The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-29 00:00:00

X 0 INT E . Y MARKETI SHARE MARKETS —This day. ______ - AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuls.S. COMIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Share Railways, Paid. C p l o ri s oe in . g } Budsoinne.ess 4 - ... 13 . 14 . Mr., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 Si CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. r Blythe and Tyne. 8 0 t llo r ig a t i Z a e n af ec rd e llid.Co all 8834 55 Business in the general discount market continues x er ... 100 active, and the rates show an undiminished at Caledonian 5 0 Cora and Ba n d o n lO3 1171 1181 118 1 all - - firmness. 20 Cornwall all 64 7 The share list of the United Merthyr C o lli er i es 10 D o A ( A ..'ets no di , ), all _ ' y 10 Do. n i till 6p c.p an.lia , n a Company will close on Thursday next, the 31st inst. au _ Dublin (been lf paid to ne b . .y & Beast Ju all 35 37 _, The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets re- 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. 811 16 11 main closed for the E as t e r holidays. Business will :t Edinburgh 100 101 106 & t ulaeg. and S. Western. Olasgow.l 109 91 93 be testi tn2cl to-naorrow (Wednesday). ; st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 'IN 17 48 471 61 et Ditto A stock - - - Subjoi ne d are t h e part i cu l ars o f the railway calls at D i t t o East Angl i an st 100 61 74 sae in April. These payments will raise the total at GreatrsTortilot Scotland 100 at Great - Noriher ' n.... 100 127 128 1.2 q subscribed for such purposes from the Ist January at Do A stock •• • • 100 120 130 129 at Do Bdo last to about £4,000,000 :- at Gt. S. an IW. 01 Irelan, 10 0 91 93 Call. Amount. st Great Western .... . . N e w Do Str Val g:ua. stool, 100 Cocke rrnouth and Workington N e — at Laneashi:e & Yorkshire 100 IC9i 110 1091 Quarters Ditto, Pref erence £5, "A" .. 15 0 1 , 000 at Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast 101 1031 1011 101/ 4 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 421 434 421 Put flees, New £lO .... ....... 210 0 34,250 at Lon. & North Western 100 1081 1081 1084 1 Grand Trunk of Canada Equipment et Lon. & Sc.th Western 100 • 971 981 974 et Man., Stet, & Lincoln. 100 53 64 54 1 I'lort Bonds, 25 per cent not known 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - Great Luxembourg Preference 2O 0 80,000 124 Do i shares ... all - - Madras Fif t h Extension, Second Issue 2 0 0 100,000 S e t t at i r la te l li tan all 1114 1121 1 , 3 100 1271 1284, 1271 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, - Do New - - - P New £lO Five per Cent., 1862 .... 10 0 78,300 st Do m Gt. & Derby 100 97 99 Maryport and. Carlisle, Newt. W. of Ireland all - - 3 0 0 18,000 25 Do. 1 shares - - 31edoe 6 0 0 120,000 25 Mid Kent - - Neath and Breco n at North British - - 100 521 634 53 4 Paris and Orleans, New, 1862 Rhv et Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 101 1014 San - raneY 5 per Cent. Preference 2O 0 15,000 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase t 6.13.4 -- - 0 ° Paulo South I ta li an at Do Carlisle lOO - - South Staffordshire, £lOO 41 per Cent. at North London Preference 12.26.4 North Staffordshire .. all 78 79 78 4 Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all luf 11} £ lO Macon Extension 2lO 0 18,750' et Scottish Central at Scot. N. E., Aber. stook 100 41 43 at Do Soot. Mid. stook lOO 98 100 £1,370,300 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all -7 .7 The meeting for Mexican bondholders convened set Demon Shropshire . Union iou for to.morrow'has been postponed till Monday, in st So Sm uth ith Wales et - - 63 ° 80 931en60 - Ot - the delay that - has occurred in the et S. York. and River Dun 100 99" 102 20 .Staines Wok,andWolt. all 64 94 acceptance of the, crown by, the Archduke 35 Stockton t Darlington all 37 38 Maximilian. 26 Do .. .... 17 91 10 r, 25 Do New, 1860. 10 74 84 p -------- at Taff Vale.. ............. 100 163 166 Two O'CLOCK. 10 Do B 10 Do C 3 3 4 p At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's 50 Ulster telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 651. 90c • 25 Do ~ 12.10 Do ' 2O -- p 51 - - very flat. at Vale of Neath at Victoria eta. and Pim lOO - - The Stock Exchange Markets present a heavy st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - at West Cornwall lOO 22 24 and depressed appearance, and the few transactions at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO - recorded have mostly been sales which have un- at ,3 West Midland -Oxford 100 - Do Newport 100 -- -- favourably affected securities, In the English de. t Do Llerelord 100 - t 136 rtalent very little business of a bona fide cha- BRITISEI POSSESSIONS. teeter has been negotiated , and the funds, which Closing should have ex hibit e d b uo y a ncy, in consequence of • ' , at , t he satisfactory intelligence from the Continent lou it Antic &St Lawrenct all 58 60 ~k i 30m.,Baroda&.CentInd 2 . 4 103} 1031 1031 this Morning, show a decline of 1,-- per cent. Con- - i Gu. 5 per cent. 8p 1 p 601 8 are 91Z- 4 for money, and 91/ I for the account 20 20 D 20 Do. o . New E.Shares t r ,, e 4. e New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89/ t ; ,10)4 Dale ßffa and Lake aural al, 54 6 Preference E xchequer Bills, 3s. 7s. die.; India Stock is 218 oo 1 d littiTalo,Brant,&Godriol, 10. _ _ 00 DO. • et•dbod. a. Aug.i ju 1 : 12 ,ka, 19 1 ; do. 5 per Cents. are 104* I; do. Enfaced 5 . per Cents,, 103 ; do. 5- } per Cents., 112; and do. 100 D o. do. June 1, 18;•1 100 at Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(l,lin, 100 102 (04 /3°1:1 6, Bs. 3s. stockat Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 102 104 ___ l 44 Esstn. Bengal gu. sp. e 100 105 106 lub ~. There has been a depresssed market for Foreign stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 104} /04 104} 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 i 4 P s ecurities , and the dealings have been principally 20 Do. do. H do. connected with the settlement. Mexican have fallen stock Grand Trunk of Canada lee 19 20 __ 1) ;i0 o . . l d s o t . 4 earlY 1 per cent., viz. to 41-1 / ; Greek are steady Ig o o l el r e Li . rr ß e o d nds a ll 74 5 1"2 ,. 71 4 at 231 .... * 24; Spanish Passive are 1 lower, being 351 rog Do. Ti o. l 4 ;r e e fe f. rr il e o d nds. : a ll 6 5 5 1 6 5 1 L the C er tifi cates are mar k e d 13 / ; Turkish Con. 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 1 all 48 60 , 100 00 n o o : B °lid 63 are 1 flatter at 53/ 54; the 6 per Cents., 1858 '6 VII deferred a al l i l 2 40 _ 27 264 are 7 0 i 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 c 5 Cents., h t - ; do., 1862, 71/ 72 ; and Venezuela 6 per stook Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 103 104 103} 4 -....,s 601 1, 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 }4 I ~ 7 .- In the 1.1 - Do. January 1862 - - - ~,,ailway- ---- Share Market the dealings have stook Gt. South.of India (Lim been very limited, the dealers and speculators being guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1021 1.032 104 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 91 91 i b , liriaci Pally engaged with the half-monthly settle- soi Do. New .. 18 114 30/ 7 100 1:3 0 0 . . 4p.e. '73 with ' t opt. all 92 94 Z e ht- Prices, however, have remained steady. p. c. do. '77-8.... all 83 66 Brighton havelo Indian Branch Limited 2 4 ip 24 improved about ss. ;South Eastern, 10 . stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 102 )03 102 8 ' and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, L 1 ; stock Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 100 97 99 'bilestock De. so 94 iiile Gre a t E astern have declined 10s. 20 Do. Fdo ~.. 100 52 bile Extension. 2 - - The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no change stock 35leelneLteOnsitt 100 ;"i - 5; of inlpOrtanCO. 100 Do. 7 p.c. along. Bda. alt - - Bank and Miscellaneous shares show very little 3° Ne e vf a ß s r s T. , ,, ,, n vi r B & Cand a all 3 5 Alteration N.lll.C'da6 pc Sat tbds 100 82 D 4 as regards values. stock &Jude .......... (100 1031 1041 1011 i Annexed are the current quotations for some of stock Do. Delhi p:. 100 1014 1024 20 Do. do 2 i IP t he principal new projects :-London and Liverpool st Do. Punjaub ...: ti P-_. i all 1021 1031 102} 1101131, 1* 1/ prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, i to 1 Do. Do. ........ , !„!;,,. , 100 Pram 11103 k Do. Indus. St . Flo.) OOO ,97 99 "'• ; North Australian Company, -. to 1 pram.; ,A,LoNtAL (i(t) VMO MENT SEC U ItITLEr , . C entral Argentine Railway, / to / prem. - - k.:in.uoy. a p.c.J a. &J uly ' 1877-84 ...—...* ..... 100 101 103 101 BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCX. - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 99 101 , GOTERNNENT FUNDS. - Do. sp. 0. Jan.