The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-01 00:00:00

40N 4Y MARKET. AND "I'ILURCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There i s an active demand for money to-day at 8 Poet cent • in the der general market, a n d a l arge su pply eantile paper is taken to the Bank of Eng- B abt £20,000 i n b ar gold was taken into the ank o oun Saturday. Li bog Magdal ena, from the Brazils, has arrived at 448 b0n, e n route to England with £19,221. 13. 11 r, It h regard to the New Grenada debt, Messrs. th"r'ne Brothers and Co. have received by this mail d 6 d f°ll "lin e4 tl g remittan ces on accoun t o f t h e divi :Frern the Custom-house of Santa Marta, no"' Cartagena, £4OO ; and Sabanilla, £221 ; no"' a total of £1,600. 0014 directors of the St. Sohn del Rey Mining Li,ElikPar'Y (Limited) have received, by telegram from b"° l2 , the following report, dated Morro Velbo, IPeeß,lnber:—Produce, ten days of December, °, oi tavas ; yi e ld, 5, 7 37 o i tavas par ton. 4111!°g- ch ains bre a ki ng tw i ce, cause d a de fi e i ent ' A n ne f ore: now working regularly. i di, a ed is a statement relating to the Mexican brio suds, Th e M exican mail just arrived does not 414 4an Y remittan ce on b ondholders ' account. The .theyo l l deposit in Vera Cruz is 23,492 dole., and Teadistribution for duties which had been in h e rs !' uf selection some time was shortly expected. fair 14Iport s at Vera Cruz are considerable, and a Itainuunt of export may be expected. 1 4; e8 , 8r ! ' Baring Broth er an d C o .' s , agents in eoli o - t u eu e . : 4, under d ate t h e Bth i nst., advise having onee e— l for 55 per cent. of the import duties for baeP e ks from the custom house of La Guayra 4°18 ., and Puerto Cabello 1,268 dols. 88c ; bee n g a total of 19,916 dole. 31c. There is a aniuunt of imp or t d u ti es now pen di ng at owit :ustom "use, which has not been liquid a t e d, Thg to the h o li days attending the season. tesb.! advi ce s from th e manu f ac t ur i ng di s tricts Peet Wee the cond i tion of trade there during the Oaiy „" ee k are of a very cheerful character. The theo-leePtien to th e i mprovement exper i ence d i n tottraral busine ss o f t h e coun t ry h as b een t h e 114 raa rket of M anchester, which has continued monster depres se d through the incertitude of likti f at 'Y affairs in India. At Leeds, Bradford, A tly ,mll:ri t ,„' a nd Hudd ers fi e ld the deman d for all otteya`°oB of textile f a b r i cs occas i one d great ( lepa r i ti 2 3 ' in quotations. In the several hardware At shunats great activity has also been witnessed. Ar ot s efa eld th ere h ave been a flow of orders from 4 44, 14 ' Canad a , and the continent, and at Birming tatitCkluketurers have been fully employed, and ahireation has prevailed. At the , TWO O'CLOCK. r aris Bo urse t hi s morning, according to 11,4044euter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rent e s 4 511eted 66f, 35c. Very firm. place l idd en fall of as much as per cent. has taken t4 itif ln th e mark et for the English Funds, ow i n g ba4i Z rk aiion t o the effect that the German and 1111 Pn em troo l 3 B have come i nto co lli s i on . A s may be 4,43reeed, this intelligence has produced a deep litt o : t , not only in speculative channels, but also tittig mercantile and monetary community . . Nt e „ e : 4BB iS talked about, and much anxiety is 4 1%; fer further news. Consols are 90 I for S 4 el6,' h tt ed 9 01 for the March settlement. Th e i li e - 0 4te ee and Reduced Annuities are 90-: „ ; Ru are 10s, to 4s, dis.; Indian Stock t tli °t l 7 437 ; and do. 5 per Cents, 104 Z. „ i 'et: - , °re igu Market is much disturbed. Mexiosn 441tilo,"'ve fallen to 341 35k ; Greek to 201 21; te Ounsolidei to 456 ; and Spanish Pass ive . %t, ' ll ' The Confederate Loan is 46 48, being , t i le . , BB in the Railway Share Market has (10, °ti4 ; e4 very inactive, and prices generally show l hire "ttrd movement. Lancashire and York- Ne4, l "° ll th Eastern, and Great Western have littjp.46,, and Metropolitan 15s. 14 % . " 4ttl Miscellaneous Shares are in limited material change to record in values, 4 0 -1 3 - 11 , 3 1 , e 'tkt FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 1 4:1, ‘'t . 