The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

----------- AN EY MARKET' SELARE MARKET S, --Tbis day, AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOK.S. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. - ,p", Closing Business .._..---......._ Share, Railways. ' ``"" Price. done. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: ( Mere is an active demand for discount acoom- t 3 0.14., Tr.. Wol., and Str. Val.. all 8 81 5 Iytlic and Tyne. •all -- 10 . - T s • dation in the open market and at the Bank of 1 Ilost.,Slcat.,andlAid.Co. all 8 i ' ~ . st i Bristol and Exeter 100 85 1 7 8 0 2 a gland, and full rates are everywhere required. st ;Caledonian ............ lOO 120 121 an extensive 50 Cork and Bandon sinese is expected to continue onall - - 20 ( Cornwall all 64 75 le until after the 4th of the month. 10 'D O A A. gets no div ) all ..._ ..._ Daring the last few days there has not been 10 Do. B 1 13 =P egr i :lZ I i all - - 1 all 37 39 ch animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro- ra 1 1 ) ;u al a )" 1 1 'e `t -tt e aL li i s j j a ' u tn n c e:l a is 17 5 2e Markets. The unfavourable and foggy weather a a t Edinburgh & G1a5,,.;0w., 100ag 1 0 0 4 6 4 16! 3 prevented the inspection of samples of most of ast 'Elan(3 r at= rBU,lrsdt.esrtnli 100 481 401 48 7 1 ) principal staples. Sugar, however, is held for et ElttlooEAasstt(AZlia.n".s.i 110000 7 7 13 - 1 rates, while fine qualities of colonial coffee are et GreatNorthot Sc otland 100 1-20 13) demand, in consequence of the small quantity on st Great ) o i, i..Nl s o t r o t le r n .. .. ..... 1 igg 136 j 3 70 1301 -ma Rico has been at steady rates, while a more S a t d.)O Bdo ( 1 !,(??, 3 •'' . .erful tone has prevailed in the tallow market, st 0 r . e .S a ' i a vre l s 'V t ir e . r o o f . I . . e . l . a . n 00 eii e 5 65 4 41 5 otations generally exhibiting an upward ten- st La ir ea s a t i V fe al 01 ,i'luoar . ksslVe 12 1114 112 1091 10 ncy. at London and Blackwall 100 72 74 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 The directors of the Auction Mart attended yes- 104 !CO 104 ~, st Lon. Chat., and Dover 100 ~,) 4 i L i „, 1 1 0 V1 . ;day to receive and open the tenders of the pro- et 11....00n0..1 N s 0 0, 1•2 1 1 1 Western 1 1 0 0 g io ` c i , 2 a rty, the highest amount being 1 '115,255 10s. 6d., st Sian., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 514 52 1 .21 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - -.... 11.01 was accepted. Ili Dot shares... ..... .• ali - no IcB4 75 At the first general meeting to-day of the share- t s :, l t amatan too l P lders of the International Financial Society the C a l i o Do New . .... . j . 3 ... 137, 51.0460 9/61110.1d port presented by the directors was unanimously 25 NlFel o , Nit.rllngo.f Ireland all -__ - opted, and a dividend equal to 25 per cent. per g mpdokiersres all _ -.... num declared, The accounts embrace the opera- to Do Cray Line 1000.1 (T - 31 6 - 41 t ns of the society to the end of D ecember last, and at North a., Briti s h Pert h, 24 16 & .15 ..... Dundee 100 100 1031 IC4 101} e profit realised, after deducting all expenses, at t a Nt i l 3o . purchaseE(7-Berwle 16.13.4 - - 4 wanted to £199,950 18s. 11d. This sum was st Do'Licds ... 100 911 A 25 80/ plied as follows :--Ist, £19,931 10s. ld. to pay- at Do ' D o e. L 0 r r 1 k i51e .. ............::: 109 - - 1" fnt of interest at 5 per c ent. p er annum on the It s Nci;•othileovindon ......... 1005 774 781 13 2 0 * 1 lied-up capital, in conformity w ith clause N 0.154 1 915.4 North Staffordshire .. all 10 N and S. W. Junction. all It 114 the articles of the association; 2d, £77,568 93. lid. st N, and Central bonus, to make, together with the above interest, at Do 8 e ?) 1 0 l'`.c.oFt.:3ll;bde. r etO l c ( il e k 1 1 8 0 ° 0 4 9; IOU dividend of 13s. per share, free of income tax ; 10 Shrews. and Weichpoo, all - - ual in all to 25 per cent. per annum ; 3d, £lB,OOO s a t t zai'oaurothp3tieryeounn..to.n 1 1 0 00 0 2 5 4 31 6 26 11 35 65 92 If , s. sd. to reserve fund, in conformity with clause ats gruttil Eastern i'f ile s - 10 8 0 4 10 9 2 5 cessary amounts for directors' commission, and 25 Sl a oc n kto'n &13arlington all 38 39 come tax on the dividend, will leave a balance of 2 iro iie; . i3U. .... ::: 17 8 ) . 5 , 1 81 t ` 100 165 170 76,680 193. sd. to be carried forwa rd to new ac- s Taff Va1e........... 8 10 Do B out, which balance, together with the amount of 10 Do C 3 S i 45 1 ' 50 all - - iB,OOO 19s. sd. placed to reserve f und, leaves a M i t er .... 2O -- 1 . • .......... tal of 194,681 18s. 10 d. und ivided. 12.10 Do ..• 5Ol 92 - - 66 The Queensland Sheep Invest ment Com p an y has at at NVlticteciVa of N s e t a a. t and lO Pi m. - - !en introduced under the auspic es of the Mercan- at , I ,* 7 ,e a , t:rt o r r d ow & a r 1 9q kenny 1 00 2 - 2 24 - le Credit Association. The capital is £400,000 in st Weeartlepool ilar..tiL 100 - - t Midland _oxlo dl 100 - - 1,000 shares of £4O each. The directors are highly et Do Nevvportl 100 - - spectable, and the undertaking is formed with the at Do Hereford NO - -'- B RITISH POSSESSIONS. )ject of enabling English c a p italists to avail them- ----------- Ives of the eligible opportu nities which are offered B r investment in the colony of Queensland by sheep Closing Paid. price. 13118111038 done xming operations. Arrangements have been made ,her__,l iii--tign!ttlici.7ll.avire-ne, all 59 41 5 9 :r the purchase of stations on the Darling Downs, 1 Bomian.,Baroda&.Cent !no 100 103 101 1031 Sit ow in full operation, comprising an area of up- 20 guo.. s i i e ) i e v r cent . .. : 8 p 1 ards of 1,500 square miles, with the sheep and 20 Do. j il. Shares ittle thereon ; the vendors taking payment for a 10 0 5 Bta . lo LAKeIiUrOD all 5 1 5 i P a re n t d erence . msiderable portion of the purchase in the shares -, too oBuilalo,Brant,t Goaric2: too - - 1 p. et. bds. Aug. 1,1771 ! the company. Business, which can at once be 100 Do. do. July 1, 187 100 - - 100 Do. do. June 1, P:;74 100 - - )mmenced, is calculated to pay an early and satis- at Clcutta.& S. Eastn. iLi n, 100 101 103 Lctory dividend, irrespective of the accumulated st s o t ck (I',aanreqi'nn‘,--ajloc g : 'c i r ) .., , Igg 101 i 1g 3 6 rofit. to be derived from the increase of the breed- steak East Indian, nu. sp. c. 100 1(4 II 5 1 01 1 CI Ext l5 i i p ig flocks, which, in ordinary seasons, may be esti- g 1; 0 0 d o o . . d a do. atted at 80 per cent. stock Grand Trunk of Canada tun 191 201 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 4) 74 Two o'Caoox. 100 Do. do. deferred all 57 .51 At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to 1000 lin i o it'ire?eLrtßeednue.- all l l 2 6 i3 4 :euter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Relates were 66C. 100 Do . . 3d . P.ef. stock all 49 62 Sc. to 66f. 20e. Very flat. 100 Do. do. deterred.-- all '33 Ii 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto;k all 26 28 A. further decline of I per cent. has taken place 8 1 00 00 k Gt l . t alt:i.,colflfiefed.;....o f ot 1 ( 1) x a 2 4, joi 4 1 the market for Consols, which are now quoted 20 Do. New WIS . . p a l g 01, 91 for money, and 91/ for the account. This st 2 o B ok GPg.o.jutrolrlYn'diaBB(Lim 8 4 I rogressive depreciation is attributable to specula- G a walltasnoaadaaegaernet,. 100 all 10 9 '3 5 10 0 4 20 ive salee, consequent upon the unfavourable feeling sot t fito. is%w .. ....... elative to the Danish war, and the complications Ng It : eg p• .e. c 73 do wi , t i t.' - t B O . pt. a a l l l l Nla o waich it may yet give rise. The New Threes sto " ek llXaddarnasj3graullacril 1 8 ..i p m . ited lo t 1 1:: ,25 1 I o r 3, Ind Reduced Annuities are 90/ 91 ; Exchequer stock D0.41p. e. 1 , 120 e: slop 120 Co i, gs 6 Sills, ss. to Is. dis. ; and Bank Stock is firm at st ( c ) lc De o: 48 Do. Fifth 14.