The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-23 00:00:00

SHARE MARKETS—This Day. ORDINARY SHAREs AND STOuls.S. iveltne. By the author of "Forest Keep." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a most romantic story that is sure to charm all lovers of the exciting class cf fiction. The adventures of Eveline Warburton are most extra , ordinary, and they are related with great skill, so that, improbable as some of the occurrences may appear when critically scanned over by a captious observer, the reader goes on through the stirring scenes without questioning their vraisernblance. The longing desire of Eveline to go to Italy was one of those natural instincts that often reveal themselves to the surprise of those who do not know all the attendant circumstances of the case. The child of the South yearned to be under her native skies, and though she had been taken away at a very early age, still some dim and uncertain memories seemed to float around her. Louis Harley is a fine character, and worthy to be the hero of a romance. His bold defence of Evelino when she was accused of murder at the beginning claims our notice and wins for him our regard ; and as we proceed and watch his onward course we are more and more impressed with his spirit, his kind ness, and his superior abilities. The adventures of Miss Warburton are romantic in the extreme, but she gets mixed up with a set who are in themselves surrounded by extraordi nary circumstances. Miss Elton's life was a very strange one, and her secret marriage quite one of the old days of deep mystery in romance and thrilling tales of love and stratagem. Espina is the villain of the piece, and he is sketched with great adroitness. The cunning and craftiness of this man would have rendered him a fit emissary of the secret tribunal in the days of its dark Inquisition. Bad as he is, we feel more contempt, however, for the flake of Valdoli, who sat in his cabinet plotting and planning evil to all who came in his way, and then summoned his envoys and despatched them hither and thither with strict charge to stop at nothing, and to respect no life that stood in the way of their executing his desires. It is satisfactory to find that such a wretch was at last foiled in many of his attempts, and it was only retributive justice that caused his death by the hand of him whom he had trained in villany, Giulo Espina. At last a brighter day seemed to dawn on the much perse cuted friends, and we leave them at the conclusion of the narrative apparently safe from persecution and secure from danger. To all who appreciate a romantic novel this one will occasion great pleasure, and it can unhesitatingly be recommended to their perusal. In depth of sentiment and exciting inte rest it possesses advantages that few tales of the present day offer. This is not a sensation story, but a romantic one of a superior class, and as such it is sure to be welcomed in many circles. Even where its chronicles may be called too visionary or dreamy in their tone, its ability must be recognised, and Espina and the Black-veiled One are enough in themselves to testify to the merit of the author who has placed them in his 109 stirring pages. Paid-------------- . Share' Railways. Closing I Business I 1 Price. done. 13.14. Bit, Wol., and. Sir. Va1.,1 all 8 81 25 ; Blythe and Tyne. I all 10 illost.,Sleat.,aridMid.k.;od all 7 8 at Iliristol and Exeter llO 86 88 st ,Caledonian ' 10 0 0 115 116 50 'Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall I all 61 7/ 10 Do A A I j cltl ' " fl illy all 1 0 I Do. B fill6pc.p an.lois all been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc.l all 40 42 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. all 13 14 at ;Edinburgh & Glasgow.; 100 86 88 at IGlasg and S. Western.' 100 107 109 at GreatEastern,j. Ord. stk' ; 100 491 501 491 50 at I Ditto A stock st Ditto EastAnglian et' 100 241 251 at GreatNorthof Scotland 1100 at Great Northern.. ...... ;• 100 121 112 at Do A stock I 100 118 120 1181 / 191 st Do Bdo I 100 13 1 136 at iGt. S. au IW. of Ireland i 100 101 103 at Great Western I 100 66 (61 66 1 6 1 1 at Do Str Val gua. stock; 100 at Lancashire & Yorkshire' 100 1081 10 81 at London and tilackwall 100 731 I'4 74 st ; Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 114 115 et ,Lon., Chat., and Dover; 100 391 101 401 st (Lon. & North Western' 100 971 0 , 1 97 1 1 et Lon. & South Westernl 100 10.1 101 101 001 st Man., Slid., & Lincoln. 100 45 46 451 5 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 12 4 I Do I shares . 10 'Metropolitan all Pa 11 131 St Midland' 4.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 1 00 91 93 50 M Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland a ll 25 Do. 4 shares 21 Mid Kent .. 10 Do Cray Line ' et North British , ... . 00 50 52 14 14 1 50 1 1 00 24 ) et Edin., Perth, & ....... 28 25 981 1 8 4 st Nth. Eastern—Berwict, 100 98 981 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.1 c s t Do Leeds ............ , 100 551 56 100 86 87 st Do York • 100 at Do Carlisle. at North London 5 1 11 p 10 Do New a ll 16 NI B • 9.18,4 North Staffordshire 10 'N. and S. W. Junction all 111 111 at Scottish Central et Scot N. E., Aber. sto ck 100 41 43 e at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 100 10z l 0 Shrews. and Weiclipool all st Shropshire Union d at South Devon lOO 321 331 st ,South Eastern 1 " st , South Wales e . -st Is York and River Dun 100 100 102 20 ;staines,Wok.,andWok all 7 8 d 25 Stockton & Darlington all 15 3 7 7 38 25 Do 10 a t 8 25 Do New, 1880 8 74 8 p Taff Vale. et Y 10 Do B .............. e. 10 Do C 3 21 34 p 50 Ulster I all 25 Do es 12.10 Do st Vale of Neath Hi et Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 150 160 e t Waterford & Kilkenny 100 hb4. at West Cornwall lOO 28 30 it.. et W. Hartlepool Ha r.&R. 100 et West Midland Oxford 100 41 42 41} 2 'or at Do Newport 100 35 37 ____ at Do Hereford 100 99 101 BRITISH POS ';ESSIONS‘. ,bar. /Midway', Pale. Price. Business donc 100 ttlantie &St Lawrenet all 82 64 03 , 30m.,Baroda&•Cent inc V , 1( 5 lt 6 1052 1 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 2 4 1 20 Do. E. Shares. cO4 tiutlalo anti Lane 1i uroi I 41 4 8 1 10 Do. PrCierellOC .••• •all 72 too Buff alo,l3rant,aG ottriel, 140 P. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1 . 72 100 Do. do. July 1, 187 btu 100 :Jo. do. June 1,1.'4 100 st ,_ll e utta.&S.Eastn. ;I , ; 100 104 106 st Cape Town & Dock Son) 100 10E2 1094 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 106 iu7 stock IL:lst Indian. gu. sp. c. 10 0 1062 107 20 Do. do. G Ext 5 llp p 5 1 20 Do. do. Ii do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada l 0 204 412 100 Do. Ist Pre'. Bonds it 65 67 100 Do. Co. deferred...... all 50 53 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bones at' 56 58 100 Do. do d-der ed all 44 6 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock ... al' 40 44 100 Do. do. (Herr d.... . all 34 33 100 Do. 4th Pref. s o k... all 21 28 100 Do. do deferred...." all 22 24 stock Gt.lnchaPeniu.gua.sp.c 100 106 107 1061 6 20 Do. New gua. s p. c... 12 1 I 121 20 Do. January , 1862 4 1 j stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. tco 1034 1044 1031 202 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 121 13 12 202 Do. New . ........ is• 7t 7 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 100 102 101:i 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 93 05 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 lip stock Madras guar., sp. c. 101 , 104 Ics 104 13; stock Do. p. C. Extensim 101, 97 98 stock Dr. 4 d 0.... 100 03 , 5 95 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock /lelb.Corit. e. 800 its - - 50 Nlelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 48 60 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Belt. al, 20 New Brunswick a CauLi; Class Aen B a ll 3 5 N. lll.C'da6 pc lst • 1 t bds 1 00 81 13 6toc t 5 1fo i n . d D e e Ih . • • .• (t OO 1 1 6:j it 72 6 1 061 st 105 t Do. do • i . '; " t 2 4P 20 Du. Punjaub c fp st 1/o. Do. .•• , 1('0 c 3 • lola .reek 1 ndus.St. ' /LON! A L ( - 4()V Ct , L i .11 I 1877-31 Do. 6 P.C. Feb. &A u, 10 , 1 , 5 7 Do. 6 p.c.l'ilar.& Sen. 101 ;; 0 ,; 7 Do. Ip. C. Jan.&July. 10' v 72 914 971 8 , Do. 6 Inscribed stoat 100 is 1 ape G. El ope , ^ p c. 18? to,. 1(9 1 Do.Ap & Oct. 188 4 104 , 113 115 Do. 18(4 14(' 114 116 I Do. Jan. & July , 1841. 10) 112 114 113 Ceylon, N0v.1. 61 . ap; 10 - Bisu itius per cent .. L OO 111 1; 2 Na a G..v. u per cant . 1/0 tll 112 ti.ll.G ov .6 p.c.../ o, 1062 1 , ,74 —uo. dp. e. Ap. &00 10. - N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c. ,13 10 101 102 Do. 5 IL. c.,1871 to 1 , 10, 1001 1011 101 Do. d0.,1888 aupwds 100 10./2 101 1001 New Zealand 6 p 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. L - , sterling, 1875 lOO i 064 1074 100 1 113 'Queensland Gov. 6 p. c . S. AIIB thip.e.p.7 , 3z u 00 p. 10u 113 - V;o.tiov. 6 p.c. ,I ? di , 1 108 110 -- 100 111 3 / 4 1 12 111 1 I Do. 1.. P.IIITISII NITNES, 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold \ 1 1 id - ik,llnor u Amalgamated - 20 . ',2 - i Devon G. Cons. 