The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-23 00:00:00

XONEY NARKET A ND CO MMMWIAL INTELLIGENCE. 46- CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for disccunt accommodation on mer !ltalie account is still particularly moderate, and as !ahkers and brokers have larger supplies of money th an they can well employ, the rates continue to 111 °W a downward tendency, and the possibility of a reduction of the minimum on Thursday next is ell rging attention. We learn th a t a l arge excess o f the shares of the s°l2 th Wal es Colliery Company h ave been applied for ' ~, 'Ea that the allotment of the same will take "lee early text week. Saks on 'Change were /in Iclvance of yesterday's quotation. About £24000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. Advises from Paris state that the stock of bullion tl ,. the Bank of Francs has been increased to .4,060,000. the he directors of the Imperial Bank have notified r intention to issue 8,000 new shares at a pre -411 tur n of £4 to the registered shareholders on the 'at Peer. tlThe Stock Exchange Committee have appointed i rsity, 23th February, a special settling day in hha shares o f th e f o ll ow i ng com p an i es : —Anglo- It4lia ll Bank (Limited), General Floating Dock , 14 PulY (Limited), and Chartered Mercantile V, 13 ,k of India, London and China new shares, 4 , l ellare all to be officially marked. lotio n the last few days there has been less ani.• d a tion exhibited in the Foreign and Colonial Pro markets. Sugars, owing to the high rates ealsrlded iby h o ld ers , h ave been neglected; good In fine qualities of coffee readily find purchasers et 'all rates, while operations in tea have been con , toed rn ,, Chiefly to superior qualities of green. Rice, t 4 1 7 1 and spices, have been neglected, and in the 4, 4 W Market there has been very little business " °B4 oled either for present or forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. i t i kt the P ar i s B ourse thi s mo r ning, according to A t . neuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were Ill'ted 66f. 45c.—Rather firmer. 6 Th e English Funds, after receding A-. per cent. °W the latest prices yesterday afternoon, are now ae de a recovery, a better feeling having been engen thi.e,d by the success obtained by the Danes against f or rrussians at Diippel. Consols have been 91 I- L; t rausfsr, and 91/ / for the account; but the T h el t quotations are 91 / and 911 -1 respectively. eNew Threes and Reduced Annuities are 91 I; 14 ' e hequer Bills, 6s. die. to par. Bank Stock is 2 1t ked 239 for the account, and India Stock 218 15 ) India 5 per Cent. Loan is steady at 104/1, k o h e Foreign Market in the early part of the 1: 141 3 was rather flat, but renewed symptoms of k re l"ey have since been apparent, and quotations 1:1 C9,"v firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 186 2 , are pt; do. Consolides, 49/ /; Greek, 221 ; Spanish if, Bsi vo, 33/ 1; do. Certificates, 131 I; Mexican, th: 42 k ; Portuguese 471 1; Italian, 662- -3; and eonfeder a t e L oan , 55 57. t Il sioess in the Railway Share Market has con lb 4e d very inactive, and prices have not varied to 47 2 4 'P0t tent extent. Metropolitan have improved tli ) C h ile South-Eastern have declined/ ; Caledo 44'1%forth-Western, South-Western, and several ers realise about former rates, li t h e Foreign and Coloaial undertakings exhibit change. t to Ban k and Aliseellaneous Shares are in moderate 1 14 : 114 t, at about previous rates. Imperial Bank te c . i mProved to 30/ ; London and Westminster B a nk 80 ; Imperial Ottoman, 18/ 1,-; Oriental 44, t ' 64 ; Land Securities are quoted 1/ 14- prem.; / r : ll ian Steam, 7/ 8/ prem.; National Steam, W Et r te m• ; Californian Bank, 1 to 1/ prem.; South pi n " Colliery Company, 1/ 1/ prem.; Ottoman i4 R ll o. lle ial, / to 1 prem.; and South Eastern Bank -°l7° Nny, -I to 1/ prem. G 13 RITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Per"tltik C -.ENT FUNDS. 121 '4 e4 t• ' o 4 Consols ape4r c ew. c . oo ,,unt, March 5 ........ 9 9 11 1 i , k °1)? 3 pe ; . emoduced ~llities 3 ( 71t. 9ll 1 uiti o 4 , , , - Yrs, (xpire with Jan., 1680 — ktb,itt Ler 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. i o (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. Ditto Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cont 4 dis 4, 4 uit to 1,500 , s tlk E £lOO and £2OO Ditto n,Rland Stk, 4i per Ct., last h`.-yr — I I) ac coun t iltiF4 G OVERN MENT SECURITIES. ~Mtt- o l e k , 10i per Cent., April 1874 220 18 20 Ah tt Account ... bi tt ° 5 Per Cent. July, 1670 bit Acco unt lO4l 111 4 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 — ti tt, Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 11 04, 45 , Per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. "A " , 1-) °i• Perentures,9 Cent. May, 1879 lOl 'eb4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 i kt,, C P OREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. "14' 44 6 Per Cent Ili ° 4 1 Per C B' 9 58 60 tt o Cent., 1 0..,- - 87 k o eti t ht ( i: 4 Yres 6 per Cent — ett n - V Per 0 ' .. Nit, ‘ 3O OOILld ' eat .. . 103 i Ditto Per Cent.,mie. . . 4. ,,_ 0 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. :721. 2 Oto `,.'e unt "1 lcc o eiPous — „,.1 2 ,, cou,n,t VlttO s ' A Per Cent ,1„, -..c ce 1 7, G ra ,,, ant mtt o ual a b. 2 l o „'ttob n ' e der Cent . — b nt i ,; G ie o rred L itt. A ~.,' Per Cent., 1853 ett , ,,ruount . lt i , u .t o A Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 "-- 111 a4"r e ount Ditt o 3 Per Cent. 1822, £ St 921 V' to ~ Per Cent ' 1859 Dittoll i "aPpeerr Cent t * , 1862 BBl D itto Ac count b, , t , 0 N. b i .5 4"v Deferred V to ; -e ottnt 45/ to i ttO A N itrcro t ,9 13 4 o ce ‘ ° l lrit 33a / 1 1 . 4 l tto ' t t• of Coup not funded .. — Aish c zount Ijito Accountnt. 1851 ,oiN Pe r . 91$ h.ttoky, ' Cent. 1858 ''''t to e clint 7ll Ditto, tiOU P. bi t ,: 6 -,,, Cent. "‘° S - "nt. 1862 i 'tto Ac count tllo zilej 4 ,. ' 2 ° Bonds Ditto 47„`_ ) ,,Per Cvnt. .. ~ — p tt, 6 ;clutint ...... itt '; iit? er C ent., 186 2 Itili tivireunt bi l t 'l 5 erild3 on t,ho above payable in Lona mi. to A c P co Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. e Ulu .. , . 661 1 / 1 , 1 1 , 0 4 ~ l. ) ' U itto A 'loney TWO O'CLOCK. - " ce ° l lnt 9II ... Zit, -"&"•___-•- "L Cotton Market—This Day, Otte, h •- "ttq c ~„ B, 3 ;3 7 7 1 g ° • Sales, probably 4,000 bales. Im ' 7 ; previously, 5,630. Foreign Mail Packet List. ------ • kt, o. _ MAILS DUE. , '4114 kid Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. 20. . 4 11 --- via Marseilles . Mar. 14. 4 1/B 4 " C ' • hpacket. Mar. 6. • h of (I C ape Verds, by British L 4l 'tti —,,..." } tope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb, 28. NIL, Pe g, and Singapore, via Soutba . mpton Mar. 3. ri.,4 440 ... -.... via Marseilles Feb. 27. 14 4 1 't Isla t o 0 tar A ...... ' 4 4 (C1,1°14 Southampton Feb. 26. 1 --eilt ta), and Ceylon, viu Southampton Mar. 3. tali (t o -- via Marseilles Fet. 27. Feb. 26 1: . mo ..., Illba3)) via Southampton .. via Marseilles Feb. 20. Vt titt i • • . Mar. 6. xs 4 , kl,„:, q t -, k.. , , and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 26, I,\t i l°ll ndlr -- via Marseilles Feb. 20. rt o , end ..Feb. 19. ' . 11 : 1 2 1 , .t Vi go "`"•4 British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Feb. 25 IP n -- by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Feb. 19. "o:h.or A, 4,-4.,,;‘ktielt, Madeira, and Teneritfe Mar. 10. 4 1 - I mo ;—' vi a Now York Di '' ....... Feb. 29. 411 8 „..: ............... • ..... ... .. ill.i f . 0, west Indies, including Chili, Peru, Feb. 29, °l'llia. and British Columbia 11 4. i tbsn, o - V r e ~ --- B RAY TERRITORY.--The American ..Al3, "tte till:: permission has been asked for their mi -I',ll4l:therities to pursue the Sioux Indians in the llud , &)eY territory. In a note to Lord Lyons, dated 21st tt reet, rt arY Seward says that those Indians should either 'tit,,, ' ti tled from making hostile incursions into the t‘itlowed4S,tates territory, or United States troops should be i'llt Q. L° Pursue, subdue, and disperse them: A report Il itl• e4er al Pow to the War Department shows that the lo 4 1 - NA Government has no force in the Red River region Z(1 , t 'Ol these InCian. Lord Lyons, in a net) of January ll ' t qc4 4l . 