The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market is firm at the advanced rates, Very little accommodation can be obtained under 5 per cent., an unsettled feeling still prevailing with regard to the future course of events. There is an idea in some quarters that increased restrictions may have to be adopted, and under these circumstances capitalists are anxious to obtain full rates for all the business they negotiate. The City of Washington has arrived from New York with £187,300 in specie. These returns are in most instances of a very satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £1,986, on the North Western of £9,994, on the South Western of £2,689, on the :Brighton of £l,lBl, on the Midland of £2,253, on the Great Northern of £757, on the Great Eastern of £1,306, on the North Eastern of £1,292, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £1,216, on the South Eastern of £1,290; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £757 ; and on the Great Western of Canada of £371. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures t%s under : 1863. 1862. Great Western N orth-Western South-Western Brighton Midland Great Northern Great Eastern North-Eastern Lancashire and Yorkshire 30,894 29,678 Bristol and Exeter South-Eastern 16,885 15,59.5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 13,753 12,996 North British Glasgow and Southern Western Great Western of Canada Two O'CLOCK. There has been scarcely any movement to-day in the Market for the English Funds, but a heavy tone has nevertheless prevailed. Consols are 921 4 1 both for money and the account. Very little busi ness has been transacted either on speculative ac count or for investment. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced remain at 924 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. dis. to is. prem.; Bank Stock is 235 and 237; and India 5 per Cent. Loan, after being 1088 Y , has receded to 108. A general upward movement has been perceptible in the Foreign Market, and business has been rather active. Greek Bonds have been in especial favour, and have advanced to 171 1, and the Coupons to 71; Egyptian are firm, at 96/ 97 ; do., 2d issue, at 961; Mexican, at 321 ; Portuguese New Loan, 461; Russian do., 951 1; Spanish are 54; ditto, Passive, 261 1 ; ditto, Certificates, have risen to 109 7,- ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 701 71 ; do., 1862, 661 4 ; the ' onsolides, 408 i; Italian, 691 a ; and Venezuelan New Loan, 60/ 611. The chief operations in the Railway Share Market have again been in connection with the liquidation, and prices generally have exhibited less firmness. North Westerns, South Westerns, and Midlands have declined 55.; Great Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s.; South Easterns, however, have improved 10s.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 55.; and Great Northern A Stock, Ll. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the variations have been unimportant. Bahia and San Francisco realise 208 1; Dutch Rhenish, 161,-; Cape Town and Dock, 108 x; Great India Peninsula, 105 to 1051 ; and Great Western of Canada, 12Z. Joint 'Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued inactive at about previous quotations. Metropolitan and Provincial realise 121 131 ; Otto- ME Bank, 341; Crystal Palace Stock, 31 . ; 34 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 731. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 237 5 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92i India Stock ___ Ditto 5 per Cent 'Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent lO5l Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 D.tto Bonds £l,000 Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for Account, Feb. 5 921 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent par 3 die 1 par Ditto £SOO Ditto Small par 3 dis 1 par FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Egpptian 7 per Cent.. 96/ 7 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons l7 1 Ditto Coupons 7 1 61 71 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New Granada 2 per Cent Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 131 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Scrip, £56 Bs. paid ll 1 pm Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account. 66i 1 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f... 691 Ditto Account.. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 92/ 1 COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION.—At their usual weekly meeting, held on Tuesday last, the execu tive committee of this association had an interview with Mr. Manuel Quintana, of Peru, who submitted samples of cotton grown on the Elias estates, worth respectively from 2s ld to 2s 3d per lb. He stated that three millions quin tals of such cotton might be grown in Peru equal in qua lity to Now Orleans ; that adequate labour may be obtained from China and Polynesia, and the cotton profitably grown for 7d per lb. The great advantage of Peru consists in the soil yielding two crops each year. Two very interesting reports on the result of experiments in growing different species of exotic cotton in Oude, by Dr. Bonavia, were re ceived and read, as were also some other interesting reports and letters from India, and a letter from Natal, stating the difficulty of obtaining labour for cotton cultivation. Two applications for seed were received from Queensland and Venezuela, and granted. THE WEDDING OF GEN. TOM THUMB AND MISS WARREN.—The excitement and interest in the mar riage of Gen. Toni Thumb and Miss Lavinia Warren, the little Queen of Beauty, increases with the days, and crowds attend her levees to pay their respects previous to her re tirement to the private and domestic circle. The wedding is to be a rich and recherche affair. In fact it promises to be the great fashionable event of the season. They are to be married on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The nuptial ceremonies will take place at one of the most fashionable churches in this city. Cards of invitation will be issued to the relatives and friends and to some of the diet families of the city. As the number of tickets will correspond with the number of seats in the church, no person will be admitted except those invited. At the close of their honeymoon the illustrious little couple will make the tour of Europe, the trip being merely one of pleasure, as they never intend to give public exhibitions. They expect to be absent several years. We can but wish them the fullest measure of happiness and jcy.--Ike New York World. MR. ANGERSTEIN, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENT& —Last night at 8 o'clock a crowded public meeting of the electors of the boroughs of Greenwich residing at Woolwich, plumstead, and Charlton, wa sheldaet the Lite. rare Institution, Nelson-street, Woolwi h, to chair h was tak ar aneely dress from Mr. Angerst 3 in, M.P. The Mr. Jolly. Mr. Angerstein, u in a lengthened aidress, reca pitulated his views on variou s previous meeting at Greenwich, and questions, as at a d a s d ta h te s d a , rd wi f t r h am ref o er ffi en ci c a e to the national defences, that he had authority that the inside forts at Plymouth hfoardtsb con demned. He believed that no more of these w e e on b e constructed. The experiments at ShoeburnesasthBaodopyroavredds that 41 inch iron plates could be penetrated range with rifled ordnance; and he had as certained that Government experiments carried out in France fully proved that iron plates six inches thick had been shot through at 1,000 y ar d s range . Th e h on . member concluded his ad dress by referring to local matters. CAPTURE OF A BRITISH SHIP AND MURDER OF HER COMMANDER.—Despatches have been received at Lloyd's from the Foreign .office, announcing the capture of the British ship Martha and Emily, and the murder of tho captain (James George Carter) by the natives, near Formosa. The particulars have been'communicated by the English Consul at Amoy, who had been solicited by the representative of Lloyd's to send one of her Majesty's gun boats to the scene of the tragedy, with a view of rescuing some portion of the crew of another ship reported to be in the hands of the natives. _ = SHARE MARIt2I.7S--This Day. Share i Railways. 