The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-10 00:00:00

MONEY HABKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Business in the general discount market con tinues quiet, an d a l thoug h as eas ier feeling is ma nifested the rates denote firmness. As, however, the commercial community are enabled to negotiate first class bills at 4.1 per cent. the inquiries at the Bank of England, where 5 per cent. is required, have been very much reduced. During the last few days there has been very little activity in the markets for Foreign and Colo nial Produce. Tea continues in fair request, with out any a 3 teration in prices. Sugars, however, were at full rates, as also good and fine descriptions of coffee. Rice, fruit, and spices have been in limited favour at previous rates ; while the tallow market has been somewhat influenced by the late advices from Russia, P.Y.C. on the spot being steady at 445. 9d., and last three months' delivery 463. 9d. per cwt. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Monday next for a specibl s(Atlement in the shares of the British and American Exchange Banking Corporation, and dealings are to be recorded in the official lists; and of the Metro politan Cab and Conveyance Co., which is not to be marked. There is an increase of £BlO in the traffic re ceipts of the Brighton Railway, and of 1733 on the South Eastern, for the past week. The ordinary meeting of the Great Ship Company has been cJnvened for the 27th inst. Two O'CLOCK. Paris Rentes were at 12.43 this day (says Reuter's telegram) 70f. 70c.—firm. Shortly after the commencement of business this morning, sales were effected, which led to a decline of about per cent., Consols then being 921 1 for transfer and 924 for the account. Since then, however, purchases have again preponderated, and the quotations have recovered to 921 I, and 92 , 1 I respectively. Although a little adverse fluctuation may sometimes occur when sales are pressed, the general condition of the market must be considered as satisfactory. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are steady at 92: ; Exchequer Bills, ls. dis. to 3s. pni.; Bank Stock remains at 238; India ditto, 227 and 229 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan 1081. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been very circumscribed, and prices have continued depressed. Tarkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have re ceded to 891 ; do.. 1858, 721 :; do., 1862, 681 1 ; and the Consolides, 41/ 1. Egyptian are firm at 100; Greek have declined to 191; do. Coupons, 8/ 1 ; Mexican, 32/ ; Moorish, 941; Portuguese New Loan, 47 ; Russian do., 93: 941 ; Spanish Passive are 261 1; and the Certificates 9: 10. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been limited, and prices generally have been de pressed. South Easterns have receded about £1 to £1 55.; London and Blackwall, £1; and North Western, South Western, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick), 53. Lancashire and Yorkshire however, improved 55.; and Great Northern and Brighton, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con tinued fiat. Great Luxembourg realised 15: ; Bahia an d S an F ranc i sco , 20: 20: ; and South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian improved to 23:. East Indian realised 1061; Great Indian Penin sula, 1051. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re mained without any material change in prices. --- BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock - 238 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities :innuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. rii India Stock Dtto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 941 pato 51 per Cent Consols for Account, March. 5 nflia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent loBa Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 3 put 1 dis Ditto ZSOO Ditto Small 3 pm 1 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent . ••••••• Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Egpptian 7 pet Cent lOO Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupms.. 19a a 19 Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditio Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l3/ P. ruvß in 41 per Cent. . - Ditto Account .. 88 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 1862 Russian 5 per Ditto Cent., 1822, £St 9 87 1. Ditto 5 per C ent. 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent .. 531 Ditto Passi ve Spanish Cert. of Cou p not funded Turkish 6 per Ditto Aepoli Cent. 18 54 — nt Ditto 6 per C ent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOll Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 651 TWO O'CLOCK. ousols, Money Ditto Account 923 i LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.) (Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) RUSSELL V. A.DAMS.---EREACII OP PROMISE. The Lord Chia naron summed up the evidence this morning, at the conclusion of which the jury retired to consider their verdict. They had not returned into Court when we went to press. At two o clack the jury returned into court and informed the learned judge that they could not agree. The Lord Chief Baron said he was one of those who thought it a disgrace to human nature that juries should be starved into giving a verdict, yet he felt that as they had not been engaged an unusual time in considering their verdict, it might yet be possible for them to come to some conclusion if they gave the factssome further consideration. The learned judge then recapitulated the leading points of the evidence, and remarked it was for them to say whether the plaintiff had proved her case to their satisfaction; if not, it then became their duty to return a verdict for the defendant. The jury then again retired, and, in about 20 minutes, returned into court. In answer to the usual question whether they were agreed, The Foreman said As the plaintiff has not made out her case to our entire satisfaction, we of necessity find a verdict for the defendant. There was a slight attempt at cheering, but it was in scantly suppressed. COURT OF DIVORCE. DAVIES (BefDAVIESore Sir C. AN Creswell, J u d ge O rd i nary ) V. D RD-GRES—A CLANDESTINE MAR RIAGE IN TILE EITCREN. This was a suit for a dissolution of marriage promoted by the husband against his wife on the ground of adultery with the co-respondent. The marriage took place in May,lB4l, the petitioner and the respondent at that time being in the service of Mr. Pressland, living at Cosford, Staffordshire, as valet and cook respectively. The marriage was without the know ledge of the master, but they continued to live there until the year 1846, when for some unassigned reason the peti tioner left Mr. Pressland's service, and entered that of Mr. Ogers, in Bedford-place. The respondent remained at her Place, and the co-respondent, William Hughes, succeeded the petitioner as valet. An intimacy ensued between Hughes and Mrs. Davies, which resulted in the birth of a child, of which Hughes was the father. This morning the Judge Ordinary gave judgment for the petitioner, and the decree 211 . 81 was therefore granted. g raph E lectric and International Tele Company. MEETING TsilS DAY. At the half -yearly meeting of the Electric and Inter national Telegraph Company, held today, the Right Hen. Robert G r i rnston in the chair, a dividend for the half-year of 31 per cent , or 7 per cent. per annum, was recommended to be declared. The report stated that notwithstanding the numerous reductions in the rates which have been made during the last year, the buoyancy of the revenue continues unimpaired. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONL SHILLING DAL—Mon day, Feb. 9 . —Admissions on payment, 1,177 ; do, by sea son tickets, 961; total, 2,138, 'SHARE MARKETS—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUb '3. Share Railways. I raid. ; Closing Busines- Price. done. .... , 13.14 Bir.,_Wol., and Str. Vali all 6 81 I 25 I layine and Tyne. .... ! all I 10 IBo6t.,Sleat.,andMid.Co.l all 6/ 7 st Bristol and Exeter .. , 100 87 89 et Caledonian lO , 115 116 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Corn wall an 61 7 10 Do A `'• ..rets no div ) all 10 Do. B 11 ' 1 6 P c •P an. "' i all-- been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 43 25 Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. all 13 1 i st 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 86 87 st Itllasg. and S. Western.; 100 105 107 st 'GreatEastern, Ord. stk! 100 47 48 st Ditto A stock llOO 43 45 st Ditto East A nzlian st : 100 231 241 23) st GreatNorthot Scotland i 100 st Great Northern ,• 100 12,51 1271 1261 71 st Do A stock llOO 130} 1311 131 st Do Bdo 5 ! Do. £5 shares all st Gt. S. an iW. of Ireland 100 104 106 st ;Great Western .. st I Do Str Val gua. stock 100 st ;Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1091 109) 1001 1 st 'London and Blackwall 100 74 76 74 a st Lon., Bright. ,& S. Coast 1 00 et Lon., Chat.,nd Dover 100 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 4 12 4 1 2 121 13 Xd g s ti on .