The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-05 00:00:00

lar. b. 4. ied by rincess Plat. ie yes- ,ondon cil sat anrmy :hers," i lords ce and Sir J. Colo % and r Wales .le upon be per- L which which sent in itances, ra will layers' ince of ngland ty and on her e occa- )r mar- held at )ruary, half of to her &all be tee, by , Prin • of her to her g gra- 9, does Draw- Ladies Minis- 4 . , last Right on. F. lazley. 31aded Lord Peel, dward Mr. Hon. , Mr. icitor- ;scote, Hon. l by a Chan ve,was 'mart, ission- Elmer [ng, at The 'Cam ;art of ouse ; Bris ,wper, d ,a ud Lords CrBn ,n,and MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. There is less demand for discount accommodation to-day, and the market is a little easier, although no actual change can yet be reported. The directors of the Union Mercantile Steam Ship Company of Liabon have given notice that the interest on the shares for the year ending 31st March, 1862, will be paid on and after Monday, the 26th inst. Two o'CLOCK. A meeting took place to day of the London and County Bank. The usual dividend of 6 per cent. was declared, together with a bonus of 11 percent., making in all 121 per cent. for the past year. This arrangement leaves £1,483 2s. 3d. to be carried for. ward to profit and loss account. The biddings for 60,00,000r5. in bills on India, took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were to Calcutta, 34,50,000r5.; to Bombay, 24,00,00Cr5. ; and to M adras,l,so,6oors. The declared minimum price was ai before, ls. per rupee on Calcutta, and 2s. on Bombay and Madras. The applications within the limits were for about 170 lacs. Tenders on Calcutta at ls. 11d., i will receive about 78 per cent, and above that price in full. On Bombay, at 25., will receive about 10 per cent., and above that price in full; on Madras, at 25., will receive in full The first half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Bank held to-day, Mr. A. L. Elders in the chair. The report, which was adopted, stated that the gross profits during the short time the bank had been in operation amounted to £5.044, and the current expenses had been paid, and a balance re mained of £1,681 13s. 3d., which had been carried to the new account. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed the 10th inst. a special settling day in the shares of the Londo❑ and South Western Bank, and dealings are to be officially recorded, and of the Socie é Financiere d'Egypte, which is Lot to be Mark e d at present. The English Stock Market is steady at the recent advance, Consols being 92i a for trans fer, and 921 for the March account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities, 926 a ; India 5 per Cents., 108 I ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced, 1051 1; and the Exchequer bills, is pm. Foreign Securities, with the exception of Greek Blods, in which an active business has taken place, have been rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have risen to 89 4 ; do., tB5B, to 721 I; do., 1862, 68 I; but the Coosolides are heavy, at 401 41. Greek are 21 / ; and the Coupons, 9/ Egyptian, 99/ ; Mexican, 33/ ; Spanish Passive, 271 I; Italian NI; and Venezulan New Loan, 608 . I❑ the Railway Share Market there has been little change of impot tance. Great Easterns, Great Northerns, and North Eastern (Berwick), improved ss. ; and North Western .nd South Western, 10s. ; London and Brighton, however, declined ss. to 10s. The foreign and colonial undertakings remain at aboue previous rates, with the exception of South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, which have im proved to 221. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are in some instances at slightly lower quotations. Alliance of London and Liverpool realise 249 ; Bank of Australia 77; City Bank 88k; Ottoman Bauk 381; and Union of London 33. --- BRITISH FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 238 3 per Cent. Reduced. A...nnui..ties.... 921 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per. Cent. Annuities India Stock D tto 5 per Cent 1081 8 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent, Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., O c t„ 1863 9 91 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 991 Consols for Account, March. 5 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 1 pm Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING etticEs Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos AyreA 6 per Cent.... — D tro £lOO Bonds 97 hilian 611-r Cent... i o3i Egpptian 7 pet Cent.. Ditto Second Iss ue Greek 5 per Cent l 1824-5, ex-Coup ins 201 U 20/ 11 11 201 1 1 Ditto Coupo ns Mexican 3 per Cent N e '''''' Account vv Granada 2 per Cent — Ditto Land Warrants .. 61 I Dii to ex over -due Coups. & Hectares 13t 1 ...,, D itto Deferred, E x H ec t ares r •tic - tuLn 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 - Ditto Account 3 ccount Po p rt i per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account . Ditto 1862. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 461 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent 1862 Ditto Scrip, £56 B s. pa id Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 nitto A, .itc Aecount.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 7 21 i i i 2 Ditto, £lOO Bonds 77 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 2 i i nitro Account • Venezuel a , 3 per C ent Ditto Acco un t 23 a Ditto 6 pe r C ent., 186 2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Ditto Account.. 70i ........ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, M oney .oitto Acc0unt.......................... 9 9 21 i MARKETS -..This Day. - - METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market, to-day, was fairly supplied with beaste, both as to number and quality. All breeds moved off slowly; nevertheless Monday's prices were supported. Per 81b, to sink the offal. s. d. s d. a. d. s. d. Crse. &i n f. b easts 3 4 3 . 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme. S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 61Large orse. calv es 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 ( Prime small do 4 10 6 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 36 4 0 Large hogs 38 4 4 Second qu a li ty d o. 4 2 4 10' Small porkers ... 4 6 4 8 Suckling calves, 108 to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ........... I'loo Cows l3O Sheep .. 3,200 Calvesloo Piga 312 FOREIGN SITPFL/ . Beasts .. Sheep 810 Calves Pigs .... COAL Prizes of Coal per Ton al Fi te :r e cl a : I es ay,sy.Bl3ebsid:, ....14 0 Tunstall west Hartley .. Maltingaulitti. .... nv.u.tir.; : i. .. 18 2 1 6 0 . 5 H i al i L e i ; e t o t E t o n I n l . • • • • 1 5 3 Lambert's WeE4llar;- ...... 16 0i tioaurt"h K.**,,110e:::“..... .. .. 1 1 76 7 i l) vastieevartol.cep.o... i. ........ .... g ley... Cowpen Hartley .......... 16 3 di 3 n l o ii R. : nu e t e 18d:sod:yr 11.8 W: Morta House.... ..... 2 15 2 0 9 , caseopi.. ......... .............. 11117655 0000 Wyla• L Hartlepool West Hart ...l4 6 Heugb liali .. ley Tanlield Moor 8ute5...14 0 Gosforth ..... Wharncliffe .............. Walls End. Stewart's l6 6 Riddell ... .... 15 0 Ttitudon Hartlepool l6 6 South Hetton 17 0 Trimdon Thornley....l6 6 ships at market. 105: .orl 73. qAti.K ET. t the close of the market. B. 11. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in tow❑ yes terday from Hatfield. The marchioness and family will re turn to town to morrow. Tne M-irquls of Bowrnont and Lord Chqrles Eines ner have left the Clarendon Hotel for Floors Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from - Long- Jeate, 'Warminster. The mines of June 11th, 1862, speaking of Benson's GA ( Treat Clock in th e E xh ib ition says : " s a sample of L- . lish cl oc k work on a large scale, the works of this are pro. bably th e fi nest fi n i shed that have ever been seen in t his coun try; no chr ,, nome ercould be filled with more perlect or care fully adju s t e d mechanism. " Benson's new show rooms coniain cl oc k s d es i gned by the first artists of the day, and include library clocks for the drawin g room, (lining room, bed ro, hall, staircase, bracket, carriage, church, turret, railways, warehouse, counting house, with musical, astronomical, and every description of cluck, from the plainest to the highest quality of which the art is at pre oent capable. Church and turret clocks specially estimated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks and watches (free by post for two stamps) contains a short history of clock and watch making, with descriptions and prices; it acts as a guide in the purchase of a clock or watch, and enables those who live in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Colonies, India, or any part of the world, to select a clock. J. W. Beneon received a Prize Medal and honourable me n . tion, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, Established 1749, BRITISH PO . ; sES'S'ION' 4 . Cios in, SharL lan wat, t, Paid. Price. Business don• 100 k .anti. A; St Lawren. • 7 .11 65 67 Born.,Barocla&.Cent in i ,,, 1045 1( 55 1011 51 Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New - 105 Buffalo and Lake Hurto 44. 54 10 Do. Preference .... • all 74 a 100 Butt alo,Brant,&GodricT l „77 80 { 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: tau Do. do. July 1. 187: to. 74 76 100 tto. - 1 10 ( 73 76 st Cloutta... Eastn. 1. 100 1( 3 115 st rape Town & Dock Ser 100 II 8 .09 stock Eastn. Bengal au. 5 p.. 100 1( 51 11 64 stock bast Ind.an, gu. sp. c. BY 106 065 106 4 6 20 Do. do. G Ext.... 5 4 lIP 20 Do. do. Fl do. .. 5 4. ”P 211 stock Grand Trunk of Canad; T.( 100 Do. 6 per cent. Fret 11. 73 75 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. all 63 (55 100 Do. 6 per et. Debent , . al. 32 34 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. al. 47 50 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 32 34 1 Do. do. 1872 .. all 32 34 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.aue sp.c 100 1(5 1054 1051 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 I P 20 Do. January, 1862 4 stock Gt. South.ol India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. too 103 105 205 1G t. W. 01 Canada Share.. all 121 13 124 13 201 Do. New 100 f Do. 6 p.C. '73 with't opt. all 99 101 100 'Do 55 rc. do. '77-8 all 92 24 10 llndian Branch Limited / lip stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 11.2 1k,3 103 stock , Do. 44 p. c. Extensiot 100 96 98 stock 1 1 De. .. 100 92 (4 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - Stock Nlelb.toro. p. c. Bud 101' - - 1014 5 ), Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7 p.c. 51ortg. Bds. al. - - 20 Newßranswick&Cand Class A Capital Shan , all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital do. . all 3 N.11.1.(rda6 pc Ist t bds 100 83 95 skies Scinde .. ........ (100 165 106 et s Do. Delhi _ lOO 103 104 1034 ( Do do 104 . ock ln2 o Do. Puni au b t 1 2 5 Do. dus.R-t. Flo. 1(0 l9B 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUItITI.Eh. p.e.J &J uly 1877-St Do. 6 p.c. Feb.& Auc. 100 •106 108 xd Do. <5 p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 - Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 10, 95 96 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 43 95 ape G. Elope. p 0.1873, 10, .0 'lO Do.Ap &Oct. 1880, 10 ,, 112 114 Do. 189 ! 10 , 112 :14 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 100 111 .13 - Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p cl 100 - N. ti. Gov. np.c.,ta.&July 100 1( 5 106 1055 5 - p. c.Ap. & Oct. 10). Gov. 5 p c., 1866 10( 100 101 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 187, 101 99( 1001 1 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 10( 99 100 ! 991 5 - New Zealand 6p. cent. 1 1 .0 109 11 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. - sterling . , 1975 llt 1( 8 107 106 - Queensland Gov. 6p. e 100 ( 9 11. A Ltd G0p.c.i870..t up ! 100 109 111 vlc.Gov. 6 p.e..4...t.1u1y 100 107 109 - 'Do. ' D.tv, , ),t.. 100 It , 94 llll }, 1094 105 •;! 'Ol NI 1 • 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold 1 id io loom u Amalgamated - 22 24 - Devon G. con.. 'l'avlst 1 510 521 - East Bassett (Illoaan‘ 30 50 62 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. p 51 3 - , East Caradon ..... 484 494 - East Cant Brea. - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk 7.19.0 51 51 5 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ; 17 19 - (1 neat South Tol,cr,us d r r d t ' ,3 s oe - . ' • - '4. Wh ea l V or ai elston 6 4 ;land's-F00t,... Bertha oot . Downs 50 52 ri 4 7.0 24 3 I - t ( h C a ny Lelant 20 , i 33 ct - \ 1 arke Valley. 4 1 1 vndv Iron Om (Lim 4l 4os pr - New Setun .„ 191 140 150 °rill Downs 124 34 : h (111o 4 at ( 3 Ai 31 - \ orth Wheal Crotty . 2.4. t( 44 5 - 'ar Consols (5.t. Blaney 14 5 6 10 'rovidence(Uny I,clnt. 10..;.; 1 43 - South Caradon(St.Cleer 13 395 405 - 3. Carte Brea (111 man) 5.15.1 25 21 - Wheal Fran. (Illogsli 18.1 .9 874 925 - Stray Park 5 farnar Silv.& Lead Min. 14 10 Tin Croft 4 155 .65 155 - Nest Basset (Illosn) l3 1.4 14 - Carc4on (Liskeard 5 35 38 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Illogan. 51 75 80 - V./heal Buller( itedruth) 5 75 85 - Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 71 8 4 - WhealLud ott - , wheal 51aryAnn (Men ) 8 155 101 - Wheal Seton . 585 245 255 - h ea l Tretawney (Lis.) 7 17 18 175 Wheal Union 3.13 54 54 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. red. pref., 1011 2 North Briti.h, Border Union gua. pref. Sh., 11i South Wales, gua. 40 per cent., 185/, 102 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 4 London and Blackwall, lk per cent. stock, 103 London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1858, 102 London, Chatham, &C., Metrop. r:xt.. B. 6 per cent., 11 Metropolitan, 5i g North British (hclin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 82k LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 971 Chester and Ho'yhead, 56i 7 Clydesdale Junction, 1014 Hull and Selby, 11 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gus.. 7 per cent., 201 Great Luxembourg, 15} 15 f Recite ant San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 19i 14 11; Royal Swedish, 7 per cent., Sambre and Meuse, tO San Panic) Jim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (a.l), 23i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 23i Turin and Savona, 2f 'West Flannels, 7i 8 FOREIGN MINES. East del Rey (limo, 11 Kapui_da (lim.), ij Mont. Aureos nraz. Gold Min. Co. (liin.), 3 Anal raia s i a , 7 Port Philip, c o t tish Australian, I United Mexi can (ii,"•)! 5 JOI NT-STi iCK • ANKS . of London and Liverpool Jim.), 24f Bank Bank of Ewvoi Bank oi Q , uz City, 88j 9 ns 'aucl(lim), 8 Hindustan, China, and Ja Imperial Bank (lim.); i 5 pan (li nt) , 8 London and Brazilian London. B. Ayres, andl2.. Pia 3 te L nim Lonuon and Colonial (Um. ) , 3 1 - 13 1 1 Loudon and County, 3 I • London Joint stock, , 5 4.3 Loudon and South African, 241 London and Westminster, 77 64 National Provincial of En_ land, new, 21 Ottoman Bank, 371 sj 7h 9 81—Ditto, new, 10i 9/ i nk Scinde, Punjaub, ann Delhi (lim. l , 4 I South Australia, 3 4 Standard of British South Africa (lim Union of London, 33 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Royal Mail Steam, 4 31 Crystal Pal, ce, Electric 1 elegraph, 10' E ash and Australian Copper, It London Gen ral Oran. bus company (Um.), lj National Discoant Company, 8A 6 Peninsular and U iental Steam, new, 44 Scottish Australian Investment (liin.), 140 3 I ITHE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. —Tile sum of £2,00►0 was received by the Mansion House Committ-e, yesterday, from Calcutta, making a total remictaLce of £23,000. amongst the other subscriptions were £250 from Kurrachee, £lOO from Barbadoes, £lOO from Croydon. IL. G. Gilman, Esq £lOO ; and A. M Thomson, 4140. The total amount was between. £ 3 ,000 and £4,000, SHARE MARKETS —Yesterday. Sh , trel Hallways. Paid. 13.14 t,tr., NS 01., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andnid.tio Bristol and Exeter Caledonian cork awl lian.!ou Corn 1 8 Si all all 100 10) all 14 7 86 48 115 116 6# 7 non r L ' ets " n.f. Do. B been paid to B. !Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock all all 41 43 13 14 864 87 105 107 98 49 44 46 23 24 Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern..." • • • Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares IGt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western 12i4 127 k 1304 1314 136 138 104 106 87 (7i I Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwal! Bright.,& S. Coast. Lon., Chat., and Dover !Lon. & North Western ILon. & South Western' M & an., Shef., Lincoln. I Maryport and Carlisle. 1095 109 i, 74 76 in 112 42 44 SO 995 103 104 44 425 DO shares Metropoli tan ' Midland 13 134 1274 1221 if I,ip 96 98 5.4.0 Do New . Do Birming. t Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwicts Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London ' Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot i. E., Aber. stool 52i 53 25.3 2f 10f 100 k tv.16.4 1 Do Sc(t Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpoo Shropshire Union South Devon 'South Eastern , South Wales S. York. and River Dun ,tai nes, Wok., ate d Wok. Stockton & Darli ngton 57 58 En 891 128 130 110 112 h 1 16 161 11 14 119 121 97 487 104 )06 Do New, 1860. !Taff Dale. Do B Do C (Ulster: Do . I 2. 1 0 Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim 1 Waterford t Kilkenny) %Vest Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford . Do Newpor Do Hereford 47 1 9 R2i 33V 94-, 951 68 70 102 104 i 71 .184 6 391 10 104 71 8 p 149 151 4 5 21 1 32 1 p 554 , n 4 1 24 11i p' I d 85 87 140 145 41 42 34 36 j 95 37 - Vimr:Al 7 .7 SHARE' AND STOW •1 :1151 481 45i 41 1271 7 131 1 94 142 Closing i Busines, Price. done ii 6i 6 1 7i i 744 54 1114 11 mil 43 24 99 8f 94 8/ 9 1034 1 3 iiiii1 1271 8 a i p 101 100; I 29 31 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1863. Provident Clerks' Mutual Life Assurance Association. The 22d annual meeting of this association was held last evening at the LondOn Tavern, Bishops gate-street. R. H. Jou es, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, presided. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN called upon the secretary (Mr. W. T. Linford) to read the annual report, which was as follows : " In presenting to the members of the association their twenty-seeond annual report, it affords the board sincere gratification to be able again to repeat the expression which they have used for several years, ' that the results of the past year's operations surpass those of any previous year since the commencement of the association.' " The proposals received in 1862 were 972 for £227,400 ; and the new policies were 916 for 1204,700 ; the new in come arising from which is £5,910 14e. Bd. per annum. " The total annual income of the association has in creased to a 0,135 2s. ld., and, after providing for all known claims, the amount added to the invested fund is £27,713 19s. 7d. " The accumulated assets of the association are thereby raised to £197,400 lls. sd. " The claims by death continue moderate. 65 policies, assuring, with bonuses, the sum of £14,468 14s. Bd. have fallen in during the year. This sum has been reduced by re-assurance to £11,468 14s. Bd. " The total sum paid in claims and bonuses thereon since the commencement of the association is £113,077 9s. 10d. The amount of good thus effected can scarcely be estimated ; but it is within the knowledge of the board, that in many instances the sums thus secured have been the sole means of saving families from utter ruin. " The policies actually in force on the 31st December, 1862, were 7,598, for a total sum of £1,456,254. ".An offer having been made to this association by the official managers of the Consols Insurance Association, now being wound up in Chancery, to effect a transfer of the few existing policies to the Provident Clerks' Associa tion on equitable terms, the matter was referred to Mr. Ratray, the consulting actuary of this office; and, having been approved by him, and sanctioned by the Master of the Rolls, the same has been carried out by the board. " The period for the fourth division of profits, to the 31st ecember, 1862, has now arrived ; and from the exertions used by the consulting actuary in forwarding the necessary calculations, the board will be enabled to announce the re sult, which is of a most satisfactory character, to the pre sent meeting. " The directors retiring by rotation on the present occa sion are—Mr. Edward Coleman, Mr. Henry Rogers, and Mr. Sancton Wood, all of whom, being eligible, offer them selves for re-election. " The board have to report, with deep regret, the death of Mr. Wm. J. Jordan, for 17 years a director of this asso ciation. Mr. Jordan had dtvoted a great amount of time and labour to the interests of the association, and the board desire to record their sense of his valuable services, and their regret at his loss In accordance with Rule 10, the board have nominated Mr. William Malings, Eaet India and China merchant, to fill the vacancy thus occa sioned. This nomination is subject to confirmation by the members, and a resolution to that effect will be submitted to the meeting. . " The following gentlemen, duly qualified, have been proposed as auditors during the ensuing year :—Mr. James Richard Lloyd, Mr. Francis Frederick Toole, and Mr. Charles Woolley. While congratulating the members on the successful results of the year, it affords the board much pleasure to acknowledge the assistance and support which have been afforded to them by several of the assurers. By that sup port the hands of the board are of course much strengthened, and the progress and development of the assciation ren dered more rapid and certain. The extent to which the general public avail themselves of this office for the purposes of assurance, is a satisfactory proof of the confidence which has been established in its stability and integrity; while the careful investment of its funds, and the avoidance of all undue and speculative risks, have contributed to consolidate its position, and to render it one of the soundest and most successful among the life assurance institutions of this country." The CHAIRMAN, on rising to more the acceptance and adoption of the report, said he experienced great pleasure in again meeting the members, for the 22d time, and under circumstances so encourag- ing, showing, as they most unquestionably did, the great progress that was being made, year by year, in the business of the association. He saw around him a great many persona who were amongst the earliest members of the society; and when they reverted to the past and compared it with the present they must feel the greatest asto nishment and delight at the progress they had made, considering they had commenced with nothing. (Cheers.) While the past success must be a pleasure to the older members, it must, at the same time, be an encouragement to those who had recently be come assurers; but he hoped they would not rest content with having insured their own lives, but tt.at they would do all in their power to induce their friends to follow so good an example. (Cheers.) Their renewal premiums, he was happy to say, kept up well (cheers)—and their average interest on invested capital amounted to £4 percent. —(hear, hear) —which he thought ail present would agree with him was highly satisfactory. There were some small dditional expenses in the balance sheet, but they principally arose out of the increase of business; the £2OO which was actual ly forced upon the directors at the last annual meeting as an increase of remu neration, and a small sum for law c , arges ; on