13.14 Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. ' Bost.,Sleaf.,andlVlid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no cliv I Do till6pc.p an.lias • B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,l'erth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western.; !GreatEastern, Ord. stk i Ditto A stock 8 8i fi 7 86 88 1141115 i Gi 7 41 43 13 14 E 6 87 105 107 46 47 42 44 23i 241 Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do 128 129 131 132 136 138 ! Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an IW. of Irelanti IGreat Western Do Str Val gua. stock , Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western) Lon. & South Western 11 an., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do 5hare5........ ... Metropolitan Midland 104 106 661 (6 100} 104 72 73 110 118 40 41 961 974. 102 i 101 40i 41} 121 121 127} i2B it lip 96 98 8.4.0 Do New Do Binning. & Derby Nlid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds N 531 2511 20 99} 99-1 - Do York _ 561 571 881 88, 128 130 110 112 it 1 1> 151 161 11 11i 118 120 48 49 104 106 Do North London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. 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.,andWok. Stockton .5; Darlington LP.16.4' 47 49 33 34 90 90i 68 70 101 104 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C later Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R.l West Midland -Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford 6 7 ssi 39i 10 104 p 7} 71 p, 199 151 4i 54 r. 2,3: p 551 506 2 d Si pp' 87 90 140 145 29 31 42 44 34 38 94 26 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOU.b.S. Closing Business Paid. P r i ce. done- 65 72! 3 c6k 1021 121 1 I 121 I BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Buffalo and Luce Huron Do. Preterence Buttalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin ) Cape Town & Dock Scril Ewan. Bengal gu. b p. c East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G . Ext.... Do. do. if do. .. 'Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gna. 5 Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share, Do. New . . . . . Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. C. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. do ........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Ends Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. a Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswick & Cand. Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da6 pc lst )1 bds Scinde Do. Delhi 6 ...3 Do. do Do. Punjaub .... ta 4 • Do. Do. Do. indus.St Flo.) !OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &J uly 1877-8 I • •• Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. d p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Etopc, 8p c,1873 Do.Ap & Oct 1880 Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Iceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July Do. 6 p.o.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. a' ov. 5 p c.,1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876, Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p. cent, Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. o S. Aus G6p.0.1878.& up I Vio.G Ov. 6 p.c. Ja.arJuly Do. to 6 MO. An.AcOot, 100 100 100 100 100 105 106 'lO6 108 106 108 95i 961 93 95 10i 110 112 114 1 112 114 111 113 103 105 100 101 99i 1014 99 100 ; 109 111 [osi mil LC9 m 109 111 107 109 11C 110,1 BRITISH NIINES. Paid. Closing Price. -- 65 67 1041 105 Share) stk 20 20i 10 100 t 100 100 stock stook stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 94 i I 10; 10 2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 par fp 1 —liord Amalgamated 23 25 ' Devon G. Cone. Tavist , 1 515 525 East Bassett (Illozan) 30 51 53 1 !East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. p kp ;East Carad0n.......,,, '114.6 44 495 !East Cam Brea... 3.0.0 lla 12 lE. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.19.0 54 6 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 57/ 18 20 profit South To] s 17s 68 65 G. Wheal Vor (llelstow 40 6 84 !Grenville 6.15. t 5 55 ; Herod's-Foot 8.12 50 52 Elingston Downs 4 . 17.0 25 34 Lady Bertha tlargaret (tiny Lelant, 95 33 (0 nark e Valley.. 4 Nlyndv Iron Oro (Lim ) 25 ada pr New Setun .. 191 140 150 North Downs 26 25 3 N.W11 . 1 Basset (1110 ;an t 17.0 2t 8% North Wheal Crofty 2.4.9 45 5 Par Consols (St. Blazey; 15 6 6 90 Providence (Uny Lelnt. l 10.6.7 1 43 - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 400 410 IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 24 25 - IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.1..9 875 925 {{Stray Park 5 !Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 ; 10 !Tin Croft 9 111 t 55 i West Basset (Mogan). 15 13 14 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 31 33 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 75 8o Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 60 65 • Wheat Kitty (15.Lelant) 2.0.6 75 84 WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 /5561 Wheal Seton 585 240 250 —. Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 164 175 Wheal Union 3.13 55 6 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Stan' &hire, 229 Sou h Eastern 41 per cent., 1041 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, £5 shares, 5a - - LINES LEASED FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 77 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Dutch Rhenish, 16 Recife and San Francisca (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 19 FOREIGN MINES. Vancouver Coal, 5 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Brazilian (lion.), 311 London and County, 391:81 London and Westminster, 71 83 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 121 Oriental Bank Corporation, 51 Standard of British South Africa (lim ), 10 f 9p Union of Australia, 504 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 311 E glish and Australian Copper, 1/ Peninsular and 0 lental Steam, 73i Ditto, new, 441 We understand hat Convocation will meet at the Chapter-house, St. Paul's, at 11 o'clock on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and that after the transaction of merely formal busineea it will be adjourned till 11 o'clock the next day, then to meet as usual at Westminster for the transaction of ordi- nary business. DEATHS OF CENTENARIANS. —William Power, aged 113, died at Droumtacker, near this town, on W:arassalpepeerrecfseheerntoltynaicetlleet.hare until n a nt t tl l Sunday last. He was a soldier in the "Old K err y," an d i n nt e isni g t a .e r thb H eerfeo il rd l e . iedh H iins is dthe in em t i e s l e le ._ ct h e a e o s i f h 7 o T th rt l town land of Multourphy ' on the estate of Lord Cremorne, a ma n familiarly known in the town and neighbourhood by the name of Jack Owens; he had tt • a wiled the extraordinary age of 112 years. TT p to the last retained few months ho used to walk into Monagh an , and al up to his death.—lffonaghan, Standarldhis faculties perfect A GAROTTER'S LETTER. —One of the last, ruffians who attacked Mr. Addlesee on . WednesdaY Nottingham, has addressed the following letter a. to lo Ca at journal :—" Northampton, Red Lion - street, January, 1863 Sir,—i see in your paper to •day that Mr. Adlesee, show maker, in pelham street, has reported to you that he was ataced by too men near the railway, on wenesday morning, and that he fired a pistal at one of the men in his face. i say he did (not) fire a pistal, had he done so he whold been a ded man. who might hav made it wright with him that n ight, but who like to do hour whork cleen. So who promise Mr. Adlesee the fast time who can doe it for him whe ehall —we may have to huse pistal. I should feel glad if you whould put this in your pappers, to let him see we can do it for hint when we like.