&July. lOC 88 09 88 • Per Cent. Consols - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 . Ditto Account, April 8 - Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 106 108 I,Per Cent. Reduced - Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 taw 3 per Cent IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 109 111 4 ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891... - - !Ceylon, Nov.lB/8, 6p c 100 112 114 ' 4 z/nties, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880. -- - !Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 1 0 8 ~._Ditto f or 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 - - !Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 110 108 110 44 Chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent B3 7 die -- 1N.8.G0v.6p.e.J a.dr.Jaly 100 101, 103 Ditto $5OO - die - Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - . 13 Ditto £lOO and £2OO - die -N.S. W. Gov. 5p e.,18t, 100 99 100 p. e.,18.1. to Iti7C 100 99 100 904 I milt England Stk, 45 per Ct., last hfeyr. Shut - Do. d0.,1888 &upwcie leo 99 100 L aw _ „ - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 / 20! ... vrOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Nora Scotia Gov. 6p. c. T‘prttSotos* 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lB 191 - sterlin',i, 1875 lOO 103 105 per Cent. July, 1870 - Queen stand GCv. 6p. a 100 - - Ditto Aocounl„ . . Liitto - - 8• A-48 G6p.0.1878.& up.. 100 100 111 4 per Cent ,, Oct. 1888 - - Wa3.(.40v. ()p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - - , Do. to 6 DA. An..tOot.. 100 1111 1124( 1121 111 121 ~..1,:oo Certificates - ______ ,`-',Lt Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - BRITISH MINES. 7.t 0 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 103 - 2 , uambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 }d ~ ,!t0 54 per Cent., May, 1879 - uhilord Amalgamated.. - 351 Hi •iiitto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 - - Dew', G. Con.. ciavist., 1 555 665 , Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 - - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 70 75 s i:tto Bonds Zl,OOO 3 8 - East Clogau Gold Ltd. d ' u nto under £l,OOO - East Caradon 1.14 0, 30 32 East Cara Brea.. z r FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCII. -E. W'lltussel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 32 4} - IGam.&StAubyn(Gwen , 581 10 11 a i liall 5 per Cent Ditto 1839 and 1859.....- - - G. Wheal Vor (lielaton 40 37 39 381 71 -1-into 4 1 per Cent. 1852-58-60 - 1 1 3renville 6.16.. 71 71 84 Ditto ic, Ditto Sc 1863 9Ol 90 - I clerc4Vs-Foot 8.12 35 37 111 ingston Downs 4. 8.0, 31 1} - pm .i, q . liad or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - - 'Lady Berth. Iptia n 7 per Cent.. - Marg-aret (tiny Lelant U 0 I 19 21 Harks Valley.. G ;: e it i :o . , Second Issue It a li a ° Per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupms 24 231 - New Setun l9l 83 95 k e .,.. 12 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) - - • North Down -,'llean 3 per Cent - 1 .Wli'i liasePt(lllo4an 3.1.0 2 21 • - North Whs.:al Crotty .. 2.6.9 41 5 2 1,"Itto per - - Car Consols (n. Blaze), - - - ertivj a ~ , D it , 11 'n per Cent - - xrovidence(Uny Leint.' 10.8.7 41 43 b 0 3 per Cent. - I,SouiliCaradon(St.Cleer, 440 460 Ditto r ,, 41 per Cent., 1862 - - IS. Cary Brea (Illog,an).. - - - I, o u_alo Account - -15. Wheal Fran. (Illo , :an, 18.18.9 50 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 32 34 i r Allguese 8 per Cent., 1853 - - ' tonarSilv.& Lead Min. - - - It Dit to Account.. - 9 6 )9 20 to 3 g rin Croit per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 - West Basset (Illog-an). 11 1:1 12 1 ) ) ,to, Account - - ',W C' radon (Liskeard; 5 20 22 Russia n Scrip (1863) £3O paid .. pm - i West Seton - 'Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 871 924 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1822, £St • - i Wheal Bulleratedrutti) 10 3t 37 - 1 -, 1 , 4 , 0 0 41 per Cent.. 1850 .. -- - (wheal Kitty (U.Lelant). 2.0.6 - - ',.!' 3 per Cent 1859 - Wheal Lad Lott I 3.5.8 21 3/ s , l . tt e 6 per Cent 1862 - Wheal Mary Ann ;Men.) 8 134 141 irdinian 5 per Cent .. .. 81i- - Wheal Ileton 5Bl 100 105 .. Al Ditto Account — Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 22 24 _ 'Patlieh 3 n.” r , ...,f ;Wheal Union 3.17 2} 21 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCX. s GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 2 Per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, April 8 New Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent N ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891... Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — u _ _Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 44 chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 8 3 7 die Ditto ZOO b Ditto £lOO and £200 'ink an g land Stk, 45 per Ct., last hf.-yr Shut . IRIII&X GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock. 101 per Cent. , April 1874 2lB 191 D itto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 1670 Ditto Account.... Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 • Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Dit to 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 103 D itto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 ,_. Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 ultto Bonds £l,OOO Di tto under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Ditto 45 p Cent., er 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 9Ol 90 , Ditto Scrip, £55 paid — pm t'q U ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent -- gYptia u 7 per Cent.. °Ditto, Second Issue Greek per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupms 24 234 li e "r 1 5 Per Cent.(Mareminana Railway) Il ean 3 p er Cent Ditto Accoun t P e rt ivian 45 per Cent — ni . tto :t - per Cent. Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 Dit to Account — Portuguese 8 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. DID) itto 3 per Cen., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 ,' 3 i tto, Account — ~Dit to Scrip (1863) £3O p a id • • --- PM Itussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent.. 1850 .. D itto 3 - per Cent 859 • .. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1 .. 1 862 oirdinian 5 per Cent t., Di tto Account o Pattish 3 per Cent D itto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account l6 • • ''''' Ditto Passive , Ditto Account - 'Danish Cert. of Coup not funde , a l3l , Ditto Account . . A'arkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Dittofi per Cent. 1858 .... Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account • • itto £lOO Bonds 74 25 2 T enezuela 3 per Cent. ... Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 itto Account b Dividends on the above payable in Lond .0. i th 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — it a il tt ° 4 per Cent. Certificates -Ott. 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Pied ..Itt,o Account Pekontees 5 per Cent., Ex. 25? . , 'wn Dollar Bond's, 44 per Ct. Ex. 4e. C 0,121,1914 Money TWO O'CLOCK. i '''' ' tto April Aceoluit . ... 91 9115 1 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, market 6r03. Sales probably about 3,000 baled ; `1111)orts, 563; previously, 15,967. LADIES IN TN SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY . l• 'eported to be sen di ng th e i r p l ate to the Tree -4,41 • I ' s ' Rs a free o ff er i ng to their country " to relieve the pros- IT/1 1 ( , c 'n the currency," in this resembling the Prussians sitnllies t'"Te their plate and jewels, and rece i ve d b ac k fac ~regin iron. AN A 4-IR ITUMETICAL CONUNDRUM.—My first ex -8 411111berS ; my second magnifies numbers ; my third 111411)11es numbers • and my whole destroys numbers, e , Bslll tion of the riddle is found in the word—Coleus°. Cox • been noticed at Naples, by t , lET Is said to have 41,,,-°lllO identified as that which made so formidable an pih',earance thatBll, and giving its name to the famous T ge Of year. of t3 he Emperor of A ustr i a h as j ust su b scr ib e d a sum 40 flori ns toward s a s t atue to Hadyn. GA communication from Csssel states that the ~,,,i:cert ira ent of El ec t oral H esse has at l ast deter erkit 4 cl , : 5 mlppressing th e gaming -houses. The present ti,,tio's w ith the hinkers will not b e p ro l o nged, and nego for ti l l) : pending with the 'aridity? of the contractor ca ke _ O are inlng -now house at. Rem:Wort' for the all qtio u made to h er late husband, nuyrut of the PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, 5 per cent. A StOCk, 106 Ditto, 7 per cent., 124 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent., 105 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Midland Bradford preE stock, 01 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 Great Luxembourg, 111 San Paulo (lim.). gua. 7 per oent., 131 8 Ditto (ail), 21} 11 South Austrian aal Lombardo Venetian, 21} FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 1 Cape Copper, lira., 124 Cobre Copper, 33 St. John del Rey (11w.), 44 6 Tudanamutana of S. Australia, lirn., 31 43 JOINT.STOCK BANKS. Alliance (Um.). 