brought within 10 hours of London, the traffic of our public thorough fares has vastly increased, and from Waterloo-road we now find that the line has been pushed across the river to one of the most central and best adapted places for a railway station which could probably be found. From the Houses of Parliament the distance is 1,000 yards, from the Horse Guards 415, from Fall-mall and the Haymarket 360, from Regent-circus, Piccadilly, 825, from Berkeley-square, 1 mile 5 yards, from Buckingham Palace, 1,665 yards, from Oxford-street, Tottenham-court-road, 1,165 yards, from Somerset House, 665 yards. It linear to both the opera houses, to the theatres, and the various public offices, and within a radius of one mile there is a population of nearly 350,000. A very large number of persons beyond this circle will also find it much more convenient to get to Charing-cross than to London-bridge through the City. It will serve to convey some idea of the extent to which the leading thoroughfares of the City will be relieved by this line if we state that about 13,000,000 passengers pass annually through the nest of stations at London-bridge, and of all this immense mass a very large proportion has to find its way west of Temple-bar. The time consumed in making this journey may be taken, owing to the re peated blocks in the streets and at London-bridge, at little less than would be required to run the whole distance to Tunbridge or Brighton. There is thus an enormous aggregate of annoyance and waste of time endured by hundreds of thousands who travel, and at least as many who remain at home, who are interested in the speedy transaction of their daily business or official duties. Divert this tide of traffic at Cannon-street, London bridge, and Charing-cross,and a great boon will be conferred on the public. And it is by no means an unimportant part of the arrangement that the great work will be effected without any extra taxation from the Metropolitan Board of Works, and that all the funds will be contributed by private enterprise. The heaviest portion of the work on the London-bridge and Charing-cross line is the construction of the bridge over the river on the site of the former suspension-bridge. A few weeks will see this work so far completed as to ad • mit of a locomotive passing from one side of the river to the other. From the Surrey side to the first tower the longi tudinal and transverse girders are all fixed. Thence to the second tower, which formed the centre and widest span of the old bridge the large girders are all in their places, and for a portion of the distance is ready for the permanent way and rails. After passing the second tower the bridge spreads out in a fan shape, widening till at the abutments it is 170 feet wide, or the same width as the stat on at Charing cross. The supports of the bridge consist of immense iron columns filled with concrete and brickwork, which have :heir foundations low down in the bed of the river. There is a pair of these monster columns between the abutments on the Surrey side of the first tower carrying the chains of the old bridge. Between this and the next tower there are three pairs of columns. Between the second tower and the abutments there are two rows of columns; one consists of seven and the other of nine. They are not quite se largo in diameter as the others; they arc, however, of the same height. The towers are of red brick. The upper portion will in a few days be taken down, the lower part of each will remain, as they form two of the piers for the bridge. The abutments are of red brick, corresponding with the towers, and on the Middlesex side the wall is of immense thickness, having eight arches facing the river, and com municating with the series of arches upon which the station will be built. The iron chains that have supported the old bridge are to be removed in a few days, and will be taken to Clifton, where they will be used in the construction of a bridge across the Avon. The designs for the bridge, of which the chains now alone remain in position, were ori ginally made for Clifton by the late Mr. Brunel. When the Hungerford•bridge is removed the chains will be used for building the bridge for which they were at first designed. The structure of the Hungerford-bridge was purchased by the t haring-cross Railway for £40,000, and a further sum of £120,000 was paid for the lls from passengers and the dues from the steam-boat pier. Both these sources of revenue, however, will still be con tinued, as there will be a footpath for passengers on the railway bridge, and greatly improved accommodation will be given at a steam-boat pier. The chains of the old bridge have been sold for £5,000 to the Clifton-bridge Comp my, so that the purchase of the old bridge has not involved an outlay of more than £35,000. The c st of the railway bridge over the Thames will be about £lBO,OOO. The station at Charing-cross, -to which this bridge will conduct, will be very conveniently arranged, and will pre sent a finer appearance than any metropolitan station. If will occupy rather more than the whole of the area of the late Hungerford-market. From the termination of the bridge to the frontage of the station will be about 450 feet in length, and the width will be 170 feat. Nearly 400 feet of the distance will be covered by an arched roof of glass and iron. A. series of 13 arches of 30 feet span, extending from the back of the abutment of the bridge, will carry the station and permanent way, which will be as near as possible on a level