The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-16 00:00:00

AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY. The Royal mail steamship Canada, from Boston on the 4th, and Halifax on the 6th inst., arrived here at three p.m. to-day. She brings 45 pas wengers and 229,000 dols. in specie. The Canada landed the mails arid two passengers, and proceeded at 3.15 p in. for Liverpool. All well. (Per Canada.) NEW YORK, MARCH 3, Evening,. General Grant continues his operations against Vicksburg. The Confederates have cap 4 ured the Federal steamer Indianola 25 miles below Vicksburg. They enaployid the ram Queen of the West in her cap ture. The Federal Commander Porter attributes the loss of the Indianola to 4 non-compliance with his instructions. Reports are still current that the Confederate General Longstreet is at Cumberland Gap with a large force preparing to invade Kentucky. It is rumoured that a large Confederate force has appeared at Leesburg. The Confederate cavalry raid across the Rappa hannock is said to have been a failure. It is reported that the Confederates have laid a network of torpedoes across the entrance to Charles ton harbour. Two hundred Union cavalry have been captured near Strasburg, Virginia, during a pursuit of 20 miles. The disaster occurred through disobedience to orders. President Lincoln has called an extra session of the Senate for March 4, to receive, and act upon, such communications as m2y be made by the Exe- cutivc. Senator Sumner has reported to the Senate from the committee upon foreign relations concurrent re solutions regarding mediation. After referring to the French offer of mediation the resolutions de clare that any idea of mediation or intervention jE impracticable, unreasonable, and inadmissible. Also that any offer of interference so far encourages re bellion, and tends to prolong the contest, and that Congress will therefore be obliged to regard any further attempt in the same direction as an un friendly act. The resolutions express regret that the foreign powers have not frankly informed the Southern chiefs that the work in which they are engaged is hopeless, and that a new government with slavery as its corner-stone, and with no other declared ob ject of separate existence, is so far shocking to civi lisation and to the moral sense of mankind that it must not expect welcome or recognition in the com monwealth of nations. The resolutions express an unalterable purpose to prosecute the war until the rebellion is suppressed. The resolutions will be communicated to foreign governments. The Senate has passed an amendment that negroes shall not be commissioned in the service . , except as company officers of exclusively negroe companies. The House of Representatives has passed the bill of the Senate authorising the President to issue letters of marque; also a bill taxing the sales of torn ( ? gold). Both houses of Congress have passed a bill in demnifying the President for the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus ; also a bill imposing a tax of 2 per cent. upon bank circulation. The duty on paper has been reduced to 20 per cent. The Legislature of California is putting the state upon a war footing. Fifty thousand persons were present at a Union meeting held at Indianopolis, Indiana, at which strong Union resolutions have been passed. Gen. M'Clellan has declined a public reception at .Baltimore. The privateer Florida has captured and burned the ship Jacob Bell, from China for New York, Jan. 12, in lat. 24, long. 65. Her cargo is valued at 1,000,000 dollars. The steamer Columbian, with a cargo of cotton, has arrived at St. George's from Wilmington. The Federal government has pur chased the steamer Princess Royal. Dispatches received from San Francisco discredit the capture of Guaymas by the French. The French steamer Pallas arrived at Mazatlan on Feb. 4, but did not communicate with the shore. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 711 per cent. premium. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 189. Stocks quiet. New York Centrals, 118 ; Illinois Shares, 92 ; Erie, 77i. NEC YORK, March 5 (Noon). Immense excitement exists among bankers and the bullion dealers. Gold has fallen 5 per cent. yesterday, and 10 per cent. more to-day, and is now quoted 57 per cent. premium. The panic was caused by the legislation in Congress concerning transactions in gold. Money easy. NEW YORK, March 5 (Evening). The Confederate steamer Nashville ran aground at Fort Macallister, Savannah, and was destroyed by Federal iron clads. Doubtful reports are current of the capture of Fort Macallister by the Federate. During the last few days the city has been full of rumours concerning fighting at Vicksburg and the evacuation of the city by the Confederates, but up to the present no authentic intelligence has been received confirming these reports. The Federal expedition to open the Yazoo River is said to have proved successful. Six Federal gunboats have reached Tallahatchie by way of the Yazoo, Two dredges are working on the Vicksburg CA rill. The Mississippi is rising so rapidly that the tamps on Island 95 are seriously inconvenienced. The levees have been broken down, mid the water is pouring over at a fearful rate. It is apprehended that the Confederates may take the ram Queen of the West and the Indianola down the Mississippi, to attack the Federal fleet before New Orleans. General Rosencranz has advanced to Middle boro, halfway between Murfreesboro and Shelby ville. One thousand Federal cavalry from Murfrees boro have encountered the enemy at Bradyville. The Federals drove their antagonists out of the town, capturing 70 prisoners and a number of official documents. • The Harriet Lane is still at Galveston, being con verted into an iron-clad. The reported arrangement between Gen. Banks and the New Orleans planters for negro labour is confirmed. The military will not be allowed to take any slaves from the plantations. Public meetings have been held in Trenton, New Jersey, calling upon the state authorities to assert their state sovereignty in reference to the Conscrip tion Act, and advocating a convention to devise means for restoring peace to the country. Both Rouses of Congress adjourned yesterday ; but the Senate reassembled in accordance with Pre sidP-nt Lincoln's proclamation, and 17 new members took their seats. No bills to assist any state in emancipation have been passed by Congress. A bill was passed rendering void all loans on gold over par. The steamer Bermuda has been condemned. An excited meeting of the New York Chamber of Commerce has taken place. The meeting was called to discuss the burning o f the Jacob Bell. A committee was appointed to report -what measures are proper to adopt concerning the burning of t h e Jacob Bell by a pirate fitted out and supplied in England. The president of the Chamber intimated that a war with England was a possibility, and on e not to be d re ad e d. E ng land's neutrality was de nounced, and the conduct of England towards Ame rican merchants declared to be a disgrace to the age. Efforts should be made to call the attention of Bri tish merchants to the circumstances, and it was thought that multitudes would respond. