The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-26 00:00:00

elief 1 no ill if • ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The usual payments at the termination of the quarter have stimulated the demand for disoounts, and the market to-day presents a firm and active appearance. Very little, if any, accommodation can now be obtained under the Bank of England mini mum of 4 per cent., and there is consequently an in• crease owing to the demand at that establishment. Since the last Bank of England return was issued an aggregate of £456,000 in gold has been pur chased by the authorities. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are, in round figures, as under 1863. 1862. Great Western £54,551 £49.641 Great Northern Great Eastern forth-Western Louth-Western 1 South-Eastern 7,026 15,814 Midland 34,426 36,726 aneashire and Yorkshire 30,770 29,251 North Eastern (Berwick) Bristol and Exeter Edinburgh and Glasguw Great Western of Canada These returns are in most instances of a satisfac tory character. On the flreat Western there is an increase of £4,910, on the Great Northern of £3,545, on the North Western of £4,869. on the South Western of £4,274, on the South Eastern of £1,212, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £1,619, on the North Eastern of £5OB, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow of £Bl3, and on the Great Western of Canada of £4,217. The Great Eastern, however, shows a decrease of £1,113, and the Midland of £2,300. The report just issued by the directors of the Ottoman Railway from Smyrna to Aden, to be Submitted at the next half-yearly meeting of share holders, states that the directors have devoted all their availub'e resources to the completion of the unfinished portions of the opened line .o Ephesus, and to demonstrate the superiority of the railway over the old camel transport, but their efforts have Lot been as successful as could be wished. The directors have opened communication with the Ottoman Government, with a view to improve the present situation of affairs. The Indian Branch Railway Company held its first ordinary general meeting to-day. Mr. Wm. Dent io the chair. The report stated that in April last, a sufficient amount of capital having been sub scribed, measures were at once adopted for provid ing the permanent way and rolling stock, which have been despatched to India. The deed of settle ment prevented the directors postponing the meet itiq until the account of the Mulhatee line was re ceived. The Chairman moved the adoption of the report and expressed his entire confidence in the success of the undertaking. The motion was unanimously agreed to, after a lengthened but favourable discussion ; and resolutions were carried that interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum be paid during construction on all capital called up, to commence from the Ist April next; that a further issue of capital to the extent of 50,000 shares of £lO each be offered rateably to the shareholders ; and that the directors receive remuneration from the commencement of the company, the amount to be settled by' the board. Two o'CLocic. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were 69r, 50c., 69f. 45c. Rather firm. Further indications of buoyancy have been ap- PE4ent to-day in the market for the English funds, although thedeanngs nave again been circumscribed. Consols are now very firm at 92f for transfer, and at 92 1 a for the Bth proximo. One of the principal causes of the upward tendency is the large and continuous flow of gold into the Bank of England. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced remain at 9 1 911 ; ExchEquer Bills are flat at 5.. to 2s. India Stock is steady at 227; ditto 5 per Cent. Loin zemains at 1081 I. In the Foreign department, Greek Bonds have experiol,ced a further considerable improvement; viz., to 24 and the Coupons have risen to 108 I. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1851, realised 9.1 ; do., 18:58, 6et ; do., 1862, 69/ 701; and the Con solides, 469 /, showing increased buoyancy. Tae banish Scrip has been dealt in at I prem. Italian 6 per Cents., 70i ; do. Railway Lean, 721 Spanish Passive have risen to 274 ; but Vent zuelan 6 per Cents, are flat at 581. l'he Confederate Loan is 1 prem. In the Railway Share Market there has not been %nen animation, but prices have shown little change of irr portance. Midlands declined ss. ; Great , isterns, Ss.; and South Easterns, 10s. Great Westerns, however, improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue at steady quotations Bahia and San Francisco rea lised 211 ; Sambre and Meuse, 101 ; East Indian, 1071 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 106 i I. Joint-Stock Bank And Miscellaneous Shares in some instances were a shade flatter. Oliental Bank receded to 57 and 674 ; Chartered of British Colum bia to 8t; Royal Mail Steam to 604; but Peninsular and Oriental Steam improved to 77 78. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • N. 3 per Cent. Annuities ittdia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent D hoods t:1,000 ..„ . C'onsols for Account, April 8. 92a Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2/ per Cent 5 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 0 14ilian 6 per Cent lO4 Ditto 41 per Cent uanish 4 per Cent., 1863 — ~__ Ditto Scrip, £ ls paid Greek 5 per Cent , 1824-5, es-Coup ins.. 241 4il I I I Ditto Coupons it aintn 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 721 Mexican 3 per Cent .., Ditto Account 3 ll P ,:.-•..z, 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 por Cent ~ 1862 .. -- L it Lu Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 3 per Cent., 18:59 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Sa linian 5 per Cent. Ditto Acnouut 34 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto A.ccount . 9Ol Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .. iiit to Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 , 2 r ) i'to Account.... Venezuela, 3 per Cent - Ditto Account 231 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per C e nt., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Onto Account • ...... TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money i)itto Account 922 The funeral of the late Charles Selby, the well hnown dramatic author, and for many years a member of the Ade'phi company, took place to-day at Kensall-green Cemetery. Deere were a great many of his professional brethren p-esent. THE MODES OF COLOURING GLASS.—We learn from further inspi-ction and tile comments of our glide that there are two methods of colouring the bub bles we se all around us. The one is by usin g coloured , metal" entirely; the other by "fl !shine"—coling W hite glass with a thin film of colour only. All colours ?nay be " flashed ;" red must be, because the colour ' l' matter used would render the glass blown entirely Ir nlit red "metal," opaque. So in order to be in leete'l into the nlYs'ericA of " fl ishing," we seek put a workman who is about to bl.ow a red bubble. The process, We find, is very simple. Having gatherel, upon the end of him blow Iripe, a ball of white metal, the operator, before carrying it to the " marvee," gives it a twirl in a pot of red net ti, and then goes on with his blowing. The two colours re'aln their relative positions throughout every succeeding Process; as the ono grows thinner and thinner the other grows thinner and thinner ; and the final result is a sheet of White ass coated with red on one side. Passing on from °r.° workman to another, we notice that 'hough there era b ubbles of every other colour, re are no yellow ones ; and asirieg the reason, we are told that all the shades of yellow are produced, not out of yellow metal, nor by dash 'air, but by staining white gime—Once a Wok. said, assed many ne of cited )rted se of s. So , and a are arsed SFARE MARKETS—This Day. Share! Railways. 13.14. Bir., Viol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork auu Bandon Cornwal t Do A k Lets no dix 1 B tillfipc.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno., Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. ,Glasg. and S. Western. 