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

MONEY MARKET AND CGraMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is an active demand for discount accom• modation in the open market and at the Bank of England, and full rates are everywhere required. Business is expected to continue on an extensive scale until after the 4th of the month. Daring the last few days there has not been much animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. The unfavourable and foggy weather has prevented the inspection of samples of most of the principal staples. Sugar, however, is held for full rates, while fine qualities of colonial coffee are in demand, in consequence of the small quantity on cffer. Rice has been at steady rates, while a more cheerful tone has prevailed in the tallow market, quotations generally exhibiting an upward ten dency. The directors of the Auction Mart attended yes terday to receive and open the tenders of the pro perty, the highest amount being £115,255 10s. 6d., which was accepted. At the first general meeting to-day of the share holders of the International Financial Society the report presented by the directors was unanimously 'adopted, and a dividend equal to 25 per cent. per annum declared, The accounts embrace the opera tions of the society to the end of December last, and the profit realised, after deducting all expenses amounted to £199,950 18s. 11d. This sum was applied as follows :--lst, £19,931 10s. ld. to pay ment of interest at 5 per cent, per annum on the called-up capital, in conformity with clause N 0.154 of the articles of the association; 2d, £77,568 9s. 11d. to bonus, to make, together with the above interest, a dividend of 13s. per share, free of income tax; equal in all to 25 per cent. per annum ; 3d, £lB,OOO 19e. sd. to reserve fund, in conformity with clause No. 25 of said articles. This, after deducting the necessary amounts for directors' commission, and income tax on the dividend, will leave a balance of £76,680 193. 53. to be carried forward to new ac count, which balance, together with the amount of £lB,OOO 193. 53. placed to reserve fund, leaves a total of £94,681 18s. 10d. undivided. The Queensland Sheep Investment Company has bee❑ intrOduced under the auspices of the Mercan tile Credit Association. The capital is £400,000 in 10,000 shares of £4O each. The directors are highly respectable, and the undertaking is formed with the object of enabling English capitalists to avail them selves of the eligible opportunities which are offered for investment in the colony of Queensland by sheep farming operations. Arrangements have been made for the purchase of stations on the Darling Downs, now in full operation, comprising an area of up wards of 1,500 square miles, with the sheep and cattle thereon ; the vendors taking payment for a considerable portion of the purchase in the shares of the company. Business, which can at once be commenced, is calculated to pay an early and satis factory dividend, irrespective of the accumulated profit to be derived from the increase of the breed ing flocks, which, in ordinary seasons, may be esti mated at 80 per cent. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66€. 25e. to 66f. 20c. Very fiat. A. further decline of per cent. has taken place in the market for Consols, which are now quoted 904 91 for money, and 91k for the account. This progressive depreciation is attributable to specula tive sales, conscquent upon the unfavourable feeling relative to the Danish war, and the complications to which it may yet give rise. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 901 91 ; Exchequer Bills, ss. to ls. dis. ; and Bank Stock is firm at 237 238 i. India Stock is 217 218 ; ditto 5 per Cents. are steady at 1041-, ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents. at 1051 106. A general downward movement has taken place in the value of the principal speculations. Foreign Securities are on sale on Continental account, and business is not very active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69 ; do. Consolides, 501 ; Mexican, 421 ; Greek, 22, 3 i s ; Spanish Passive, 357 a ; do. Cer tificates, 131 14 ; Portuguese, 471 481; 66H ; and the Confederate Loan, 42 41 ex. div. end drawing. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been very limited,and prices in some instances have been a shade flatter. Bristol and Exeter and Metropolitan have receded 55., and Great Northern A stock, Brighton, North-Western and Midland 10s. The Foreign and colonial lines show little change of importance. _ _ Bank and Miscellaneous shares continue in fair request, and generally support former rates. Im perial Financial shares are quoted 41 5 prem. ; Mauritius Credit -I 1 prem. ; National Shipping par tot prem., and Australian Shipping 81 94 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, March 5 9lk 1 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent 9l 904 1 A anuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i & 3 per Cent 5 1 die Lank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr 237 81 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874.... 218 17 Ditto Account • • -- Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 105 k 6 Ditto 5} per Cent., May, 1879 .. D. t to londs.tl,ooo Dittduncler £l,OOO Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1806 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 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 (;Lilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 4} pei Cent Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 132 Egyptian 7 per Cent 99 2 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian:6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexioan 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 421 1 11 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Nc-tw 21 per Cent. Jan. 1591.... — Peruvian 41 per Cent _ :i.!itto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Tiodmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. '2sf — Ditto Scrip (1863) £4285.30. paid — Pm Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto .Account.. — ' Ditto 73 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 _ TilDitte Account 482 71 lt ,'.gir.n 5 per Cent., 1822,'L St 9O Aiit - a ) 4k per Cent 1850 ... - sari,i!to. sper Cent, 1862 Liman 6 er Cent Ditto k aiptx 3 Account Ditto A per Cent islecount Ditto A:7 Deferred Ditto ili tto p °lint — aamve Ditto Accou nt. __ Span.iii Cert. of Coup .. not funded 36 151 11; tto Account, TtyJkish 6 per Cen. . 186 i ll l 11 Ditto Account .. ...... 