‘, I x o ie . n .. sio . n 10 ( 2) .-- - 37 2381. India Stock is 217 218 ; ditto 5 per stock ro N e e l l i t ), : i ngo ' n °' ,i tt i t ; t ,a a y , , : 1 . 1/ 5s - 6 - 0 3ents. are steady at 10 4 7 - , 1;• and Enfaced 5 per 100 Do. 7 p.c. siortg. Bds. 4 11 - - 20 Newßrur smokes Candi; gents. at 105/ 106, Class A. and B. all 8 5 82 54 A general downward movement has taken place A. pc fat f bde ( 10 0 0 0 1 103 104 stock Lrl ' i l ci C e n the value of the principal speculations. Foreign stock Do. Delhi.. ...... 4 ~. i 10 2 0 1(2 4 1 10 5 31 103 securities are on sale on Continental account, and 20 t I t : . p t isuo ....... 9.1 ~, 4' c-, I all 1021 1035 InsiliesB is not very active. Turkish 6 per Cents., Do. Do. ..... ... su.t'' . 100 - - stook Do. Indus. St . Flo. 000 - - 1662, are 69; do. Consolides, 501 - ; Mexican, 42/ ; COLONIAL GOVF,RNMEN T SECU ItITIES. 3 reek, 22: a ; Spanish Passive, 3 5 1 2 ,1 ; do. Cer- ---_----. ificates, 13/ 14 ; Portuguese, 47/ 481-, ; Italian, -- Cal;i:gvq.,o p.c.J a ,t:J ul) 100 101 103 10'5 36 ~ A, ; and the Confederate Loan, 42 41 ex. div. - Do. Op. c. Feb. .411U . g . . 100 100 il2 and drawing. - Do. Ap. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 . 102 104 - Do. Cp. c. Jan.&July. 10, 89 Al The operations in the Railway Share Market - Ca Do e . (l•li n o s p e e• rlb6epdrge7t 100 . N Vs have been very limited,and prices in some instances - I) Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 10 0 g 108 11 1 1 1 1 0 2 have been a shade flatter. Bristol and Exeter and -- Do. J p an o ..Sz July, 11:11. 1 . 103 108 109 Metropolitan have receded 55., and Great Northern - ,4i/eyul Ceylon, ti t ' '"r"c'en6tp.' 100 N l 6 . 1 1 03 3 A stock, Brighton, North-Western and Midland - ,Natal Gov. 61 per cent.. 100 ItB 110 108. -- N.l3.6lov.op.e.JaAJuly 100 col 103 - Do. 6 c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - 100 The Foreign and colonial lines show little change - N. S.W. Gov. 6 p z.,18.?i Ng tlg 10) OK. - Du. sp. c.,1 8 r 1 to Its( of importance. - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 09 IGO 99 / 1 Bank and Miscellaneous shares continue in fair - ! New Zealand 6 p c ent. 100 ICB 110 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. request, and generally support former rates. Im- - sterling, 187 5 lOO 104 106 - Queensland Gcv. 6 p . c lOO - - Aerial Financial shares are quoted 41 5 prem. ; - S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 102 111 Mauritius Credit 1 1 prem. ; National Shipping - , Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul), 100 iii iioi 11 Pi I: - , Do, io 6 p.c. An.&Oot.. 100 _its ______ par to prem., and Australian Shipping 8' 9,1 prem. -- BRITISiI MINES. ~............... d ' 2 ICamb r ian Consol. Gold 1 il i 1 BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. - t.;lill 1 670 68 0 or d Amalgamated.. - 31 16 - Devon G. Con, Tavist.) GOVERNMENT FUNDS. - East Bassett(lllogan).. 30 6) 65 d 3 per Cent. Consols - 2..14S 321 331 3. '2 E a st Clogau Gold Ltd. - Ditto Account, March 5 - E as t Caradon ...... .... 3 per Cent. Reduced - East Carn Brea. , 3.4.0 61 7 New 3 per Cent. 9l 90,i 1 - E. WlRussel (Tavistk ; 8.9.0 44 41 - Gam.&St.Auhyn(Gwen ; 581 10 11 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. - - Great South Tolgus 17s 4 41 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. - - G. Wheal Vor (llelston 40 27 29 315 4 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. - - Grenville ... ........... 6.16. r 53 51 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 25 & 3 per Cent. 5 1 die - Her...d's-Foot ........ .. 8.12 A 5 37 Bank England Stk, 45 per Ct., last hf.-yr. 237 85 - Hi red's- Dov:ns ...... 4.38.01 4 41 - Lady Bertha .......... 2.8.6 I 1 i INDI&N GOVERNMENT S E CURITIES. -- Margaret (Cny Lelant 114 17 19 India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... 218 17 - Nlarke Valley.. ........ 4.3.0 61 7 Ditto Account ... 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim., 25 It I 6 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 - New Setun ............ . 101 83 Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, lt•88 - - • North Downs .......... 21 15 2 -- .INyli'l Itasset(lllovai, 3.1.0 2 21 Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..... . - - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 - - Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 1054 6 - t.'ar Consols (S. Blaze), - - - Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 - - Vrovie.ericc(Uuy Lelnt.; 10.6.7 '1• . 1 4 . 0 0 , I , Londe CLOOu - - South Caradon(St.Cleer, It 44 0 10 Dto under £1,000.. - S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. - - - D it to . _ .............. 11 12 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 - • - '....Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 65 60 Di Ditto - Stray Park 30.17.6 23 30 - - - ditto Aug., I b o 6 - - ramar Silv.& Lead M in. FOREIGN FUNDS - ON E O'CLOCK. - tan Crott 9I 20 201 -- West Basset (Illog an) 11 Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent 22 - W CrC ., radon (Liskeard) 5 Ditto 1859 .. - - West Seton .... , . ...••• 475 ScB 85 Brazilian 5 per Cent - - Wheal Basset (Mogan' 51 190 200 Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ... - ...• Vi'lleal Buller (Itedruth) 10 875 021 Ditto 41 per Cent., 185 . 2 . -58-60 - - , Wheal Kitty(l3.Lelant) 2.0.6 137 - WhealLuthott Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent -- Wheal MaryAnn(l'den.) s 131 11 Ditto 2 per Cent. - - Wheal Cleton ...... ~ . . 581 175 185 ]dittoAccount i - - Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 2 1 211 __ - 24 Wheal Uni0n........... 3.17 2l .........____ INDUS GOTERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 218 17 Ditto Account Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent.., Oct, IL-88 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 1051 6 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — D,,tf, Londsil,oou — Ditto under £1,000.. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1816 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 .. — Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....- Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Colombian 6 Scrip £65 pd Uhilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 4i pei Cent — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l3l 'Egyptian 7 per Cent q;) I Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account ~ ........ 22i Ditto Coupons.. — Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italiants per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 421 1 1 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 — Peruvian 4 3 / 4 per Cent .. Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 4 3 / 4 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent _ FREFERENCE SHARES. Mid. Consolidated, G per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and firm., 6 per cent., 135 i 61 North Eastern, York. 11. and Selby purchase, 10i North Staffordshire, *z2i South Devon, Anna., 10s.; 31.7, PREFEIIENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., per cent., 1858, 101 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 Bahia and San Francisco (Inn.) gua. 7 per cent., 17 1 Franc is San Ditto Paulo ((all ) limn.), gu 7 per cent., . 