'l.zi.vist. 1 530 n4O East Bassett (Illog'sn i• • 30 85 ,1 In 66i 6 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss• tr* hr East Caradon t1.1.. ... 1 411 41} - lEast Carn Brea... 3 O`•1' 81 13/ - E. I'4'l Russel (Tavistk.',.j 7.19.0 41 5 41} - liam.&SLAubmGwen.i 57, 14 16 - Great South Tolgus l7. 5* 0 51 1 - Wheal Vor (El elston 40 61 7 - Grenville 6.16 51 51 - Ii erod's-Foot 8 i', 48 18 -1: lingston Downs 4. 7.0 2 21 - Lady Bertha - 111,:rgaret (tiny Lelan 1 ,q 33 33 - )larke Valley... . 1.3.0 8 81 4 \lyndy Iron Ore (Lim 2 / } d - New Setun .. 191 10 140 . Aur t h Downs 'zi 21 3 - ,;.Wit'l Basert(111o4511 ti7.r 4} 4/ - sortli Wheal Crotty - 1 L'ar Consols(St. Blaney 111 44 11 10 I .*rovidence(Uny Lelnt, 10.0.7 1 1 423 - ISoutliC ara don(St.Cleer 11 415 5 - S. Carr. Brea (Illogan) 5.15.0 a 4 - `W heal Fran. (1110'7w 18.1 .8 90 8 5 - :Stray Park ............ 28.9. V 39 5 \ famar Silvdz Lead Min. 14 / 231 231 1 10 fin Croa .............. 9 2 21 24 t 34 - W es t Basset (Illogau).. 11 1 32 34 - W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 - Wheal ...... ..• •.. 471 2t5 275 - W Basset (Illogan, ti 77i 821 - r.r'heal Bulleratedruthl 5 fitt 670 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.8 - - - WhealLud ott ........ 2.10.8 61 7 61 - wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 15i i s i - Wheal Seton 5Bl 50 250 250 _ , t , , heal Treka wney (Lis ) 7 NI 17 18 - heal Union 3.17 5 5i PREFERENCE SHARES. Great ' orthern, 4 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 103 Ditto, 5 per cent. red. at 5 per cent., 1074 Great We tern, 4 per cent. irred., 90 Mid and 4 pet cent. pt. stk., 101 4 M dland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et.. A4i orth .6astern, Cons. pref. , 4 per cent., 03 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 111 Ditto, 6 per cent. C, 8, ; Metropolitan, 6, e e new trom Feb. 13 LINES LEASED Al! FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 95 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 961 FOREIGN UAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per Cent., 211 Great Luxembourg . , itof Namur and LieAe, gua. 6 per zent. pf., 201 N. Rail of Buenos tyres, gua. 7 per cent., 10; _ Ditto (2i), 3i Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), San nano gua. 7 per cent., 91 FOREIGN MINES. Linares, 8 Port l'hilip, St. John del Rey (Urn.), 56 U n ited 31exican 61 1 JOINT-STOCK r/ANKs. 1 lAnglo Portuguese (11m.), 3 ...Australasia, 81 .1 31 Bank of New Ztaland aim.), 9k Isritish North American, 50 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 221 31 =English and Irish (Um.), 3 91 Eng., Sco ~ and Australian Chartered, 204 Hindustan, thina, and Japan 126 London and Brazilian Jim.), 34 London Uldrtered Bank'ot Australia, 281 8 L o nnon and Colonial (lien. r, 31 a London and County, 42 • 2 Aletrop. and Prov. Bank dim.), 121 National Provincial of England, 1•40 19 Ditto, new, 211 Ottoman Bank, 38i 9 Ditto, 11CW, 10k Scinde, punjaub, and Delhi (lim.N, 21 South Australia, Union of Australia, 511 Union of England and France (Urn.), 4k DOCKS. LITERATURE: London, 5'6 Southampton, G 43 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 73 Crystal Pals ce, 33t Ditto, pref., iOO3 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 1121 Ilt 13 East India Irrigation and Canal, if, I Electric Telegraph, 101 Joint •stock Discount, 2} Madras Irrigation and Canal, 2; Natal Land and Colonisation Co. (Um.), 5 National Discount Company (liin.), Si 6 Oriental Inland Steam (lira.), 7 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam. 71 Quebrada Land, Rail, ana Royal Mail Steam, 61 606 . Submarine Telegraph Scrip Van Die n Land, 13i THE SUN, LONDON, AIONDAY EVENING, ',-jIVIARCH. 23, 1863. perhaps in these days than in the rough free spoken days of the Knight of the Iron Hand. There is too much clipping down of the right—too much palliation for the wrong among us, a confusion of good and evil which loses sight of the broad mark between. The career of one whose tongue was as honest as his sword was true, whose integrity was as unshaken as his courage, is no unfitting lesson for our timid vacillating age, with its half convic tions and its fear of calling virtue and vice by their right names. The English public are indebted to Mr. Thornbury for evoking this valiant shade of the old soldier to whom he justly applies the words of Carlyle, as one " whose birthright it was to be the servant of virtue, goodness, and God, and in such service to be without fee or reward." Tales of all Countries. Second series. By Anthony Trollope. Chapman and Hall. • These short stories have been republished from various periodicals. They form an amusing little work on the whole, and are well calculated to in terest the reader who wishes to be entertained without entering on a volume of more extended scope. They are written throughout in that spark ling style for which their author is famous. Some of the sketches are most ludicrous, as for instance, that of " The Man who kept his Money in a Box.' This is one of those incidents that sometimes occur in real life, and seem really to take place in order to confound the wisdom of the wise. The various impressions that arose in consequence of the un lucky mistake are well detailed, and take the reader by surprise at the last. " The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Caine," is a peculiar narrative of quite a different class. Patience Woolsworthy Was a sensible and spirited girl, and it would be well for many if they followed her example and drew back in time from engagements that did not promise well for their future happiness. There is, altogether, much to engage attention in this book, and it is sure to prove satisfactory to those in search of light reading for leisure hours. have been accepted as in the last year. The average is 46 a year, but last year they were only 34, while in 1860 they were 60. The number of policies which have been allowed to lapse is also below the average of former years. The position in which we now stand is this :—The number of policies in force at the end of the year was 8,826, assuring £7,018,681, and carrying bonuses to the amount of £162,023, the total liabilities being £7,580,704, to meet which we have an annual income, as I have stated, of £293,867, and an accumulated capital of £2,155,927. This capital is a positive accumulation, for we have no share capital, and represents the amount that has been saved during the 39 years we have been in existence. (Hear, hear.) Besides which it will be remembered that several years ago we not only paid off the loan capital, but gave a bonus to the shareholders on quitting the society. I cannot conclude without referring to the position we stand in as regards last year's proceedings. During that year we increased our liabilities by £192,358, while our assets were increased by £125,433, being more than 60 per cent. of the liabilities. (Hear, hear.) I will now move that the statements and re port which have been placed in your hands be received, adopted, and entered upon the minutes. Mr. Ronan (deputy chairman) seconded the motion. A PROPRIETOR suggested that as the accounts showed net earnings to the extent of 1130,000 a year, while only £20,000 was appropriated as bonuses, and, seeing also that against the £7,000,000 of liabilities they had a reserve fund of more than £2,000,000, something more might be added in the way of bonus upon expiring policies. The CHAIRMAN replied that this was not a bonus year, but at the end of the quinquennial period everything in re gard to the assets and liabilities would be taken into con sideration, and the bonus be declared accordingly,: The PROPRIETOR remarked that it was clear the old tables were not in accordance with present experience of the average duration of life, se that they had every reason to look forward to improved receipts, and consequently a higher rate of bonus. The CHAIRMAN—When the time comes for declaring the bonus the policy holders will have the benefit of any such improvement. Mr. DownEN considered the proportion of proposals de clined—averaging as it did 10 per cent.