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, March 5, Evening. The excitement canned by the fall in gold is un precedented. The fluctuation in the prices is so quotation ch anges every ten minutes. rapid that its The latest quotation is 55 per cent. premium. Ge neral markets are so unsettled by the movements in gold that prices are nominal. Money easy. Exchange on London—Bankers bills, 173 to 175. Stocks steady—New York Cen trals, 117 1; Illinois, 94; Erie, 771. Cotton heavy —Middling Uplands, 84i. Flour, wheat, and corn heavy. Provisions dull_ Coffee depressed. Sugar steady. Crude Petroleum, 40. (From the Times' Correspoh,*nt) NEW YORK, MArch 3. The term of the present Congress expires to•morrow at 12 o'clock, It has passed the Conscription Act, the Banking and Currency Bills, and the Act autho rising the President to suspend the Habeas Corpus at his discretion. There being still business for the Senate to transact, the President has issued a pro clamation summoning an extra Session of that body, to commence immediately after the adjourn ment; in consequence, the meetings of the Senate will not be for a moment interrupted. _ The Bill of Indemnity for the recent acts of arbi trary arrest and imprisonment by the President and the Secretaries of State and War was brought up in the Senate yesterday. Tho debate lasted till 5 o'clock this morning. Mr. Bayard, of Delawale, was protesting against it as unconstitutional at half past 4, when a motion for adjournment was made. The motion was not carried. On attempting to re sume the discussion Mr. Bayard was called to order by the chair on the ground that the bill had passed. As no vote was taken upon it the Democrats con tend that it is not law, and must be resisted. Con siderable excitement exists upon the subject, and the debate will probably be renewed in the extra Session of the Senate. Rumours have been current for the last five days, both in Washington and New York, of a disastrous repulse of the Federal arms before Vicksburg, at tended with an enormous sacrifice of life, The re port is not traceable to any trustworthy source, but, nevertheless, it creates considerable anxiety. The Secretary of the Navy publishes official in formation from Admiral Porter of the loss of another Federal ram, the Indianola, 25 miles below Vicksburg. The Indianola had been sent to retake the Queen of the West, but was so fiercely attacked by that vessel, aided by three Confederate gun boats, that, after an obstinate resistance of several hours, she was compelled to surrender. The whole of her officers and crew were made prisoners. A detachment of 80 Confederate cavalry entered the Federal lines near Strasburg, Virginia, on the 25th, and captured 12 of the Federal pickets and a number of horses. They then retired beyond Wood stock, closely pursued by 500 Federal cavalry, who succeeded in recovering most of the prisoners and horses. Shortly afterwards the Confederates, having received reinforcements, turned upon the enemy, threw them into confusion, and drove them 20 miles, killing and capturing 200 of them in their flight. Owing to insuperable differences with General Hooker, General Sigel has resigned his command in the Federal army. The secret organisation of whites and blacks, reported by the Tribune to be in existence at Hilton head for the purpose of instigating an insurrection among the slaves in the States composing General Hunter's department, is pronounced by the other journals of this city to be wholly untrue. The disagreement that existed between Generals Hunter and Foster in regard to the command of the Charleston and Savannah expeditions is stated to have been adjusted. Mr. Opdyke, the Mayor of New York, has voted a series of resolutions adopted by the Board of Aldermen, condemning the action of the Govern ment in dismissing General Porter from the Federal service, and tendering that officer a public reception at the City-hall. Mr. Opdyke is a prominent mem ber of the Republican party. The Confederate steamer Florida has captured and burnt the merchant ship Jacob Bell, bound from China for New York, with a cargo valued at 1,500,000 dole. The capture was effected on the 12th ult., in lat. 28 deg. N., long. 65 deg. W. The news is brought to Halifax by the Delta from St. Thomas's and Bermuda the 20th and 25th ult. The passengers were transferred to a Danish vessel and landed at St. Thomas's. Gold has been sold to-day at from 1718 to 171 t. Exchange, 188 to 189. Stocks are lower—Erie, 76 to 76/; New York Central, 1171 to 117/ ; Illinois Central, 91 to 91k. Cotton, 87c. per lb. Flour has declined from sc. to 10c. per barrel. Provisions slightly improved. The investments in real estate continue numerous. (Via Halifax and Roche's Point.) MARCH 5. Wall-street has been in a state of great agitation since the commencement of business yesterday morning. Among the amendments to the National Tax Bill adopted by Congress on its last day of sit ting was one designed to check gold speculations. For the future all contracts for the purchase of gold and silver must be reduced to writing and stamped under the Stamp Act, at the rate of one half per cent. on the whole amount, and bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Loans or deposits made for less time than three days, when renewed or extended, are to bear the same burden, and all loans of currency made by brokers on secarity of gold or silver shall not exceed par value of the coin, under penalty of non recovery before courts of law. The effect of this legislation was to create a panic among speculators, and to send the premium on gold yesterday from 711 74. To-day the excite ment was still greater, and sales were effected as low as 50. The price rallied to 56 at noon, and at the Second Board went up to 57i, a decline since the day before yesterday of 141 per cent. The discussion on the alleged unfair passage of the Indemnity Bill was resumed in the Senate yes- ) terday morning. By motto' consent it was agreed to take a test' vote on the question whether the bill had not been , legally passed. The Senate decided in the affirnm tive by a majority of 25 against 13. The correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, at Hilton-head, writing on the 25th, states that no immediate attack will be made on Charleston, Savannah, or Wilmington; that an expedition is being fitted out at Port Royal, in which every con ceivable engine of destruction will be concentrated to render it successful. Its destination is not known. The Mobile Southern accounts state that the Con federate steamer Nashville grounded in front of fort Macallister on the list inst., and was destroyed by shell from the Federal iron-clads that were bombarding the fort. The steamers Ruby and Douglas, from Nassau, ran the blockade and en tered Charleston harbour a few days previously. No confirmation has been received of the rumours of a great battle at Vicksburg. Her Majesty's ships; Petrel, Vesuvius, and Des perate have arrived in Hampt on Road.. 110...• II•••••• ....... COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Stocks have slightly improved—Erie, 76f, to 77; New York Centrals, 1171 to a ; Illinois Central, 911, to 92. BIRD MURDER IN SUSSEX.—The West Sussex Gazette mentions that at the last annual meeting of the Shipley Sparrow Club, upon examination of the ac counts it appeared that 3,999 sparrows and 3,262 other birds, total, 7,261, had been destroyed in the past year, and prizes were awarded to the three members who had de stroyed the greatest numbers, and it was resolved to con tinue the club another year. Sparrow clubs were supposed to aim at the destruction of that particular bird, from the damage it has the reputation of doing to the wheat and other corn; the good the sparron may do is not taken into the account ; but the above statement shows that in addi tion to 3,999 sparrows 3,262 other birds were also destroyed. It is to be hoped some naturalist may show the Shipley farmers the probable quantity of destructive grub their lands would have been relieved of had they permitted the birds to remain ain en earth the brief term assigned to them, doubtless Constitution s . for some wise purpose , by Providence. ' isT TN T, t l Holloway's Pills. Shattered in restoring W ea k Lirg could have proved more beneficial state than these enerv . ated frames to a more robust premature senescenca p uri fyin g d Pills, which strike at the root of a pillsrenew both natural vigour and strength. Holloway' so thoroughly cleanse the eir• culation, that they necessarily eradicate , all diseases which result from removable ca uses , with immediate advantage in ey rn•ay always be taken indigestion, loss of appetite sick-headache, palpitation, bilioust , e r e a h s urn, flatu is nemedicine re newseentinnuegaseB iency, and habitual constipation. health, confidence, and good h umour. where the nerves have been shaken by lon ill ness,g nothing