8 110 Las referred the matter to Lie Government, by 441 etIti l : t : v ill not fail to be immtAiately takcu iuto cou- stock' stock 9 } aek all 100 (100 103 2 all ICO l k 100_ COLOIIIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t' . .;‘.l 1877-S1 PO f 101 103 11i 2 I Do. 6.p. c. Feb. Aug.loo 99 101 I p. c. 24 ar. Sept 100 102 IC4 Do. p. o. Jan.&July. 13i Si 11 Do. 5 Inscribed stool. 100 80 9t Cape G.llope, 6p c,1872 100 100 1(8 Do.Ap I - Oct. 1881 100 108 110 Do. 180 i 100 110 112 I- Do. Jan. Sr July, 1891 100 108 109 ]Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 11 .31attritlus 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 1)0 148 110 N.B.Gov.tip.o.Jit.66Jul} 100 101 103 Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 • - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p IS6+ 100 99 100 I Do. 6p. c.,18/1 to Ifli( 100 99 10 ) Do. d0.,1888 tit upwde 100 99 IGO ' • :New Zealand 0 p cent. 100 ICS 1!0 1081 - Nova . Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. steriing, 1875. lOO 10.1 105 - Queensland Gcv. 6 . p. o. 100 8. Ana G6p.c.187&& up 100 100 111 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 Do, to 61:40. An..3c00t.. 100 llO 111 1101 I _ -- BRITISH MINES. - 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ' id tihflord Amalgamated { 36 87 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist.) 1 675 685 East Bassett (Mogan).- 30 61 70 East Clog - au Gold East Caradon 2.14. e 90 31 291 9 East Cara Bre- . • • 3.4.0 65 7 G E - 11 L'V .,t 1 s It t u " 41 (i'avistiO 8.9.0 45 41 Aubyn(Gwen , 58; 10 11 Arent douth Tolgus 17s 4 45 - "-• 'Arheal Vor(llelston 40 21 21 ' 201 .4renville 6.16.1 5154 woot 8.12 35 37 tungsten Downs 4.18.0 44 41 Lady Ilcrtha Jfargaret (tiny Lelaut 9;, 17 19 11 arke Valley.. 4 Jlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 25 14 I New Setun l9l 90 100 • North Downs.. 2l 11 25 Basset (11104 - an 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze> Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 . 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 440 IGO S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan , 18.18.9 15 60 Stray Park 30.17.6, 29 31 5 ramarSilv,ir Lead Olin. 44 0 Lin Croft 9 194 201 West Basset (Illogan) ll 11 12 1V C , radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23 West Sctort Wheal Basset (Mogan) (4 190 200 Wheal Buller(itedruth) 10 871 924 • Wheal Kitty (15.1.41aut) 2.0.6 40 43 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 1:15 145 wheal oeton 5Bl 175 185 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 23 24 ---- Wheal Union 3.17 25 21 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) WOOD V. BONNk'INELL. This was an action upon a bill of exchange accepted by Levey, Robson, and Franklin, who have recently failed for a heavy amount. Mr, Stammers, for the defendant, said that this was a matter of very considerable importance to the defendant, insomuch as he might be insolvent to the extent of £30,000. Plaintiff said that defendant was a partner in the firm of Levy, Robson, and Franklin, and therefore he was liable on tiie bill. Defendant said he was not a partner. Plaintiff produced the Gazette, in which was an advertise ment announcing the dissolution of partnership between defendant and Levy and Robson. Defendant explained that there were two separate and distinct firms, one was Levy, Robson, and Franklin, in the printing trade, the other Levy, Rebson, and Bonnewell, in the latter trade. Defendent took no part in the printing trade, nor did the goods supplied by plaintiff find their way into defendant's house. His Honour—Were the businesses carried on in separate houses ? Defendant—Certainly. His Honour said this was a matter of considerable im portance to the defendant, as if the verdict went against him in this case, he may be involved to the extent of £40,000. Mr. Stammers then called for the bill of exchange, and found that it was accepted by Levy and Robson, for Levy, Robson, and Franklin. lie therefore contended it was no acceptance as regarded defendant. His Honour, after considering the question, ruled that defendant was not liable. Verdict for defendant, with costs. THE PAPER COLLAR TRADE.--JONES V. ZEPPS. This was an action to recover a sum of money for stamp ing paper collars. Mr. Buchanan, for the plaintiff, called his client, who said ho had stamped a quantity of paper collars for the de fendant, who had paid a sum of money into court. Plaintiff said the price claimed was usual in the trade. His Honour gave him a verdict, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED FRAUD. PRETtNDED ROBBERY OF A SHIP'S CAPTAIN ON BOARD SITIP.—Two fellows named James Jones and John Conolly ware charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with endeavouring to obtain £5, by false and fraudulent pretences, from Mr. William Frederick Williams, jewel ease maker, of 29, King street, Soho. Mr. Williams—About a quarter past seven yesterday evening the prisoner Jones accosted me in the street, and offered me a chain for sale, representing it to be pure gold, and to be composed of 12 nuggets which had been taken from a river in Australia. Jones said the chain belonged to the captain of the ship, who died on his way to England, that the whole of the crew, with the exception of himself and the ship's carpenter, who was standing on the opposite side of the way, were blacks; and that after the captain's death they had stolen the chain and some jewellery, and a quan tity of cigars and tobacco. Jones then said ho would call the ship's carpenter over, and did so. The chain is the one produced, and Jones asked £5 for it. I said I would not buy it, and Jones then produced a set of studs, a pin, and a ring, the stones of which he said were diamonds, and had belonged to the deceased captain. All the while the con venation was going on Connelly was standing by, and they were in a dark part of the street. Jones then said the whole of the articles were part of the booty they robbed the cap tain of. They then asked me if I had sufficient money, and I told them I had if I were inclined to buy. They then asked me to go to a public-house where one of the black sailors was waiting for them with a quantity of tobacco and cigars which they had smuggled from the ship. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did they not say they had some silk handkerchiefs ? Mr. Williams—They did. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l should think it odd if they did not. ;Laughter.) Mr. Williams—l refused to go with them to the public house, and said I had the cash box in my counting-house. They agreed to go with me to George-yard, where my workshop is, but they rather hesitated, saying that three years ago when they smuggled some goode, they were im prisoned through a person deceiving them. While they were waiting for me I sent for the police, and then went and asked Jones if he had got the jewellery, and ho said '" No, my pal has," pointing to Connelly. On going down the yard with a constable the prisoners both made off, but were captured. A lad in my employ saw one of the pri soner throw the chain into a truck, George Roberts, in the employ of Mr. Williams—l saw one of the prisoners while running throw the chain into a truck. John Eastwood, also in Mr. Williams' employ--I saw Jones drop a little box containing a ring, some studs, and a pin, Jones said ho was employed by Mr. Connelly, and did his work. Matheson, 149 A—On taking Jones into custody he said the reason why he ran was for "a bit of fun." Mr. Nathan Wolf Jacobson, jeweller, of Oxford-street, who was in attendance on other business, said, after examin ing the articles :—The chain is brass, gilt—the ring, pin, and studs are of French gold—and the so.called diamonds are glass. The most valuable portion of the property is the jewel-case, it being of morocco, lined with satin. The prisoners entered into g long and rambling defence, after which Mr. Tyrwhitt committed them for trial. SEARri MARKETS.---This day, ORDINATtY SHARES AND BTOOFS.S. Rail p, Closing Businesr Pew. done. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonlan ICork anti Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no di \ Do. B till sp ati.has E een paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Pertli,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. lilasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. sta Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian sit GreatNorthof Sootlaud Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Western Do Str Aral gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall, Lon., Brig,ht.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Doer Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So*.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do 3 shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby And. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase• Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle (North London Do New ...... North Staffordshire N. and B. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stool Do Scot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welehpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andViTok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .16 Kilkenny %Vest Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dat West Midland —Oxford 1)0 Newport Do Hereford Bli I'I'ISH P Etailwaye Atlantic & St Lawrenek iloro.,Baroda&Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent........ Do, New . Do. E. Shared..,... Buffalo and Laae Huron Do. Proteronoe llutalo,BrantAGodrlcl: l p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187'4 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 18;4 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin Cape Town Z..* Dock Seri! Mastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. I,:ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. LI do. .. frank of Canada Do. Ist Prei. Bonds.. Do. Go. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt. Indiarenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. , South.of India(Liru guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharet, Do. New .. • • Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. :JO. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras• guar., 5 P. 0 . Do. p. 0. Extension DQ.4h d 0.... Do. Fifth Extension. lielb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. v Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswloa tt Candy Class A and B. N. Rl.C'da6 po Ist pi belk , Soinde Do. Delhi Co. do . I Do. Punjaub Do. Do. F, Do. In dv.N.St:flo. 8 Si 9 85 t-7 120/ 1211 6i 71 37 39 16 )7 V4i 951 106 108 49 50 47 19 76 8 130 131 1301. 134 130 95 97 C4I C5l 111 f 112 72 74 104 IC6 40 42 110 1104 Of tooi , slf 7,2 j 106 103 130 1301 it 99 101 54 65 24 t 6 103) IC4 8 b 9 91,1 ni 125 130 24 1, 774 78i 11 1i 123 126 48 44 98 100 631 511 33 84 Ell e5l 99 101 13i 91 58 39 91 10/ 77 8 165 170 51 6 t 3 41 88 92 STUNS, Closing Price. 59 tr 103 101 I ) i 1) p 1 p 76 86 100 102 100 102 105 )C0 1031 1(4! 4 P li 3 / 4 20. 72 'l4 65 60 C 6. 63 69 53 49 52 33 ft 26 28 22 C 5 103 104 I#) 102 In3t 91 91 11 104 92 94 85 87 P bn 1024 103 j 96 98 92 96 58 60 b 82 64 le2l 1031 1(21 1C36 1024 1034 98 !GC 101 101 2 I(si 1011 3,1 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Western 4} per cent., 1011 LINES LEASED AP FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100 Shrewsbury and Hereford, Ditto, vi FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lirn.) gum. 7 per cent., 17 San Paulo (lira), gua. 7 per cent., 8 7i Ditto (all), 201 1 West Flanders, FOREIGN MINEL Cape Copper, lim., 8f Kapunda (Um.), St. John dcl Key (lim,), 51i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon.im and Liverpool (Um.), 46} Ditto, new, 32 Anglo Austrian, 51 British North American, 481 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 141 Consolidated Bank, lim., 106 English, Scotch, and Australian Chart Crud, 211 1 English and Swedish, Um., 62 Imperial Bank (Bin.), 30 6 Imperial Ottoman, 186 6 London and Brazilian (11m.), 581 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, issued at I I pm , 5 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, lim., 13 London and County, .59 81 London Joint Stock, 38 London and Westminster, 80 Metrop. and I'rov. Bank (lim.), 246 Oriental Bank Corporation, 64 Union of Australia, Ditto, new, 31 3.36 • DOCKS. London, 73 4 • MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-MexicanTMint, 18 Berlin Water Works, lim., 01 Contract Corporation, lira , 51 Crystal Palace, Ditto, pref., 113 Discount Corporation, limited, 10a East India Irrigation and Canal, 4 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., B• Gen. Credit and Finance of London. Rm., 7,1 International Financial Society, 12a Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), —" Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82 Joint •stook Discount, lim., London Finanzial Association, lira., 261 London General Omnibus Company, 21 London Provincial Marine, 2; 31 National Discount Company, lint., In Royal Mail team, 85 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., Universal Marine (Insurance), lim., 41:5 The Civil Tribunal of S Etienne has condemned the Mediterranean Railway Company to pay the following indemnities to the widows and families of the three persons who were killed in the accident at Fouillouse; 50,000 f. to the widow, and 20,000 f. each to the two children, of M. Sabliere, a partner in a trading firm; 62,0301. to the widw, and 10,000 f. to the daughter, of M. and 800 f. a y e a r for life to Ih e Ileurtour, a retired avou 6 ; widow, and a capital sum of 6,000 f, to tLo daughter of M, bloutfTtion, an artisan. Business don( THAMES. ROBBERIES OF GOODS IN TRANSIT.-..Michael Duran, a carman in the service of Mr. James Bryant, the extensive carrier was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with steal ing a bag of sugar. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, stated the case for the pro secution. This was unfortunately one of those rather Lumerous cases of stealing goods in transit by carmen and lightermen. The prisoner had only been a few days in the employ of the respectable prosecutor for whom he (Mr. Young) appeared, and he could assure the Bench Mr. Bryant, who was entrusted with large quantities of valu able merchandizs, took great pains to obtain honest servants. On Thursday last the prisoner was sent to the East India Dock by his master for E hay bags of sugar, which he was to take to Messrs. Allen and Morgan's sugar refinery in Lambeth-street, Whitechapel. He would call witnesses to prove that 60 bags of sugar were delivered to the prisoner in the dock, and that only 0 were delivered at the sugar bakers in Lambeth-street. Mr. Guhard Kaimanen, a respectable licensed victualler, the landlord of the Castle publichouse, in Little Alie-street, opposite Lambeth-street, saw a van and three horses stand ing in Lambeth-street on Thursday afternoon last. The prisoner was in charge of it. Two other men were there. There was a costermonger's barrow, upon which was a bag of sugar similar to others in the van. Mr. Kai manen saw the prisoner give the man with the barrow a cloth which they put over the bag of sugar and entirely concealed it. The prisoner assisted in covering up the bag of sugar. The two men took the barrow away down Lambeth-street, in a southerly direc tion. Before that one of the men came to the corner of Lambeth. street, looked out, and then went back. Mr. Charles Young then oalled several witnesses in support of his statement. Benjamin Arches, No. 101 H, said ho took the prisoner into custody yesterday, and upon making him acquainted with the charge, he said the bag of sugar was taken while he was in the sugar-baker's dice. Mr. Paget, on hearing from the police: that the other men engaged in the robbery were likely to be arrested, remanded the prisoner for a week. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 43 Os to £4 as Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, 2s to £1 10a per load. Trade steady. CuMBERLAND..—MearIOW hay, £3 Os to £4 Bs Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2s to 41 108 per load. Supply short. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 Ss Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, 41 3s to £1 lOs per load. A steady deroaud, COLONIAL• TEA.—There has been a moderate inquiry for good quali ties of green at late rates, while inferior eongou has been neglected. __ .SUGAR.