—was very high, aid suggested that the medical examination was too strict, particularly as regarded cases in which a near relative of the applicant had died of consumption. He congratulated the members of the society on the great increase in the number of policies issued during the past three years, as compared with the previous three years. The CHAIRMAN thought Mr. Dowden's remarks tended to show that the directors were properly careful in the selec tion of the lives they insured. (Hear, hear.) They had no wish to turn away business, but where there was a taint upon the life, or the medical officer suspected there was, they were right in refusing to insure it. Many proposals were made to them upon lives which it would be most im prudent to accept. Consumption where it existed generallly ran in the family, and the medical officer was quite right in reporting against proposals from members of such families. In reply to other questions the CHAIRMAN added, the apportionment of the bonus depended upon the profits and position of the society, and also upon the time when the policy was likely to fall in as a liability. The increasein the number of policies issued in 1860 as compared with 1861 was accounted for by the fact that 1860 was the year immedi ately succeeding the bonus year, when it was always found that the number of new proposals made was greatly in ex cess of ordinary years. The resolution was then put and carried. One hundred and sixty pounds were voted as remunera tion to the auditors for the past year, and Messrs. Stilwell, Howell, Taylor, and Roberts were re-elected to that office. The meeting then resolved itself into an extraordinary general court, to consider a proposed amendment of the article 82 of the deed of settlement, with the view of em powering the directors to grant assurances to the extent of £lO,OOO. The CHAIRMAN, in moving a resolution for carrying out the proposed alteration, explained that at present by the article referred to the directors were not allowed to issue any policy exceeding £5,000 in the whole upon any one life, and the consequence was that they occasionally lost profit able business. Owing to the amalgamation of lifeoffices and other circumstances, there were not the same facilities for insuring large sums as formerly. They frequently re ceived proposals for policies exceeding £5,000, which they were unable to accept because of the limit imposed by the deed of settlement, and the board considered it would be desirable if that restriction were removed. At the same time they did not ask for unlimited power as to the amount for which they might issue policies, but that the limit should be increased to £lO,OOO, so as to bring them more upon the footing of other life offices. The Scottish Widows' granted policies to any amount ; the Exchange, to £15,000; the London Corporation, to £15,0J0; the Law, to £lO,OOO ; the Rock, to £lO,OOO ; the Equitable, to £lO,OOO ; the Legal and General, to £lO,OOO ; the Impe rial. to £lO,OOO ; the Eagle, to £lO,OOO ; the Pelican, to £10,000; the Clerical and Medical, to £10,000; and the Guardian, to £lO,OOO. Generally speaking those large assurances were upon the best class of lives—people of rank and station, whose habits and mode of living were pretty well known or easily ascertained, and who wished to insure for family purposes. Seeing that if there was a profit upon a £lOO policy there mutt be one hundred times that profit upon a £lO,OOO policy, he thought the proprietors would hardly hesitate in giving to the board the power they asked. Th motion having. been seconded, A PROPRIETOR asked how many £5,000 policies tell in last year, and what had been the general results of these high insurances ? Tho CHAIRMAN—WO got rid of three, and issued 19 fresh ones. Since 1846 we have had 200 £5,000 policies, that is L1,0)0,000 in 17 years, and we have paid during the same period 52 £5,000 policies, or in round numbers one fourth. I may add that since we have sent the notice out of the intention to propose the alteration several policy holders have intimated that if it is carried they will double their insurances. Mr. G. BOWLEY considered the advantages of the pro• position self-evident, and that however right it might have been in the earlier period of the society's existence to im pose the £5,000 limit., it was altogether inapplicable to existing circumstances. Mr. DOWDEN doubted the wisdom of making any change, and asked for information as to the proportionate profits de rived from the £5,000 policies which had fallen in. Mr. SPICER thought the fact that of 200 such policies 52 had become claims in 17 years, was all the information on that point that could be required. The CHAIRMAN said he ought to have explained that al though they had taken two hun ired £5,000 insurances during the 17 years, and had lost 52, many of the 52 were insurances of an earlier date. (Hear, hear.) In reply to a suggestion from Mr. POWDER as to the facilities afforded for re-assuring in other offices when they were applied to for policies beyond the limit, The CHAIRMAN explained that in some cases parties came to them with proposals for large insurances that must be accepted or rejected before there was time to go round to the other offices to ascertain whether they would re-insure' and these, as the deed of settlement now stood, were ne cessarily lost. The resolution was then put and carried with one dis sentient. Mr. BOWLET moved a vote of thanks to the chairman which was carried by acclamation ; and in acknowledging ii The CHAIRMAN stated that the resolution for altering the deed would require confirmation, for which purpose another meeting would be held that day week, and he requested the attendance of proprietors to form a quorum, in the absence of which the confirmation could not take place. Foreigh Affairs whether the statement of General Burge vine, respecting the causes of the late mutiny of the Chinese drilled troops, published in the Friend of China of the 17th January, 1863, had been received at the Foreign office; together with the protest of all his officers, 45 in number, against the attempt of the Chinese authorities to obtain his head by the offer of 50,000 taels, or for his secret apprehension, and threatening to resign if he was mur dered ? Mr. LAYARD could give no other answer than that of the other evening. It appeared that greatly exaggerated statements had reached this country. For instance, he never could believe that English officers were present at a late horrible massacre of rebels. (Hear, hear.) (LEFT SITTING.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE, 100 to 30 agst Flying Fish (taken) 100 to 15 agst Biondella (taken) 12 t® 1 agst Argonaut (taken) 14 to 1 agst Rest (taken) 20 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps (offered) 20 to 1 agst Nebula (taken) 20 to 1 agst Summer . side (taken) 20 to 2 agst Lady Claden (taken) 20 to 1 agst Little Lady 20 to 1 agst Alvedieton NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 3to 1 agst Knutsford (taken) 7to 1 agst Grimstone (offered) 9to 1 agst Spring ok (taken) 12 to 1 agat Fairwatt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Man-at-, rms (offered) 33 to 1 agst Fee (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 8 agst Obercn (taken and - offered) 13 to 1 agat Adventurer (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst Hospodar (taken 3 to 1) sto 1 agat Saccharometer (taken) 10 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken) 20 to 1 agst Melrose (offered) THE DETBY. 6to 1 agat Lord Clifden (taken) 11 to 1 agst Hospodar (take 12 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Automaton (taken) 28 to 1 agst National Guard (taken) 40 to 1 agat Early Furl (taken) 50 to 1 agst Melrose (taken) 3000 to 50 agst Baldwin (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Maccaroni (taken) Very little betting. ARRIVALS AT NORTHAMPTON. Eastern Princess, Fig, Interduca, Flytrap, Zeloo, Grim stone, Equator, Independence, Practitioner, Ha rlestone, Aurelian, Humphrey, Perfect Cure, Molley Crew, Manrico, Glenochty colt, Kinsman, Flash-in-the-Pan, Loiterer, Juliet, Norman, St. Lawrence, Casette, Exchequer, Man at-Arms, Hypermnestra, Nathaile, Brother to Springbok, Balham, Garotter, Attaman, Knutsford, Vacund, Lawyer, Jenny Wren, Golden Drop, Wynnstay, Midnight, Mass, Prince Plausible, Ernest, Blondella, General Hess, Gorse, Millionaire, Douche, Carisbrook, Zara, Livingstone, La Marachal,lßevolver, Corsica,Sea Nymph,'Bertha, Little Lady, Benjamin, Vigil, Dunsinane Vranca, Stck broker, Black Lily, Oakapple, Henham L illa f ass, Salvioni, . and Overton. CITY BETTING—Tnrs DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 3to 1 agst Knutsford (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Grimstone (taken) 10 to 1 agst Man at Arms (taken) 12 to 1 agst Brother to Springbok (taken) lb to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gorse (offered) 20 to 1 agst Equinox (offered) 20 to 1 agst Voluptas (offered) 25 to 1 agst Oldminster (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ernest (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zeloo (offered) 40 to 1 agst Freeholder (offered) 66 to 1 agst Chaff (offered) 66 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn colt (offered) 100 to 1 agst African (offered) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 4to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) 7 to 1 agst Biondella (taken) 100 to 8 agst Queen of Trumps (taken and offered) 14 to I.agst Argonaut (taken) 100 to 6 agst Little Lady (offered) 20 to 1 agst Newmarket (taken) 20 to 1 agst Humphrey (taken) POLICE INTELLIGENCE,---This Day. ~, Economic Life Assurance Society. True as Steel. By Walter Thornbury. 