911 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .... . oitto Account ......... Ditto £lOO 80nd5...., ,- - o D . itto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto A : - , t ....... . account .................. Co Ditto, £lOO •Bonds 691 Venezuela 3 per Cent. • ............ ditto Account .......... I )itlo GperCent., 1832 . • Ditto Account 59/ Dividends on tho above prlYable. in Loni ‘n. Melgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil French Rentes, 41 per Cont., Ex. 25 f.• • • Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1661, Ex. francs -- •Ditto account.~,. Peruvi an Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct.Ex 4s. THREE 0' CLocx, olcola Money ............... 91 Ditt0....... Acc0unt........ ISEARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO.R.S. ------ _ II ailWap. p „Li . Closing, I Business Share ! ''' "'" I Price. done. - -1.---- -------- 13.11. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 81 25 1 Blythe and Tyne. 10 itost.,SleaL,andMid.Co all e* at Bristol and Exeter at Caleden'an lOO 120 121 50 Cork and Bandon all 2 0 Cornwall all 61 71 10 Do A A. gets no div 1) all 10 Do. B till Gp c.p an.lias, i all been paid to 11. 50 Dublin & Belfast June.' all 3 7 30 25 Itun„PertliotAb. June, all 1 0 17 st lEdinturgh & Glasgow.: 100 344 951 at Glacg. and S. Western., 1 00 106 108 st :GreatEastcrn, Ord. stk 100 57ft 81 43 71 at Ditto A stock , 100 47 40 at Ditto East Angilan se 100 7 0 at IGreatNorthof Scotlandi 100 at :Great Northern ......• at Do A stock at Do 11 do St ,Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland 100 95 97 at ;Great Western at Do Str Val glut. stock 100 et Lancashire tit Yorkshire 100 It (20 11 0 1 109 1 10 at London and Blackwall 100 72 71 et Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 ') 104 106 ; I 104 et Lou., Chat., and Dover 100 .9 41 414 4 et Lou!. & North Western 100 110 1;04 1034 St ILon. & Sw.th Western 100 1 101 104 st Man., Shef., ,t Lincoln. 100 511 52 1 z2l 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do; shares all et Metropolitan a ll 109 110 1(8 1 74 1 st Midland 6.4.0 Do New et Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 60 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 20 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, Dundee 100 24 16 at Nth. Eastern—Berwic k 100 1031 IC4 1011 25 1)o, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.1 0 at Do Leeds lOO 88 89 et Do York et Do Carlisle lOO et !North London 10 IDo New 'P.15.4 North Staffordshire lu N. and S. W. Junction. all 11 114 at 'Scottish Central at (Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 4i 44 at I Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO • 93 10u 10 ,Shrews. and Welchpoo! all at Shropshire Union at ;South Devon lOO 84 :6 35 st South Eastern at South Wales at IS. York. and River Dun 100 100 102 2 0 Staines, Wok.,andWok. all 81 9 4 25 Stockton .t Darlington all 88 39 25 Do l7 9/ 101 e 21 Do New, 1806 8 74 81 1 at Taff Vale. 10 Do B 10 Do C 3 31 41 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath et Victoria sta. and Pim lOO at Waterford & Kilkenny; 100 et I %Vest Cornwall , 100 22 24 at W. Hartlepool Hand.: It ! 100 st. West Midland -Oxiord I 100 st Do N ewport; 100 TO ••-• . at Do Herefordl 100 —,- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing ' , hart Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 i - .llantio tit St Lawreni.ii all 59 61 59 Sk Born.,Barodack.Cent Ina 100 103 101 1031 Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New . ...... 8 p 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares. 1 p 201 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 51 54 10 Do. Preference 100 Buflalo,BrantAGodricl too 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,1872 100 Do. do. July 1,1871, 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1t.4.; , ; 100 st Clcutta.m S.O astn.(Lin. 100 101 IC3 at Cape Town Dock Suit 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 105 106 sleek East Indian. gu. sp. c. ifi) 1( 4 1( 5 1011 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 2 P stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 19i 201 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 5 73 I 61 / 74 100 Do. do. deterred all 7 100 Do. 2d I'rel. Bonus all 66 6i 100 Do. do. deferred all 5 J 53 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock all 49 52 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 36 (.! 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stork all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 22 e 5 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1034 1041 1Q314 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 11 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 IC4 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 91 10 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't op.t. all 92 04 100 Do. 51 p. 0. do. '77-8.. .. all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p IP stock Madras guar., p. c. .. 100 1,21 H,13; stock D 0.41 p. 0. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc.4h d 0........ 100 a 2 96 20 Do. Fifth Extension.l 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 4p. a. Bnde 100 50 Melb. & ilobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. blortg. lids. all 20 Newßrun.swick Can& Class A and B. all 3 6 N. Rl.C'das pc lat bds, 100 82 84 stock Soinde •• ..•• ' (100 103 104 stock Do. Delhi, lOO 1.(21 1031 103 20 Do. do . d 2 / ip at Do. Punjaub ..•• f e all 1621 1031 Do. Do. ........ , , 100 s`ook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 'k 100 s'oek COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. can.Gur. p.c.J a SzJ LH, 1877-81 Do. 6 p.c. Feb. lz Aug. 100 100 102 Do. 6 p.c.Mar..k Sept. 100 102 104 , Do.: p. c. Jan.&July. 10C 8) Dl ; Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 8) 91 ICape G.llope, 6 p c,187) 100 106 1(8 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 108 110 Do, 189( 100 110 112 j Do. Jan. do July, 1891.. 100 108 109 IC,eylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 111 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 I')0 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 1)0 ItB 110 —a.. Jul) 100 101 103 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5p :.,1s„ , 100 99 100 --Do. sp. c.,18f 1 to 173( 100 99 10 ) 99k Do. d0.,i888 c tupWdf 100 99 I GO 995 ;New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 ICB 110 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. 1 ster;ing, 1875 lOO IC4 1 06 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - S.Aus G6p.c.1873.& up lOO 10) 111 :Vlc.Gov. p.c. Ja.drJuly 100 DO. 10 61).0. An.,tOci... 100 110 111 1101 11 toi 11 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Coasol. Gold 1 scl u l i ff or d Amalgamated.. 