The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-04 00:00:00

MON 7 CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The payments on the 4th of the month have made satisfactory progress, and already a little relief is experienced in discount circles. The current terms for the best bills are 5Z and 6 per cent. The prospectus of the Royal Naval and Military Banking Corporation (Limited) has been issued, giving in detail the mocha operandi and the objects of the directors of the corporation. The capital proposed is £1,000,000, which is to be raised in 10,000 shares of £lOO each, of which sum it is not proposed to call up more than £2O. Tho deposit is £1 per share, and the payment on allotment is to be £4 per share; the residue of calls on capital invested is not to exceed £5 per share, and not called for at intervals of less than three months. The object for which this corporation is established cannot fail to strongly recommend itself to the favourable notice of the officers of both the army and the navy, whose special at tention is invited to the detailed prospectus, 'which will be found in another place. The distin guished names of the gallant gentlemen who form the directory is guarantee enough that the objecte of the corporation will be fully carried out. We learn that during the few days the corporation has been.before the public, that a considerable portion of the capital stock has been applied for, and that the application list will close on the 9th inst. It will be noticed that the Board of Directors which at first was exclusively formed of naval and military gen tlemen, now includes the names of several commer cial men of standing. The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets during the last few days have not been very extensive owing to the unfavourable weather. Sugar, coffee, and rice have been in fair request at full rates. Ia fruit and spices there has been very little animation, while a better tone has prevailed in the tallow market; a fair amount of business having been done for both present ana for ward delivery. The Bark of England return for the week end ing Wednesday shows a further accumulation of gold, bet there is a reduction in the reserve of notes, and an augmentation in the other securities, owing to the recent activity in discount circles and the negotiation of loans prior to the payment of the dividends. Subjoined is our analysis:— A c tive Circulation .. £20,243,400 I n crease .. .. 668,485 Bullion .. 14,034,222 Increase .. .. .. Rest .. •• •• .• Increase • . • • • • Public Deposits Decrease .. .. •• Other Deposits.. .. • • Increase .. .. .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Increase .. .. •• Government Securities .. •11 il• Other Securities Increase .. Notes Unemployed .. Decrease .. .• .. 214,810 .. 3,778,873 .. 212,779 .. 7,893,633 . . 259,968 .. 13,641,278 .. 1,114,605 .. 657,474 • • 24,518 .. 11,174,684 No etenition. 20,708,852 .. 1,475,609 .. 7,670,965 357,200 Two o'CLocx. There has been a recovery of per cent. from the depression experienced yesterday afternoon in the market for the English Funds. At the same time, business has been extremely dull, and beyond the movement in prices already mentioned, there is not the slightest feature of interest. Console are 911 for money, and 911 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 892 ; Enfaced Indian 5 per Cents., 106; and do. 51 per Cents., 1131 115. There has not been much animation in the Foreign Market, but more firmness has prevailed in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69 ; do. Congo lides, 501 • Mexican, 431 y ; Greek, 221 ; Spanish Passive, 351; Portuguese, 471 48; Rus sian, 8S 89 ; and Italian, 661. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been on a rather limited scale, and prices have shown less firmness. Great Eastern and North Eastern (Berwick) have each receded ss. ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, and South Western, 10s. ; and Great Western, ss. Brighton, however, have improved 155., and Metropolitan ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue dull at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous shares remain inactive. Union of London have declined to 471; London Chartered of America to 251 26, Crystal Palace Stock is firm at 341. Credit Mobilier Shares are quoted 21 4 prom. ; Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company 2 to 21 prem.; Imperial Provincial 3/ 4 prem. ; Provincial Corporation 2 to 21 prem. ; Credit Foncier 2/ 2d prem; and Queensland Sheep Investment 11 1t prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Console Ditto Account, March 5 .... 3 per Cent. Reduced 89 1 i New 3 per Cent. Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto 3 per Cent.. 1859 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 5 die Di t t o £SOO Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr -- INDII.;" GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1670 Ditto Accouni. . • Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 106 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 ... ll3i 15 Ditto Bonds k 11,900 — _. die Ditto under £l,OOO Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditt o 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....- Ditto 41 per Cent. , 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto Sorip, £55 paid / die Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Colombian 6 Scrip £BO pd Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 pet Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ragl'Ptian 7 per Cent 991 100 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons., Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 73 1 Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 431 3 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent - New Granada .. Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 ....... Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent -' Piedmont's°, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Sorip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid --pm Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. — Ditto 3 per Cent 1866 '7 '9 '6O 62, '3 "Litt° A * , 0 90 0 ccount • It ami„, Ir . 5 per Cent., 1822, £St -- , s !Dto 41 per Cent 1850 Cent, 1862 u " t° 6 Per S ardi nian Ae s e p ou er u ent Ditto .. siianirh 3 p er cent B3 Ditto Account., Ditto New Deferred .... — Ditto Account — Ditto Yeasty° Ditto Account ... ................. 351 41 51 s plu ish Cert. of Coup not f unded Ditto Account...... .. 19 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ........ • A Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds.. • Ditto 6 per Cent. 186 E 79 Ditto Account _ _ _ Ditto, Lioo 13onds ...... ; ........... 691 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent .... 101 Venezuela 3 per Cent. ................ --- .Ditto Account ....... • .............. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .............. Ditto Account ...................... 59a Dividends on the above payable in Laud 41, Belgian 4 per Cont., Ex. 25f. ........ Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ...... Dutch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Glut ........ -- Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........ Ditto 6 por Cent, 1863 ............ 5 per Cent. , 1861, 6 Ex. 25 francs.. 66a Ditto Account .. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct.Ex 4s. --- TWO O'CLOCK Consols Money Ditto Account „ . 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford ,t Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dzß West Mid land -Oxfrdi 1)0 Newp o ort! Do Hereford 22 24 1 - ' BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing short Railways Paid. Price. BUllinele don. 100 SttLawrenek all - 59 - 61 Sk IBom., Baroditar..Cent Ind 100 1031 101/ 104 f3u. 6 per cent.. 20 Do. New .......• ••8 1p I p 20 Do. E. Shares 404 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 10 Do. Preterionce 00 linfialo,Brant,&Godrich 10 - - 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,187 k ,00 Do. do. July 1 , 187 100 - - 100 1)0. do. Juae 1, 15.