3 vole, Hurst and Blackett. Mr. Thornbury is a versatile and indefatigable writer. He has tried in turn biography, art, essays, ballads, and historical novels, and has in each undertaking been more or less successful. His least fortunate efforts have been made in verse ; in prose he is always animated and vigorous. The merits of his style are a little marred by a slight tinge of affctation and self-complacency,but these errors may, let us hope, wear out with time. Mr. Thornbury is, as his readers are well aware, familiar not only with the events and characters of the middle ages, which are common to most readers, but with the inner life, the thoughts, words, and ways of the men of those bygone days. He is never at a loss in the labyrinth which might puzzle many writers less complete and accurate in their informa tion. In the work before us he has stepped aside from the fashion in which the sensation element so largely predominates, and has set before us once again the story of a true German hero in the time or Charles V., who is already known to many through the medium of his own autobiography, written, like many a more celebrated work, to be guile the tedious hours of captivity. Sir Goetz de Ictarchlinur, the Knight of the Iron Hand, has formed the hero of Goethe's celebrated tragt.dy, which bears his tic me, and which, together with thh autobiography referred to, has largely as sisted Mr. I hornbury. His work is some what uiffuse and occasionally tedious in its descriptions, especially at the commencement. Afterwards, when the reader gets more into the spirit of the book and becomes interested in the characters, he can better forgive the digressions. The old knight himself, chief among the Free Knights of Germany, is introduced to us returning from one of those warlike forays in which he and his companions were constantly engaged in the asser tion of their traditional rights. He is worshipped by his retainers, and appears as the fitting head of castle, estate, and family. Soon, however, this happy home is broken up by the treachery of the Bishop of Bamberg, one of the knight's most insi dious and deadly foes. His eldest and favourite son Robert, a young and stalwart knight, is drawn into the toils of the beautiful murderess Olympia Orsini, niece of the bishop. For her he forsakes father, home, and friends, to be repaid at last by degrada tion and ruin. Meanwhile the old knight's career sees many startling changes.. He goes to the young Emperor to plead the cause of himself and his com panions, and is favourably received, but again the treacherous bishop outwits him, and he is dis missed from his second audience in disgrace. He subsequently was induced to join the peasants in their wild outbreaks by the plea that they wanted a vigorous leader to restrain the atrocities com mitted by the fanatics. Disgusted with their savage and barbarous conduct the brave old knight soon left them in disgust, and afterwards fell into the hands of one of his bitterest enemies. He lan guished six years in prison, tended by his faithful wife, who obtained leave to share and lighten the captivity which pressed so heavily on one who had been half his lit'e in the saddle. At length the Emperor, who had long been favourably in clined to him, agreed to listen to the representa tions of his friends, and granted him freedom. But when a joyful band brought the glad tidings to the prisoner the captive was already free. Death had anticipated the clemency of the Emperor, and the heart of the brave old warrior was as cold es his iron hand. Though the story of its hero fills the chief part of the talo there are many minor points cf interest. It can scarcely be called a love story, yet the fatal love of the unfortunate Robert, arid the story of the bold young herald George, and his pretty cousin, are skill ul.y interwoven. Very touching too, is the scene when the disgraced knight Robert von Berchlingen, deprived of the tokens of knighthood by the treacherous bishop, his golden spurs backed from his heels by the meanest of his serving men, suddenly meets the father so deeply offended and forsaken in a situation even more perilous than his own. The old knight who would not hear the name of his faithless son when in the hour of prosperity and triumph, now joyfully -wel comes the fallen penitent. Their reunion is but brief, for they are surrounded by enemies, and Robert falls in the endeavour to save his father. Dame Catherine and her household are a pleasing contrast to the darker scenes of war and blood shed among which the story leads us. M. Thorotury has given us a lifelike and stirring pictu re of times whose daily events are well nigh forgotten, or only remembered by the -indents of musty folios. His work will probably find less favour with the mere novel reader than a sentimental fiction, but its undercurrent of truth will give it a far greater attraction in the eyes of those who love to study our weak and fallible nature in its highest forms. I\lr. Th o rnbury has selected a motto which happily pourtrays the character of his hero, who in those stormy times suffered neither prince nor peasant to bend his notions of right— "l love the man whom dart nor stone Nor rabble's mud could scare, "Who feared not, though he seemed alone, Knowing that God was there, In vain from roiling multitudes the angry murmurs broke, For they were of the bulrush tribe, and he was of the oak." 21 3 Such a character is but too rare at any time, rarer The annual general court of policy holders was held on Saturday, at the society's offices, 6, Bridge-street, Black friars; Mr. It. Biddulph in the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. A. Macdonald) having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the following state ment of account was presented : " General Account for the Year 1862--Received : Assu rance premiums (less commission), £192,410 19s 9d; inte rest on investments (less income tax), £83,669 17811 d—total, £276,080 17s Bd. Paid—Assurance claims, £134,986 ; an nuity claims, £1,433; purchase of policies, £4,971 3s 6d ; reassurance premiums, £268 16s 5d ; office expenses, £7,552 16s 3d ; medical fees , £3OB 2s ; general law charges, £330 6s 7d; balance carried to investments, £126,230 12s 11d— . _ total, £276,080 17s Bd. "Assurance Fund--Dr.: To balance Ist January, 1862, consisting of funded property, £663,621 15s 8d ; loans on policies, £78,328 3s ; mortgages, £1,194,185 9s ld ; life in terests, £57,734 17s 9d ; reversions, £27,994 8s 9d ; cash on hand, £8,627 lls 86; total balance Jan. 1, 1862, £2,630,492 5s lld ; balance from general account, £126,230 12s 11d— total, £2,156,722 18s 106. Cr.: By terminable annuities, £57,734 17s 9d; &c., £795 9s ; by balance, De c. 3 ' , 1862, consisting of funded property, £618,931 17s 2 d; loans on policies, £82,324 3s ; reversions,mortga ges L £ 1 2 , 8 3 , 5 0 1 0 , 0 98 ; OclaOssh7odn; handlife interests,an don deposit, £16,950 Is 4d; balance Dec. 31, 1862, £2,155,927 9s 10d—total, £2,156,722 18s 106." The CHAIRMAN announced that since the last meeting, Mr. Downes, who had most ably filled the office of actuary to the society for 30 years, had found himself compelled, by the infirmities of an advanced period of life, to resign, and that Mr. Olinthus Gregory Downes, his son, had been elected in his stead. The board had marked their high ap preciation of Mr. Downes', sen., very valuable services by granting him a retiring pension of £750 a-year for life. The following is the resolution of the board, and Mr. Downes's reply : " The board of directors of the Economic Life Assurance Society cannot allow Mr. Downes, their actuary, to retire from an office he has held so long and so worthily without recording their sense of his services, and their regret at the severance of the ties which have so long united him with the beard. The directors regret that increasing wars s h ou ld render such a stop necessary ; and they feel that in their in tention to promote his son to fill the vacant office of actuary, they have done the best for the interests of the society, and, at the same time, that they have gratified the wishes of the father. The board of directors, however, cannot allow he long services of Mr. Downes to pass without expressing their opinion of the zealous ability which he has invariably shown in his intercourse with the public and with the board during the 30 years he has been connected with the Econo mic Life Assurance Society. The