—Signed JERRY TRUTON." The above communication has been placed in the hands of the head constable, who is diligently prosecuting inquiries *with a view to the apprehension of the garotters. This was an action to attach certain names, alleged to be in the hands of Mr. Lovering, the garnisher, to the use of defendant, who was indebted to Mr. Bartholomew. Mr. Butler Rigby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Henry James for the garnisher. Mr. Rigby said he should save the time of the Court, and call Mr. Lovering, who had been subpoenaed. Mr. Lovering admitted that he had moneys in hand, but such moneys were held jointly, and another person besides Hunt had an interest in them. His Lordship did not see how Mr. Rigby could go on. Mr. Rigby—No ; I am much obliged to your lordship for this intimation. His Lordship—lt is perfectly clear that you cannot at tach moneys which are held by the garnisher in a joint in terest. Mr. James —Then there will be a verdict for the gar- nisher ? His Lordship—Oh, certainly. Verdict for the garnisher. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMIERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 48s 4d; barley, 35s 8d ; oats, 20s 9d ; rye, 30s 8d ; beans, 36s 3d ; and peas, 38s 10d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 46s 10d; barley, 34s 8d ; oats, 20s 5d ; rye, 34s Od ; beans, 36s 7d ; peas, 37s lld. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 84,579; barley, 96,361; oats, 18,677; rye, 96; beans, 4,498; peas, 1,214 qrs. Business done 52 53 3 5 3 5 83 65 105 106 102 104 - I I P 104 105 99 101 all al i 100 (100 1 100 RITlEt* 105& 41 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) ROSKRUGE V. ROSKRUGE. This was a suit instituted by the wife against the hus band for a judicial separation on the ground of cruelty. The petitioner, Mrs. Roskruge, said her marriage with the respondent took place at Cornwall, in 1846, and there were seven children. For some time they lived happily together, but in consequence of certain rumours in the year 1854, she accused him of being too familiar with a female domestic. She wished him to discharge the person, but he became very violent, and kicked her over the stairs. On another occasion he absented himself from meals, and one day she ventured to remonstrate with him aboat not taking dinner with the family. He, without assigning any cause, went into an inner room, and procured a piece of rope used in securing horses to a cart and struck her very violently with it. In 1856 she discovered he was carrying on an intrigue with another female servant named Grace Bro ks. She went unexpectedly into the stable, and there she saw the respondent and the girl try ing to secret themselves. After the discovery he followed her (the petitioner) into the house, expressed contrition, and promised to act better for the future if she would dis miss the girl. She did so, but in a short time after the ill-usage recommenced, and then he told her for the re mainder of her life she should lead the life of a cat. He also said she was a raving lunatic, and threatened to confine her in a lunatic asylum. She went to her sister's, and after remaining there for some months wrote a letter representing that one of her children was ill, and she went to his house to see it. When she got there the respondent wished her to remain. While she was there the girl Brooks came in and treated her with the greatest indignity. She told respondent of her ; conduct; he promised to send her away if she (petitioner) would remain. She consented to this proposal, and the girl lett ; but in a short time the ill-usage continued. Towards Christmas he twice threw the contents of the washing basin over her while she was in bed; in addition to which, on the last occasion, he thrust her out of doors in her night dress, and the servant had to throw her a blanket from the window to cover herself with. The final separation took place in the early part of 1857. The respondent, in reply to the allegations in the peti tion, denied the cruelty, and recriminated that the un governable temper of the petitioner was the cause of the separation. The case had not concluded when we went to press. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Recorder and a Common Jury.) IMPORTANT DECISION AS TO ATTACHMENTS-BARTROLO • MEW V. HUNT-LOVERING (GARNISHER). POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CABMAN'S LICENSE REVOKED. — WiIIiam Smith, cab driver, badge 8,496, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk in charge of his cab, with furiously driving his horse, and injuring Mr. George Barrow, engraver, of 35, High-street, Camden-town. From the evidence of complainant it appeared that, at two o'clock this morning, he got into the prisoner's cab at the stand in Dean•street, Soho, and the prisoner, who had been called out of the cab by the policeman, jumped up, and started at a furious rate, whipping his horse violently. He called out to the prisoner to stop, but he paid no atten tion, and went on at the same rate as before, till he came to Rathbone-place, when he drove on the pavement, and a last caught the kerb and pitched him right out, and in the fall he severely cut his knee and bruised his side, besides being severely shaken. In addition to this he had his trousers spoilt and his hat smashed. Prisoner said his horse was one that turned corners very quickly. Mr. Knox said such a man as the prisoner was totally unfit to drive a cab, as he was endangering the lives and limbs of those who employed him. It was a fortunate thing for him (the prisoner) that he was not at the bar for a more serious offence. He should commit him for one month with hard labour, and should take measures to pre vent his ever driving again by 'evoking his license. A BATCH OP JUVENILE PICKPOCKETS IN REGENT STREET.—Joseph Gardener, 15, Edward Heslop, or Hunt, 13, and 'William Yates, 12, all well dressed, were charged with attempting to pick pockets in Regent-street. Joseph Chas. Cole, 23 C, and Mr. Edwin Coathupe, sur geon, at present residing at 11, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy square, having given evidence, and been cross-examined by Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, and Mr. Nash, the latter gentleman stating that he should call wit nesses to speak to Hunt's character. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoners for a week, that in quiries might be made as to the boys' previous character. THE SPRING HANDICAPS. The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday evening:— ACCEPTANCES FOR THE NORTHAMPTON STAKES. Age st lb Ivanhoff .. 5 9 4 Stampedo 6 9 0 Rapparee .. 5 8 11 Fairwater .. 5 8 10 Oldrnicster .. 5 8 5 Carisbrook .. 4 8 3 Croagh Patrick 5 8 3 llartington 4 8 1 Knutsford .. 5 8 1 King of Kent 5 8 0 Balham .. 5 7 10 Rouge Dragon .. 5 710 Gardener .. .. 5 7 9 Mln-at-Arms .. 6 7 8 Somebody's Lug- gage .. Griaiston .. .. a 7 7 ..4 7 5 .. .. 4 7 4 .. 4 7 3 .. 4 7 0 .. 4 7 0 .. 4 6 12 .. a 6 11 Gorse Benjamin Harlequin Lord Stanley Bonnycastlj :ncitatus M. Philippe ACCEPTANCES FOR T Age st lb Lawyer `I; 9 1 Crater .. 6 8 9 Cowley .. 5 8 2 Prince Plausible .. .5 8 0 Man-at-Arms .. 6 7 9 Fig .. 4 7 8 Rouge Dragon .. 5 7 8 Wetsail .. 4 7 8 Charles Fox .. 4 7 4 Agag .. 4 7 4 Benjamin .. .. 4 7 2 Overton .. .. 5 7 2 Canwell .. 4 7 2 Buckenham .. 4 7 2 Eastern Princess .. 5 7 2 Interduca .. 4 7 0 Incitatus .. 4 6 13 Camperdown .. 5 6 12 Henham Lass .. 5 6 12 Age st lb Lady Evelyn colt.. 4 6 11 Physician .. .. a 6 11 Berkeley .. 4 6 11 African .. 4 6 10 Attaman .. 4 6 10 Freeholder .. 4 6 8 Fee .. .. •• 5 6 6 Dunsinane (late Moorcock) .. 36 4 Equinox .. 3 6 2 Muffler .. .. 3 512 Ernest .. 3 510 Luscinia (late En nerdale).. .. 35 10 Canzonette .. 3 5 10 Voluptas .. 3 5 9 Jack of Hearts .. 3 5 9 Falcon .. 3 5 8 Chaff .. .. 3 5 7 Sylvanie .. 3 5 7 Sister to Sage .. 3 5 7 Springbok 3 5 7 Zeloo 3 5 7 Little Nelly .. 3 5 7 IL ST. LIZ HANDICAP Age st lb Lady Evelyn colt.. 4 6 12 Watchman .. 4 6 12 'feterrima .. 4 6 12 Merty Maid .. 4 6 10 Hung,crford 5 6 10 Hubert .. 4 6 10 Stampede .. .. 3 6 9 fithonius .. 4 6 8 Middlewatch .. 3 6 4 Tiptoe .. .. 4 6 4 Br. to Moroc'o .. 3 6 4 Revolver .. .. 3 6 3 Muffler .. .. 3 6 3 Ernest .. .. 3 6 1 Jenny Wren .. 3 5 11 Jack o' Newbury.. 3 5 11 Antidote .. .. 