the other hand there were some reductions, and the members must feel great satisfaction in noticing that they had got rid of that plague spot in the account, viz., the house 42, Moorgate-street. (Cheers.) The sum due from agents had all been received since the balance-sheet was made up, and with respect to the statement of the actuary (Mr. Ratray ) of his examination of their affairs, he did not know that he cou,d do better than read his report. It was as tollows: " TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. " Gentlemen—l have the honour to submit the result of my investigation into the liabilities of the Society up to the 31st December last with ►eference to a fourth division of profits. '1 he principles of valuation agreed to and adopted on former occasions have been adhered to in the present in vestigation; the surplus available now for division has been realised during the last five years and the profits of future years have been in no way anticipated. " It is very satisfactory to notice the large increase in the business of the society since the period of the last valuation, on that occasion 4,825 policies were under examination, as suring £887,756, with an income of £28,910 per annum. At the present time you have 7,598 policies in force assur ing nearly a million and a half, with an income of £50,135. "A comparison with the statement given in my report of April, 1858, will show that this increase has arisen mainly in policies effected under the "Whole Life Table." "The following table shows the number of policies in force on 31st December, 1862, and the amount assured arranged under the heads of the tables to which they re spectively belong : _ . . . Table. Class. No. of Amount Policies. Polici9s. assured. A 1 Whole life assurances A. I Endowment assurances B ct 2 Deferred annuities B Premium returnable and not re turnable C Endowment premium C Returnable and not returnable 3B £4,204 () Immediate annuities E Survivorship assurances . 14 £13,725 F Joint lives 33 £6,230 Term assurances lB £15,750 Longest of two lives It eversionary annuity 7,598 £1,456.264 "The amount of immediate annuity granted is £l,BOB i per annum, and the amount of deferred and contingent re versionary annuity contracted for is £979 per annum. The , average of each life assurance policy appears to be nearly I £200." He did not think that document required a word of observation from him. He had on several oc casions had the pleasure of informing the mem sherdvices of M hers that the board of directors was a united one, and that nothing could effect one without affect ing b e i 1 I IV J. all. (Hear, hear.) Since they had last met ti ey had had the misfortune to lose by death the should held a seat in tie direction, and he felt he discharging Jordan,his duty h ifo fhoer advan tage o n "wed t the opportunity which now pre dmi did n n y o t y take ears itself to b o d y felt at his i express the regret the directors as a would miss the o". Those present, he was sure, }thee, whilst directors, manly form and pleasing counten the ,cious that they had been on their part, were con of a gentleman Which deprived of the services tion, fidelity, and ener 3cl been marked with deo who had had the pleastfrYe.o f ( b Cheers.) Those only during their business excursions in his company could tell how well he discharged 8 in the provinces, his . naging their meetings. (Cheers.) Th s duty in ma the meeting would, he felt certain, bee sympathy of solation to his widow and children, and he great h con have felt he had ill fulfilled the office as sbould chairman of that association had he not taken that brief no. tice of departed worth. The directors had thus been compelled to seek for a gentleman to supply the vacancy thus occasioned at the board, and they bad availed themselves of the services of Mr. Wm. Malings, but as that subject would come before them by special resolution, he would not allude at that moment further to the subject. The members would observe that the association had taken the small remaining business of the Consols Assur ance,which was then being wound up by the Court of Chancery, and it would be as well that the mem bers should know th.t such a step had the concur rence of their talented consulting actuary (Mr. Ratray) and solicitor, and also the approval of the Master of the Rolls. He thought the business thus taken would extend their influence, as it had already been the means of the directors receiving a number of testimonials, all of which spoke in the highest terms of the association. (Cheers.) He did not know any other point calling for observation from him, but, before he resumed his seat, he would once more urge all existing members to do all in their power to increase the number of assurers. Some of the old members had already done so, and if the re maining ones were each to secure one additional member in the ensuing year, they could not imagine how much they strengthened the hands of the directors by so doing. (Cheers.) In conclusion he begged to move the usual resolution for the adoption of the report, at the same time saying he should feel a pleasure in answering any ques tions that might b e p u t to hi m. The motion having been seconded, A MEMBER said he was glad to hear so satisfac tory a report of their proceedings, and he also felt pleasure that their old premises had been got rid of. However, he hoped the directors would not be lavish in their expenditure on the premises they at present occupied, and that they would keep down their outgoings for furniture, repairs, &c. Mr. LINFORD said the association, by the cove nants in their lease, was compelled to keep the premises in substantial repair, and nothing more than that hAd been done. A MEMBER wished to know the per tentage of expenses compared with income. It appeared to him to be about one-seventh. Mr. LINFORD replied their expenses were just 10 per cent. ou their income, and he did not know of an office of the same extent as theirs that was carried on for a less sum than that. Mr. LLOYD, one of the auditors, said that nothing could be more satisfactory than the manner in which the affairs of the k ffiee were transacted. Their busi ness with the clerks in the Post-office and the Electric Telegraph-office, the lending small sums to clerks on the security of their policies, and the fact that the association was always ready to pur chase them, entailed a great amount of business on their staff. He could say that, a s a fact, the busi ness of the office was exceedingly heavy, and also that it was very wed performed. (Cheers.) The adoption of the report was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr. JENKYN JONES moved the following resolu tion :—" That the best thanks of the members be given to the directors for their exertions during the past year, and that a sum of 1,000 pounds be pre sented to them." (Oheers.) It might appear, he said, presumptuous in him , considering this was his first appearance amongst them, in moving this re solution, but he had long and steadfastly watched the progress of their institution , which was one that the office with which he was connected (the National Mercantile) had the greatest pleasure of interchanging assurances. (Loud cheers.) As he had already said, he had narrowly watched the gradual progress of the operations, and he, for one, was quite satisfied that they did a very large busi ness at a very small cost. (Cheers.) They did not spend too much in repairs, and other unnecessary expenses, but, on the contrary, well considered every item of outlay before it was incurred. One thing appeared to be very remarkable, and that was the small value the board of directors put upon their own own services, and he was led to this remark by an observation that the chairman had made—viz.,that the members had actually forced upon them last year an addition of £2OO to the sum usually voted them as remuneration. (Cheers.) Another source of congratulation