311 865 I Devon G. Cone. (Tavist.) 1 570 680 East Bassett(lllogan).. 30 625 6 7 4 East Clogau Gold Ltd. —' East Caradon 12.14.6 3i 33 33j East Caru Brea... 3.4.0 65 7 E. 4"1 Russel (Tavistk.), 8.9.0 41 41 Gam..lzSt.Aubyn(Gwen ; 581 10 11 Great South Tolgus 178 4 45 G. Wheal Vor (1101ston 90 2 5,E 34 311 4 35 6 Grenville.. Ilerc.d's-Foot . 8.12 115 37 llingston Downs 4 .1 8 .0 4 45 Lady Bertha Nlargarct (tJny Lclant 9t, 17 10 —ll arke Valley.. 4 Ilyn,ly Iran Oro (Lim ; 2,5 It 1(1 New Seton l9l 8i (5 - • I , 'north Downs l5 2 N . WlClBaseet(lllo.fan 3.1.0 I 2 25 North Wheal t,"roity Par Consols (6t. Blazey; t'rovidence(Uny Leint.; 10.6.7 41 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 1 440 160 • —S. Cara Brea (Illogan) — Fran. (11100n,,18.18.9 55 60 'Stray Park 130.17.6 23 80 - ' ['mar Silv ct Lead Min. Cin Croft 9 20 205 -- ;West Basset (Illogan) l5 11 12 _-I W C , radon (Liskeard; 5 20 21 ' West Seton !Wheal Basset (Mogan 85 10 200' (Wheal Bulleratedruth; 10 875 025 Wheal Kitty (U.l.elant; 2.0.6 31 37 VirhealLuthott IWhcal Mary Ann i s :den ) a 135 115 'Wheal Seton 5 85 175 185 I Wheal Trciawney (Lis ), 7 2 5 2:5 !Wheal Union I 3.17 25 21 I PREFERENCE SHARES. Great northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 1085 Great Western, 5 per cent. red prt., 102 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Ilirm., (1 per cent., 1354 65 I North Eastern. York, 11. and Selby purchase, 104 North ;Staffordshire, 1:25 PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, 45 per cent., 1858, 101 LINES LEASED AI: FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 1105 London and Chatham, 45 per Cent., —1 Ditto, Cont. Fund stmk, 5 rider cent., 100 London, Tilbury, and South, Do FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 94 Bahia and San Francisco (Jun.) gua. 7 per cent., 175 Sambre and Meuse, 74 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 85 Ditto (all), 215 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 205 West Flanders, 5} per cent. pl., 102 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 1 C a pe Copper, it n. , 10 1 Fortuna (li li tn.), 4 Linares, m., 7 Mariquita, Fort Philip,,ll St. John del Rey (lint.) United 51 United Mexican (line„ 11a 1 Yudananiutana of S. Australia, UM., 2/ 1. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Antra and United Service (lim.), 1231 All i an ce Bank of Lothi)n and Liverpool (Um.), 481 71 9 81 Ditto, new, 34/ 31 Australasia, Ditto, new, 471 7 Bank of Egypt, 261 Bank of London. 165 41 Bank of ()tap:), lint., 311 Bank 01 Queensland (inn), 15 111 Brazili in and Portuguese, limn., 8 71 Chartered Batik i India, Australia, and Chins, 446 4 Ditto, new, i o ssued at £lO pm, 31 City, 116 15 Consolidated Bank, lint., 106 Continental, him., 91 Hi n d u stan, China, and Japan (Urn.), 311 1 Imperial Bank (lim.), 261 Imperial Ottoman. 181 a Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 31 Loudon Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and County, 576 London Joint Stock, :.Si London and Westminster, £Ol 79) Merchant Bank, lim., 111 ?damp. and Fr 0 , . ,. Bank (lim.), 25 New South ‘Vales,7)(Q Oriental Bank Corporation. 15 41 5 Scinde, l'unjaub, and Delhi, lint., 7i Union of heathen, 471 6/ 71 8 6) 8 311SCELT.A.NE01JS. Berlin Water Works, lam', 9 1 Bombay Gas, limited, 41 British Indian Tea, Wu., 5i Ceyloa Company, 9) C omm ercial Union :insurance,, 01 Last India irrigation and Canal, 3a K. E g yption Comm , rcial and Tracing, ; 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of Loudon, lint., 71 6 71 & is 1 MISCELLANEOUS — Co ntinued. International Financial Society, 13 121 ; 1 1 g Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam. lim.. 711 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 4 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. IS7O, issued 00, 84 Joint •stock Discount, liin., 6g g London and Caledonian Marine, lim., London Financial Association, Rm., 261 6 London l'rovincial Marine, 37, 4 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Rm., 21 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 141 131 14 National Discount Company, lim., 121 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lim., 1 • Ocean Marine (Insurance). 181 Oriental Inland Steam, Ern., 21 1 Ottoman Gas Rm.) 21 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 78 .:.Ditto, new, 481 Rhyniney Iron, 27 Ditto, new, 71 Scottish Australian Investment, Urn., 140 South A [limn Mortgage and Investment, 51 TIM SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE CHEAT WILL CASE. This morning the Lord Chief Justice commenced his summing up in this case, first remarking on the importance of the hone 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,—(Tins Day, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) FORGING TRADE MARKS. This case, in which a person named Howlett, was in dicted, under a recent statute , p assed in 1862, of forging trade marks. This case was postponed until next session. John Langworth, aged 33, a reEpectable.looking 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 indicted, Sutton for stealing, and Weatherell receiving, 561 b of clipper 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 mouths' iinErisonment. The case of John Ogden, a soldier in the Royal Artillery, charged with absconding with Rebecca Cox, the wife of the prosecutor, was postponed untit 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 deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBORO UG STREET. t TREET OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE.—William Jefferson, cabinetmaker, of 41, Bloomsbury, and George Hulberte, and Alfred Hall, printers, of 5, Golden-place; Golden square, were charged before Mr. T3rwhitt with disorderly conduct is Glasshouse-street, Regent-street ; Hall was further charged with assaulting Mr. Edward Lucas, of 26, King-street, Regent-street, and Hulbert() 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-street, 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 bert() with assaulting her. Rosina Perry said that while passing Hulberte in Glass house-street, haying a female in her cimpany, Hulberte made use of a disgusting expression, and on her asking him why he did so, he 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 from the blow, and after wards went to the station, where she heard Hulberte had been taken, and made the charge against him. In answer to Hulbert°, 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 Ilulberte 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 Hulbert° 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 onco took him into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, M. Lucas said ho had given Hall no provocation, without ho was of Aided at his saying " Dont kick the man when he is down," Hall being in Hulberto's company, and assisting him while the fighting was going on. A constable proved seeing Hall striko Mr. Lucas, and the female who was in company with Perry corroborated his statement. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was char that Jefferson was an in jured person, and he should at once dischar, - 0 him. Ilulberte entered into a long defence, the effec:,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 every body to know that his motto was "Nemo me impune lacessit." Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Hulbert° £3 for the assault on the female and Hall, and 11 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 Hs. 6d., 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 ha 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 seiz,d 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 cus tody, on cross-examination by the solicitor, said the prisoner was very drunk, and stated to him that he was at work at Mares factory, hlidwall. 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 bean 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 inns . ; go before a jury—that is the proper tribunal. It is quite clear the prisoner took the Vass. Mr. Stoddart—Yes, sir; but it was a drunken spree. no 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. The prisoner—l was very drunk. I know nothing about it. Mr. Paget—You are committed to take your trial at the sessions. Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp .. 25 621 25 67t 13russels — 25 621 25 67f Paris Short. 25 25amburgh — 13 7t 25 1 35St Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —119 k 'Vienna 'friesto Petertiburgh Berlin _ — k Madrid . ... 4n 481 Ca di z Leghorn — 23 ti2i 1:3 87i Milan Genoa — 25 85 25 874 Naples - 25 85 25 b7i l'aleraio — 25 85 25 87t Messina Lisbon — 52 62i Oporto... - Forsign Gold in Bars (Standarl), per 0z.... £3 9 17 Mexican Dollars c Silver in Bars (Standard) THE MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS.—The Oxford Journal states that the design sent in by Mr. John Gibbs, at cliiiect, of Oxford, for the monument about to be erected at New Radnor to the memo ry of the late Sir George Cornewall Lewis, has been selected by the committee from among mqny others. Mr. Gibbs is the ar3liitect of the new Banbury Cross, erected to commemorate the marriage of the Princess Royal, and of the memorial to the late Prince consort, now in course of erection at Abingdon, NOTIFICATION OF BLOCKADE, 'Front a Second Supplenzen' to the London Gazette of Friday, the 26th of Febraary.—Xonday, 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 26:h of February, 1864, of the blockade by the Danish naval forces of all ports and inlets on the east coast of 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 cflioial communication re ceived by Earl Russell - _ _ Lega' ion of Denmark, Feb, 26. My Lord,—l am directed by my Government to inform your Excellency that, according to an official notice issued cn the 18± inst. by the Danish Ministry 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, wi!.h the exception of Neustadt, the Islands of Als and Aeroe, and such other pieces as are actually under the authority of his Majesty the King. "The blockade will successively be raised for every place that comes again into the power of the Royal Government, and publio notice thereof be given."—l have, &c., TORBEN BILLE. The Right Hon. Earl Russell, Sac,, 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 Afflirs, 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 ports _ Copenhagen, Feb. 22, My Lord—l have the honour to enclose herewith copy of a note which I have received from M, Quaade, enclosing the notification by the Minister of Marine that after tho 25th of this mouth 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, the 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 hava instructed him to inform the Vice-Consuls in his district of the intentions of the Danish Government.—l have, &c„ The Earl Russell, &c. A, PAGET. (Translation.) Copenhagen, Feb. 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 lelands of Ala and Aeroe, and other places actually under the autho rity of the King. While transmitting to you herewith some 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 officer 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, &c., U. QUAADE, A Curious Case, An application was made last week to the Civil Triknal of the Seine under the following circum stances : A widow lady named Hautefeuille, whose hus band died in 1844, became insane some years after wards, and was finally doclared, by a judgment of the Tribunal of the Seine, in July, 1862, in capable of managing her affirs. Previously to this judgment, Madame Hautefeuille had confided to her confessor, the Abbe Canbert, 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. Media commenced proceedings against the Abbes Caubert and Beaurain, to recover a fur ther sum of 12,000 fr., on the ground that Mme. Hautefeuille had not confided to M. Culbert secu rities worth only 28,000 fr,, but a sum of 48,000 fr. in cash, and he demanded to be allowed to prove— 1, That Mme. Haute feuille had frequently expressed to third persons her intention of leaving her pro perty 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 Abbes 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 e.ue to the lunatic's estate had been re stored, and tbo applicant himself had gave a receipt in full of all demands. The Tribanal,after bearing the Public Piosecutor, who strongly reprobated the applicant's conduct, rejected all Moulin's demands, and condemned him to pay all coats. Dr.PUSET has evidently got a profound conviction that true unity of spirit is engendered by common repulsion rather than common attraction. " Any ono," ho 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 Puseyite and the old Evangelical party that, as Dr. Pusey naiiely remind us, " Good when He 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 Puseyito and the dregs of the Evangelical party—for common belief, the assertion of tho 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 bottomless pit, and so recoil into their Saviour's arms. It is a cations example of a great spiritual engine with the wheels le versed.