2;i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20i FOREIGN DUNES. Alamillos, limited, Cape Copper, l 10 1 Fortuna (lim.), 41 Linares, Bin., 7 Port Philip,,la St. John net Rey (11m.): 51 United Mexican (lig, JOINT-STOCK BANKS.' Agra and United Service (Dm.), 1233 All i an ce Bank of Lo n- t an and Liverpool aim.), 481 72 98; Ditto, new, 341 31 Australasia, Ditto, new, 471 Bank of Egypt, 261 1 Bank of London. /65 Bank of t,tago, him., 31 4 Bank of Queensland (lim), 15 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 8 7; City, 116 151 Hi n dustan, China, an d Japan (Um.), 311 1 Imperial Ottoman, 181 1 Laud Mortgage Bank of India, Ilm., 3; London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26} L on don Joint Stock , : ' B3 „„, L on don and Westm i n ster, fOl Merchant Bank, Bin., 111 Maroc , . and l'rov. Bank Jim.), 25 New South Wales,:so3 Oriental Bank Corporation, 65 41 S c inde, Punjaub , an d Delhi, lila., 75 Union of London, MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., 9 1 Commercial Union (Insuraiace,,, 05 East India Irrigation and Canal, 3: ; Egyptian Comm , rcial and Trading, lim., 44 ; Gen. Crtdit and Finance of Lonuon , lim. , 7 ; 8 Hu d son 's Bay. 193 181 International Financial Society, 13 121 ; Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, 11m., 7; 1 Joint •stoek Discount, lim. 6; London and Caledonian Nfarine, him., London Finanzial Association, lam., 261 London Provincial Marine, 3 4 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 141 Ocean Marine (Insurance), 181 Oriental Inland Steam, lim., Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 78 Ditto, new, 483 South A iiican Mcrtgage and Investment, 53 Piedtuonie;e, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — Pm Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 -- - Ditto Account 4 SS 7:1 Itusian 5 per Cent., 1822,:£ St 9O Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 - -Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 por Cent — Di tto Account Sfrinigh 3 per Cen t Ditto .kecou tent Ditto New Deferred -- Ditto Account — Ditto Puma • -- Ditto Account 36 1 51 Spanish Cert. of C oup nut funded — Ditt o Account.. .............. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1 354 — Ditto A cc ount Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account - Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 186 ............. Ditto Account .................... 69 i Ditte, £l6O Bonds .................. 691 Venezuela 3 per Cent. ................ Ditto Account .......... ~., ......... 2.1 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1832 Ditto Account 591 Dividends on the above payable in Loud .n, Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .. Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) -- Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil .; French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex, 25f — Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 Italian, 5 per Cent., 11361, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Account .. 66a i Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4 per Ct.Ex 4s. TWO O'CLOCK _. W A 1 Consols Mon& _ By advices fromflamburg the price of gold - is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.42 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, rather more than 2-10ths per cent. clearer In London than in Ham- THE SUN', LONDON, TUESDAY . EVENING, MARCH 1, 1864. LAW INTE, .(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE GREAT WILL CASE. This morning the Lord Chief Justice commenced his summing up in this case, first remarking on the importance of the issue joined, and then proceeding to read the evidence. It is uncertain at what hour the verdict may be delivered. If possible, we shall give the result in a later edition. CRIMINAL COURT,—(This Day, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) FORGING TRADE MARKS. This case, in which a person named Howlett, was in dicted, under a recent statute, passed in 1862, of forging trade marks. This case was postponed until next session. John Lingworth, aged 38, a resp3ctable .I:•oking man, pleaded guilty to robbing his employer, Mr. John Thomas Johnson, a wholesale stationer, of Cheapside, of various sums of money and 37,000 envelopes. The Recorder sentenced him to five years' penal servitude. Michael Mahoney, 23, a soldier, pleaded guilty to steal ing a coat and other articles, the property of Andrew Knox, his master, and was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. E. Sutton, packer, and W. Weatherell, carman, were i n dicted, Sutton for stealing , and Weatherell receiving, 561 b of copper nails, the property of Messrs. Mumford and Co. Sutton pleaded guilty, and the jury found the other pri soners guilty. The Recorder sentenced Sutton to 12 months and Weatherell to 9 months' icor risonment. The case of John Ogden, a soldier in the Royal Artillery, charged with absconding with Rebecca Cox, the wife of the prosecutor, was postponed until next sessions. Louis Kean, aged 18, a foreigner, described as a shopman, was found guilty of feloniously uttering a forged request for the delivery of a quantity of black silk taffeta, and sen tenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour. Charles Wiseman, a German, pleaded guilty to stealing a large quantity of furniture, the property of a police con stable, with whose wife he had absconded Sentence d eferred' m•mmI•I••IM.IMFMINIMMMinn............. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. LTREET OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE.—Williara Jefferson, ca bi ne t ma ker, of 41, Bloomsbury, and George Hulbert, an d Alfred Hall, printers , of 5, Golden-place; Golden square, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with disorderly conduct is Glasshouse-street, Regent-street ; Hall was further charged with aesaulting Mr. Edward Lucas, of 26, King-street, Regent-street, and Hulberte with assaulting a young female named Rosina Perry, living in Oxford terrace, Chelsea. Morris Robinson, 163 C, said that about a quarter past one this morning he saw Jefferson and Hulberte fighting together in Glasshouse eftreet, both of them being on the ground, and he then, as there was a great crowd round them and a good deal of disorder, took them into custody. After getting to the station a young woman charged Hul• berte with assaulting her. Rosins Perry said that while passing Hulberte in Glass house-street, having a fema l e in her company, Hulberte made use of a disgusting expression, and on her asking him why he did so, ho struck her on the cheek, and then gave her a severe blow on the nose, smothering her with blood. She was insensible for a moment front the blow, and after wards went to the station, where she heard Hulberte had b e en taken, and made t he charge a g ainst him. In answer to Hulberte, The young woman said that she had not given him the slightest provocation whatever. Mr. Edward Lucas said that while on his way home through Glasshouse-street, he heard a female crying mur der and police, and this attracted his attention to the com plainant and the defendants, and he saw Hulberte strike the young woman and cause her to stagger. He heard Jefferson say to Hulberte that "it was unmanly to strike a female like that," and then Hulberte and Jefferson got fighting and went down, and before Jefferson could get on his legs again Hulberte knocked him down again. The police then came up and took Iluiberte and Jefferson into custody, and while they were doing so Hall walked up to him and struck him (Mr. Lucas) in the face, and the con stable having seen him do it at once took him into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, Mr. Lucas said he had given Hall no provocation, without ho was offended at his saying i‘ Dont kick the man when he is down," Hall being in Hulberte's company, and assisting him while the fighting was going on. A constable proved seeing Hall strike Mr. Lucas, and the female who was in company with Perry corroborated his statement. