The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-03 00:00:00

Lou is Its ll3l3 ' Lonai re t : r Cel3 0 - C., ei , c 1 11E , s 9 80 , ,er las ) 00 0 ?f ~000 111 pO O bardhe with F a 00 the sba Se. tUn ' ,fi 00411' es Oi l ! th l‘ l a ; ion Ita 1 is ' s°- 3urP 6o6 fling , ' lao s al D.oted XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no alteration to-day in the general ap pearance of the Money Market, the rates being firm and the inquiries rather numerous. It is expected, however, that affairs will relapse into a quieter position after the payment of the bills which will arrive at maturity to-morrow, the 4th inst. At the annual meeting of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company which took place at kidinburgh yesterday, the report was adopted, and a dividend of 10 per cent. declared on the paid-up capital (being an increase of 2 per cent. over last y e ar), payable on the 10th day of March current, free of income-tax. It was reported that after pay ing all losses, expenses, &c., and after setting aside, to meet unexpired premiums, the sum of £39,863 16s. 3d., being one-third of the premiums for the year, the rest account now amounted to the sum of £192,803 13s. Bd. after payment of dividend to shareholders. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has been very inactive. Sugars have barely sustained former quotations, while tea, rice, and spices ware without material change as regards values. Coffee, how ever, is held for full rates. Saltpetre and tallow have been in limited request, and the latter article has been depressed for both present and forward delivery. The Stock Exchange will be closed on Saturday next, the 7th inst., and also on Tuesday, the 10th. On the latter day, however, the Bank of England and all other banking establishments will be com pelled to open, in consequence of the determination of the Ministry to resist the universal wish of the public that it should be made a legal holyday. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 70c. 20f. 70c. 15f. Quiet. The Donald M'Kay has been announced from Melbourne with £40,900 in gold. The Submarine Telegraph Company held its half yearly meeting to-day—Sir James Carmichael, Bart., in the chair. The report stated the propor tion of earnings after paying the working expenses and repairs to cables, a profit was left of £9,500 16s, 7d.; and deducting the interest payable on debentures and loans, and 10 per cent. on the gross receipts, a balance was shown equivalent to a dividend of nearly 5 per cent. per annum on the share capital. A dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum was recommended to be paid, and a balance to be carried over of £1,219 15s. to the credit of a reserve fund. The chairman moved the adoption of the report, and stated that the receipts of the company had in creased considerably since its first establishment in 1856. A Mr. Congreve and others supported an amendment to the effect that no dividend should be paid till all the legitimate debts of the com pany were discharged. The amount of interest on debentures and loans was larger than the dividend proposed to be paid, which of itself they believed to be unsatisfactory, The discussion had not terminated when the report left. The market for the English Funds opened buoyant, and a further improvement was percep tible. Owing to a few sales, however, a reaction, amounting to I } per cent., has taken place. Con sols have been 921 a for transfer, and 92:4 93 for the account, the latest prices, however, are 929 I and 92/ respectively. The New Three per Cents. are 911. 1 ex div. ; the Reduced, 919 1 ex div. ; Ex chequer Bills, 2s. prem. ; Bank Stock, 237 and 239 ; and India 5 per Cent. Loan, 108 k 1. Rather more activity has been perceptible in the Foreign Market, and prices in some instances have tended upwards. Tarkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have been dealt in at 90; do., 1858, 691 ex div.; do., 1862, 691 701 ; and the Consolides 4l I ; Egyptian 971 ex div. ; Moorish 931 ; Portuguese New Loan 47 ; Russian 1862, 949 ; Spanish Passive have advanced to 271 9 ; and the Certificates to 108 a ; Italian are 698; and the Venezuelan New Loan 89L- In the Railway Share Market the operations were moderately active, and prices have generally shown increased buoyancy. Metropolitan and South Easterns improved 55.; and Great Easterns, Lan cashire and Yorkshire, London and Blackwall, and North Western, 10s. ; Great Westerns, however, declined 55.; North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; and . Great Northern A Stock, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were dealt in to a fair extent, and generally exhibited a slight advance in prices. South Austrian and Lom bardo•Venetian improved to 231 234 ; Great Lux embourg, to 151 161; East Indian, to 1061; and Great Indian Peninsula, to 105/ I. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares, with one or two exceptions, realised previous rates, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 239 7 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities &nnuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14 13-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl 1 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 f Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 D;f t , . Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO .... 14 pm Consols for Account, March. 5 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2/ per Cent — Ditto Small 2 pin FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account .. 95 Egyptian 7 pet Cent 97f 7 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms l9l 1 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 72 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4l f Ditto Deferred 7l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. 5 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account .... Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account 9O Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account, . 69} 7 1 Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 par Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f... — Ditto Account.. TWO O'CLOCK. CoAsols, Money Ditto Account 921 i Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, March 3. Quiet. Sales, about 2,500 bales. Imports, 10,309; previously, 6,339. LINCOLN'S-INN.—On the occasion of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on Tuesday, the 10th of March, the Society of Lincoln's.inn will celebrate the event by a dinner in the hall to all their members, and also by distributing among the poor in the n eighbourhood 400 tickets, of 2s 6d each, of which 200 will be given to the out-patients of King's College Hospital, and 200 to out-patients of the Carey-street I ispersary. On this occasion no speeches will be made, but two toasts will be given in the hall—one that of her Majesty the Queen, according to the custom of this inn; the other that of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Members of the inn pro posing to attend are limited to Friday nest to send in their names to the steward. OPENING OF SOUTIIWARK-BRIDGE TOLL FREE. -- In consequence of the imm e n se traffic in London cn Sturday n ex t th e C orporat i on of London are go i ng to throwa Southwark-lridge open t o th e pu bli c on S a turday neat from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., before and after which hours the usual toll will be executed. BRITISH MUSEUM.