was the report Mr. Ratray had made, after a minute examination of their affairs. He had the pleasure of knowing that gentleman for more than 20 years, and if he (Mr. Ratray) told the members they had £29,000 and odd pounds to distribute amongst them, they might rest as sured that it had been honestly earned. (Cheers.) He considered the amount given to the directors was not more than they were justly entitled to. The labour was great, and the remuneration ought to be liberal, and the sum proposed was not, in his opinion, too much for such satisfactory results. (Cheers.) He felt sincere pleasure in seconding the resolution. Mr. REYNOLDS said it might not be out of place if the proposition was seconded by one who had attended 22 annual meetings. (Cheers.) It was now 23 years since he met some of the gentlemen present in a room 12 feet square, to promote the interest of the Provident Clerk's Association. He was glad to see some of the original members of the board, with whom time had dealt very kindly. li e had much satisfaction in seconding the motion. The resolution was put to the meeting by Mr. JENKYN JONES, and carried a midst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compli ment on the part of his colleagues, said he was very much obliged to the meeting. They had been highly complimented by Mr. Jones, a gentleman whose testimony was very valuable, who came for ward and testified to what he believed to be the society's worth. • The retiring directors, Messrs. Coleman, Rogers, and Wood, having been re-elected, Mr. COLEMAN thanked the members for having again elected him a member of the board, and urged every member to co-operate with the directors in furthering the prosperty of the institution. He stated that he had attended 21 of these meetings, and gave some interesting details of the progress of the association. Mr. ROGERS and Mr. WOOD also acknowledged the honour of re-election. The CHAIRMAN said the next business was to pro pose that the nomination of Mr. Malings be hereby confirmed, in accordance with rule 10. He bestowed a high eulogium on Mr. Malings for his business qualities. Mr. PURDAY seconded the motion, and expressed his sense of the admirable and independent selec tion made by the board. The resolution was carried nem. con. Mr. MALINGs thanked them all most sincerely and heartily for the high honour they had done him. He could assure them he had only one fear, that was lebt he should not be able to compete in intelligence, zeal, and assiduity with his predecessors, but he meant to try. The retiring auditors, Messrs. Lloyd, Toole, and Woolley having been proposed and seconded in the us'ial way, were re-elected. Mr. KINTREA stated that a great deal of the pros perity of the institution was due to the audi tors, and es they only received 30 pounds per annum, he begged to propose that 100 guineas be given them for their services. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The proposition having been seconded, Mr. MINTON moved as an amendment, that the remunerat ion be £5O. Mr. REYNOLDS mended the amendment. After some conversation the original motion was withdrawn, and the auditors having severally ex prk ssed their satisfaction with their present amount of remuneration, Mr. Minton pressed his motion which was carried. A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Ratray, the actuary, the secretary, Mr. Linford, and the staff, for their exertions during the past year. A motion was made to present Mr. Linford with a purse of fifty guineas in recognition of his valu able services; and though the proposal seemed to mee t with general approval, Mr. Li n f or d d ec li ne d accepting the gift, being of opiuion that the board alone should fix the amount of remuneration due to the staff, M r . S. WELCH, deputy-chairm an, sa id no one knew how they prized Mr. Linford' s serv i ces a t the board, for they often saw his g eat zeal and desire to promote the interests of the society, and how he was constantly o ccupied upon th e su bj ec t of their business. He was at all times alive for the promo tion of their interests, and was ably assisted by the staff of officers. He did not think the members were aware of the increase in the business; but he might tell them that nine hundred extra policies had been taken out this year. He paid a high compliment to the late Mr. Jordon, who was a personal friend of his, and who was greatly esteemed for his abilities and his agreeable and pleasant manners. He congratulated them sincerely upon the result of last year's operations, and informed them that it would be a few months before the bonus was made payable. A vote of thanks having been accorded to the Chairman, he acknoWledged the same, and stated as a proof of the progress still being made, that 149 policies insuring £38,250, had been issued since the Ist of January, 1863. The proceedings then terminated. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS---This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE PRINCE OF WALES. His Royal Highness the Pariicz of WALES took the oaths and his seat in Parliament. His Royal Highness was accompanied by the Usher of the Black Rod, the King at Arms, Earl of Derby, the Duke of Newcastle, Earl St. Germans, Lord Kingsdown, the :Duke of Argyll, Earl Sydney, Earl Granville, and several other peers. After his Royal Highness had signed the Parliamentary roll, he was conducted to his chair on the right hand side of the throne, where he remained a short time, and then left the house. THE NEW ARCHBISHOPS. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York took the oaths and signed the Parliamentary roll. At this period of the evening there were a considerable number of peers present, and a great many ladies occupied the galleries at either side of the house. About ten minutes past five the Prinrie of Wales aga'n entered the house in company with the Duke of Cambridge and sat by his noble relative's side on the cross benches all the peers present remaining uncovered. THE VESTRIES BILL. On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this bill was read a first time. THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANC ELLOR read her Majesty's Speech on the opening of Parliament, which will be found in another part of The Sun. The Earl of DUDLEY rose to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty in answer to her most gracious Speech, and said he was relieved of much of the anx iety which naturally attached to those performing the duty that now devolved upon him in consequence of the satisfactory statements it contained. The intimation of hek Majesty that the marriage of his Royal Highness had been determined on would be received with the greatest joy by the whole country, and he sincerely trusted that it would be productive of the greatest happiness to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. It was a source of the highest gratifica tion to their lordships that his Royal Highness on that occasion had taken his place amongst the peers of England. He trusted that that marriage would be attended with the greatest domestic happiness t) one who, in the course of time—which he hoped was far dis tant—would be called upon to govern a country se power ful as England. The next topic that presented itself was Greece, and it was fervently to be hoped, although the first chosen of the people of that conntry could not be obtained, a sovereign would be found willing and able to fill the vacant throne, but he still hoped that amongst the Greeks themselves some one would be found capable to govern that country. The paragraph relating to the cession of the lonian Islands at the first might appear to some as very startling, because it might appear that a portion of this kingdom was about to be given to another country, but that was not so, because England had but the protectorate of those islands. The savage warfare that at present existed on the