•; 100 - - at ~)lcutta.&S. Eastn.(lMu 100 101 103 at Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 103 lOs stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 105 )06 stock h:ast Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1(4 1( 5 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 5 1 p 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada ivc 191 201 100 Do. Ist l'rcl. Bonds , a ll 73 t) 74 5 100 Do. do. deierred all 67 61 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds all 66 63 100 Do. do. deferr ed..- all 1 5 0 83 100 Do. 3d F, ef. stock all 49 62 100 Do. do. deterred all 33 82 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 10 0 Do. do. deferred...- all 22 t 5 23 stook Gt.lndlaPenin.g-ua.sp.o 100 1031 1041 1031 41 2 0 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 } 7 20 Do. January, 1862 1 8 4 1 1 stook Gt. South.of I ndia(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 IC3 IC4 201 Gt. W. ot Canada Shares all 91 10 20 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 1 00 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8 all 85 87 n 10 Indian B ra nch Limited 2 p I p stock Madras guar., s p. 0. 100 101 l 1034 1021 stook Do. 4} p. o. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc. 44 do.. .• .... 100 s 2 96 20 . Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnds. 100 - - 50 slelb. & Hobson's Bay., all 58 60 100 Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. Bds.l all - - 90 New lirurswwit Candi. Class A. an II 82 54 N.ll.l.C'clas po Ist bds 100 stock Scinde •• • • (100 103 104 3034 stock Do. Delhi 4: ; 100 1121 1031 20 Do. do ' e , 2 } ip et Do. Punjaub •• all 1021 1031 103 Do. Do. - - Cook ID°. InduLSt. Flo _llllll 1 klOO ,93 100 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t,an.(ios. p.c..la ,t 4 id) - 1877-St ~-.-...... 1 , 4 10 1 103 - Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 11)2 - Do. d p.c.3lar.& Sept. 100 99 101 - Do. 15 p. c. Jan.&• l uly. 10C 8) II B gl I - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 83 91 - Cape G.llope. 6 p 0.1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 108 110 1091 - Do. 1891) 100 110 112 - 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 103 108 109 - 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 11l I 1 1 - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 1 106 108 - Natal Gov. 6 per cant. 130 08 110 3 N.B.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja. &July 100 101 10 - IDo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 0.,18.1r 100 90 100 - Du. sp. c.,18/i to It'll 100 99 10 1 -. Do. d0.,1888 dcupwds 100 99 100 -.New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 991 100 - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - 1 sterling, 18 75 lOO 104 106 - 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 - - -. ,S.Aus G6P.0.1878.& up lOO 40) 111 - Nrio•Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - Do. io 6p o. An.ikOot.. 100 DO 111 111 101_ BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. G old 1 1 Id ba - Gifford Amalgamated.. - 3 6 - Devon G. Conf..,'Tavist.) 1 570 680 - East Bassett (Illogan) BO 65 70 d - East Clogau Gold Ltd.l - - East Caradon ...... .• 1.18.1. 3.4 3.6 31 - I 4.0 61 7} East Carn Brea. - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ; 1 8.9.0 41 4/ - IGam.iSt-AubyinGwen 10 11 - rent South Tolgue l7s 4 41 - Wheal Vor (Holston) 40 35 717 351 4 - I Grenville 6.16.r 6 61 - 1 lierc•d's-Foot 1 8.12 4 41 85 37 - 11 ingston Downs C 1 Lady Bertha - ,M a rgaret (tiny Lelant 94 . 17 19 - I liarke Valley.. ...... 4 Hyndy Iron Oro (*Lim `; 24 I 8 t 05 - New Setun 1 191 ) -• , N or th Downs I ;,1 11 2 Basset (111 Nani 3.1.0 2 21 - ;North Wheal Crotty 1 ; 2.6.9 - IPar Consols (St. Blazey - - ; rrovidence(Uny Lelnt., 10.6.7 44 46 0 - S o uth Caradon(StCleer 1 It 440 46 - IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 - - - IS.Wheal Fran. (Illchtu 118.18.9 65 60 - Stray Park ,30.17.0 23 30 - faioar Silvie Lead Min.: - fin Croft % e st Basset (Illogan) , II 11 12 V - C, radon (Liskeard ,l 5 21 23 22 - West Seton .... 471 83 86 - W M h e al Basset (Mogan, 54 183 195 -• Wheal Bulleratedrutlif 10 871 921 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)', 2.0.6 31 37 - jWhealLudeott - Wheal MaryAnn;Hen )! 88 175 131 185 141 - Weal :Won 5l - W h heal Trelawney (Lis )' 7 2 2 , 1 - Wheal Union 3.17 2} 21 ritEFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 77 Stockton and Darlingto n, C 6 per cent., 31/ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCK& G r eat Eastern, 41 per cent. , pt., 101/ LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham. 41 per Cent., Ott London, Tilbuy, and:Southend, 001. Nottingham and Grantham It. & C., 94 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. I3ahla and San Francisco (Um.) gua. 7 per cent, 171 Great Luxembourg, 101 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent, Si t Ditto (all), 211 1 FOREIGN BIM& Cobre Copper, 31 Yudanatuutana of S. Australia, Um., 21 / JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of 1.010 f and Liverpool (lim.), 471 3 Bank of Otago, lim., 31 / Bank of Queensland (11m), lit Brazilian and Portuguese, lien., 81 British and American Exchange Ch ar tered Bank of British Columbia. 115 181 City, 116 Colonial, Ern., 41 Consolidated 101 East London, Urn.. 71 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 215 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 311 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 8 Imperial Ottoman, 184 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Jim., 31/1 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 624 London, Birm and S. Staffordshire, lim., 121 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26 51 6 London and Comity, 574 7 London Joint Stock, 401 40 Merchant Bank, lim., 111 Mctrop. and I'rov. Bank (lim.), 25 Scinde, l'unjanb. and Delhi, BID., 74 Union of Australia, -- Ditto, new. 311 Union of London, 474 DOCKS. London, 72 St. Katharine, 71! 1 BITSCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19i Commercial Union (Insurance), 9 Consolidate d Discount, Rm., 21 Contract Corporation. inn., 6rt 6 Crystal Palace, 31 East India Irrigation and Canal, 3! E g yptian Commercial and Tra t ting, Gen. Cr«iit and N'inance of Lonaon, Lim, Hudson's Bay, 181 17k International Financial So . clety, 12, 1 Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, 8 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 31 Land Securities, lim., 44 Lo n don leinannal Association, lim.. 25) ) London General Omnibus Company, Mercantile Credit Assoc i a tion, Um., 134 Peninsula and Orienta l Steam. 781 Rio de Janeiro City improvemonts, Southt A Wean gortgage an d Investment, 5 4 'Lhames and Mersey Marius (Insurance), Urn., 6 II Vuivvrsal Duane (Lubur4m.e), 4) COURT OF DIVORCE, (Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Common Jury.) WODEROUSE V. WODETIOTJSE AND FARROW. This was a suit by the husband, an insurance agent, at Norwich, for a dissolution of the marriage on the ground of the adultery of his wife with the co-respondent, a wealthy farmer, who died last May at the age of 77 years. The re spondent, at the time the alleged impropriety took place was only 16 years of age. Bertha Bates said she had formerly been in the service of Mr. Farrow, who lived at Memdham, in Norfolk. She had seen frequent acts of impropriety between Mr. Farrow and Mrs. oodhouse. She was in the habit of going into his study in her night-dress, when he used to act indecently towards her. When Mr. Farrow used to enter the apart ment the respondent used to sham fainting fits, and after wards call for pudding and cheese. (Laughter.) The witness then swore to having seen the adultery committed. Cross-examined—She was dismissed in consequence of having an illegitimate child, but Mr. Farrow afterwards took her again into his service. She was now a married woman. Mr. Farrow left Ler a legacy in his will, but he after wards revoked it. Henry Yallop said he had seen Mr. Farrow