'Great Eastern, Ord. elk! 8 81 7 8 86 88 115 .116 ORDINARY SHARED AND STOuh S. faid.l Closing Business Price. done. Ditto A sto.ck Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great N orthern... ' Do A stock Do Li do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 'Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock st :Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and l3laokwaF st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast et Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lon. & North Western st Lon. & South Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12 i Do 2 shares.. 10 Metropolitan si Midland 8.4.0 Do New * ' Do iiirming. Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares ,Mid Kent 1 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee !Nth. Eastern—Berwict. Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle... North London Do New ...... 19.16.4 North Staffordshire and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central (Scot N. F.., Aber. stock Rt ! Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 'Shrews. and Welchpoo' 3t Shropshire Union it South Devon it !South Eastern it South Wales it S. York. and River Dun !O tames, Wok.,an d Wok Stockton & Darlington I :6 Do Do New, 1860 ITaff Vale. Do B 12.10 Do C later Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dt. IWeet Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITIS t-I P char, 100 Mr ItvaVb zo4 10 100 too 100 stock stock t antk & St Lawren, (tom., Baroda&.Cent In r Gu. 5 per oent... Do. New . ...... -• • • DO. E. Shares... ituflalo end Lake Duro', Do. Preference 3tiffalo,BrantotGodriel 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1z , :2 Do. do. July 1, 1873 .10. Junt 1, I.- .1 ut Easti.. , I. ,pt. l'own .+lc Dock Se! • Eastn. Bengal gu. p.. Fast Indian. gu. 5 p. e. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canad;l 1 )0. Ist . Bonds.. Do. uo. deferred...... •took stock stock stock 20 4 tuck 50 100 h). xd Pret. Bon 13.. D.r. do d-fer ed...... i.)o. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. d 'err. d...... Do. 4th !'ref. s o k... Do. ao deferred...... GLlnchaPeuut.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 Do. January,'lB62 Gt. South.ot India(Lim zuaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Share... Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. C. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar.. 5 p. c. Do. lf p. C. Extensim 1 0.4 dn.. .. Do. Fifth Extension. e Rua- Ilelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. vt.w Brunswick et Cann. ClaaK A ..n 1 B N.lll.C'daB po Ist i t bth Soinde ...... ~.. I Du. Delhi Do. do g Do. Punjaub .... f g c t I Do. Do. .. ...... . .F:j 8[0(1 Indus. St. Flo. )I,ON 1A ,S Price. 62 64 l 5 U 6 1 p I P 4f 4 7 / 1 8 1"4 106 1 9 ilO 106 11 7 107 08 I*o 10 65 67 50 63 56 58 44 .6 40 44 34 33 2 i 28 22 24 106 iO7 " 1 1034 1044 121 13 71 71 100 1(2 93 5 104 luisP 97 98 94 :6 48 60 3 81 13 t( 6 :t7 ', 10441 103 i bP , fp 103 ) 1014 98 100 "Cu ' wr. ri 1;.c..11, 5.10 tr,77 -34 I p. c. Feb. & Au; ! Do. d jo. c. Mar.& Sep, Do. c p. c. Jan.&.July. Do. 5 Inscribed atoei spe G. H ope. A p c. Do.Ap & Oct. 18:41 Do. 189 !Do. Jan. & July, 1801. Ceylon, N0v.1 , 461. 6 p Mi•u itius per cent Na a G.,Y. d Fer cent ii.(i...v.6p.c..)a.5.Ju 1 6 p. c.Ap. & Oc. ,N. p Do. 5 p. tot ! Do. d0.,1888 (liupwd , New Zealand 6 p -, Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. i sterling, 1R75 Queensland Gov. 6p. '6. A tid Gtip.u. 1 870. AL up. - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul , Do. 1 , ", A T).401„t. 100 100 10 0 100 100 BRITISH Cambrian Consol. Gold littorut Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. ITavi st East Bassett ( !Hogan , East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Carn Brea... W'l Russel (Tavistk.; Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.), Great South ' 3. Wheal Vorafelston IGrenvi lie Herod's-Foot iingston Downs Lady Bertha Nlargaret (Uny Lelant Itlarke Valley.. tlyndy Iron Ore (Lim. New Setun •• North Downs h '1 tiassfq( It lo..;ait .corth Wheal Crotty ~ Par Consols (6t. Blazey, 'rovidence(Uny Lelnt. South Caradon(StCleer S. Cam Brea (Illogan) heat Fran. (Illomt Stray Park "PatnarSilv.6& Lead Min Tin Croit West Basset (thogan) W Caradon (Liskeard West Seton ... .• •• • Wheal Basset (Mogan S',.heal Buller( Redruth A heal Kitty (Li.Lelaul WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (14len ) Wheal 5et0n...... heal Trelawney Wheal Union 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 584 7 3.17 61 7 40 12 13 14 86 83 107 109 494 60a 47 49 244 254 1201 1211 1105 1201 134 136 101 103 66 (61 1081 ICBI 74;4.s 113 115 39i 40} 97 94 109 101 45 451 11 13i 123 i 1231 lip 91 93 50 52 24 26 98 93a 56 56 E. 6 87 116 118 1 1i 16 Ir} 11i nt 120 122 42 44 1(0 lor 48 tO 31 33 91 Oli 67 69 100 102 7 37 38 9 10 74 8 t, 149 151 4i 5 . 22 3i p - -PI 79 81 150 160 t '• , t Nei 1074 1 , 5 17 o 5 II? "6 C 8 ,C 9 11 113 115 114 116 112 114 111 112 11 112 iu6l 1,,71 101 102 loot 'nit 1004 101 110 112 1065 1075 1 113 111 113 108 110 1115 1)2 8i 15i 18i !50 180 17 18 5 5i PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 89} Great Western, Birmingham gu.. stock, 74 Midland, Leicester Pind Hitchin 4 p er et., tAi North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 91; PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 111 LINES LEASED AP FIXED RENTALS. Preston and Wyre, half shares A, 221 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 211 Eastern of France, 211 N. Rail of Buenos yres, gua. 7 per cent., (24), 31 Sambre and Meuse, 1(4 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper (Ern.). 9i3v,, 21 ,0 01 (Um), 24 Santa icarb i n t 1 4^Ad. Mine (lim.), St. John dcl Roy aim.), 55 1 Yudanarautana or S. A us t r • lia (11m.), 44 London n ( a li n m d .), L JOIN T-ST')CK 11ANKS. Australasia, 84 3 Bank of Egypt, a& A A l g li r a a n a c n e d ß il an n k iteci of Chartered Bank of British Columbia 8/ 9 Hindustan, hina, and Japan (11m.),'13} Imperial Bank (Bin.), 15 London Ch,rtered Bank of Australia, 271 Lonmin and Colonial Min.., 4 London and N irthern 3 4 Oriental Bank Corporation, 57 7 ',;ottoman Bank, 39 Ditto, new, 101 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi (lim.), 21 Standard of British South Africa (lim ), 94 Union of Australia, 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 33 Ditto, pref., 109 East I naia Cotton Agency (lim.), 4 4 Electric I,legraph, 1004 E glish and Australian Copper, 11 London Gen. nil ()iambus Company (11m.), 11 Oriental Inland Steam (lira.), 7 Peninsula and 0 lents i steam, 78 7 Qucbrada Land, Rail, ana Mining (lim.), 24 Royal Mail Steam, ((04 au Diemen's Laud. 14 The Charivari publishes a woodcut, in which Europe, as a female figure, is represented interroga ting severely an enormous Russian armed to the teeth. This later points to a diminitive child in the Polish chess and replies It is not my fault, I assure you. It is he W3O began. He is always maltreating me." OLD ABE'S LAST JOKE.—When our good PrEsi dent beard of the recent rebel raid at Fairfax, in which a brigadier-general and a number of valuable horses were captured, he gravely observed, " Well, I am sorry for the horses." " Surr, ror the horses, Mr. President!" ea ilaincd the Secreta , y of War, raising his spectacka and thr ming himself back in ids chair in astonishment. " Yea," redlied Mr. Lincoln, "I can make a brigadier-general in five minutes, but it is not so easy to replace 110 horses,"...- 2 ‘* York Zierald, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCEI 26, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. DIVORCE COURT. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Jury.) STONE V. STONE AND APPLETON. This was a petition presented by the husband, Captain Stone, an officer in the Indian army, for dissolution of mar riage. The co-respondent, Mr. Appleton, was a medical man, and it was alleged that the familiarity took place while Mrs. Stone was living at Budleigh-Salterton. The peti tioner asked for damages against the co-respondent, who had put in no answer to the allegations in the petition. The hearing of the cause was resumed this morning by the evidence of Mr. Webb and Mr. Northcote, the medi cal gentlemen who attended Mrs. Stone in her . onfinement. Mr, Casey was also examined, and said Appleton left the country, as far as he knew, in consequence of his being in debt. 60 491 Mr. Whighty Roberts, a magistrate in Cornwall, and an intimate friend of Captain Stone's family ; he also knew Mrs. Stone's family. He recollected being present at an interview on the 23d of December, 1860, when Messrs. Brag, Stevenson, and Bishop, were present. It took place in Mr. Bishop's office in Exeter. At the meeting it was arranged that Mrs. Stone should go into lodging. A con versaticn took place relative to the medical man who was to attend Mrs. Stone in her confinement. Mr. Kerslake objected to further examination on that point. Mr. Lopez Paid Mr. Bishop was ac ing for Mrs. Stone The Judge• Ordinary said the evidence as to that part of the case could not be received, unless it was proved in evi dence that one of the gentlemen were acting for Mrs. Stone. Mr, Lopez said be could not do that, and therefore he should not question the witness further. In cross-examination the witness said he was the person who paid Susan Harris the ss. a week as the representative of the petitioner's family. Mr. Lopez having read the letter written by Capt. Stone on the 10th of M ,rch, 1861, which was referred to in the opening of the case yesterday, said that was the case for the petitioner. Mr. Kerslake then procceeded to open the case on the part of the respondent, and said he trusted by the evidence he shoula call to give quite a different aspect to the case as it at present stood His learned friend had truly stated that this was a most painful case, for it would be attended with the most serious results either to Capt. or Mrs. Stone• It had been said the case against the co-respondent Appleton had been proved by his not putting in an answer to charges brought against him, but he thought the jury would not entertain that opinion. It was true that Appleton was eh sent, but tnen that absence was not occasioned by anything bearing upon this case, but by circumstances of a totally different nature. He hoped they would dismiss every Bug. gestion of any adultery by Mr. Appleton, because he was absent from England when the citation was issued, and al though the usual means, through advertisement, had been used without success to make him acquainted with the steps that were to be taken in this court against Mrs. Stone, he thought it was going too far to say that non-appearance implied admission of guilt. He could only regret that, after Captain Stone and his wife had passed the terrible mutiny in India, that such unfortunate differences should have arisen between them as to lead the husband to seek for re dress in this court. The learned counsel then proceeded to show that the intimacy between Captain Stone and Mr. Appleton was that of intimate friends, and when Captain Stone left England to return to India in 1859, he had left Mr. Appleton with a knowledge that his fai,nd Mr. Appleton was also the friend and medi cal adviser to his wife He then proceeded to anal}•se and commmont on the evidence that had been brought forward to establish the alleged adultery between Mrs. Stone and Mr. Appleton, and contended that nothing had been adduced wh ch, in the slightest manner, to prove the allegations in the petition. The learned gentleman then referred to a number of letters he intended to put in evidence, which would show that there was no pretence for Captain Stone bringing forward the charge of adultery against his wife. The case was proceeding when we wont to press, and as there are 10 or 12 witnesses to be called for the respondent, there is no chance of its conchoing to-day. 32; 2 01 ; 90; iiisi "mos dont 62 3 105 i 106 i 106 i II COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE LEWIS. This bankrupt was a draper in Clerkenwell, and this was a meeting for last examination. It appeared that the bankrupt had absconded, and, on surrendering, had been convicted of offences under the bankruptcy laws, and sentenced to penal servitude, but h , ,d a portion of his sentence remitted, and now applied to past. his last eyaraination. 101 i the Honour said there was nothing before him to show the accounts were correct. The solicitor to the assignees said that he believed they were the best the bankrupt could rbnier, and the assignees therefore did not oppose. Th bankrupt had given infxr mation might be beneficial to the creditors. His Honour—He oan pass. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Be, re Mr. Kerr.) 104 SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE" AT THE DK .JOHNSON-1 VISIT TO LONDON.-WILLIAMS V. STOCKER. ...._ . - -- - This was an action to recover for refreshments, Bcc., from May 9, to July 3, 1862, plaintiff being proprietor of the Dr. Johnson, and defendant, a young gentleman living with his Either at Wolverhampton. His Honour (reading through a monstrously long bill) — Pyramids, pyramids, and pyramids. Here is the most ex traordinary bill I ever saw. On cne day defendant had seven pyramids, on another four, and on another no less than eleven. One would think he had bought all the pyra mids of Egypt, (Laughter.) What on earth is a pyramid, and what could he want with so many ? Plaintiff—lt is a game at billiards. (Laughter.) His Honour —Well, defendant, and did you have all these pyramids, and brandies, whiskeys, grogs, and— well, upon my word I—champagne 2s. (Laughter.) The last item carries its own punishment with it. (Great laughter.) Defendant—l admit all the pyramids, but I deny all the other items prior to the 6th June. His Honour—Ah ! you dispute, then, very nearly all the bill ? 40 39 I Defendant—l admit from the 6th June. 100; i 107} j . His Honour—Even this on June 19th :—Four pyramids, bottle sherry, brandy, grogs, and I cannot tell what else ? Defendant—l do not see how plaintiff can sue here. He has sold the debt for 30s. to a man named Briant. The first bill he sent me did not nearly come to the present claim, 4s. I admit about Z 3, which I am willing to pay, and when I left London there was a carpet bag, and desk, and hat-box, which I left behind. There were cl.,thes and things in them, which would partially rub off the score. (Laughter,) His Honour—And a pretty long sum, toe, for billiards, brandy, and sherry. Plaintiff expressed his willingness to accept £4 3s. Bd. in full of all demands, and a verdiot passed for that sum. BRIANT V. STOCKER. This was an action against the same defendant to recover £5, money lent. Defendant—l do not owe the money, but will admit it to save dispute. Plaintiff—lt was lent him to get a bed and breakfast. Laughter.) Defendant—lt was not, but I do not wish to go into matters. His Honour—Ah : here is another billiard affair. Defendant—No; but I had rather not say anything. I came to London, stayed longer than I ought to have done, and-- His Honour (finishing the sentence)—Spent money most foolishly. 'Verdict for plaintiff. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. Edinburgh Newmarket Craven 6 Radcliffe Durham . 6 Knighton Catrerick Bridge 8 Abergaveuny .... 9 Liverpool Hunt C1ub....10 Thirsk ..14 Epsom Spring 16 Newmarket F. S 20 Llanboidy . 2l York Spring ~..28 z , alisbury .Y. Radcliffe iW anchester 27 Marlborough 29 Chester 5 Bath Harpenden l5 Epsom l9 Ascot 2 Newton .. 10 I Hampton ..10 Odiham l6 Bibury Club ......... l7 Ju. Beverley. l7 I Stockbridge lB chelmeford 23 Newcastle-on-Tyne 23 Carlisle 3O SLY. Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July 7 Liverpool... 13 Abingdon 14 Hungerford Pontefract Au , Brighton Brighton Club 6 I•ewes Wolverhampton .... Reading l2 York August lB Stamford ..16 Winchester 2l Nottingham 21 Cambridge Southampton. '22 Gocdwood 28 Devon and Exet er ... SEPT i Derby Summer 2 Warwick Leicester lO Doncaster 15 OCTi Coventry Newmarket S. 0 ..12 NOTE: Worcester 3 IRI API Athlone 21 Ju: Plymouth : 20 Egham 25 S , eck ton Oxtord Lichfield .... MBER. Brecon Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 MB R. Lincoln Autumn........ 