so soon overcomes the affliction as these tonic Pills, which exert a remarkably calming and sedative influence. THE LATE MR. :OHN GULLY. We last week announced the death at Durham, at the age of 80, of this well-known sportsman. Mr. Gully's life is in itself a romance. Mr. Gully was born at Bristol in the year 1783. He was brought up to the trade of a butcher ; but Very soon evinced a handiness in taking care of himself in sundry fistic tournays with the joskins about home. His fellow townsman, Pearce, better known as "The Chicken," came to see him in " The Fleet," when, to beguile the time, they put on the gloves for a bout or two. Gully did so well in this set-to that it came to be talked about, and ultimately he was liberated by the payment of the claims against him, and a match made with The Chicken, the latter staking £6OO to £4OO. The fight came off, after a disappointment in the July previous, at Halsham, in Sussex, in Oc tober 8, 1805, when, after a very game battle, in which Gully received some fearful punishment, his friends interfered, and he was taken away in the 59th round, after one hour and 10 minutes' hard fighting. Although beaten, Gully was by no means disgraced, and, in fact, he became not only a still greater favourite with the public, but on Pearce's retirement, was c ffered the title of Champion of England, which, however, he resolutely :declined. Prior to this Gregson, a Lancashire man, of great size, and Gully's superior in height and weight, was bold enough to dispute the Bristolian's pretensions, and they met on October 14, 1807, in Six-mile Bot tom, Newmarket, to contend for 200 guineas. Thirty•six rounds were fought with equal game ness on either part, and with almost equal punish ment, but Gully got the last rally, and another knock-down blow rendered Gregson totally inca pable. It was, however, a very near thing, and naturally enough the beaten man was anything but satisfied. Another match was consequently made for two hundred a side, which was decided on May 10, in Sir John Sebright's park in Hert fordshire, but after nothing like the struggle which signalised the first meeting of the men, as Gully, from the first had it all his own way, his science and coolness completely outgeneralling the wild rushes of his adversary. Seldom has any such event attracted more interest; and on the Monday before the fight the good people of Bedfordshire, when they saw the crowd of strangers invading them fancied the French had landed, and called out the volunteers. At the conclusion of this battle Gully publicly announced his intention of never fighting again, his left arm having received a per manent injury in his first and more formidable en counter with Gregson. On leaving the Ring Mr. Golly was for sometime landlord of the Plough, in Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. But another ring found attractions for him, and he very soon des voted himself to the business of a betting man, though not always as a better round, or layer against horses. Indeed, at the Newmarket Craven Meeting, in 1810, when Lord Foley's Spaniard was got at by some of the Dan Dawson crew for the Claret, Mr. Gully was amongst those who turned round and laid the long odds on the favourite, upon whose defeat, it is said, his backer burst into tears, and declared he was a ruined man. However, in only two years subsequently, in 1812, Mr. Gully had horses of his own, Cardenio being the first that ever ran in his name. He worked on gradually, still betting round, and at one period residing at Newmarket with such tackle as Brutus, Truth, Rig marole, Forfeit, Cock Robin, and others, until 1827, when he came prominently to the fore by the pur chase of Mameluke, a horse that he gave Lord Jer sey 4,000 guineas for after his winning the Derby. How his new owner backed Mameluke for im mense sums for the St. Leger, and how he was beaten by Matilda after a fearful scene at the post, where Mr. Gully had himself to flog his horse off, are now matters of history. But heavily as he had lost, the first man in the rooms and the last to leave—never thinking of going, in fact, until every claim had been satisfied—was Mr. Gully. Sam. Chifney, it will be remembered, rode the crack against Robinson on the mare, and Sykes had the care of the Derby winner at Hambledon. A year or two subsequent to this Mr. Gully became the confederate of Mr. Ridsdale, and they opened well with Little Red Rover, who in 1830 ran second to Priam for the Derby. Thirty-two, however, was their great year, when the confederates won the Derby with St. Giles and the St. Leger with Mar grave, John Scott having the preparation of the latter. Success, however, did not tend to cement the friendship of the two, and their quarrel came at last to a personal encounter in the hunting-field, upon which Mr. Ridsdale brought an action, that terminated in a verdict, with £5OO damages, against Mr. Gully, for the assault. This was not by any means the only serious altercation the latter was engaged in, as Mr. Osbaldeston once had him" out," when the Squire sent a ball through his opponent's hat ; but " better through my hat than my head,'' said Mr. Gully, as he coolly looked to the bullet's course. During this era in his history, Mr. Gully had purchased Upper Hare Park, near Newmarket, of Lord Rivers, where, as we have said, he for some time resided ; but he sold this in turn to Sir Mark Wood, and bought Ackworth Park, near Pontefract, an accession which somewhat unexpectedly led to his representing that borough in the Radical inte rest for some sessions in Parliament. He was twice returned, and on the first occasion without a contest. During his long sojourn here he also figured as a good man over a country, and as one of the chief supporters of the Badsworth Foxhounds. Rarely has any man enjoyed more signal success in his favourite pursuit; but, as we have said already, Gully owed much ef this to his fine judgment, especially noticeable in the way in which he could reckon up a race horse, or pick out a young one. Latterly, what with increasing years ) and failing s t rengt h, h e h ad gradually declined, and -having sold Ackworth to Mr. Hill, had lived fdriothe years at Marwell Hall, near Winchester, though he had still property in the north, including, we believe, some coal mines, and hence his death', occurring at Durham ; while he was buried at Ack worth on Saturday last. He leaves a family of five sons and five daughters, It was the late Mr. 13 ucklan d, who, if we recollect aright, when on a visit to Lord Fitzwilliam, tells of the impression made upon him by the appearance of a fine handsome gentleman coming up the staircase with a beautiful girl in green velvet on either arm —the member for Pontefract with two of his daugh ters. But if we do borrow a sketch it shall be from the pen of a sportsman, and to no other could we be as indebted as to poor " Sylvanus," who thus por trayed Mr. Gully in the very zenith of his career : " He had permanent lodgings at Newmarket, well and tastily furnished, and dispensed his hospitality with no sparing hand. An excellent cook, claret from Griffiths's, with an entertaining, gentleman , like host, left little to be desired at the dinner await ing us. Mr. Gully is justly esteemed, having raised himself from the lowest paths of life to the position, not merely of wealth, but to that of intimacy amongst gentlemen, on or off the Turf, but still gen tlemen in taste, which nought but the undeviating good manners, and entertaining, unpresuming de portment of Gully could for a moment, or rather, for any length of time beyond a moment, suffer thorn to tolerate. No man over possessed these qualifications, gained through innate acutenesss, groat common sense, and a plastic disposition to observe and benefit by the chance rencontres with the courtly patrons of his day to a greater degree, taking the early disadvantages he had to contend with into consideration, than John Gully. No man could be more above pretence, or less shy at any allusions to his early and not very polished career than