—Spectator. "We have received acecunts," says the Thulota ngis, " of the Iphigenie frigate, which left this part on the 6th January, having on board n number of convicts for New Caledonia. She touched nt St. Vincent's (Cape de Verd Islands) on the 27th of that month. Some eases of scurvy had appeared among the passengers, but, owing to the precautionary measures adopted, the disease was soon checked, The conduct of the convicts on board was very satisfactory, A number of them, under the direction of the Abbe Renouard, the chaplain, had learned religious choruses, which they sang during the performance of mass on Sundays.", SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. The Chwtla 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, hos been suppressed by General Monrovia', on suspicion of the inmates entertaining feelings in favour of the Polish revolution. THIR : ! E - ITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NOTTINGHAM RACES-•-•TIIIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGR iPH) TRIAL STAKES. Twilight The C10wn."... Partesan Eight ran. STAND PLATE. Gipsy Girl Mother Bunch Seven ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Ossian Danaus Four ran. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. Tourist Revolver Trojanus Eleven ran. LATEST BE rTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 1 agst O,man Witch (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS--This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. AMERICAN RECRUITING IN IRELAND. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for copies of any reports that may have been received by her Majesty's Government respecting recruiting in Ireland for the North American army, and asked whether any remcnstrance against such proceedings had been addressed to the Federal Government., The noble marquis said he felt the subject of such importance as to bring it under the notice of Parlia ment, and he did not think a graver offence against enter national law could be committed than the endeavour of a foreign country to enlist solders for its army in the terri tories of one with which it desired . to be at peace. The offence at one time was considered so great that it was punishable with death, and he found in 1749 three men were actually executed for the com mission of the crime, and it was not until 1819 that the act was abolished. It was a notorious fact that recruit.. ing had been going on in Ireland for the Federal Govern ment for the last two years, and as far as he knew no stops had been taken to stop the illegal proceeding. He bold it to be a diegraco to the country such a state of things should be permitted. (Hear, hear, from the Oppo sition.) There was no doubt the Irish Government knew what was going on, and it was not to be supposed that the Irish Government had not reported the fact to the Go vernment on this side of the water. The only conclusion that could be drawn from the statistics published by the Emigration Committee was that numbers of the able bodied young men emigrating to America were intended for the Federaljarmy. He would give their lordships one instance, which he thought would illustrate the manner in which the systan was worked. An Irishman arrived in Galway, and put about that he wished to secure the services of a number of young men for a contractor in America. He (the Marquis of Clanricardo) took such steps with regard to the person that when found, although he had set out under the pretence that he wished to secure the services of 2,000 men, he had barely sufficient to pay his own expenses. Ho told him his opinion of the matter, and instead of referring him to any subject of her Majesty, the person re ferred him to the American consul at either Liverpool or Dublin, who would testify he was a person of solvent cir cumstances, and quite able to carry out all he proposed to do. Why, it was perfectly clear that the object this person had in view was neither more nor less than to secure the services of young men for the American army. The noble lord then referred to the case of the six men who had been enlisted in Cork Harbour for the Federal frigate Kersage. These men were in the most paltry man ner prosecuted for offences,instead of any steps being taken to remonstrate against such proceedings on the part of the American Government. (Hear, hear.) That ho consi dered was the proper course for her Majesty's Government, yet, instead of doing that, they preferred to press heavily upon the six poor men. lie considered the neu trality of this country had been most partial, and not at all in consonance with the honour and dignity of the country. The noble marquis concluded his observations by repeating his question. Earl RUSSELL said he did not think it necessary to refer to, or discuss many of the subjects brought forward by the noble lord. He admitted that such an offence as the noble lord had described was undoubtedly a breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act, and that it was the duty of the Government to take steps to put a stop to such proceedings. [LEFT EirEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening, The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. POOR-LAW STATUTES. Mr. HIBBERT asked the President of the Poor•law Board whether, with a view to simplify and render more easy of reference the very numerous statutes relating, to the relief of the poor, any effort is being made by the Poor Law Board to procure the consolidation of such statutes. Mr. VILLIERS said that the Poor Law Board had no intention of taking any steps on ,the direction which the hots. member referred. THE BARK SCIENCE. Mr. HASSARD asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if it was true that, upon the last day ap pointed for the adjudication at Nuw Orleans upon the case of the bark Science, seized at Matamoros, viz., the 23d of January legit, no appearance was made on the part of the captors, nor was any future day appointed for the hearing of the case; and, in the event of these facts being true, if her Majesty's Government wou ld demand the immediate eleare of said vessel ? Mr. LAYARD said that the Government was not in possession of any information on the subject. MR. WHITWORTH'S GUNS. In reply to Mr. GREGOILY, Mr. C. FORTESCUE said that Mr. Whitworth had not supplied guns of an adequate calibre to enable the Govern ment to test them effectually. DESPATCHES ON DANISH AFFAIRS. Mr, D. GRIFFITH asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, .whether there is not in the papers on Danish affairs a despatch from himself to Sir A. Paget, of date of the 30th November, 18G3, to which an answer is returned by Sir A. Paget from Copenhagen, dated the let December, MG t, and how he accounts for so rapid an answer if the transmission of the first despatch was not