and Mrs. Wodehouse in 1856 commit adultery in a barn. Several other witnesses gave corroborative evidence, which closed the case for the petitioner. Mr. Sergeant Parry then opened the case for the respon dent, and contended that the whole story told by the wit nesses, Bertha Bates and Henry Yallop, was false in every particular. With respect to the circumstances under which the witness Yallop saw what he had stated, he should show it was a physical impossibility, and therefore entirely un worthy the slightest belief. The learned gentleman then called the following witnesses : Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons, mother of the respondent, said her daughter was about 16 years of age when she went into Mr. Farrow's service, She occasionally went to the house. She remembered her being ill while there, and after one year and eight months she left and was then put to learn a business. She then resided with witness up to her mar • riage, and after that she and her husband opened a small general shop, at which Mr. Farrow used to have some o f his goods. Wodehouse left his wife on the 9th of January, 1857, in consequence of a quarrel about her refusing to give him the key of the bureau in which the money was kept. He broke it open, took the money out and never returned but for a very short time. Mr. Farrow was present when this quarrel took place. Atter he had been away 20 weeks he sent her £l. After he left Mr. Farrow used to come into the shop. While her daughter was unwell Mr. Farrow did not, as a daily rule, come into the room while her daughter was confined to bed. Cross-examined—Wodehouse never accused her daughter of an intimacy with Mr. Farrow. Mrs. Vernet, a widow, said he had charge of Mr. Farrow's house while he was unwell in 1858. She knew Mrs. Woodhouse, as she used to do needlework for the house; but when she brought anything home she never saw Mr. Farrow. The mother of Mrs. Woodhouse always came with her to receipt the bills, and during the five years she was in charge of Mr. Farrow's house she never saw Mrs. Woodhouse in Mr. Farrow's company longer than five minutes at a time. During the whole time of her residence in Mr. Farrow's house she never saw him commit the slightest impropriety towards any person. She knew the girl Bertha, and would not not believe her on her oath. She was dismissed by Mr. Farrow for bad conduct. She had four years experience of her character. Mr. Farrow told her she was born under an unlucky star, and that Ehe was doomed to destruction for telling lies. Re-examined —Mr. Farrow took Bertha into his house when she was four years old from pure motives of charity, as she was an orphan. Mr. Copeman, a solicitor to the late Mr. Farrow, said— since the commencement of the present proceedings, the witness Yallop came to him and told him he bad never seen anything improper between Mr. Farrow and Mrs. Wode house. Ho afterwards came again to him, and having made a counter statement, asked him (witness) to which statement he should stick, and he told him emphatically to stick to the truth. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION, HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAltc 3. YEOMANRY CAVALRY. Order for committee read, Motion made and question pro posed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words "the discontinuance in the present year of the assembling of the Yeomanry Cavalry for the accustomed period of six days' training on permanent duty, would be detrimental to the efficiency of the force, and contrary to the recom mendation of the committee appointed by Lord Herbert in the year 1861, and is inexpedient," instead thereof. Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." The halm divided—Ayes, 158; Noes, 157. AYES —lB. Adam,lV. P. Gibson. T. M. Palmerston, Visct. Agnew, Sir A. Gilpin, C. Peel, Sir It. Alcock, T. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, F. Baring, Sir F. Guldsniid, Sir F. Peel, J. render, J. Barnes, l taring T. Thos. Geo. G Gr o e s e c n h e e . n J , .G.. 1, Pilkington, James Baxter, W. E. Gregson, S. Pinney, Col. ltazley, Thomas Grenfell, H. R. Pollard Urquhart W Beaumont, W. B. Grey, Sir G. Ponsonby, A. Beaumont,Somerset Gurdon, B. Potter, E. Bellew, It. M. Hadfield, Geo. l'ryse, Capt. E. L. Berkeley, li. Ilaubury, It. Pritchard, John Berkeley, C. Ilartington,Marquis Pugh, D. Itiddulpli,',Col. R.M. Hervey, Lord A. Ricardo, 0. Black, Adam Ileadlain, Thos. E. Itobartes, T. J. A. Bonham-Carter, J. Henley, Lord Robertson 11. Bowyer, Sir G. I ierbert , 11. A. Roebuck, . 3. A. Bright, J. Bibbert, J. T. Russell, Hastings Briscoe, J. I. Hodgson, K. Russell, A. J. E. Bruce, 11. A. Butt, W. Saloniona,Aidermax Buchanan, W. Ingham, R. Seymour. A Buller, Sir A. Jackson, W. Shafts, It. D. Burke, Sir T. J. Kershaw, J. Shelley, Sir .1. V. Butler, C. S. R i ng la ke , A. W. Sheridan, It. B. Caird, James Kinnaird, Lion. A. Smith, J. B. Cardwell, lit. lin. E. Layard, A. 11. Smith, M. T. Castlerosse, Fist. Langton, W. H. G. Smith, Aug Childers, 11. C. E. Lanigan, J. Staniland, M. . Clay, James Lawson, W. Stanley, 0. Clitrord, C. C. Leathain, E. Stansteld, J. Clive, Georg - c Leterre, G. J. S. Steel, John Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lewis, Harvey Sykes, Col. W. 11. Collier, Sir It. P. Lindsay, W. S. 'file, Wm. Cowper, lion. W.F. Lloyd, T. Tollemache, Hon.F. Cox, W. Lowe, lit. lion. R. Tracy, lion. C. Dalglish, Robert Lysley, W. Turner, J. A. Denman, G. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) Vane, Lord 11. G. Douglas, Sir C. Mackinnon,W. A. Villiers, lit. Hon. C. Duff, M. E. Manners, Lord G. Warner, Edward Dunbar, Sir Wm. Marjoribanks, D. C. Watkins, Col. L. Dundas, Frederick Mildmay, 11. Whalley, G. IL Dundas, Sir David Miller, William Whitbread, S. Dunlop, A. Mills, J. It. White, Jas. Evans, T. W. Morris, D. White, L. Ewart, William Neate, C. Wickham, 11. W. Ewart, J. C. Norris, J. T. Williams, \V. Ewing, li. E. C. North , F . Wilmington, Sir T. Fenwick, Henry O'llap. - ,an, T. Wood, Sir C. Fermoy, Lord Osborne. IL. B. Woods, Henry Fitzroy, Lord F. Packe, Col. Wyvill, M. Forster, W. E. Fadmore, IL TELLERS. Fortescue, lion. F. Paget, C. Fortescue, C. S. Paget, Lord C. E. Brand, 11. B. Gavin, Major Palmer, Sir It. Euatchbull-flugeas RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MEROPOLITAN RAILWAY SCHEMES. In the copyof the report of the joint committee of the Lords and Commons which appeared in 'I he Sun of Wednesday, the Tottenham and Hampstead Jacction (Extension to Charing-cross) should have been included in the second paragraph with the bills which should not be proceeded with during the present session. In place of the Bth laragraph should have been the following : "Two of the schemes—viz., the Charing•cross (Northern) and the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction (Extension to Charing-cross), which are designed to be more or less connected with the Northern lines, and which pass through the centre of the metropolis to the Chariog-cross Station—are open to tha objection that they tend to create a great central statio❑ at Charing-cross." _ Instead of the 10th paragraph should have been the following : " As to all the schemes above referred to the com mittee would observe that in recommending their postponement they have been strongly influenced by the consideration of the great public incon venience and pecuniary loss to the inhabitants of the district that must unavoidably be caused by the interruption of thoroughftires during the construc tion of works of this nature ; and as the schemes which the ccmmittee (concurring generally in the views of the Lords' committee of last session) re commend to be proceeded with are of a very great magnitude and extent, they have thought that any schemes which did not appear to be of more than ordinary urgency might properly be postponed for future consideration." At the commencement of the 13th paragraph, instead of the Hammersmith, Midland, and North Western, it should have been the Hampstead, Mid land, and North Western. MARKET AND COMULItCI:IL INTELLIGENCE. SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCILS. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ... Cork and Bandon Cornwal Do A D o . p tint:Spc.l) an.has Pyte no div - (been paid to IL! ilublin & Belfast Junc.l IDun.,Perth,&Ab. June.! 'Edinburgh & Glasgow.; Glasg. and S. Western.; ;Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 II 83 i . ES 1201 121 ii Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... ..... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Irelana Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Biackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. Sr North Western Lon. & Sw.th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby slid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. t shares Mid Kent ......... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, dr Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York , ........... 15; Carlisle.. Narth London Do New North Staffordstiire and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo; Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton t Darlington Do Do New, 180€ 'fail Vale.. .• • .....• • • • Do B Do C Ulster Do Railways. (Paid. Closing Budsoinne.eee Price. 6 7 36 3 8 16 1 7 94} 95} 107 109 97 4 8 47 49 7 g 126 128 120 131 182 131 95 97 63 01 1(109J 70 71 103 1 04 4) 4t 107} 1 0 71 99 100 514 52) 104 309 126 1 ` ,6 1 If IL , 96 08 631 641 24 t 6 1011 102 68 60 911 92} 125 130 lo 24 p 771 781 11 111 123 126 44 44 98 100 634 644 34 26 yOf tl4 100 102 Si 9 1 88 39 04 104 c 7• 81 160 165 5 6 3 3i p 92 96 474 I 63 2 IC9I 103 f 107} I 991 } if 8 1261 101} i i ~ 89i i 100 5.4.0 100 34i 902 1 111 R 817 N, LO' DON, FRIDAY EVENING, .NI ARCH 4, 1864, LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBORO UG 11-STREET. ROBBERY A'S HER MAJESTY'S TREATRE.—George Wilson, a tall elderly man, who refused his address, but described himself as a traveller, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing from the person of Mr. John Battes, of 4, King's-terrace, Commercial- road, Stepney, cabinetmaker, a portemonnaie containing five sovereigns and some silver, and the duplicate of a watch of the value of £l3 10s., while at the pit entrance of Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket. Mr. Battes said he was at the pit entrance of Her Majesty's Theatre last night with his wife, there being great pressure from the persons waiting to gain admission, when he felt a hand in his trousers pockets. Ho, as soon as he could, got his hand down, and felt the prisoner's hand coming from his pocket, but not being able to hold it, held his coat and called " PAice," and on a constable coming up gave him into custody. Tho prisoner said he was going to the pit of the theatre, bat on the constable asking him for his ticket he said he bad not got one, but had the money to pay, although it was necessary to have a ticket before entering the theatre. Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner dressed as he is now (rather shabbily, with a large woollen scarf round his neck) ? Mr. Battes said he was. Mr. Knox—What had you in your portemonnaie Mr. Battes stated that he had five sovereigns, same sil ver, and the duplicate relating to a lever watch, of the value of £l3 105. The prisoner put several questions to Mr. Battes, with the view of showing that it might have been somebody else whose hand was in his pocket; but Mr. Battes said that although he could not swear it was the prisoner's, still he had no doubt of it. Sergeant Butt, 95 A, said on taking the prisoner into custody he found 2s. or 3e. in his hand. At the station the prisoner refused his address. Sergeant Edward Langley, of the detective department, Scotland-yard, said he had known the prisoner for years as a thief, and he had been charged at Bow-street with rob• bery at the Italian Opera House, Covent-garden. Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner, that in quiries might be made respecting him. If the prisoner took the purse he must have passed it to some one. Sergeant Langley said ho thought it very likely the pri soner put it in some one else's pocket—a thing often done by prisoners when detected. Remanded. THAMES. A COUPLE or DISORWERLIES.—George Salmon, a la bower, 25 years of age, with a bloated face, and Ellen Cun ningham, a withered old woman, both as dirty and dissi pated as it is possible to conceive, were charged before Mr. Partridge with being drunk and disorderly, and the woman was charged in addition with breaking a large pane of plate glass, valued at £3 10s., in the window of the Roebuck publichouse, in Cannon-street-road, St. George-in-the- East. Mr. George Bruce, barman to the landlord of the Roe buck, said the male prisoner came into the house yesterday eve:ding, and conducted hi.nself in a very noisy and disor derly manner. The man was intoxicated, but knew what he was about. lie ejected him from the house. The prisoner then remained outside and matip a disturbance. A mob of roughs, loose women, and others collected, and a riotous scene was the consequence. The female rrisoner was the worst, and she took up a stone and threw it at the window. It struck a stout pane of glass, and did sot crack it. The woman then took up a large piece of asphalto and hurled it at a large pane of plate glass and broke it. The value of it was £3 or £4. Mr. Partridge—Are you insured ? Witness—l believe Mr. William Sands, the proprietor of the Roebuck, has insured his plate glass. The prisoner Johnson said he was for three years in the employ of Messrs. Taylor brothers, cocoa manufacturers, and had been out of work twelve weeks ; all he had to drink yesterday was a half pint of beer. Mr. Partridge said a half pint of beer would make no man intoxicated. Ho should fine the male prisoner ss, for being drunk and disorderly, and order the woman to pay 255. towards the damage she had caused, and a fine of 55., and in default of payment to be imprisoned for one month, The pair were pent to prison, WESTMINSTER. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES BY AN OSTLER. — James Morgan, ostler in the servioe of Mr. Watling, pro vision merchant and pork-pie manufacturer at Pimlico, was charged with robbing his master. Mr. James Bird, of 26, Denbigh-street, Pimlico, Mr. Watling's foreman, said that from some information he had received of Keno hay having been removed from his master's loft, he placed himself in a room over a gateway leading to the stable and watched at a quarter past 9 last night. Ile saw the prisoner leave the yard with a truss of hay on him back, and following saw him take it to Mr. Rawling's stable in the Wilton-road. As he left the stable witness seized him by the neck and charged with stealing the hay, when he denied having had anything to do with it. Mr. Arnold—Have there been any previous losses from your stables. Witness—We have missed a great quantity of hay. This robbery has been going on for some time past, George Reynolds, carman to Mr. Watling, said that he lived over the stable, and saw the prisoner leave the yard with a truss of hay. There had been throe trusses in a cart in the yard just before. tvi andrd w Stepson, hen t 1 2 d 27 b y B, said he apprehended the pri soner, Watling that she should give him into custody, he said he had lent the hay to a son E e d r Mr. Rawlings, in the Wilton-road, in whose place it had been found. Mr. Arnold (to Mr. Bird)-llad the prisoner any autho• r;ty to lend his master's hay? Mr. Bird—Not the least, nor to remove it from the premises. Prisoner was remanded until Tuesday. NOES —157. Addington, 110n.W. Gore, J. IL 0. Nicol, William Astell, J. H. Graham, Lord Wm. North, Col. Bailey, C. Greenall, G. O'Neill, E. Itaillie, 11. J. Greville, Col. I. l'akingtou, Sir J. S. Baring, Thomas Gray, Capt. I'arker, Major W. Barrow,`NV. H. Grogan, Sir E. l'eacocke, G. M. Barttelot, Col. lialiburton, T. C. Peel, Gen. H Bathurst, A. A. amilton, Major Pennant, Col. Beach, W. IV. Hardy, Gathorne Pevensey, Visoount Bective, Earl of Harvey, R. B. Phillips, G. L. Bentinck, G. W. P. llassard, M. D. Powell, I'. S. Bernard, Col. Hay, Sir J Powys-Lybbe, P. L. Bernard, Thos. T. Ileathcote, Sir W. Redmond, J. E. Bovill, Wm. Hennessy, J. P. Rogers, John J. Bramston, T. W. Ilesketh, Sir T. Bolt, J. Bruce, C. L. C. llodgson, R. Rowley, lion. R. T. Bruce, Sir 11. lioltord, It. S. Russell, Sir Wm. Burghley, Lord Hopwood, J. T. Scott, Lord 11. Burrell, Sir P. lio,s,ali, T. B. tscourfielo, J. IL ButlerJohustone,t l . liotham, Lord Selwyn, C. J. Cargill, NV. llowes, E. Seymour, Danby Cave, S. Ilume, W. Smith, M. Clive, Capt. G. W. Jermyn, Earl Smith, S. G. Close, M. C. Jervis, Captain Smollett, P. Cobbold, John C. Jollitte, li. 80111e8, Joseph Cole, lion. H. liekewich, S. Stanley, Lord Collins, T. Kelly, Sir F. Stirling, Win. Derinp.; Sir K her, D. S. Stewart , Sir M. R. Disraeli, Benjamin Kerrison, Sir E. Straoey, Sir 11. Du Cane, C. King, J. li. Thompson, 11. S. Dunne, Col. Knox, Col. Thynne, Lord E. Du Pre, C. Knox, Major W. S. Thynne, Lord H. Egerton, A. P. Langton, W. G. Torrens, R. Egerton, K C. Leader, N. Tottenham,Lt.