501 1 Ditto, new, 401 Anglo Austrian, 04 Allstralasia, -- Ditto, new, 47 Bank of Queensland (11M), 191 Bank of Wales, Urn., 16 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, in East London, 11m.. 7 1 4 Ditto, new, issued at 11 pm, 41 4 English and Swedish, 121 13 European Bank, Um., 101 4 Hindustan, China, and Japan (1Im.), 31 Imperial Ottoman, 194 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 31 London Bank of Scotland, lim.,'lsf London and Brazilian aim.), 684 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26 London and County, 604 59; London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch., lim., 101 London and Westminster," 824 Merchant Bank, Urn., 13 1 14 • Metrop. and Prov. Bank (Um.), 27 64 New Zealand Baak, 124 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, Urn., 111 Union of Ireland (lim.), 19 Union of London, 452 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim.. Ceylon Company, 104 Commercial Union 'lnsurance), 94 Discount Corporation, limited, 104 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 61 Financial Corporation, 51 1 Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, Um., 81 Hudson's Bay, 18, 7 , Joint stock Discount,•litn., 6 Land Securities, lira., 44 National Discount Company, lim., 121 Ditto, new, issued at spm 44 1 I North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 194 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 64 Leotard, the famous gymnast, whose trapeze per fo-minees at the Cirque Napoleon attracted all Paris three years ago, has just been paying a short visit to the French capital on his return from Turin. He yesterday gave a lesson to the advanced pupils of M. Pascaud's gym nastic establishment in the Rue de Vaugirard, and per formed infinitely more wonderful feats than any he ever before exhibited ih Paris. 8171 4 r, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET , PARISH PROSECUTION OF BROTHEL KEEPERS .—Conrad Ackerman, refreshment-house keeper, of No. 23, Tich borne-street, and Sophia Chapman, his servant, were brought before Mr. Arnold by Sergeant Appleton, 26 C, on a war rant, charged with keeping a brothel at No. 23, Tichborne street. Mr. Allen, of Carlisle-street, prosecuted on the part of the authorities of St. James's parish, and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough street, defended. Mr. Arnold, after the sergeant had stated that defendants were the persons named in the warrant, ordered the male defendant to find two sureties in £4O each, and the woman to find two in £2O each, to appear at the sessions, . _ Sophia Myers, refreshment house keeper, of 42, Great Windmill-street, and Henry Nicholls, same address, were also charged with keeping a brothel at 42, Great Windmill- street. Sergeant Appleton having identified the defendants as those named in the warrant, Mr. Arnold ordered the female to fled two sureties in £2O each, and the man two in £lO each, to appear at the sessions. The Poor-Law Board and Bethnal-green, Last night, at the weekly meeting of the Board of Guar dians of Bethnal-green--Mr. Howard in the chair—the clerk to the Board read a very important document from the Poor-law Board, with reference to the recent inquiries into the charges against Dr. Moore, and into the alleged death from starvation of Sarah Dove. The following comprises the most material portions of the letter : " Poor -law Board, Whitehall, March 28, 1864. " Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to inform the guardians of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, that the Board have received the report of their inspector, Mr. Lambert, after the recent inquiry into the several charges preferred against Dr, Edward Moore, one of the medical officers of the parish, and they have carefully con sidered the vo►uminous evidence adduced on that occasion. " The first charge brought under the notice of the board is that of neglect of duty in the cases of Elizabeth Mandrill and her two children, Joseph and James. 0 With respect to Mrs. Mandrill herself, the Board find that Dr, Moore visited her in the afternoon of the day on which he received the medical order; and although he did not see her again for 10 days afterwards, it is evident from her own admission that she was out every day in the mean time, and when he went to see her after having been sent for at the expiration of that period, he found her net at her own home, but at her daughter's house, without bonnet or shawl. It does not appear that any inconvenience would have been caused to Mrs. Mandrill by her going to Dr. Moore's house, and the board are of opinion, therefore, that Dr Moore cannot be considered as guilty of neglect in having omitted to visit her during the interval in question. "The substance of the complaint of Mrs. Mandrill in re gard to the child Joseph is, that Dr. Moore only visited him five times in four weeks of his illness, and that when she went to him on a Friday (two days before the child's death) and said he was very ill, Dr. Moore refused to visit him then, and did not do so until the following afternoon. The documentary evidence showed that the order was given on the 15th August, 1863." The letter then recited the evidence in this case, and then arrived at the conclusion that Dr. Moore was not chargeable with neglect. The case of James Mandrill was recited in a similar manner, and the board considered that Dr. Moore was open to censure in having given a certificate for the re moval of the deceased to the workhouse without having seen him on the morning on which death took place. The charge preferred against Dr. Moore of employing a midwife to attend labour cases instead of doing so himself depends mainly on the evidence of Mrs. North ; but in the four individual instances adduced it appears that Mrs. North was sent for by the women themselves, and there is no proof that he requested or instructed her to attend for him. After going through the evidence adduced in support of this charge, the letter proceeded to notice that after Mrs, North had made her complaint to the guardians and pend ing investigation, Dr. Moore addressed to her a letter written under a feigned signature and addressed in a disguised hand, stating that some ladies were about to establish a lying-in hospital, and offering her a situation therein if Dr. Moore would become security for her. The letter was purely fic titious, and Dr. Moore's only explanation was that he wished to get her to his house so that before credible witnesses he, could remonstrate with her. The Poor• law Board regarded this explanation as being extremely unsatisfactory, the letter being an unworthy subterfuge. "The allegation of getting up unnecessary inquests for the purpose of degrading the parish must be limited to the case of the child Sarah Ward, as there was no proof at the in quiry that the doctor had communicated with the coroner either directly or indirectly as to the death of any other person. In the case referred to Dr. Moore called upon the coroner and told him that the death had not been occasioned by any specific disease, and both the coroner and jury appear to have been satisfied that the inquest was necessary. " It must be remarked, however, that the verdict of the jury was founded upon the result of the post. mortem exa mination by Dr. Moore himself; and with reference to the statement made to the coroner in the first instance by Dr. Moore, that there was no specific disease, the attention of the Board has been drawn to an obliteration in the medical relief-book, from which there is reason to suppose that the disease was, in the first instance, entered as scarlatina. " The Board are of opinion that this obliteration, in con nexion with other circumstances, is calculated to excite grave suspicions, and such as rendered inquiry necessary." After referring to the charge of making extraordinary claims for vaccination fees, of which Dr. Moore was ac quitted, it was remarked that the careless and improper manner that the entries wore made in the books excited sus picion. The Board then proceeded to notice a similar charge with regard to medical fees. No proof had been adduced that in any specific case the claims were improperly made, and the Board found that in every difficult case another medical practitioner was consulted. The Board held that Dr. Moore was entitled to the extra fees claimed by him. In alluding to the charge of bringing contempt upon the board of guar dians by public appeals to charity, the Board referred to the case of Sarah Branstone, tsud censured him for appeal ing to the public in place of applying to the guardians. With respect to the charge of neglecting and refusing to enter the attendance of his substitute in red ink, pursuant to the general consolidated order, the Board find that on March 7, 1861, the guardians requested Dr. Moore by letter to be careful to comply with this important requisition, Dr. Moore's explanation they regretted they could not receive as consistent with the facts. 