by telegraph. Mr. LAYARD said that as it was impossible to travel from London to Copenhagen in 24 hours, tho communica tion referred to must have been made by the medium of the telegraph. THE EASTER RECESS. In reply to Mr. Mum, Lord PALMERSTON said the adjournment of the house for the Easter recess would be regulated by the state of business. (Laughter.) THE CRAWLEY COURT MARTIAL. Lord HOTHAM gave notice that on a future he would draw the attention of the house to this subject. RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION BILL. Sir J. FEItGUSSON asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he would postpone the second reading of the Railways Construction Bill and Railways Facilities Bill for one week. Mr. M. GIBSON answered in the affirmative. CIVIL SERVICE AND IinCELL.ANEOTTEI EES. Mr. MARSH drew the attention of the house to the fact that the civil and miscellaneous estimates had been for many years increasing, and contended that they ought, with a duo regard to economy, to be reduced. He ridiculed the idea of paying an increased amount for the support of our convict population, when the circumstances of the country were improved. Labour being more abundant and more adequately remunerated, the temptations to crime were diminished. F. PEEL then rose, and was [LEFT SPEARING.] LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. At the Court at Windsor, the Ist day of March, MK Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint Thomas Thorneycrott, of Tottenhall Wood. Wolverhamp ton, Esquire, 0 be Sheriff of the County of Stafford, in the room of George Briscoe, of Elmhurst Hall, Lichfield, Esquire; and Boscawen Trevor Griffith, of Trevalyn Hall, Wrexham, Esq•+ to be Sheriff of the County of Denbigh, in the room of John Lloyd Wynne, of Coedcoch, Abergele, Esquire. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 2J. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edmond do Lays as Consul at Edinburgh fur his Majesty the Em peror of the French. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. G. Barris as Consul at Brisbane for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Geo. Newenhatu Hat vey as Vice-Consul at Cork for His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklonburgh-Schwerin. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 29. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR- LIAMENT. County of Dorset—John Doyen . , of West Stafford, in the said county, iu the room of Henry lier Soymer, ENT, who has accepted the office of steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's I`.lanor of Ilempholme. :WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MAuert 1. let Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet Charles Rainier Jones, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Robert Buriton Bennett, transferred to 7th Hussars. 2d Dragoons—Captain Townley Patten Hums Macartney Filgate, from ISth Hussare, to be Captain, vice Stewart, who exchanges. 6th Dragoons—Major Theodore Wirgman, from helf-PaY Unattached, to be Major, vice John Edward Swindley, who retires upon half-pay. 7tll HUMTB—Cornet John Robert 13ur1ton I.3entott, from the let Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice William For tescue Armstrong, who retires. 3th Hussars—Lieut. llarold Esdaile Malet to be Captain, by purchase, vice George Harmer Pering, who retires— Captain John Lorn Stewart, from 2d Draooons, to be Captain, vice Filtrate, who exchanges—Cornet Frederic Louis Brandreth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Malet—Gentleman Cadet, Robert Stevenson, from the Royal M tary College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brandreth. 19th Hussars--Henry Octavius Currie, Gent., late Lieu tenant in her Majesty's Indian Forces, to be Paymaster. 21st Hussars—James Clarke Hicks, Esq., late Captain 18th Hussars, to be Paymaster. Royal Artillery—Second Captain Frederick Cockburn Griffin to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Richard King Freeth, removed to the Supernumerary List; Second captain John Hoary Peile to bo Captain, vice Henry Mercer, died of wounds received in actiln ; Lieutenant George Murray Lyon Campbell, to be Second Captain. vice Griffin ; Lieutenant Goorge Edwin Mettle to be Second Captain, vice Peile; Gentleman Cadet John Mit chell Salniond to he Lieutenant, vice Campbell ; Gentle. man Cadet Henry Samuel Spitler Watkin to be Lieu . tenant, vice Mauro. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut.- Colonel and Brevet- Colonel William Ch tries Hadden to he Colonel, v:ce Nelson, retired on full pay—Captain and Breve-Major Millington Henry Synge to be Lieut,-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Hadden --Second Captain Edmund Fre derick Du Cane, on the S (.;oilded List, to be Captain— Second Captain William Crossmnan to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Synge—Lieutenant Edward Mitchell to be Second Captain, vice Crossman—Gentleman Cadet John Lawrence !Macpherson to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Mitchell. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis Roach Gubbins to bo Captain, by purchase, vice John Leslie Toko, who retires—Ensign Charles Fairbanks Lawson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Gubbina—Gontleman Cadet Arthur Thomas Mudge, from the Royal Military Col lege, to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice L twson. sth Foot—Lieutenant Charles Langford Oliver, from the 1020 Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice 13:.asley, who ex changes. 7th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Prescod Holmes, from the hovel Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Charles Tayleur, who retires. Bth Foot—Captain Angus William hall, from Adjutant of a Depot Battalion, to be Captain, vico John i 1 Queen, appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion. 11th Foot—Lieutenant Christopher Samuel Bailey, from 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Boyce, who exchanges. 15th Foot—Captain Andrew John Cowper to a be Major, by purchase, vice William Cairnes Armstrong, who retires --Captain William Wood, from 74th Foot, to be Cap tain, vice Low, who exchanges—Lieutenant Francis Ironside Rawlins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cowper —Ensign Henry John Lancaster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ; vice Rawlins—Ensign Arthur Fisho, from the 67th Foot, to bo Ensign, vice Lancaster. th Foot—Lieutenant John Boyce, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, v;ce Bailey, who exenanges. th Foot—Ensign Henry Gordon Heath to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant John Wily, who has re signed the appointment. th Foot—Lieutenant George Douglas Harris to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Edward Robert Ward Bayley, who retires—Ensign Henry Stokes to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harris—Gentleman Cadet John Francis James Miller, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stokes. th Foot—Ensign Francis Edward Carleton to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Charles Bassett Lewis, who re tires—Gentleman Cadet henry Hartley Prior, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carleton. 