with the Strand. The booking-offices will extend along the front of the station, and will have distinct entrances for the Cannon-street, North Kent, and Dover lines of railway. The frontage of the station will be set back 100 feet from the Strand, thus giving ample room for carriages to drive up to the doors of the booking-offices without interfering with the traffic in the street. The front age taken by the railway company is 230 feet long, and ex- tends from the corner of Villiers-street to Brewer's-lane, taking down the whole of Charles-court, which lies between them. Oa the side of the station adjoining Villiers-street there will be atcoves, beneath whioh refreshments will be supplied. In connection with the station there will be erected a large and most commodious hotel, designed by Mr. E. M. Barry, and containg 200 rooms. Tt will have a frontage of 234 feet looking on to the Strand, and another of 190 feet in Villiers-street. The principal entrance will be on the Villiers-street side of the station, and the main portions of the hotel will con sist of three stories, an entresol, and a mezzanine over the booking offices. The view from the back will overlook the busy station, beneath the glass roof of which will be seen the trains constantly arriving and starting, and beyond this the bridge and the river. The style of the hotel will be Italian, with decorations marked by good taste rather than by a desire for show or effect. The Charing-cross Railway Company will receive from this hotel company a large sum, either by way of purchase of the site or annual rental, and this added to the rent of the arches under the station will pay a handsome dividend on the cast of the land and pro perty of Hungerford-market. Among other conveniences which will be provided for visitors to the hotel will be an ascending room, in which they can be raised or lowered to or from any of the floors of the hotel. The contract for the building of the hotel has been let to Mr. Lucas. With re spect to internal arrangements and management, Mr. Breech, of the Palace Hotel, and Mr. Wheeler, of the Eus ton Hotel, have been consulted, and when completed the hotel will be in every respect a model one, and worthy not only of its locality, but of the great undertaking to which it will prove a worthy adjunct. The foundations for the front and middle wall are now being prepared by Mr. Wythes, who is the contractor for the station, and also for putting in the foundations for the hotel. The ground is dug to a depth of 1 A. 6in. below Trinity high- water mark, and a mass of 91t. of concrete will be put in, upon which the walls, 106 ft, in height, will rest. The construction of a short branch, starting from the main line near the Southwark-bridge-road, and crossing the river to a point in Cannon-street just opposite the end of Wallbrook, has been commenced, and the first pile for the bridge will be driven in a few days. Nearly the whole of the property required has been purchased. Great delay in the commencement of this short branch has been caused by a difference of opinion between the conservators of the Thames and the Admiralty with respect to the design and site of the bridge. An act was obtained towards the close of last session of Parliament giving to the Board of Trade power to decide upon the points in dispute. Three alternative plans were submitted to Mr. Hawkshaw, and ultimately one was adopted, with some slight modifications. It is proposed that the trains between Charing-cross and the Bank should run from either end at intervals of five minutes, and one line of rails will be devoted exclusively to this portion of the traffic. There will be be stations upon the line at the Waterloo, Blackfriars, and Southwark-bridge roads, and, judging from the results already obtained on the Me tropolitan Railway, an immense amount of traffic will be carried upon the railway between London -bridge, Cannon street, and Charing-cross, in addition to that furnished by the North Kent, Greenwich, and general South Eastern system. Arrangements have also been made. for running en the trains to and from the South-Western line bwe The co mpletion of the London-bridge and Charing - cross. line from Lewisham to Tunbridge, pur pose of shortening the distance by rail of that line to East.- Dover, and the probable extensionconstructingril b etwa Lon don f or theand r be a no v ut e ,r l na t en o "— S t o e v toh e r n en o tt. anda nh k ur s ii)vui nseg. bourne, w,ll enable passengers through the central of Eastbourne and growing watering place r dilates ftoKtt It is stated that the sentence of 12 mot t& sus. pension, passed upon pr. Williams and the Rev. H. B. Wilson —two of the writers of " Essays and Reviews"— will be carried out, no notice having been served, on the part of the rev, defendants, to carry an appeal before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The annual general meeting was held yesterday, Mr. R. A. Maefie in in the chair. Amongst those present were Mr. T. B. Horsfail, M.P., Mr. Joseph Ewart, M.P., Mr. Legb, M.P., and Mr. Laurence Hepworth. The report, which contained a sum mary of the operations of the council for the year, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in his address to the chamber, said that though th ere was yet scarcely any light in the gross darkness which prevailed across the Atlantic, he could not but trust that somehow or other peace might yet be established on conditions which should involve the amelioration of the con dition of the slave by his being