6 ' It is not necessary that the Board should express an opinion with reference to all the subordinate charges against Dr. Moore, but they cannot avoid alluding to a paragraph in a letter published by him on 21st Oct. last, in which he epeaksof the guardians as 'unblushing and mendacious slan derers.' Epithets such as these are obviously incompat:ble with the feeling of mutual confidence which should exist between the guardians and Dr Moore as one of their medi cal officers, and the board are unable to find that they are in any way justified by the evidence ce the inquiry." After adverting to the evasive manner in which Dr Moore had answered Mr Giffard, in his cross examination upon a point connected with his qualification in the year 1812, the board proceeded to speak of the case of Sarah Dove at great length, and went through the evidence —which has been recently published in the reports of the inquest —at the Poor nourishment to the woman. sl c en sa mentioned r by D r Moore in ex tenuation law inquiry before Mr Parnell. The board censured Dr Moore for hav i ng omitted the day s t o order the rel i ev i ng right to state that it is shown ottehffina"cuteAaSrtnaitooronathshouefDry ta PPe o hliYirs e e 's theam is, th at h e h ad reason to believe conduct ne husband was at work. With respect to pointbthyisth vi d e the nx boarde h that tJames think e s i t w i t h o u t employment for the las t three years, and in the last 55 weeks of that p eriod he has rec eived upon an average at least 16s per week ; that for three weeks before his wife's eeta Dove, the husband, has not been i ve, death he receivei 2s per week in addition from a charitable lady, and that during the last winter he obtained charity from other sources. It appears, however, that he has been in the habit of drinking on Saturdays and Sundays, and the result is that he has allowed his w if e to pine away for want of the necessaries of life. Whilst, therefore, the husband's resources were such as to deprive him of any title to paro chial relief, and while it is equally certain that he must be held responsible for the slow starvation of his wife, it must be borne in mind that it was with the actual condition of the deceased that Dr Moore had to deal ; and if he found her, as no doubt she was, destitute of the nourishment and other comforts requisite for the proper treatment of the case, it was his duty to have given the usual recommendation for those necessaries,`without delay. " The Board consider that in of this instance D r M oore w as g uilty of very serious neglect duty; and having regard to the several circumstances affecting his conduct esta . blished against him at the first inquiry, and to the resolu tion passed by the guardians that they had lost all confi dence in him, the Board feel that they have no alternative consistent with their public duty, but to require him to re sign his present office.—l am, sir, yours, & c ., (Signed) "H. FLENtaiG, Secretary." This letter having been read, the board of guardians passed to the consideration of another letter whi c h h a d b een received from the roor-law Board, calling their attention to a charge against Mr. nuedemon, the relieving officer, that he had rudely pushed his way into a room where a woman had just been confined, and roughly refused to give anyyelief to the family or a coflio to bury the deceased child, saying that they were a set of paupera and imposters, and he would lock them up. This case was adjourned, THE YOUTHFUL RAJA" OF ULWAII f - PQ ; y and seclusion %—ajpootana) ceremonial is expected in London. COURT CEREMONIAL OF THE AssYRIANs, There can be no doubt that imposing.the C ourt ceremonial of the Assyrians was stately and seems which ac the predominantsffeetedfettTepriavf observed in most Oriental monarchies. He showed him self.very freely to his subjects on many occasion s . H e superintended in person the accomplishment of his great works. In war and in the chase he rode in open chariot, never using a litter, though litters were not unknown to the Assyrians. In his expeditions he would often descend from his chariot, and march or fight on foot like the Meanest of his subjects. But though this familiarising the multitude with his features and appearance, h e was far from allowing familiarity of address. Both in peace and war he was attended by various officers of state, and no one had speech of him except through them. It would even seem as if two persons only were en titled to open a conversation with him—the vizier and the chief eunuch. When he received them, he generally placed himself upon his throne, sitting, while they stood to ad dress him. It is strongly indicative of the haughty pride of these sovereigns, that they carried with them in their dis tant expeditions the cumbrous thrones whereon they were wont to sit when they dispensed justice or received homage. On these thrones they sat, in or near their fortified camps, when the battle or the siege was ended, and thus sitting they received in state the spoil and the prisoners. Behind them on such occasions were the two fan-bearers, while near at hand were guards, scribes, grooms, and other attendants. In their palace halls undoubtedly the ceremonial used was stricter, grander, and more imposing. The sculptures, how ever, furnish no direct evidence on this point, for there is thing to mark the scene of the great processional pieces.— Batainson's Ancient Oionorchies. President Lincoln's Call for Two Hundred Thousand Men. The following is President Lincoln's call for 200,000 additional men " Executive Mansion, Washington, March 14. "In order to supply the force required to be drafted for the navy, and to provide an adequate reserve force for all contingencies, in addition to the 500,000 men called for February Ist, 1864, the call is hereby made and draft ordered for 290,000 men for the military service of the army) navy, and marine corps of the United States. The proportional quotas for the different wards, towns, townships, precincts, or election districts, or counties, will be made known through the Provost marshal General's Bureau; and account will be taken of the credits and deficiencies of former quotas. The 15th day of April, 1861, is designated as the time up to which the numbers raluired from such ward of a city, town, &e., may be raised by volun tary enlistment, and drafts will be made in each ward of a city, town, fit., which shall not have filled the quota assigned to it within the time desig nated for the number required to fill said quotas. The drafts will be commenced as soon after the 15th as practicable. The Government bounties, as now paid, continue until April 1, 1864, at which time the additional bounties cease. On and after that date 100 dole. bounty only will be paid, as provided by the act, approved July 22, 1861. (Signed) "ABRAHAM LINCOLN." WESTMINSTER. A LADY'S LIFE PLACED IN IMMINENT DANGER.—Haw Walker was charged with being drunk while driving a horse and cart, doing damage, and placing the life of a lady in very imminent danger. Police-constable 133 B said that at a quarter past 10 last night he found the defendant drunk and incapable of tak ing care of his horse and cart in the high road at Knights bridge. At the time witness came up defendant was standing on the footway near his cart. Mr Tyrwhitt—What was the damage he did ? Witness—He smashed a cab all to pieces. Mr Tyrwhitt—Was there any passenger in the cab Witness —Passengers inside, and also one on the box with the driver. They were all placed in the most im minent peril. The cab-driver is here to state the circum stances of the case. Alfred Wigan said—l was going by Albert-gate last night when a buss pulled up in front of me for a passenger, and I was going by when this man came right froin the other side of the road, and pulled right on to me on the wrong side of the road. Mr. Tyrivhitt—What was the effect of this ? Witness—My cab was smashed up, and 'a lady much injured and nearly killed. Mr. Tyrwhitt How was that? Witness—l had just taken up a party of five persons to convey to Kensington, and had one of them, a lady, outside the cab. It was the greatest mercy that she escaped. One of the shafts of the cart shaved her dress, and had it gone an inch more in one direction must have driven her right through the cab. Mr. Tyrwhitt—ln what condition was the defendant ? Witness—He was very drunk and on his wrong side. The lady is here to say what happened to her. Mrs. Elizabeth Cook'—My mouth is so much hurt by a blow I received that I can hardly speak. We were going through Knightsbridge last night when on a sudden this cart came upon us. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What injuries did you receive ? Witness—The shaft jumped up and struck iris on the side of the head—it then fell a little and glancing down my body did my clothes great damage. Mr. T3rwhitt—What was the damage? Witness—The shaft tore my silk dress to pieces —(dress produced), and my flannel petticoats and otter things were dragged off my my back by the shaft of the cart. Air. Tyrwhitt—Who was to blame ? Witness—Not the cabman ; he was driving properly. The other man cams upon him on a sudden. Defendant—l was not the person to blame more than the cabman. Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt was really the greatest mercy that something fatal did not result from defendant's misconduct. He is fined 40s. for the offence, or will _be imprisoned one month; 40s, damage to the lady's dress, or one month, and he had better settle for the damage done to the cab, or a summons will be issued against him. THAMES. A MOST ARTYUL YOUNG TElF7.—Amelia Bull, a very wicked girl, about 13 years of age, was brought Were Mr. Paget, charged with stealing two half-crowns from a woman named Elizabeth Carra, the wife of William Cerra, of No. 7, George-street, Limehouse. The prosecutor was at a shop in Market-street, Stepney, on Saturday night last, making some purchases. The pri soner was standing close to her on the right side, and was bargaining with the shopkeeper for a chemise. When Mrs. Carrs reached home she missed two half-crowns from her purse. The woman was astounded. She had not missed her purse in the shop, nor had she felt any hand in her pocket. There was some other silver in her purse which was not touched. The prisoner would moat probably have remained undiscovered if she had not boasted to some of her girlish acquaintances that she had taken a purse out of a lady's pocket in a haber dasher's shop on Saturday night, stolen 58. from it, and returned it to the lady's pocket again without her discover ing her less. The prisoner's boastings came to the know • ledge of Mr. and Mrs. Carra, and they gave information to the police. The prisoner was arrested last night by Wm. Paple, a police-constable, No. 288 K, at the house of her parents, in White Horse-street, Stepney. She admitted having stolen the two half-crowns, and said she had open t 2s. of the money and returned 3s. to the constable. The constable said the prisoner was a most dexterous young thief, and repeated complaints had been made at the station by people who had been robbed by her, but who did not like to prosecute her on amount of her tender years. She robbed her father sometime ago of two sovereigns, and was brought before Mr Woolrych, who admonished her, and, at the solicitation of her father, discharged her. She then made the moat solemn promises of amendment, but she had committed many robberies since. The prisoner—Please your worship, if you will let me go I will not do so any more. Mr. Paget said, unfortunately the prisoner's promises were worth nothing. She was a dangerous girl, and too artful in wickedness to be at large. He would consider what was to be done with her. At present the would 'be remanded for a week. THE REPUBLICAN NERD FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS.—" What cares old Abe!" (exclaims Manhattan), he jokes and laughs as hearty as ever. At his reception one evening last week in the White House the negroes were as thick as blackberries in Jersey. Among them was a coloured barber named Burke ; he was an ap plicant for an office in the New York Customhouse. The President requested him to call and take breakfast with him the next morning. Burke did so. After the meal, when they were alone, the President slapped him upon his knee in a friendly manner, and said, ' Burke, you want an office. I can't give you one, but I will tell you what I will do. I will tell you a story. Once upon a time King Solo. mon, or his papa King David, or some other old buster of a King in Easter climes, kept an astrologer named Smith The astrologer used to tell the King when it was going to rain and when it was not, and for this he got the tallest kind of pay and good keeping. One day the King was going too bunt buffaloes on the Eastern prairies, and says he Smith,' What kind of a day will it be? Will it be safe for my complexion to go out I' Heaven preserve your Majesty,' said Smith I 'it will be a splendid day. It will not rain for a day or a month to come.' So the King went on his way to the buffalo pastures. On his way he met a country fellow riding on a jackass, who said to the King, Turn about, your Majesty, it you don't want to get wet, for its going to rain like pitchforks." I know better,' replied the King, ' I keep a private astrologer, and he says it won't rain.' The King kept on, but presently it began to rain a young deluge, This is really delight ful,' said the King, as ho hurried back to town to his palace, wet through to the skin, and lcoking more like a half drowned rat than a decent King. Smith, what do you mean ?' said the King to the astrologer. The stars and things said it would not rain,' said poor Smith. Vacate,' said the King, and he sent for the man who rode the ass. What is your name ?' he asked, ' and how did you know it was going to rein?' My name is Johnson, and I knew it was going to rain because my jackass lowers his ears whenever it is going to rain.' So the King ordered his Billy Seward secretary to make out the papers appointing the jackass to the vacated office; and, Burke, ever since that day all the Jackasses of the country think they have equal claims to get office, and I am bothered to death with them. I don't want you to be regarded as a Jackass, and so I won't appoint you." If the leader of the American Christy Minstrels, now in England, wishes to use the above, and calls "Bones" to narrate it as the last coloured joke of Old Abe, he can do so, and I will make no charge. THE NEW HIGHWAY ACT.—The Act 24 and 25 Vic., cap. 51, having been applied to 56 parishes, embracing 300 miles of road in the West Riding petty ses sional district of Doncaster, the first meeting of the magis trates and waywardens of the district was held in the Town Hall, Doncaster, to take the preliminary steps for carrying out the measure. Sir Charles Wood, M.P., occupied the chair. Mr. W. B. Wrightson, 151. P., was elected permanent chairman. Mr. Childers and Mr. Mellowes, of High Mel ton, were each proposed for the office of vice chairman, but the latter was selected by 31 votes to 31. For the office of clerk, the salary of which was fixed by the meeting at £35 per year, there were two candidates, Mr. F. E. Watkinson, of Sheffield, and Mr. C, E. Palmer, solicitor, Doncaster, The votes were taken, when there appeared for Mr. Wat kinson, 27 ; for Mr. Palmer, 34. Mr. Palmer was therefore declared elected. It was decided to postpone the appoint ment of surveyor until April 16, but the salary was fixed at £2OO par annum. COLLISION AND Loss OF LlFE.—Three lives have been lost by a collision in Redwharf Bay. The unfortunate men were part of the crew of the schooner Britannia, of Carmarthen, Captain Rouse, bound to Port Madoc, with China clay. It appears the Britannia was at anchor, when an American schooner ran into her, and she immediately foundered, the three men going down in her. The captain, mate, and a boy were saved. The other vessel ' passed on without taking any notice of the cries of the ttu.' fortunate crew of the sunken ship. DISTRESSING SHIPWRECK, CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, March 27. Last night at 20 minutes to 7 o'clock (reports Mr. H. C. Gill) a messenger came to me from Port St. Mary, stating that a schooner had been struck by a squall off Port Iron, and was then lying on her beam-ends disabled, and requesting the lifeboat of the National Institution might be sent off to her. We decided that the most speedy way would be to take the boat overland, and accordingly we procured six horses and got off by 7 o'clock. The distance from Castletown to Port Iron is five miles. When we arrived at the latter place we were assured that the schooner had gone down about two hours previously, but as this information was supposed to te doubtful, and as the people strongly urged the propriety of sailing the boat on the chance of pick ing up some of the crew who might still be floating, even if the vessel had gone down, the boat was launched by five minutes past 8. I accompanied the men, and took with me the harbour-master of Port St. Mary to point out the position as near as might be where the vessel had last been seen. We went out in a north-westerly direction for about 4 miles and a half, the wind blowing strongly from the N.W., and there being a very heavy sea on. In fact, it was such a sea as I am convinced no boat but a lifeboat could have existed in many minutes. We then cruised about the track which it was sup posed