—It was officially announced Public on that the B r iti s h Museum wo u ld b e c l osed to the on Saturday, the 7-1 instant, and also on Tuesday, he 10th. L , Es.."" to th e 0 it 1f e 0 th e" ;t V e' tO the ica tioo , e oto o osi'relf SHARE MARKETS—This Day. Sharei Railways• 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter 1 Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A bets no dig Do. B beenp c.p an.has paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. iGreatEastern, Ord. stk 8 81 7 8 86 83 1161 117 i 61 7i 41 43 13 14 88 20 106 108 19 50 45 47 24 25 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland 'Great Northern... Do A stock 122 124 1211 122 j 134 136 100 1 0 1 6ti C6l Do B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright. ,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lindoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do 5hare5........ ,, Metropolitan Midland 10410 9 72 73 114 115 40 42 99} 100 10 1014 45 46 9* 9 1 6 2 12 1 g1 121641 6.4.0 Do New ... ... .. . b .• Do Birming. Derby 1511 d. Gt. W. of Ireland 1 Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds 54 531 26 28 981 99 56 68 4 87 88 Do York Do Carlisle North London ►9.16.41 Do New (North Staffordshire IN. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon ' South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,and Wok. Stockton ez Darlington) Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do 12.10 Do I ( Vale of Neath (Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .S 5 Kilkenny West Cornwall NN. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford P i 16 16} 11i 11f' , ORDINARY SHARES AND STOubS. plaid. l Closing Business ' Price. done. 49 i 1211 f 601 I 109 1 723 3 114 991 100 1011 1001 14k 14 1 87j i i 93 i I i P 94 9? 81 45 46 103 105 50 51 32 34 93i 94 67 68i 7 8 374 384 9 10 74 8 147 149 44 5 V I 2 3 p 82 81 150 160 29 31 42 43 37 39 95 97 421 3 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Sham Railways Paid. Price. Business don, 100 ttiantic &St Lawrence all 64 66 a mj lom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc 1,),• 104 105 106 ( Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 5 1 1 P 205 Buffalo and Lahetialor alt 41 5}4 10 Do. Preference . all 74 8 Bufralo,Brant,&Godric . l. ` 77 80 100 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1 , 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 73 76 100 Do. do. June 1, 16;4 100 73 76 st Cleutta.&S.Eastn.; Li , ; 100 103 105 st Cape Town & Dock Seri) 100 11:8 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1156 1( 65 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1055 1065 1061 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 4 lip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 a P stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 205 215 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. all 65 68 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 50 53 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bond 6,. all 57 59 100 Do. do d, fer ed...... all 41 46 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock ... all 40 44 100 Do. do. &fem.& .. all 34 33 100 Do. 4th Pref. s o all 2;1 28 27 f 100 Do. do deferred...... all 22 24 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 105 106 1055 t 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 5 1 20 •Do. January,•lB62. 4 5 1 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 'lO2 104 205 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all .13 135 205 Do. New 18 75 75,, 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 100 102 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 93 15 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 15 lip stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 103 lot 1031 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extensicni 100 96 98 stock De. 4 4 do 100 43 5 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnth• 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. alt 20 Newßrunswick & Canda Class Aan 1 B .. all 3 5 N.P.l.C'da 6pc Ist pt bds 100 83 55 stock Scinde .......... (106 1055 1061 at Do. Delhi. 14: 100 1035 1045 ( Do. d 0...... ....G 2 5 ep 20 Do. Punjaub ta e ; 15 fp st Do. Do. , 160 103 101 stock Do. Endus.St. Flo.) l toe. 98 100 , 99 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC RITI Es. •4.4.1..(30v. 6 p.c.J a. ,2.1 1877-31 Do. 6 c. Feb. & Au , _ 100 104 106 Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept 100 104 106 j Do. s p. c. Jan. &July. 100 07 98 974 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 Cape G. Rope, op 0,1877 100 IC9 111 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 113 115 Do. 189 t 100 114 116 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 - Mau itius 6 per cent .. 100 110 112 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 1.9 111 N.4.4.G0v. 6 p.c..) a.&Jul) lou 106 107 p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c., 1864 100 1005 1015 Do. Sp. c.,1871 to 187( 100 100 101 1005 Do. do 1888 &upwct, 100 103 101 1004 I" - New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 1065 1075 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO ,:0 112 5. AIM G6p.c.1873.& up lOO 110 112 - Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 108 110 Do. to g o.c. Ao.&Ont 100 1115 lll 5 111 e BRITISH NINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 5d p - ; Chnord Amalgamated- 1 20 22 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist., 1 530 5 40 lEast Bassett (Illogan).. 30 95 100 1 'East Clogau Gold Ltd. s s. scl p --(East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 46 47 East Cam Brea... 3.0.0 104 101 101 E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.19.0 55 55 - I(G Sou r - e. mriaeen Grenville u . tv i A t(Dh ub o, nrw y yo La n ni u (G w s e n $ 1 7 7 5 5 1 6 6 ( 1 5 8 ~ti G. Wheal Vorafelston . ) 40 61 75 aret • 6.15. 55 51 Herod's-Foot 48::0.6 1 47 2 . 0 2 4 3: 8 3 1 3 0 6 Lady Bertha elant' Marke Valley.. 4 ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 25 1 5 d New Seton 55314:5 455 North Downs . O N r Y t I h i ' Whealßas s e t e ( r I 0 1 1 1 o t ;an . .• 2.1 , . 12 41 94 7 : J ) 12 4 3 4 1 ['Sr Consols (St. Blazey; 15 45 51 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 0 42 South Caradon( t.Cleer) 14 395 406 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 3} 4 heal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1- , .9 90 95 Stray I'ark 5 .Tamar Silv.& Lead Min l5 .k 10 Tin Crott 9 20 2 West Basset (Illogan) l5 125 135 IW Caradon (Liskeit . r . d . 475 5 2 3 1 2 5 3 27 1 5 'West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) tit 65 70 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 CO 70 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 7 8 WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 155 165 Wheal Seton . 585 240 250 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 17 18 Wheal Union 3.17 41 55 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western (nerks & Hants Ext.), 4i per cent. red., 99. Ditto. 4 per cent. irred., North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.), 08 PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent. pref., 104 Stockton and Darlington, ()lass D, pref., 29 LINES LEASED Al` FIXED RENTALS. London and Greenwich, 63 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 41 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 21} Great Luxembourg, 154 161 Namur and Liege, lit per annum, 81 San Paulo ;Um.), gua. 7 per cent. 9i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 23.1 1 FOREIGN MINES. General, 221* y G u re d a a t n N am . C u o tan pp a er ot of s. S A ou u t e h tr A al u ia st ( r um alia ), JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lilt.), 24f Australasia, 8 Bank 01 Egypt, 26 51 Bank of London, 113.1 Bank 01 Queensland (lint), 78 British and American Exchange (lim.), 6; a English and Irish (lint.), 3* London and Brazilian llim.), 31 30/ London and County, 441 5 4/ London and South African, 26k London and Westminster, 77 New South Wales, 48/ Oriental Bank Corporation, 571 Ottoman Bank, 42* Ditto, new, 11 * Union of Australia, 52 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 333 f !Italian Irrigation (Canal Crvour), 51 London General Omnibus Company (lim.), 11 National Discount Company (lint.), 8* Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 731 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 281 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Mar. 21. via Al arseilles Mar. 15. &sail and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Ilelena Mar. 3, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Mae. 15. Falkland Islands Mar. 6. Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 4. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Mar. 15. I n dia (Bombay), via Southampton .. Mar. 13 via Marseilles Mar. 7. Portugal.... Mar. 6. Malta,Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 4 . via Marseilles Mar. 7. Newfoundland ..Mar. 4. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Mar. 4. by U.S. packet.... bYCluladianPacket,liar. 6. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAgCfl 3, 1863. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The Court was occupied the whole of refer morning in proceeding with the third indictment pred against William Buckwell for infringing the bankruptcy laws, an acquittal having been returned on the two former charges. NBW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) ROBBERY BY A SAILOR. John Rogers was indicted for robbing Andrew Smith, and stealing his watch. The evidence showed that the prisoner, in company with another man, met the prosecutor in Gravel-lane, and the two men then in a most violent manner robbed him of his watch. The companion of prisoner escaped. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to seven years' penal servitude. POLIO INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC, AND AN UNFA VOURABLE ONE.—Joseph England, tailor, 254, Oxford street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Police constable Player, 309 A. _ . . Player said that about a quarter to one that morning his attention was called to a large crowd of prostitutes and others outside a public-house in the Haymarket, and the defendant, who was making a great noise at the top of his voice. He requested the defendant to go away, when he refused, making use of very bad language, and struck him a violent blow in the mouth, cutting his lip, and causing his mouth to bleed a good deal, He then took the defen dant into custody. Defendant said he believed he had too much to drink, and remembered nothing about it. It was his first appear ance in public, and he hoped the magistrate would look over it. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was impossible to look over it. The police must be protected, and if they were not protected from the ruffianism of the Haymarket, they would soon be knocked off the force altogether. The defendant must pay 405., or suffer 14 days' imprisonment. CAUTION TO CAB PROPRIETORS AND DurvEßs.—Albert Widderson, horse keeper, in the employ of Henry Begent, cab proprietor, of Great Edward-street, Cumberland market, attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer the com plaint of Mr. William Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of having caused and procured a horse to be tortured. A man named Banford, badge 3,780, the driver of the horse, was charged with cruelty in driving it in a totally unfit state on a previous day, and Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the owner of the horse or the person sending it out to be sum moned. Mr, Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, and Smith, one of the society's officers, having deposed to the condition of the horse, Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was quite evident to every one that the horse was unfit for work, as it was lame and in a ♦ery bad condition. In these cases he always considered that the proper persons to summon were the proprietors or per sons who sent out the horses. They treated the poor animals as if they were pieces of wood or iron, and only cared for them when they could get work out of them. He was aware the drivers could not help themselves. They were obliged to take the horses given to them or lose their employ. He should fine each of the defendants, Banford and Widderson, 10s, or 14 days, and he would advise them to try a summons in the county court to recover the money of their master if he did not pay the fines. THAMES. A DARING ROBBERY.—THE TAUT-HANDED MAN.— Mary Ann Plumpton, a woman about 35 years of age, was brought before Mr. Woolryich, charged with stealing a purse containing 15s. from the person of George Holmes, a boiler maker. The prisoner is a married woman, and her husband, a decent looking mechanic, stood behind the witness box to hear the statement of his wife's imprudence and dishonesty. It appeared that the prosecutor and some of his workmates were "keeping up St. Monday," yesterday, in Poplar, and met with the prisoner, who had come out on an errand to obtain some medicine for some of her sick children. She drunk with the boiler makers and went with the pro secutor to the market-house public-house, in Poplar, where they had a good deal of ale, rum and water and gin together, and both were ultimately in toxicated. The prisoner was seen by a man named Par sons, who waited upon the pair, to rifle the man's pockets while he was asleep, and she suddenly disappeared from the house. "I'll bit a wager," said Parsons, as she was leav ing, "that she has robbed that man ;" and immediately a young man, named John Minton, went after her, and over took her about a quarter of a mile from the house, on which she threw a five-shilling piece behind her. It was recovered. She was taken back to the market-house, and dropped the purse containing the remainder of the prosecutor's money close to her feet. Parsons, who behaved very well in the matter, picked up the purse and money, and gave the pri soner into custody. Mr. Woolrych asked the prosecutor in which pocket he had deposited his purse, to which he replied, in my right hand pocket (putting his hand on his left hand pocket). Mr. Woolrych—That is your left hand pocket. The prosecutor (who, like most boiler makers, is very deaf), said yes ; that is quite wrong. Mr. Woolrych (loudly)—Why is it wrong ? The prosecutor—l am a left-handed man. Mr. Woolrych (shouting as loud as he was able)—Then you call your left hand your right, and your right hand your left ? The prosecutor—Yes ; that is it. This is my right hand (putting his left hand on his left pocket), and this is my left hand putting his right hand on his right pocket. (Great laughter.) _ _ Mr. Woolryeh—Something like the rule of the road — if you keep to the left you are right, if you keep to the right you are wrong. _ The prisoner's husband said: he brought home £1 7s. on Saturday night, £1 of it was his week's earnings, and 7s. were his boy's earnings, and the whole of it was sacri ficed by his wife, who was drinking with a lot of drunken boiler makers who had no business with a married woman. Mr.Woolrych-1 have nothing to do with that. Your wife is a druken, dishonest woman. Don't give her any more money. She is sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATI ERSALL'S—LAST EVENING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 2 agat Avalanche (taken) 100 to 8 agst Dane (taken) 100 to 8 agst Emblem (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agst Orphan (offered) 20 to 1 agst Medora. (taken) 20 to 1 agst Arbury (taken) 20 to 1 agat Master Bagot (offered) 25 to 1 agst Cheater (taken) 25 to 1 agat Jealousy (offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agat Knutsford (taken) 100 to 8 agst Grimstone (offered) 20 to 1 agat Cariabrook (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to 1 agst Gardener (offered) 33 to 1 agst Oberon (taken) 33 to 1 agst Summeraide (taken) 33 to 1 agst Polynesia (taken) CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Dunkeld (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 4to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered) 12 to 1 agst Michael Scott (offered) 14 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) 14 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) DERBY. 