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was clear that Jefferson was an in jured person, and he should at once discharge him. Hulberte entered into a long defence, the effect of it being only to make the case clearer against him then before. He admitted that he struck Jefferson, but not till after he was struck by him, and wished ever)body to know that his motto was "Nemo me impune lacessit." Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Hulberte £3 for the assault on the female and Hall, and £1 for assaulting Mr. Lucas. THAMES. DRUNKENNESS AND FELONY.—John Fitzgerald, a man of respectable exterior, aged 33 years, of No, 3, Western Cottages, Millwall, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a chimney-glass with a mahogany frame and gilt ornaments, valued at lls. 63., the property of Mr. William Nathan, pawnbroker, jeweller, and sales man, of No. 9, Waterloo-terrace, Commercial-road. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, defended the prisoner. Mr. John Day, assistant to the prosecutor, stated that yesterday evening he saw the prisoner drag a looking• glass, now produced, from the doorway. He looked at the pri soner, who quickly left the glass. A few seconds after wards he looked again, and the glass was gone. Ho ran out of the shop, and saw the prisoner crossing the road with the glass on his shoulder. He seized the prisoner and gave him into custody. Mr. Stoddard —Was the prisoner drunk? Witness—He was drunk, sir. Michael Hughes, 251 K, who took the prisoner into ens ' tody, on cross-examination by the solicitor, said the prisoner was very drunk, and stated to him that he was at work at Marr's factory, Millwall. Mr. Stoddard said the prisoner was a very respectable working man, an engineer, who had been employed at the Millwall iron work at 335. per week for eight or ten years, and was out with his shopmates yesterday on the spree and became intoxicated. The prisoner was unconscious of having committed any felony, and was very sorry for what he had done. The prisoner had never been in custody before and had hitherto maintained an irreproachable character. He hoped the magistrate would, under the circumstances, deal leniently with the prisoner. Mr. Paget said drunkenness was no excuse for crime, and the case must go for trial. Mr. Stoddart hoped the magistrate would dispose of the case summarily. Mr. Paget--No• The case must go before a jury—that is the proper tribunal. It is quite clear the prisoner took the glass. Mr. Stoddart—Yes, sir; but it was a drunken spree. He was so very much intoxicated that he oast up his accounts —(loud laughter)—to use a vulgar phrase. Mr. Paget—What do yo mean ? Mr. Stoddart—He was very sick and vomited—he had been drinking a good deal of liquor and was ill from the effects of it. Mr. Paget—This is a question for a jury, not for me. Tho prisoner—l was very drunk. I know nothing about it. Mr. Paget—You are committed to take your trial at the sessions. SIIIPPING - T LONDON, March I.—Wind this day at noon—South- East; moderate breeze, and hazy weather, with rain. NEwrORT, Feb. 29.—Wind N.E.—Arrrived—Tiptree, from Bristol for Shanghai. FILL, Feb. 28.—Wind E.—Sailed —Peep o' Day, for the West Coast of Africa. BRISTOL, Feb, 29.—Wind N.E.—ArrivedA-11Iauritins, from Mauritius. TORBAY, Feb. 29.—Wind S.—Arrived —Rapid, from Lonion for Valeria. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 29.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Clayton, from Hartlepool for Alicante, leaky. Sailed—Suffolk, for Melbourne. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 29.—Wind E.—Sailed —Exchange, for 1i ali fax. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GrHAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March I—Mary, from Le Vier. Sailed—Montrose, for St. Vincent. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—H.M.S.Torch, from. Sierra Leone, for Sheerness; Queen of the Colonies (in tow), from Calcutta; Maid of Judah (in tow), from Sydney I Neriede, from Capetown ; 13road Water, from Japan—all for London ; Ann and John, from Rouen, for Shields. Anchored—Orihe, from London, for Algoa Ray. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. iustralla and Mauritius, via Southampton. . .Mar. 20 via Marseilles ......... Mar. 14, ,Brasil and Capo Verds, by British packe t. Mar. 6. apo of Good liope, Asevneion, and S t . llelena..Mar, 30. (lhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Sonthanipton.Mar. .3 via Marseilles ...Mar. 14 Falkland Islends Gib r altar, via Southampton .. Mar. 3. ( D ahl (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Mar. 3. via Marseilles.... Mar. 1.1. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Mar. 13, via Marseilles Mar. 7. Mar. 6. P or tugal.... Nlalta, Egypt, awl Aden, via :.-Jouthamptou ...... Mar. 3. via Marseilles ........ Mar. 7. gewfoundland .. Mar. 2. Oporto awl Vigo U. S. 4r0.1 Britibli N. Ata,:aica, ty Brit. pcliet, , .. Mar. 2, The Dana spondence, Another portion (No. III.) of this correspondence was published yesterday. It brings down the despatches to Dec. 16, 1863, and includes no less than 450 documents. The most interesting of the series to the general public are those relating to the mission of Lord Wodehouse to Berlin and Copen hagen. In a despatch, dated the Bth of March, Earl Russell sends Lord Wodehouse the following in structions " It is not my purpose either to point out how these engagements have bccn observed or to affirm that any of them have been violated. It will be for the ministers of Austria and Prussia to make their complaints on this head. It is the desire of her Mejesty's Government to see these questions sub mitted to a calm examination by the non G:rman Powers, "You will accordingly communicate the views of her Majesty's Government to the Ministers of France, Russia, and Sweden, and you will endea. your to make your joint representations to the Danish Government conformable in substance, if not identic in terms. "The result to be arrived at is the fulfilment of the treaty of May 8, 1832, and of the engagements entered into by Austria, Prussia, and Denmark in 1851-52. The mode cf arriving at that result can not be laid down. Patience and impartiality on the part of the great Powers will conduce greatly to that end, and will contribute in the same propor tion to the maintenance of the peace of Europe." In a despatch, dated December 1, 1863, Lord Wodehouse gives an account of an interview he had with Herr. Von Bismarck. After alluding to some minor points, he narrates the following converse- 1011 " M. de Bismarck said that the demands of Ger many were the same as they had always been!