admitted to the en joyment of the benefits, and the discharge of the responsibilities, of the domestic constitution and religious education. During his review of the vari ous subjects which had occupied the attention of the Council, Mr, Macfie alluded to the recent arrival from New York of provisions for the manufacturing districts, observing that these presents showed not only the hand of almsgiving but the hand of friend ship to England. The chairman also called atten tion to the importance of a commercial treaty with Austria, evidenced by the present low state of British trade with that country. Mr. T. B. HORSFALL, M.P., moved the adoption of the report. He stated that on the reassembling of parliament he should move for the reappointment of the committee on the consolidation of the cus toms and excise, being convinced that a large financial saving might be effected, and greatly increased facilities given to commerce. With regard to the rights of belligerents at sea and the law of blockade, he still entertained the views which he had expressed in the House of Commons. He could not go with Mr. Cobden for the abolition of the law of blockade, nor with those gentlemen who desired to abolish also the treaty of 1856. The only plan was to move gradually for ward, and endeavour to pl , ,ce the shipping and com merce of this country in a more satisfactory state than it would be found to be in at the close of the present war Alluding to the recent speech of the President of the Board of Trade (in which the pre sent American complications were attributed to slavery), Mr. Horsfalt said—There is hardly a per sort in this country who would not join most cor dially in the wish to see slavery entirely abolished in every part of the world, but it will not be with reference to slavery that the question may come be fore the Houses of Parliament. The simple question the house will have to decide is this—Have the Southern States of America placed themselves in a position to claim the moral right of recognition by this country ? (Hear, hear.) I am not going to answer that question ; I have my own individual opinion, which, if necessary, I shall express in Par liament. Mr. J. EWART, M.P., said that he had not altered his convictions upon the belligerent rights and blockades question, and could not agree with Mr. Cobden in the abolition of so powerful a weapon as that of blockade. With regard to the American war, Mr. Ewart feared that nothing but sheer ex haustion on the part of the combatants would put an end to the conflict. I am sorry to say (Mr. Ewart continued) there is a bitter feeling amongst many parties both in the North and the South against us here, though I am sure there never was the slightest ground for it. (Hear, hear.) The l tines may, in the judment of all calm thinking men, have written some very strong articles against . the Northern States. It may, perhaps, form the opinion of many who per haps have no opinion of their own, but I am sure it does not express the general feelings of Englishmen. We might just as well suppose that the New York Herald, in its violent attacks upon us, expresses the genuine feelings of the sober thinking men in the country. We have all along endeavoured to ob serve the strictest neutrality, and shall continue to do so ; and I feel every confidence that when the present excitement has pissed away the Americans wiil admit that they have judged us wrongly. I re joice on the other hand to notice the good spirit manifested by some parties in the North through the contributions sent for the relief of the distress in I the suffering districts ; for acts like these tend to promote those cordial relations which ought to exist between two such countries. (Cheers.) I have always been in favour of non-intervention, but after the long struggle which has taken place, I think the time is really approaching when the Northern States ought to bow to what I believe to be the general opinion of Europe, and allow their erring sister—if she so considers her—to go in peace. (Hear, hear, and some cries of No, no.) lam as strong an advocate as any man can be for negro emancipation, but if the abolition of slavery is to be the real , bject of this war I am afraid they are attempting to pro mote immediate freedom at too great a sacrifice of life. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Every friend to the cause of humanity will gladly hail the day when ,this frightful cainsge will be over, and when the only contest between the two peoples may be which can best promote their mutual happiness, and ad vance the general commercial interests of the world. (Applause.) Mr. Ewart having closed by second ing the adoption of the report, Mr. W. J. LEGH, M.P., said he thought that we could not long resist the recognition of the Southern States. The remainder of the proceedings of the chamber was entirely local. FAIRSTAR AND DARKSTAR.