board of directors are fully aware how much of en assurance office is dependent for its success upon the accuracy and skill of its actuary ; it must not be forgotten that when Mr. Downes first joined the Eco nomic, the office had done little to establish the high cha racter upon \mien it eoeeoe, osa it, is the confident opinion of the directors that the accuracy of Mr. Dowaes's calculation, tested as they have been by the highly satisfactory result of succeeding quinquennial valuations, has mainly tended to place the office in the position it now holds in the estimation of the public." " Gentlemen,—ln taking my leave on Friday last I was too much embarrassed to express in suitable terms the sense of gratitude I felt for the kind sentiments conveyed to me by the chairman on behalf of the board and of myself. I am happy to find during my official career I have won your re spect and esteem, and that at the close I carry with me the goodwill and regard of every member of the board, towards whom, on my pea, I entertain corresponding feelings. The allowance you have been pleased to award me for my "long and faithful services," and for which I beg to thank you, will enable me to spend the remaind er of my days in comfort. In regard to this act of kindness on your part, as a recognition of the constant and honest devotion of my humble talents through the best portio n of my long life to the service of your society, to which exertions I feel sure that, as you have kindly stated, a very considerable portion of its success is attributable—it is most gratifying to my feelings to learn that Sou consider my son, Olinthus Gre gory, fit and worthy to succeed me in the office . of actuary . to the society; a position which his talents, and scientific attain ments eminently qualify him to occupy. I know no one so competent and worthy to discharge the duties of so im portant a post in a seciety which ranks among th 9 first of life assurance associations. Upon quitting the service of the society, 1 would wish to express warmly my thanks to the official staff for their cordial and efficient co-operation with me in the conduct of its affairs. Although longer Fie officer of the Economic Life Assurance Society, I than always feel the deepest interest in its success ; and should, as I do not contemplate, any occasion arise when my ser vices may be considered of value, it will afford me great gratification to render JAMES thena.— I ave, Ste , " S JOHN DOWNES," Mr. ILIFF thought it would be gratifying to the proprie tors to have an opportunity to add their acknowledgments of Mr. Downes long and able services, and he moved a re solution to that effect, which, having been seconded, was carried by acclamation. Mr. DOWNES, sen a briefly returned thanks for the com pliment. The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, the directors have great pleasure in laying before you so satisfactory an account of our proceedings. During the year 1862, we received 574 proposals for new policies, of which 57 were declined, and 34 were not completed alter being accepted, leaving the number of new policies issued 483, which is a larger num ber than in the preceding year, when we issued 443 new policies. The amount of premiums received upon the new policies, 13,041, is also larger, and consequently also the amount of the insurances £395,000. Of these 483 new policies, there are 19 for £5,000 each, 5 of from £4,000 to £5,000, 4 of from £3,000 to £4,000, 28 of from £2,000 to £3,000, 84 of from £l,OOO to £2,000, 149 bf from £SCO to £l,OOO, and 194 of from £lOO to £5OO. You will observe that there is a large proportion of £5,000 policies amongst these, and I may add that these are generally the most profitable, as insuring a higher class of lives. OW premium income now amounts to £204,250 a year, and our income from investments to £89,617, making a total of £293,867. In the course of the past year 161 policies, in suring 132 lives, have become claims. These policies in sured together £133,971; and 131 of them, insuring £94,703, carried with them bonus additions, amounting together to £20,871. The others carried no bonuses. In addition to that we have purchased 42 policies dur ing the year; 64 have lapsed, and seven have fallen in by the expiration of time, so that we have lost 274 policies against. 483 new policies issued, being a gain of 209. The policies which we have lost include three of £5,000 ; one between £4,000 and £5,000 ; three between £3,000 and £l,OOO ; six between £2,000 and £3,000 ; 23 between £l,OOO and £2,000; 45 of from £5OO to £1,000; and 80 of from £lOO to £5OO. Amongst the lives upon which these claims have arisen eight were between 80 and 90 years, 42 be tween 70 and 81 and 43 between 60 and 70. I stated last year that the average age at death, according to the actual experience of our office then, was 581, , years; now, I am happy to say, it has increased to nearly 61 years, such in crease being of course a great advantage to us. As I have stated, the policies that have become claims during the year amount to £143,971; whereas, according to our tables, wo might have expected claims to the amount of £167,724, and I am happy to say that for several years past we have been able to report that the claims have been considerably less than the tables led us to calculate upon, (Hear.) At the same time it must be home in mind that all the policies will in the course of time become claims, though every year the parties whose lives are assured under them live the greater the profit to the office and the greater the profit likewise to the policy holders in the bonuses added to their policies. On previous occasions I have called attention to the facilities we offer for effecting loans upon the deposit of policies, and perhaps my observations have tended to make people come to us to borrow money in that way; for I find that in the past year we have lent £16,460 upon the security of policies effected in our office, while, upon the other hand, £12,000 of previous loans has been repaid, making a difference of £4,000. I ought to mention another circumstance as showing the favourable character of the year we have passed through. We have seldom had so small a number of policies not completed after the lives ONES ARKET AND C°III VIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. I'here appears to be no diminution in th e gene dettland to di scou nt, the enquiries on commer aec'ultt bein g very steadily maintained . Tne wi e °4l B and f reque nt calls on the shares of the E t°llB joint stock companies introd uced to the ti'iel vithin the last few months al so p roduce an lt i b ut there is still an abundance of money, and di tlity is experienced among t he mercantile inanity c ltit e linit Y in obtaining all the assistance they re- Damascus , from New York, has brought 10eo 1 %11 the Africa L 263,00, and the Peru, from th,! ri& £32 , 590 in s p ecie . "ccounts trom the manufacturing districts for 0 1 : 1114 Week have not been of quite so sa tisfactor y I tiet er• Business at Manchester has been dull t z. - 'elotlas and yarns, and in the woollen dis tric ' s, 10 Leed s , Bradford, Halifax, and Hu ddersfield, t ot °P e rations have been principally in spring goods Irt :mediate home requirements. Tne hosiery and t e ' e Partments at Leicester and Notti n g ham have 6 bl oderately active, while at Birminght.m, She& )44 dWolverhampton there has been no mate rial e te on,T he traffic receipts of the Great Wes'ern Rail til:f Canada for the week ending 6th inst. were against £10,106 last year. Two o'CLocK. t 43 earls, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's Egf eret n , the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were ;C s °. Very firm. A ti t the ordinary annual meeti n g to-da y of the h: nti ° Royal Mail Steam Packet C om p an y , Mr. J. tin in the chair, an adjournmen t was a g reed t or : till the Ist of June next, to enable the direo 67t° settle the details of their contrac t with the et ° l llent. It was stated that the latter had gra nt h au the us u al subsidy. and that t he ar g uments t eed a ghinst it in the House of Co mmons on Friday tii4 t last had completely fai led to establish a case. ki Dit at ` i. tt. cmgle the dealings in the E n g lish Stock tu•day have been very limited, purchases ' it:'ten promoted by the intelligence from Polanci her infl ue nces. The supplies of stock bought h ate not been large ; but the result has been fa trtintable, Consols having imp roved to 921 for and for the Bth proximo. The New 9n l r e ' Cents. and the Reduced ha ve im p roved 10 I,l' ft l ; Exchequer Bills are fis t at ss. to 2s. die.; V I 5 per Cent. Loan is steady at 108 ii. i z q fair amount of business has been negotiated th e Foreign Department, an d p rices have shown 8' 11 11 Yan eY• Greek Bonds have improved to 21i 22 47t° Coup ons , to 91 ; Portuguese New Loan, 461; ( 4 ; Russian ditto, 911 95; Spanish Passive are 11 4 - $1; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 68 ;; ditto, Italian 691 and the Consolid es, 411 45 ; the New f ea "'all Loan has risen to prem., and the Con rate is about 4 prem. Busines s in the Railway Share Market exhibited rath er more animation, and in so me instances prices st:, % et e a shade firmer. Great Eisterns, Midlands, 1, : I d North B r itish advanced 5 5.; and Great Westerns, 11 4,1 South-Easterns, 10s. 1 In the F ore ign and Colonial u ndertakin g s the , torations were limited, and no material alteration et k Place in values. „, "jut-Stock Bank and Miscella neous Shares con- 8, tinned in fair request, and in some instances realised 14 htlY enhanced prices. Bank of Australian ad l'al'ead to 831- 841 ; London and County to 44 ; Alen of England and France to ; Eiectric Tele- 41 iPh realised, 101 ; Royal Mail Steam, 61 ; and t-St oc k Discount, 2I 8 8 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 11 her Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l 901 1 hew Cent. Consols Annuities ... 