3 5 10 Sylvanie 3 5 9 Hypermnestra •• 3 5 9 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Oar market to-day was fairly supplied with beasts, both as to number and quality. All breeds moved off slowly, nevertheless Monday's prices were supported. The top quotation was 4s 10d per 81bs. The show of sheep was again limited, nevertheless sales progressed slowly, at late rates. The best Downs realised 5s 10d per 81bs. Calves, the sup-. ply of which was limited, commanded a steady sale, at an advance in prices of 2d per Blbs. The quotations ranged from 4s 2d to 55 2d per 81bs. There was a fair demand for pigs, at full currencies ; but milch cows were very dull. The highest price for pork was 4s 8d per 81b5. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-•wool d 0.5 0 5 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Large orse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 2 4 10 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 Suckling calves, lls to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs •••• Cows Sheep .. 3,520 Calves ... ... 200 Pigs 312 MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade rules inactive, at previous quotations :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d , mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. . _ SOUTHALL, January 28.—The supply of stock was moderate, and the trade ruled inactive, at barely lath rates. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s Od to 5s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFOILD, January 28.—Prime breasts and sheep com manded a steady sale, at full prices ; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mut ton, 3s 8d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Odto 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 108 to 18s; quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 30s ; and mulch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMTTHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 6s Od ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 10s; and straw, £ll2s to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND..—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 8s; clover, £3 10s to £5 8s Od ; and straw, £1 12s to D. 16s per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £1 ss; clover do., £3 108 to £5 10s; and straw, El 12s to £1 16s per load. Supply good. COAL it Prime of Coal per Ton al s. d. Hastings Hartley ....15 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 9 Carway and Dutrryn Malting 22 0 Do. Anthracite 20 0 Lambert's West Hart ley 15 9 North Pelton Gas 14 6 rar.field Moor 14 3 Eden Main 16 6 Holywell 16 0 .ARKET. the close of the market. Walls End. Tunstall Hetton South Kelloe l7 6 Heugh Hall 17 3 Hartlepool.. l7 9 Riddell 16 0 Haswell lB 0 South Hetton lB 0 Hedley 16 3 Brs ddyll's Hetton 17 0 Stewart's 17 6 Russel's lietton l7 0 Frainwellgafe l6 6 Harton l6 3 Cassop lB 0 it, 95 ; sold, 62. Walls End. Thorpe .. 15 3 Hilda .. l6 0 Ships at market SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 29.—Wind this day at noon—West ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Geyser, from the Eastward. DARTMOUTH, Jan.—Wind W.—Sailed—Cynosure, for Martinique. PENZANCE, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arri ve d_ Queely Shiel, from Liverpool for Lisbon, with loss of bul warks, sails, &c. CARDIFF, Jan. 28.—Wind s,—Sailed—Arctic Hero, for Havannab. RAMSGATE, Jan. 28.—The Convoy, from Shields to New York, which was assisted in here on the 26th inst., is discharging her cargo. JERSEY, Jan. 26.—Wind W.—Sailed—Escape, for Rio Janeiro. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 28.—The Fellowship, of and from Seaham for Southampton, with coals, foundered on the 25th inst. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 29.—Arrived -.City of Washington, screw atsamer, from New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 28—Sarah Scoit and Darcy, for Shanghae; Der Nord, f or Guatemala. Arrived, Jan 29—Alfred, from St. Michael's ; Dolphin, from Minitlan ; Queen, from Palermo; Forester, 'from Demerara ; Treaty, from Dunkirk ; Constance, from Memel. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Peninsula, scr ew steamer, from Cadiz, for Lon don; Si c ili a , screw steamer, from London ; for Glasgow; Assyrian, from London, for Shanghae. Putting back—A number of those which sailed yesterday. A QUIET AFFAIR.—As it is now finally settled that the marriage of the Prince of Wales is not to take place in London, but in an obscure village in Berk shire, remarkable only for an old castle and non-sanatory arrangements, Mr. Punch ventures to suggest that the secrecy of the proceeding should be carried out to the ut most, and that all the intimation the nation should have that the Heir Apparent is wedded should be the following advertisement among the Marriages in the Times of March 13 :—" On the 12th instant, at Windsor, by Dr. Longley, assisted by Dr. Thomson, Albert Edward England, LG., to Alexandra Denmark, No cards."—punch. At the usual weekly meeting of the Society of Arts, held yesterday evening at the institution in John-street,Adelphi, Mr. T. A. Masey contributed a paper, the object of which was to exhibit the causes of the failure of the last attempt to establish telegraphic communication across the Atlantic:, and to °pcu a aiscussion as to the best means of providing against similar mishaps for the future. The chair was taken by Mr. W. R. Grove, Q.C., F.R.S. Mr. MA.SEY began by giving a history of the invention of submarine cables, from which it appeared that in 1840 Pro fessor Wheatstone prepared plans for a submarine telegraph, which he either did not complete, or circumstances pre vented him from making any practical use of at that time or since. Professor Moree,in 1842, laid an insulated wire across from Castle Garden to Governor's Island, in the harbour of New York,and demonstrated the practicability of submarine telegraphy. His experiments, however, went no further. Mr. Brett, in 1845, took out a patent for the invention of a submarine electric cable, the insulating medium to be caoutchouc and other substances. Receiving no support or encouragement from the British Government, he turned his attention to France, and in 1847 received from the Go vernment of Louis Philippe an exclusive grant to lay cables on the French coast for 10 years, which was afterwards re newed by the Emperor of the French; and in August,lBso, he laid the first experimental line across the Channel, from Dover to Calais. This cable was simply a gutta percha covered copper wire,which broke very soon after it was laid, and the permanent cable now in use was laid in 1851. The author proceeded to give an account of the various steps taken in reference to the laying of a cable across the At lantic, which ended by the formation of a company for that object. He expressed his opinion that not sufficient time or attention was given for proper experiments to be made as to the adaptability of the cable to its future resting place, and the work which it had to per form when there. The form of cable adopted weighed 931 b to the mile, with a breaking strain of 3 tons. The rapidity with which this cable was made was most remarkable, but Mr. Masey thought that this had in some degree prevented its receiving the necessary watchful super vision in every detail of the manufacture, which would have been the case had it been proceeded with more deliberately. The treatment to which it was exposed previous to being laid was, in the author's opinion, very likely to have injured it. It appeared to have been available for use for only a few days, and to have transmitted in all about 4,000 words. The currents sent through it were too weak to affect an ordinary instrument, and the author described the delicate apparatus called Thomson's Marine Galvanometer, which was actually employed to receive the messages. The com mittee appointed by the Board of Trade to inquire into the cause of failure. reported that it was " due to causes which might have been guarded against had adequate preliminary investigation been made into the question," and they