-Col. Egerton, W. Lefroy, A. Treiusis, lion. C. IL Elcho, Lord Lee, IV. Turner, C. Elphinstone, Sir J. Lennox, Lord li. G. Vance, John Vane, Col. Leslie, W. Vansittart, Win. Farquhar, Sir M. Long, R. P. Verner, Sir Wm. Farrer, J. Longtield, Robert Vise, col. Fergusson. Sir J. Loraine, Lord Walcott, Adm. J. E. Ferrand, W. Macdonogh, F. Walker, James R. Fitzgerald, W. S. Malcolm, J. NY. Walpole, S. H. Fleming, T. W. Malins, R. Waterhouse, S. iloyer. J. Manners, Lord J. Way, Arthur K Foley, H. W. Miles, Sir W. Whitmore, 11. Forde, Col. Miller, T. Willoughby, Sir H. Forester, Gen. Mills, A. Wynn, C. 1V IV. Fraser, Sir W. A. Montagu. Lord R. Yorke , lion. E. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Montgomery, Sir G. Gard, It. S. Morgan, C. 0. S. Gaskell, J. M. Morritt, W. Getty, S. G. Mowbray, Rt. Iln. J. Edwards, Col. Gilpin, Colonel More, David Ridley, Sir M. W. The report of the directors state that the divi dends for the last half-year, at the rate of £t per c2nt. per annum on the conFolidatod stock of the company and on the amount paid on the new shares, and also at the rate of 4y per cent. per annum on the preference shares, lind been received from the lessees, and were payable on and after the Ist inst. No application had been received from the lessees to make any further call on the remaining sum of £3 payable on each of the new shares, amounting in the whole to £65,052. The capital account to Dec. 31 showed that 1847,271 had been expended, leaving a balance of £5lB. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chapman, Eeq , PALS., V.P., in the chair. There were also present Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., V.P. ; Admiral Gordon, W. H. Herten, Esq ; John Griffith, Esq. ; Captain Watd, R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the institution ; and Richard Lewis, Esq., the secretary. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a reward of £23 was voted to the crew of the Redcar lifeboat of the institution, for saving the crew of seven men of the schooner Brothers of Whitby, which, dur ing a storm on the night of the 17th ult., was wrecked on some rocks off Redcar. The lifeboat, which is the oldest in the kingdom, was stove in on the occasion, and was after wards found to be affected with dry rot. Messrs. John Crossley and Sons, of Halifax, have liberally promised to the institution to pay the omit of a new lifeboat for this sta tion. A reward of £9 was also voted to the crew of the in stitution's lifeboat at Dungeness, for saving 13 persons from the ship Golden Age of Liverpool, which was wrecked off Dungeness during a snowstorm on the 19th ult. Some of the crew and passengers were also saved by a pilot cutter. A reward of £5 10s was likewise granted to the crew of the Holyhead lifeboat of the institution, for having, on the 13th ult., brought to a place of safety the brigantine Boa Nova, of Oporto, and her crew of nine men. As the lifeboat was returning to the shore the schooner Bri tannia was observed in a dangerous position, and she was also safely brought to a sheltered place. The New Brighton (tubular) lifeboat, belonging to the institution, also rendered important services to the ship Contest, of Li verpool, whose crew were found by the lifeboat oft the Mersey, completely exhausted. Payment' amounting to £l3 15s were also made to the crews of the a ciety's lifeboats at Lytham, Rye, and Winchilsea, fa putting off with the view of saving life from wrecks, but when their services were not afterwards required. The silver medal of the institution was voted to Mr. W. C. Buck, R.N., chief officer of the coastguard at Winchelsea, blase', and LI each to five of his men, for putting off in a coastguard boat, and saving, at much risk of life, a poor fellow from the fishing cutter Thetis of Jersey. His crew had abandoned him at Dieppe, and he had crossed tho Channel alone in the sm ack. While returning to the shore one of the coastguard men, named George Terry, was unfortunately washed out of the boat and perished. The institution voted £lO in aid of a local subscription for his widow. A reward of £2 was also granted to two policeman of Holyhead, for wading into the surf during a stormy night, and saving a man belonging to the schooner Harmony of Drogheda. Rewards amounting to £l6 106 were also voted to other persons for rescuing, luring the late gale, 15 persons from a boat belonging t) the ship Royal Victoria of Liverpool; eight men from the schooner Anna Maria of Cronatadt ; four men from a fish ing boat off Port Stewart, county Antrim; and six men, and their fishing cobbles, of Staithos. It was reported that Mrs. M. A. Hopkins, of Preston, and her daughter, had presented to the institution £260, to pay the cost of the Blackpool tile boat, in memory of the late Mr. R. W. Hopkins. It was also stated that Sir John Pekington, Bart., M.P., G.C.8., had kindly promised to preside over the annual meeting of the institution, to be held on the 15th inst., at the London Tavern. The society had sent during the past month now lifeboats to Palling, Norfolk, and to Greencastle, near Lon donderry. It was slated that Messrs. Forrestt, the lifeboat builders, had now 13 lifeboats constructing for the institu tion. Payments amounting to upwards of £250 having been made on various lifeboat establishments, and some minor business done, the proceedings terminated. THE FREEHOLD ESTATE OF TUE LATE LORD LYNDHURST.—The freehold estate of the late Lord Lyndhurst, Nos. 2.5 and 26, George -groat, Hanover square, was yesterday disposed of at the mansion, in two lots, by Messrs. Christie, Masson, and Wools, of King street, St. James's. Lot 1. The capital and spacious free hold mansion, 25, George-street, situated on the cast side, close to Hanover-square, the property, and for many years the residence of the late Lord Lyndhurst ; and all the fix tures included in the purchase—£l3,ooo (Mr. Duddell). Lot. 2. The capital family residenoe, 26, George-street, Hanover-square, adjoining the mansion of his lordship, let by the year to Dr Ilawkesley at tho very inadequate rent of £l5O per annum , the tenancy expires at Miohaelmas next ; all the landlord's fixtures inoluded in the purchase —£5,000 (the same purchaser), THE DANO-GRRMAN CORRESPONDENCE.—Part IV. of the correspondence respecting the Duchies was published yesterday afternoon. Including this publi cation, there have now been altogether no loss than 620 pages of correspondence, including 845 despatches or other documents. Tho present part COUlt00110:11 on the IGili of December, with an amount of Lord Wodehouse'a arrival in Copenhagen, and embraces negotiations from that period down till January 31. The last &Tunient in the series is the summons to the Danish commander-in-chief to evacuate Schleswig, the movement of Austria and Prussia to take the initiative having commenced about a month previous. Sir A. Millet, on December 30, communicated their inten• tion to occupy Schleswig, and the great‘r part of the pre sent correspondence refers to the subsequent negotiations. MISSING VESSELS.--.LONDON, March 3.