the schooner or her crew might be on for about an hour, showing a light, and looking out in all directions, hut without any success. The boat's head was then turned towards the Calf of Man, which we rounded, still being, as our crew thought, on a favourable tract—a strong tide having set in in that direction sufficient to carry along any wreck or floating body. All our efforts, however, were in vain,and we were obliged to return without having effected any good. We first took the boat into Port St. Mary, where we arrived about 12 o'clock, hoping to find the carriage and horses there. In this we were mistaken ; they had re turned to Castletown. And after the men had been hospitably entertained by one of the inhabitants, they rowed the lifeboat home to Castletown, where they arrived shortly after two o'clock this morn ing. I regret to have to relate a tale of such ill success, but the men did everthing in their power, and exhibited a degree of patience, perseverance, and bravery, such as asto ❑ished me. They say their boat is beyond all praise. I have ascertained that tho schooner in question was the Vixen, of Peel, in this island, John Sans burg, master. Crew of five men, and captain's wife on board, from Bordeaux to Belfast, with Indian corn, in bulk. She called into Port St. Mary, about two o'clock yesterday, to take the master's wife on board. It is stated to day, and beyond all doubt that the vessel and all her crew went down. This valuable lifeboat was instrumental on the 11th inst. during a heavy gale of wind in saving four persons from the smack Water Lilly, the vessel soon afterwards becoming a total wreck. Altogether the lifeboat has within the last six years rescued 27 shipwrecked persons. Factory Acts Extension EU A bill has been introduced by her Majesty's Government for the extension of the Factory Acts to certain trades not included in the previous acts, but in which children, young persons, and women are employed. The trades which it is now proposed to include within the provisions of the Factory Act are the following :-1. The manufacture of earthenware, except bricks and tiles, not being orna mental tiles. 2. The manufacture of lucifer matches. 3. The manufacture of percussion caps. 4. The manufac ture of cartridges. 5. The employment or paper staining. 6. The employment of finishing, haching, lapphig, making up, or packing any yarn, or any mixture of them, or any yarn or cloth, or any other material or material warehouses, or in those of finishers, or in those of makers up and packers. 7, The employment of fustian cutters. The following are the main provisions of the bill :—The Fac tory Acts shall be incorporated with this act, and shall apply to the several manufactures and employments mentioned in the first schedule, with the qualifications and subject to the additions thereinafter mentioned :-1. The term " factory" to have the same meaning as in the Factory Acts. 2. During the first six calendar months next ensuing the passing of this act, children of not less than 11 years of age may be employed for the same time, and subject to the same conditions, for and subject to which young persons exceeding 13 years of age may be employed in pursuance of the said Factory Acts. 3. During the first 30 calendar months next ensuing the passing of this act, children of not less than 12 years of age may be employed for the same time, and subject to the same conditions, for and subject to which young persons exceeding 13 years of age may be employed in pursuance of the said Factory A c ts. 4. In the manufacture of lucifer matches, no child, young person, or woman shall be allowed to take his or her meals in any part of the factory whore any manufacturing process (except that of cutting the wood) is usually carried on; and any child, young person, or woman who is allowed to take his or her meals in any part of the factory in con travention of the said provisions shall be deemed to be em ployed contrary to the provisions of the Factory Acts. 5. In the employment of fustian cutting, no child shall be al lowed to commence work until the attainment of the age of l 1 years ; and any child who is allowed to commence work in the employment of fustian cutting before the said age of 11 years shall bed eemed to be employed contrary to the said 6. Daring the first 18 calendar months next Fishery .A cts. of this act, so much of the said Factory ensu ing the passing Acts as provides that during any time allowed for meals no child, young person, or woman shall be employed or allowed to remain in any room in which any manufacturing process is carried on, and that all the young persona employed in a factory shall have the time for meals at the same period of the day, shall no t apply to the employment of paper stain ing or to the manufacture of earthenware. SUDDEN DEATH OF ONE OF THE PERFORMERS AT TILE NEW ROYALTY THEATRE.—Last night, about 10 o'clock, Mr Henry Seymour, one of the performers at the New. Royalty Theatre, suddenly expired on the stage. It appears that it was the deceased's first appearance at the theatre, and while walking from the front of the stage to per formance of the new burlesque of the back, during the "he fell down in a fit. Assist the " Woman at the Wheel, ance was promptly rendered the deceased—Dr Rogers, of Dean-street, being at the time in the pit of the theatre—but it was of no avail, the deceased having ceased to exist, The wife of the deceased. it is stated, was in the pit at the time, but was only made conscious of the melancholy event by the loud calls of the audience b ody the " the miller,deceased was the part her husband was taking. The of removed to the dead house of St Ann's to await an inquest. MAKING BAD WORSE. —A Parisian portrait painter, having painted the portrait of a lady, a critic who had just dropped in to see what was going on exclaimed, "It is very nicely painted—but why did you take such an ug l y model ?" s' It is my mother," calmly relied the artist. " Oh, pardon, a thousand times," from the critic in the greatest confusion. " Yon are right—l ought to have perceived it. She resembles you com pletely." SIB JOHN B O WRING has presented to the British Museum his very fine collection of insects made during his long residence in the East. The collection consists of 84,200 specimens. Brooke House, Isle of Wight, where Garibaldi is to be the guest of Mr. Ssely, M.P. for the City of Lincoln, is situated in the south-west of the island, not far from Freshwater, the residence of Alfred riennisony the Poet Laureate. The Late Trial for Attempted Murder in France. The acquittal of M. Armand at Aix, when tried on the charge of attempting to murder his coach man, Maurice Roux, suggests to the France the subjoined reflections :—" A man happened to exist holding an honourable position ; he was wealthy, beneficent, and honoured with the esteem and con sideration of his fellow-citizens. One day it came to pass that an evil repert was circulated about ac cusing this man of an atrocious crime—namely, that he had attempted 0 murder his servant, and with a superabundance of cruelty which added to the horror of the deed. Who was the accuser ? Tne servant himself, who pretender? to have been his master's victim. What was the object of this cowardly attempt? No one knows. Under what circumstances did it occur ? Was there a quarrel with high words and blows on both sides ? .No one can tell. Oa this denuncia tion M. Armand was arrested ; a protracted inves tigation followed ; and ever since the ith July last, the accused has u adergone all the sufferings of pre ventive imprisonment with the rigorous formalities which examining magistrates have the right to enforce. The passions of the public were roused, and it was found indispensable to remove the trial to a distant department in order that the accused and his judges might be placed in a more impartial medium. At last, after eight long months, justice gives her award. He who was the object of eo much rigour, prejudice, and public passion, lis solemnly acquitted. It is no duty of ours to search the consciences of the accused and his accusers for the solution of mysteries which are known to God alone; but public opinion has taken a deep interest in the various incidents of this drama ; and now that it has resulted in a verdict of not guilty, we think that it offers a lesson which ought not to be given in vain." The lesson in question is that the Armand trial furnishes the strongest argu ments against the system of preventive imprison ment now acted on in France, since here is a man solemnly declared innocent by a jury of his countrymen, who for eight months had to undergo all the bodily and mental torture in cidental to close confinement for so lengthened a period. Hence, argues the France, nothing can be more urgent than to reform the French penal code in the part relative to preventive imprisonment. But there is another portion of the trial which