20 Newmarket, Houghton ..26 MBER. I Shrewsbury Autumn....l7 Curragh ..............28 lE. Wicklow l7 I Curragh ........... 23 JULY. Bellewstown. Dowu Royal Corporation,23 1 FOLICE INTELLIGENCE,---This Day MARLBOROIGH-STREET. CAUTION TO BEER -SHOP KEEPERS.-Mr. Daniel Bard, the keeper of a beer-shop in High-street, St. Giles, attended to answer the complaint of the p ilice for keeping his house open for the sate of beer before the hour of one on Sunday afternoon. Sergeant Matthews, 13 F, deposed that at half past one on Sunday morning, the 15th inst., he went to the defen dant's house, and through a hole in the door he saw a man come down stairs and place two empty pots on the eounter, and then put down some money. Immediately after the pots were handed back full of beer to the man, who took them upstairs. He (the sergeant) then knocked at the door, upon which the gas was turned off. A voice from within said " Who's there P" and on replying "Police," he was admitted. Ott going into an upper room no one was there but the potman, but on opening the door leading to a back staircase a quart pot and three measures full of beer were round on the floor, and under the stairs and on the staircase five men. One of them had a quart measure full of beer in his hand, which he threw on the floor on seeing them (the sergeant and constable) The sergeant having been corroborrated by a constable, the defendant called a witness, but his evidence in no re spect altered the complexion of the case. The defendant was fined 20s. and costs. INCREASE OF POCKET-PICKING AT TIIE REGENT. CIRCUS.—Jane Rivers, a well-dressed female, said to be a married woman, but who refused her address, was charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to pick ladies' pockets in Regent-circus. Mr. Beard, of Basinghall-street, appeared for the pri soner. From the evidence of Sergeant White, 16 D, it appeared hat in consequence of numerous complaints of ladies hav ing their pockets picked at the Regent-circus, he was on duty there the previous afternoon, when seeing the prisoner in company with a woman whom he knew as a convicted thief, he watched them, and saw two other women join them. He then saw the prisoner twice put her left hand into edies' pockets, and seized her, upon which she said, "Don't show me up here; let me take your arm." He did so, and when in Cavendish-square, the prisoner said she would give him a sovereign she had in her pocket, and meet him at night and give him what he wanted if he would let her go. He took her to the station, and on being searched a diamond hoop ring, three sovereigns, and XI Os. 9d. in silver was found upon her. She refused her address. Mr. Beard said he could scarcely account for the priso ner's conduct, except that she had been L-d away by others. Übe husband was a man of some means, and he (Mr. Beard) was instructed that the prisoner left her home in the morn ing in a passion, having had some words with her hus band. Mr. Knox said he could hardly believe a woman in the prisoner's position would wear such a ring. Sergeant 'White said he thought it just probable, from inquiries he had made, that ihe ring really belonged to ,he prisoner. Remanded. Railways. Railway between Greenwich and Woolwich. Last night, at eight o'clock, a crowded public meeting of the inhabitants of Greenwich was held at the Literary Institution in that town, to consider the proposition of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company to provide railway communi cation between Peckham, Deptford, Greenwich, and Woolwich. The chair was occupied by Cap tain Routh, and on the platform were Mr. W. Angerstein, M.P.; Sir Cusack Roney, one of the directors ; and Mr. Holroyd, secretary of the company, with numerous influential residents of the locality. The CHAIRMAN at some length pointed out the great necessity which existed for ,railway commu nication between Greenwich and Woolwich and the peculiar advantages offered by the proposed line, which would pass through Greenwich Park by means of a tunnel, and therefore the objection previously made by the Admiralty, that the con stant transit of trains might injuriously affect the operations at the Royal Observatory, would be obviated. The population of the borough of Green wich amounted to 1 39,436, and the important towns of Greenwich and Woolwich were at present en tirely without railway communication. Mr. Hol royd, secretary of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, pointed out the details of the proposed railway, which would connect the townslof Green wich, Woolwich, and Deptford with the Victoria station, the Crystal Palace, the Metropolitan Rail way, and ultimately with the entire railway sys tem of the kingdom. Mr. LoVIBOND moved the following resolution : —" Tnat this meeting is of opinion that direct railway communication between Greenwich and Woolwich is of paramount impot tance to the inha bitants of this extensive borough—that the line proposed by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company is a desirable mode of effecting that communication, whilst it affords the important additional advantages of placing the towns of Green wich and Woolwich in connection with the prin cipal railweys north and south of the Thames ; and this meeting pledges itself to use every means in its power to support the bill promoted by that com pany.,, Mr. NOBLE seconded the motion. Mr. ANGERSTEIN, M.P., warmly supported the proposed railway, and trusted, for the sake of the prosperity of the district, that it would be carried out. The London, Chatham, and Dover Company had provided the means of transit to numerous im portant towns of that county, and he had every faith in its chairman and directors. Mr. ADAMS, amidst much confusion, contended that the South-Eastern Company had well attended to the wants of the district. (Cries of "No, no !") The speaker ultimately retired. After addresses from other speakers the resolution was adopted by a large majority. The following resolutions were then adopted That this meeting considers that station accom modation should be provided for Greenwich at Blackheath, Cronin's-hill, and Trafalgar-road." " That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the borough and county members, requesting them to support the project in Parliament." After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meet ng separated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. 1863. 1862. 1803. 1862. £ £ 1,0(9 1,817 640 612 1,457 8 5,182 5,601 15,162 14;;54 2.0 2 5 314 319 190 101 352 280 1,4,7 1,203 236 123 1,107 1,294 1, 12 1,560 2,0,8 1,323 1,014 1,00.1 7,119 6,801 Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Blyth and Tync 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter 1214 167 Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington Bl 81 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackroek, & Passage 6 6} Cork and Youghal . 321 27 Cornwall Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 4Bl 481 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 Edinburgh and Glasgow l69} 164 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5 Glasgow & South-Western 198 198 Gt. Eastern, isirtk.,&E.Union .4reat Northern 330 330 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 t. Northn. At Westn. (Irel.) 7ll t.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 320 329 Great Western 092 584* Inverness & Aberdeen June.— 73} 73a Irish North-Western 145 130 Irish South-Eastern 251 251 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 3954 Limerick and Ennis... 24 244 Limerick and Foynes 2 64 26 Llanelly 46 48 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5 5 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 247 2111 London, Chatham, & Dover 724 724 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 94 91 Ilaryport and Carlisle 2B 28 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) B3O Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2191 Monkland 7l Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and New. & Car 8944 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton... 42 Rhymney l9l St. Helen's Canal & R a il wa y 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern 1321 Somerset and Dorset 39 South Devon South-Eastern 306 Stockton and Darlington Taft Vale 5l Ulster 5l Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 251 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 W. Hartlepool H arbr. & Rai L _ 39 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 Whitehaven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun B5 2,64 2,208 8,495 7,2,33 27,061 25,1.5 23,617 24,4 •1 1,C32 1,62 570 261 7.141 7,140 52,352 51,012 833 62! 