—I remember how mightily I was enchanted and honoured when my my ,Lady 'Fairstar did me the unfathomable honour of asking me to dine at her splendid mansion in a glorified re gion of Belgravia ? It seemed to me, then a poor strug gling barrister, on a mythical yearly allowance, that I was on the htgh road to fortune at once ; and that I had only to follow my Lady Fairstar's cavalcade to be landed safe in the very heart of the gardens of Aidann without delay. I went, I made no manner of doubt that I went to fascinate and to subdue, and that I should make such deep dints on the heart of our delightful hostess as not even the incessant rubbing of high life would be able to efface. And certainly my lady was gracious to me. But I found, in the end, that all I had made by the white elephant of her countenance, was a portentous bill at my tailor's, another portentous bill at my bookmaker's, an unnecessary supply of embroidered shirt-fronts, and French cambric handkerchiefs, and my laundress left unpaid owing to the transfer of her funds to the pockets of the cabmen. That was what I found, when I took the two columns and added up the cost and the gain of my Lady Fairstar's Russian dinners, with scented ringlets laughingly shaken, and bewildering smiles prodigally bestowed. It was a whit, elephant ; nothing but a white elephan : and I ran away from it. Those grand visits are terrible matters generally. You are asked to a country house. You are acknowledged to be a crack shot and a first-rate rider, you tell a story capitally, and pocket every ball on the board ; but at what a cost do you thus ad minister to the white elephant of your pride ? At the cost of a year's income compressed into the six weeks of your stay. Butlers and footmen and pages and grooms and gillies and coachmen and the odd men about the place, and the odd women too—all to fee, all to pay—and the little wife left at home to fight with an unruly butcher who hasundisciplined notions of trade, and to tell taradiddles to the landlord, who finds himself under the necessity of "looking you up.; That is your white elephant when you get Lord Da rkstar : invitation to his country-house in the h unting season. Diekenss " All the Year Round," just published. A man threw himself on Saturday from . the top tol the of one of the towers of Notr e Dame. In his fall he dashed against the point of the niche surmounting one of the arched buttresses. The shock was two. so viol legs g that 8 fellthe body, to the round, body, which struck thecrosswirokoennin The angular mason •work, was literally r w hil e the trunk remained on the buttr ess . Th e mutilated remains were gathered up and taken to the Morgue to be identified. It was ascertained that he had been a house porter in the Rue Faubourg du Temple —but the cause of tho self-murder is not yet known. It is rumoured in matey quarters that the Parlia mentary campaign will not commence i❑ earnest until after the marriage of the Prince of Wales, whose "dotation" will be almost the first subject presented to the consideration of tha houses. The debate on the address is likely enough to be stormy ; but politicians will scarcely press on a change wh'ch would embarrass all the arrange ments of the Court, and interrupt a time of festivity looked forward to by the whole nation.—Spectator, THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—SHIELDS, Jan. 25.—A storm-warning was hoisted in our harbour en Friday night, and, though the weather was moderately fine on Saturday, the night following was very wild and squally, the wind blowing from the west. On Saturday night there was a beautiful display of the aurora barealis upon the Northumberland coast. Since last fight the barometer has risen considerably, but the weather is still unsettled, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN ExACTING COMPLAINANT. - A SAD APPAIR.— James Quinlivan, of 102, High-street, Camden-town, having the appearance of a mechanic, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mr. George Foot, of 66, Great Portland-street.. eating-house keeper. The complainant said the defendant entered his house that morning about 1 o'clock, and called for some refresh ments, which were served him, and on his (complainant) asking for the money, the defendant struck him on the head, but did Rot hurt him. He then called a constable, and gave him into custody. Sergeant Franklin said that the man was labouring under excitement at the time, in consequence of his wife having died suddenly that evening. It appears that the wife of the defendant was employed at the London Crystal Palace, and that on leaving her home in the evening to go to her employ, she arranged with her husband (the defendant) to meet her at the build ing, and in about 15 minutes after she had parted with him she was brought dead. Mr. Tyrwhitt said complainant and defendant had better see whether they could not settle the matter, and after a few minutes it was stated that the complainant had de manded 10s., and that defendant had paid it. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 5s Od ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 5s ; clover, £3 10s to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to 6s; cloves do., £3 lOs to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 123 to £1 16s per load. An inactive trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a fair amount of business trans acted, and prices have in most instances been well sustained. COPEEE.—The demand has been steady for good and fine descriptions of colonial, and full rates have been realised. Inferior qualities, however, have ruled a shade cheaper. SUGAR.—The dealings in all descriptions have been ex ceedingly limited, but good and fine grocery qualities sup port previous rates. Refining sorts, however, are a shade cheaper In the Refined Market dry goods support previ ous quotations. Rim— Only a limited business has been recorded, and the few bargains entered into have been at about previ ous quotations. SALTPETRE. —Business has been exceedingly dull, and prices have tended d , wnwards. TALLOW.