31st Foot—Ensign Richard Horatio Townsend to be In structor of Musketry, vice Captain George Nicholson Pepper, who resigns the appointment. 34th Foot—Captain Irving Francis Kennedy, from half pay, late 41st Foot, to be Captain, vice Julius Dyson Laurie, seconded on appointment as District Inspector of Musketry. 37th Foot--Ensign Russell Skinner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Michael Andrews Borthrick, who retiree —Gentleman Cadet Edward Jodrell, from the Royal Military College, tO be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skinner. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Frank Grieve to be Adjutant, vice Ensign John Dwyer, who resigns the appointment — Ensign John Dwyer to be Lieutenant, without pur- chase. 60th Foot—Major Randal Joseph Feilden to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Webbo Butlet, who retires—Captain Henry Edward Warren to be Major, by parchase, vice Fielden—Lieutenant Edward Campbell Ainslie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Warren—Ensign Charles Louis Constantino do bobeck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ainslie—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Ambrose Worswick, from the Royai Mili tary College, to be Ensign, I#y purchase, vice do Robeck, 67th Foot — Lieutenant George Thomson to he Captain, without purchase, vice Edward Coxen, deceased—En sign William Mascall Kenrick to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Thomson—Gentleman Cadet Charles Christian Pearson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur Fish°, transferred to 15th Foot: 74th Foot—Captain John Low, from 15th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wood, who exchanges. 79th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Angus from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur Lenon, who retires. 82d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Mangin Waters to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Niven, who resigns. 100th Foot—Ensign Bethel Martin Dawes to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Reginald Blewitt Dowling, who retires —Ensign Alexander Webster M'Kenzie, from 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Joseph Dooley, who retires on tewporary half pay—Gentleman Cadet John Hart from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Dawes. 101st Foot—Lieutenant John Campbell Partridge to be Adjutant, vivo Lieutenant Henry Howard Chapman, killed in action. .024 Foot—Lieutenant George Todderick Beasley, from the sth Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Oliver, who ex changes. 104th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Campbell Richardson to be Paymaster. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Charles Edward Buckley to be (:aptain, without purchase, vice Frederic Carl rlayne, deCeaseel. 4th West India Regiment—Captain Meyrick William Bid well Edwardes has been permitted to retire from the ser vice by the sale of his commission. Cape Mounted Rithmen—Major Oliver Barker D'Arcy has been permitted to retire horn the service by the sale of his commission; Captain and Brevet-Major Frederich Campbell has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. DEPOT BATTALlONS.—Lieutenant - Colonel the Hon. Gil bert Elliot, from half pay, late Rifle Brigade, to he Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Frederick Green Wilkinson. who retires upon temporary half pay—Capt. John M'Queen, from Bth Foot, to be Adjutant, vioe Captain Angus William hall, transferred to the Bth Foot. PURVEYORS' DEPARTMENT. —Purveyor's Clark Frede rick William Page to be Deputy Purveyor, vice George Ward, deceased—Furveyor,a Clerk Robert Deport to be Deputy Purveyor, vice I . 'hoitt , a . a Rogers Vicary, deceased, BREVET. Colonel Richard John Nelson, retired full-pay, Royal Engineers, to bo Major-General, the rank being honorary only. Major and Br.wet Lieutanant-Colonel Robert Carey, C. 8., 40th Foot, Deputy Adjutant• General, New Zo,dand, to be Colonel. Captain and Brevet Major John Carstairs M'Neill, 107th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. TO BB MAJORS. - Captains John Inman, 18th Foot—James Tarrant Ring, 18th Foot—Arthur SAltmershe, 70th Foot—Geo. Richards Greaves, 70th Foot—William Henry Gresson, 65th Foot-- William Alderney James Shortt, 57th Foot—Hickman Rosa Russell, 67th Foot, and Second Captain Edward Thomas Brooke, Royal Engineers. The undermentioned Officers having completed the qua lifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, October, 1868, to be Colonels : Lieutenant-Colonel William James Loftus, half-pay, late 38th Foot. Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Horace William Montagu, Royal Engineers. Lieutenant• Colonel Charles Wilson Austen, 14th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bird, Military Train, The following promotion to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, consequent on the death of Major- General Robert Thorpe, Madras Infantry, on January 17, 1861:—Colonel William Couperus Macleod, Madras In fantry, to be Major- General. The undermentioned officers who have retired upon full pay to have a step of ordinary rank as follows : Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Stephenson Finday, Madras Infantry, to be Colonel. Major \Villiers Frederick Newton Wallace, Bengal In fantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain William Robert Wallace, Bengal Infantry, to be Major. FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLoa. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bmitrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Thomas Springbett, licensed victualler, Stoke Newington John L. Armstrong, fishmonger, Mount-street, Grosve nor- square. John Bland, gardener, Durham John Thornton, greengrocer, Bradford John Thomas Milner, painter, Sheffield Wm. Cornish, grocer, Liverpool Geo. Barnes, corn dealer, Macclesfield Win. lieelis, grocer, Salford John Wheatcroft, surgeon, Cannock, Staftodehire Thomas Nash, builder, Stourbridge Thomas Bate, hatter, Birmingham John Cullen, corn dealer, Lincoln Joseph Williams, grocer, Liverpool Robert Williams, farmer, Flint Robert Druit, co mmission agent, Chesp_ s.ids Simeon Fuszard, auctioneer, Hampsteadroad John Hamlin, cab proprietor, St. el ßobert foorrhegdne, slrsSvilyaael Messenger, 00e o dunn clerk,er, brushcodealer,manufacturer, ,ovri hildNt°lounirt4wd an:Chi:lBi Clarendon-terrace n d. o i n o - i t n e g r rt on n e e , t. Middlesex Josph Carpenter, whec j il a v i rV h. Junes Meager, wheelwright, D eu rhani upon-Tyne James nudes r ti nish,mu 1101 John ja.hn Y CI I ° I m c esi7sthßoleini' Palkbelrl,"Wnihitechael-road Howard W. Wow, musical publisher, Haveratock-hill George Troup. Printer, 80lt -court, Fleet. street Anne Marie Barker and Alfred Barker, metal dealers, Birmingham John Hurlbut, miller, Leicester George Bidgood, builder, Glastonbury, Somersetebire James Peters, lath render, Exeter George Payne, cooper, Stratford-upon-Avon John Hester, millwright, Woothrtn, Buckinghamshire William R. Lewes, carpenter, Wycombe Marsh, Buck. inghamshire William Harrison, bockseller, Burslein. Staffordshire Robert Lundy, farmer, Newton Dale, Yorkshire Frederick Edward Rountree, publican. Hackney-road James Simmons Matthews, coal merchant, Newington. green Joseph Stafford Frearson, butcher, Islington BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Rev, Acirorr Roberts, Newehurch, Varoattohmebire IEA. An important and interesting statistical ret urn, showing the trade of the port of Swansea for the year 1863, as compared with that of 1362, 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 8,304 tons the previous year. The vessels arriving in ballast last year were 2,261,0 f a register tonnage of 302J65, while for the year 1862, 2,611 ships,of 331,221 tons, arrived, thus showing a falling tff during the past year of nearly 30,000 tons as compared with That of 1862. The falling off i❑ 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 has 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 reguelus, silver ores, &c. The total imports for the pest year were 405,300 tens, and for the year 1862 369,700, being an increase in favour of 1863 of 1E.'5,600 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 tone, 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 coal 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 43,903 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 patent fuel was no less than 33,300 tons, there was an increase in the general trade of the port of no lees 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 ports ; and 133,500 tons to foreign ports during the 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, email 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 ago, discovered an island which he was per fectly certain did not exist on that spot before. Ho 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 I)arado, and in a couple of years there might be seen on the desert island a flourishing 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 yeara,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 murdered. 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. He eet &ail, but on arriving within the latitude where his island had once existed ho was astonished to find the place ernp'y ; 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 preclude all pos sibility of escape ? This is what Capt, I/Ulu:lecher never learnt."—Galignam. POISONING BY ABSORPTION..—On Saturday Mr. B. L, Gross, one of the coroners for Suffolk, con cluded an inquiry into the death of a child named Boatman, the daughter of a small farmer at Wissett, near Halesworth. The case presenting remarkable features, the coroner ap plied to the Home Secretary to enable Professor Taylor to make a more than ordinarily careful and costly analysis. The circumstances aro 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 man was called in. The 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 fo und to be in a shocking state from ringworm, and covered with vermin. The stepmother said that about ten days before the deat h of the child she applied some precipitate powder and a littl e poison in the shape of an ointment to the head to kill the vermin. Tho coroner ordered a post - mortem exa m i na ti on, and the appearance of the intestines and stomach pointing to arsenical poison in some foreeor other, it w as f e l t i mportant to ascertain whether the child died from arsenical poison, and if se, how it was administered. Tho vieeeta were accordingly sent to Professor Tay lor, at Guy's hos pi tal, and that gentle man stated at the inquest on Satu r d ay t h at t h e c hild d ie d f rom arsenic applied externally and absorbed into the system. Tho cond i t i on of the vis cera, i n their appearances, in the na t u re of their contents, and in th e m i n ute imponderable absorption sub seq u o o f u t t he diffusion quant ity of arsen i c present in thorn, was not consistent with t h e suppos i tion that arse n i c h a d b een g i ven i n a so lid f orm or i n liquid form by th e mout h , b ut i t was qu i te cons i s t en t with poison b t y h r t o h u o g b h l ood. the skin T h eo scalp the alp scalp the and its of the deceased was found to contain a large quantity of arsenic associated with a quantity of mercury (white pre cipitate) 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 ointment con taining arsenic applied to her head by Mrs. Boatman, she being ignorant of the consequences, and 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 SALISBUItY.-0a the 27th of Feb ruary the Rev. Charles Sumner Burder, wpb instituted to the incumbency of Ham, Wiles, by tho 13 ±.° 1) of Saliebury, on the presentation of the Bishop of w_ms cheater. The Rectory of Fieherton Anger, Salisburye,oh,a, just become vacant by the decease of the. Re . v .7 . 7 G r t e henry De Stank, who has held it for a The living is in the gift of trustees, of wh om 200 and Bishop of Carlisle is one, and is worth bets/il: 1 period of - the y l eare d . £3OO per annum, with residence; population, £2,424. R E FRESHMENTS AT THE CRTSTAL PAL 'CE.—The contract for the supply of refreshments et the , , Palace w hi c h during the last three years has teen ....rys.a , held by Mr. Frederick Smog? , YesterdaV paseed into the hands of Messrs. Bertram on derts. Mr. Bertram was foinierly on the stall of M , Rob r. twyer, of the London, in Joint occupancy of the refreshment department-Fle et st reet during u th ti o u c g r ystal 1 else() some years since with an d he suosequently tilted the important post o la f l Strange, manager for Mr. F. L, Mord& at the International Eshibitivn of IS",