& . & South Western North Western 1 1 00 00 1 141 9 1 9 01 9 1 9 0 1 4 1 9 9 1 t Lon et Sian., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 43 45 41 5 0 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 I Do )shares.. • . all 121 13 12k 13 1 0 iMetropolitan lOO st Midland ........ .. 4.4.0 Do New.. 128" 128/ 128 4.4.0 11 np P _O6 9_B 580 t Mid. do Gt.Bh 25 Do. a shares 25 Mid Kent ra j! ' g. of & IrelandD erb y 1 8. 0 1 0 1 all 10 Do Cray Line st North British et Nth. Eastern—Berwtok 100 10(1 101 1001 i 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —— d d st Do Lecds lOO 57 68 st Do York et Do Carlisle st North London 10 I Do New 19.15.4 North Statrordshire to , N. and S. W. Junction. all 11 11/ et ;Scottish Central et Scot N. E., Aber. stock 1 00 46 1 47 4 st ' Do Scot. Mid, stock lOO 103 105 10 'Shrews. and Welchpool all st !Shropshire Union st South Devon lOO 121 331 st ,South Eastern st !South Wales st 'S. York. and River Dun 100 10.1 105 20 staines,Wok.,andWok. all 61 7) 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 88/ 391 25 Do l5 10 11 p 25 Do New, 1860 8 71 8 p st Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 s,}r 10 Do C 3 21 3) p 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 20 .11 p 12.10 Do st Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and l'irn , 100 110 145 st Waterford & Kilkenny! 100 et West Cornwall lOO 29 31 et W. Hartlepool Har.&R , 100 et West Midland Oxford; 100 42 44 st Do Newporti 100 34 36 st Do Hereford! 100 95 37 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share ?tat IWA.Vb Paid. Price. Business don• 100 Atlantic &Rt Lawrenc , 111 65 67 stk S Bom.,Baroda&.Cent 1041 1e54 1048 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New ell Buffalo and Lake Hurot 11) 5 51 , to Do. Preference all 7 1 8 4 too f Butralo,Brant,&Godriel) ,„ 77 0 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 tot 75 76 100 Do. do. Jun, 1,1, 4 100 73 76 st Clcutta.,rs.lCastn. ) 1 00 1( 3 105 st 13apeTown & Dock Scr r 100 108 iO9 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1051 061 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 108 1064 1064 166} 1 20 Do. do. G 5 4 10 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 1 *P stock Grand Trunk of Canatk 100 21 2 2 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Rll 73 75 100 Do. 2d I'ref. 6 per ct.. all 6 3 05 100 Do. 6 per et. Debenti. all 32 34 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 47 10 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 32 34 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 32 04 stock G t.lnclt aPcnin.gua.sp.c 100 105 106 105 8 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 I T 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 P stock i Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 11)0 103 105 11:111 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 128 31 204 i Do. New .. .. 18 75 7 u 100 'Do 6p c '73 with't opt. all 90 1 0 1 " 100 Do. 51 r. c. do. '77-8.. . all 92 04 10 :Indian Branch Limited 0 14 lip 31 stock IMadras gear., sp.c. .. 100 1(2) 0 , 34 1031 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extensiot 100 96 97 stock Dc. 4A d 0........ 100 92 4 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock iMelb.Corn. p. c. 100 50 131elb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7p. c. slortg. Bds. all 20 Newllzunswicli Cand Class A Capital Slim , all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... all 3 5 N.M.C'da, pc ist ptbdk 100 83 25 stock ))Scinde .... •••• • . ) (100 105 105 105} at IDo. Delhi 2 6 O t Do. P d u o o n . j au b 1 • t Do . o li 0 1 Stock Do. Indus. St. Pi o .) (to , 1 110010:3P COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ti p.c.J a tc.) uly 1877-Si Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & All 2. Do. p. c. Mar. ,t Sept. Do. 5 p. o. Jan.&July. 1 ,1051] 1061 IC3 100 116 118 951 961 94 06 10.3 110 112 114 1113 115 111 113 Do. Onscribcd stock Cape G.Hope, 6 p c. 187 :1I j Do.Ap Oct& 1880' Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 1 Ceylon, Nov.lS6l, 6p c -- N.fri.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July .L,O. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct., I N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c., 1866! Do. 5 p. c.,1871 101876 - Do. 10.,1888 &upwde I New Zealand 6p. cent.: Nova Scotia Gov: 6 p. c. - sterlinf,! . , 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c 'S. Aus Ghp.c.lti7O.tt up ( Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. JA.SzJuly Do. in AD.& Mt.. 101 100 100 100 100 I 1101 1108} 1101 --~ ~~ aten ant )d Marl- ds hon isit. is Royal onel the le, went )on from sinus of and left lighnesa ►e Royal ilf-past 5 ). Major ), Colonel Receiver- a George 3 Prince. mded by Majesty), nce), Dr. I in the , en route e princi ighneases r and J. d by Mr. ;lompany. borne for was re- Secretary on of the the route Dude : Feb. 7. lordship Denmark er Royal be met by panied by 'rinoe and nd by the South asses will on their ir at Pad- iip's obe- GREY. a proces nidge by ace along award by leeting of , for Fri rporation P and the ighnessee ;overning wise take ?.er Artily Volunteer complete. nposed of Council, d Mayor, • the pur- ft town mbury at arrived guished le-park pany pre le House Justice of Nlinister, Eastlake, &c. is resi- time past are W. , ,Bth at their Wroxten arendon ) of the r, son of t. Paul's, •enadier late Mr• ay next. [AILS. ). 10. s team vy por brings 3 . Mac on. Col. nu Gib- f specie 3 pack terchan- £6o,ooo arough -374 N• 1g east g ships to the barque ;an, of 3hOODer rincent, Iphides bound eeaneel ita; at sole. 1 lonian :Is, left arrived spoken :—Dec. 's out ; ind for ue Trio barque ys out, (masts; Li ; and teering ►e fron' ith the [ tlici3l" out at Liver' wigan' reamer boon" . D o ris, daY s ' s, from o'ndon ; teaW er i nteerl D outh ; ad 01° 4th• pariiiir 13 rue Cadii , celona' c. 1(5 106 100 101 ICO 101 99 160 109 111 ICB 107 IC9 11: 109 111 107 109 110 1104 RIITTISH NUNES. Cambrian Consol. Gold • ;litioro Amalgamated /even G. Cons. Javist East Bassett (Mogan East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea.... ff E. WI Russel (Tavistk Gam.&SLAubyn(Gwen )' 'Great South Tolgus 1(4. Wheal Vor (Ralston I Grenville Elerod's- Foot I H ingston Downs Lady Bertha I Margaret (tJny Lelant NI ante Valley.. \Tyndy Iron Ora (Lim ' New Setun North Downs ‘. WWI Base , tt (1110 4 - an north Wheal Crotty t'ar Consols (St. Blaze}, 'rovidenee (Uny Lelnt.) 'South Caradon(St.Cleer„ S. Cara Brea (Illogan) -!.Wheal Fran. (Illogs.n Stray Park Tamar Silv.tt Lead Min. Tin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard West Seton Wheal Basset, (Mogan, • Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitt y ( U.Lelant) WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann IWheal Seton . . W heal Tretaevney (Lis.) Wheal Union 2.4.9 1h 10.6.7 11 5.15.6 13.1 .9' 28.9. 474 54 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 58i 7 3.13 id 0 22 24 520 53 - 1 48 50 fd , 10 47 101 Ilf 01 61. 17 19 7 7f 51 q 51 5 1 50 52 2i 3 1 1f 34 40 9 1 ds pr 135 145 21 31 84 4 4/1 5 5 6 1 43 30) 4(0 2} .2t 87i 92 30 4t 1k 15 tti 12i 13k 32 34 k7O 280 75 80 03 75 8 74 84 E 4 154 ¶4 220 '230 17 18 5 5; PREFERENCE SHARES. Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 137 i _ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., 31etrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 11 LINES LEASED AL' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 4, per Cent., 95 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 7; Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Buenos Avres Great Southern (lim.), Great Luxembourg, t 5, Namur and Liege, 11f, per annum, SI Sambre and Meuse, 10, San Pauio gua. 7 per cent., 91 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 23, FOREIGN MINES. East del Rey aim.), Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.), 31 3 Port Philip, la Scottish Australian, 1} St. John del Rey'(lim.), 54i 5 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 88 • Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 231 Australasia, 781:0 City, 89! London and Colonial (Um.), 3,1 London and County, 40 London Joint Stock, :15 London and South African, 241 ',London and South-Western (Um.), London and Westminster, 77} 7 National Provincial of England, 129 Ditto, new, 34 Ottoman Bank, SBl I—Ditto, new, 10} I Union of London, 334 3 M ISCELLANEOUS. 