1,8.8 1,583 303 327 24,360 30.259 211 It 3 205 140 543 624 80,561 77,676 2,011 1,305 20.381 15.653 16,167 11,801 3,122 1,594 1 697 9.0 14075 13,464 1,203 9 , 8 1,243 1,007 - 2,560 6141 39,134 36,709 1921 4,932 440 71} 1,376 1,579 44 2,258 2,528 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 345} 12,283 10,600 864 39,428 38,815 9 3,242 2,833 252 7,306 7.234 42 860 606 19# 9110 918 52 1,881 2,063 56 2,938 2,833 1321 4,851 4,556 39i 401 244 75} 3.114 3,057 306 18,283 15,528 161 8,5.4 8,061 54 4,710 5,229 51 1,837 1,698 10 129 158 251 1,546 2,176 31 411 341 77 1,218 1,427 2711 717 687 89 8,497 3,445 7 666 401 12 855 584 35 803 561 Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Belgian Eastern Junction 264 Buffalo and Lake Huron 1611• Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern of France lO7B East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1099 Great Indian Peninsula C.S Great Luxembourg l3l Great Western of Canada 345 llad rid, Saragossa SzAlicant 4dig Northern of Canada Northern of France 7Ol Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. _ __ _ .48i 52 1,123 1,032 828 31,662 33,960 21 275 240 1814 2,304 2,009 185 4,785 1,56 c 108 t 3,735 63 1060 46,732 58, 3, 0 4 8 5614 16,903 13,v41 1 , 90 18,536 18,04 4371 8,900 4,795 134 4,: 04 3,'03 345 14.910 10, G - 3 435 15,978 12,587 94 1,941 680 - 96,181 44 9.2 £42 40 1351 116,542 114,857 1204 64,292 55,*3 1,309 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.... 1491 Paris'onll Orleans 1340 'ernambuco 77t Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse South Austrian Southern of France 777 Welland... .... 25 West Flanders ..... 75 W. and N.W. of France 758 69 515 474 68 1,468 1,153 1:J30 49,709 47,818 777 21, 00 23,582 25 - - 75 904 809 758 35,510 28,030 EFFECT OF COLOUR ON DISEASE.—The power of colours over diseases, once supposed to exist may be considered as a branch of sympathetic medicine. White substances were considered refrigerant, and red ones Bating. Red flowers were given for diseases of the blood, and yellow ones for the bile. In small-pox, red coverings, bed-curtains, &c., were used to bring out the eruption. The patient was only to look at red substances, and his drink was coloured red. The physi cian of Edward IL treated the king's son successfully by this rule; and, as lately as 1765, the Emperor Francis 1., when sick of the smallpox, was, by order of his physi cians, rolled up in a scarlet cloth, but he died notwith• standing. Flannel, nine times died blue, was used for glandular swellings. To this day the tradition remains that, certain colours are good for certain disorders. t housands of people believe that red flannel is better than white for rheumatism. A red string worn round the neck is a com mon preventive of nose-bleed,---Once a Week. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BILLIARD MATCHES —The selection of gentlemen to represent the Universities in these important encounters has been de finitely arranged, although, as in the case of the boats' crews, not without considerable difficulty. it appears Mr. Stokes, the champion of last year, had been practising for the single match; but, at the eleventh hour, in conse quenee of the failure of his sight, he has been compelled to give way to Mr. Ward, of Exeter College, the winner of the cue at Oxford, who s% ill have as his partner Mr. Chatn berlsyne, of Magdalen College, the next bee , performer in the tournament. Cambridge will be represented by Messrs. Fayne (St. Peter's College) and Home (St. John's College), the former gentleman, who played last yea*, being selected for the single game. The matches will take place at eight o'clock on the evenings of Friday and Saturday next, the double game of 500 up on the first evening, and the single of 500 up on Saturday evening, at Mr. Roberts' large room, Saville House, Leicester •square, and we understand be marked, as before, by " Jonathan," whose services will be retained for both occasions. M. Calzado lodged an appeal on Saturday last against the sentence pronounced on him that morning by the President of tho Sixth Chamber of the Police Court. M. Calzado, who was arrested immediately after his con viction and lodged at the Prefecture of Police, is now con fined in the prison of Kum WESTMINSTER. JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—Joseph Foot, a ragged little urchin of 14, was charged with being concerned, with two other, not in custody, in stealing a door mat from St. Mar gat et's Rector) Schools, Tothill-street, Westminster, the property of the Rev. William Cureton. George Green, a fireman, living in Dean-street, 'West minster, said he was passing the schools, which are situated in a very busy part of Westminster, where there is consi derable traffic, yesterday evening, and saw the prisoner and two other boys dragging the mat from the school-room door along Tothill-street. They had gone about a dozen yards when he stopped the prisoner, and gave him over to the custody of a policeman, the others escaping, The police intimated that it a remand were granted, they would no doubt be able to capture the other boys. Mr. Sate inquired whether the accused had been in cus tody before ? Denis, the gaoler, said he had not long since been charged with felony. At that time, also, he was in the company of some other boys. The prisoner denied that he had been "in trouble" be fore, and, as umal, said " the other boys did it," Mr. Selte remanded him till Tuesday, in order that his companiGns might be taken. MARKE TS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 45s Od ; ' , ariey, 36s Ad ; oats, 21s 6d; rye, 3.5 s Ild ; beans, 3is 7d; Ind peas, 34s 6d. THE SIX. WEEKS' A:TRAGER. - Wheat, 46s ld ; arley, 36s 6d ; oats, 21s 8d ; rye, 33s 6d ; beans, 36s 2d ; Jeas, 36s 9d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 5 0 ,730; barley, 37,917; oats, 13,736; rye, 92.; beans, 4,072; peas, 6 t 2 qrs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was seasonably well supplied with beasts as to number, and their general quality was tolerably good. All breeds met a dull inquiry, and in some instances prices were 2d per 81bs lower than on Monday, the best Scots having sold at 4s 8d per Blbs. Sheep, the show of which was moderate, sold heavily, and the currencies had a , iro ping tendency. The extreme value of the best old Downs in the wool was 68 ; of the wool, 5s 2d per 81bs. The lamb trade was tolerably active at full prices—viz , from 7s 4d to 8s per 81bs. About 120 lambs came to band from the Isle of Wight. Calves were dull, at Monday's reduc tion, and the value of pigs was with ancuity supported. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. ;rse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 4 ; Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 6 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 ' Pale. S' thdown d 0.5 '.• 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4! Large orse. calve. 4 2 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 5 0 6 4 Jrse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 0 4 8 Small porkers 4 64 8 Lambs, 7s 4d to 8s Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows 132 / SheeP Sheep and Jambs— . 4,880 / Calves Calves .. - Pigs. 312 / MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are on the incre ase , an d t h e trade rules heavy , a t drooping prices ..—Beef, from 3s Od to 46 Od , mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; an d pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 2 5.—The supplies of stock were moderately good, and the t ra d e ru l e d heavy, at drooping prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d • mu tton, 3s 10d to 5s 10d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4 s 6d ; an d pork, is Gd to 48 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 25.