9 24 I to, q k - per Cent. Annuities '!,tllities, 30 yrs, expire rich Jan., 1880 — 1 litto for 30 yrs expire sth April, 1885 14913.16 I l i a Stock..... ' 22 Ditto 5 per Cent ........... b i tro Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. tto Ditto E‘ 5 per Cent ...........•.••••••• 105 Ditto -1 per Cent, e i,,,,„(i. t .1..,,,,,, .... . _ ..... c onsols for Account, April 8 9 21 4e llequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 2 5 Ditto 1',500 ................ Ditto Small ....... '................. 5 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 17ilian 5 per Cent ........ itto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... 921 Dish 4 per Cent., 1863 — Dittop Scrip, £l5 paid par ? ' .V P ria n 7 poi Cent 962 / q b itte Second Issue G reek 5 p er Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup me.. 211 i 11 21 IPA Ditto Coupons i \ 'm 5 per Cent. Odaremmana Railway) 72 'Lexicon 3 per Cent . ... 3 , si Ditto Account I ,"'iv Granada l4 134 'fliv , ,,, 4 3 / 4 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent .4862 .. Ditto Account...... P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 uitto 1862 Il lusion 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — s, D w itto 5 per Cent., 1862 e timan 5 per Cent. ......•• 'knish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive S panish Cert. of Coup not fun ded ...... 91 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .............. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 68/ 8 4 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Venezuela, 691 9 , enezuela, 3 per Cent ...... i-Yitto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 London. 59t 9 1 Di v idends on the above payable in Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 0 f r ancs 7Ol uitto Account THREE O'CLOCK, Consols, Money Ditto Account 921 1 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (ILEV TER: S TELE G RA3I.) LIVERPOOL, March 23. Strong. sales, fully 5,000 bales; imports, 7,135; treviously, 15,947. The following letter has been received by Mr. Nelso❑ Lee, jar.:—" Buckingham Palace, March 21, 1863.—Sir,—I am commanded by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to thank you for y , ur "Ode," and for the kind sentimcbts it expresses.-1 have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, HERBERT FISHER, Private Secretary." Mad, me Lind Goldschmidt, it is said, intends to give a series of concer ts in London during the season, in the course of which she will revive Handel's famous can tata,'" L'Allegro ed ii Penseroso." THE DOG SHOW AT ASHBURNHAM HOUSE.—Tho private view took place to-day. We are compelled by pressure of matter to p stpone our uotice till to-morrow. Mr. Brigh' has promised to tike the chair next Th urs d a y eve ning, at a meeting of Trades Unionists at St. hmes's Hall, London, "in favour of the Northern States of America and negro emancipation." GOTERIcMENT EMIGRATION. Her Iggje9ty'S Emigration Commissioners have given notice of their intention to receive tenders to-day (Monday) for a ship to proceed to Canterbury, New Zealand, to be ready for the reception of passengers on such day as the Commis sioners may appoint between the 23d and 30th of April. The shit; must, subject to the usual conditions, be furnished with Dr. Normandy's or Winchester and Graseley's fresh Water distilling apparatus, and with a competent person to roa.,age it. THE LATE MURDER AT ALDERSHOT. —A reward of £lOO has been off-red by Govertansnt for such information as may lead to the conviction of the mur w de hose rer or murderers of Mr. Henry Houlton, of Bagrhot, body was found in ilk> Basingstoke Canal on the 19th of February. It is also intimated that the Home Secretary will advise her Majesty's free pardon to any accomplice not being the person who actually committed the murder, who will give such information as wi,l lead to the same result. o ssible as yet to form ['he Pays says that it is im p an exact idea of the consequences that may ensue from the detest of Langiewicz. Fnr some time past the insurrection has not been confined to the Pala tinates of Cracow and Sandomir. Numerous de tachments have formed in various places under other ch!efs. But will. not the news of the defeat of the Di c t a tor be a cause of discourag ement to them. Besides, can they resist better than Langievocz against the forces that the Russians prepare to send against them in greater numbers even than in the past ? We are far from hoping for any set tlement -that moy stop the waste of life, and at the same time give v.t isfaction to the feelings that have made of this outbreak a national movement. The Russians will wish to pursue their victory, and the Poles will push their resistance to the last ex tremities. THIRD EDITION BUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT A new tenor, M. Villaret, is about to be tried a the Grand Opera of Paris. THE CITY CF LONDON is almost wholly deserted at night; the railway companies and the omnibuses every evening disperse the vast crowd to suburban houses, and return it in the morning. This attraction and repul sion from the central heart is going on year by year with redoubled force, and the end of it will be that railways, in stead of condensing and• compressing human beings toge ther by reason of the room they take up, will spread the population over an area twentyfold the size they at pre sent occupy. The time will come, no doubt, when London proper will consist of a series of vast suburbs connected by railroads with a central business district. MR. KINGLAKE'S INTRODUCTION TO LORD RAGLAN.—I must tell you a little anecdote of Lord Raglan and a certain author who is well known in the lite rary world. This morning, when Lord Raglan was wait ing, surrounded by his staff, for the troops to get into their places, a gentleman joined us on a handsome littlo gray pony. This pony began neighing and screaming in the mast wonderful manner, and so continuously that one could hardly hear what was said. At last it attracted Lord Rag lan's attention, and he said, "I never heard a pony make such a row ; does any one know who the gentleman is ?" Some one of the staff said, " I think he is one of the news paper reporters, my Lord; shall I tell him to go away ?" Lord Raglan laughed, and said, "If you do he will show you up, you may depend upon it." It so happened that I had made this gentleman's acquaintance on the beach, a few days before. So I told Lord Raglan that it was Mr. Kinglake, the author of " Eothen." " Oh 1" said my Lord, "a most charming man I" and was going to speak to him, when Marshal St. Arnaud came up ; so for the time he could not do so. About 11 o'clock, as we were nearing the Russian position—indeed, when within sight of them—Lord Raglan and his staff were riding in advance; presently a pony dashed past us at a furious pace, and who should it be but Mr. Kinglake I On he went right through our skirmishers, with his horse's head between his legs ; after but, fortunately for his rider, the saddle got forward, and a time went over the horse's ears ; of course the author of "Eothee went with the saddle. It was rather an absurd thing just before th e battle; we all laughed except Lord Raglan, who rode up to him and inquired most kindly after him ; offered him, I think, ono of his own ponies to ride, and told his orderly to put the saddle to rights. Mr. King lake was all thanks. That night, after the battle, Lord Raglan met him wandering about, not knowing where to go, so he asked him to dinner. Of course he came, and de lighted every one present with his charming manner and conversation.