2 L ae A r N et E i O d U ,b S. t r u y s t, t t r a a l l i p a n a 110 Loudon Gen, ral Omnib P s P " Omnibus company (lim.), 1, National Discount Company, 8 arrived at the Clarendon Sir Charles E. Gre maihneddoors of Hotel from Tunbridge \Vella. 1;77.------7:pen to LORD LANSDOWNE AT HOME T Bowoud and Lansdowne House re every man who made bis mark in literature untiitsymesetleordd!y. In the room in which Moore had sung h Macaulay afterwards talked his essays, Lady Morgan tioelsti her Irish stories, and Jerrold cracked his jokes. Lord Lansdowne was no great speaker, and no very bright wit; but his shrewd good sense enabled him to value at their true worth the more showy and shining quali its of his guests. It may have been after that overbearing table talk, during which Mr. Carlyle is said to have caught "flashes of silence," that Lord Lansdowne exclaimed, " I wish I could be as certain of anything; as Tom Macaulay is of everything." rhe Prince of Wales has ordered a medal to be struck to commemorate his marriage with the Princess Alexandra. Messrs. Hunt and Roskell have been entrusted with its praluclion, and Mr. Leonard u. Wyon has been honoured with a sitting, and is now busily engaged in en- Igraving the medal, which will be in gold, silver, and bronze, —Court Journal. rim SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1863. - POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING.—A PERSON CHARGED WITH STEALING HIS OWN PROFERTY.—Mr. Frederick Fletcber, a fish salesman at Billingsgate market, and residing at 12, Globe-road, Mile-end, was charged be fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a horse of the value of £4O, the property of Mr. Godwin Winter, corn dealer, of Claybrooke House, Fulham, and Leicester-place, and whose town stables are at Anglesea-yard, Haymarket. Mr. Beard appeared for Mr. Fletcher. The prosecutor said, that last night between eight and nine o'clock he drove from Fulham to the Anglesea•yard, where his town stables were. Shortly after Mr. Fletcher came into the yard, and unharnessed the horse, and wished to take it out of the yard. Mr. Beard said he might as well inform his worship at once that his defence would be that the horse was Mr. Fletcher's own property. The prosecutor then said that Mr.. Fletcher, having t s o en t t ak fo e r t a he co h n o s r ta se ble a a w n a d y, ga b v u e t h h i e na w in ou c l h d a n r o g t e. al is lo i w r. un h arn e s sed the horse, sent his man for a halter and wanted him e t c a h n e d r laid claim to the horse, and previous to doing so he olaimed the harness. Mr. Beard asked the prosecutor whether he did not know that Mr. Fletcher had been defrauded uut of a horse, trap, and harness. The prosecutor said he had a stamped receipt for the horse signed by a person named Clark. Mr. Beard—Yes, the man who stole it from us. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l never heard such a case of horse steal ing before, and I have heard a good many. It is quite clear there was no stealing et the horse at all. The accused is dis- charged. Mr. Beard then asked to have the horse restored to Mr. Fletcher, who he said was a highly respectable job sales man at Billingsgate. The prosecutor declined to give up the horse, and upon this Kr. Beard served the police with a notice to deliver the horse to his client. A PROSECUTOR WANTING.—JuIie Porn, a well dressed female, was charged with stealing a gold watch of the value of £2B, the property of Mr. Evan Grant, of 12, Dover-street, gentleman. The accused was placed at the bar, but there was no pro secutor in attendance to go on with the case. Inspector Wilson said he did not think Mr. Grant in tended to appear. nr, Tyrwhitt said if that was so the accused must be discharged. WESTMINSTER. A SINGULAR SPECIMEN OF A RESPECTABLE MARRIED WOMAN.—A well-dressed and good-looking middle-aged woman, who gave the name of Sarah Bailey, was charged with the following gross misconduct : Mr. Dyer, the proprietor of a refreshment house at 64, Ring's-road, Chelsea, said that last night defendant had goods of him to the value of 7e., which she refused to pay. He then again asked her civilly for the money, when she used the most disgusting language to him, struck him several times, and took up a knife to stab him. Mr. Paynter—What, is she a prostitute ? Defendant—No, I am not, you old swine—l'm a respec table married woman. A youth in complainant's employ confirmed his state ment, adding that he (witness) took the knife from her hand. : eendant—You took the knife from my hand, you —I Do you know that you are speaking of a respectable married woman? What did you do, eh? Witness—l helped to turn you out of the shop. Defendant—" You helped to turn me out of the shop— I'll limb you !" saying which she rushed towards him to put her threat into execution, but was restrained by the officers of the court, when she laughed derisively, and repeating " You helped to turn me out, did you ?" ex claimed, " Why, I would eat two better men than you and your master !" Charles Stretton, 139 B—l was called to take defendant into custody. Defendant—Yes, and then I walked into you, didn't I. Of course you're very much hurt, you --. (Here a volley of the most ffithy epithets followed, which created laughter amongst the low and debased persons assembled.) Mr. Paynter—lf the laughter is repeated I shall certainly have the court cleared. I cannot see anything to laugh at in a human being degraded below the level of the beast. Defendant's previous conviction for disorderly conduct having been returned, it was determined to commit her for three months. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS--Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Lurd RAVEN MORT H gave notice that on Thursday next he would ask the Government whether it was their intention to bring in a bill to carry out the recommenda tions of the Royal Commission as to Harbours of Refuge. THE QUEEN'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Lord SYDNEY brought up her Majesty's answer to the Address agreed to by their lordships on the occasion of the opening of Parliament. Her Majesty thanked the house for their loyal and dutiful address. It was particu larly gratifying to her Majesty that their lordships partici• pate(' in her feelings with respect to the marriage of the Prince of Wales, which her Majesty prayed Almighty God would prove conducive to the happiness of her family and the welfare of her people. CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS. Lord WROTTESLEY inquired when the Government proposed to introduce any measure for carrying into effect the recommendations of• the education commissioners with reference to charitable endowments. The abuses alluded to in the report were by no means new to him. He con demned the manner in which the Parliament grant was distributed, a great portion of it being given to the masters of grammar schools who had few or no pupils, and who each hoped the day would come when they would have more, and there were many other cases of similar improper expenditure. The abuses of the system might be classed under several heads ; in some only a portion of the income of the charity was devoted to chari table purposes; in others the object of the charity was a proper one, bu: had become useless by the alteration in t.ie state of the country and the law, whilst in others the foundation was good but the administration bad, to remedy which the authority of a competent board such as the Charity Commissioners, or a committee of the Privy Couucil, should be interposed. The noble lord then referred to a number of charities that had become use less as far as the poor were concerned, but were kept up as a matter merely of form. He agreed with the recom mendations of the commissioners, that the administration of these charities should be exercised by a committee of the Privy Council. The provisions of the bill cf 1853, before it was altered, would be found exceedingly useful in carrying such a suggestion into effect. Earl aItANVILLE expressed his approval of the con clusions to which the Education Commission had come, as regarded a reform to secure the proper administration of charitable funds. At present the commission had net sufficient power. The report of the Royal Commission was of a very interesting nature, and the most important of the recommendations was the transfer of the business of the Charity Commission to the Privy Council. Ire doubted whether l'arliament would confer such powers, but the whole subject was under the consideration of Government. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS ---Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER FOR REIGATE. Mr. GOWER took the oaths and his seat for Reigate. CITY OF LONDON.—BLACK FRIARS BRIDGE. The Sheriffs of London appeared at the bar in their robes and presented papers, by order of the Common Council, with respect to Dlacktriare• brid g e, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The private business occupied some tine during the early part of the sitting. PETITIONS. INDIA.—THE AMALGAMATION SCHEME. Col. SYKES, from Captain Hodson, Madras Native In fantry, complaining of the infringement of his privileges as an Indian officer by the operation of the amalgamation scheme. Captain JARVIS, from Captain Bloomfield and other officers, on the same subject, and praying for inquiry. EPPING FOREST. An HON. MEMBER, for an iagniry into the legality of enclosing portions of Epping Forest. NATIONAL EXPENDITURE. Mr. POTTER, from Carlisle, praying for a reduction therein. Mr, HIBBERT, from Ashton-under Lyne, to the like effect. Mr. SHERIDAN presented a similar petition from Dudley. NEW RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL. Mr. JERVIS gave notice that in the second reading he would move that this bill be referred to a select committee. TENURE OF LAND (IRELAND). Mr. MAGUIIIE gave notice that on Friday he would ask the Secretary for Ireland whether he intended to in troduce a bill to amend the transfer of land. SAVINGS BANKS. On the motion of Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY certain returns were ordered. CARRYING PERSONS INFLICTED WITH IN FECTIOUS DISEASES. Dr. BRADY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his attention had been directed to the evi is resulting from persons labouring under infectious diseases being carried to hospitals in pubic conveyances ; and if so, if it was his intention to introduce any measure this session with a view to remedy the same? Sir G. GREY replied that ais attention had only been called to the subject by a letter in the newspapers. It appeared that parishes had proper vehicles for the convey ance of people thus afflicied. lie understood that the Cab Act permitted cab drivers to refase such fares. The C.,m mon Lodging Act contained some provisions on the subject. Dr. BRADY inquired if the right hon. baronet would have any objection to his introducing a bill on the subject? Sir G, GREY should feel obliged by the hon. member stating his views on the subject, and indeed he should be obliged if he would introduce a measure. BRITISH OFFICERS IN CHINA, Colonel SYKES asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether, as permission was given, by a notification in the Gazette of January 13th, to British offi cers to accept commissions in the service of the Emperor of China, similar permission extended to British officers and British subjects to accept -commissions in the service of the Taeping Emperor or his Government. Mr. LAYARD replied that no such permission had been given, FIRE INSURANCE. In reply to Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. H, B. SHERIDAN replied that he intended to in troduce a bill for the modification of these duties during the present session of Parliament. DURHAM UNIVERSITY. In reply to Mr. MOW RAY, Sir G. GREY said that it was not compulsory on the Commissioners to lay the evidence before the public. The evidence had not been sent to the Government. He did not imagine, however, that the Commissioners would have any objection to its publication. ,GALWAY AND AMERICA. In reply to Mr. GREGORY, Lord PALMERSTON intimated that communications had recently been received from the Galway Navigation Company by the Admiralty, which reported that the com pany had an ample supply of ships, and was therefore in a condition to perform the duty expected of it, and should re commend a renewal of the contract. The Government would be prepared to accept it. The detailed arrangements had not yet been settled. The company did not attach the condition of a sliding scale of speed. INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY. Mr. GREGORY asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any engagements had been made by the Imperial Government to guarantee the interest on a sum of money to be raised for the construction of the Inter national Railroad; and, if so, whether all papers connected with any such engagements would ba laid before the house ? Mr. FORTE SCUE said that Parliament had decided not to give a subsidy, but to guarantee a loan ; and deputies from Bermuda and Nova Scotia had gone back for the pur pose of arranging with their respective Legislatures on the matter. HARBOUR OFSEDASHEGUR (INDIA). Lord STANLEY asked the Secretary of State for India, what progress had been made in the construction of the pier and improvement of the harbour at Sedashegur, and in the opening of the roads from the cotton districts thereto; and whether he would lay before the house all papers re• lating to the subject? Sir C. WOOD replied that the works had been pushed on with vigour. No Las than 7,000 men had been employbd on the works, but severe sickness had to a great extent re tarded their operations. He had no objection to lay the papers on the table. THE THRONE OF GREECE.-PRINCE ALFRED AND THE DUKE OF SAXE COBURG. Mr. H. SEYMOUR desired to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether her Majesty's Government had made any diplomatic proposal to the Greek people of the Duke of Saxe Coburg to fill the vacancy of the Throne of Greece; and, if so, whether the duke had signified his willingness, under any circumstances, to become a candidate? Lord PALMERSTON said—Mr. Speaker, it is quite true that the Greek nation have fixed upon the election of Prince Alfred, and it was only yesterday the Greek Minis ter communicated to my noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs the exact particulars of this decision of the Greek nation. That is the answer which I have to give to this question. No other candidate has been proposed. The Duke of Saxe Coburg has been privately sounded whether or no he would accept the va cant throne, but he has certainly declined. (Hear, hear, and laughter,) _ _ POLAND. Mr. HENNESSY roso to ask some questions with re spect to Poland, but The SPEAKER decided that he was out of order, but could ask them to-morrow on going into committee of supply. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. Sir G. GREY moved for leave to introduce a bill to amend and continue the law relating to corrupt practices at elections. After a short discussion leave was given to introduce the measure. MILITIA ESTIMATES. Sir G. LEWIS mov3d the following: reso l u ti o ns I, That th e OPIAICIA Of tb,ifi WAN, it expetheAt The Juridical Society.—The Alabama. A meeting of the members of this society was held last evening at the society's rooms, 4, St. Martin's place, Trafalgar-square. The meeting was presided over by the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M P. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. W. W. KERR read a paper on •' The Foreign Enlistment Act and the Alabama," or " The Prin ciples and Rules of Neutrality," which latter title he stated would more accord with the subject and scope of his paper. Having explained the principles of international and municipal law, the learned gentleman pointed out how the former was infringed by a neutral nation supplying a belligerent Power with the munitions of war, or by permitting vessels to bo fitted out in its ports for the use of such Power, and alluded to the case of the Alabama, which he considered to have been a violation of the Foreign Enlistment Act, and which ought to have been pre vented by Government from putting to sea. He thought it matter of regret the order for the deten tion of the vessel did not reach Liverpool before she put to sea, as whets on the high seas he did not think the Government could attack or capture her without producing a cause of quarrel with the Confederate States, unless she happened to come into any of the ports of this country, which she had little chency of doing. As regarded the subjects of this country who were on board of her, there could be no ques tion that it was a case of privateering of the very worst description, and that they had brought them selves under the penal clauses of the Foreign En listment Act. It was now well known that Mr. Adams, the American Minister at this Court, bad at the instigation of his Government made a de mand on Earl Russell for compensation for the damage inflicted on Ana , rican merchant vessels by the Alabama, but in that respect he considered the Federal Government had no claim upon this country, unless in cases where the property she had captured had been brought within its juris diction, and there was, he believed, no such case. He considered it, however, a case where the Govern ment ought to take measures to prevent any such fraud being again perpetrated by putting in force the penal clauses of the Foreign Enlistment Act, as if those who had been instrumental in fitting out that vessel were allowed to pass with impunity other cases of a similar character might occur. On Mr. Kerr concluding his paper some conver ation ensued. Lord STANLEY said he had not come there for the purpose of speaking on the subject, but rather to gain information respecting it. As regarded the legal point of the case, as to the fitting out of the Ala bama in this country being a breach of international law, who would take the interpretation which Mr. Kerr had put upon the law in that reapcet s cor rect ? But at the same time he considered the ques tion to be one of fact rather than of law. A great deal would turn on the question as to whether a merchant vessel having to trade in parts of the world where pirates abounded might not be built somewhat in the form of a man-of-war, in order to protect her against their attacks. That therefore would be a simple question of shipbuilding. Then as to prosecuting those who had fitted out the ves sel, they ought not to do so unless they could be proved to have had a guilty knowledge of the ser vice for which the vessel was intended, and a guilty knowledge of any criminal act was well known to be of all things the most difficult to prove. Strong suspicions did not constitute guilty knowledge, nei ther did carelessness of credulity ; and while the parties in this case may have been deceived—while they may have neglected to make tue necessary in qahs ableuiA vote i e r_ vote ofthanks p a —while they may have acted foolishl y , y et rdial that would not constitute a guilty knowledge of the purpose for which the vessel was intended , and no jury would o; etrh paper, convictannkds the ea e s p m trho o ec n tei e id, such evidence. k indness i u presiding. eo Kerr r w r if hishr SHIPPING —This Day SOUTRAMFTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Borunia, steamer, from Hamburg; La Me" sange, from Carentan ; Valetta steamer from Alexandria; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed.—Honour and Umpire, for Jersey. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPRO GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. B—Weymouth from Foo,Chow-Foo. from Arrived, Fbo.eb. 10—Queen of the Avon, an d the Avon, Colom DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivals. to discontinue the practice of appointing a select com mittee to prepare estimates of the charge of the disem bodied militia of Great Britain and Ireland; and that such estimates be in future prepared on the responsibility of Ministers of the Crown. " 2. That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, that she will lie graciously pleased to give directions that estimates of the charge of the disembodied militia in Great Britain and Ireland, to the 31st day of March, 1861, be prepared, and laid before this house. The object of the resolutions were to put the militia esti mates on the same footing as the army estimates, and they could thus be presented in the same way to Parliament, who could then pronounce its veto upon them like all the other estimates. The preparation of the estimates for the militia was placed under the management and control of a select committee of that house, and annually a motion was made by that select committee to prepare those estimates. That system was introduced soon after the passing of the act of 1757, and it had continued without any alteration to the present day. When that peculiar mode of preparing these estimates were introduced, those estimates were sub stantially prepared by the committee. When the change which had afterwards taken place had occurred he was not able to say, but certainly as long as he had been a member of the house, and he believed from a date much earlier, it had been the practice of the Executive Government to pre pare the militia estimates. Those estimateshad been brought ready prepared to the committee. The committee generally assented to them with little consideration, and, in fact, the appointment of the committee had become a matter of form. It was no longer a substantial exercise of power; and ho had observed that, during the last session, the appointment of that committee had given rise to a misunderstanding. Some members of the house thought the Government had been taking an unusual course in referring the question to a committee, and the subject had given rise to a discus sion. Ho had stated, at the time, that if it met with the general approbation of the house, he would propose that the preparation of the militia estimates should be put upon the same footing as the other army esti mates, and that the whole should be presented to the house simultaneously. The estimates for the yeomanry, for the volunteers, and for the embodied militia, were already in cluded in the army estimates ; and the resolution which he proposed referred exclusively to the disembodied militia. There was also annually a small vote for Jersey and Guern sey militia, which was included in the general army esti mates. For the purpose of the Appropriation Act, the militia vote was included in the same category as the gene ral vote of the army. He wal not aware that any inconve nience arose from the present course. If any valid objection were urged against the resolution, ho had no d?sire to press it. But he believed it would be found more convenient that the whole of thebcharges which he had named should be laid simultaneously before Parliament. At present the charge for the militia, which last year was £750,000, was detached from the other military estimates. It was consi dered at the end of the session, at a time less convenient for discussion, and in a manner throwing less responsibility upon the executive Government than the general army esti mates. With that explanation, ho trusted the house would pass the first resolution, He had placed the second resolu tion on the paper, in order that the house might see what course he proposed to adopt; but he would only propose the first now; the second he would postpone until the bringing up of the report. The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving the resolution : "That in the opinion of this house it is expedient to discontinue the practice of appointing a select committee to prepare estimates of the charge of the disembodied militia of Great Britain and Ireland; and that such estimates be in future prepared on the responsibility of Ministers of the Crown." Colonel DUNNE said the only objection to the resolution was that it transferred the old constitutional power of the house to the Crown, and converted the militia into a part of the standing army. Colonel GILPIN thought that if the resoluion was adopted, and the vote for the militia came before ,the house with the general army estimates, it would be impos sible to make any change in them, Whatever course the right hon. gentleman ultimately adopted he trusted that value would be got for the money. Sir G. C. LEWIS said it was not intended to make any change in the organieation of the militia, but only in the mode of bringing the estimates under the consideration of the house, the change he proposed to make would, he thought, be beneficial to the public service. The estimates would have to be discussed in