himself. When I dined with him at New market, as well as upon subsequent occasions, I was much gratified by his manly openness and lack of all sensitive false shame on any occasional appeal being made to the byegone. He, on the contrary, entered freely in to many entertaining portions of his history, answered all my questions con amore, and with perfect good nature, as to the mode of training, hitting so as not to injure the hand, wrestling, and other minutiae of the ring ; passing the claret and slicing the pine, as if foaled at Knowsley or B re tby. H o h a d a quiet sly way of joking on any turf affair, on which, bear in mind, he was as au fait as Zamiel making a book for the Derby. The turbot came from Billingsgate by ex press, and the haunch from his own park. Moot purveyed the champagne, Majoribanks the port, and, as I have befoire*Said, Griffiths the Lafitte. We had no skulking host be assured, but the most en tertaining and liberal one alike." There is a genial tone about this sketch that tells at once for its truth, and it would be difficult to give any man a better character. We ourselires have not attempted to blot out the earlier chapters in Mr. Gully's eventful life, feeling as we do that they only add point and force to the effect of his subsequent career. His position at every turn and phase of fortune was still a try ing one, but no man more fairly earned the respect he gained. There is a very moral of good manners in such a man's history. Improved Dwellings for the Industrial Classes. - ~-- - On Saturday a number of noblemen and gentle men were invited by Mr. Alderman Waterlow to inspect his first block of improved dwellings for the industrial classes, which he has named Langbourn buildings, erected in Mark-street, Paul-street, Finsbury-square. This first block is intended for the accommodation of 20 families, and externally it presents a handsome appearance. The general plan of the landing may be described as a parallelogram of 56 feet by 30 feet, divided into four sections by a party wall in the centre, and two passages in the middle of each wing. The two centre sections are set back about three feet from the line of frontage for the purpose of giving space for a balcony of that width on each of the upper floors. Each section comprises one suite of looms to which access is obtained from the passages leading direct from the balcony on all the upper floors. The bal cony is reached by a fireproof staircase, having a semi-elliptical form, the entrances to which are by two doorways in the centre of the building. The staircase is continued to and gives access to the roof. The larger lettings, consisting of three rooms and a washhouse, occupy the end sections of the building. Leading out of what is called the " living room," is the washhouse or scullery, which contains in every case what may be called the ac cessories of the dwelling—water cistern, sink, a small fireplace, washing copper, dust shoot, water closet, ikc. In each room there is a fireplace, besides cupboards and a series of shelves, forming very necessary conveniences. The centre sections, com prising the smaller lettings, consist of two rooms and a washhouse, with the other conveniences similar to those in the larger lettings. The plan is the same on each side the party walls, and every floor or fiat is a repetition of the other. Close to the ceilings of all the rooms a ventilator is placed, which communicates with air shafts running through the centres of the chimney stacks. The air is thus constantly rarified, and a system of natural ventilation is produced. Besides this, by setting open the windows a current of external air can be at once passed through every room. The lower panes of the windows are filled in with ornamental ground glass, so that no window blinds are necessary. The windows are con structed on a somewhat novel principle, being made to open outwards like ordinary French case ments, but the two lower panes are not made to open, so that the danger of children falling out is avoided, as well as the disadvantages of the ordi nary window sashes. One important point should be noticed, namely, that all the rooms are eight feet nine inches in height. Drainage is effected by means of four-inch stoneware pipes passing from the top of the building down the corners of the wash houses directly to the common sewer. The dust shaft curries the dust to covered receptacles at the base of the building, and each shoot is provided with an iron cover so as to prevent the return of dust and effluvia. All the rooms are plastered and papered, and the washhouses are plastered and coloured. Every tenant has his apartments completely to him self, and nothing is used in common but the top roof, which is flat, as a drying and recreation ground. One peculiar feature in Mr. Alderman Waterlow's speculation is this—that he has surmounted what appeared to be the insuperable difficulty in metro politan associations, of building dwellings for the labouring classes which could be let at a rental yielding a fair return for the capital invested. These associations found the minimum expense of building a " home" amounted to £lBO, whereas Mr. Alder man Waterlow has succeeded in building what the Earl of Shaftesbury calls a more cheerful and attrac tive home for the sum of XllO. It may be interesting to state how Mr. Alderman Waterlow has been able to accomplish this. It appears that the use of ordi nary materials in the place of the artificial stone, which we are about to describe, would have in creased the cost of the building by at least 25 per cent., and so rendered a good return on it impossible. This new material possesses the quality of being ex tremely hard, durable, and light, as artificial stone. It is composed of clinkers, culm, hard-broken coke, and similar rough porous calcined substances, in the proportion of four parts of these to one part of Portland cement. Sufficient water is added to these materials to bring the composition when well mixed up :to the consistency of ordinary mortar. It is then placed in moulds or troughs for the pur pose of giving to it any desired form, such as lin tels, arches, chimney-pieces, stairs, window-dress ings and sills, slabs, Sec. In the composition of the tinted portions of the plan—the fire-proof floors of the washhouses, balconies, and passages, and in the making of the flat roof, it is applied in the follow ing:manner :—Bare of 3in, by tin. iron are stretched across the building, from front to back, at distances of 2 feet apart, and carried into the brickwork of the wall so as to form ties and bind the building into a solid mass. Half-inch iron rods, two feet apart from each other, pass through the iron bars already described, and beneath the network of iron thus formed, a temporary layer of boards is placed, and then the patent material is filled in to a thick ness of about four inches. In the course of a day or two the whole mass sets with sufficient hardness to allow of the removal of the boards, and after a week or ten days' exposure to the air it become so hard and firm that it will stand any amount of pressure. The chimney-pieces, made of this material, and painted to resemble Thai ble, looked very tasteful. A dejeuner, provided by Messrs. Elkington, of the Freemasons' Tavern, and superint e nd e d with hi s accustomed courtesy by Mr. Banks, was served on the fiat roof of the building. The Lord Mayor was unable to attend, and in his absence Lord Ebury took the chair. The noble CHAIRMAN shortly addrassed the com pany, expressing the great gratification he felt after a careful inspection of the building, and after warmly complimenting Alderman Waterlo* on the success he had achieved, he concluded by proposing the worthy alderman / 8 health, which was cordially re sponded to, Mr. Alderman ViTATERLow, in returning thanks, attributed his success to the cheapness of the new material of which he had availed himself, and he hoped men of capital would be stimulated to make like experiments. He intended to proceed immedi ately with building two additional blocks. More applications, he said, had been made for " homes" in the present block than he could. possibly accommo. date. The rents vary from Os. to 6s. 6d. and 7s. per week. Lord RADSTOCK, Mr. CHADWICK, and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, after which Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY moved the following reso tion :—" That this meeting having inspected Mr. Alderman Waterlow's model building, and listened to the explanations afforded, is of opinion that the very best moral and social consequences, and very fsir expectations of an ample return for the capital invested, would result from the erection of such buildings." Mr. SCOTT, the City Chamberlain, seconded the resolution, which was cordially agreed to. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. " TAKE WHAT You LIKE."--At Westminster Police-eourt, this morning, a gentleman applied for a summons against a cabman for excess of fare. The appli cant, it appeared, had a dispute about the cabby's fare, and told him to " take what he pleased"—holding in his hand some silver money. The cabman took 65., which the appli cant considered an excess, and therefore he wanted a sum mons. Mr. Ingram said, when a cabman was told to " take what he liked," he might urge, in answer to the summons, a mutual agreement. The complainant, taking that view of the case, did not persevere in his application. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC) JOURNALS, SPECTATOR.—The London illuminations were, on the whole, exceedingly magnificent—for London. How far short we fell of the true theory of illumi nation, the inipte§elive spectacle of the Quadrant in Regent-street, with its sweeping curves of flame, brought out most clearly. We illuminate, as we do, almost all other things, on individualistic and com petitive principles, instead of combining for unity of design end continuity of effect. One heuse writes a sentiment in coloured lamps, another puts up a gas star, a third a transparency of the Prince and Princess, and all is spotty and irregular. A conti nuous stream of light, however thin, sweeping down each face of the great thoroughfares, would have threaded together all the single illuminations into an effect of infinitely greater grandeur. The only real failure, :however, was the electric light, which ant it ely disappointe,d the confiding hopes of its scien tific friends. People thronged to St. Paul's, at great peril to their lives, to see a dome of fire, such as the burning house in Paternoster-row lit up a year and a half ago, and beheld what the class-books on optics call an " oblique pencil of rays," and a very faint one too, wandering in a desolate and dejected way about the dome in the hope of effecting something. A single beam of moonlight would have produced a finer effect. St. Paul's cannot be lighted by a magic lanthorn. The coloured Admiralty lamps round the ball had the advantageof being seen from the howl ing wilderness of Smithfield—the nearest point reached by many a cabful of patient explorers—and certainly gave a striking impression of enormous height, but also of great poverty of effect at that height, looking something as a coloured glass-bead necklace round a majestic beauty might seem to in fancy. The electric light on the National Gallery did little better, except that which turned on the top of the Nelson column, the whole height of which remained:in darkness, it gave the effect of a sheeted ghost in mid-air. Next to the Quadrant, St. James's street, Cheapside, Fleet-street, Boud-street, and Pall mall were most brilliantly and continuously lighted streets, the Strand, except near Temple-bar, being rather a failure. An eccentric and ingenious mind in the Haymarket produced dissolving views of the various members of the Royal Family, which excited great interest in the crowd, the Princess of Hesse (whom they call the Princess Bessy) developing out of the Princess of Prussia with a rapidity that even Mr. Darwin's newest species never rivalled. SATURDAY RETIEW.—The present Home Secre tary is a typical specimen of the feeble race of statesmen with which this conventional necessity has often filled some of the most important offices. At first sight, he has some qualities which would seem to make him a useful member of a Government that exists at the will of the House of Commons. His gentle temper and extreme pliability secure for him, among members of Parliament, that nega tive appreciation which is accorded to those who do not disturb the even tenor of a lazy session by importune activity. A man who never is provoked into rough word, who never says anything suffi ciently definite to be by possibility indiscreet, and who can always be squeezed by adequate pressure into granting anything or withdrawing anything, is sure of a certain amount of popularity. But it is a success of a very fragile and delusive character. No Ministry can exist long upon that negative popularity which is based upon its inaction, and which is therefore largely compounded of contempt. Virtuous and courteous debility is a quality of mind useful enough in a stop-gap or a sinecurist ; but the Ministry that treats the 11°rue-office as a sinecure, to be filled by the possessor of such qualifications, dangerously trifles with its reputation. The Home Secretary is the one official of the Government whose personal ability presents itself in a palpable shape to the experience of the people. If the Foreign-office goes wrong, they are only wounded in their senti ments. If a Chancellor of the Exchequer blunders, the chances are that he is simply blundering one class in favour of another ; so that, if he makes enemies by his mistakes, he is also making friends. But if a hitch occurs in the mechanism by which the security of life and property is assured, the evil results, or at least the terrors of them, are felt by all classes alike. If he so manages the police, or the punish ments of the law, that order is not preserved or crime increases, the indignation which men who are not politicians feel is something very different from the grumbles that are elicited by a rash finance or a wrong-headed policy. The Home Secretary is clothed with the elementary functions of Government —the protection of lite and goods from violence; and if those functions are left unfulfilled, there is little solace to be found in the exemplary discharge of all the rest. The past week has contributed two illustrations of Sir George Grey's characteristic deficiencies. The procession was a disgraceful specimen of adminis trative incapacity that foreign critics will not soon forget. If the Grand Duke Constantine could have been near Temple-bar or at the Mansion House on Saturday last, he would have recanted his too hasty admiration of the English system of police. A pro cession, indeed, it ceased to be. It was resolved into its component atoms. Nothing remained but a few carriages floating about at rare intervals in a boiling sea of mob. The Princess had a narrow escape of being received into the embraces of the English people with a literal energy upon which sne did not count. The reply on the part of the Home-office, of course, will be, that all the disasters of the City portion of the route were due to the break down of that fragment of police which the vanity of the Corporation has been allowed to keep asunder from the general police organisation of the metropolis. But there is no one who is so much to blame for the existence of that anomaly as Sir George Grey. He has had the reform of the City continually under his hand for the last ten years. He has brought in some half-dozen bills for its accomplishment, drawn from the report of Sir John Patteson's commission. But he has never even attempted to bring them to au issue ; and after looking helplessly at the difficulty for some six sessions, he has now aban doned it in, despair. Nor will it avail him to say that the difficulties of Saturday were unex pected, and teat, had he foreseen them, he would have put more pressure upon the lazy and selfish Corporation. Unhappily, Saturday was but the rehearsal of the real tragedy. Upon Tuesday the inefficiency of the police under Sir George Grey's management bore fruit in all parts of London in the actual slaughter of many innocent persons. The uncontrollable throng of Saturday might have warned him. But the certainty of impending dis aster tends rather to paralyse than to rouse men who are naturally iecapable of energy. LONDON REVIEW.