other side of the Atlantic was a cause of universal grief, and he hoped in the interests of humanity that that :tate of things would shortly end. It was the most earnest desire of all in this country that the war should cease, and he hoped for the interests of the people of Ame- I rica, and for the future of that country that the time was not far distant when that desirable end would be accom plished. The noble lord then touched upon the distress at present existing in a portion of England, and remarked that although that distress had been of the most heartrending nature yet it had been borne with: a calmness and resig nation which called for the greatest sympathy, and it was some consolation to know that that distress was somewhat diminishing. Regarding Italy, the great desire of England was, that with such a climate and such a soil one of the fairest countries on earth, it might also become consolidated into constitutional liberty. Before he resumed his seat he could not help re marking upon the great loss of one who had passed from them since the house last met. The high character of the noble lord made it matter of the deepest regret that that house would be for ever prevented of availing itself of his counsels and experience. He had only to thank their lord ships for the attention they had awarded him, and con cluded by moving the Address. The Earl of GRANTARD said the noble mover of the Address had so completely exhausted the subject, that it left him but little to say. The marriage of his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales was a matter of the greatest hap piness to the country, and he trusted it would be to his Royal Highness himself. By the education he had received, and the travels he had made, ho gave the greatest hope that he was fitting himself for the great duties whichwould some day or o'herdevolveupon It was a matter of the highest gratification that her Ma jesty remained on the present friendly terms with foreign nations, and although all regretted the state of affairs in America, ys-t all would approve of the system of non• intervention that had been adopted in Eng land. With respect to the destitution at present existing in Lancashire, all must deplore that such a state of things existed, yet if there was anything that showed that the ope ratives had intelligence, it was the resignation with which that destitution had been borne. He could not but express his highest adniiration of the means taken to meet that destitution by the highest and noblest in the land, and amongst those who had greatly distinguished themselves in the endeavour to alleviate that distress, none more nobly distinguished himself than the noble earl (Derby) opposite. (Loud cheers.) Ireland had nebly come forward and done all she was able, and his most fervent prayers for an alle viationiof the existing;state of things, he would conclude by seconding the Address. The Earl of BERBY said, as there was no difference of opinion with respect to the Address, they could all express their feelings without the slightest reservation. Last y ear their language was that of condolence on a sorrowful cir cumstance which caused great gloom over the country, but this they had to express their highest pleasure in the an nouncement her Majesty had made respecting the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. [LEFT SPEAKING}.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening• OPENING OF THE SESSION. The members began to assemble about one o'clock. Among the earliest arrivals were Admiral Walcot, Sir C. Douglas, Col. Gilpin, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Walter, Mr. Locke King, Mr. J. B. Smith, Col. French, Mr. White, Mr, Coningham, Sir F. Trelawny, Mr. G. Hatfield, Mr. Milnes, Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. Powell, Alderman Sidney, Sir E. Bowyer, Mr. R. Knightley, Major Gavin, Mr. Mills, Mr. H. Bentinck, Mr. Packe t Mr. Stanfield Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Dilwyn, Sir .1. Paxton, Sir F. Crossley, Mr. W. Wil liams, Lord Robert Montagu, Mr. Ewart, Colonel Sykes, Mr. Lindsay, and Mr. Roebuck. The first member connected with the Government that entered the house was Mr. K.Huguesson ; shortly after Mr. C. Gilpin aad Sir W. Dunbar took their seats on the Go vernment bench. _ _ The Speaker entered the house at a quarter to one o'clock and took his seat in the Chief Clerk's chair. The right hon. gentleman was warmly greeted by the members, the majority of whom passed up the house and shook hands with him. At five minutes past two o'clock Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, entered the house, and sum moned the Speaker and members to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Commission and the Queen's Speech read. The SPEAKER and nearly all the members present, num bering about 100, immediately proceeded to the Howe of Lords. At 25 minutes after two the Speaker returned. The sitting was then suspended until four o'olock. The SPEAKER again took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS• The following new members were sworn in :—Alderman W. A. Rose (Lord Mayor of London), for Southampton, in B. C a oles, the room of Mr. Willcox, deceased ; Mr. Fender, for Tot ness, in the room of Mr. Mills, deceased ; Mr. Alfred Seymour, for Totness, in the room of Earl Gifford, deceased; Mr. C. P. Grenfell, for Stoke-upon-Trent, in the room of Mr. J. L. Ricardo, deceased; Mr W. Cabin, for Andover, in the room of losirrd.e in Hrs., deceased; Sir E. Daring, hart., for East Kent, S ea S d l O th N e ti va o l ORDERS. The the w on , of Mr. W. Deedes, deceased. The SPEAK.ESuEr were agreed to. they NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered to be issued for Davenport, in the room of Sir M. Seymour. On the motion of Col, TAYLOR, a new writ was ordered to be issued for Cambridge, for the election of a member, in the room of Mr. Steuart; also for East Kent, Somerset shire, in the room of Mr. C, Mundy; also for the county of Cambridge, in t. , .e room of Mr. E. Ball. RAILWAYS. Mr, WHALLEY gave notice that to-morrow he would move for ave to introduce a bill to diminish the expense of passing railway bills. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. BRAND gave notice that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would tomorrow move that a committee of the whole house be appointed on those banks. ELECCIONS. Mr. BRAND gave notice that on Monday the Secretary of State for the Home Department would introduce a bill to prevent corrupt practices at elections. MILITIA ESTIMATES. Mr. BRAND gas e notice that a bill would be introduced on an early day with respect to rendering these estimates. _ . COTTON (INDIA.) Mr. J. B. SMITH gave notice that he should on Tues day move for papers in respect to the produceion of cotton in India, and the . quanlity likely to be available. CHURCH RATES. Sir J. TRELAWNY gave notice that to-morrow he should introduce a bill to abolish church rates. BIRTHS, DEATHS, &c. (IRELAND ) Mr. F. PEEL gave notice that on an early day he should move to inntroduce a bill on this subject. ENFORCED LABOUR IN EGYPT. Sir D. GRIFFITHS gave notice that on the 20th, on going into committee of supply he should ask if the Go vernment intended to support Ismael Pasha in his deter mination to abolish enforced labour. GAME LAWS. Mr. PAUL gave notice that on an early day he should introduce a bill on this subject. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Lord PALMERSTON (who was much cheered on tak ing his seat) laid papers on the table relating to the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Denmark. THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER having read the Queen's Speech, Mr. CALTHORPE (who wore the insignia of a deputy lieutenant) then rose to move that a gracious address be presented to her Majesty in reply to the Speech delivered this day by commission in the House of Lords. The mar riage of the Prince of Wales could not fail to give the ut most sati faction to all classes of her Majesty's subjects. A marriage of mutual affection like this could hardly fail to bring much happiness. The constitutional form of Government which prevailed in this country led other nations to look to us as an example of the best kind of Governnment. This it was that had led to the fifer of the Throne of Greece to Prince Alfred. Probably when Greece had selected and obtained a constitutional king that country would become happy and prosperous. After the expression of feeling on the part of the lonian Islands, no doubt the Government would deem it well to cede these islands to Greece. (Hear, hear.) The unhappy distress that had prevailed had been fully met and assuaged by all classes of the people. (Hear, hear.) It was a pleasing thing to know that a ship was on its way to this country from America loaded with food for Lanca shire. (Cheers.) This testified unmistakably the good feeling of the people ofAmerica towards this country, though the press of the North tried hard to set the one people against the other. That there should be a surplus during such a lengthened period of distress—with half a million of people out of work, and many;of them on the verge of star vation—testified that the monetary affairs of the country had been well managed. He hoped a modification of the in come-tax would result from the surplus. (Hear, hear.) It was satisfactory to find that the French treaty had worked well ; and he had high hopes of the result of the new treaty with Belgium. He feared that the proclamation of Mr. Lincoln would result in much outrage upon the negroes and not lead to the results professed. It was, indeed, difficult not to entertain some feelings of contempt for the Federal Government. Freedom of the press and of speech had been sadly outraged. Corruption and extravagance existed to a ruinous and shameful extent. At the outset of the war General Scott had counselled a peaceful separation. It was to be regretted that independent Americans had not been found to endeavour to stem the torrent of popular frenzy. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, the South had shown great courage and excellent strategy, and managed their affairs in a noble and excellent manner. (Cheers.) Yet, though this country had paid £20,000,000 to abolish slavery, we had driven our free trade notion so far that we had virtually fostered the slave trade. For instance, we admitted slave-grown sugar at the same rate as free. (Opposition cheers.) It was not the fault of the South that they had engaged in this unhappy war, which could only have one result—complete and entire separation. (Hear, hear.) The end, however, of the war would result, he believed, in the thorough abolition of slavery, but . the proclamation would assuredly not have the effect proposed to be intended ; neither wasit heartfelt and honest, and the Democrats, when they again came into power, would com pletely nullify its provisions. Mr. BAZ LEY (who likewise wore the uniform of a de puty-lieutenant) rose to second the address. The hon. member, who was much cheered, expressed his satisfaction at the Speech from the Throne. He hoped the peace ad verted to would long continue. (Hear, hear.) The Royal marriage promised to be not only a very happy one, but would give the utmost satisfaction to the country. The Prince was the worthy son of a worthy sire. (Hear, hear.) In common with his fellow-countrymen he deeply deplored the distress in Lan cashire, and he feared it would continue yet for some time to come. But that distress was borne with the utmost heroism. (Hear.) They had, too, now to look for other markets for their goods, as one of the chief was closed to them. He read some recent figures from Mr. M'Clure, the Secretary to the Relief Fund, showing the recent amount of relief awarded. Altogether, the enormous sum of £760,696 had been spontaneously subscribed for the relief of the distress in the cotton districts. (Hear, hear.) H e regretted that the distress was on the increase, as people were now seeking relief who up to a recent period had been able to maintain themselves. He trusted the Government would do their best to get cotton from Australia and ilndia. The fact that the probable supply of cotton would most probably not enable the manufacturers to give more than a quarter of a week's work, if that, this year, would, he hoped, stimulate the Government to do their best to promote the production of good cotton in our colonies and elsewhere. (H. ar, hear.) The exports last year of cotton amounted to £36,000,000, agst £56,000,000 in 1861, testifying how the trade had fallen off. He congratulated the Government on the recent commercial treaty with Belgium, and trusted the principles on which it was based would be extended to other countries. The French treaty, to some extent, compensated for the loss of the American trade.. They were much indebted to the hon. member for Rochdale (Mr. Cobden) for the care with which that treaty was matured. (Hear, hear.) See ing that they were at peace with all the world, he hoped the national expenditure would be reduced as much as possi ble. The surplus of the revenue would, he hoped, be applied to the reduction of taxation on articles of general use. He was not, too, without hope that the time was at hand when there would be a large extension of the franchise, for it was justified by the spread of education and the good de meanour of the people. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. DISRAELI said he was sure the house sympa thised entirely with that portion of the Ro y al Speech .n which her Majesty alluded to the marriage of the heir apparent. (Hear, hear.) There was a time when Royal marriages puzzled politicians, but these times were long past. In this city, whe re feelin g s of domestic affection were much cherished, it was considered a happy omen that the marriage was one of affection. He trusted the young Prince would strive to emulate the life and virtues of his deeply lamented father. The conduct of the people in the distressed manufacturing districts was beyond all praise. He wished that the Government could have stated that there was some hope of the cessation of hostilities in America; but evidently as yet no such hope could be well entertained. The element of the war had long been smouldering. The great accession of population, and the admixture of foreign races, all indi cated the more than possibility that so large and hetero geneous a confederation would fall to pieces. When'the war subsided America would be a N ery different America to that of our fathers ; a host of different notions replete with sharp diplomacy and most probably waring against each other. The conduct of the Government with re spect to the war was right and proper; but he was sur prised to find in the autumn :that one of the body (Mr. Gladstone) repaired to the chief seat of industry and there formally declared that the Southern States ought to be recognised. (Oh, oh, and hear, hear.) Probably indiscreet, but only a fortnight ago the President Isvctifsg; Board of Trade said the cause of the war was o slavery, I r e n e he styled a pestilent institution—(hear, another member of the Government, ha:lnhostpe:oekrenmeinmfbaevrouorf of the recognition of the South. The not of the Cabinet, the Government (Sir R. Peel), though said the Lord of Hosts are with oeSouth. (Much laugh ter.) LEFT SPEAKING. of England Return.•-This Day. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 4th day of Feb., 1863: ISSUE DEP4RTISIENT. Ziotes issued .......X27,461,8'2,5 Government Debt X 11,015,10 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 G old Coin & Bullion 12,811,625 Silver Bullion ...,. £27,461,825' BAN RING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Smu tal £14.553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) £10,602,879 eluding Exche- , Other Securities 19,297,354 quer, Savings' I Notes Banks, Commis- 1 Gold and Silver 877,311 ruissioners of Na- 1 Coin tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 6,351,617 Other Deposits... Seven Day and other Bills 638,600 £27,461,825 f 38,171,824 MILLER, Dcputy CaAbler. £38,171,824 W. Feb. 5, 1663. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATIERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 40 to 1 agst Beachy Head (taken) 50 to 1 agst Argonaut (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (offered) 25 to 1 agat Anfield (offered) 25 to 1 agst Black Deer (offered) 40 to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Hospodar (offered) 12 to 1 agst Brick (offered) 16 to 1 agat Torn Fool (taken) THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 28 to 1 agst National Guard (taken) 33 to 1 agst Jarnicoton (taken) 50 to 1 agst Earl Purl (taken) 1000to:10 agst Baldwin (taken) CITY BETTING—TRH DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 14 to 1 agst Master Begot (offered) 20 to 1 agst Brewer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Medora (offered) 25 to 1 agst Light of ether Days CITY AND SUBURBAN". 25 to lon the field (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2on the field (offered) 500;to 25 agst Blue Mantle (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (offered) 25 to agst Black Deer THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Tom Fool (offered to take 22 to 1) 30 to 1 agst Automaton (taken) REIGATE ELECTION. The poll closed this afternoon a four o'clock in favour of Mr. Gower. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. ►ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 3, Evening. In consequence of the insurrection, it has been resolved to increase the force of cavalry stationed in the kingdom of Poland. It is stated in official quarters that the regiments which were to be transferred next spring to Poland are about to be despatched for the present to Wilna. rwo regiments of Cossacks have set out to-day for Poland, and will be followed next week by two regiments of Uhlans and a battery of artillery. February 4. Aide-de-Camp Nostiz, with the force under hie command, was attacked last Sunday night near Biala by several bands of insurgents. The con• flict lasted two hours, when the insurgents re treated to Janow, carrying with them 42 killed and wcunded. General Likhatsche, with a division of Hussars, coming from Wilna, attacked a body of Polish in surgents, inflicting upon them a loss of 20 killed and taking four prisoners. Another insurgent band has crossed the river Niemen, and appeared in the district of Troki. WARSAW, Feb. 2, Evening (by Telegraph from Breslau.) The main body of the insurgents is said to be stationed near Augustowo, and under the command of Jeiinkiewiez, late a Colonel in the army of Gari baldi. A second division, commanded by Count Iyskiewiez, is taking up positions near Rawa, on the river Rawka, in the district of Warsaw. The third division of the insurgents, commanded by Frankowski, is posted in the district of Lublin. The insurgents muster strong in the district of Radomsk. The communication between these dis tricts is interrupted. BERLIN, FEB. 4. Letters received here from Warsaw announce that the insurgents occupy and are fortifying Lypa, on the Polish and Lithuanian frontier. They have occupied the railway station at that town, and used the materials of the workshops attached to the sta. tion in constructing their fortifications. Siege trains have been despatched against Lypa. LEMBERG, Feb. 4. The Grenadier Corps of Novogrod will be con veyed by railway through Prussia. The communication between Wilna, Grodno, and Warsaw is interrupted. THORN, Feb. 4. On Sunday evening 800 insurgents entered the important manufacturing town of Lodz, in the pro vince of Masovie, and took from the branch esta blishment of the Bank 18,000 roubles, and from the Post-office 31,000 roubles. Tliey also ordered a conscription to recruit their own forces. Private property was respected. All the public functionaries fled from the town. POSEN, Feb. 4. The journals of this city state that the conscripts confined in the citadel of Warsaw refuse to take the oath of allegiance. A letter from Vienna, dated Jan. 31, says:— Prince Gortschakoff accuses this Government of having supplied the insurgents in Russian Poland with arms, but, as Austria has no establishment like Tula, she can hardly have rendered the same service to the Poles that Russia has done to the disaffected subjects of his Mjesty the Sultan. Not long ago the Austrian War Department had on hand a large number of good though somewhat old-fashioned rifles and muskets, but all of them are now in the hands of the belligerents in North America. As soon as Lieut.-Gen. Count Mensdorff, the Stadtholder of Galicia, heard of what was doing in the kingdom of Poland, he applied to Count Degenfeld and M. von Schmerling for instructions, and was told that un armed fugitives were to be allowed to cross the frontier, and to reside in some town or village which would be indicated by the Government. As has al ready been stated. many Russian subjects are now in Galicia, but the exact number is u n k nown to th e Austrian authorities, as the fugitives crossed the boundary line at different places. The Russo-Aus trian frontier, which extends from Myslowitz in the west, to Dwonogrod in the east, cannot be much less than 600 English miles in length. The Vistula divides the western part of Galicia from Russian Poland, and as it is now frozen over it is to be ex pected that the number of refugees will rapidly in crease. Some few persons have gone from Cracow to Russiaa Poland, but in general the Galician Poles display very little inclination to go to the assistance of their oppressed brethren. Shortly before the rebel lion broke out the Russians in this city spoke much of the enormous military force in the kingdom o Poland, but now it appears that the army w hi c h . so small that he cannot venture to send . . the Grand Duke Constantine has at rein forcementshisdaisnpyosalis to . the outlying districts. it is known that the con scriptslu Austrian circleshe ca p i tal their but the fe l low-countrymen official th ey o rgans a u n willing ns in the in Podolia, Volhynia, and Lithuania are al -1 w o illi t n h g e yiveuitrheleealieittoistbheeliSetv.ePdettherastbuthrge itaspuerrrse.etlionnmiin press are silent on the subject, as kingdomm ostas unruly uly Poland; as P ltiot o a l g a r nd will be unsuccessful, but the general opinion here is that weeks, and even months, will elapse be fore peace is entirely restored. The new Central Committee in Poland continue to issue proclama tions, which are signed " Leon Franchetti," but it is supposed that this is merely a nom de guerre. A guerilla war is now carried on in Poland,and many of the insurgent bands are under the command of young men who were educated in the military school at Genoa. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS. DUE. Aur.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. 18. via Marseilles ... Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Feb. 3 . Cape of Good Hope, ALonsios, and St. Helena.. Mar. 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Feb. 18.: v i a Marseilles ...Feb. 12, - Falkland Islands ............... Feb. 3. Gibraltar, via Southampto n .. India (Calcutta), wa d Ceylon, via Southampton.. Feb. 18. 3i So a u r t s h e am ille p s vtolanM.ar..B.e.tes .. ...F F e e b b ; 1 1 0 2 .. India (B India vi via a Feb. 5. Portugal..• • " ,„aita, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampt on F e b . 10. via Marseilles Feb. 6. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo ............... U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet... . Feb. 4. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet Feb. 6. 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