—Each kind of stock moved off slowly as follaws : —Beef, from 3s 6d to 45 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od ; lamb, 78 OA to 7s 6d . veal, Rs 8d to 4s 6d ; pork, 38 8d to 48 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 10s to 18r; quarter-old store pigs, £l4 Oa to £lB Os each. 208 to 28s; and milch cows, HAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs; and straW, £1 10s to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND..—Meadow hay £2 2s to £4 4s ; clove , do., £3 lOs to £5 8 s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £l. 168 per load. A slow trade. WHITEcHAPEL.--Meadow hay , £2 Os to £4 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 108 ; and straw, 1 10:. to £1 16s per load. Trade heavy. ' Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (RETJTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, March 26. No change. About 4,000 bales. Imports, 6,434. Previously, 35,953. SHIPPING T This Day, (EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Sovenir, from Guernsey; Maria, from Helsing borg. Sailed—Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Rain bow, for Boulogne; Zealand, for Konigsberg; Selene and Tamise, steimcre for Paris ; Flying Foam, f:r Pernambuco; Richard and William, for Lagos; Ceres, for Melbourne; 6eringapatam, for Newcastle; Constance, f or M arseilles. DEAL, Thursday:Morning. Passed—Weymouth, from London, for Shanghae. Sailed—Adriatic, for New York; Coma On, for Hull; Dctrcit, for Hamburg. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ‘uKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Apr. 18 via Marseilles .......A pr. 12. &Lull and Cape Verde, by British p ac k e t . Apr. 6 cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Apr. 1. Uhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Apr. 4. via Marseilles ...Mar. 29. Falkland Islands ... .. ............. Apr. 6 iibraltar, via Southampton ..................Mar. 28. Lahti (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Apr. 4 -- via Marseilles.... Mar. 29. India (Bombay), via Southampton ............ Mar. 28 via Marseilles........ tpr. 4. Portuga 1.... \lulu, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 28. via Marseilles Mar. 29 Newfoundland .................. Apr. 1. :)porto end Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Apr. 1. by I.J.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Mar. 27. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Apr. 10. Bahamas, via New York .................. Apr. 9. Mexico Mar. 31. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, j 3l, California, and British Columbia.. ..........Mar . BANKRUPTCY COURT COMPENSATIONS--By a return issued yesterday, it appears that Parliament will be required to vote £5,000 for the current year, against £24,237 last year, as compensation to the Court of Bank ruptcy, TJST. 66k 1 k 971 101 1001 45 I 13 12/ 131 1231 1 4,2 i 2 A NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE THRONE OF GREECE. (From the Timcs.) The talents of the Coburgs have been conspicuous. King Leopold, the late Prince Consort, and tht present Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha have been mei much above the ordinary standard. They have hoc' great opportunities, and have known how to uet them. Neither the Prince Consort nor the King of Portugal could, without offence, have taken a share in the politics of England and Portugal unless they had been gifted with much prudence and circum spection. No one who studies their history wit , believe that they and their kinsmen have merely had greatness thrust upon them. But, on the other hand, it cannot be doubted that they owe all to the excellent start which Prince Leopold's good fortunt gave their houee. Had it not been for the elevation of-the young soldier to the highest station in Eng land, the Coburgs, instead of planting dynasties everywhere, might have been to more than any of the five-and-thirty German reigning families, or the multitude of Princely and Serene, but mecliatised personages who are scattered through the land. But when Leopold became an English Prince, and his sister was the mother of the heiress presumptive to the British Throne, the path to greatness was open to the enterprise of the family. How much one success leads to another in princely life has been shown in their history, and we have adverted to it because, if report speaks true, another which a few years since, was of hardly more account in Europe, is at this moment entering on a similar career. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, whom poets are fabling to be a child of the Sea Kings, is the daughter of Prince Christian of the house of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg-Glucksburg, who was himselt but a few years ago a long way from the succession to the Danish Crown. It was not until after the Battle of Istedt and the reference of the Danish question to the great Powers, that the succession was settled on Prince Chris tian and his male heirs by the Treaty of May 8, 1852, and even after this there was so much dissatisfaction at the claim of Russia to succeed to a portion of the monarchy that the law was not finally settled until the summer of 1853, when Prince Christian and his family received the ' title of Royal Highness, Thus, the Royalty of our Princess's family is less than 10 years old, and cor responds more to a span-new Peerage than anything that we are accustomed to associate with continental monarchy. But see how soon in these days a grand posit'on may be achieved. We understand that the first result of the late auspicious marriage is that Prince William, brother to her Royal Highness, will be recommended to the Greek nation for their King. The Prince is a little younger than Prince Alfred, having been born on the 24th Dec., 1845. He is also a sailor, which will, no doubt, be a re commendation to him in the eyes of so maritime a people. He is also a non Catholic, which is essen tial to the success of a ruler at Athens; and being so young and closely connected with a Constitu tional Court there is every reason to believe that he may become a prudent and serviceable King. It is to be hoped that the Greeks will close with this offer, which is the best they are ever likely to re ceive.. Toe brother of a prospective King of Den mark and of a Queen of England is a personage more illustrious than is likely soon to be proposed to a country which has so little to offer in return. Of course there is more than one personage to con sult. So far as we can learn, the Prince's family and the British Government have consented to the recommendation, and we can hardly presume that the King of Denmark will offer any objection, un less it be on the ground that Prince William stands in the same relation to the Danish monarchy as Prince Alfred to that of England—that he is the second brother to the heir to the Throne, and may, perhaps, himself be called upon to govern. But this contingency ought not to stand in the way of Prince Witliam's fortunes, for in the case of Prince Alfred it would certainly not have been so strougly urged had there not been other weighty reasons which do not exist in the case of a Danish Prince. Nor can the other Powers of Europe have any f ult to find with the candidate whom the British Government will present for the choice of the Greek people. The Danish family is on the most friendly terms with the Czar, with whom it is connected by relationship not very re mote ; and France can have no reason for objecting to a Prince whose parent state can never be powerful enough to exercise an inconvenient influeLce in the East. rITEPERIAL PARL 'UMMT ROUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at ten minutes after twelve o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Nottingham Gas, Rugby Water, Scar borough Water, and Norwich Poor. PETITIONS. By Mr. Ccx, from Clerkenwell, praying that the 4cl. coal tax might he paid over to the Metropolitan Board of - Works, 41so in favour of the removal