—No marriage can be regarded as a commonplace event. Even when the sacred rites unite the lowliest and the most obscure, it is a crisis in the life and destiny of t wo human beings ; the fertile source of happiness or sorrow not confined to themselves ; the sweet or bitter epring of unnum bered blessings or curses to those who wed and to the society of which they form part. How august, then, must be the bearing upon a nation's future of such a marriage as *e have just .seen celebrated. By it the Royal Venally, beneath whose title we so love to live, renews itself under the happiest aus pices. We see in it a deliverance from all fear of a break in the direct line of tihr native-born princes. We trust that it will give us a young and buoyant Court; not, as in timlee we willingly forget, ranged in opposition to the elder and graver ene, but rein forcing its strength and increasing its influence by the freshness of sympathy,, the natural enthusiasm, the openness to new thoughts and ideas; with which it is the privilege of youth to aid and inspire the calmer wisdom, the more cautious steps and the more sluggish feelings of mature age. It is desirable that the influence of the rising generation should be felt near the throne as it ie in every other part of our political or social life. Never had prince or princess a fairer opportunity of playing a great part as faithful interpreters to the Sovereign of the sentiments and ideas of their own contemporaries. The nation confidently expects that they will not lose sight of this duty ; that they will not, even in the pure enjoyment of domestic happiness, forget the claims of that public station to which they are born, At the satee time it is keenly alive to the fact, that domestic purity and devotion are the indispensable foundations of their usefulness. Of these, however, we do not doubt. The Prince of Wales has had be fore him the best example in his nether and father. Even before we saw her, report had invested the Princess with every virtue that may adorn a crown, or shed happiness upon a family circle , Since she has shown herself in our streets, he would indeed be a rash man who ventured to hint a doubt of this, in any assembly of his countrymen and countrywo men. But had our hopes and expectations been based merely upon these reasoning considerations, d our rejoicings would have wante much much of their warmth, and been characterised by much more of self-restraint. The people were deeply affected and thoroughly won by the romance of a love -match in a rank where such things have been far from common. This was the touch of nature which broke down all the barriers which rank and etiquette in terpose between sovereign and subjects. Those who thought about the matter found here the best pledge for the realisation of our fondest wishes. To those who did not think, the same conviction was suggested by the unerring instinct of our hearts. Therefore was it both natural and well that we should do as we have done. Our generous outburst of deep and genuine feeling will not fall fruitless to to the ground. Nations, like individuals, gain im mensely by throwing off now and then the restraints of conventional habit, and by giving vent to the finer emotions and exercise to the more unselfish capabilities, which are apt to languieh amidst the routine of daily life. Such demonstrations as those in which we have taken part sensibly raise the tone of the public mind. They bring home to us how much we all have in common ; they increase our confidence that this is generally felt ; they give us a new and sound reason for believing that in any great crisis or struggle Englishmen will stand shoulder to shoulder unto the last, Nor can they be but a passing morning's gratification to those in whose honour they are offered. All but the basest are rendered better by being trusted. If there is anything good in a man, the surest way of bring ing it out is to show that we know it is there, and that we rely upon his doing justice to himself. The marvellous reception of last S,turday, the universal celebration of the marriage of Tuesday, were mani festations of so complete a trust in the Prince and the Princess of Wales, that they must indeed be un worthy it they do not strain every nerve to deserve the love which :is heaped upon them. They are called to no ordinary inheritance—that of the un bounded devotion of the freest people on earth. Reserved as we are, we have opened to them the innermost recesses of our heart. They can have seen nothing there but the most eMctionate loyalty, and they are bound by the strongest obligations—by the proudest recollections—to make the happiest day of their lives the fertile source of happiness to the country that rejoiced with them. LAW TIMES.—The House of Commons has wisely rejected the clause in the Corrupt Practices But disfranchising solicitors and others employed by candidates at an election. No contest could be conducted without some assistance, and the only effect of depriving the persons so employed of the privilege to vote would he, as it was when such was the law, an extensive system of evasion. The vote of the solicitors were sacrificed, of course, for no election could be managed without them, and as they were generally pretty equally divided, the loss of their votes had no material effect upon the issue. But with the humbler classes of em ployed, the plan was to engage the services of the son or daughter, or of some relative or friend of the voter, who worked gratuitously, the relative receiving the wages. The House knew this, and, prudently deeming that it is better to sanction that 'which cannot be prevented, has resolved to leave the law as it is, the election committee adjudging whether the employment of agents was colourable or bona . fide ; reasonable or unreasonable in its extent. Why not at once acknowledge, what everybody well knows, that no law that human wit could devise will put down bribery; and content ourselves with doing all that can be done to make it as difficult and dangerous as possible? ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. On Friday evening last the locality of Winshill and Newton Mount, near Burton-on-Trent, was thrown into excitement by the report that a mur der had been committed, and that the murderer had committed suicide, under the most painful circum stances. On inquiry, it was discovered that a young woman named Mary Tomlinson. a domestic servant at J. Drevvry's, Esq., solicitor, Newton Mount, had been the object of an attempted assassination by a young man named Joseph Simpson, with whom she had been on terms of the closest intimacy for some time. It appears that she had been wounded on the right side of the head, directly below the ear, and, although very severely injured, she still survives. It seem that directly after aiming the deadly shot at his sweetheart, and hearing her screams, Simp son ran across two fields, and discharged the con tents of the remaining barrel into his own head. As far back as last Whitsuntide they were engaged to be married, and consequently they went in com pany to the festivities of Lichfield Bower, and there, during their stay, he purchased a wedding ring. On Tuesday last—on the occasion of the rejoic ings at the Prince of Walee's marriage—they went to Burton, and there entered into the enjoyments provided. At the conclusion of the day's festivi ties she left the company of Simpson and joined another young man, which had the effect of ir ritating his temper. He went on Thursday to Mr. Barrett's, at Burton, and purchased a double barrelled rifle pistol, with a quantity of powder and shot, and on Friday morning Simpson went to