—The market has been very dull, although holders demand fully late prices. In the refined market business has also been very moderate, with little change to report in prices. (TOFFEE.—There has been a fair inquiry for colonial descriptions, Plantation Ceylon being in demand at rather enhanced rates. RlCE.—Business has continued very inactive, and the few bargains entered into have been at about former prices. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited little or no anima tion, and the dealings for both present and forward delivery have been on the most limited scale. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 406 6d, and for three months' delivery 42s to 42s 3d per cwt. COAL MARKET. Prices of:Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. Bower's West Hartley.l4 9 Buddle'sWest Hartley 14 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...14 9 Lambert's West Hart- Valle End. 4. d. ley l4 6 Walker Primrose 12 3 Davison's West Hart ley.. Hastings Hartley ....14 9 Wylam 17 0 Eden Main 17 3 Tv.nfield Moor Butes 15 0 Haswell v -- 19 0 East Hartlepool . 18 . 9 South 11art1ep001...... 17 9 Hartlepool lB 6 Trimdon Hartlepool 18 6 li elloe flotton 19 0 Braddyll's Iletton 18 0 Haugh Hall 18 0 South Kelloo lB 0 'Tartan 16 6 Gosforth l6 6 Tunstall ... south Hetton 19 0 Whitworth 1G 0 , 147 ; s o l d , 90. Walls End. Riddell ' 16 61 Ships at market, MR. BoADLE has presented to the town of Liver pcol the picture of " St. Cecilia playing. on the Viol," by Demenichiuo, 137 i 7 8 130 99 p Naval and llilitary Intelligence. THE NAVY. A new machine for drawing ship's bolts having been sub mitted to the Admiralty, their lordships have directed it to be tried at the dockyards for a few months, and a full report of its capabilities forwarded to the Board by the officials. The screw gunboat Pigeon, 2, 60 horse power, is being fitted for the first division of the steam reserve in the Med way. She takes the place of the &poy, 2, 60 horse power, commissioned by Lieut.-Commander W. Welsh for parti cular service. The contractors' trial of James Watt and Company's en gines on board the new iron cased ship Research took place outside Plymouth Breakwater yesterday. The mean speed of six trials at the measured mile gave 10.356 knots and 85 revolutions. The wind was easterly. With the holm hard astarboard 39 deg. she made a half-circle in 1 min. 54 ace., and the whole circle in 3 min. 51 sec. ; with the helm hard aport 38 deg. she made a half •circle in 1 min. 52 sec „and the whole circle in 3 min, 50 sec. These results are consi dered very satisfactory. THE ARMY. In consequence of the corps of Royal Marine Light In fantry being considerably below its proper establishments several additional recruiting parties have been despatched from the headquarters of the several divisions for the pur pose of raising men for that branch of the service. The following officers from the Chatham and other divisions aie now employed to superintend the recruiting for the Royal Marines in the several districts in England—Lient.- Col. R. Parke, Bath— Lieut.-Col. J. C. D. Morrison, London—Major W. G. It. Masters, Chelmsford—Major E. L, Pym, Derby—Major J. Y. Holland, Gloucester—Major G. E. 0. Jackson, Salisbury—Captain J. P. Murray, Barnstaple--Capt. G. L. Blake, Birmingham—Capt. C. 0. Baker—Bury St. Edmunds—Capt. E. C. Domville, Exeter —Capt. C. L. A. Farmer, Hull_ rapt. P. Harris, Lincoln —Capt. W. H. H. West,.Liverpool—Capt. R. V. Allen, Manchester—Capt. W. J. Kinsman, Northimipton—Capt. T, P. Casey, Pontefract—Capt. IV. J. Dunn, Sheffield— Capt. S. H, Little, raunton—Capt. T. Creighton, Guild ford—Capt. C. L. T. Usher, Norwich—and Capt. R. K. Willson. Under existing arrangements the new lines of advanced forts and other defences on the Gogport side of Portsmouth harbour contain accommodation for 137 officers and 3,100 men, exclusive of the Royal Marino light Infantry. The total hospital accommodation for this large number of troops on the same side of the harbour is only for 76 officers and men, and although the actual number of recruits now quartered at and around Gosport only amounts to 34 offi cers and 853 men, as may be imagined there is a constant transfer of sick from Gosport to the Military Hospital at Portsmouth, which can only be carried on at consider- able expense, as well as discomfort and delay to the sick. The Army Estimates for 1861-5 contain an item, " Haslar— Converting barracks into hospital, £2,000," which is in tended to remedy this want of hospital accommodation for the troops stationed at and near Gosport. The barracks selected for the purpose contain in their present form as barracks accommodation for 20 officers and 187 men. They are built of brick, with hollow walls, and are generally ar ranged on the " hut" principle. Their situation is in every respect suitable for the purpose of a military hospital, as it adjoins the great Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, on the line of sea beach extending from the mouth of Portsmouth harbaur to Stoke's Bay, at the eastern entrance of the Solent. Great Fall of Snow in France, The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing tele grams , by which it will be seen that a very heavy fall of snow has taken place in the south of France, and that communication by railway is in several cases interrupted :—" Narbonne, Feb. 20, 5,25 p.m.—The trains are stopped upon the railway. Train No. 114 was stopped at Nisson. The loco motive sent to its assistance could not proceed beyond Courreau. The garrison was called out in order to clear the line." "Beziers, Feb. 21, 11 o'clock a.m.—ln consequence of the large quantity of snow which has been falling for the last thirty eight hours, and which covers the plain to the depth of about 50 centimetres (18 inches), all the roads in the district are obstructed, and the circulation upon the railways suspended. The telegraph is no longer in operation upon the Montpellier line. This state of things causes some apprehension that the con scription cannot be drawn for on the 21st and 22d in the cantons of St. Gervais and Bedarieux." "Lyons, Feb. 21, 8 o'clock a.m.—Express train N. -2 and the omnibus train No, 36, of the 20th February, 1.1:,ve not arrived. The circulation is impossible. Trains of all kinds are suspended until further orders. The last passenger train which arrived on the 20th was No. 21, two hours late. Snow is still falling in Lyons. It is not yet more than eleven centrirnetres in depth." " Valence, Feb. 21, 10.36 a.m.—lt has been snowing for 36 hours, with a violent wind. All communication is interrupted between Lyons and Marseilles. The railway is no longer practicable. The garrison has been called out to clear the line." "Privas, Feb. 21, 1 p.m.—Communleation on horse and foot is impossible. The operations of the conscription are interrupted in several places in the department of the Ardeche: The snow is six feet deep in the mountain." " Beziers, Feb. 21, 1.55 p.m.—The circulation is re.established upon the Graissessac line since mid-day. Active operations are going on upon the southern line for removing the stow. They will be completed it is hoped this evening." THE HEALTH OF PRINTERS,—We are glad to hear that, by an order from the Privy Council, Dr. Smith has been deputed to make inquiries respect ing the health of this valuable body of workmen, who have for long suffered much beyond the average amount of ill-health, and a far too large death-rate. We have at several times directed attention to this very important subject, and expressed a st rong conv iction that it is in a great measure owing to the overcrowded and badly-ventilated apartments in which many of the compost tcrs work that the excessive death-rate from fever, cholera, consumption, and so on arises. We could, even new, direct attention to printing offices in which there are neglected and offensive closets, and su c h other unsana t ory arrange ments, that to work under th e i r i nfluence an d en j oy goo d health is next to an impossibilit y. Bes i des t hi s, i n th e con sideration of this question, there are other matters to be thought of, such as the sedentary nature of the employ ment. When Benjamin Franklin worked as e. journeyman in the printing office now occupied by Messrs. Cox and