-- namely, that Denmark should fulfil her engagement not to incorporate Schleswig with the kingdom, and to grant a common constitution in which Holstein, Schleswig, and Lauenburg should enjoy equal rights with the kingdom. I replied that her Majesty's Government 'acre persuaded that it was hope:ess to enter into a discussion as to the common constitution. The last eleven years had been passed in fruitless attempts to reconcile the German with the Danish views of what constituted equal rights. Was it probable that the Danes would ever submit to give the inhabitants of the Duchies, who were a minority, the same number of members in a common parliament as the Danes, who were the majority ? Would such an arrangement be consistent with fairness or justice? M. de Bismarck said that the Danes would not have a fair equality of members with th© Germans, because there were a larger number of Danes in Schleswig, who would no doubt return Danish members. His excellency developed at much length his views as to the common consti tution, but I cannot say I heard from him anything which has not been repeated ever and over again in these interminable discussions. I still pressed him to state some other alternative, but he said this was for the Danes, and not the Germans, to propose. " I then asked him what the German Powers re quired as to the constitution recently signed by the King of Denmark. Upon this point ho said there could be no compromise. The constitution must be declared before January 1 to be inapplicable to Schleswig, otherwise the German Powers would hold themselves released from all their engagements to .Denmark, including the treaty of 1852. They could not be satisfied with the mere postponement for the present of the meeting of the new Itigsraad. " I said that I supposed that he would be satisfied if the King issued a declaration that the constitution could not be carried into effect as regards Schleswig. It might be necessary, if the question was not con cluded by the existing ltigsraad, which expired at the end of the year, to call together the new Rigs read, by which alone the law could then be altered. " His excellency said, provided Schleswig was exempted from the oFeration of the law by some act done by the King before January 1, when the new constitution came into force, he did not care by what assembly the law was ultimately abrogated. How ever, it would, he was convinced, be necessary for the King of Denmark to dismiss his present minis• ters ; a coup d'etat would be the best solution of the difficulty. The fact was that Germany would never be o❑ good terms with Denmark as long as the present democratic institutions of Denmark were maintained. "I said I regretted to hear this language, which amounted to a declaration that the German Go vernments were really about to interfere to change the domestic institutions of an independent mo narchy, and I pointed out strongly to M. de Bis marck the danger which the German governments ran of exciting revolution at home by lending them selves to the designs of the Schleswig-Holstein party. Nothing, I said, could justify the conduct of the Prince of Augustenburg. "I concluded the conversation, which was con• ducted with the utmost courtesy by M. de Bismarck, by requesting that he would give me a memorandum of the demands of the German powers. M. de Bis marck readily consented to this, and a memorandum Was accordingly drawn up (of which I enclose a copy), and which it was agreed, if approved by the King and the Austrian Minister, should be initialled by M. do Bismarck, Count Karolyi, and her Ma jesty's ambassador. " The following is the memorandum : " The Austrian and Prussian governments require that the Danish government shall carry out the engagements entered into by Denmark in 1851.52 ; so that, apart from the Federal ties which concern only Holstein, Schleswig shall not be more closely connected with the kingdom of Denmark than Hol- stein. " They therefore consider that the Constitution of Nov. 18, 1863, is a violation of the engagements of Denmark, and they require that measures shall be taken, before January 1, by the Danish government to prevent that constitution from being carried into effect as regards Schleswig. " When such measures shall have been taken, they expect to receiva from Denmark propositions as to the manner in which the engagements of 1851-52 are to be fulfilled.° BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the 'four weeks ending Feb. 6. These returns, combined with tho circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 1.1 Feb. (the nearest date furnished by their returns) will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : 1J an. 9, Feb. 6, 1801. 1803. Increase. Decrease Bank of England 20,075,403, 20,608,354 £532.951 Private Banks 3,115,544 3,204,757 89,213 Joint-stock Banks 2,829,1271 2,89 ,516 69,389 Total in England 26,020,074 ,1 26,711,627 691,553 S co tland 4,301,4311 4,087,428 214,003 Ireland United Kingdom 35,985,615, 36,463,260 477,635 , pared with the month ending the 7th Feb., 1863, the above returns show an increase of £497,421 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £768,330 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On com paring the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation The English private banks are below their fixed 11,060,385 issue The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue.. /375,842 Total below fixed issue in England £1,436,277 The Scotch banks aro above their fixed issue . • £1,338,157 The Irish banks aro below their fixed issue £690,269 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 3:1 Feb. was £13,252,012, being an increase of £360,933 as compared with the, previous month, and a decrease of £563,452 when compared with the same period last year. Tho following aro the amounts of specie hold by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th Feb. : , Gold and silver held by the Scotch ha* £2,351,594 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks.. £1,313,05 1 Being a decrease of £44,826 as compared with the previous return, and a decrease of £206,734 when compared with the corresponding period of last year. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market quiet—no change. Sales, perhaps abort! 4,000 belles. Imports, 16,165; previously, 8,605. NOTIFIC ,OCKADE, (From a Second Supplemen' to the London Gazette of Friday, the 26th of Febraary.—Monday, lebrua ry 29.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, Feb. 29, It is hereby notified that Earl Russell, her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Denmark at this Court a notification, dated the 26th of February, 1861, of the blockade by the Danish naval forces of all ports and inlets on the east coast. f the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from the 25th of this month (February), with the exception of Neustadt, the Islands of Als and Aeree, and such other places as are actually under the au thority of his Majesty the King of Denmark; and further notifying that the blockade will succes sively be raised for every place that comes again into the power of the Royal Government, and public notice thereof be given. The following is the cffieial communication re ceived by Earl Russell :-- Legation of Denmark, Feb, :G. My Lord, —I am directed by my Government to inform your Excellency that, according to tin official notice issued cn the 18th inst. by the Danish Mintstry of Marine : " All ports and inlets on the coasts of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein will be blockaded from the 25th of this month, with the exception of Neustadt, the Islands of Als and Aeroe, and such other places as are actually under the authority of his Majesty the King. "The blockade will successively bs raised for every placo that comes again into the power of tke Royal Government, and public notice thereof be given,"—l have, &c., TORBEN BILLE. The Right Hon. Earl Russell, Scs., Foreign-office. Lord Russell has also received the following de spatch from Sir Augustus Paget, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Copenhagen, forwarding a copy of a note which had been addressed to him by the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, notifying the establishment of the blockade, and stating that neutral vessels will be allowed