committee of supply, and would be under the control of that committee. Sir 11. WILLO U GHBY did not see the value of the pro • posed change. Estimates could hardly be said to be guides to expenditure. Why was the militia expenditure omitted from the general accounts ? If not altered, he should bring the subject under the consideration of the house. Sir G. C. LEWIS said the practice was to include the cost of the embodied militia, but not the disembodied mi litia, in the army estimates. The latter ias charged in one sum, and the details were kept at the War-office. lie should h.tve no objection to furnish the details of the charge for the diseMbodied militia. • General PEEL did not object to the proposed change, but he thought all that was required might be done under the present system. After a few words of further explanation from Sir G. C. LEWIS, Colonel DICKSON suggested a postponement of the re solutions for further consideration. The resolutions were, however, then agreed to. REGISTRATION OF BIaTHS AND DEATHS (IRELAND). Sir lt. PEEL moved for leave to introduce a bill for the registration of births and deaths in Ireland. He com plained that at present Ireland, with a population of six millions, had no such system of registration. Such a measure was of the greatest importance to a country in many points, and not the ;east so with regard to sanitary measures, either with regard to populous towns or moun tainous districts, as tending to circumscribe disease and mitigate its evils. The subject had excited great attention in Ireland since last session. The Medical Association, which met at Limerick in December last, passed a resolu tion in favour of such a registration, as likely to be produc • tive of beneficial results, and deputations from the Royal Medical Council of Ireland, the Statistical Society, and the Social Science Association, had waited upon him in refer ence to the subject, and had favoured him with their views. They were in favour of dispensary districts, for registration districts, and a compulsory registration of births and deaths. It was impossible to over estimate the value of these statis tics in England and Scotland, and he reminded the house that this was a measure involving no party considerations. Ireland was almost the only civilised country where such a registration does not exist. The want of a measure of the kind was severely felt by the poor in Ireland, and there were numerous instances where parties were unable to ob • tain the property of their relatives who died intestate abroad from want of the necessary proof of relationship. He called upon the house to co-operate with him and remedy that de fect. The English Act, notwithstanding the agitation that took place, was passed in 1836, and the Scotch bill in 1854, but not until after a twenty years' agitation. The right hon. baronet then contras' ed the principles of the English and Scotch Acts, observing that the latter was a more per fect and efficient measure than the English Act, and which the Registrar-General for England wished to have adopted in this country. In Scotland registration of births was compulsory. In England it was permissive, and the result was, that Scotland possessed a more perfect registration than England. In the former country the six years' ave rage of births gave 347 in every 10,000, and in England 343 in every 10,000. Having detailed the other points of difference, the right hon. baronet said the principal point to be considered was the machinery to be adopted, the size of the districts, and the cost. Last year he proposed a similar measure. It had originally been proposed by the noble lord the member for Cockermouth, and by it it was proposed to make the constabulary the registrars, but it did not meet with the approbation of the house; and he had come to the conclusion, after further consideration of the subject, that it would be unwise to place the extra duty of registrars upon that body. (Hear, hear.) He believed it would be impossible to pass a measure containing such a provision, and he was convinced of the impossibility of its efficient working in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) By the present bill, it was proposed to make the poor-law unions, as in England, the area for registration; the medical officers of I the unions and the dispensary doctors to be the registrars, and the clerks of unions the superintending registrars. The average population of each registration district would be 7,400. There were 163 unions in Ireland, 718 dispensary districts, and 777 dispensary doctors. 'I he registrar would receive ls. upon each entry, and the superintending regis trar 2d ; while the expense of the scheme, which would be covered by a sum of £116,000, was to be thrown upon the rates. That was in accordance with the English plan. It was proposed to raise the salary of the Registrar-General to the amount of £l,OOO a year; in England the same officer received £1,200 a year. Registration would be compulsory in all cases, and in that way they avoided the principal blot on the English system ; but the medical officers would not be subjected to a penalty for the omission to register. Lord NAAS could not congratulate his right hon. friend on the machinery which he had selected for giving effect to his proposal. Of all the schemes that had been brought forward, that of throwing the work of registration into the hands of the doctors was the very worst. (" Oh !" from Dr. Brady.) At any rate, the selection of registrars ought not to bo limited to the dispensary doctors. Mr. BRA DY believed that, without the doctors, it would be entirely impossible to carry out any system of registration of births and deaths, and that n one was so fit as they to be entrusted with the work. on having registrars. would .vi l\ n i g A g G o lj t Eof congratulated have been po pularthe bill must be popular, azid it never policea as the right T h o o n b . e useful baronet con fided to the constabulary of l u e st spoken, that the doctors if the important duties of r lraeugdi.srtraHtiooncohnacdurbrceedn with the hon. member who had J were the right men to be em would be well to leave a cer of guardians. tapm l od y i e s d uhro a e s twio r o e nu g ,l i ad s s tr bt a eo rs et „ ah t lel h ep o d u eru g s h pono i ns t to be appointed , to the boards r s iti o n to the bill , The taxpayers w Mr. WMALION said it would be his duty to die to pay £116,000 requited by the bill, would not get any value fur their money unless thi bill were to incorporate provisions for the registration of marriages. The real diffi culty in the registration of marriages was making it a penal offence to celebrate mixed marriages. That act, which was totally ttufit for the prefiout couttiry, Qug4l, to be repealed, and then there would be no difficulty about introducing a useful measure. Mr. GEORGE mas surprised that so long time had been allowed to elapse without introducing a bill for the celebration of marriages. He did not think there would be any difficulty in bringing in, as contemporaneous measures, a bill for the registration of marriages as well as one for the registration of births and deaths, and at the same time a bill to regulate the law of marriages in Ireland. He ob jected to the registrars in the proposed bill being paid out of local rates. Sir G. BOWYER thought the right hon, baronet had acted wisely in bringing in a bill for births and deaths, and in omitting the subject of marriages. He believed that the marriage law in Ireland was satisfactory in its present state to the Roman Catholics, and his advice was to interfere with it as little as possible. After a few words from Sir R. PEEL in reply, the bill was brought in and read a first time. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Mr. H. SEYMOUR moved the appointment of the select committee of last year to inquire into the present state of the Ecclesiastical Commission, and to report to the house whether the ecclesiastical revenuos cannot be more advantageously administered for the interests of the church than they are at present. . Several returns were ordered, and the house adjourned at a quarter before 8. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S -MONDAY. The near approa.th of the flat-racing season caused an increase in the strength of the muster this afternoon, and brought several influential speculators from their retire ment. Contrary to general expectation, however, business was anything but brisk; and although we were enabled to collect a large number of quotations for our " price current," betting was almost devoid of any notable feature. Backers of horses now wait to see commissions in the market before investing„ and the absence of stable money at the present moment causes much uncertainty and a corresponding dulness in the market. The actual business transacted in the course of the afternoon might be summed up in a few words, for time was chiefly occupied in "chaffing" the backers of the outsiders, and in " putting up" certain ani mals. Some attempts were made to introduce the Lincoln Handicap, but beyond 10 to 1 being taken about Douche, nothing was done on the first handicap of the season. The Liverpool Grand National led to very little wagering, its chief feature being the sudden appearance of Satellite in the betting hemisphere. In City circles during the morning Satellite "came" and was backed so freely that it was plain a genuine commission was out in favour of the "American miler." He was supported very kindly at 20 to 1 at the club, and on assembling at the Corner the demonstration was continued, those odds being booked frequently. 25 to 1 was also accepted about Jealousy; but the prices of the others returned below were merely nominal. Only two bets upon the Northamptonshire Stakes came under our notice, 12 to 1 being taken about Mr. Tom Parr's recent purchase, Grimston ; and 15 to 1 about Croagh Patrick. For the City and Suburban, Queen of Spain was in the ascendant, and decidedly first favourite at 25 to 1. 1,000 to 30 was laid against Gardener at the commencement, but those odds were so eagerly snapped up that the layer speedily found he had made a slight mistake, as the current quotation at the time was certainly not more than 25 to 1. The remaining animals quoted for this race were supported to small amounts only. Very little indeed was done upon the Chester Cup, any commissions that were out having evidently been executed in the City; 20 to 1 was still offered against Stradella, but without finding sup porters ; 25 to 1 was the highest offer against Anfield. God ding's "second string," Black Deer, was driven back to an outside position in consequence of having been "shot at" in the City during the morning by "the Hyde-park Ran ger," when 40 to 1 was laid. At the Corner his state was scarcely improved, for the same " great gun" was charged with offe , s of 1,000 to 30, which odds were booked once or twice, but to insignificant sums only. 30 to 1 was taken 1 about Le Marechal, and 33 to 1 about John Scott's mare, Amelia. The Two Thousand betting was dull in the ex treme, and was chiefly remarkable for the disposition evinced to lay against Hospodar, 4 to 1 being offered by those who had been industriously seeking to lay that figure in the City during the morning. At one moment it seemed as if Saccharometer would be best favourite, but one of " the Frenchman's" supporters booking £4OO to £lOO the horse rallied a little, but still 4 to 1 was to be had for asking up , to the finish ; 9 to 2 was taken and offered about Saccharo meter. "The Scheming Wizard, Michael Scott," whose advance has been very marked of late, was backed with some spirit at 11 to 1 ; 100 to 7 was offered against Tom Foul, but without a response. For the Derby Lord Clifden remained very firm at 5 to 1, for though those odds were offered, bookmakers would not advance even half a point to oblige a customer. The arrival of Lord Strathmore in the room during the afternoon caused those present to antici pate some fresh support to Saccharometer, which anticipa tions were realised. His lordship's horse was speedily "put up," and the noble owner stood by his champion with great spirit, accepting £4,000 to £4OO iu one bet, and completely tiring out the layer of odds. His lordship would have gone on at 10 to 1, but no more than 9 to 1 was offered after this demonstration. Concerning Hospodar there were numerous inquiries, but offers of 12 to 1 did not tempt his friends. The remaining Derby transactions were not sug- gestive of any comments, the list of prices being principally made up of offers and investments to trifling amounts. The Stock Exchange representative again brought forward his outsiders, and was accommodated with all the long shots he demanded about Dunsinane, Onesander, and Maccaroni. The " Baldwin commission," too, being still unexhausted, led to some good-humoured badinage between the custos rotulorum of the subscription room and the layers of odds. Closing prices : LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Douche (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Satellite (taken) 25 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) GREAT NORTHAMPTONSIIIEE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Grimston (taken) 16 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agst Gardener (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Queen of Spain (taken) 33 to 1 agst Misfortune (taken) 33 to 1 agst Argonaut (taken) 40 to 1 agst Colleen Rhue (taken) 40 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 9to 2 agst Saecharometer (taken) 11 to 1. agst Michael Scott (taken) 100 to 7 agst Tom Fool (offered) 7 to 4 agst Hospodar and Saccharometer, coupled CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (offered) 25 to 1 agst Anfield (offered) 30 to 1 agat Le Marechal (taken) 33 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 33 to 1 agst Caller On (taken) 33 to 1 agat Amelia (taken) TILE DERBY. sto 1 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 10 to 1 agst Saceharometer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 23 to 1 agst Tom Fool (offareJ) 25 to 1 agst Automaton (taken) 25 to 1 agst Carnival (taken and offered) 1000 to 35 agst National Guard (taken) 30 to 1 agst J arniooton (taken) 40 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Taje (offered) 50 to 1 agst Early Purl (taken) 50 to 1 agat Pratique (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Munich (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Baldwin (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Maccaroni (taken) 4000 to 33 agst Dunsinane (taken) 1000 to 8 agst Onesander (taken) CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agA Satellite (taken freely) TWO THOUSAND. 4to lon the field (offered) 11 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken) CHESTER 'CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (offered) 25 to 1 agst Anfield (offered) 33 to 1 agst Bleck Deer (offered) We learn by a telegra phic o r started oug that Mr. Verner, the so n of Sir William V interest iliiamVer f n or er Le h has b message from iublin as a candidate on th e Conservative of Lisburn. The Lord -Lieutenancy of Wilts is now vacant by 1 th e demise of the v enerable Marquis of Lansdowne. It is I rumoured that the Mar q uis of Ailesbur y is li kely to sue • ceeto the o ffice.—Salesbury Journal. d , What a time it was," says the Reader," which i n politics includes such names as Chatham and Holland—and their greater sons,—Burke and Barre Sheridan and Windham, Camden and Mansfield; and in, events such momentous epochs as the first Chatham Ad ministration, the great constitutional struggle waged round the ignoble person of John Wilkes, the American war, and the dawning of the French Revolution; which in litera ture and political science moves round J ohnsen and Gad smith, Adam Smith, Burke, Robertson and Gibbon ; which saw the old school of fiction die out with Fielding, Richard son, and Smollett, the new inaugurated with Sterne, Miss Burney, and Mrs. Inchhald ; which, in the painter's art, takes in the last decennium of Hogarth and the dawn of Lawrence, and covers the whole career of Reynolds, Gains borough, and Wilson; which, in the art of the stage, is glorified by the genius of Garrick and Henderson, m Pritchard, Yates, and Siddons, Kitty Clive, and e Abington ; and, in the literature of the theatre, 9__t r i comedies of Goldsmith and Column, Sheridan and Govley.", Dubl; PNEUMATIC DESPATCH COMPANY. The efforts of our engineers to make air do duty as steam, to utilise the law by which air rushes in with great force wherever a partial vacuum is created, has at last in this company resulted in a very practicable scheme by which parcels are trans mitted by a kind of air•post, somewhat atter the same fashion as that by which the late Mr. Brunel tried to propel cars on his atmospheric railway. There is, however, this important