13 to 2 agat Lord Clifden (offered) 9 to 1 agat Saccharometer (take 10 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 20 to 1 agst Carnival (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 1000 to 3b agat Automaton (offered) 33 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Queen Bertha (taken) CITY BETTING.—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Avalanche (offered) 12 to 1 agst The Dane (taken) 13 to 1 agst Satellite (taken) 14 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Orphan (taken) 20 to 1 agst Master Begot (offered) 30 to 1 agst Chester (taken) 33 to 1 agst Birdbolt (taken) 33 to 1 agst Jealousy (offered) NOTTINGAM HANDICAP. 4to I agst Mountain Maid (taken) sto 1 agst Donne Canne (taken) 10 to 1 agst Conundrum (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to lon the field (offered) NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 12 to 1 agst linutstord (taken) 13 to 1 agst Grimstone (taken) 20 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4 o 1 agst Hospodar 1 : 50 t tt 0 00 111 agar og agst t S BF a iu c r c el iyapro Mantleumr l ete r 10 to 1 agst Michael Scott 33 to 1 agst Pratique THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord Clitden 25 to 1 aget Carnival Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will leave this country on the 15th of July, their destination being Melbourne. Prior to leaving they will give a series of fare well performances at the Princess's Theatre, commencing on the 4th of May, and terminating on the 15th of the same month. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always go d owe. Sold in packets by 2,280 ageuta, The Princess Alexandra's Bridal Presents and Bridal Dresses. For the last day or two the establishment of Messrs. Gerrard, the Crown jewellers, has been eagerly sought by fishionable visitors anxious to see the costly presents manufactured for the Prince of Wales as gifts to his bride. Some of them are already exhibited ; others will be shown in the course of the present week. Conspicuous among the beautiful objects now on view is a complete parure of diamonds and pearls, comprising a necklace, a brooch, and ear-rings. The necklace is composed of eight clusters, with large pendants, the centre clus tre consisting of three fine pear-shaped pearl drops, and the whole being connected with festoons of diamonds. The brooch is composed of splendid pearls, surrounded by diamonds, with other pearls as drops. These jewels are all of the first quality and were manufactured after the design and under the superintendence of the Prince. Glittering on each side of the parure are two brooches, entirely of diamonds, formed so as to represent the Prince of Wales's feathers. These are of different size but both very large. The wedding ring, which, of course, is of plain gold, is remarkably massive, and its accompanying keeper is set with six precious stones, selected and arranged so that the initial letters of their names shall form the word " Bertie," an affectionate variation of " Albert." The stones of which this happy combination is effected are a beryl, an emerald, a ruby, a torquois, a jacinth, and another emerald. A plain gold ring has like wise been made to be worn by the Prince himself. Ae presents for the bridesmaids eight lockets have been made. These are of coral and diamonds, to signify the red and white which are the colours of Denmark. In the centre of each is a cipher in crystal, forming the letters A. E. A., after a draw ing by the Princess Alice. The eight bridesmaids themselves present to her Royal Highness a splendid diamond and enamel bracelet. This is made in eight compartments, in each of which is the miniature portrait of one of the young ladies, with her initials beneath in dia monds. Messrs Garrard are also making two other presents for the Royal bride—one from her Majesty, consisting of a most costly suite of opals and dia monds, as valuable and rare as those which the Prince of Wales presented to the Princess Royal, and similar in form to the suite designed for the Princess Alice by the Prince Consort. The second is another present from the Prince of Wales, and consists of a brilliant tiara, but this will not be com pleted before the end of next week. The Denmark of the 26th says :— « On Tuesday several deputations waited on her Royal Highness with parting gifts. Among these we may mention a porcelain stand with rich figures from Flora Danica, presented by a committee of ladies; a costly fan, by the maids of honour; old northern golden ornaments, by a committee from Falster ; an English Bible, 100 years old, by a schoolmaster, from Palster ; busts of her Royal Highness's parents, from a Jutland commit tee; a splendid pair of gold embroidered shoes, from the shoemakers of the capital, &e. To these may be added :—From her Majesty the Queen Dowager and their Royal Highnesses the hereditary Prince and Princess, a large painting by Schjott, repre senting a group of the Princess Alexandra's brothers and sisters. From the Landgrave of Hesse and several members of the Hessian family, golden ointments, diadem, clasp, bracelets, rings, &c., in the old northern style, executed by the Court jeweller, Michelsen. From Bar on Bli xen Fi nec k e and his lady, the Princess Augusta, a marblegroup, two children kissing each other, one of the finest works ever executed by Bissen, the great Danish sculptor, in the purest Carrara marble. The mould is destroyed, and the piece is little known, but all who have seen it unite in praising its elegance and expression. From the Princess Augusta a Prayer book, containing the 12 chief prayers of the English Church, painted in the style of the middle ages, by her Royal Highness, on vellum with a ground of gold and silver, splendidly bound in the old style by Michelsen. From proprietors of Danish estates, a marble group, Adam and Eve, executed by Jerichan. From the capital, a marble statue, Hebe, executed by Bissen. From some young ladies, an album with views in Denmark by the best Danish artists. From the brothers Bing, two medallion portraits in por celain, the Princess's grandfather and grandmother. From the marine painter, Sorensen, a picture repre senting a part of Copenhagen and the Long Line, seen from the roads." Departure of Princess Alexandra. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 27. A stranger who had passed through our streets yesterday without knowing what was going on, would have concluded that England had entered the compact of the Northern brotherhood, We are accustomed to see Swedish and Norwegian flags and colours on every occasion at the side of the Danish, but yeste r day the red flags, with the blue, red, and white cross at the cor ner, were just as numerous , It was also the the bride of an English Prince that left her native town. She left it accompanied by the sympathy and affection of the population, with its best wishes for her prosperity and happiness in the lofty and hon ourable, but at the same time difficult position which she will be called upon to fill. And this sympathy was visible to a great extent. The time of the year is not favourable for decorations. How ' ever mild the winter has been, still it is not s p rin g yet, and the fresh green, which is of so much effect in decorations, was n ec essarily missed. D anish, English, Norwegian, and Swedish flags, the arms of Denmark and En g l an d, s hields with inscriptions, &e., were alternately seen. The progress of the Princess through the town was a triumphal precession indeed. The streets were crowded ; an d w h en th e Princess, with her parents and eldest brother, left the Palace in Amalie street, in an open carriage, while a Royal salute was fired from the ramparts, a thundering "Hurrah!" began, which continued through all the streets through which the procession, escorted by hussars of the guards, passed. In the first carriage was Mr. Paget, the British envoy; next came in closed cairiages the younger children of Prince Christian and the suite ; and lastly, in an open carriage, Princess Alexandra at her mother's side, and oppo site them Prince Christian and Prince Frederick, both in plain clothes. Flowers were thrown into the carriage, and the Princess's lap was filled with the first blossoms of spring. Her Royal High ness looked well, though the feelings at parting and a strong cold from which she still suffers, some what impaired the usual freshness of her looks. An immense assembly of ladies and gentlemen had for some time been waiting at the railway sta tion, and here we saw their Highness Landgrave William and the Landgravine, Prince Frederick William of Hesse Cassel, and Princess Augusta, as well as all the Ministers. A guard of honour with band paraded in front of the principal building. Order was kept very well by a small force of `polies, in spite of a row of r a ili ng b rea ki ng d own . The principal building was beautifully decorated, and on the stairs were ladies, the wives and daugh ters of the members of the common council, who strewed flowers at the feet of the Royal bride as she ascended. At 3 45 p.m. a royal salute of 27 guns from Tivoli informed the anxiously expecting multitude the Royal procession was coming, and soon after a hurrah was heard which, by its power, was truly imposing. The Royal party descended from their carriages while the band played " King Christian stood by the lofty mast," the Danish National Anthem. The chairman of directors of the railway, Councillor David, conducted Princess Louise; his Excellency the Minister of the Interior, M. Orla Lehmann, conducted Princess Alexandra ; and Prince Christian and the rest of the Royal family followed. M. de Luttichau, the Chief President of Copen hagen, addressed the following words to the Prin cess :—" Your Royal Highness will be pleased to allow me, in the name of the municipality of Copen hagen, to bring you the last farewell of the capital. You take with you the love and respect of its inha bitants, but you also take with you those virtues which will gain you the same feelings with the no ble people amongst whom you are now going to live—with the Prince to whom you are now going to be united. May prosperity and happiness accom pany your Royal Highness through life. Long li ve Princess Alexandra !" Prince Christian replied —" Sir,—Receive the deepfelt thanks of my daughter and myself for the sympathy and interest which the municipality and the inhabitants altogether of Copenhagen have shown her. Rest assured that she will never forget the sympathy which has been shown her by her dear Copenhagen, her dear native town Live Co penhagen ! Live its inhabitants !" The Royal party then took their seats, and shortly after the beautifully decorated engine drew the Royal carriage out of sight, the band playing" God save the Queen." And thus the Royal bride began the voyage which will end in triumphal scenes cer tainly grander, but as surely :not more truly felt, than the farewell of the Danish capital. KO OR, Feb. 28. All the way from Copenhagen here the stations were beautifully decorated, bands performed, and vocal clubs snug. The Royal train arrived at 6.25 p.m. The harbour was splendidly illuminated, and the reception very magnificent. The Amtmand (Lord Lieutenant) of Saroe Amt M. de Hoppe, addressed the Princess. The Mayor, M. Sylow, in a speech eulogised the prince of Wales. and concluded by a " Long live the Prince of Wales ! " which was enthusiastically re ceived. The late member of the Rigsdag, M. Hakkerup, proposed ." Long live Prince and Princess Chris tian!" His Royal Highness returned thanks, and con cluded by a " God save the King ! " A briliant course of fireworks finished the even ing, and the Slesvig left this morning at five o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 2. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. Clause 2--Question put, " That the clause, as amended, stand part of the bill," The committee divided—Ayes, 103 ; Noes, 110. AYES-103. Atherton, Sir W. Gregson, S. Palmerston, Visot. Ayrton, A. S. Grenfell, H. R. Peacocke, G. AL Aytoun, B. S. Grey, Rt. Ha. Sir G. Pease, H. Baines, E. Gurdon, B. Peel, Sir R. Baring, Thos. Geo. Gurney, John H. PilkingtonjameS Beale, Samuel Gurney, Samuel Potter, E. Black, Adam Hadfield, Geo. Pritchard, John Blencowe, J. G. Handley, John Puller, C. W. Bruce, H. A. Hankey, Thomson Robartes, T. J. A. Buller, Sir A. Headlam, Thos. E Robertson, H. Bury, Viscount Henley, Lord Russell, A. J. E. Butler, C. S. Hutt, W. Scott, Sir W. Buxton, C. Ingham, R. Scourfield, J. H. Caird, James Kinnaird, Hon. A. Seely, C. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Knatchbull-Hugess Seymour, H. D. Carnegie,Hn. C. Layard, A. H. Sidney, Thomas Childers, H. C. E. Lngton, H. ,G. Smith, Augustus Cobbett, J. M. L a ennox, Lord G. G. Staniland, M. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Levinge, Sir R.G.A. Stirling, Wm. Cox, W Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Stuart, Col. Davey, R. Lewis, Harvey Sykes, Col. W. H. Doulton, F. Lindsay, W. S. Thompson, H. S. Duke, Sir James Locke, John Villiers, Rt. Hon. C Dundas, Sir David Lowe, Rt. Hon.R. Vivian, H. H. Egerton, E. C. McMahon, P. Weguelin, T. Enfield, Viscount Maguire, J. F. White, Jas. Evans, T. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. White, L. Fenwick, Henry Martin, J. Wickham, H. W. Fermoy, Lord Mills, J. R. Williams, W. Fortescue, C. S. Mitchell, T. A. Wood, W. Gibson. T. M. North, F. Wyvill, M. Gilpin, C. Packe, Col Gladstone, W. E. Padmore, R. Glyn, G. G. Paget, C. Goldsmid, Sir F. Paget, Lord C. E. Brand, H. B. Greene, Capt. J. Valmer, Sir R. Dunbar, Sir Wm. TELLERS. . _ NOES —llO. Addington, Hon.W. Gowei, G. W. L. Mure, David Baring, A. H. Graham, Lord Wm. Northcote, Sir S. H. Bathurst, A. A. Gray, William Packe, C. Beach, W. W. Grogan, Sir E. Parker, Major W. Beecroft, G. S. Haliburton, Justice Peto, Sir M. Bentinck, G. W. P. Hardy, Gathorne Pevensey, Viscount Bentinck, G. C. Hardy, J. Powell, F. S. Blake, J. A. Hay, Sir J. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bramley-Moore, J. Hennessy, J. P. Rowley, Hon. R. T. J Briscoe, .I. Meygate, W.1.1' Salt, T. Brooks, R. Hodgson, R. Solater-Booth, Cf, Browne, Lord J. T. Horsiall, T. B. Selwyn, C. J. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Hotham, Gen. Lord Smith, S. G. Burghley, Lord Hubbard, J. G. Somes, Joseph Burrell, Sir P., Bt. Humberstone, P. S. Stacpoole, W. ButlerJohnstone,fi. Hunt, G. W. Stanley, Lord Cecil, Lord R. Jervis, Captain Steel, John Clifton, Sir R. Kelly, Sir F. Stuart, Col. W. Clive, H. G. W. King, J. K. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Cochrane, A. D. Kinglake, Serj. J. Taylor, Colonel Codrington, Sir W Knatchbull, W Tollemache, J. H. Cubitt, George Lacon, Sir E. Torrens, R. Dalglish, Robert Laird, J. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Dawson, R. P. Lawson, W. Turner, C. Disraeli, Benjamin Leader, N. Vance, John Dodson, John G. Long - field, Robert Vandeleur, Col. Dunne, Col. Lygon, lion. F. Vansittart, Wm. Egerton, W. Malcolm, J. W. Walker, James R Ewart, J. C. Malins, R., Warner, Edward Ewing, H. E. C. Manners, Lord J. Watlington, J. Farquhar, Sir M. Martin, P. W. Western, T. S. Farrer, J. Mitford, W. T. Whitmore, 11. Fellowes, Edward Moffatt, George Willoughby, Sir H Ferranti, W. Montagu, Lord R. Woodd, B. T. Gard, R. S. Montgomery, Sir G. Gaskell, J. M. Morris, D. Getty, S. G. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Cave, S. Gore, J. R. 0. Mundy, William Powell, J. TELLERS, MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 4s Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load. A slow demand. Supply moderately large. CUMBERLAND.—MeaIOW hay, £2 Os to £4 4s ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load• Trade inactive. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 4s; clover do. £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 188 per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a very limited business transacted, and prices have remained without material alteration. SUGAR.—The market has been dull, and quotations have in some instances tended downwards. Refined descriptions, however, have realised previous rates. COFFEE.--Only limited dealings have been recorded in colonial descriptions. Prices, however, are firmly main tained. RICE.—For the better qualities of East India there has been a more active demand, and previous prices are gene rally well sustained. SALTPETRE.—Business has been dull, and the few deal ings recorded were at about former rates. TALLOW.—The market hae exhibited increased dullness, and increased depression has taken place in prices, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 445., and last three months' do• livery, 465, 3d. to 465. Gd. per cwt. COAL / Prices of Coal per Ton a . a. d. ARKET. the close of the market. Byass's Beliside West Hartley l4 9 Lambert's West Hart ley 14 9 Davison's West Hart ley ..14 6 North Pelton Ga 5..... 13 0 Carway and Duffryn Anthracite 2O 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting .. 22 0 Cowpen Hartley 14 9 antield Moor Butes l2 0 s. d. Hastings Hartley l4 9 Wylam to G Walls End. Kelloe Russel's Hetton 14 6 Braddyll's Hetton 14 9 Tunstall ... Hartlepool 14 0 Gosforth l2 9 Wharncliffe l2 9 Haswell .. Hetton l7 0 Harton 12 9 , 107; eold, 58. Ships at markol IRELAND: EXTRAORDINARY THREATENING LETTER. A gentleman named Jones, resident within half a mile of the city of Limerick, received the following atrocious epistle by post on Friday. To understand the comprehen siveness of the diabolical threat which it contains, it must be known that the Connel named in it was murdered ten years ago, and he was at the time in the service of Mr. Jones. The allusion to Fitzgerald and Braddell requires no explanation. The letter is printed with a pen, with the ex ception of the few words which I underline : " Inchmore. " Mr. John Jones,—l wish to give you timely notice that if you have anything to do with, the land of Mr. Evans you may have your coffen propared, for you wont get half the time that Gonne/ got. I will meet you in the same place or about it, and wee will be talking. Have your prayers sayd, for you will be, taking shorter thn Fitzgerald or Braddle if you dare to propose for annay of that land, if it ware in your hall door I will shoot you, for ther is more than one Hayes in the country. I caution, you again to have a terror of the par neer your self. " Once for all I tell you if you do I will meet you for it. " Yours truly, ,4 (A) MAN WHOU WOUL THINK MORE OT KILLING A Ran THIN A MAX." The land referred to by the ruthless writer was about be!ng sold in the Landed Estates Court. THE PO/SONING CABE AT BRIGHTON.—This after noon, at the close of the magisterial investigation, which was adjourned, the coroner for the borough, Mr. D. Black, proceeded with the adjourned inquest, when some further testimony, of an inculpatory nature, was adduced. The inquiry lasted till 10 o'clock, when the jury retired, and after a deliberation of half an hour, returned a verdict of wilful murder against William Sturt. The coroner then made out the warrant of committal, and heprisoner, who will remain at the Brighton lock-up until this day, will be conveyed to Lewes gao l, to aw a it therial a ensuing assizes, There was g reat excitement t throughout the day. FIRES.—About 5 o'clock this morning a fire b r oke out at a beer -shop, '39, Bath -street, City-road. The inmates made a very narrow escape, having been rescued by the Royal Society's escapes, and the flames continued to spread until the stock in trade was consumed and the building burned down. The loss will fall on the Liverpool and London Fire-office. About 5 o'clock another fire occurred in the premises of Mrs. Fisher, brushmaker, 61, Old Kent-road, by which the drying-house was nearly destroyed. Insured in the Sun, Fire-office. .II PROPOSED METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS The map of the metropolitan railways as pro posed by the bills of the session of 1863 gives us a pioture of this city not unlike an anatomical draw ing with endless filaments of blue and red veins running from one blotchy centre to another. No main thoroughfare, however important to the great ebb and flow of London's traffic ; no trim, secluded square, however apparently remote from intrusion, but is threatened with obstruction or demolition by one or more than one of the many iron monsters that are wriggling into the metropolis from every point of the compass. The companies that have already got their bills and are fast completing their works will do mischief enough as far as regards the appearance of the city. Thus Ludgate-hill, at the very point whore the best view of St. Paul's can bo gained, will be blocked by a very unsightly railway bridge—one of the most obnoxious of the many similar gaunt iron structures which carry the übi quitous London, Chatham, and: Dover into the heart of the city. The fine approach to Loudon bridge is already ruined by a similar obstacle, which has to be made worse, if possible, before it is finished owing to the perverse obstinacy of the Brighton Company, who demand land to the value of some £50,000 for the liberty of planting two columns in place of two lamp-posts. These, however, are but minor evils compared to what is proposed to be done, for, emboldened by impunity and the ap- parent indifference of the public to their own Interests, not only are Finsbury, Sloane, and Brompton squares threatened with extinction, but two schemes have been brought forward for cutting through Kensington-gardens, and one for bisecting Greenwich Park with a deep cutting for a line to take people to Greenwich and Woolwich by a route about twice as circuitous as that by which they can already go by rail. In short, from Barnes to Green wich and from Kensington to Blackwall, there is literally not a square mile of London which is not to have its peace invaded and its value impaired by being crossed and recrossed by tiers of brick arches and skew girder bridges over every street. Let our readers look for a moment at where these lines would go, and in what sort of state they would leave London if the various companies were only allowed to have their way. The Albert and New London Railway Bill pro poses to construct an underground line from St. Martin's-lane along Piccadilly to Glocester-road, Kensington, and thence by an open cutting to the - - Kensington station of the West London Railway. This line, besides seriously affecting the drainage of the whole district, would actually prevent the con- struction of the Piccadilly branch of the middle level sewer, so that the Board of Works have no option but to oppose it to the very bet. The Barnes, Ham mersmith, and Kensington Bill only prays to be allowed to provida for the enormous traffic be tween Barnes and Hammersmith, to cross the