—The Otto sailed from Randers on or afloat Nov. 3 for London, and has not since been heard of. Tho Sophia sailed from Aalborg about Nov. 4 for London, and has not sinoe been heard of. The Atalanta sailed from Liverpool on Sept. 29 from New York, was spoken on Oct. 4 in lat. 51 N., long. S W., and has not since been heard of. The Marianne sailed from the Tyne on Oct. 22 for Barcelona, and has not since been heard of. The Andax sailed from Cattaboutna, near Smyrna. on or about the 3d Nov., for London, and ham not since been heard of. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. CORN WALL. The directors report states that the amount re ceived on the capital account during the past half year, ending the 31st of December last, was £82,606. Of this amount £22,755 hud been raised on &ben ture bonds guaranteed by the associated companies, at a rate not exceeding 41 per cent. The remaining £59 850 was reefived on dt bentures unguarantecd by the associated companies. The expenditure for the half year bad been £40,966. The works on the extension to Falmouth, including the Falmouth station, had been completed during the past half year. The whole of the contract with Messrs. lt. Sharpe and Sons had been satisfactorily and finally settled. The works upon this contract hno been executed for £167,087, being £4,913 less than the sum originally estimated by Mr. Brcreton, the company's engineer. The receipts on revenue ac count for the half-year amounted to £40,716, against £36,485 for the corresponding period of 1862. The working expenses, owing chiefly to the recent opening to Falmouth, had likewise increased, but the net balance was £18,128, against £17,521 in the corresponding half of 1862. There had been a reduction in the amount of interest charged in the half-year of £1,170 as cumpared with the corre sponding period of 1862. The capital account showed that £1,738,559 had been received, and .C 1,685,066 expended, leaving a balance of £53,493. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December last showed that £.10,716 had been received, and 1,22,39 S expended, leaving a balance of £18,128 to meet £21,237 interest charges for the past half-year, showing a deficiency of £3,169, which, 4thlcd to £17,600, the, accuwulatcd deficiencies of former half-years, made a total de ficiency of £50,717 in the net revenue to meet the interest charges on loans and preference shares, but provision was otherwise made to cover that de ficiency. HATFIELD AND ST. ALBAN'S. The report of the directors states that preliminary agreements had been effected by Mr. Bidwell, the valuer, witn most of the landlords and tenants on the line, and it was now hoped the directors would shortly- bo in a position to instruct the contractor to begin the works. The opinion which the directors had ever entertained of the utility of the line as forming a link in the chain of railways from the Great Western at Uxbridge to the Great Eastern at Hertford continued to receive confirmation, and, without reference to the local accommodation it would afford, the directors thought that a fair return upon the cost to the proprietors might be expected from the cast and west traffic. The capital account showed that £7,501 had been received and £3,05 expended, leaving a balance of £4,4C6. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in tko committee of which Mr. Woodd is the chairman, further evidence was adduced by Sir Alexander and Mr. Davison in favour of the London and Brighton (Ouse Valley line), Messrs. Wells, Clements, Reeves, Holman, and l I ood, being examined on the traffic case, and Mr. Bidder, Q.C., and others on the engineering. Mr. Barrow then opened the ease for the opposition, on the part of landowners, and called Mr. Burton, a shareholder in the Brighton Company, to show that at a meeting of that company great dissatisfaction was expressed by the proprietors at the proposed line, the meeting being of opinion that the company had quite lines enough. Tho room having been cleared, the com mittee deliberated, and then decided that the pre amble of the bill was proved, but only as regarded the first two sections—viz., the lino of nine miles from Cuckfield to Uokfiold, and of ten miles from Uckfield t ) llailsham. In Mr. Hardy's Committee, after hearing further evidence in illustration of the local traffic, and the want of railway accommodation in the district, and examining Mr. 13rydone, C. 8., and Mr. Kelk, con tractor, the bill for the Watford and Edgware Junc tion Railway was passed, and their clauses settled. Further evidence having been adduced in favour of the Leeds, 13radford, and Halifax and Great Northern Amalgamation Bill, the Committee de cided that the preamble was not proved. The Committee then proceeded to consider the Bill of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction for now works, and ultimately passed the bill. The next bill was that of the Lancashire and Yorkshire (additional powers) for the execution of now works, and after hearing the case for the promoters the committee passed the bill, The traffic case in connection with the Blockley and Banbury Railway occupied Mr. Scourlield's committee all day, a number of witnesses being examined by Mr. S. Hill and 11x. Holway to show the general character of the traffic, and the large extent of it that might be anticipated to accrue to the company from the large beds of ironstone to be found at Blisworth and in the Luighbourliood. Mr. Liddell, C.L., having been examined oa the engineering features of the line, the committee adjourned. The following railway hint; were parsed in Mr. Massey's committee :--I,lanelly (capital), Caine (amendment), Newry and Greenore, Swansea Vale, Carmarthen and Cardigan (1), Great North of Scotland. Trig SUDDENNESS OF I'RESCOTT'S DEATII.— On the morning of the 28th of January, 180, he was apparently in good health and spirits, talking about beginning work in earnest. Shortly beloro noon, he went &yin his study into an adjoining room. His secretary hear ing him groan, followed, and found him struck with P i lexy , and at half-past two ho died, never having Val" or evinved any sign of consciousness. The universal burst of sorrow with which the intelligence was received op both sides of the Atlantic was like that which a year later fol lowed the sudden death of Macaulay, or that which two months ago born testimony to the rat and good gals of T backer hy.-21te Rea(m. Au Old-Fashioned Ghost Story. (Extracta Jr•om Thomas Wright's .-10,!,1,,grap1,y.) Mr. Wright states that the 'E irl referred to in this ghost narrative was the last of the Earls of Powis of the family of Herbert. The narrator of the story eaid she was a poor woman who got her living by spinning hemp and line; that it was cus tomary for the fara.ers and gentlemen of that neigh• hourhood to grow a little hemp or line in the corner of their fields, for their own home consumption, and as she had a good hand at spinning the materials, she used to go from house to house to inquire for work; that her method was, where they employed her, during her stay to have meat, and drink, and lodging (if she had occasion to sleep with them), for her work, and what they pleased to give her besides. That, among other places, she happened to call in one day at the Welsh Earl Powib's country -seat, called Beelcastle, to inquire for work, as she usually had done before. The quality wore at this time in London, and had left the steward and hie wife, with other servants, as usual, to take care of their country residence in their absence. The steward's wife set her to work, and in the evening told her that she must stay all night with teem, as they had more work for her to do next day. When bedtime arrived, two or three of :he servants in company, with each a lighted candle in her hand, conducted her to her lodging. They led her to a ground room, with a boarded floor and two sash windows. The room was grandly furnished, and had a genteel bed in the corner of it. They had made her a good fire, and had placed her a chair and a table before it, and a large lighted candle upon the table. They told her that