to the Ist of April to clear out of the blockaded parts : Copenhagen, Feb. 22, My Lord—l have the honour to enclose herewith copy of a note which I have received from DI, Quaade, enclosing the notification by the Minister of Marine that after the 25th of this month a blockade of the east coast of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein is to be established with the exception of certain places therein specially named. M. Quaade also states that any neutral ship then lying in a blockaded harbour will be allowed till April 1 to leave it, either in ballast or with cargo ; and if in any special case it should happen that this delay is not sufficient for the clear ing out of the neutral ships, th© officer in command of the blockading force is authorised to grant, on demand of the consular agent, a further delay for their free departure. I have sent copies of this note and its enclosures to Mr. Consul Taylor, and have instructed him to inform the Vice-Consuls in his district of the intentions of the Danish Government. —I have, &c,, A, PAGET. The Enl Russell, K.G., &c. (Translation.) Copenhagen, Fob. 20. Sir—l have the honour to inform you that from the 25th of this month all the ports and inlets of the east coast of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein will be in a state of blockade, with the exception of Neustadt, the Islands of Als and Aeroe, and other places actually under the autho rity of the King. While transmitting to you herewith same copies of the public ition in which the Minister of Marine notifies the blockade, I venture to have recourse to your kind interven tion to request you to be good enough to give notice to the consular agents of your Government resident at the block aded places, notifying to them at the same time that all neutral ships which at the commencement of the blockade are in a blockaded port will, up to the Ist of April, have the right of leaving either with cargo or in ballast. If, from special circumstances, the delay fixed for free exit is not found sufficient in any particular case, the offi3er charged with the blockade is authorised to arrange for a longer term with the Consular agent, on receiving an appli. cation from him to that effect. Receive, &0., A Curious Case, G. QUAADE, An application was made last week to the Civi Tribunal of the Seine under the following circum stances : A widow lady named Hautefeuille, whose hus band died in 1844, became insane soma years after wards, and was finally declared, by a judgment of the Tribunal of the Seine, in July, 1862, in capable of managing her affairs. Previously to this judgment, Madame Hautefeuille had confided to her confessor, the Abba Caubert, manager of the School of St. Genevieve, a con siderable part of her fortune. In August, 1862, the Abbe Beaurain, who had succeeded the Abbe Caubert as manager of the school above-men tioned, restored to M. Moulin, the husband of one of the lunatic's daughters, recently appointed her guardian by the tribunal, 22 Roman bonds, and an inscription of Piedmontese rente producing a yearly dividend of 200 fr. These securities represented a total of about 28,000 fr. The Abbe Beaurain also gave M. Moulin a note of hand for 8,000 fr., which was paid in the October following, and received from him a receipt in full of all demands. In July, 1863, how ever, M. Moulin commenced proceedings against the Abbes Caubert and Beaurain, to recover a fur ther sum of 12,000 fr., on the ground that Mme. Ilautefeuille had not confided to M. Caubert secu rities worth only 28,000 fr,, but a sum of 48,6C0fr. in cash, and he demanded to bo allowed to prove 1, That Mme. Hautefeuille had frequently expressed to third persons her intention of leaving her pro party away from her two daughters ; 2, that she had borrowed money and given it to the Jesuits ; 3, that she had led a miserable life, as if she had no resources whatever; 4, that the Abbe Beaurain admitted that he had received from her 48,000 fr. in each; and 6, that the Jesuits had a quantity of furniture be longing to the lunatic which they had not paid for, as they pretended. The applicant's counsel stated that Mme, Hautefeuille had been under the influence of her Jesuit confessors ever since 1844, and had confided to them whatever money came into her possession, and had received little or no interest for it. His client was therefore justified in taking measures to recover the full amount of the principal. The application was opposed by the Abbe 3 Caubert and Beaurain, whose counsel sti gmatised the present proceed ings as an attempt to extort money from his clients by charging them with scandalous dishonesty. All the money due to the lunatic's estate had been re stored, and the applicant himself had gave a receipt in full of all demands. The Tribunal, after hearing the Public Prosecutor, who strongly reprobated the applicant's conduct, rejected all Moulin's demands, and condemned him to pay all costs. Dr.PUSEY has evidently got a profound conviction that true unity of spirit is engendered by common repulsion rather than common attraction. "Any one," he confides to the Record, " who knows anything of human nature, knows in what countless cases the fear of Hell first drove men to their forgotten God and Saviour," and there fore he calls the Lord Chancellor's recent judgment in the case of "Essays and Reviews" soul-destroying, and, on exactly the same principle, he offers to ally himself with the Record, on the ground of a strong common repulsion to that judgment—an offer which the Record, recognising in the most cordial spirit that common hatreds imply a truly Christian unity of spirit, gladly accepts, calls Dr, Pusey's letter " admirable and faithful, " and sounds the call to common action on the part of all who think with the new Puseyito and the old Evangelical party that, as Dr. Pusey naively remind us, "Good when lie revealed Hell, knew the creatures which he had made better than these people." This, then, is to be the basis of the new coalition between the dregs of the Puseyite and the dregs of the Evangelical party—for common belief, the assertion of the verbal inspiration of the Bible, and the Gospel of Hell everlasting ; for common action the subver sion of the Privy Council's judgment. Dr. Pusey writes, and the Record receives what he says, exactly as if our Lord had come preaching and revealing not Himself and the Kingdom of God, but the Devil and the Kingdom of Hell, in order that the scared human race might walk back wards from the ')ottoniless pit, and so recoil into their Saviour's arms. It is a curious example of a great spiritual engine with the wheels reversed.