perhaps will be even more commented on than M. Armand's imprisonment—the decision of the Court the day after his acquittal, whereby the man pro nounced not guilty the preceding day, has to pay 20,000 fr. to Roux as damages for having inadvert ently given him a blow. The Court declared that it acted in virtue of Art. 1,382 of the Code Napo leon. On referring to that enactment, we find that it runs thus : " Any act whatever of a man that causes damage to others, obliges him by whose fault it occurs to repair it." In England, this supplementary sentence could not be well comprehended, as the decision of the jury would have terminated the case by affirming the prisoner to be either innocent or guilty. In France the practice is different, and the Constitutionnel gives on the incident the following explanation, which, however, reads very like an apology : " It is proper to add, in order to explain this result, that, according to the law, the Court is not bound by the verdict of the jury; in this sense, that, although the latter has set aside the crimina:ity, the former may consider the fact as proved, and declare the author responsible in a civil point of view. More over, the negative verdict of the jury only bears on the ;culpability, and does not pronounce on the materiality, of the fact. A person accused may be the author of the act with which he is charged, and nevertheless not be guilty. According to the letter of the law, public and civil action are entirely dis tinct, without influence one on the other, and may even be brought before different different courts. The decision come to by a Criminal Tribunal does in any way bind that which may take place be fore the civil jurisdiction." THE FRENCH THEATRES, LTRIQUE —The extraordinary reputation of M. Gounod's last opera, " Faust," which appears to be making the tour of all Europe, attracted a very unsual degree of attention to his new opera just brought forward here, entitled " Mireille." We havenever seen a more crowded or more excited audience, or one more desirous to be pleased, than that assembled at its first representation. But whether it was that public expectation had been too highly raised, or from. whatever other cause, certain it is that though the new opera was favourably received it did not create the same undivided admiration as its predecessor. Not that there was any want of enthusiasm ; on the contrary, there was too much, for the opinions of its supporters seemed to be rather the expres sion of passion than judgment. How the world will even tually decide a little time will determine. For ourselves, without undertaking to pronounce an opinion after one uneasy and agitated hearing as to whether the fanatics of the more discreet moderados were right, we are at present disposed to believe that the majority will be found among the latter. The libretto is founded upon a pretty and touch ing legend of Provence, written in the patois of that poetic part of the country, and prettily versified by M. F. Mistral, in a little poem somewhat resembling in style Bishop Percy's old English ballads. It may be rougly sketched in substance as follows :—Mireille, the heroine, is a vir tuous and gentle village girl, whose hand is sought by two suitors—one of them a man of substance, but of violent and brutal character ; the other named Vincent, his contrast in person, character, and purse. Mireille prefers the letter. His rival, irritated at being refused, waylays Vincent at a pass on the mountains, an encounter ensues, and Vin cent is thought to have fallen by his hand. Mireille, deeply distressed at her lover's supp3sed death, undertakes a pil grimage to pray for him at a celebrated shrine tin those parts, but on reaching the end of her long journey she is overjoyed to find Vincent waiting for her, having escaped the attempt of his formidable rival. Unfortunately this happiness comes too late. Overpowered by fatigue and suffering she has been struck by a coup de soleil, and ex pires in her lover's arms, We could not help thinking that this coup de soleil, introduced by the poet to ac count for her death, was quite superfluous under the cir cumstances, and one of the audience suggested it should be called le coup [de " grace." The first act was very warmly applauded, particularly a chorus, " Chantez, Charles:Magnanarelles I" vehemently encored. The second act, though not so much distinguished by the favour of the public, came in for a due share of approval. In the third, a long baritone solo of a gloomy or religious character found few partisans, but in the fourth a charming cantilena, Helen= Petit Berger, sung by Mme. Carvalho, united all suffrages in its favour; it is a gem of the first water. This lady never displayed her talents to greater advantage, and Madame Fare Lefebvre seconded her most admirably. The : scenery and general appoint ments are in the usual style of this house—that is to say, not easily surpassed in any theatre. Tha customary up roarious enthusiasm followed the descent of the curtain, in the midst of which the names of the composer and writer were honoured with ovations loud and long enough to com pensate for any deficiency of warmth exhibited during the representation. SHIPPING—This Day. L ONDON , March 29.—Wind th is day at noon—Squally with rain ; 12.30, fine and clear, with strong breeze from N. W . (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GUAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. A rr ived, March 27—Citizen (steamer), from Bord - B. Sailed, March 29—Scotia, for St. John's, New Bruns wick. DIAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored Monica, from Mauritius, for Ldon— Cleaver, from Shields, for Shanghae--Adler, Prus on sian bark, from London, for Newport—Little Ne ll and Queen Ade laide of Ipswich, from the north. for b the vrest—Horatio, from Demerara, for Sunderland—lrena, from Cherourg, for Norway. APPREHENSION OF A RETURNED CONVICT. — On Saturday forenoon Alexander Hunter, a man about 35 years of age, belonging to Langholm, was appre hended in Linlithgow on a charge of forgery. \lt appears that on Sept. 25, 1860, Hunter was sentenced at Jedburgli to four years' penal servitude for forgery and uttering a forged letter, and was liberated from Dartmoor Prison on license on Dec. 2 1 last , having undergone three years and three months of his sentence. The balance of a gratuity is given to a release d convict at the expiration of three competentmonths, onp person nf thatby c h e e r tlisfiecaartnefromghis livelihood by honest a magistrate or other means; and to obtain the balance due to him on that con dition Hunter appears to have fabricated a certificate to that effect, and to have forged and adhibited to it the name of Mr. Colqnhoun, chief constable, Linlithgow. He despatched the certificate, along with his claim for the balance of the gratuity, to the Governor of Dartmoor Prison ; but that o ffi c ial, being suspiclous of the genuineness of the docu• m ent, communicated with INIr. Colquhoun, who made ar rangements for securing Hunter should he call at the post office. On Saturday forenoon Hunter called at the post office, asking for a letter, and was accordingly taken into custody. He had previously been an inmate of the Linlith- I gow poorhouse for some weeks. —Edinburgh Courant. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DURHAM RACES-MONDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added; weight for age ; certain penalties and allowances. T.Y,C, S subs. Mr Jackson's Lady Louisa, 6 yrs, 9st 61b ...... (Doyle) 1 Mr Sidney's Chicquot the Jester, 3 yrs, 7st 10Th (Snowden) 2 Mr T. Dawson's Madame Patti, 2 yrs, 7st 41b (Marson) 3 Mr IL Chilton's Little Duchess, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Whiteley) 4 Mr Turnbull's Tarlatan, 3 yrs, ist 111 b Betting-2 to lon Lady Louisa, 4to 1 each agst Little Duchess and Chicquot the Jester, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths; the same between second and third; a length between third and fourth. The Elemore Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 163 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Sst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Sst Gib; winners extra; allowances. T.Y.C. 21 subs. Mr J. Osborne's King Arthur, Bst 101 b (Whiteley) 1 Mr Simley nd Club Queen, 9st (Harrison) 2 Mr Fobert's East Lynne, 9st 4lb Mr Jackson's Side Wind, Set (Doyle) . Nothing More an 1 Black Duchess also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst East Lynne, 2to 1 agst King Arthur, 3 to 1 agst Club Queen, 5 to 1 agst Side Wind. Won by a length ; a neck between second and third ; a good fourth. The Durham Handicap of 60 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 if declared, &c. ; winners extra; second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 17 subs. Mr T. Masterman's Honest John, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Snowden) 1 Mr Fobert's Wisdom, 3 yrs, Get 111 b (Mars on) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Mantrap, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Whiteley) 3 Mr Bowes's Theobalda, 3 yrs, 7st Also ran Hypermeustra and Hospitality colt Betting-6 to 4 agst Mantrap, 2to 1 agst Theobalda, 3 to 1. agst Honest John, 6 to 1 apt Hospitality colt. Won by a neck ; twc lengths between second and third. The Stand Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; weight for age, with selling and other allowances. T.Y.C. Mr Walpool nd. Lizette, 4 yrs, (£3O), Bst 31b'(Snowden) 1 Mr W. l'Anson's Little Hannah filly, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 81b (Robinson) 2 Mr J. Robson's Dick Swiveller, aged (£3O), 9st lib (Harrison) 3 Mr J. Osborne's Tatty oolt, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 101 b (Crawsbaw) 0 Betting-7 to 4on Lizette, 3to 1 agst any other. Won by six lengths; the same between second and third; Vatty colt bolted. The Durham Hunt Plate of 50 Rove, weight for age ; allowances and penalties. Two miles. 