river at the latter place on a railway-bridge, and to send its extensions spreading like a net all over Kensington. The East London and Rother hithe Railway proposes to make a line from the London and Blackwall to the Deptford Lower- road, and to pass through the Thames-tunnel—a mode of utilising that most gloomy passage to which we think few will be found to object. Another Fulham and Hammersmith bill hopes to construct a line from the city junction at Hammersmith, and be allowed to run through Fulham to the West London Extension. There is a bill for running branches from the London and Brighton and South- Eastern to the River Thames, and to the Surrey and Commercial Docks, which apparently has no opponents worth speaking of. The formidable Great Eastern applies to be allowed to make a line from its Edmonton branch to the North London at Dal ston, and from there branches to the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction; and, though last not least, a line from the North London to Finsbury-circus (which is to be superseded and dug out), and an other branch thence to Shoreditch. A Greenwich and Woolwich bill wants a line from Greenwich to Charlton, and the Hammersmith Cityßail way a junc tion with Paddington, while the Kensington and Knightsbridge bill expects to be permitted to run a line along the west and south sides of the Serpen tine to Hyde-park-corner, with a branch from the Serpentine-bridge underground beneath Kensing ton-gardens into Kensington, the traffic from which pretty suburb must, one would think, be as great as that of Manchester, from the number of rival com panies that are all striving for its possession. The Leicester-square Company ask to be permitted to tunnel from that forlorn spot along Piccadilly to the Kensington station of the West London, and thence by an open line by Brentford to Twickenham with junctions going everywhere to accommodate the immense traffic which is expected to flow instanter from Leicester -square. The London and Brighton have a bill for alterations and extensions; and the London and Brighton and South Coast want power to join to aline which they have not yet begun from Peckham to Dulwich and Mitcham, yet another line to the Epsom and Croydon, with junctions with the London, Chatham, and Dover and Crystal Palace. The same company has also a supplemen tary scheme for a few more furlongs of branches to aid the Crystal Palace and the London, Chatham, and Dover, as becomes that restless enterprise, has so many constructions, extensions, branches, and junctions in hand that we can only summarise by saying that it intends to pervade London generally. The Victoria Station Bill of the London Railway wants leave to destroy Brompton and Sloane squares, and to terminate after this little exploit with a double junction at Pimlico. There is .a bill for authorising a Ludgate-station with all sorts of junctions, which is the London, Chatham, and Dover again under an alias; there is a bill to give addi tional lands to the Metropolitan ; one to take a line from Gower-street through Camden and Kentish towns to the foot of Highgate-hill; one (the Mid land) for passing down the Edgware-road, and sobn by Haverstock-hill and Kentish-town to King's cross, and another (the Pimlico and Paddington) which again makes a dash at Kensington, and hopes to tunnel under the Gardens, and traverse Bromp ton with an open line to Victoria. A Putney and Balham Bill is almost as ambitious as the London, Chatham, and Dover, and, like that far reaching and most costly scheme, seems to confine its atten tion entirely to places which are amply provided with railways already. There is a line for continu ing the Great Northern by a cutting from King's cross to Windmill-steet, near the top of the Hay market. A Rotherhithe Railway Bill, another South London, Greenwich and Woolwich Railway Bill and yet one more for ravaging unhappy Kentish town and going to Highgate-hill by a new route. When we add that these are only the schemes pro posed for this year, and that very nearly half as many more were last session sanctioned by the Legislatures, but have not yet been begun, our readers will easily see that as matters are now going on the whole metropolis is;likely to become nothing less than a vast junction for all the lines in Eng land. This prospect is bad enough, but it be comes ten times worse when we look into the details f of some of the measures and find that one-half them owe their origin to the q uarrels and rivalries d of Boards of Directors, and that, so far from h having any harmonious and general plan of utility, they are nearly all made to impede,annoy, ands lash with one another as much as they ossibly nThe idea of promoting public . convenience by taking the Great Eastern terminus to Finsbury-square, 30 feet above the level of the ground, to be near the Metro politan, which comes into the same neighbourhood 30 feet below the ground, seems as preposterous as the proposal to cut Greenwich-park in half to make another line to Woolwich, or to destroy Sloane and Brompton squares and burrow under Kensington-gardens till it would be like a warren. At the same time, while adverting to these pro.. posals, it must not be forgotten that they are as yet only proposals, and very many of them are never likely to be anything more. Two of the most ob noxious for going through Kensington-gardens have already fallen to the ground through non-com pliance with the standing orders of the House of Commons. The Leicester-square and Piccadilly line is as certain to fall before the determined and very just opposition of the Board of Works. The quiet of Finsbury-square is not likely to be wantonly disturbed when Lord Derby defends it, nor is any committee likely to sanction the destructi on of Greenwich Park for a short, costly, and most un necessary line. We have, however, no manner of wish to attempt to prejudge the merits of any of these schemes. The wise and forbearing rule laid down the other night in the House of Lords that all these bills were in justice entitled to a second reading, and could only fairly be rejected when before committee, is not likely to be departed from by either branch of the Legislature. With the committees, however, it will rest to see that the public are not wholly sacrificed by the conflicting interests of these projects which profess only the public- good. Already enough schemes of this kind have been sanctioned to ruin much of the little beauty Lon don ever possessed, and the limit of forbearance in the matter seems now to have been overpassed. A central railway terminus in London is out of the question. It would be a mere chaos and king dom of misrule and disorder. Even now the chief termiui are compelled to have separate establish ments for their gouts and passenger traffic, and one almost shrinks from contemplating the confusion which would be certain to result from the union of them all under one roof, even if the scheme were in other respects feasible. So also does it seem equally impossible to expect the formation of any great central authority, with power to check the rivalries and harmonise the schemes of contending companies, The formation of a Board of this kind would be vir tually equal to the formation of a new State Depart ment, with the most important arbitrary powers—, powers that would be almost certain before long to please neither shareholders nor public. The middle proposition, therefore, that the Boaid, of Works should be allowed to appear before the Railway Committees, and oppose or support on behalf of the public, seems, if not the best remedy for the threatening evil, at least that which is most effec tive in our present emergencies. With their offi cers to point out how the poor neighbourhoods through which these lines pass would suffer still more from the obstruction of light and air by tiers of railway arches, how cuttings would vitiate the drainage, and how open places would be closed up, new companies would grow more careful as to the manner in which they propose to traverse the heart of the metropolis. Witb these checks on injurious or little-needed schemes, and the increased vigilance they would naturally induce on the part of the Committees of both Houses, a metropolitan exten sion would be regarded by directors as a scheme which, if not absolutely necessary to avoid, was certainly to be approached with great caution.