difference be tween the twe plans, that, whereas Mr. Brunel's looked very well in theory, it waa found all but impossible its practice, while with the Pnegmatic DespatchCompany the working, so far as it has yet gone, is found in its cheapness and its expedition to surpass the expectations which were formed of it. At present only a length of about one third of a mile has been laid from the arrival platform of the Euston Station to the North-Western District Post office, in versholt•street. This length, though (pito sufficient to givo a fair sample of the speed and power of this subterranean parcels' line, is, of course, only the first step towards a regular series of these " despatches," which are hereafter to be laid so as to connect together all the great railway stations and chief district post-offices. Before entering further on the subject of these future extensions we must explain what the pneumatic despatch means, and how it is carried into practice. The " tube," as at present laid, is very like an elliptical gas main, 33 inches high by 30 wide, and laid at an average depth of , about nine feet below the road. Tne pipes of which it is composed are made in nine feet lengths, with socket jaints filled in with lead so as to keep them perfectly airtight, and on the inside, at the bottom of the tube, are cast iron rails, like miniature rail- way metals, two feet apart. The car to run on these is made of wrought iron, weighs nearly Bewt., is about eight feet long, and runs upon four wheels, 29 inches in diameter. In this short enumeration we have described almost the whole of the plant and rolling stock required for a pneumatic despatch railway. The car we have spoken of, when placed in the tube on the rails, is blown from end to end, backwards or forwards, as it is wished. The way in which this is accomplished is as simple as it is ingenious. Air, like all other substances in nature, has a weight of its own, which, though very light —only 1/ oz. to the cubic foot—is nevertheless enough to bring it under the influence of the laws of centrifugal force, which give it a tendency to fly off with more or less pressure, accord ing to the velocity with which it is whirled round from a centre. This inevitable law is turned to good account in working the parcels' despatch. At each end of the tube we have described a hollow iron wheel is erected, working in an airtight box. This wheel is 21 feet in diameter, with a thickness of about two feet at the nave or centre—a thickness which gradually diminishes towards its outer cir cumference, so as to give it the same cubical con tents at the rim as at the middle. This wheel is con nected with a steam-engine of about 17-horse power, which turns it at a velocity of from 70 to 90 miles an hour, when the air which is drawn in through its hollow centre is thrown off from its periphery with a force which gives a pressure of from five to seven ounces on the square inch, very nearly the pressure of a hurricane, and all of which, by opening a valve at the end of the tube, is driven through it with almost irresistible velocity. The cars we have already spoken of, when on the rails in the tube, fill it almost completely, and expose a surface of nearly five square feet to the blast. They are therefore driven along it at the rate of nearly 30 miles an hour. In literal fact the cars are either drawn or driven along by what is virtually a chain of air which costs nothing and of which the weight and friction are almost nil. Nothing, in fact, can well be simpler, cheaper, or mora effective than the whole apparatus, and the ease and certainty with which the wheel does its duty and sends one or more cars, heavily laden, flying before it is asto nishing. At present, as we have said, the line is only laid for a short length, but already by this route the mail bags for the North-Western district are despatched on the instant of their arrival at Euston-Square, and though for this small distance the saving of time effected amounts to only a few minutes, yet such a saving promises to become im portant in proportion as the line is ex tended. It is intended to lay down forthwith a line of 48-inch tubes to form pneumatic stations in connexion with the Camden-town station of the London and North-Western Railway ; a cen tral site in High Holborn ; the Smithfield Nev Market ; in Gresham-street, in connection with the large carrying firms for goods and parcels; the General Post-office, Covent-garden market, and the new terminus of the South-Eastern Railway at Charing-cross. Tnie entire line, with its branches, will be about five miles in length. Its cost, laid complete, including stations, machinery, compensa tions, and purchase of sites, is estimated at £131,000, and the whole, it is said, may be com pleted and brought into practical use within a year from the commencement of the works. On this outlay the directors calculate upon giving a net divi dend of not less than 10 per cent. per annum, but on this point we can say nothing. It is stated that Messrs. Pickford alone convey 400 tons of par cels a day through London at a cost of 9d. per ton per mile, whereas the Pneumatic Company could afford to do the same work quicker at a penny a ton a mile, and yet be large gainers by the transaction. But, paying or not paying, the public are sure to gain from the labours of the new company by get ting their parcels transmitted throughout London in a tenth of the time and for a tenth of the cost now expended in sending them from one district to another. Between the pneumatic despatch and the subterranean railway thedayso g ug o h o t d t s nsovbaefaswthnieph preaching when the ponderous n ow ply between station and station shall disappear for ever from the streets of London. If only this result is brought about, the promoters of the two schemes may be considered in the light of public benefactors, and from this point of view alone we are inclined to wish success to the exertions of the Pneumatic Despatch Company. The engineers of the undertaking are Mr. Rammel and Mr. Latimer Clark.— Tines. MARKETS—This Day. HAY ➢iARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 4s Od ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load. Trade firm for good and prime qualities. Supply only mode rate. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £ 2 5 s to £4 4s ; clover, £3 10s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load. A steady trade. WHITCHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 6s to £4 4s ; clover do., £3 108 to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 18a per load. A moderate demand. COLONIAL. ,i,„..—Thera has been a limited business transacted, and ' .es a,,,, The market have r emaine without material alteration. PrA' v has been rather dull, but full prices are current for good . grocery descriptio ns . Refined descrip tions have been in fair request at about previous quotations. COFFEE. --A limited amount of business has been trans acted, and there is little variation to notice RICE.—For the better cpalities of East India there has been a fair demand, and prices are generally well main tained. SALTPETRE.—Business has been dull, and prices have in some instances tended downwards. TALLOW.—The market has been unsettled, and prices have shown some slight fluctuations. P.Y.C. on the spot, however, is now quoted 44s 9d; and for last three months' delivery, 46s 9d per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market.--This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, Feb. 10. The market this morning was steadier. Sales about 3,000. Imports 1,521, previously 3,664. A deputation, consistin g of Mr. Hind, chairman of the Birkenhead Commission , Mr. Mocatta, chair man of the Library Committee, Birkenhead, Mr. A. Wain, law clerk, with Mr. John Laird, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Hamilton, yesterday, at the Treasury, on the sub jectof the erection of a public library at Birkenhead. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. Lord Kingsdown gave judgment on an j appeal from Canada, " Trigge v. Lavellee," that the judg ment of the court below could not be supported, and that their lordships would advise her Majesty to reverse the judgment complained of. An appeal from the Cape of Good H o pe, " The Rev, Wm. Long v. the Bishop of Cape Town," was commenced. The Lords present were Lord Kingsdown, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Sir J. Coleridge, and Sir g, Ityan. 0 1 I \