of the turnpike gates in and near the metropolis; Mr. M‘Meriox and Colonel DVNNE, trom various places in Ireland in favour of the Salmon Fisheries Bill. DISTRESS IN THE COTTON DISTRICTS. Mr. POTTER gave notice that after Easter he should move for a select committee to inquire into the state of tin cotton manufacturing districts, and how the poor law and relief funds had been administered therein; also to eport as to the policy ofaiopting emigration as a means of relief. (Hear, hear.) DISTRESS IN IRELAND. At the request of Sir ROBERT PEEL, Air. Scully post poned his motion on this subject until after Easter. PILOTAGE. On the motion of Mr. INGHAM, the following return was ordered—Return of the payments at the several ports of the United Kingdom, for the year 1860, as indemnity for the abolition of differential duties on pilotage, distinguish ing the sums paid at each port for sea and river pilotage respectively. SIERRA LEONE (MR. FITZJAMES). On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK, a return was ordered for copies of or extracts from all papers relating to or connected with the appointment of Mr. Fitzjames to the offices of Queen's Advocate and police magistrate in the cilony of Sierra Leone, and all papers relating to or con nected with the dismissal of Mr. Fitzjames from the said offices. SALMON FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL. The adjourned debate, on the motion for going into com mittee, was resumed by Mr. CONOLLY, who opposed the bill, on the ground that it would entirely unsettle the value of property which had been purchased in the Encumbered Estates Court, and otherwise all certain privileges secured to the owners by the act of 1842. He admitted that there were evils in the present system which he should be happy to see remedied, but the measure of the honour able member for Wexford (Mr. M'Mahon) was of far too sweeping a nature, and would utterly destroy property of the annual value of £lOO,OOO. The fisheries in all the rivers in Ireland were in a good and progressive state, and the interference with them proposed by this bill would be wanton and unjust. The hon. gentleman submitted statistics in support of his assertion. Many important rights held without dispute from time immemorial would be now, for the first time, abrogated if the bill was passed into a law; indeed, it could not be passed without the insertion of a clause to afford compensation to those whose property in the fisheries would be damaged. It was a curious cir cumstance that cot and rod fishers had increased, and they were the parties who would be most benefited by the bill. The hon. and learned gentleman had evinced great assi duity in bringing the subject forward, and as he could not possibly desire to commit injustice, he ventured to suggest that he should consent to the amendment, and thus have the bill referred to a select committee, so that the rights of the landowners and others might be properly investigated and determined. Col. WHITE suggested that it would be well to refer the subject to ten Irish members, who, he doubted not, would be able to frame a bill which, probably, the Govern ment would not be indisposed to adopt. (Hear, hear.) In order to afford the hon. and learned gentleman an oppor tunity of adopting his suggestion he begged to move the adjournment of the debate (Divide, divide.) Mr. LO N GFIE LD supported the bill on the ground that stone weirs and stake and bag nets, so many of which were permitted by the Act of 1842, were a violation of the rights of the public, and, besides, materially tended to destroy the propagation of fish. The legislation of 1842 was hurried, and the e , raucous course then taken should be at once cor rected by the passing of the present measure. The Law Courts had over and over again asserted that the use of these " infernal machines"—for so he was justified in styling these Irish traps—was opposed to the law, but the owners were too : powerful to be dispossessed by the poor people whose livings were thus taken away by them— the cry of the poor peasant against the peer had not pre vailed. The rights of the people of Ireland in these fisheries could not be safely left to the Treasury benches, fur hon. members thereon knew nothing about them, and besides some of them, like the hon. and gallant member (Colonel White), were interested in the fisheries ; so that the poor fishermen and the pnblic had little to ex pect except from the House of Commons in its collective capacity. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MACDONOGH said the question was a very im portant one to the nation at large, and should be treated in a judicial spirit. He had nu personal interest of any kind in the subject before the house, save the protection of the salmon fisheries of Ireland for the• service of the public, and after listening to all the speeches delivered during the two debates, he had deliberately arrived at the opinion that it would be best to refer the bill to a select committee, for investigation should precede any further legislation. Many of the fi-hery rights.which would be destroyed by this bill had existed for hundreds of years, and been often sold and resold with the land on which thee abutted. These rights could not be destroyed without compensation being afforded to the owners. The subject should be approached without temper, and with a desire to deal fairly between all the parties interested. A fair compromise would doubtless be acceptable, and it would be well that a measure dealing with the subject should be conducted under the auspices of the right honourable baronet (Sir Robert Peel). H e quoted figures to show that the export of salmon from Ireland had materially increased during the last two or three years. He deprecated the introduction of per sonalities into these debates, and held that the assertion that men of the highest honour and fame who had seats in the various committees which had investigated this sub ject bad all been actuated by personal motives was en tirely untenable, and, moreover, unjust. (Hear.) The balance of all testimony was in favour of past legislation. He denied that the laws of England and Scotland with respect to salmon rivers could be applied to those of Ire land, on account of their great dissimilarity. (Divide.) Mr. ESMONDE supported the amendment to refer the subject to a select committee, not with the view of creat ing delay, but simply on the score of justice, and in the earnest hope that the subject would be properly taken up by her Majesty's Government, and brought to a satisfactory termination with the least possible delay. Mr, GEORGE considered that the bill, if passed, would commit a series of acts of spoliation. The law was, how ever, in a state of ccnfusion, and it was the duty of the Government to bring in a measure that would be acceptable to all parties. The present bill would not work justly. Lord FERMOY stigmatised the conduct of the hon. and learned member (Mr. Longfield) in impugning the motives of the living and the dead for the part they took in past legislation. It was exceedingly bad taste to attribute cor rupt motives to hon. members connected with these fisheries. There were several eminent lawyers in the former commit tee who would certainly not bear an unfavourable compari son with the hon. and learned member. (Hear, and laughter.) The bill of 1842 was a compromise, and was not passed in a hurry, but after much examination by a c.omrsitt e up stairs and full discussion in that h ouse . (Hear.) It was said that the committee of 18j2 did not take the evidence of the parties interested ; but the fact was, that none of the par ties connected with the fishing interest expressed a desire to be examined. The fact was, that all parties had the utmost confidence in the committee. If, as was said by some hon. members, stake and bag nets were illegal in the rivers and estuaries, why did they not put the law in force instead of seeking a new one. Let the hon. and learned member for Mallow (Mr. Longfield)—if he had faith in his own interpretation of the with the Shannon. He had the means, and he was sure he did not lack the courage. The bill before the house would not, in his oeinien, increase the quantity of salmon. A compromise would be the best mode to adopt in this business, and this could only be properly effected by the Government. By good legislation they could have in a few years 100 salmon where there was but one now. (Hear.) He d the Government, therefore, to take the matter up. On a re-assurance of this kind—that as a Government they would deal with the matter—be would withdraw his amendment. All rational people in Irelapd would support the Government in legislating in this wise on the matter. Mr. WHITESIDE hoped the debate would take a prac tical turn, It was the object of both sides of the house to produce as many salmon as possible. What should they do ? A select committee would be a tedious affair. He ventured, therefore, to suggest that th e r i g h t h on. b aronet (-ir R. Peel) should, during the recess, address himself to the bill, so as to endeavour to reader it acceptable to both sides of the house when they meet again after the holiday:. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. BRUCE hoped the Government would take the bill in hand and reconstruct it in the way suggested. But if not, that the noble lord (Lord Naas) would take the bill out of the hands of the hon. and learned member for Wexford and bring his great experience in connection with the Go vernment of Ireland to bear upon the question. (Hear, hear.) The measure, as it stood, was most objectionable, rights,tionable and would, if passed, confiscate many ancient (Divide, divide.) Colonel VANDELEUR avowed himself as a proprietor of the lower Shannon, though he derived little advantage from it, and deprecated those attempts year after year to wrest property from persona, the ownership of which had been confirmed by Acts of Parliament. If they had in any way violated the law, let its provisions be rigidly enforced. It appeared, however, that the hon. member for Mallow (Mr. Longfield) was not so disinterested in this matter as he appeared to desire should be believed, because not long since he got a petition presented to the house praying that a road might be knocked through the Duke of Devonshire's estate at Lismore, which would have greatly benefited the hon. and learned member. (Hear, hea r .) Col. DUNNE said they were wasting their own time and that of the country in these discussions. (Hear.) No progress had been made. It would be well to refer the matter to a committee composed partly of Irish and Eng lisb members, as suggested by the hon, and gallant mem ber (Col. White). THE HEALTH OF GARIBLADI.—A correspondent Mr. HASSA RD rose amidst cries of " Divide." It would be well, he thought, to adjourn the debate in order of the Sleek, writing from Turin on the 21st inst., to give time to consider what would be the best course to says •.—" Garibaldi's health engrosses us all here; it is adopt with respect to the measure. certain that the alarming news which have bee". dissemi- Mr. MONSELL agreed with the hon. and gallant mem nated by several journals were exaggerated, but it is not ber who last spoke. No measure, , to . be effectual, could be less certain that his recovery is excessively slow, and that used during .Would ent seesion without the aid of the flovernment,the right hon. baronet take charge of at this moment it makes no progress. I am told that the such a bill ? General intends to quit Caprera very shortly, and take up It now bring a quarter to six o'clock, the _illeetees,i?n his abode on the main land. It would assuredly have been was brought to a close, and the debab.N t sc° .mo r a rro m w g . ' rules of the house, was adjourned entd he more prudent to recommend him to go to Naples or Sicily, SUNDERLAND DOCKS WEIR NAVIGATION 'TAMP nu 11ES ON PROXIES). by which means he would evidently have diminished his rheumatism. Caprera, situated i n t h e m id s t o f t h e M e di - The house o b rt b e went into committee, and th e bi ll was eportedHlP LAW AMENDMEN T BILL. terranean, is naturally a damp place, where the mists ,of ""rgiPART the sea accumulate. N o wonder, therefore, that Ged . " l- : This bill, on the motion of Mr. SCHOLEFI E L D, was The foo t and order e d to b e ref erre d to a se l ect committee. is always suffering f rom r h euma ti c Pal"' „ling and the closing of The Inclo sure Bill was read a third time and passed. the leg being still inflamed, the the wound are The house adjourned a t 10 m i nutes to six o'clock. As to the Greeks themselves, they must be anxious to put an end to the present interregnum. The state of the country is at present one of anarchy —not anarchy in the worst sense of the word, but of a kind sufficiently dangerous to make all prudent men desirous of filling the throne as soon as possible. The finances of the kingdom are in confusion, and must remain so as long as there is only a Provisional Government, without the power to enforce taxation, or the reputation which can inspire confidence in the minds of foreign capitalists. Although the Govern ment has given very praiseworthy signs of Et desire to economise, yet these savings can effect little unless the permanent ruler of the country be at once installed, and its institutions take the form which European Governments believe to be neces sary for national progress. In Prince William the Greeks will have a King almost as closely connected with English Royalty as Prince Alfred himself, and when they have elected him they will be in a posi tion to claim the fulfilment of England's promise to cede to them the lonian Islands. It would be strange if, with all these advantages, they should hesitate to approve the candidate whom the Eng lish nation presents to them. But there is another report, which, if true, com pletes the triumph of the Danish family. It is that the Princess D gmar, who is now in her sixteenth year, is to be Effiinced to the Cesarewitch Nicholas, •.% ho is of about the same age. Such a series of events, which would place on thrones prevent or future four of the children of a Prince who, but a tew years ago, was not even in the front rank of European personages, wou d be certainly a singular instance of Fortune's favours. But it is thus that he goddess acts, end we may be glad that in this case her blessings would be showered on a family which all allow to be eminently worthy of the highest stations to which they may be called. INNISKILLING DRAGOONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE sing. your report of the question which I asked the Secretary of War on Monday night with reference to the late court-martial in the Inniskilling Dragoons, and the death of the late Regimental Sergeant-Major Lilley, lam made to say, " It appeared that the death of the sergeant major arose from an excessive use of ardent spirits, rather than from confinement." What I said was that a state ment to that effect had appeared in a general order of his Excellency Sir Hugh Rose, the Commander-in-Chief in India, and I wanted to be informed if its truth had been inquired into. I am now in a position to state that it has been proved to the satisfaction of H.R.H. the Commander in•Chief that the charge made against Sergeant-Major Lilley in the general order above referred to was entirely groundless, and I can add from my own knowledge, as well as from what I have been told by officers who have lately served, and by others who are still serving in the Innis killing Dragoons, that there was not in the British army a more upright, truthful, sober, well-conducted man, or a better soldier, than the late Regimental Sergeant-Major Lilley, or one more respected by both officers and men of his reisiment.-1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, ME RVYN ARCH D ALL, Late Captain, Inniskilling Dragoons. cts. tricts 1 to the rued in- ome pre e to our or can er P'' men the ir VO t of iedy men 'hen are elief aura rued will use the aoso Idly aide the the ian. cial Detl- wns r as who , ss its Etve, •sse3 be- •ea t of we phe the wee nef e'er iad )ed ro- se, ng es, 1 I ad ws we of ud 1Q 100 'lOO 2 , t o tit 2.4.9 1k 16.1-.91 28.9. 100 5.1.0 100 28 30 43 44 35 37 99 101 1. 11;:. 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