--. Wilful Murder near Wolverhampton. Yesterday a coroner'sjury returned a verdict, of wil ful murder against the young man John Jeavons, ho had been arrested on the charge of having caused the death of three colliers, by cutting the rope by which they were descending to work at the colliery, and of which he himself was the engineer. Jeavons had been previously committed for trial for wilful murder on the same charge by the magistrates at Bilston, in whose division the offence occurred. The evidence against the prisoner was conclusive that he had given expression to his determination to wreak vengeance upon the butty or con tractor of the pit, because he complained of him to his employer, Mr. Wright. Somewhat similar threats had been uttered respecting one of the deceased, who was a brother of the butty. Happily, however, for the batty, he did not descend into the pit with the first company, which was com posed of deceased. The prisoner was shown to have been on the colliery until a late hour on the night before the outrage was fatally revealed, and he brought no evidence to rebut the statements that had been made against him. On the contrary, he made a statement of the most improbable character to the effect that the engineer who succeeded him at the pit remarked to him " They can't do anything to you for the rope. It was I who cut it." The principal testimony given against him yes terday was to the effect that after Mr. Wright had complained to liim of not having done his duty on an occasion some days before the murder, he further threatened the butty, and added " If I know when 'I am going to leave I will do the devil," On being asked whom he meant, he said " the butty." The Coroner called the attention of the jury to the strong circumstantial evidence that had been given against Jeavons, and to the fact of his not having tendered any evidence to rebut it. After consulting about 40 minutes, the jury f oun d that the rope had ben maliciously cut by Jeavens, and the coroner entered the verdict as one of "Wilful Murder " against the man named. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 3 —Wind this day at non—South.l East ; fresh breeze, and very fine weather. CARDIFF March 2.—Wind S.W.—Arriv e d—A ugus t e and Jeanette, from Santander. DUNDEE, March 2.—Wind W. — Sailed—lvanhoe, for Melbourne. HULL, March 2.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—Francis Bar clay, from New York ; Simoda, from Calcutta. TORBAY, March 2.—Wind S.W.—Siam, from Shields for Shanghai. MILFORD, March 2.—Wind S.W., blowing hard.— , Arrived—Rita, screw steamer, from Liverpool for Bilboa. CLYDE, March I.—Arrived—Pliny, from Mauritius; Clarlbel, from Demerara. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 2—Janna Meyer, from Gottenburg ; Glenclune, from New York; Rescue, from Guernsey; Queen Victoria, from St. Vincent; Allporth, from Cronstadt; Phcebe Dunbar, from Kurrachee ; Camelford, from Mes sina; Sofner, from Cavalla ; Norge, from Alexandria; Arabia, from Demerara; Marco Polo, from Antwerp; Mogul, from New York ; Teesdale, from Colombo ; Orient, from Leghorn; Anniversary, from Genoa; Wopkea, from Emden. Arrived, March 3—Wild Duck, from St. Michael's ; Richard Ely, from New York ; Amur, from Leghorn ; Hermoder, from Aarhuus ; Henderika, from Groningen ; Ebenezer, from Rouen ; Earl of Leicester, from Smyrna ; Acile, from Calais; York-town, from New York; Persian, from Marathonisa ; Clio, from Ostend. Returned Damaged—Golden South, to Melbourne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning, Anchored—Oriental, and Sierra Nevada, from London. for Liverpool. Passed—Nleggy, bark, from the westward; Sarah (in, tow), from Demerara—both for London. Borrestad of Tetaen, from Shields, for the westward, has p rocee ded to Ramsgate, having been in collision. A SCENE.—Rather an exciting scene took place at Fraserburgh on Sabbath week last, between Captain Higg, of the Glasgow Packet, and Mr. Mackie, the harbour master. The captain wished to sail with his vessel, while the harbour master wished him to remain and answer a charge of disobedience to his orders. The captain would not, however, and made several ineffectual attempts to get his ship out—the ha , bour master always cutting the ropes by which Higg intended to haul his ship out. A policeman, in the midst of this, appeared with a warrant to apprehend Captain Higg, but he was rescued by his crew; and shortly after, with the help of the inhabitants, the captain's vessel proudly sailed out of the harbour, without pilot, and in spite of the harbour master and policeman's warrant.— Caledonian Mercury, FEDERALS AND NEGROES.—The Baton Rouge correspondent of the Boston Traveller writes:—. " Considerable trouble has arisen here on account of the G in judiciousness of Colonel Daniell, of the 3 e d e ( e c f o t l h ou e r d e a d y re e g n im de en ty, regiment), aNnydhopupt a lacewdhaiteneg rosaneda o y ut an to d s alute ine t s h a e in c e ol c o a u m re d officer O te e n r an w t h o i f ts t t h ro e o g p u s a w rd h h t en e ordered of the day , refused to obe y order s , and laid down th e ir arms. ma n ipt dau as lieu tenant Nat i v e duty as officeruard A WELL-CONDUCTED OLD MAN. BELFAST POLICRCOURT. — Yesterday, Owen Christie was brought up for the 175th time, charged with being drunk and disorderly and using blasphemous language in Done gal-street. Mr. Young—He is a pcor and well-conducted old man, Sir—(laughter)—and he had got a little drink. Owen— I will never be here again, 'tis the first time. (Laughter.) Mr. Orme—Has he ever been here before ? Chief Constable-174 times. (Laughter.) Mr. Orme—. 174 times I Owen—Oh, yes, it is as true as the Gospel; but I am reformed. (Laughter.) Mr. Tittle—He is a respectable voter, Sir, just home from the Lisburn election, and look at the contrition he is showing (Owen burst into tears). Mr. Orme—This is your first time before me—l will only fine you 5s and costs.—E orthern Whig. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF SHEEP.—A few nights ago a sheep dog, belonging to Mrs. Genge, of Trent, were got into the lambing field of Messrs. Stacey, :w w h e i r c e h found 250 splendid ewes. Of these no fewer . th d an and killed by the dead in the morning, having been worried dog.twins. On T openinghe loss is estimated t i e t n et :2 a o t o 2 a o n d containedX3 00. —. Salisbury Journal. rose id. per lb. d w a a t s be f t o w Un ee GLASGOW, Feb. o 28. t—heCortet:eni;Toir the e tto A n m -m e a r r ic k a e n t demand is most limited, and the high prices news, but it closes dull at last. has been eb. week's oetetno npgriocoedss. inactive everywhere.dG doting a .th n i d s yarns—The prices continue without change. To-day - warrants i p n i g g!i h r e on pr m od a u rk e e ti t on ha o offered at 545 2d cash, and 54s 10Id three months are res an t i ri hd c e t ww lr ee o ree n k —: o pen. Very little business reported. No. 1 G.M.8., quoted 54s ; N 0.3, 52s 3d ; Gartsherries, No. 1,57 s 6d; No. 3,53 s 6d; Coltness, No. 1,57 s 3d; Calder, 555; Cilansard neck, 548, on. led en- ay. !es leo* ere• ;on -1 the ens ( ' On' tbio :esEe, so of to u ark: 'WV ) 1 thiO )stet' 'burl Ice 0 Oa' 13 131 ' , e ball `-.....,,