Wyman, he found the labour at his ease affected his health, and ex changed it for work at the press. We do not, however, think that there is much evil itt the peculiar position in which compositors have to stand as in the long-continued hours of work, and, in connexion with newspaper printing the unnatural but necessary pl an o f t urn ing night into day, careful inquiry would show that the number of deaths in the 1,000 amongst those who Work at night is far greater than it is amongst those who labour by day. The very cir cumstance of being obliged to labour by night instead of day must, to a certain extent, affect health; but the mis chief is added to by the closi ng of windows an d d oors a t night, and thus, in the absen ce of other means o f ventila ticn, allowing the premises to b ecome filled w i t h v iti a t e d and unwholesome air. No correct idea of the poisonous atmosphere of those places can be formed without a visit at night, when the compositors are in full work and the nume rous gaslights are burning. The exposure to night air after leaving these unwholesome and overheated quarters is also injurious; or if the windows be opened deadly draughts enter. We have heard of instances of the formation, by those who work in the large p ri nting-offices, of clubs, for the practice of cricket and boating, and the plan is well worthy of being more generally followed. As a rule, how ever, but few printers have time for out-door exercise. Even the Saturday half holiday is denied them, with one or two creditable exceptions; and, accordingly, these hothouse plants are cut off prematurely by the least blight. It is not, mot eover, the printers alone who suffer, but, as wo have be fore observed, editors, sub-editors, close boxes, some of which are not very much larger than —B a full-sized coffin.uilder. and readers are often oven worse circumstanced, being pent up f or h ours together in Kane eer Alpha to-day for a THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE. HALr ._A2i., NOVA and a number of C S o C n O f T ecl lA eL F te a Confederate port. New York, Feb. 8, officers 6 c e . r — s l i\ e l ft a i r n eh t a h l e The blockade runner Presto, in attempting to run into Charleston on the 2d of February, grounded on Sullivaies Island. The Federals opened fire upon the vessel, but most of the cargo was expected to be saved by the Confederates. The Federal vessels Sassacus and Floria have destroyed the blockade runner Wild Dayrell, near New Topsail Inlet, where she had got ashore and discharged most of her cargo. Haven nah, Feb. 2.—The British man-of-war Shannon came in on tho 28th, from Matimoras. Sir Alexander Milne, in the Nilo, has been hero, and left for the Ileromdas, where he is to meet his relief, Sir James Hope. 1.16, Buzzard and Petrel have also visited us. 'rho Cuba brought a large quantity of arms, intended for the Freneh, but finally de livered hero to Mr. Ramsey, the Confeterate agent, Of course you can imagine the attempt Will be made to run thorn through the blockade. Ths steame r Alice is loading for this purpe9e, and a schooner will Probably start to-day for the South. CRITICAL POSITION OF THE SULTAN'OF TURKEY. —A letter from Constantinople states that the Sultan, while on a hunting excursion at Esk-Medi, was placed in a very dangerous situation. When at some distance from his suite he suddenly found himself close to several wild boars. The Sultan fired at them, when the animal rushed furiously on him and threw him to the ground. F•ortunateiy for the Sultan, two sportsmen canto to his assistance and put the boars to flight. Ho received no wounds, but has bceu siuGe indisposed for a few dvp.,,, Interesting Photo-Chemical Discoveries, --------._ ferary At a recent meeting of the Mane L e st er _ and Philosophical Society, Professor Roscoe exhi bited the light emitted by burning a portion of a fine spcinsen of pure magnesium wire Imm. in diameter and 10ft. long, whieh had been manufac tured by Mr. Sonstadt. Professor Bunsen and the speaker had examined the photo-chemical action of the sun compared with that of a terrestrial source of light, and for the purpose of this comparison they chose the light evolved by the combustion of mag nesium wire. They showed that a burning surface of magnesium wire which, seen from a point at the sea's level, has an apparent magnitude equal to that of the sun, effects on that point the same chemical action as the sun would do when shining from a cloudless sky at a height of 9 deg. 53 min. above the horizon; On comparing the chemi cal with the visible brightness of these two sources of light, it was found that the brightness of the sun's disc, as measured by the eye when the sun's zenith distance was 67 deg. 22 min. is 524'7 times as great as that of the burning magnesium wire, whilst at the same zenith-distance the chemical brightness of the sun is only 36 6 times as great. Hence the value of this light as a source of the che mically active rays for photographic purposes be comes at once apparent. The extract from the memoir referred to is as follows :—" The steady and equable light evolved by magnesium wire burning in the air, and the immense chemical action thus produced, rendered this source of light valuable as a simple means of obtaining a given amount of illu mination expressed in terms of our measurement of light. * * The combustion of magnesium constitutes so definite end simple a source of light for the purpose of photochemical measurement, that the wide distri bution of this metal becomes desirable". The appli cation of this metal as a source of light may even become of technical importance. A burning mag nesium wire of the thickness 0.297 millimetre evolves, according to a measurement we have made, es much light as 7 stearine candles, of which five go to the pound. If this light lasted one minute, 0'987 metre of wire, weighing 0.1204 grm. would be burnt. In order to produce a light equal to 74 candles burn ing for ten hours, whereby about 201 b of stearine is consumed, 72.2 gems. of magnesium would be re quired. The magnesium wire can be easily pre pared by forcing out the metal from a heated steel press having a fine opening at bottom ; this wire might be rolled up in coils on a spindle,which could be made to revolve by clockwork, and thus the end of the wire, guided by passing through a groove or between rollers, could be continually pushed forward into a gas or spirit-lamp flame, in which it would burn." Professor Roscoe stated that great credit was due to Mr. Sondstadt for the able manner in which he had brought the difficult subject of the metallurgy of magnesium into the present satisfactory position, and expressed his opinion that, even for photographic purposes, the application of the metal will prove most important. Mr. Brothers, Mr. Parry, and other photographers present, corroborated Dr. Roscoe's opinion respect ing the value of such a source of light for photo graphy. Since the meeting Mr. Brothers made an experiment upon the magnesium light, which be reports as follows :—" The result of an experiment I have just tried is that in 50 seconds with the magnesium light I have obtained a good negative copy of an engraving, the copy being made in a darkened room. Another copy was made in the usual way in daylight, and in 50 seconds the result was about equal to the negative taken by the arti ficial light. The sun was shining, but there was a good deal of fog in the atmosphere." serious Railway Collision. Late on Saturday night a serious accident hap pened on the West Midland section of the Great Western Railway near Kidderminster. The evening express train from London, which leaves Worcester at 9,33 p.m., and is due at Kidderminster at ten o'clock, had passed Hartlebury station, about three miles from Kidderminster, when it ran into a goods train on the same line of rails. The engine of the passenger train, which is supposed to have been running at the time at the rate of 40 miles an hour, crushed up several trucks of the goods train, and then bscoming detached from the carriages ran off the rails and turned over on the up line of rails, thus blocking up the line altogether. The passen gers were thrown by the collision with great vio lence together, and some of them received severe bruises; but providentially no life was lost, nor were any limbs broken. The driver of the passenger train, Reeves, just before the collision, caught sight of the goods train in front of him, and immediately shut off steam, reversed his engine, and called to the stoker to jump, at the same time himself leaping from the engine and falling down an embankment It is said he has received serious if not fatal in juries. The stoker stuck to the engine and escaped with a few bruises. The guard of the train, T. Penzer, of Wolverhampton, was seriously hurt about the head anl body. Information was at once sent to Kidderminster, and several surgeons were quickly on the spot, who attended to the injured. The cause of the disaster arose from a goods train from the Severn Valley line (which runs into the Great Wes tern at Hartlebury) breaking down between Hartle bury and Kidderminster. On this happening, the guard of the goods train went back, as he repre sents, and put down fog signals. Whether this is true, orswhether they were not noticed until too jute by the driver of the express train, it ie hoped w ill be elicited by a full and complete inquiry. SHOCKING C:CURRENCE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.