—Letter of a Staff Officer, HOUSE OF LORDS—This Eve Ding. Lord REDESDALE, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. s._ PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Yarmouth Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. POLAND. Earl VANE presented a petition from the county of Durham in favour of Poland, and, in particular, praying that England would use her influence to produce non-inter ference on the of Prussia. - P SALMON FISHERIES. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented a petition pray. ing for the protection of fisheries and against the importa tion of salmon. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. Lord MAT HEDEN rose to call the attention of the house to the question of the Southern Confederacy as an independent power in concert with the other neutral States, and to move for the despatches of Mr. Mason, the Southern envoy, on the subject. He said he knew there was no need of apologising for the papers he moved for last year, but last year it was thought that the Governments of England and France were acting simultaneously in en deavouring to bring about a cessation of the civil war in America ; but since then he understood there had been a difference of opinion and the French Government had made several attempts to bring about an armistice. The question might occupy men's minds less at the present moment in theexisting state of affairs an Poland, but it was still of great importance, and which it would be dangerous to allow to pass without carefully forming an opinion. By acknowledgment, he meant in ac cordance with what was laid down by writers on public law, the receiving ambassadors from foreign powers to ne gociate treaties, and obtaining esequators for our consuls to be stationed within the country. He was influ enced by but one object in bringing the subject under consideration that evening, and that was the hope of bringing about peace. By acknowledgment, he did not mean interference or intervention. It would encourage and animate the South on the one hand ; while, on the other, it would put an end to all the dreams of re-construc tion cherished at Washington, and, more than all, emancipate the Government of Washington from the dire necessity of hopeless war. The despatches he wished for would throw a much better light on the ques tion than any words he could use. As to the principle on which it was the practice to recognise revolting states, it would be found that recognition rather preceded than fol lowed a cessation of hostilities. He instanced the case of the readiness of the United States to recognise Hungary during the insurrection of 1849, and to the case of Brazil. In the old world France acknow ledged the revolted Austrian States before the war was over, and it ras no answer to say that Lord North declared war against France shortly after, for war was declared on other grounds. Nor was the delay in recognising the South American Republic a precedent against him. That delay had been greatly censured by the opposition of the time, and did not arise from any question of principle, but motives of prudence, to avoid the danger of being isolated from the powers with whom we had acted in 1815, and who would have looked upon the recognition with disfavour. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS —This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Denbigh Water, London and North Western and Lanca shire and Yorkshire Railway Companies, Market liar borough and Loughboaough Road, Queen's Road (Bat tersea) Extension, St. Asaph Road, and South Stafford shire Railway. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read ajthird time :—Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Rail way (by the promoters), Accrington Gas and Water, Caledonian Railway Bredisholui Deviation), Caledonian Railway (Carstairs and Dolphinton Branch) Central Wales Extension Railway, Cockermouth and Workington Railway; Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway ; Knighton and Central Wales Railway Companies, Leyland and Far ington Gas, Mid Wales Railway (Branch, &c.), Newport Pagnell Railway, North Bierley Gas, North Eastern Rail way (Newcastle and Starbeck Branches) ; and Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway. PETITIONS. By Mr, BRADY, from building societies at Liverpool, praying for a modification in the fire insurance duty; Sir DE LACY EVANS from inhabitants of Westminster, Mr. Noaturs from Abingdon, and Mr. Cox from a building society in Bloomsbury to the like effect ' • Mr. WHALLEY against the Prison Ministers' Bill ; also, by an HON. MEMBER from the Presbytery of Stirling, to the like effect; by Mr. COBDEN, from five religious deno minations in Rochdale, against the sale of intoxicating liquora on the Sabbath ; Alderman SALOMANS and an Hon. Mem ber for Stockport, to the like effect; by Sir M. RIDLEY, from grocers of Alnwick, praying for a reduction of the tea duty to ls. per lb. ; Sir B. BRIDGES, from grocers at Rams gate, and Mr. NORRIS, from Abingdon, to the sam he e efflrect ; Mr. LONGPIELD, four petitions, in favour of tish Fisheries Bill. THE RIVER SHANNON. Colonel FRENCH asked the Secretary to the Treasury when Mr. Bateman's report on the river Shannon would be laid before the house ? Mr. F. PEEL replied that the report in question had not been delivered to the Treasury. When the report was in the hands of the Government, he should lose no time in laying it on the table of the house. THE INNISKILLEN DRAGOONS. Captain ARCH DALL asked the Secretary of State for War whether the attention of the War Department, or of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, had been called to a recent court martial held on the Paymaster of the Inniskillen Dragoons; and to the remarks of the Conuander-in-Chief in India on the proceed ings of s ,id court martial, and on the state of the regiment; also to certain allegations which had boon mad* in the public press and elsewhere as to the confinement in close arrest, and death of Regimental Sergeant Major Lilley, of the above regiment; whether any inquiry had taken place, and what had been the result of such inquiry? It appeared, he added, that the death of this sergeant major arose from an excessive use of ardent spirits rather than from confinement. Sir G. C. LEWIS replied that the attention of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief had been directed to the case to which the hon. and gallant member had referred. A special report had been called for. This report had very recently been received. As yet, however, the War-office had not come to any decision upon it. CONVENTION WITH THE - UNITED STATES. Mr. S. FITZGERALD asked if her Majesty's Govern• ment had accepted, or were prepared to accept, the propo sal, stated by President Lincoln in his annual Message to have been made to them by his direction, respecting the establishment of a convention between this country and the Government of the United States, in order to examine and adjust complaints of the violation of neutral rights ? Lord PALMER ST 0 N—Mr. Speaker, communications have passed between the two Governments with regard to making such an arrahgement. Her Majesty's Government have no objection to the principle on which the convention is proposed to be conducted, but difficulties have arisen in regard to details, and have not yet been renewed, but I am not without hope that the two Governments may be enabled to come to an understanding in the matter. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he intended to bring forward the financial statement of the Government on Thursday, the 16th of April, that being the second Government day after the recess; it not being usual, on account of the pressure of business, to submit the financial statement of the Govern ment on the first Government day after the usual Easter recess. (Hear, hear.) TOBACCO DUTIES BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER also inti mated that, in the event of this bill being reported this evening as he apprehended it would be, he should ask leave to move , the third reading at half-past four to •rnorrow, so that the bill might be sent up to the House of Lords earand passed into law before the Easter holidays. (HeaEßr, h.) THE GRANT T o THE VOLUN TES. In reply to Captain GRAY, Sir G. LEWIS intimated that the conditions on which the grant agreed to by the house would be allowed to volun teer corps were in a forward state, and would very shortly be laid before the public. GREECE—PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. B. COCHRANE said some observations which he had made in the debate the other night on the affairs of Greece had, it appeared, given offence to the friends of Mr. Scarlett. He wished therefore to state that during the r ecent events Mr. Scarlett had been p laced in a position of great difficulty, and had shown greet zeal, discretion, and judgment in the discharge of his duties. It was also the opinion of the Greek gentlemen with whom