—Rather more activity has prevailed, owing to an increased demand for home consumption. P,Y.C. on the spot is quoted 44s 9d ; March delivery, 45e to 45s 3d ; and 46s 6d tor last three months' delivery. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 27.—Wind this day at noon—West ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. COWES, Jan. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Meoline, from Caldera for Hamburg ; Providence, from Antwerp for Monte Video. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 2G.—Wind SM.—Arrived—Bugileel, from Mauritius. HOLYHEAD, Jan. 26.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Great Britain, screw steamer, from Liverpool for Melbourne ; Rhersonese, screw steamer, from Liverpool for New York. FALMOUTH, Jan. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Adma, from Buenos Ayres. - • • KINGROAD, Jan. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Franklyn Haven, from Callao ; forced past Queenstown by the weather. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Planet, steamer, from Hamburg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivals. A slip of land for a distance of about 65 yards on the Corniche road, along the coast between Turbia and Menton°, lately took place from the ground becoming loosened by the heavy rains. The passage of carriages along the road was interrupted for four days. A CLOUD OF LOCUSTS.—A letter from Gaudiole (Senegal) states that an immense cloud of locusts passed over that place on the evening of the 21st Dec. So great was their number that, as the cloud approached, the sky was quite darkened, and every one at first thought a thunderstorm was coming on. The whirring noise of their wings, however, soon made every one aware of what it really was, and preparations were hastily made to prevent them from alighting on the crops, but with only partial success, for millions of them fell apparently from fatigue, and five minutes afterwards scarcely any trace of vegetation remained on the spots they covered. These locusts also committed great ravages near St. Louis. It is supposed they came from the upper valley of the Senegal, whence they were driven by the grass in the meadows having been set on fire, THE WEATHER ON THE CONTINENT.—A letter from Rodez (Aveyron) says:--" We are surrounded by snow on all sides. On the roads from this place to Milieu and to Sr. Affrique it lies to a depth of 18 inches. The mails are constantly delayed; that from St. Affrique, in parti cular, is every day more than 12 hours behind time. During the day the temperature is mild, but in the night the ther mometer falls below zero, and the snow freezes. All the roads are becoming impracticable." While Paris has this winter seen but a few flakes of snow, it appears from the Turin journals that the streets of that capital have ben for some days nearly blocked up by snow, and that a sufficient number of carts could hardly be found to clear it away. RUSSIAN OBJECTIONS TO THE DUKE OF SAXE COBURG-GOTHA. —The Temps '.f Saturday says : "Russia regards the Duke of Coburg as allied to the royal family of England in the degree prohibited by the proto cols ; and she hap expressed herself in this case ; not, how ever, in the form of official protest, which would have been premature, since the candidature itself has not yet any official existence. Moreover, it is affirmed that Austria also offers objections. We do not believe that these difficulties are unwelcome to the Duke of Coburg, who cannot be anxious to quit Germany, to which he is attached by pa triotism, and perhaps also by a very legitimate ambition. He has not yet refused, because it is difficult for him to re sist the Queen of England, who has made urgent requests to him; but he has attached to his eventual assent condi tions which render it unacceptable. Under these conditions, if he were to accept the Crown of Greece, he would at the same time remain Duke of Coburg; this being contrary to the fundamental law of the Pitchy, which expressly re quires the residence of the Sovereign." A NEW Dism—During the celebration of his annual dinner in the Cafe Royal, Edinburgh, on Saturday last, Mr. J. Turner, printer, Lothian-road, intro duced a novel dish. As the dinner wis drawing to a con clusion, two waiters brought into the room a very large sized pie, o p ur ie, handsomely readers ornamented with a crimson cloth, and placed it in front of the chairman. As all had dined and think tehnjoyed a very sumptuous repast, it was amusing to note wh e o fa h c a e d s of tome of these present, especially the juveniles, alreAdy fared so well on the good things provided. table I This gentleman 71 menagerie of , Sir William were ill they cannot, guess what was up ?" We rather , have his Scottish lions christenedd was just a den G:t. for i the elegant crimson decorated pat given by the latter gentleman Mr. m,t ve d young lions sent direct from the a to grace Mr. Turner's dinner and friends, and all were ll? at the annual festival arranged with Mr. Turner to dextahnederoarn, a p n a d ny L f o o Td r ins over his numerous workpeople exceedingly gc;Tataifilleadcaea:dswsuaiirfettneweeerssassaliitonengrso interesting a ceremony. Th e ton, and named Robert Burns Clyde, noses they li bation o or wine had been poured ov y rotl A n l after wards conveyed safely home in a cab to their p S s c e o r t e t , han Princess de care fully wrapped up in a warm cloth, mamma, CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Count P. de Lagrange's Stradella, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Godding's Black Deer, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Melville's Plover, 3 yrs, Est 31b (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Anfleld, 3 yrs sst 81b (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Welcome, 4 yrs,7st 21b (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (taken) 66 to 1 agst Mr. ingham'a Donnybrook, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (taken) 66 to 1 agst Count F. de Lagrange's Valentine, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 30 agst Niviere's Hospodar (taken) 4to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer (offered ; take 9 to 2) THE DERBY. 