did not discourage future efforts in the same direction. Mr. Masey discussed the relative merits of the various routes proposed for the laying of a cable between this country and America, giving the preference to that between Ireland and Newfoundland. He referred to the great improvements that had been made in the manufacture of the insulating medium, and as a proof of the confidence of the manufacturers in the success of the enterprise, referred to the offer of Messrs. Glass and Elliott to take, under certain conditions, the risk of making, laying, and working a cable for one year across the Atlantic. The CHA ißmAxsaid he was old enough to remember when grave, and as it appeared to him plausible reasons were advanced against the practicability of electric telegraphy at all, whereas now not only had it become established as a means of land communication, but submarine cables were working successfully for very long distances,'and the fact had been proved that signals could be carried across the Atlantic. To establish a more permanent telegraphic com munication between Europe and America was, therefore, now only a matter of time, and the questions raised by Mr. Masey's paper were, which of the several reutes suggested for the purpose was the best, and what means should be employed for insulating the wire and for protecting the in sulation. The author gave his preference to the "V alentia and Newfoundland route ; but it appeared to him that the objection to the Iceland route on account of the influence of the aurora borealis was not a serious matter, while the fact that it would be divided into three portions was a strong argument in its favour. Admiral ELLIOT observed that while the paper noticed several of the reasons assigned for the failure of the Atlan tic cable, it omitted to mention the principle one, which was that the specific gravity of the cable laid down was so great that even if the work had been perfect in a scientific point of view, it must have been destroyed. He gave great praise to the Atlantic Telegraph Company for what they had hitherto done, and for what they were now doing, but he thought that they should be regarded only as the pioneers of this great undertaking, for if 20 cables were laid down they would hardly supply the demand. With regard to a proposal which had been made, that a survey of a belt of five miles should be made across the Atlantic preparatory to laying down another cable, he thought that if such a re sult could be accomplished the delay in the laying down of the cable would be advantageous; but he did not believe that any vessel starting from the coast with the best men and the best instruments on board could be kept within a belt of five miles. Of the two elements into which the question of submarine cables was divided the scientific was at present the better developed. Electricians appeared to be agreed us to the construction of the core, but when they came to the covering for the protection of the core there was a great diversity of opinion. If it were necessary to protect the insulating material from the attacks of the sea worm he still could not agree that the best protector was iron wire, because from its own weight iron wire became an agent of destruction instead of a security. In his opinion the lighter the cable and the smaller its size the more likely was it to be injured in laying down. Dr. WARRINGTox contended that the evidence hitherto obtained of the nature and contour of the sea-bed was totally inadequate to the successful laying down of an Atlantic cable, and he recommended a survey of a belt, not of five miles but of two, which he maintained was perfectly practicable. What he advised was that they should ascer tain the result of a more perfect survey before consigning another half million of money to the bottom of the Atlantic. Sir E. BELCHER declared that a survey within a narrow belt could only be accomplished by an arrangement which would make allowance for the drift in taking the soundings. Captain SELWYN gave his opinion that a rocky bottom was not the most destructive to a submarine cable in deep water, and alluded to the fact that divers were able in 15 fathoms to pursue their work without interruption even in the heaviest gale of wind. The opinions of several other members having been ex pressed with regard to scientific details connected with submarine cables, a vote of thanks to Mr. Blasey was pro rcmed and unanimously accorded. THE MURDERER TAYLOR'S WIDOW.—On her acquittal, Mrs. Taylor, the wife of the murderer of Mr. Meller, of Manchester, left Liverpool for Somerset shire, accompanied by a relative. Since that time she has been residing at several places, but of late had taken up her abode at Shepton Mallet. There she made the acquain tance of a tailor's apprentice, a young man of 19 years, who was captivated by her face and flowing hair. The attach ment appears to have been mutual, for after meeting last Wednesday at a public-house on the From road, on the next day they left Shepton Mallet in company. The elope ment having become known to their friends, a pursuit was instituted, and the young man, feeling he bad not the means wherewith to successfully elude his relatives, wisely deter mined on surrender, and quietly returned to his home. What has become of the lady we cannot say. A corres pondent states that Mrs. Taylor, like the tailor's appren tice, has returned to her home.—Bristol Daily Post. THE MURDER IN LEI CESTERSHIRE.—The young man, Busswell, who is charged with the murder of his fellow-servant by shooting him, was examined be fore the Melton magistrates on Tuesday morning. Tho prisoner's statement is, that he was not aware that the gun Was loaded, that he took it up to frighten his fellow-ser vant, put it to his ear, and pulled th e t r i gger. Thi s state ment, however, is at variance with the fact that the pri soner was shortly afterwards found to be dealing with the property of the man he had shot. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. WEIGHTS FOR THE H.A.N ;ITY AND SUBURBAN ICAP. Age st lb Asteroid .. 5 9 5 Lawyer .. .. 5 813 Sawcutter .. 5 812 Fairwater .. 5 8 11 Cape Flyaway .. 6 8 9 Brown Duchess .. b 8 7 Crater .. .. 6 8 5 Croagh Patrick .. 5 8 5 Feu de Joie .. 4 8 4 Stradella .. 4 8 4 General Hess .. 6 8 3 Prince Plausible .. 5 8 2 Investment .. 4 8 1 Bathilde .. 5 8 0 Umpire .. .. 6 8 0 Wingrave .. 4 8 0 Argonaut .. .. 4 7 13 Alvediston.. .. 4 7 13 Water witch .. 5 7 12 Balham .. 5 7 12 Johnny Armstrong 4 7 11 Welcome .. .. 4 7 11 Earl of Surrey .. 4 7 11 Partisan .. .. 4 7 10 Gemma .. 4 7 10 Welland .. .. 4 7 10 Exchequer.. .. 4 7 10 Beachey Head .. 4 710 Costa .. .. 4 7 10 Henham Lass 5 7 9 Fitz-Avon.. .. 6 7 91 Eastern Princess.. 5 7 8 Benjamin .. .. 47 7 Attica .. .. a 7 7 Flirtation .. .. 5 7 7 Humphrey .. 4 7 7 Chere Arnie .. 6 7 7 Age st lb B arbadoes .. 4 6 7 Golden Dust .. 3 6 6 Glenochty colt .. 3 6 6 Black Deer .. 3 6 6 Lapidist .. 4 6 5 Gunner .. .. 3 6 4 Lady Emma .. 3 6 4 Bryn Gwyn .. 4 6 4 Barchettina .. 3 6 4 Soapstone .. .. 4 6 6 Dunkeld .. 3 6 4 Dr. Syntax .. 3 6 3 Rapture .. .. 5 6 3 Bohemia .. .. 3 6 2 Newmarket .. 3 6 2 Portland .. 6 6 2 Donnybrook .. 3 6 2 Debden .. 3 6 2 Ernest .. .. 3 6 2 Amazonian .. 3 6 2 Jacqueline colt .. 4 6 2 Weatherspy .. 3 6 0 Honest Tom .. 3 6 0 Souveraine 3 6 0 Laura .. .. 3 6 0 Miss Armstrong .. 3 6 0 Odine .. 3 6 0 Escape .. .. 3 6 0 Melandra .. 3 6 0 Physician (by Chan ticleer) .. a 5 13 Adventurer .. 4 5 12 Beneventum .. 4 5 12 His Excellency 3 5 12 Comet .. .. 3 5 12 Oberon .. .. 4 5 12 Liston .. .. 3 5 12 Erin-go-Bragb. .. 3 5 12 Tresham .. 4 5 12 The Royal Stag .. 3 5 12 Victor .. .. 4 5 12 Newchurch .. 3 5 12 Ossian .. 3 5 12 Summerside .. 3 5 12 Dualla .. 3 5 11 Coupon .. .. 3 5 11 Sea King .. .. 3 5 11 Newfoundland .. 3 5 11 Merry Maid .. 4 5 10 Colombine.. .. 3 5 10 Misfortune .. 4 5 10 Conical .. .. 3 5 10 Perseverance .. 3 5 10 Cheerful .. 3 5 10 Sister to Allington 3 5 10 Battery .. .. 3 5 9 Father O'Leary .. 3 5 9 Stampede .. 3 5 9 Colleen Rhue .. 3 6 7 Pillion .. 3 5 7 Mrs. Somerville .. 3 5 7 Glance colt .. 3 5 7 Sand ford .. 3 5 7 Jack o'Newbury .. 3 5 7 Jack o'Hearts .. 