1" 1) ,„ k • o ll , ul trlslos. 90 1 per 6 . 11 4 9O! 31, ei lt.. e ttl 90a ver e„ •,, • •••••• 4. 44 1 .1e8, vnt, J a ! Dit t ies, e l, 184* 1 891 • bib. ° 1430 re, gy,,. .qz eja ' 0 (li e 're, 14 re 6th Jan., 1880 — ecm er ~c 1 14 .44 expire sth April, 1885 — ./ 0 4k, 41 11 s, t e n l ep'aph), Aug 1908 — Ditt oo4tp 45 ." 00 u0, & 3 per Cent 4 d . is 4 dis is AN £lOO sto, k 0 1r /i., and £2OO , 101 VAtli T 44 4 4.0 e, z p er e _ SECURITIES. bi t ° 5 ... Cent', April 1874 237 D itto A ce : Ce nt. ... ........... 1)14 43 4 p t, ... 1870 D it to uent bij° 5 p e tt eed pa Oct. 1888 Irtto 6e r cantaper, p?,r, 4 per Cent — I t° Dille O en . ; 'an. 1872 b. t Di tt - 0 ntia re .: , 4 l4 aY, 1879 b l it t4 Lo k i. ditto Per Ct., April 1861 to 44d e ,11,000 .. Aug., 1866 4, 24 11 1 •000 ...... • 4.44 ot ........ — Ditt y bit i s, 5 p er FUN DS —ONE O'CLOCK. ipAc e() Cent — tbilttott")44l6B.3l:eruannetdenlti.i4s°.°.:... ......................... r Cent , 1852-58-6o' • t, 14 0 Ditt o ( 17, 1 t.a Z r il; s 1863 1863 e 6 at, Yre 6 4 56 paid Nitto— per e_ Per Cent ... t' '41) ) . 4 1 p e ' t tt .......... Itt krt C ent 6 . ....... .. c crl r , £s o • pd • nt• ....... 2i t t s. v C ent, Per Ce nt., udders . b i 3,„ r r C Cent 1888 . t t 4) t r Cent.s 1 1 825 ....... . ......... 864 °r ri p, 410 .tt o aid pro Consolidated, 1 .... ,! 180 nal Land Warrant exit ' • -- o ° e Nctettrd Vitt() eenrmle eo e , c u o uta . 1824-5, ea-Coupons ._ ilttititti4toritts ........... . ..... .. • 21 Itl e , l ( ittt 6 41 4 6 p e t r 3 per ica aremmana Railway) hi; atleco lita .. t • t v .( l / 4. 41p, ri „, ete ` 2 attd e. 4A 0 Per Cent .. t i • t tob Per ........ efertC._, ................. C ent ~ iO , at e ' r.a n ' t ' s . 4 . l . ee;;;;;) eto V,9 r Cent. Ex 25f b. • ' 4 40 4 zpt 18 6 . 3) ..... „ £42 Bs. 3d. paid.... h. ., o pm A "IN if 0 4t. "‘ 1 4.1 4 Per ••• . . ............ tiz el e e °44 t 4t . , 1862 .. Per ............ I , b i t tt e t° A a . Perk a nt, • 1853 °AB' 4c,,t .• 2 .... . bi t ' to 4 4 , s;:p f t , . ........ '7, '9, . ' ...... ...... 1). Per . 142: .. 92 Ott , a ° C ent 1850 St Bard .to 5 P4r e a 18 60 . n t., 18 • 6 — 4 1 t.t0 t - t p t 18 6 1 2 .. ....... 871 8 71 to . tent' .............. nt e 4e w ............ Ditto ‘f errea • Bptto 4 '4 4 lve "-at .. ............. 45k )4 1 %4acco unt ; thtoske, of Cut:: z to art ............. i 4 .4,47 6 1 1 r n 0 t... tunded Ditto icer ant., l3 jtttio ~eolintetttio,: 1 ) p er .... °°% tut. •.............. ;!tt',',. 1 6 10 ( 4 , 11 t .. D•f, p er ionds • 70 ,I;!tt o l,ee o4 2not, i t,ti it til ( 1,1 00 .... 4: 67k ck ,ttl tto la 3 pe eu.old'74 Per Cent Itt e p er (t)let,. .............. 0 14 14 1 •?e0,, ot., B, l 4 tri tt .... 2 ............ Ntit, °, 6 La O n • A Per Cent.,' e above a.. per ee E. PYa lo in Lona a , r Cent, ut.,10 Florins. 1 t,40 11. 1 p er , e , Ex. 12 zof. ...... ..... t,40, 111. Cert. t htt 4 p er 7N 41 pe Certificates e ent Cent p ‘,44 e 11131.. . 251,:!L!'s ▪ 6• 1;k I 2 0 f le Dicta Itt o ................ TWO9O O'CLOCK. 11 4 t .... 4 ar • . ... c 0 901 th % In 11)0°1 CO ttou market —This Day. et I ` l3 ter tube to -day. S a l es 4,000 bales or ft qlort, 933 SHARE LIARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Share Railways. Paid.l Closing Business Price. done. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 8 8! Si S ! 84 F 6 120} 121 7 7i Do A A gets no dil Do. B 6pc.p an.ha , been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Pertli,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 37 39 16 17 96 07 106 108 40 50 46 48 71 8i Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stook 128 329 1341 335, 134 136 97 99 65 65} Do B do Gt. S. ani W. of Irelan, Great Western Do Str Val gua. stoci , Lancashire & Yorkshirr London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Bhef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t 5hare5........ , Metropolitan Midland Do New . 