625 to 100 agat Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (taken) 9to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer (offered) 12 to 1 agst Baron Niviere's H.ospodar (taken) 22 to 1 agat Lord Stamford's Automaton (offered) 22 to 1 agst Mr. Brayley's Tom Fool (offered) 25 to 1 agst Capt. Lane's Blue Mantle (taken and offrd) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Naylor's Carnival (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Mr. Whittaker's Ring of Utopia (offered) 50 to 1 aget Mr. IsLylor's Pratique (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Cairncastle (offered) 50 to 1 apt Mr. Wigram's Melrose (taken) 50 to 1 agst Count Henckel's Giles the First (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Day's G:enochty colt (taken) 66 to 1 agat Count Batthyany's Tambour Major (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Capel's Bright Cloud (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Beaumont's Golden Pledge (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Saxon's Jerry (taken) 1000 to 10 aget Mr. H. Hill's Bavaria colt (taken) 1000 to 10 aot Lord Palmerston's Baldwin (taken) 70 to 40 agst Lord Clifden and Saccharometer coupled (taken) The Hon. Mr. Monckton, the heir to the Galway peerage, was out with his father's hounds at Bos sington Bridge on Thursday. During the run, Mr. Monck ton came upon a piece of country which was intersected with a number of wide drains, and in order to cross one of these he dismounted, and having crossed the drain himself was attempting to get the horse over after him. The horse, in juvaping over, hit him in tha side with his foreknee, knocking him down, and again striking him with his hind leg a severe blow on the temple. The blow rendered the hon. gentleman insensible. Mr. Monckton was conveyed to Serlby, where he is going on very favourably. ,-- z THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received by express, via MArseiiles, Cal cutta papers to Dec. 22. The following is from the 1 summary of the Bengal Hurkara The arrival of the Bengal (e s.) from Suez, with the mails of the 26th nit., at Galle, w,,s announced yesterday, and telegraphic news to the 6th inst. has since been received. Owing to the gross negli gence evinced in the transmission of one of our most important messages, the greater portion of it is rendered unintelligible, and we are compelled to await a repetition before being able to decipher it, or make any sense of it. The Express from Bom bay ought in due course to reach here to morrow morning, having been despatched from Bombay ou the 16th. It has for a long time been rumoured that, on the completion of the East India line of railway to Benares, special arrangements would be made for facilitating the transmission of the Ex pleas, but we learn that negotiations between the Government and the Company are still pending. The line direct to Benares is opened for passen ger traffic this morning, and in the course of a few days, arrangements will be complete for the ordinary goods traffic. We understand that the greatest exertions have been used in order to complete the line by the time specified, and although the 17th inst. was originally fixed, the most punctilious cannot find occasion for grum bling at the. trifling delay that has been rendered necessary. Already orders have been issued by Government to make the railway available for the transl of troops and material, and the old system of dak travelling will at once succumb to the more rapid and immeasurably superior railway. Over 500 miles of this line are now completed and in work, and rapid strides are being made onwards. Whilst alluding to railways we may refer to the successful issue of the ball given at the terminus of the Eastern Bengal Railway at Sealdah last week. The question as to whether this ball should or should not be given, was for some weeks extremely doubtful, the egent of the company and the Bengal Government being somewhat doubtful as to whether the expense was warranted. However, the event came off, and was eminently successful. The ball was intended to commemorate the completion of the line to Kooshteah, a place over one hundred miles from Calcutta, and the present terminus of the line. The official report of the proceedings at the Governor-General's Council on Wednesday has been published, from which it appeals that the discussion was a very important one. The debate on the report of the select committee on the Contract Law at length disposes of this long burked question, but in a way hardly anticipated by the public. The bill, it was supposed, would meet all, or at any rate the most urgent necessities of the capitalist and employer of labour, has been abandoned in its entirety, and so far as any expres sion of opinion to the contrary was given on Wed nesday las , the intention to introduce another " Contract Bill " has been given