the residence of Mr. Drewry, where he asked a boy, named Rice, to tell the young woman that he wished to see her. The boy told her, and she went to see him, when they bad a short interview in what is called " the boot-house." During their conversation there it appears that she gave back to him the ring he had purchased for their wedding. This interview was the last they held together, at about half-past tour o'clock in the evening. The report of firearms was heard at this time, and on inquiry being made into the cause, she was found. lying on the coal-heap in a state of insensibility. She was picked up, when it was found that she had been shot. Simpson was then loitering about the premises of Mr. Drewry during the greater part of Friday, but from his manner no suspicion was aroused as to the object he had in view. After shooting the girl he ran some distance, and shot himself through the mouth. Several went in pur suit of Simpson, but were unable to find him. He was, however, ultimately discovered by a man, named Orme, lying on his belly in a ditch, with blood streaming from the wound he had inflicted by the pistol shot. He was not dead when found, but life was extinct before medical aid could be pro cured. By his side, close to his right hand, was found a double-barrelled pistol, which had the appearance of having been recently discharged, each nipple bearing an exploded cap. The body of the young man was conveyed to Mr. Cooper's, the Traveller's Rest, Winshill, at which house Mr. Sale, coroner for the district, held an inquest on Saturday, when evidence corroborative of the above facts was given, and a verdict in accordance returned. The Alleged Robbery by an Officer's Wife at Preston. On Friday Mrs. Jessie Black, wife of Capt. Black, and daughter of a Leicester physician of high standing, was brought up at the House of Correc tion, Preston, on the charge of stealing a quantity of jewellery from Fulwood Barracks, the property of Capt. Bluett and Mrs. Crofton, widow of the late Col. Crofton, who was murdered with another offi cer in the barrack-yard in September, 1861. After the case had been opened for the prosecution, Capt. Bluett, of the 10th regiment, was examined —He gave evidence to the effect, that in July last he missed four valuable gold rings from his quarters at Fulwood Barracks. Mrs. Black had occasionally visited his quarters, and was there about the time when the rings were missing. Or the 2d inst. he accompanied ono of the police superintendents of Preston to Leicester, where Mrs. Black was residing with her family, and after making several inquiries, the rings were found at the office of Mr. Huxley, solicitor, of that place. Some of them had been altered, the stones having been reset. Margaret Toughey said that she had been a ser vant to Capt. Bluett, and that she saw Mrs. Black and Mrs. Bluett two or three times together in one of the bedrooms, where the rings were kept. Thomas Blyth, jeweller, Leicester, deposed that he altered a serpent ring for Mrs. Black in December last. _ _ This ring was identified by Capt. Bluett. Mr. Jones, jeweller, Leicester, proved that he had altered one of the rings for Mrs. Black, and that afterwards she had offered at his shop a diamond ring for sale. She refused the price he offered her. Mr. Hurley, solicitor, of Leicester, here made a statement to the effect that the prisoner and her husband had lived unhappily, and separated ; that some time ago arrangements were made with the view of reconciling them; that she had pawned her husband's plate and a quantity of jewellery in Lon don ; that, at her earnest solicitation, he agreed to redeem the articles for het, and to receive back the money out of the sum to be realised by the sale of her husband's commission ; that Property was so redeemed, and that he had charge a it Capt. Bluett and the police officer went to Leicester make inquiries respecting the missing property, and that the rings were amongst the articles redeemed. Mrs. Crofton, widow of Coi. Crofton, said that she lost a 'valuable diamond ring in September, 1861 ; that the ring produced, and iound at the office of Mr. HaxleV, was her property ; and that the prisoner had been a frequent visitor of hers. Mr. W. Stephens, pawnbroker, of Brewer-street, Golden square, London, said that the prisoner had pawned the diamond ring named three times at his shop, having sent it by letter; and that she pawned the other articles in a similar manner. She was fully committed to the forthcoming Liver pool assizes for trial. The prisoner, who is a rather handsome, well dressed lady, was remarkably cool during the whole examination. The defence was reserved. ICE-BRIDGE AT NIAGARA.—For the third time !.!), the history of Canada the Niagara river at itsjune tion with Lake Ontario has been bridged with ice. The first occasion was before the war of 1812 ; the second in the spring of 1845. In this latter instance the river, with the exception of very rare and insignificant spots, was bridged over from its mouth to within a short distance of the Falls, and at the wharf at Niagara the boulders of ice were packed on the top of each other to the height of 40 or 50 feet, com pletely shutting out the view of the opposite shore, The third bridging of the river commenced at 2 o'clock on Mon day afternoon, Fob. 16th, and at 4 o'clock some persons crossed. On Tuesday morning a party of 17 or 18, half of whom were ladle-, came over from Youngstown to Niagara. The river is bridged with ice from its mouth upwards for a distance of about 21 miles. The sight is reported as being one of surpassing beauty and grandeur, and well worth a journey to see. The cause of the "jam" is the prevalence of south winds for a few days, and then a sudden change to the north—the first forcing the ice down the upper lakes into the river, which is prevented by the north winds from getting into Lake Ontario,—St. Catharine's Journal. The Recent Case of Infanticide by a Young Lady. Elizabeth Lydia Brown, scarcely 17 years of age, and at the time of the alleged offence residing with her parents, persons of unquestionable respectability, at 74, Rotherfield street, Islington, was finally brought up at the Worship street Ponce-court on the following charges :—Suspicion of having caused the death of her illegitimate child, and of concealing he birth, The prisoner now, as previously, was - accoupanied by her parents, but on this occasion had the advantage of profes sional advice from a gentleman whose name did not reach the reportet's ear. She is an interesting looking person, and was attired in a silk or barego dress, a grey seal-skin cloak, and a white straw hat with black ribbons. At the former examination it was shown that an infant had been found in a waterclosit attached to the Wesleyan Schools in Mintern-street, New North-road, on the after noon of the 4th inst., by a girl scholar there, a staylace being twice round the throat and tightly secured behind, the envelope c' nsisling of a coloured barege scarf, one corner of which was also tied round the throat; that Inspec tor Webster, N division, who had charge of the case, found the prisoner had been seen passing from the direction of the closet a few minutes before the discovery of the body, and that when he apprehended her beneath her parents' rosf she did not deny that fact; also that a personal examina tion by Dra. Clen, Griffiths, and Atkins, Cully showed she had given birth to a child very recently, but the parents denied all knowledge of her having been enciente. Serjeant M. Veety, N division, now said—l searched the prisoner's bed-room and found a petticoat very much ,stained with blood. Also two night-dresses saturated with blood. They were in a bag that hung on a bed-post. I could not discover any preparations for a birth. Dr. Griffiths—l examined the dead body of a male infant on the 4th inst. There was the impress of a finger and thumb upon the throat and the deep mark of a double ligature round it. Marks of the former might have been caused by an attempt at self-delivery. It was a full grown child, and