3 5 7 Lady of the Tales .. 3 5 7 Middlewatch .. 3 5 7 Voluptas .. 3 5 7 Tademas .. 3 5 7 Gelert .. 3 5 7 I Sister to Sage .. 3 5 7 King of Italy .. 3 5 7 Jenny Wreu .. 3 5 7 Luscinia .. 3 5 7 Reserve .. 3 5 7 Tease-me-not .. 3 5 7 Sylvanie .. 3 6 7 Birdlime .. 3 5 7 Spencer .. .. 5 7 6 Noelie .. .. 4 7 6 Solferino .. 4 7 6 Choosy le Roi .. 4 7 6 Joey Jones .. 5 7 6 Brighton .. .. 4 7 6 Myrtle .. .. 5 7 6 Buckenham .. 4 7 5 Canwell .. 4 7 5 Berkeley .. .. 4 7 Michael Grove .. 4 7 4 Turn of Luck .. 4 7 4 Fig .. 4 7 4 Gardener .. 5 7 4 Overton .. .. 5 7 4 Lord Stanley .. 4 7 3' M. Philippe .. a 7 3 Blackcock .. 4 7 2 Provocateur .. 4 7 2 Polynesia .. 4 7 2 Rubens .. 4 7 0 Sappho .. .. 4 7 0 Hubert .. .. 4 7 0 Rescousse .. 4 7 0 Agag .. 4 7 0 Harlequin 4 6 13 Queen of Spain 4 6 13 Miss Livingstone.. 4 6 13 Cairncastle .. 3 6 12 Charles Fox .. 4 6 12 Innellan 6 12 Lady Evelyn colt.. 4 6 12 Manrico .. 4 6 12 Tetet rina .. 4 6 11 Alchymist .. 4 6 10 Catch'em Alive .. 4 6 10 Canary .. .. 5 610 Bosh .. 4 6 10 Valentine .. 3 6 8 Attaman .. 4 6 7 Interduca .. 4 6 7 WE 1 GHTS FOR THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES (Handicap) of 25 sous each, 15 ft. and only 5 if declared on or before Tuesday, February 3d, with 100 added ; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sous out of the stakes ; the winner of any handicap of 200 soya value after publication of the weights (Jan. 28, at 10 a.m.) to carry 51b, of any two such races or more, 101 b extra; Great Metropolitan Stakes Course, two miles and a quarter—to start at the Winning-chair (91 subs.) Age at lb Catch'em Alive .. 4 6 6 Attaman .. 4 6 6 Villette .. 4 6 6 Bedouin .. .. 4 6 5 Lioness .. .. 4 6 4 Glenochty colt .. 3 6 4 Black Deer .. 3 6 4 Valentine .. 3 6 4 Watford .. 3 6 3 Golden Pledge .. 3 6 3 Bryn D onn ybrook .. 3 6 2 Yn Gwyn 4 4 6 6 2 3 Adventurer Dunkeld .. 3 6 2 Debdeu .. 3 6 2 Fanscombe .. 6 6 1 Kill or Cure .. 4 6 0 Dr. Syntax .. 3 6 0 Weatherbow .. 3 5 13 St. Lawrence .. 4 5 13 Citadel .. .. 4 512 His Excellency .. 3 6 12 Double X.. .. 3 5 11 Battery .. .. 3 510 Colombine.. .. 3 6 10 Odine .. 3 5 10 The Royal Stag .. 3 5 10 Chaff .. .. 3 5 7 Falcon • • • $ 3 5 7 Bullet .. .. 3 5 7 Hampton Court .. 3 5 7 Scamander .. 3 5 7 Glance colt .. 3 5 7 Sandford .. .. 3 5 7 Jack o' Hearts .. 3 5 7 Bro to Springbok.. 3 5 7 Canzonette .. 3 5 7 Event colt.. .. 3 5 7 Voluptas .. 3 5 7 Conical .. 3 5 7 Netherby.. .. 3 5 7 Sister to Sage .. 3 5 7 Lady Fauconberg.. 3 5 7 ' King of Italy .. 3 5 7 ' Luscinia .. 3 5 7 Lady Superior .. 3 5 7 Age st lb Asteroid .. 5 9 5 Ivanhoff .. 5 9 0 Lawyer .. 5 8 12 Fair water .. 5 8 11 Zetland .. 4 8 7 Compiegne .. 5 8 7 Stradella .. 4 8 4 Bally Edmond .. 5 8 4 Carisbrook .. 4 8 4 Dulcibella .. 6 8 2 Croagh Patrick .. 5 8 0 Investment .. 4 8 0 Rouge Dragon .. 5 8 0 Hartington .. 4 7 12 Umpire .. 6 7 11 Welcome .. 4 7 11 Guiding Star .. 5 7 11 Earl of Surrey .. 4 7 9 Costa .. 4 7 9 Beachy Head .. 4 7 9 Dusk .. .. 4 7 9 Partisan . , 4 7 9 Gardener .. 5 7 8 Joey Jones .. 5 7 7 Brighton .. .. 4 7 7 Alerte .. 4 7 7 Buckenham .. 4 7 5 Myrtle .. .. 5 7 4 Berkeley .. 4 7 4 Flirtation .. .. 5 7 4 Solferino .. 4 7 4 Noelie .. 4 7 4 Haddington .. 4 7 1 Somebody's Luggage a 7 0 Sappho .. .. 4 6 13 Gorse .. .. 4 6 13 Harlequin .. .. 4 6 13 Polynesia .. 4 6 13 Bonnycastle .. 4 6 11 Physician (by Chan ticleer) .. a 6 7 Roal Jam .. .. 4 6 7 Barbadoes .. 4 6 7 Canary .. 5 6 7 Charles Fox .. 4 6 7 Magnum Bonum .. 4 6 6 WMARKET HANDICAP. Age st lb Valentine .. 3 6 9 Victrix .. 4 6 9 Villette 4 6 8 Percy .. 5 6 8 Barbadoes .. 4 6 8 Bedouin .. .. 4 6 7 Physician .. a 6 7 Magnum Bonum.. 4 6 7 Barchettina 6 6 Fee.. .. .. 5 6 6 Attaman 4 6 5 Dankold 3 6 5 Lapidist .. 4 6 5 Canace .. 3 6 4 Ernest .. 3 6 3 Cistercian 3 6 2 Amelia .. .. 3 6 0 Amazonian • • 3 6 0 Equinox .. .. 3 5 13 Battery .. .. 3 510 Perseverance .. 3 5 10 Monitor .. .. 3 5 9 Fantail .. 3 5 8 Scamander .. 3 5 7 Glance colt .. 3 5 7 Sandford .. .. 3 5 7 Jack o'Newbury .. 3 5 7 Bro.to Springbok.. 3 5 7 Chaff .. 3 5 7 Eleanor .. 3 5 7 Curacao .. •• 3 5 „ 7 Falcon .. •• 3 Colleen Rhue 3 5 Sylvania 3 g 5 7 King of Italy • • pWhayrshaolirss colt . . 33 5 WEIGHTS FOR THE NE Age at lb Carbineer7.. .. 5 9 6 Lawyer (h b) .. 5 813 Fairwater .. 5 8 10 Cape Flyaway .. 6 810 Stampedo .. 6 8 9 Zetland .. 4 8 8 Brown Duchess .. 5 8 7 Paste .. 5 8 5 Cariabrook .. 5 8 5 Dulcibella .. 6 8 3 Bally Edmond 5 8 3 Croagh Patrick .. 5 8 0 Bathilde .. 5 8 0 Black Prince .. a 7 13 Loiterer .. 6 713 Gabrielle d'Estrees 5 7 13 llartington .. 4 7 12 Man at Arms 6 7 12 Welcome .. 4 7 12 Earl of Surrey 4 7 11 Guiding Star .. 5 7 10 1 Rouge Dragon 5 7 10 Partisan .. 4 7 9 Alerte .. 4 7 8 M. Philippe .. a 7 7 Myrtle .. 5 7 7 Canwell .. 4 7 5 Noelie .. 4 7 4 Solfcrino 4 7 4 Amy .. .. 5 7 3 Sappho .. .. 4 7 2 Blackcock.. .. 4 7 2 Harlequin .. 4 7 0 Polynesia .. 4 6 13 Rubens .. 4 6 13 Lady Evelyn colt.. 4 6 12 Watchman .. 4 6 10 CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY' CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 2500 to 100 agst Black Deer (taken freely) 600 to 20 agst Anfield (taken freely), 25 to 1 agst Le Marechal (offered), 1000 to 15 apt Par TWizO THOUSAND. 500 to 30 agst Torn Fool (taken) 16 to 1 agst Pratique (taken) 1000 to 1 oo 10 a a g g e s t t (4 : e Lord eri Bertha ffered) Lo :n 3 E DIiDERBY.S (taken) 5500 to 220 apt Carnival (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-WEDNESDAY. Very little was done to-day. Nothing was done on either the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes or the Derby. For the Chester Cup, 200 to 9 was booked about the favourite, and 100 to 40 agst Black Deer. At the close 200 to 9 was offered on the field, end 25 to 1 bar one, During the day offers were made to take 33 to 1 agst Anfield, 40 to 1 agst The Plover, and 50 to 1 each agst Caller Ou and Zetland. Queen of Spain and Ben Webster were each supported at 50 to 1 to small amounts. There was no change in the betting on the Waterk o Cup. One feature'of the day was an unlimited commission to take 100 to 6 agst Mr. Worrall's nomination, but anything less was refused. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 100 to 6on the fie►d—offered 100 to 6 agst Avalanche (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Master Bagot (offered, take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst The Dane (offered) 33 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken) CHESTER CUP. 200 to 9 agst Stradella (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Black Deer (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Plover (offered) 33 to 1 agst Anfield (wanted) 40 to 1 agst Zetland (offered, tako 50) 40 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered, take 50) 50 to 1 agst Queen of Spain (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken and offered) 66 to 1 agst Knave (taken and offered) WATERLOO CUP. 100 to 8 agst Mr. Spicks' nomination—offered 100 to 6 agst Mr. IVorrall's nomination—wanted 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gregson's nomination—offered 33 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's nomination—taken THE 18th HUSSARS. The statement which inadvertently found its way into our military intelligence of Tuesday in reference to this regiment, we have the greatest pleasure in at once correcting in several particulars. While it is undoubtedly true that one officer in the 18th Hussars was recently reprimanded for practical joking, no officer in that regiment has, up to the present moment, had his promotion stopped in consequence of those proceedings. Having said which, it is almost unnecessary to add, what we nevertheless do add here with very great satisfaction (because of our acci dental announcement to the contrary last evening) that none of the officers of the 18th Hussars are in any way likely to be driven to retirement from it, and that India is not its destination. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE, The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Manchester yesterday—Mr. Chapman, MX., in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said he could not congratulate the meeting on the state of the traffic, which had been affected by the badness of trade arising out of the American war. He was glad, however, to say, that they were able to pay in terest on bonds and guaranteed stock, carrying over £5,000 to next half-year's accounts. There was a decrease of £3,000 in the passenger, and £15,000 on goods traffic, but he was glad to say that their working stock was in good condition, and they had hopes of decreas ing their working expenses. Ho congratulated them that they had no bills before Parliament. The amount received from the preference shareholders towards the Central Relief Fund was £695. Ho concluded by announcing that Mr. Gamble had tendered his resignation to the Board. Mr. BARKER, deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. G. WILLS complained of the accounts at great length, and was of opinion a change was necessary both in the direction and management. Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., thanked the shareholders for the re sponse which they had made to his recent appeal, and having succeeded in effecting a change at the Board he would retire from the meeting. Mr. FITZGERALD complained that in Mr. Gamble's re tirement they had lost a valuable member of the Board, and he did not approve of the conduct of Mr. Bazley in this matter. He said the accounts would not bear investigation; He also condemned the making of the Cheshire lines, which, ho said, would never pay working expenses, and were only made with a view of forcing the London and North-Western Company into an amalgamation. He expressed an opinion that the accounts ought not to be passed. Mr. FILDES expressed satisfaction in tho election of Mr. Mendel and Mr. Pender, M.P., on the Board. He then reiterated charges made at former moetings, to the effect that one of the directors had only a small holding in the stock of the company, while he held the position of director in other companies connected with this company, and derived a re muneration out of in proportion to his stake in the com pany. He ultimately moved that the relation of Mr. Lees to parties interested in the professional business of the com pany rendered his individual action at the Board a breach of the spirit of the law, and that he be requested to resign, and that in the event of his refusal the Board be requested to exclude him from committees and from all other direc tions, the qualifications for which were derived from this company. The consideration of the report, at the wish of the meet ing was postponed in order that the motion might be taken first, and, after a long discussion, the motion having been seconded, was carried. Mr. E. WATKIN said he could speak of the executive in the highest terms of praise, and, considering the badness of the times in the last six months, the directors deserved cre dit for the result they had to show. He could not help look ing back, however, with regret, to what he believed to have been those last chances, the realisation of which might have placed this company today in a totally different position. Reference had been made to the South Yorkshire Agree ment, on'which:there was a loss. Ho wanted to know how it was that, having taken that line, not only for a commer cial, but for political purposes, the directors had hitherto made no use of it in a political direction. The Great North ern Company were exulting in the anticipations of paying 9 per cent. But were they aware that this dividend was in great measure derived from the £lBO,OOO a year of coal traffic out of the South Yorkshire district, of which this company (the lessees of the South Yorkshire), who paid the whole of the loss, chose for some reason, or on account of some difficulty, to make a clear present to the Great Northern ? Were thay aware also that the value of the Lancashire traffic exchanged with this company, via R et ford, was nearly £200,000 a year ? Mr. Denison ought to be reminded that Parliament gave last year extensive powers to the Great Eastern, and it could not be expected that that company would keep out of the manufacturing districts. If the railway map was now going to be altered, the part nership of this company and the Great Northern should be adjusted on square and even terms. The report was unanimously adopted ; the various gua ranteed dividends were declared; Messrs. Withers, Ponder, and Mendel were re-elected directors; Mr. A. M'Dougall was elected director in place of Mr. Gamble ; Mr. Unwin was re-elected auditor, and the directors were authorised to borrow on mortgage £75,000 in pursuance of the Garston and Liverpool Railway Act. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the railway bills declared to have complied with the standing orders of both houses were those of the London and S o uth-Western, for amalgamation of the North Devon Railway and Bideford Extension and for the lease of the Andover and Redbridge Railway; the Stonehouse and Nailsworth, for an extension from the Bristol and Bir mingham Railway to Stonehouse, at an estimated cost of £66,000 ; the North and South Staffordshire Junction, for extensions from Rugeley to Uttoxeter and Abbott's Brom ley ; the Ely Valley Extension Railway, for new lines and to raise £95,000 ; Banff, Portsoy, and Strathisla, for exten sion to Portgordon and to raise £110,000; Formartine and Buchan, to abandon extension to Fraserburgh and substi tute another line; the Banff, Macduff, and Turriff, for an extension to the harbour of Macdnff and to raise £6,000; the Glasgow and South-Western, to raise £286,000 to con nect Glasgow and Paisley with Paisley and Renfrew, and to use the Ayr and Maybole Railway ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, for a line to Dunfermline by Queens ferry and subsidiary branches and piers, &c., at an esti mated cost of £500,000; the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Aberd gavenny, for extensions to join the Rhymney Railway and raise £100,000; the Milford Haven Dock and Rdataya,foor revive powers for purchase of lands and to e r xt b e :inches at completion of works ; the North-Eastern, foe. - 0 the Midland, Newcastle and Starbeck and raise for an extension from Bedford tno aLilo4icalyOninalindonbdroannchanesd ttoo unite with the Great NortheErnastern, to improve Folkstone raise £1,750,000; the South-Eastern, Harbour, make new lines oo at and near Folkstone and Rams gate,The bills for the Marton and Hat , and raise £13 5 , 0 bury Railway, and for the Dover, Deal, and Sandwich Rail • way, were witluhawn. Th e Duke of Wellington, no mean master in the art of swearing, seems to have appraised oaths by some sort of monetary standard. When asked by the Go vernment of the day what he thought of the proposal on the part of the French Government to remove Napoleon's bones from St. Helena, the Great Captain is reported to have replied :—" Well, I don't see why they should not have his bones it they want them. Why should we ob ject? They'll say we're afraid. But I don't care what they say ? Who cares what they say? I don't care a d-- what they say. I don't care a two penny d-- what they say." According to this au thority, then, if there is such a thing as a twopenny damn, it seems rather hard to amerce this contemptible and low-priced profanity at the rate of two shillings, which it would certainly have cost his Grace ; and there should he an ascending scale from the twopenny oath of a cabmanto the affluent conumination of Shimei and Ernulphus.