np. We look with, interest to the course which the Laudholdera' and Commercial Association will adopt at this im portant crisis, and hope that an urgent and unani mous representation on the part of the public will lead either to the removal cf Sir C. Wood, or the curtailment of the power which he now uses to im pede and obstruct the development of India's re. sources, and the welfare of her people. Sir C. Trevelyan is expected to arrive at the scene of his labours about the middle of January, and he will meet with a cordial welcome from all classes. We hear of further disturbances in the Cossyal country, and are glad to find that the energetic measures. taken by the Bengal Government to repress this last insurrection promises to prove effectual, Mr. E. H. Lushington returned from Europe by the last steamer, and has resumed his office as secretary to the Bengal Government; Mr. Eden, ofciating during his absence, returns to the Revenue Board. The Emperor Napoleon and the Interna tional Exhibition. The following is the speech of the Emperor of the French in reply to the address of Prince Napo leon at the presentation of the awards to the French exhibitors at the Louvre on Sunday last : " Gentlemen, you have worthily represented France abroad. I thank you for so dong, for uni versal exhibitions are not simple bazaars, but strik ing manifestations of the strength and the genius of peoples. The condition of a society shows itself by the degree more or less advanced of the various elements of which it is composed, and as all improve ments move forward the examination of a single one of the manifold products of intelligence suffices to appreciate the civilisation of the country to which in time it belongs. Thus, when now we discover a simple object of art of ancient times, we judge by its perfection, more or less great, to what period of history it belongs. If it merits our admiration you may be sure that it dates from an epoch when society, well established, was great in arms, in speech, in the sciences as in the arts. It is not then a matter of indifference in reference to the part re served to France to have exposed to the contempla tion of Europe the products of cur industry ; they of themselves bear witness to our moral and politi cal condition. I congratulate you on your energy and your perseverance in rivalry with a country which had surpassed us in certain branches of in dustry. Thus, in fact, was realised at last this for midable invasion of the British soil predicted for so long a time. You have crossed the Channel ; you have boldly established yourselves in the English capital ; you have courageously struggled with the veterans of industry. This campaign has not been without glory, and to-day I render to you the recompense of the brave. This kind of war, which makes no victims, has more than one merit—it incites a noble emulation, leads to those treaties of commerce which bring peoples together, and causes national prejudices to disappear with out weakening the love of country. From these material exchanges is born an exchange still more precious —that of ideas. If foreigners can envy us many useful things we he.ve also much to learn from them. You must, no doubt, have been struck in England with the unrestrained liberty al lowed to the manifestation of all opinions as well as to the development of all interests. You have re marked the perfect order maintained amidst tl.e vivacity of discussion and the perils of competition. It is that English liberty always respects the princi pal basis on which society and power repose. By so doing liberty does not destroy but improves ; it bears in the hand not the torch which causes a con flagration, but the light which illuminates; and in private enterprise, individual initiative exercising itself with an indefatigable ardour, dispenses with the Government being the sole promoter of the vital forces of a nation; and thus, instead of regu lating everything, it leaves to each one the re sponsibility of his acts. It is on these conditions that this marvellous activity, this absolute inde pendence, exists in England. France will also arrive at this consummation on the day when we shall have consolidated the basis indispensable to the e, establishm ent work with of an entire liberty. L e t us, then, with all our strength in imitating such profitable examples. Let sound political and commercial doctrines impressyou incessantly; unite in a similar thought of conservation ; and stimulate amongst individuals an energetic spontaneity for all that is useful and good. Such is your task. Mine will be to constantly take the wise pro gress of public opinion as a measure of improve ments, and to clear away administrative obstacles from the path you ought to follow. Each one will thus have accomplished his duty, and our passage on this earth will not have been useless, since we shall have left to our children great works accon pli,4hed, and fruitful truths raised on the ruins of destroyed prejudices and of animosities buried for ever. I cannot conclude without. thankiug t h e IrnpErial Commission and its President for the en lightened zeal with which they organised th e F rench e x hibition, and for the spirit of impartial justice which has presided at the disposal of awards. It is a new claim which they have acquired to my confidence and my esteem." Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Hornituan's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always good alike. 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