was her bed room, and she might go to sleep when she pleased ; they then wished her a good night, and withdrew altogether, pulling the door quickly after them, so as to hasp the spring•sneck in the brass lock that was upon it. Mien they were gone, she gazed awhile at the fine furniture, under no small aston• ishment that they should put such a poor person as she in so grand a room and bed, with all the apparatus of fire, chair, table, and candle. She was also surprised at the circumstance of the servants coming so many together, with each of them a candle; however, after gazing about her some little time, she sat down and took a small Welsh Bible out of her pocket, which she always carried about with her, and in which she usually read a chapttr —chiefly in the New Testament—before she said her prayers and went to bed. While she was read ing, she heard the room door open, and, turning her head, saw a gentleman enter in a gold-laced hat and waistcoat, and the rest of his dress corres ponding therewith, . . Ile walked down by the sash window to the corner of the room, and then returned. When he came at the first window in his return (the bottom of which was nearly breast high) he rested his elbow on the bottom of the window, and the side of his face upon the palm of his hand, and stood in that leaning posture for some time, with his side partly towards her. She looked at him earnestly to see Jell() knew him, but though, from her fr«pent intercourse with them, she had a personal knowledge of ail the present family, he ap peared a stranger to her. She supposed, afterwards, that he stood in this manner to encourage her to speak ; but as she did not, after some little time he walked off, pulling the door after him as the ser vants had done before. She now began to be much alarmed, concluding it to be an apparition, and that they bed put her there on purpose. This was really the case. The room, it seems, had been disturbed for a long time, so that nobody could sleep peaceably in it, and as she passed for a very serious woman, the servants took it into their heads to put the Metho-• dist and spirit together, to see what they would make of it. Startled at this thought, she rose from her chair, and kneeled down by the bedside to say her prayers. 'While she was praying ho came i❑ again, walked round the room, and came close behind her. She had it on her mind to speak, but when she attempted it she was so very much agitated, that she could not utter a word. lie walked out of the room again, pulling the door after him as before. She begged that God would strengthen her, and not suffer her to be tried beyond what she was able to bear ; .ho rccororcd hc► epiiita, and thought oho felt more confidence and resolution, and determined if ho came again she would speak to him if possible. lie presently came in again, walked round, and camp behind her as before; she turned her head and said, ' l'ray, sir, who are you, and what do you want ?" lie put up his finger, and said, "'Take up the candle and follow me, and I will tell you." She got up, took up the candle, and followed him out of the room. Ile led her through a long boarded passage, till they came to the door of another room, which he opened and went in ; it was a small room, or what might be calied a large closet. "As the room was small, and I believed him to be a spirit," said she, " I stopped at the door; he turned and said, "Walk in; I will not hurt you ;" so I walked in. Ho said, " Observe what I do ;" I said, "I will." lie stopped, and tore up one of the boards of the floor, and there appeared under it a box with an iron handle in the lid. Ile said, "Do you nee that box P'' I said, " Yes, I due' lie then stepped to one side of the room and showed me a crevice in the wall, where, ho said, a key was hid that would open it. He said, " This box and key must 1)0 taken out, and sent to the earl in London" (naming the earl and his place of reeidence in the city). lie said, " Will you see it done?" I said, "I will do my best to get it done;'" he sAid, " Do, and I will trouble the house tie more." Hy then walked out of the room and left TM'. I stepped to the room door, and net up a shout. 'rho steward and his wife, with the other servants, came to me immediately ; all clung together, with a number of lights in their hands. It seems they had all been waiting to see the issue of the inter view betwixt me and the apparition. They asked mu what was the matter ? 1 told them the fore going circumstances, and showed them the box. The steward durst not meddle with it, but his wife had more courage, and, with the help of the other .servants, tugged it oat, and found the key. She said by their lifting it appeared to bo pretty heavy, but that she did not see it opened, and therefore did not know what it c mtained:—perhaps money, or writings of consequence to the family, or both.' They took it away with them, and she then went to bed and slept paseealny till the morning." As the narrator of this spiritual incident was well known to have been (and then to be) a reci pient of the E irl'a bounty in consequence of the discovery of this box, the ghost element in the tale was widely credited. The story is at least as cir cumstantial, says the Athena - ton, as any h gelid of the outer world with which we are acquainted. Foreign Mail Packet List.. - - 4". MAILS DUB. Auatralla and iidauritius, via Southampthn. ..... Mar. 20. via Mareeillea Mar. 14 Limn and Cape Verde, by British packet. Mar. 6. Cape of (Mood hope Ascoutsion, and St. Helena Mar. 30. Chi "' l'ellanirt an d Singapore, via Southaniptoo M :Ir. 20. via Marioillos Mar. 14 Falkland Islands (; tbraltar, via S , ut lima 1 )tott .................. Mar. 13. 1 mita (Calcutta), mid Ceylon , via :-...uthatui ton.. Mar. 20. via 111 aracill , ~... Tiat. IL India (Bombay), via Southampton ............ 7 Mar. 13. via Maracilloa ................ Mar. Portugal .... ............................... Mar, 6. Malta, Egypt, and Adon, via Sou th er -1, 0 ,0 Mar. 13, via Marrei I lom M ar. 7 Nowfoundland ............. b.t.y.y.c.u.an..s.a..d.ri.itic.u.k.o.t.. ... I\lar. 16. Oporto and Vigo .! ........... . U. S. and Britimh N. America, by Init. ;tack l e , : . 0t .. „. .. 1 .1ii 1 a u r : 1 4 0. %V .C. of Africa. kladeirs, and 'lanai& M lir. 10. liabanut, via Now York Mar. 11. Maxioo• ................................ . .. , Mar. 16. 411 par ts () f WOlit Indien, including t 'I, I I I , 1., ~.„ California. and Britian Columbia.. ' 1 Mar. 30, FoGGrr io IN THE ARMY AND NAVY..—..A. meet ing of the m embers of the Society for Promoting the abolition of Flogging in the Army and Navy was held rator d a y afternoon at the London Coffee-home, Ludgate hill —Captain Raymond, R.N., in the chair. Oa the 'notion of the Rev, T. Tuffield. of Woolwich, it was unani mously resolved—," That this meeting is delighted to find that the expression of public opinion of late has bad an in fluence on the War Department and tended to reduce the evil which this society purposes to remove, and sincerely trusta that by the faithful and energetic conduct of those members in the House of Commons who aro favourable to their cause the barbarous custom of flogging will soon be entirely tradicated.''