healthy. The umbilical cord was torn across. The ligature could not accidentally get round the throat. I have since made a post mor Son examination, The lungs had been inflated. By the Magistrate—Strangulation appeared to have been the cause of death, but that might have happened before the entire birth. The umbilical cord being torn might have caused great loss of blood, but there were not any marks of such about the body, and it had not been washed. There is not any decided test of an infant having been born alive, except by the lungs, as mentioned. Magistrate—And that test is almost exploded. Witness—Medical testimony can go no further. Cross-examined—The bruises on the side of the windpipe could have been occasioned by self-delivery—certainly not sufficient to account for death—the body was not decom posed, and I consider had been horn about a week. Dr. Atkins, a physician of Edinburgh, confirmed this evidence in all points. Elizabeth Diver, nine years of age, was called to show that prisoner was seen by her in the playground on the 4th instant, but she persisted in stating that it was on the Wed nesday following, and her evidence certainly did not clearly go to identify the prisoner at eny time ; but it appeared tha acces could be gained to the playground from the road any one ; end Elizabeth Ford, a pupil-teacher at the school, swore that she met and spoke to the prisoner in the playground on the afternoon of the 4th, at which time she appearwd extremely ill, also that she had three years since been a pupil at the school. Elizabeth Donovan, searcher at the Kingsland station house, was next called, and the attorney for the defence ob jected to her evidence being received, as it had been of such a character as to call forth the animadversion of the coroner. The Magistrate remarked that this court had not any thing to do with the coroner, and witness was therefore sworn. She said--On the sth instant, when the prisoner was brought to the station house, I searched her. I found two brooches and a gold watch upon her. I asked her what she was charged with. She replied, "It is about a child ; I de livered myself and put it down a closet, or the closet. I had spoken to a chemist to recommend me a medical gentleman. I thought that I was not near my confinement, or I should have mentioned it to my mamma." On the following morning her mother questioned her closely with regard to time, and she replied, " I thought that I was not near the full time, or I should have had preparations for what was requisite." Cross-examined—l did not invite her to make these ad missions. I did not say they should be confidential and should go no further. I told her to be cautious, tor that I should not have anything to say to her after she left the station-house. I certainly said this after she had made the statement. I did not suppose my evidence would be re quire f, and, therefore, was nor so particular as I might have otherwise ueen. I did not ask the prisoner whether the child was born alive, but her mother did, and the answer was, "My pains were such that I did not know whether it was or not." This being the whole evidence against the prisoner, the depositions were fully completed by Mr. Safford, the clerk, and she was fully committed for trial at the ensuing Old Bailey sessions, on the capital charge of murder, and also of concealing the birth ; her attorney assuring the magistrate that he should be able to prove ultimately that medical assistance had been solicited, and also that preparations were in course of making for childbirth. The wretched girl sat during the entire hearing with her face concealed by her hands, which rested on the dock rail; she was manifestly in extreme prostration, mentally and bodily, and by desire of the magistrate, was removed to the waiting-room of Bendall, the gaoler, until a cab could be procured, in which he then conveyed her to Newgate. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 548 to 588; new, 45s to 508 per 36 stone. Old red, 48s to 54s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 34s to 39s per qr.; grinding, 27s to 30s; old oats, 27s to 30s; new oats, 22s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 33s to 38s ; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. New wheat, 42s to 525; old, 49s to 565. Barley, 26s to 42s per qr. New oats quoted at 20s to 30, ; old, 28s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 428; new, 33s to 37,, Peas, 34s to 44s per qr NORWICH—SATunDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, and prices were 6d t, is per qr higher than last week. For barley former prices were again demanded, but the supply was limited. Little passing in other grain. White wheat. 4's to 60 I Red wheat 42s to 46s Malting barley ...37s to 40s I Chevalier Larley 35s to 36s Distilling do . 32s to 348 I Oats.. 249 to 283 Flour, 34s t3d to —a Gd per sack from the NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. White wheat, from 43s to 535; red wheat, 428 to 490. Barloy—notiting, 33s to 43s . grinding, 27s' to 30s. Oats (Ad, at 25.3t0 31s Od; new, 2.2 s to 275. Beans sold at 3tig to 458 per qr. Flour, 33s to 435. YORK— S. Wheat, red 4os to 44e i i )ats.... 2os to 24 White do < 4ss to 50 s 1 Beans 38.- to 40s Barley .30 s t o 36 s I Peas ....—Q to —g Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 34s per i qr • flour, 37 , 3 . to 39s per sack. >ATURDAY. DUBLIN-FRIDAY. Altogether a healthier market than for many weeks past. The value of Irish grain unchanged, Foreign wheat and maize in much improved demand, and in some cases a shade dearer. Wheat, white.. 26 0 to 28 6 Do., red .. 23 0 to 26 0 Do., new .... 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do., black lO 4 to 12 0 s. d. s. d. Beans.. ..... 24 0 to 27 0 Bere Rapeseed 0 to 0 Oatmeal l3 6 to 15 0 Bakers' flour .. 16 0 to 22 0 Indian corn 31 6 to 35 0 Herapath says:—" The Metropolitan Railway traffic from the 3 miles 63 chains, for local passengers alone for the week ending the Sth inst., amounts to £2,504. This is the largest amount the Metropolitan has yet had in Es week. The nearest approach to it was the traffic for the second week of working (ending the 25th January) when the take' was £2,473. One watches the traffic of the Metropolitan Railway with great interest, for its traftle success is unparalleled. Here are about 31 miles of rail way carrying, in local passengers alone, a traffic of £2,500 in a wee. Births. ThrzoN•—On the 13th inst., at Craven-hill, the wife of John Dillon, Esq., of a daughter. SURTEES,—On the llth inst.. at Holth7. , Rectory, the wife of the Rev. Richard Surtees, of a son. TREMAYNE.—On the 13th inst., at Half•moon-street, the Hon. Mrs. Tremayne, of a daughter. Marriages. PLATT—DUNN.—On the 12th inst • at Drmallan House. Bridge of Allan, N. 13 , George William Platt, Esq., of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, to Margie Wingqte Dun, only daughter of Thomas R. Dunn, Esq., M.D., R.N. THOMASON—ROLLASON.—On the 12th inst.. a t St, Bar. nahas, Erdington, Henry Y. Thomason. of' F.dghaston, to Harriet, youngest daughter of Mr.t'Ab.l R o ll ason , of ShiTherd's-green House, Erdington, near Birminghara• Deaths. Orr•rovirKg —On the 12th inst., at Richmond-park, Clifton, J a ms Cunningham, E sq. CONN.—On the 14th inst., at Warwick.street, South Bel gravia, Adolphns Arthur, youngest son of th e l a t e Henri Conn, Capt. . aged 25 • DAVIS.—On the 14th inst., at Clapham-rise, George Fred. Davis, Esq., aged 71. Dv,7grasTorN. — On the 13th inst., at Edinburgh, Anne 'Penelore, widow of the late Robert Dennistoun, Esq./ nged 89. WALcorr.--On the 13th inst., at 84, Eccle , ton-square, Charlotte Annie, the wife of Vice-Admiral Walcott, M.P., aged 66. TESTON.—On the 9th inst., John Weston, Esq., of 97, High Holborn, aged 85. London : Printed and Published by WIT.LTAM ANDREWS , of, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sv Office, No. 11 2 , Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of -Middlesex.—Monday,llliarch 16, 1863. THE SUN, LONDON, AIONDAN EVENENG, IVIARCEI 16, 1303,