110 110, 70 72 103 'O4 41 43 107 107 1 102 113 50,1 51 98 100 1291 1291 11 98 100 Do Binning. & Derby 4id. Gt. NV. of Ireland 15 Do. shares U 5 Mid Kent .0 Do Cray Line it North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee it Nth. Eastern—Berwtoi , Do, G.N.E. purchase It Do Lecds It Do York 52 63 25 W 104 103 59.60 9(4 9111 Do Carlisle ,North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central 125 130 1 2 p 77 70 11 11i 123 126 43 45 98 100 (Soot N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpooi Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern south Wales S. York. and River Dun, Staines,Wok.,andWok. l Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, MG Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath 63 64 33 Si 941 6 98 100 9} fOi 38 39 9f 10A 0 74 8 f , 16J 105 5} 6f 3 SA p 85 90 170 175 Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford di Kilkenny West Cornwall 22 25 Vv. Hartlepool Har.&ll,. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH. POSSESSIONS. Closing Shari Railways Pa/d. Prloe. Business done 100 Atlantic &St Lawrene, all 59 61 60 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Sk 100 103 104 1034 Gu. 5 per oertt. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 201 Buffalo and Laxelluron all 51 6 10 Do. Preference . all 8 9 100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godriel 100 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1372 100 Do. do. July 1, 187. 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 st Clcutta,tS. liastn. n. 100 100 10? st Cape Town Dock Seri] 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 105 106 105 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 103 104 1031 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 1 p 20 Do. do. IT do. 15 # I p stock Grand Trunk of Canada lou 195 20i 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 73 75 100 Do. do. deferred._ . all 58 St 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred__ all 50 65 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock all 50 62 100 Do. do. deferred__ all 40 Et 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred....., all 22 C 4 stook Gt.lnamPenid.gua.sp.o 100 103 105 10¢ 20 Do. New gua. sp. a... 12 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 2 p stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 102 104 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 10 91 20 Do. New . 18 11 100 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 51 p. D. do. '77-8.... all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 ip stock Madras 0: guar., sp.a. .. 100 1 104 stock Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 100 97 99 stock De. 4* d 0........ 100 r 2 96 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & liobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. • all 20 Newßr =mu* Cand Class A and B. all 3 5 N.lll.C'daB pc lstpt bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde (100 102 104 104 stock Do. Delhi • • 100 102 104 20 Do. do La .9 2 gp st Punjaub tS: all 102 104 Do. Do. , 100 s'ock Do. indus.St. Flo.) XlOO 93 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. _ Can. Gov. e p.c..; a ,tcJ ul) 1877-81 . ..... ........ 100 100 102 - I Do. 6.p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 103 105 I Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do. Ep. 0. Jan.&July. lOC 80 52 Do. S Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.ll ope, 6 p (3,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111. Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 ;Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 104 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 1.0)7 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&Jul) 100 101 103 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 101 N. S.W. (i ov. 5 p 1,186( 100 99 100 Do. sp. e.,18•/* to 1071 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 - , New Zealand 6 p cent lOO 107 109 Nova s teriScotiain, 18 z G 7 0 5. v. 6p. c 100 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 108 110 IS. Aus 6161).0.1878.a up lOO 108 110 - IVIc.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.,tr.July 100 - Do. lo 6 D.o. AnAtOot.. 