—On Sun,4aY night, shortly before ten frightful, and, in all proba-• o'clock, an occurrence of a ver; bility, fatal character took place aL the Baker-street station of the Metropolitan Underground Rait,:aY* A fine young woman, woman, named Agnes Delmott, aged 28, service at 14, Pembridge-villas, Bayswater, had alighted fro): the 9 , 4 45 train from Farringdon-street, and the train was in u. " en when she discovered she had left her purse in the carriag: she had just quitted, and one of the passengers held it up to her at the window. Sho made an attempt to run to- j wards the carriage to secure it, but was stopped by one of the porters on duty named Davis. She, however, eluded his grasp, and persisted in running towards the train. In her attempt to seise the purse she slipped between the moving train and the platform, and instantly became muti lated in a moat frightful manner. On being picked up it was found that the left leg was dreadfully shattered, and was completely revered just above the instep, the foot only hanging by the - skin and tendons. The right leg was also severely torn and lacerated by the steps of the passing car riages. The unfortunate young woman was at once seen j by several surgeons, and the blood having been stanched as well as possible, she was placed in the next train for Pad dington, and conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital in an insen sible state. Mr. Gascoigne and other surgeons held a con sultation, and in consequence of the frightfully shattered state of the bones of the left leg, immediate amputation was determined upon, and the limb was severed just below the knee joint. On inquiry at the hospital yesterday, it was ascertained that, although sensible, the young woman is in a very prEcarione state, and that but very faint hopes are entertained of her recovery. BANKRUPTCY COURT,-A return of the business done in the Court of Bankruptcy in the legal year ending with the close of the long vacation of 1863 shows that there were 8,470 adjudications of bankruptcy in Lon don and the country, and in no less than 4,916 instances the debts did not exceed £3OO. The discharge was suspended in 388 cases, but refused in only 120. The total amount of gross produce realized from bankrupts' estates in the year was £693,593. A dividend was made in the year in 996 bankruptcies, in 459 of them under 2s. 61., in 20, 20s, 3,016 trust deeds were registered. The solicitors' bills of costs taxed in the year amounted to £96,197, and those of the messengers, auctioneers, and accountants brought the charges taxed up to £94,262, from which rather more than 9 per cent was struck off on taxation—namely, £8,681. The accountant's return states that the salaries in the Court of Bankruptcy at £80,109, and adds £1,933 for County Court registrars' fees, and £2,157 for the solicitor for pauper prisoners. The compensation and retiring annuities amounted to £23,636, the expenses of courts and oflic6s to £5832; costs of prosecution, ;602; and £1,9;1 was paid to the Bank for remuneration. The Bank account shows £822,711 received, and £708,329 paid; 58 appeals from the Court of Bankruptcy were heard, and in 37 the judgment was reversed or varied ; 13 appeals under trust deeds; and in eight the judgment was reversed or varied ; three ap peals from County Courts, and in all the judgment was reversed or varied. MR. SAMUEL MORLEY, a wealthy Nonconformist, proposes to give one-third of the cost of 12 Dissenting places of worship, each to accommodate 500 persons, and to bo at the expense of erecting six iron rooms in destitute localities, s:; as to prepare the way for pmaanent buildings, THE NEW PARI6 THEATRE, "Les Pouffes Pari diens," has been built in six weeks. FRENCH COMMERCE. The demand from abroad for French produce, which is steadily maintained, gives employment to a-multitude of banes .a th3 ironworks in Paris and the ne i g hbourhood. is locomotives and railway carriages; Geneva, Spain dernataa_ machinery; Russia, articles of wrought iron. The :ess of the new buildings in frost has impeded the prog course of construction, bat other n:2 loyment is found for e.n d it i s said thatless chs the operatives engaged on them, at this season tress exists at present in Paris than is usual , of the year. The accounts received from the mea;ort state that the markets are generally dull. The price of eotttan at Havre on Saturday was firm at 225 f for Madras; Havana sugar, 42f. The Nantes market is likewise quiet. There were 10,000 bags of Brazilian sugar sold at Marseilles on Saturday at 36f, and 100 casks of coffee iron Porto Rico at 1051. Smyrna cotton is quoted at Marseilles at 2051., and Jumel, 3221. 60e. The accounts from the agricultural districts represent' the injury to the young wheat caused by the frost to be less than was represented by interested parties. Some damage is spoken of on the banks of the Loire, but the particulars have not been received. There were few arrivals of corn ships at Marseilles last week, and millers found it necessary to look for a supply in the provicial markets on the Saone. The price of wheat has risen from 50e to 75c the hectolitre in the South of France, from Toulouse to Perpignan. Bordeaux is well supplied with wheat, and the price is quoted at from 19f 50e to 20f the hectolitre of 80 kilogrammes. Flour is in demand from 33f to 36f 50c the 100 kilogrammes. The demand for flour for the English market having ceased at Rouen, the price has fallen, and the article is quoted at -from 45f to 45f 50c the sack of 159 kilogrammes. Thera was a good supply of farmer's wheat in the Paris market last week, but buyers found it difficult to obtain more than a reduction of 50c the sack of 120 kilogrammes. There were no sales of merchants' wheat effaCed. Oats, barley, and rye were neglected. Bakers' flour, which was quoted at from 491 to 531 the sack the preceding week, fell last week to from 47f to 521. Flour of the six marks fell 53c the sack. It was officially quotel on Saturday afternoon at 51f the sack. The factors declared on Saturday 526 sacks of flour, of which 178 of first quality sold for delivery with in 30 days at 471 to 47f 50c the sack. The principal article of speculation in the Paris market at present is sugar, and prices are again rising. Raw beet root sugar is quoted at 81f the 100 dilogrammes. An idea may be formed of the importance of the beetroot sugar manufacture in France from the fact that the beetroot crop in the year 1862 produced 190,000,000 kilogrammes of raw sugar. During the same period the beetroot distilleries produced 40,000 pipes of alcohol of 100 degrees strength, and 40,000 pipes of alcohol of molasses—in all 80,000 pipes, or about 500,000 hectolitres of alcohol. It required 77,000 hectares of land to produce these 193,000,000 kilogrammes of raw sugar. It requires 1,8')0 kilogrammes of beetroot to produce 100 kilogrammes of raw sugar, or about 24 metrical quintals per hectare (21 acres), It requires 30,000 hectares of land to produce 500,000 hectolitres of alcohol. It requires 2,500 kilogrammes of beetroot to pro duce 100 litres of alcohol, It is supposed that