. The will of Admiral Sir Henry Bruce, K.C.13., was proved in the London Court by his sun, Henry Stewart Beresford Bruce, Esq., the tole exe cutor. The personalty in this country was sworn under £5,000, and the testator was also possess( d of East India and Canadian securities. The will bears date 1831, when Sir Henry was Captain and Commander, and was executed en board her Mejes ty's frigate Penelope at sea, in lat. 17.30 N., long. 22.30 W., and witnessed by Captain H. Lyster and Lieutenant F. 1). Rich. This gallant naval officer in 1 1%1, he c Tat: had seen much service. In Jul y , 1852 , he became Rear-Admiral ; in 1856 , C ommander-in- Chief in the m Pa a c nd ifi e c r ; -in ii - i Ch l ief 837,atVIic'eor.Atsmdinouirttihi; i n 1863 appointed Admiral. Sir Henry, by deed of settle ment made the month preceding the date of his will, had disposed of all his heritable property in favour of his son Henry Stewart 13ereeforcl Bruce, one provision being mace for younger children; and by the will he disposes of the rest of his property in certain proportions amongst his children, appoint ing his said son Henry residuary legatee. The will of the late Frederick Huth, Esq., of Harley-street, a merchant of the city of London, was proved by his three sons, who arc appointed executors. The personalty was sworn under £500,000. Thu will, dated 1839, after stating that he had five daughters and three sons, and that ho had made settlements in his lifetime of considerable sums in favour of his daughters, proceeds to make a further provision for them and their families, leav ing the residue of his property amongst his three sons. There are liberal legacies and annuities to servants and dependants, tree of legacy duty. Amongst some specific bequests and presentations which had been made to the testator, one of which is a gold snuffbox, with diamonds and a portrait of the Queen Mother Maria Christina of Spain, which her Majesty, then Queen Regent, presented to him in 184 U. This, with some other presentations, ho leaves to his eldest son, Charles Frederick, to be held as heirlooms. Other mementos and gifts of esteem and affection which had been presented to him he has distributed amongst his family. The will of John Moritz Oppenheim, Eq., of New Cannon-street, merchant ; and of Hamburg, Leipsic, and New 'York, was proved in London, under 1230,000 personalty in Great Britain—the executors being George K ington Smith and John Lloyd, E , qrs. The will bears date 1833, and a codicil 1858. Tno testator has bequeathed liberal legacies to his relatives and friends ; the residue, real and personal, he leaves to the family of his partner, Frederic Augusto Schroder, the husband of his niece. There is a bequest of 5;1,000 to Louis Kossuth, late Governor of Hungary, ifs a trifling murk of respect, and in admiration of his wisdom, skill, and patriotism. To the five following insti tutions legacies of £101) aro bequeathed—namely, the London Ophthalmic Institution, St. Thurnae's llospital, Royal Free Hospital, Society for the Re lief of Foreigners in Distress, and to any hospital in Hamburg the executors may select. To cich of his clerks in England, America, Russia, end Ger many 1100, and a like sum to his principal ware housemen; to all other warehousemen and women in his employ £lO each; and to his servants ono year's wages. There is a bequest of two paintings to the National Gallery. TELLERS. Liverpool C, .This Day, No change in the market. SaleF, about 5,000 bales. Three per Cent. It-ntes, 6,635. WEEKLY REPORT. LIVERPOOL, March 4 . — Week's sales, 37,400 bales ; including 3,650 on Epee, and 7,060 for export; actual export, 6,082 bales ; estimated stock, 241,500 bales ; week's imports, 43,038 bales. Quotations —Middling Orleans, 274; 2(1; Uplands, 263. Estimated fair Egyptians, 263 ; Surat, 12 25. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the atcd London s.) SHIPPING—This Day. (MY MAGNETIC Tur.olt.krlt .) GitAvESENn, Friday Morning'. Arrived, March .I—ll Trovatore, Souvenir, Sarnia, Two Friends, and Mermaid- -sill from Guernsey ; St. Savior, from Gaon; Prima Donna, from Nassau; Bosworth, from Fou- Chow•Foo; Anne, from Jamaica ; kale Fatuus, from Magador ; William Melhuiall, from ruu-Chow ; 13ulena, from 'roreeira. Sailed-310%re, steamer, for Bremen. Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, ap. 32, for the week ending on Wodneaday, tho 2d day cf March, 1864: IBROX DITAIITMEXT. Notes Issued .......£27,914,365 Government Debt .£11,015,10 Other Seourit ten .. 3.631.:500 Gold Coin AT Bullion 13:2(11,76:. Silver Bullion .... L 27,9 14,36,5 L27,911,1tZ !UNKIND D l'roptletors' 011,1- 110 X14.1563.000 Rest Public Deposit ei 011- eluding Exche qu, r, Savings' BRIAR, Comnilr- Ini ul Na tions' Debt, and Dividend Ac- _ . :PARTMIXT. Government SPCn• Dead WviglitAii nutty) Xll.l74,tAf Other Z. , ,ecurttles 20.7014,k52 Notes Gold and Sllvt•r 70'46..7 Cotn coon to) Oth e r Depositr Seven I►ay and other Bill. C10,321.25/I M. J C40.324::!)S IiSIIALL. Chief Cashle.r. March 3, 1864. SARCASM—TILE GREATEST OF DR. NEWMAN'S CONTROVERSIAL WEAPONS.—In one of those lec tures to his Puseyito brethren in which ho used to pierce them so sharply, though so tenderly in manner, with every species of raillery, says the sLS'peeteior, Dr. Newman con trasted very strikingly the secular Protestant-Government view of things,—tho sort of view Lord ralmereton would tike,—with the sacerdotal Catholic sieve,—the tort of view l'io Nono would take, and a more characteristic illustration of his peculiar power of sarcasm we do not remember: — "Look at your poor-houses, hospitals, lunatio asylums, and prisons—how perfect aro their externals I What skill and ingenuity appear in their structure, economy, edininistra tion! They aro as decent, and bright, and calm as what our Lord seems to name them—dead men's sepulahres. Yes! you can hammer up a coffin ; you can plaster a tomb ; you aro naturo'n undertakers, you cannot build it at home. You cannot feed or heal it ; it lies like Lazarus at your gate fall of sores. You coo it g asping and panting w ith priva tions and penaltlea ; and you sing to it , you dine'to it, you show it your picture books, you lot off y our fire-works, y ou open your menageries. Shallow philosop he rs, is' this wode of going on so winning and persuasive that wo should imitate it ?" Who cannot hear the ring of mockery with which the father of the Orator y laughs at the t o pow , np a decent and present able l :o t fthatThere is th e same has ever read it d oes no t efforts show of of the earthly world e ni under current of scorn in his moat touchin g an d t en d er addresses and appeals. V remember that masterpiece of cruel oratorical effect in tho sermon, written after his Conversion, on " Neglect of tho Di v i ne Calls and Warnings," in which he describes the T.u:n ow of lost soul a ga i ns t t h o condemnat i on o f Ch r i s t , .. l i avo bad a COniCinUee, I have a cultivated mind," &c., and then returns U) consider all that may be said en earth of t h e wretch thus undergoing his final sentence of eternal torture ? " Men talk of him from time to time—they quote his words, perhaps they even raise a monument to his name, Or write his history. So comprehensive a mind I Such a power of throwing light on a perplexed subject, and bringing conflicting ideas or facts into harmony Or, 'lt was the saying of a sensible man ;' or, ' A great personage whom some of us knew or, It was a rule with a very worthy and excellent Mend of mine, now no more ;• or, Never was his equal in society, so just in his remarks, so lively, so version°, so unobtrusive s' or, I was fortunate to sou him once when I was a boy ;' or, So great a benefactor to his country and his kind; ' His discoveries so great;' His philosophy so profound.' 0 vanity! vanity of ivani ties, all is vanity 1 What proflteth it P What prodteth t Ilia soul is in hell. o ye children of me n , while thunsti)luin speak, his soul is in the beginning of those tormilel occur which his body will soon have part, and which w die ?'' GERMAN FORClts,— The H essian ('rezone says —" According to the mili tar y co et_ift_ostitution of the reserves Germanic Diet, the contingen ts of the t he Confederation ^ "" of the 'se condary and smaller Sta tus or aro ne follows :- 13 avari n, 65,°6 R men—Wurternburg, d II „ o by of Bettie, 11,357 25 ." 5— n aha o 18`334.--e St a tes forming the 10th wick. 3,842 —the other s 6ts'ialler n rati- lianorer, 93,933—8 run s 22,000 —Nassa u, - d . or ,,,es, the other hand, the 0,319 . ) , 7358 , men. On Federal corps Federal co ntingents of Austria amount to 173,841 men —°f P ru ssia to 117,1‘Electoral Hesse Limburg and Laixambourg to 642—a . to 10,413 -and of Lin' t oge ther 331,0 ton. There can bo littyo doubt that the secondary and smaller States can easily defend themselves he two great rowers, especially if they are not against t popular force, and to establish Far al ifilietitourayPsTidi riberal rcy Share Ism.' [f.18.4 1