32 subs. Mr W. H. Scott's Fly-by-Night, aged, h.b., 12st 41b (Mr Wilkinson) 1 Mr W. C.men's White Socks, aged, list 13Ib (Mr Smith) 2 Mr Robertson's nd. Sir Charles (Ur Skeene) 3 The following also ran :—Little Thought Of, The Qtteen, Maid Marian, Romeo, The Roguish Lawyer, Lady Collingwood, and Little Tom. Betting-2 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night, 4to 1 agst White Socks, 5 to 1 agst Sir Charles, 8 to 1 agst any other, Won by two lengths; a bad third. TATTERSALLS'.—LAsT NIGHT. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 30 agst Lord Zetland (taken) sto 1 agat Gardener (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Costa (taken) 11 to 1 agat Fairwater (taken) 100 to 8 agst Wingrave (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken) 20 to 1 agat Dollar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blondin (offered) 25 to 1 agst Touch-and-Go (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agat Alabama (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Lapidist (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 4 to 1 agst Soapstone (taken) Sto 1 agst Lady Clifden (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 6 agst Voluptaa (taken) 16 to 1 agst Liston (taken) 25 to 1 agat Mail Train (taken) TILE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 100 to 6 agst Forager (taken) 1000 to 35 agst First Flight (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Ely (taken) 33 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 40 to I agst General Peel (taken) 50 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) b 0 to 1 agst Jack Frost (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Balornock 1000 to 15 agst Jupon THE SHAH'S JEWELS.—In such a show of gems as seemed to realise the wonders of Aladdin's lamp, the eye was too much dazzled and the memory too con tused for description to be possible. But I remember that at the back of all was the Kaianian crown, and on either side of it two Persian lambskin caps adorned with splendid aigrettes of diamonds. The clown itself was shaped like a flower-pot, with the small end open, and the other closed. On the top of the crown was an uncut ruby, apparently without flaw, as big as a hen's egg. In front of the crown were dresses covered with diamonds and pearls, trays with necklaces of pearls, rubies and emeralds, and some hundreds of diamond, ruby, and torquoise rings. In front of these again were gauntlets and belts covered with pearls and diamonds, and conspicuous among them the Kaianian belt, about a foot deep, weighing perhaps 18lb., and one complete mass of pearls, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies. Still nearer to us stood a drinking bowel completely studded with enormous jewels, a tray full of foreign orders set in brilliants, and in front of all lay a dozen swords, one or two of which are worth a quarter of a million each. Along with these were epaulettes covered with diamonds, and armlets so contrived that the brilliants revolved and kept up a continual shimmer. It was difficult among so many to single out particular gems. Perhaps, however, the first place ought to be assigned to the fatuous Darya i Nur, or " Sea of Light," the sister diamond to our Punjab trophy, the Kuh i Nor, or " Mountain of Light." It is an inch and a half long, an' inch broad, and 3-Bths of an inch thick. Ithas the name of Fath Ali Shah on one side, and the inscribing this name reduced the value of the diamond, so at least saya Yahya Khan, "deux millions—mais deux mil lions de quoi—de piastres, de francs—qua sail-je?" I was not prodigiously impressed with this jewel. It is a mon strous diamond, but not very brilliant. I could pardon a rustic who should mistake it for glass. Nevertheless it has a wondrous history. The Persians say—and, to copy the Jowettian expression, I partly agree with them—that the Sea of Light and the Mountain of Light were jewels in the sword of Afrasiab, who lived 3,000 years B.C. Eastern took them from Afrasiab, and they continued in the crown of Persia till they were carried away by Timur, from whom they descended to Muhammad Shah, King of Delhi, and Nadir brought them from India ; but when ho was slain, Ahmed Shah Abdalli carried off the Kuh i Nur, which de scended to Shah Shuja, and was taken from him by Ran jit Singh. The Darya i Nur remained in Persia with the greater part of the other gems that Nadir brought from India.—Eastwick's Journal in Persia. BLAKE, TIIE ARTIST, AND Tom PAINE.—In 1792 the artist proved, as he was wont to relate, the means of saving Paine from the vindictive clutches of ex asperated " friends of order." Early in that year Paine had published his second part of " The Rights of Man." inrai meeting A few months later, county and co r p oration addresses against "seditious publications" were g ot u p . The Go vernment (Pitt's) answered the agreed si g nal b y issuing a proc l ama tion condemnatory of such pu blications, and co mmenced an action for libel agains t the author of " The Rights of Man," which was to c ome off in September; ,all this helping the book itself into immense circulation. The "Friends of Liberty" held their meetings too, in which strong language was used. In September, a French d e p u t a tion announced to Paine t hat the De p artme nt of Calais had elected him mem ber of the National Conven tion. Already as an acknowledged cosmopolitan and friend of man, h e had been declared a citizen of F r ance by the decease d Assembly. One da y in this sam e month, Paine w as g iving at John son's an idea of the infl amm atory eloquence he had poured forth at a public liight. Blake, who was pre sent,of his report that those e niy power,si le l l l ny vinferred eager the t o pio lay u frroemrthse tenor hold of noxio us p erso ns, would c not let slip such an opportunity. On Paine's r i s i n g to leave, Blake laid his hands on the orator's shoulder, say i ng , "You must not go h ome , or you are a dead man 1" and hurried him off on his way to France, whither he was now, in any case bound, to take his seat as French legisla tor. By the time Paine was at Dover, the officers were in his house, or, as his biographer Mr. Cheetham designates it, his " lurking hole in the purlieus of London ;" and some 20 minutes after the Custom House officials at Dover had turned his slender baggage with, as he thought, extra malice, and he had set sail for Calais, an order was received from the Home-office to detain him. :England never saw Tom Paine again, New perils awaited him : reign of terror and near view of the guillotine—an accidentally open door and a chalk mark on the wrong side of it proving his salva tion. But ano less serious one had been narrowly escaped from the English Tories. Those were hanging days! Blake, on this occasion, showed greater sagacity than Paine, whom, indeed, Fuseli affirmed to be more ignorant of the common affairs of life than himself even. Spite of unworldliness and visionary faculty, Blake never wanted for prudence and sagacity in ordinary matters.-64/chrot a Life of William Blake. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MIISIC.—We are informed that the lessee of Her Majesty's Theatre generously i n tends (in the course of the present season) placing his theatre and the services of all his a r tists at the disposal of the directors of the Royal Academy of M u sic, for the pur pose of a grand performance in aid of the funds of that most meritorious national institution; on which occasion M r . Mapleson purposes to intro duce to the public any o f the pupils, vocal or instrumental, that the professors of the Royal Academy of Music may deem sufficiently advanced in their studies. We have reasons far believing that Mr. Mapleson's kind interest in the professional welfare of the pupils of this establishment will by no means be limited to this special occasion. I 1