—Spectator. "«'o have received aecruntE , ,' says the Mulon • nail, " of the Iphigenie frigate, which left this port on the 6th January, h av ing on board a number of convicts for New Caledonia. She touched at St. Vincent's (Cape do Verd Islands) on the 27th of that month. Some cases of scurvy had appeared among the passengers, but, owing to the precautionary measures adopted, the disease was soon checked, The conduct of the ceuvicts on board was very satisfactory, A number of them, under the direction of the Abbe Itenouard, the chaplain, had learned religious choruses, which they sang during the performance of mass on -unclays,", Art important and interesting statistical return, showing the trade of the port of Swansea for the year 1863, us compared with that of 1862, has just been issued by the trustees of the harbour. These returns are divisible into three general heads—viz., vessels windbound and arriving in ballast; secondly, the general imports ; and thirdly, the general ex ports of the port. Under the first general head we find that the number of windbound vessels which entered the port last year was 72, with a registered tonnage of 6,176, as against 97 vessels, of 8,3C4 tons the previous year. The vessels arriving in ballast last year were 2,261, of a register tonnage of 302,765, while for the year 1862, 2,611 ships,of 331,221 tons, arrived, thus showing a falling cff during the past year of nearly 30,000 tons as compared with that of 1862. The falling off in vessels entering the port in ballast is attributable to the very high rates charged as compared with Cardiff. On the first day of the present year, however, a very large re duction of ballast rates came into operation, which hes already made a very material difference in the trade of the port in this department, and will pro bably induce a still larger number of vessels to come to the port in ballast to load with coal, iron, and other staple production of the district. Under the second heading that of imports—there has been a large increase, with the exception of copper, copper ores and regulus, silver ores, &o. The total imports for the past year were 405,300 tons, and for the year 1862 369,700, being an increase in favour of 1863 of 35,600 tons. Of the total quan- tity of goods imported, copper and copper ore, and regulus, silver, ores, &c., amounted to no less than 187,000 tons, the total quantity of timber amounted to 36,000 tons, against 20,400 tons during 1862 ; flour, grains, potatoes, &c., 19 300 tons, as against 13,100 tons in 1862; sundries, 126,800 tons in 1863, and 132,600 tons in 1862. Of the imports, there were 285,000 tons imported coastwise during the year 1863, as against 273,800 in 1862 ; from the European States 44,500 tons in 1863, as against 72,400 in 1862. Under the third general head — that of exports—we find that total quantity of coat and patent fuel exported in the year 1863 amounted to 783,000 tons, against 817,000 tons in 1862 ; cop per, copper ores, regulus, silver and zinc ores, 47,000 tons, against 29,300 tons in 1862 ; tin plates 15,900 tons in 1863, as against 12,200 tons in 1862 ; sundries, 47,800 tons in 1863 against 43,900 in 1862—the total exports in 1863 being 905,700, and in 1862 - 914,000, being a decrease upon the past year of 1,300 tons ; but as the decrease in the export of coal and Intent fuel was no less than 33,300 tons, there was an increase in the general trade of the port of no less than 25,000 as com pared with 1862. Of the exports we find that there were 362,900 tons sent coastwise, 407,300 to European porta ; and 135,500 tons to foreign ports during tho year 1863.1 Volcanic Islands. Since the 28th of June, 1831, an island, succes sively graced with the names of Ferdinand, Graham, Hotham, Nerita, and Julia, has several times ap peared and disappeared off Palermo, and is now on the point of getting above water again. There is no doubt that this curious phenomenon is attribut able to volcanic agency ; nor is this the only instance of the kind on record. In the neighbourhood of the Philippine Islands, and on other points of the Chinese waters, small islands occasionally rise and make their exit again without attracting much no tice. Of this the Patric relates the following curious instance :—" A German skipper, Capt. Hilmacher, who had passed many years of his life in those parts, and knew every shoal and sandbank within 100 miles of the Chinese coast, suddenly, about 20 years ego, discovered an island which he was per fectly certain did not exist on that spot before. He took his soundings, determined the latitude and lon gitude, sailed round it, and found that it was from 12 to 13 miles in length and breadth. There were several springs of fresh water in it and it consisted of the richest pasture-ground' imaginable. Captain llilmacher instantly re turned to Europe, recruited a number of German emigrants, bought all kinds of seeds, agricultural implements, poultry, and cattle, set out again for this new El Dorado, and in a couple of years there might be seen on the desert island a floutishing village, fields waving with corn, meadows peopled with oxen, goats, end sheep, everything in short that might constitute a thriving colony. This happy state of things lasted about five years,when a British merchant vessel unexpectedly made its appearance. The captain and crew expressed their astonishment at finding a European community in such an out of the-way place, entered into amicable intercourse with the colonists, and gave them a quantity of brandy in exchange for their produce. This unfor tunate circumstance proved the ruin of the colony ; drunkenness grew into a habit, insubordination was the consequence, and one fine day poor Capt. Hill macher, who had hitherto ruled his little kingdom with great wisdom, was obliged to make his escape in a boat to avoid being mnrdered. He. succeeded in reaching a vessel, which took him home again. There he easily obtained the command of a ship, which he took care to provide with plenty of arms, for the purpose of punishing his unruly subjects and make them repent of their ingratitude. lie set but on arriving within the latitude where his island had once existed he was astonished to find the place empty; not a vestige of land was to be seen ; the island had gone as it had come. Had the catas trophe occurred so suddenly as to preclud e all pos sibility of escape? This is what Capt. liillmacher never learnt."—Galignani. POISONING BY ABSORPTION . — On Saturday Mr. B. L, Gross, one of the coroners for Suffolk, eon• chided an inquiry into the death of a child named Boatman the daughter of a small farmer at SVissett, near Halesworth. The case presenting remarkable features, the coroner ap plied to the Homo Secretary to enable Professor Taylor to make a more than ordinarily careful and costly analysis. The circumstances are briefly as follows :—The deceased was aged nine years, and lived with her father and stepmother at a small farm house in a lonely situation. The child was taken ill, gradually got worse, and died soon after a medical I man was called in. Tho surgeon (Mr. Howard), feeling sa tisfied the child died from poison, refused to certify the cause of death. An inquest was accordingly held, and when the jury viewed the body the scalp of the head was found to be in a shocking state from ringworm, and covered with vermin. The stepmother said that about ten days before the death of the child she applied some precipitate powder and a little poison in the shape of an ointment to the head to kill the vermin. The coroner ordered a post-mortem examination, and the appearance of the intestines and stomach pointing to arsenical poison in some form or other, it was felt important to ascertain whether the child died from arsenical poison, and if se, how it was administered. Tho vises' a were accordingly sent to Professor Taylor, at Guy's Hospital, and that gentle• man stated at the inquest on Saturday that the child died from arsenic applied externally and absorbed into the system. The condition of the viscera, in their appearances, in the nature of their contents, and in the minute imponderable quantity of arsenic present in them, was not consistent with the supposition that arsenic had been given in a solid form or in a liquid form by the mouth, but it was quite consistent with the absorption of the poison through the skin of the scalp and its subsequent diffusion by the blood. The s calp of the deceased was found to contain a large quantitY arsenic associated with a quantity of mercury (white Pre cipitato) which had been applied as above stated in the form of an ointment. The jury returned a verdict. to the effect that the deceased died from the results of an oi ntment con taining arsenic applied to her hea d b y Mrs. Boatman, she being ignorant of the consequences, an d Intending merely to heal disease of the scalp; at the same time the jury de sired the coroner to express to Boatman and his wife their sense of the neglect and ill• treatment of the deceased. DIOCESS OF SALISBURY. —On the 27th of Feb.. Witte, by the Bishop nary the Rev. Charles Sumner Burder, M.A., Was presentation of I the Bishop of Win oinfsstiotluistebdortyo,thoeuithucoupturbeseenncl. cheater. The Rectory of 'shorten Auger, Salisbury, has just become vacant by the decease of the Rev. Ueorge Henry Do Stack, who has held it for a p 3r i o d o f 27 y ea r s . 