— SR turday Review, MekliamMiS LITERATURE. JUVENILE BOOKS. Kinder Garten Educational Employments for Children. By Jane Mill. Darton and lodge. The advantages and peculiarities of the system of the Kinder Garten are beginning to be more generally discussed among us, and, in consequence, more highly estimated. The great and lasting evils resulting from the forced application of young and tender minds to long hours of dry and Co them) unintelligible study, have long been insisted on. by those best qualified to judge, but, in spite of doctors and moralists, in spite, too, of the sadder warning of the drooping health and flag ging spirits of their children, parents too often persist in exactions which are really cruel. No rational person would expect a child of six or eight years to carry heavy weights or walk long distances, yet overteaching is quite as senseless, though more insidious. Why should the brain be less cared for than the limbs ? Assuredly it is not of less value, and its influence on the general health is more powerful and more lasting. The mental r salt ie generally disappointing—the physical is too often disastrous. lye trust, the inauguration of the Kinder Garten system, which is based on the sound principle of training rather than teach ing, witl tend in some degree to mitigate this evil, for so long as parents expect children of five to be fluent readers, and at eight or nine to be proficient pianistes, teachers by the ordinary method are very awkwardly situated. The Kinder Garten is only intended for very young children, and is designed as an introduction to the ordinary method rather than an opposition to it. It aims at employing those superfluous energies of children which usually are only shown in devastation, in construction and in genuity. The devices and models made by some children are really surprising, and those less skilful are equally interested in learning how a thing is made by seeing it put together instead of bruken to pieces. Instruction is conveyed in various forms, but the games of the children are one of the prin cipal means by which they learn order, ingenuity, and harmony, along with the principles of geome try, arithmetic, music, and design. The little work before us represents many of these games, and thus affords parents an opportunity of becoming ac quainted with some of the leading features of the system. The Two Cousins.—Three Years After.—Made Clear at Last. By H. S. E. Wertheim, Mac intosh, and Hunt, Paternoster-row. These are three pleasant little tales for girls of the working class just beginning life, written with a purpose, but yet full of daily interest. As they are adapted to an age which finds the fascination of fiction all-powerful, we should hope that they may be productive of benefit. Were employers and parents more careful to place such works in the hands of girls, they might be able by their means to turn the taste for romance, which is often pro ductive of evil, into a channel for mental and moral elevation. Tales of Life in Earnest. By Miss Crompton, Author of " Tales that are True," &o. Barton and Hodge. This is an elegantly bound and handsomely illus trated volume, reciting anew some of those old tales that never wear out. The stories of " Elizabeth of Siberia,"'" Alfred the Great," " George Washing ton," and "Hofer," never lose -Their charm. They are fresh to every succeeding generation, and their lessons are never tedious or unprofitable. Miss Crompton's little work, however, does not confine itself to "twice told tales," for there are many new sketches with such titles as " The Life Boat," "Three Months under the Snow," &c. We subjoin one of these which tells briefly a story which some of us have heard before, but which can scarcely be heard too often : A HERO. The name of John Maynari is still kept in mind amongst the pilots of North America. Fie was a pilot on board a steamer which was going to the town of Buffalo, one summer afternoon. At that time the steamers had no boats. Smoke came up from under the deck, and the cap. tain sent a sailor down to see what was the matter. Tho man soon came back in tarror, and said, " Captain, the ship is on fire I" Then rose a fearful cry of " Fire I fire I the ship is on fire I" Buckets of water were thrown down, but it was of no use ; for they had tar and resin on bard, and nothing could save the ship. The passengers rushed about to find the pilot, and asked, " How far are we from Buffalo ?" " Seven miles," was the reply. " How long before we can reach it ?" " In three quarters of an hour, if the steam keeps up." "Is there any hope of our lives ?" "Go to the fore-part of the ship," said the pilot, "and I will save you if I can." Men, women, and children were soon crowded in the fore part of the ship, and John Maynard, their brave pilot, was left by himself at the helm. Clouds of smoke rose up, and the flames burst through them. The captain called out through his trumpet, " John Maynard I" " Ay, ay, sir." "Are you at the helm ?" "Ay, ay, sir." " Head her south-east, and run her on shore." Near and more near they came to the shore. Again the captain cried out, " John Maynard 1" The voice in reply was very feeble, " Ay, ay, sir." "Can you hold on five minutes more, John ?" " God help me, I will." The fire was round him fiercely blazing, when the ship was sent right on shore. Every man, woman, and child was saved when John Maynard died at his awful post of duty. The Abolition of Metropolitan Tolls Bill. Yesterday a numerous meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras was held at the Court House, Camden town, for the purpose, amongst other subjects, of considering the report of the Public Works Com mittee as to the bill about to be introduced in the next session of Parliament, at the instance of the Metropolis Roads Commissioners, for the abolition of turnpike tolls within a radius of about five miles throughout the metropolitan suburbs. Mr. Church warden S. Taylor occupied the chair. Mr. Lawford, as chairman of the Public Works Committee, stated that, having carefully considered the bill for abo lishing turnpike tolls in the vicinity of the metro polis, they recommended that the vestry of St. Pan cras should invite the parishes of Marylebone, Pad dington, and Islington to unite with them in calling upon the borough and county members to secure the introduction of a clause in such bill, compelling the Metropolis Roads Commissioners to put all the roads under their charge in a thorough state of repair, and leave them so at the time of delivering them over to the respective parishes. Mr. Lawford moved the adoption of the report, which having been seconded, Mr. Ross expressed his surprise at the exceedingly mild way in which the committee proposed to deal with a matter of so much importance to the parishioners, seeing how enormously u in crease their general taxation. He tbought the Mr. Evers report by no means went far enough. it would e c n ha to ir o m k a. Chairman sfiiemldifarMyriewStoocfktthoen,qaunesdtioonthser when ge thentlem said the resolution of the committee had been sug gested by the parish solicitor, who thought it better that they should endeavour to save the first year's outlay, expen diturewhic,ohowo,otuhladnensteatiluponathuasetipesasriosphpaonsitiontor of 9 e brought in by the Government. B a i ni sh e o a psudenouneed the cooln ess with which Air h the it. com mittee proposed to agree to a bill which would be a perpetual extra tux of £9,000 parish alone. The re never w as for popular agit a ti on. a p in er ov y e e fi ar tti u n p g o e n ubjet that o n ment could not stand thAe t d e s f u e c e h t a o n t i omf evene the I G o o yule mem bers n bers of Parliament, and now was the time to insist that they should not be permitted to apply local taxation to imperial purposes, but that those who ground up these roads should be made to pay those who kept them in repair. The General Omnibus Company would put £12,000 a year into their pockets if this bill passed, and the general public would bo taxed for their benefit. Instead of aGopt ing this report he moved as an amendment that a special committee be appointed to communicate with other parishes, and to insist upon some equivalent from the Government for this extra taxation to be thrown upon the parishes. Several members rose to second the amendment, and it was stated that St. Pancras would have 7-1 miles of metropolis roads brown upon it. Lieut.-Col. Wilkinson agreed w ith the appointment of a special committee, not for the purpose of opposition to the measure, but to call the attention of the legislature to the unequal mode in which imperial taxation fastened upon local re ceipts. After some further discussion the amend , ment was put and carried, and a special committee appointed. 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