he had been acting that both Mr. Scarlett and Mr. Elliot had by their appropriate conduct added very much to the admirable conduct exhibited by the Greeks during the recent events. (Hear.) POLAND. Mr. lIENNESSY rose to ask a question of the First Lord of the Treasury as to the nature of the obligations with respect to Poland involved in the Treaty of Vienna. The hon. gentleman referred at some length to the corres pondence between the noble lord at the head of the Govern ment and Lord Heytesbury in 1831, on the affairs of Poland, in which the noble Lord (Palmerston) intimated he had great reliance in the " benevolent intentions" of the Czar. The time had long gone by when he (Mr. Hennessy) or others could repose any confidence whatever in those " benevolent intentions." The treaty of Vienna clearly implied that Great Britain would be Justified in using warlike means to enforce the provisions of that treaty, so far as Poland was concerned, in the event of moral means having utterly failed, as they had, Since the debate a few nights ago it did not appear that the Government had done anything ; indeed they had been treated with great forbearance by the house. Since the 27th of February the insurrection in Poland had greatly extended, and he know from authentic sources that many of the statements put forth by the newspapers with respect to the disasters t i l li E l i t t h l . aad attended), the insurgents were utterly devoid of Lord PALMERSTON said the hon. gen tl e man had e smhaotretrianalldy tsriamvpellleedgausevsatyionirowmhtihche mhaetthoradcopn.vteyuepdobny the He should not vent ure to express any opinion as paper, d to ee t d he ev p e r r o y b a o b n l e e wasresul competent o f thep r t e o s e f n o r t m e v a e n n t o s p ti n o P n o l f a o n r d t h ; e i n i n selves. The hon. gentleman said it was incumbent upon Great Britain to go to war if it was clearly proved that the stipulations of the Treaty of Vienna, with respect to Poland, had been violated, Now he (Lord Palmerston) expressly declared that there was no such obligation ever cast upon this country by the Treaty of Vienna. He had already given this as his deliberate opinion, and he now adhered to it, as opposed to other expositions of the terms of that treaty. When he wrote in the terms he did to Lord Heytesbury hostilities had ceased in Poland, and there was then a reasonable probability of the relations be tween Poland and Russia being materially improved. When the proper time arrived for the production of the papers, it would be seen that the representations made by the Govern ment to the Emperor of Russia with respect to the state of Poland had fulfilled. all the obligations cast upon this country by the treaty. (Hear, hear.)l CHINA. Col. SYKES asked the Under Secreta r y of State for WE STMIN ST ER . CAUTION TO LAUNDRESSES.—SamueI Edward Tyler was charged with robbing a laundress' cart. A policeman saw the prisoner and another man with a large basket of linen in their possession. He suspected it had been stolen from a laundress's cart, which proved to be correct. The laun dress said the property had been stolen from her cart while standing in Eaton• square, and was valued at £5O. Remanded. THAMES. THE PAWNBROKERS' ACT.—A police constable applied to Mr. Woolrych for a summons to compel Mr. Harper, a pawnbroker, to show cause why he refused to give up a silk dress on principal and interest being tendered. There had been a previous summons, which had been disobeyed. Mr. Woolrych d.rected that a summons should issue direct ing him to attend and show by what right he retained the property. DEATH OF SIR TATTON SYKES. -- The death of this venerable baronet occurred on Saturday morning at Sledmere Castle, near Melton. Sir Tatton had reached the ripe ago of 91, and though for some months he had keen in failing health, he had not been confined to bed until very recently, when he suffered from Bronchitis, from the effects of which he never fully rallied. For some days he w,,s insensible—indeed, his medical attendants could scarcely tell whether he was alive or net. As a perfect example of the " old English gentleman" Sir Tatton was known and esteemed throughout the country. Sir Tatton was born in 1772, and married in 1822 the second daughter of Sir William Foulis, and in the following year succeeded to the title and estates on the death of his brother, Sir Mark Sykes. Sir Tatton was the fourth baronet, and is succeeded by his eldest son, Tatton (now in Egypt), born in 1824, The deceased baronet from childhood took the greatest delight in the rearing of sheep and horses, and to the last enjoyed the highest celebrity for his flock and stud. His breeding stud was supposed to be the largest in England, numbering upwards of 200 horses and mares of all ages. As an owner of race horses he dates back to 1803, when he won with Telemachus at Middleham ; and up to the age of 60 he continued to keep horses in training for the sole pleasure of riding them himself, Malton being his favourite place for displaying his well-known colours—orange and purple. His last time of riding a winner, his own property, was for the Welham Cup, on Longton Wold, in 1822, on "All hearts and no:Peel," a name most applicable to the owner as well as the horse. His feats on horseback were almost fabulous he invariably rode from Sledmere to London, and back, whenever he had occasion to visit the metropolis, his rule being to ride to London and return as far as Barnet he started off to ride a race for a friend, and started home again immedi ately after weighing,the distance being very nearly 400 miles. Sir Tatton aas never so proud in his life as when he led Sir Tatton Sykes, with Bill Scott on his back, back to the ring after the St. Leger victory of 1816; this scene was the sub ject of Herring's picture, painted for the Messrs. Baily. Sir Tatton rode from Sledmere to Hampton-court to look at the stud of King William IV., and there was so pleased with an Arabian mare, that on the day of the sale he repeated the ride and bought the mare. As a master of folthounde, Sir Tatton vied in populari t y with any gentleman in. Eng land. Ho kept hounds solely at his own expense, until he had passed his 70th year, and only resigned the pack into the hands of Lord Middleton on the determination of his son not to accept it. Sir 'f atton still mounted in -" pink" till about two years ago. Sir Tatton, his man Snarry, and his horse were all characters ; the servant has been there 52 years, and Sir Tatton used to delight in saying that himself and his horse were 115 years old. Sir Tatton was ever an early riser, often mounting before the sun had risen. He never omitted attending the cattle fairs, and was the first man there at the Malton October allot year. It was not an unusual thing, when there was no huntingor other engage ments to call him away, to find Sir Tatton relieving a la bourer at a stone heap or slashing afence, while the labourer was sent to the castle to enjoy a flagon of ale. As a land lord, a master, and a friend, Sir Tatton was much beloved, and to him may justly be applied those words of commen dation, " He never lost a friend nor made an enemy," THE BALLYMENA ALLEGED POISONING CASE. — The inquiry into the cause of death of the late Amelia S. E. Carey was resumed in the Ballymena Court house on Thursday morning, when Mr. Shaw (who is an apothecary at Mercer's Hospital , Dublin, who saw the de ceased in her illness) was examined, and gave it as his opinion, founded on his own observation and on the evi dence given by Dr. Black, that deceased died from the effects of an irritant poison. Some other witnesses having been examined, Mr. O'Rorke (who is conducting the pro secution on the part of the Crown) reviewed the evidence i n a lengthened speech, and submitted that ho had estab lished a prima facie case, which would justify the magis trates in returning Dr. Courtenay for trial, either for having administered medicine of a poisonous nature to deceased, or on a charge of malpractice as a medical man. It being then five o'clock in the evening, the court adjourned till eleven o'clock next morning. A LUCID GOVERNMENT.—GeneraI Butler, when. superseded, posted to Washington to know the reason of his removal. He asked the President ; Mr. Lin. coin " didn't know." He asked the Secretary of War ; Mr. Stanton "didn't know." Ire asked the General-in-Chief ; General Halleck "didn't know." He asked the Secretary of State; Dlr. Seward "didn't know." And General But. Iler doesn't know to this moment. Meetings, for the expression of sympathy with Poland, were held at Sunderland and Gateshead on Thursday evening. Resolutions in harmony with this object, including petitions to Parliament, wero adopted, and in both cases the proceedings were of an enthusiastic char acter. Similar meetings are being arranged for in the neighbourhood. I I'