last year there were at least 110,000 hectares sown with beetroot, but I here was a great deficiency in the produce in consequence of the long continued dry weather. It is calculated that the last crop will not produce more than from 90,000 to 100,000 kilo- grammes of raw sugar, and from 30,000 to 35,000 pipes of alcohol, or about 200,000 hectolitres at 100 degrees strength. These figures explain at the same time the high price of sugar and of alcohol, and the complaints of the growers of beetroot. The last year's crop amounts scarcely to two-fifths of an ordinary crop. To this first cause of the high price of sugar must be added others, and among them the deficiency of the crop in foreign countries, which is estimated at 350,000,000 kilogrammes. The dry weather, by reducing the crop of beetroot cultivated in France by three-fifths, has moreover inflicted a severe calamity on farmers. The loss may be estimated from a report published by the Agricul tural Society of St. Quentin. It appears from that report that previous to the cultivation of beetroot the arrondisse ment of St. Quentin did not produce more than 15 hectolitres of wheat the hectare. Since then, in consequence of the culti vation of beetroot and the manure produced by feeding cattle with the pulp, the ‘a heat produced has been doubled. Previous to the establishment of sugar manufactories, the arrondissement of St. Quentin possessed but few horned cattle. At present it feeds tenfold more, and this increase is entirely due to the nutritious quality of the refuse of the sugar manufactories when used for feeding cattle for the butcher's stall. Another revolution caused by the cultiva tion of beetroot is the substitution by farmers of oxen for horses for field work. The consequence is that trailed plough bullocks aro at present more valuable than stall. fed oxen. There are three varieties of beetroot grown in France. The first is excellent as regards the fattening of cattle, but it is very poor in saccharine matter. It is, consequently, never planted except in places where there are neither sugar manufactories nor distilleries. The yellow globe has been recently introduced, and has displaced the first. It contains more sugar and more mucilaginous substance. It is, how ever, more suitable for fattening cattle than for making sugar, inasmuch as it contains a salt which prevents the proper crystallisation of the sugar, and cannot be neutralised. It is grown exclusively by farmers. The third variety, which is the most admired by sugar manufacturers, is the Silesian beetroot, better known by pasants as the sugar beetroot. It is white or red, and it enters completely into the earth. Sugar manufacturers prefer the roots which weigh from 21b to 41b. The Silesian beetroot is said to be capable of producing from 10 to 12 per cent of sugar. It contains less mucilaginous principle and less acid than the yellow globe, and the extraction of its saccharine matter is less difficult. When the extraction of sugar from beetroot was first at tempted, manufacturers produced scarcely more than 1 or 2 per cent. of sugar capable of being crystallised. The machi nery for the extraction of sugar was then naturally imperfect. At present from 5 to 6 per cent. is the average production. A small quantity of boiled beetroot has produced 81 per cent. It is expected that when further improvements are made in machinery raw beetroot sugar may be sold at 11d the pound. The demand for wine is becoming more brisk at Bercy. and at the entrepot on the Quay St. Bernard. The retailers in Paris, who sold largely during the Carnival, are now re plenishing their stock; they give the preference to the wines of the South of France, which contain more alcohol. New Bordeaux wine is likewise in demand for private families. The following are the last prices :—Roussillon, 1862, 18 degrees, 42f to 45f the h.eotolitre—Narbonne (old), 38f to 40f—Montague, 1862, 28f to 301—Tavel (old), 32f to 351 Bordeaux, 1863, Ssf to 90f the cask of 22S litres—Cher, 75f to SOf the cask of 250 litres, exclusive of the octroi duty. The demand for wino is still moderate at Bordeaux. Some small farmers, however, at St. Estephe have sold all their last year's crop at from 350 f to GOOF the tun of 912 litres. Some purchases have likewise be ?n made in the Lower Medoe at from 3501 to 400 f. The sales in the city are regu lated by the requirements of the consume's. Some tuns of Narbonne of the last vintage were sold last week for mixing at from 180 f to 225 f. There is a better demand for wino at Nantes. Ordinary is called for at 25f the barrel, and superior at 55f and 57f. There was a large amount of business done in leather and tallow at the great fair of Caen, which is held on the first Monday in Lent. Ox and cow hides brought from 95f to 104 f the 100 kilogrammes, and sheepskins, unwashed, from 7f to 10f each; ox grease, for melting, from 90f to 1001 the 100 kilogrammes ; and mutton suet, 75f to 901. The Director-General of Customs has addressed a circular to the agents under his orders, dated Ist inst., instructing 'hem that a French factory has been established at Why ` -n the western coast of Africa, which has lately become F the seat b.. a new Imperial Consular agency. Porto NUOYO, another posh,, on the same coast, has been lately placed under French pr, tection. The Minister of I,lance has decided, after consulting with his colleagues of the departments of the Marine and of Commerce, and at the suggab'sion of the Director-General of Customs, that palm and cocoa imported under the French flag from Whydah and Porto IN ovo, shall enjo y the benefit of the ordnance of May 16 , 1865 regulating the duties payable on produce arriving from the French estab lishments on the western coast of Africa. HARDLY PROBABLE.—Those who have BtflL led the position of the Royal Academy and the National Gallery (says the Queen) will not bo much surpassed to hear that Government is now proposing to give up the whole of thenrafalgar-square building to the Royal Academy, and send the National Gallery to a building to be erected upon the site at Burlington-house. It is now many years since the late Prince Consort developed his favourite scheme of taking the National Gallery down to Kensington, " The Boilers" were then his pet hobby, and all the national collections (the British Museum included) were to find their way down S.W., and become part of that vast scheme for a Fine Art and Scientific University, over which his Royal Highness and Messrs. Cole, Bilks and Red grave were to be the presiding geniuses. During Lord Derby's last short tenure of office, en attempt was made to accede to the Prince's wishes in this respect, but it was happily forbid den by the House of Commons. Subsequently it was agreed that the National Gallery was to occupy the whole of the building in Trafalgar-square, which was to be adapted and re arranged for the purpose, and the Academy was to build for itself a habitation upon a site to be granted to it for the pur pose in the gardens behind Burlington House. This seemed all right enough, for the Academy has plenty of money t o build itself a house withal, and is so much of a private body in its character, that to give it a site to build upon would be treating it very handsomely. This plan was considered to be settled upon, anti the Atha/mum went the length of an nouncing that plans had been adopted for the new Royal Academy. But if these plans ever existed, they have never since been taken from the drawer to which they were role. gated. The Academy had net then, and has not now, any idea of spending its money in such ti way. It s influence in the Government has been sufficiently strong not only to withstand the breath of hostile criticism with which it has been assailed for y:lars, but even to better its position in spite of it. It has quietly bided its time, whilst Govern ment was spending money upon the Trafalgar-square build ing with the pretence of kitting it for the reception of the National Collections, and it now quietly steps forward to reap the fruit of its long-suffering and indomitable patience. More public, money is to be snout in providing a new National Gallery in s. back street behind Piccadilly, and the oyal Academy is to hold undivided possession of the im proved nest, in Which it has been so long performing the Pal t of the cuckoo. SECOND EDITION. UN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, LINCOLN ItACES--lIIIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Anglo-Saxon Siva Partisan .. Nine ran. 3 SPORTING NOTES, The Lincolnshire Handicap, rim to-morrow, I would have referred to yesterday, had it not been for the continued severity of the frost throughout the country. Without going over the respective merits of the various horses engaged, I will merely remark that I anticipate the judgo will place— BENJAMIN REDCAP DESPAIR 3 Bat if I knew that Argonaut was going to the post with winning orders I would give him the preference over any of the three I have placed. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALLS'.-LAST EVENING. LINCOLN HANDICAP. Bto agst Suburban (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Emblematic (taken) 10 to 1 agst Bantam (taken) 14 to 1 age, Wee Nell (effdred) 20 to 1 agst Serious Case (taken) 20 to 1 agst Martha (taken) 20 to 1 agst Worcester (taken) 20 to 1 agst Portland (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken) 20 to 1 agat Amy (taken) 2.5 to 1 agat Leading Article (takenanl offered) 25 to 1 aget Med ora (taken) 31 to 1 agst Ireley (taken) 33 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bell's Life (taken) 60 to 1 agst Arbury (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Czar (taken) 50 to 1 agst Leonidas (taken) NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 10 to 1 agat Backfield ('aaen) 16 to 1 agat Sheridan (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) 6to 1 agst Paris (taken) 6to 1 aget Fine de I'Air (taken) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 100 to 6 agst Anfield (take 20 to 1) 100 to 6 agst B►ackdown (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Change (taken) 33 to 1 agst Merry Hart (taken) 40 to 1 agst Accident (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (take 11 to 1) 14 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) 14 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 15 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 20 to 1 agat Coup d'Etat (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken) 25 to 1 agst Idler (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ely (take 3U to 1) 28 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) 30 to 1 agat Ackworth (taken) 50 to 1 agst Jack Frost (1000 to 15 taken freely) 3000 to 30 agst Verger (taken) CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY. BROCKLESBY STARES. 4 b 1 agst Mechante sto 1 agst Water Baby 6to 1 agat Brown Bread Sto 1 agst Others LINCOLN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Anglo-Saxon (6 to 1 taken freely) 7to 1 agst Suburban (offered) Bto 1 agst Benjamin (offered) 15 to 1 agst Redcap 15 to 1 agat Despair 15 to 1 agst Fluke LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE, 9to 1 agst Emblematic 11 to 1 agst Bantam 100 to 8 agst Wee Nell 100 to 8 agst Real Jam 20 to 1 agst Worcester 20 to 1 eget Portland 20 to 1 agat Martha 20 to 1 agat Serious Case 20 to 1 agst Jerusalem 20 to 1 agst Sinking Fund 20 to 1 agat Emblem 25 to 1 agst Amy 40 to 1 agst Thomastown THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES, 10 to 1 agst Gardener 10 to 1 agst Blithfield THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 1 on the field (offered) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 east Scottish Chief (offered) 14 to 1 agst Paris )5 to 1 agst Coastguard 16 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken freely) 18 to 1 agst Forager (offered) 20 to 1 agat Coup d'Etat (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Blair Athol 25 to 1 agst Idler 30 to 1 agat Ely (taken freely) 1000 to 15 agst Horse Marine (offered) 1000 to 8 agat Fitz Adine (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER,YEsTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Emblematic (taken) 100 to 8 aget Bantam (taken) 20 to 1 aget Martha (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken) 33 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 20 to 1 agst Lioness. (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 33 to 1 agst Merry Hart (taken) SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Feb. .23.—Wind this day at noon—North. East; light breeze, and foggy weather. PLYMOUTH, Feb, 22, Arrived—Sandringham, from London for Sydney. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—South port, from Ceylon. SWANSEA, Feb. 21.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Orchid, from Barbadoes—Hugh Buttment, from the Gape of Good Hope. GUERNSEY, Feb. 21.—Wind N,E.—Sailed—Channel Queen, for Ceylon. _ , - NEWPORT, Fob. 22.—Sailed—Mosquito, and Wild Wave s for Jamaica. SHIELDS, Feb. 22,—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Surinam, for Surinam. 1 A DEVONSHIRE SCANDAL.—Some scanda 1 has been excited at Dawlish, owing to the disappearance of a lady under strange circumstances. The lady in ques tion, who is related to some of the most respectable families of the county, is perhaps 28 years of age, and for nine years has been the wife of a gentleman to whoss name a courtesy title is prefixed. The family of the lady for at least 20 years past has resided near Dawlish, and since her marriage the lady and her husband have divided their patronage between the metropolis and Devonshire. In Exeter, Teignmouth, Torquay, and every adjacent town, the lady is well known as the prettiest, moat fascinating clanseuse at all public and private balls, and as one who did out-Nimrod Nimrod in the chase. N ever did belle more firmly sit in saddle or more gallantly take the hedges of the country side. Of her liege lord less can be said, for he was never particularly pr om i nent in cover or fi s -ht• But on Tuesday week on ret urn i ng home to dine he re : . ssed his wife. No one seem e d to IMow whither she had gont.l• or had seen her since mo rn i ng ; and as evening wore away Ouch anxiety and suspicion were felt. Inquiries wore made, loi;t to little purpose. She had not left from the Dawlish railway station, and thoughthere were reports that she had been seen walking towards Starcross and to the Warren, nothing defiLite was ascertained. But suspicion evidently was more prevalent than alarm, and so the matter was kept dark, and the sband, h a ving obtained a clap, started on Friday to Exeter, and thence towards London, and has not yet returned. But people have talked very freely, in connection with the affair, of a dashing young man of foreign name, attractive appearance, and large wealth (also married), who some two years ago was staying in the e• vicinity attendin on an invalid fathe r, and who has since ever and anon turned up at balls and parties, and as a visitor at th e h ouse f ro m which our heroine departed on the 9 th. He has not been seen in the neighbourhood since, and there are ugly stories afloat as to his having been the cause of sundry domestic jars, at one of which, on Satur day week,tears and denials were la v i s hl y used n the presence of a brother from North Devon, who attended " by request." —lVesternAforning News. MR. FAIRHOLT, TUE ARTIST, whose pictures of past life and manners, in connection with Mr. Wright's . an tiquarian and historical works, are well known , is now g. Egypt, travelling with Lord Londeeboreugh for t he belie of his health. MR. JOHN FORSTER'S long - promisd 44 of Sir John Elliot" will be published in a few days'Bieph.: gra two volumes. CHRISTMAS *WEATHER r Melbourne, labourer, died from sunstroke on a farm , • n with his head in Christmas week. He was hayrir i f uncovered. He was a new arrival in passagec°l steamers The German and New Yor kr .—William risks ; they are all, Mullens, a are now heavily insured against war be able to avoid th however, very fast, and will probablyinia last week, ran from Danish tr,n of woe. kersdorf, in Austria, the BLACI;. SNOW fel l in I: n auhnalculum. th; Sciliy Itks to th o N T e h !cl e ic (l s e . i r n 14121;ui.5. other day. Ma snow contain?. a stock stook ;here, 13.14., i. 4.0 19.15.4 12.10 ihart 100 Sk 2O 10 :00 SSE, Paid.' all 100 71 all all lOU 100 100 100 100 100 On 23 25 1200 2 110 i 992 64 i 2 101 35 0!t 5 IC3& THE StiN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23. IEO4.