'Brhehl)ipvionfgCisarlisintlhoe gift of trustee s , o f w h om th e Lord Bishop is one, and i s wor th b e t ween £2 OO and £3OO per annum , with residence; population, £2,424. REFRESHMENTS AT TIM CRYSTAL PALACE.—The contract for the supply of refreshments at the Crystal Palace, which during tho last three years has been held by Mr. Frederick Strange, yesterday passed into the bands of Messrs. Berta= and Roberts. Mr. Bertram was farmerly on the staff of Mr. g twyer, of the London, in . Fleet-street, during his joint occupancy of the refreshment department of the Crystal Palace some years since with Mr. Strange, and ho subsequently filled the important post of manager for Mr. F. E. Morrish at the International Exhibition of 1862. bUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. TEE POLISH INSURRECTION. The Cliwila announces that the military school of cadets, which was some years ago transferred from Moscow to Wilna by order of the Emperor Alex ander, and organised in the latter city at an enor mous expense, has been suppressed by General Mouravieff, on suspicion of the inmates entertaining feelings in favour of the Polish revolution. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Days 'NOTTINGHAM RACES--Tnis DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Twilight The Clown , Partesan Eight ran. SPQR LING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'.—LAsT EVENING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE, 15 to 2 apt Bantam (taken) 9to 1 agat Emblematic (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wee Nell (t,kr.m) 12 to 1 apt Serious Cabe (taken) 11 to 1 agst Portland (taken) 15 to 1 agst Sinking Fund (taken) 20 to 1 agst Worcester (taken) 20 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken) 20 to 1 agat Amy (taken) 20 to 1 agst Emblem (offered) 25 to 1 agst Martha (offered) 25 to 1 agat Jerusalem (taken and offered) 33;t0 1 agst Bell's Life (taken) 40 to 1 agat Arbury (offered) 40 to 1 agst Leonidas (offered) 60 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken and offered) 60 to 1 agat Romeo (taken) NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 11 to 1 agst Blithfield (offered) 12 to 1 agst Lioness (taken) 12 to 1 agst Gardiner (offered) 14 to 1 agst Sheridan (taken and (offered) 15 to 1 eget Wingravo (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 18 to 1 agst Anfield (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (taken) 33 to 1 agst Crisis (taken) 33 to 1 sgst Merry Hart (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 2 agst Paris (take 6 to 1) 11 to 2 agst Cumbuscan (take 6to 1) TIIE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 13 to 1 agat Cambuscan (taken) 13 to 1 agst Paris (take 14 to 1) 100 to 6 agat Forager (offered) 20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 25 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken) 28 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) 50 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Copenhagen (taken and offered) CITY BETTING.—YEBTERDAY. THE NOTTINGHAM SPRING lIANDICAP• 4to 1 agat Revolver 4to 1 agst Tourist 7to 1 agst Carisbrook 7to 1 agat Dunkold • 7to 1 agat Tailor Bto 1 agat Cadoan 10 to 1 aget Any other THE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 15 agat Bantum (7 to 1 taken) 9to 1 agat Wee Nell 12 to 1 agst Portland 12 to 1 agst Emblem 14 to 1 agst Sinking Fund 14 to 1 agst Serious Case (wanted) 15 to 1 agat Emblematic (offered) 15 to 1 agst Real Jam (offered) 20 to 1 agat Worcester (offered) 20 to 1 agst Amy (offered) 20 to 1 agst Martha (offered) 30 to 1 agst Thomastown 30 to 1 agat Harry 30 to 1 agat Jerusalem 33 to 1 agat Bell's Lifo 33 to 1 agat Ireley 40 to I agst Arbury 50 to 1 agst Sir William 50 to 1 agat Catspaw 60 to 1 agat Jealousy 50 to 1 agst Romeo 60 to 1 agat Leading Article THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 11 to 1 agat Blab&ld 11 to 1 agst Gardener 15 to 1 agst Dollar 15 to 1 aget Sheridan 15 to 1 apt Wingravo 15 to 1 agst Lioness 100 to 6 agst Benjamin 20 to 1 agst Blundin THE TWO THOUSAND GUINE/S. 6to lon the field (offered) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 14 to 1 apt Paris 14 to 1 agst Cambuscan 15 to 1 agst Coastguard 18 to 1 agat Forager L 5 to 1 agat Idler 25 to 1 agst Prince Arthur 30 to 1 agst Birchbroom BETTING AT MANCHESTER-MONDAY. There was a fair attendance of subscribers at the rooms to-day. Bantam was very firm for the Liverpool Steeple chase, any advance upon 5 to 1 being readily accepted ; and 14 to 1 was asked for in vain about Portland. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 2 eget Bantam (taken freely) Bto 1 eget Wee Nell (taken) 12 to 1 agst Portland (take 14 freely) 14 to 1 eget Emblematic (taken) 14 to 1 agst Serious Case (taken) 14 to 1 ngst Emblem (taken and offered) '2O to 1 agst Sinking Fund (offered) 30 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered) 100 to 3 agst Jerusalem (offered) THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 100 to 9 apt Gardener (taken) 100 to 6 agat Lioness (taken and offered) CHESTER. CUP, 100 to 6 agst Blackdown (taken) TILE DERBY. 10 to 1 apt Seottiah Chief (taken) RACING FIXTU MAI Nottingham Spring Derby Spring 3 Liverp00l Shrewsbury 10 Doncaster Spring Croiton-park .......... 1 Edinburgh Spring ...... Abergavenny .......... Thirrik ................ MAT. I RES FOR 1864. Log. Warwick .. 16 Durban' 29 ........ 30 uNaotrttetrlittenkipton Epsom Spring N ewinarket Craven ..., 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester ............. 3 Manchester York S pr ing ... lO Ilarpenden Salisbury •.. 12 Epsom Bath Jura Ascot Ilesuipton l6 Newton Odiham Bibury Stockbridge Chelringford.. 2B New Forest Hunt Ne 'castle-on-Tyne .. Woroest%r (Summer) Ipswich :Ju Newmarket July Carlisle ' 5 Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford Pontefract SLY. I Nottingham . Winchester l9 S ou thampton . I Chesterfield 29 I Goodwood AUGUST. York Augu5t.......... 23 Plymouth ............ 25 Derby .... ............ 30 Lichfield .............. 30 &oaten .... .......... 30 30 Devon and Exet er .... Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Reading Egham Oxford Yarmouth SF PT: Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster Bream .. 19 MBER. Ric h m ond ............ 20 Monmouth ............ 22 Manchester Autumn .. 23 Newmarket First October '27 THE MEMORIAL TO TUE LATE SIR GEORGE COANEWALL LEWIS.—The arford Journal states that the design sent in by Air. John Gibbp, at chitect, of Oxford, for the monument about to be erected at Islcw Radnor to the memory of the late Sit George Cornewall Lewis, has been selected by the c ommtee from among many others. Mr. Gibbs is the architect of the new Banbury Cross, erected to commemorate the marriage of th e Princess Royal, and of the memorial to the late Prince Ccalsort, now in COUXIIO of erection at Abingdon. IEA.