100 110 111 BRITISH MI 'Cambrian Consol. Gold übilord Amalgamated..( Devon G.Con..(Tavist.)' East Bassett (Mogan)" East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Cara. Brea... . E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) GamASLAubyn(Grwen.; Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (11elston` Grenville .. H end's-Foot llingston Downs Lady Bertha Hargaret (tiny Lelant \larke Valley.. Nlymiv Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. '1 Baseet(I11o. an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols Blaze Orovidenee (tiny Lelnt. ) 'South Caradon(St.Oleer. S. Cana Brea (Illogan) , Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park famar Silv.& Lead Min fin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Cc radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann Wheal Beton Wheal Treiawney (Lie ) 'Wheal Union 161 21 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.6.7 47e 5i 10 2.0.6 3.0.8 8 58i 3.17 1.14.0 3.4.0 8.9.0 581 178 6.16.1 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 9k 4.3.0 18.18.9 30.17.6 384 594 570 080 674 70 id par 27 28 7 7 41 644 10 12 4-1 41 144 154 41 5 4 26 38 57i 62i 28 30 k I 19 20 11 12 54 5( 190 200 SO F 5 3, 37 1} 11 13} 146 155 165 25 26 3 3} 13.14. 25 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 PREFERENCE:SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 111 North Eastern, Cons. pref'., 4i per cent., 103} LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 96 Chester and Holyhead, 57 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 136 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8k Great Luxembourg, 11 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cont.,ill i San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 20} FOREIGN MINER. Cape Copper, Um., 8i Don Pedro, North Del Rey, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lona.= and Liverpool (Um.), 461 6 Ditto, new, 31 Anglo Austrian, 61 6 Consolidated Bank, lim. 10/ European Bank, lim., Imperial Bank (Rm.), 27 a Imperial Ottoman, 18 in Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., n 4 London and Brazilian (lim.), 59 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new issued, at 14 pm, 21 3 London and Comity, 66 7 London and South African, 26 London and South American. lira. 8} Mercantile and Exchange. lim. 19/ Metrop. and Prov. B an k (11 m .), '2l/ National Provincial of England. Ditto, new, 39i Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim,', Union of Australia, 54 Union of Ireland (liin.), 19/ Union of London, 4i* 2 1 DOCKS. London, 75 St. Katharine, 72 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, limited, 4 Ceylon Company, 10} Discount Corporation, limited, 11 101 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 43 2 Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, Um, 64 7 01 International Financial Society, 121 114 121 Joint .stock Discount, 11m., 61 London Financial Association, lim., 25/ London General Omnibus Company, National Discount Company, lim., 11 . 10/ Societe Financiere d Kg - ypte, lim., 5 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lira., 21 Universal Marine (Insurance) Um., 51 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.22} per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold Is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 4234 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4} per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg, THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1864. gkti 'try Caltrit Clttrar. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan.• 30. The Queen walked and drove yesterday after noon. The Earl and Countess of Derby had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family yesterday. JAN. 3 Her Majesty, attended by the Marchioness o Ely, walked and drove yesterdity. Professor Tyndall has had the honour of deliver ing two lectures on electricity before her Majesty and the royal family. The Prince and Princess of Wales. During the past week the progress of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales towards complete recovery has been uninterrupted—thanks to a good constitution and the care and attention of her me dical attendants and those around her. Should the health of the princess continue as good as it is at present, and the weather admit of it, it is not un likely that her royal highness will be enabled to take some little out-door exercise in the course of the ensuing week. The young prince is also quite well, and is making as good progress as can be expected. He is extremely like the Prince of W ales. In return for the generous hospitality with which the Prince of Wales has shown to the offi cers of the garrison of this town, his royal highness was invited by Lieut.. Colonel Baillie and the officers of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) to a banquet, which took place on Saturday evening in the mess room of the cavalry barracks, at Spital. A distin guished company were present, covers being laid for between 20 and 30 guests, among whom were Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Lieu.-Colonel H. S. Baillie, Captain Gray, Captain R. W. Bulkeley, the officers of the Royal Horse Guards, Sce. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, arrived at Frogmore on Fri day morning, on a visit, and lunched with the Prince and Princess of Wales. The royal visitors, attended by Colonel Powis, left Frogmore in the afternoon, and drove in one of the royal carriages to the Datchet station of the London and South Western Railway, by which line they returned to Kew. His Serene Highness Prince Leiningen has left Frogmore on the expiration of his visit to the Prince of Wales. Earl Granville, the Lord President of her Majesty's Privy Council, arrived yesterday at Frogmore on a visit to the Prince of Wales. Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Earl Granville, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and the Lady-in- Waiting on the Princess of Wales, and attended by Captain G. H, Grey, visited the Chapel Royal of St. George's, Windsor, and attended the half-past four o'clock service. The service was conducted by the Dean of Windsor, the Rev. Seymour Neville, and minor canons. It is most probable the University of Cambridge will be honoured with a state visit from the Prince and Princess of Wales in the course of the ensuing May term, and arrangements for their fitting reception are already under consideration at some of the colleges. _ HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, with the members of the Royal family now at Osborne, will return to Windsor on Friday next for the season.—Court Journal. THE CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT PRINCE will take place at Buckingham Palace on the 10th March, the wedding day of its Royal parents. The first two names of the young Prince will be Albert and Victor. His ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED joined the annual symposium academicuin of the University of Edinburgh, held on Friday night in the Douglas Hotel. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF DENMARK.—We un derstand that her Majesty the Queen of Denmark and the Princess Mary are expected to arrive in this country at the close of this or early in the ensuing month from Copenhagen on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, in order to be present at the chris tening of the infant prince. THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA has gone to Denmark with the Prussian army, though he will not take any ac• Live command during the war. THE KING OF PORTUGAL has just Sent to the Duke de Morny the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of tho Tower and Sword. THE COUNT DE PARIS has gone to Madrid, on matrimony bent. He will afterwards pay a visit to Barce lona, where the Count d'Eu is serving as an officer in the Spanish artillery. The Duke of Cleveland has arrived in town from Raby Castle, Durham. The Earl of Warwick passed through town on Saturday from Warwick Castle, on his way to join the countess and family at Worthing. The Earl Granville, after the Cabinet Council on Saturday, left town on a visit to bis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Frogmore. The noble earl will return to town to-day. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon will arrive in town to-morrow from Highclere Castle, near Newbury, for the season. The noble earl is engaged to dine at the Earl of Derby's parliamentary dinner on Wednesday next. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey has , greatly mended in health during the last two days. At one pesiod the countess was in a very dangergus condition, but since Friday the medical accounts have been more favour able, and according to the report yesterday her ladyship is in a fair way to recovery. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, his Excellency Count Lavradio, the Earl and Countess Russell, Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn, Count Flahault, the Right Hun. William and Mrs. Cowper, Mr. H. Calcraft, the Right Hon. Sir Henry L. Bulwer, and a select circle at dinner en Saturday evening, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. A small party assembled after dinner. Lady Elam and infant are progressing favour ably. Sir John Henniker-Major Bart., of Stratford upon- Slaney, has left the 13Innswiek Hotel, Jermyn• street, for Paris. Mr. R. S. Holford, M.P., and Mrs. Holford are expected to arrive at Dorchester House, Park-lane, to morrow, from their seat in Goucestershire. The POPE recently gave audience to Captain Grant, the discoverer of the sources of the Nile, and ap peared to be much interested in the maps submitted to him by that intrepid explorer and his accounts of those tropical regions. We nnderstAnd that a marriage is arranged, and , 61119hottly take place, between Major Bourchier, 62d Light Infantry, son of the late Lieutenant-General James Claud Bourchier, and Miss Harriette Curzon, second daughter of the Hon. Edward Cecil Curzon. DIE DUKE OF CLEVELAND'S death has caused another blue riband to be placed at the disposal of Lord Palmerston, who has already. notninated 13 Mit of 2 knights of whom the Order of the Garter should consist, and has also to fill up the Vatancy caused by the death of the Marquis of Xotthanby. M. MAGUIRE, M.P,, it is reported, will have the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on the occasion of the iatter's visit to Cork, to inaugurate bhe statue to the late Father Mathew. It is the general opinion, moreover, that no public man in the country is more deserving of being so honoured. THE INFANT PRINCE QUADRILLE is one of the novelties of the day. THE EXHIBITION OP ALL MULREADY'S WORKS will be opened at the South Kensington Museum on the 17th of March. MR. MAXWELL AND MISS BRADDON.—In re ference to the report recently going the round of the newspapers to the effect that Miss Braddon, the novelist, was recently married to Mr. Maxwell, the publisher, Mr. R. B. Knowles has written to a contemporary :—As this rumour is totally without foundation, Mr. Maxwell being already married, I have read your journal from day to day since it appeared, expecting that either he or Miss Braddon would contradict it. Neither of them has done so. In the presence of this extraordinary statement and still more ex traordinary silence, I ask your peribission, as Mrs. Max well's brother •in-law, to say th at t h e above report is utterly unfounded. Mr. Maxwell was married several years ago to Miss Mary Anne Crowley, sister of the late N. J. Crowley, of the Royal Hibernian Academy —an artist well known in Dublin and in London. This lady, who has borne her husband a large family, is still living. It is not, therefore, and it cannot be true that Miss Braddon, the novelist, was recently married to Mr: Maxwell, the publisher. Daily service is now held in upwards of 830 Protestant churches and chapels in England, MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. In the country markets held on Saturday, a fair average business was transacted in most qualities of wheat, and prices ruled firm. For malting barley, there was a good demand at full quotations ; and other articles, including flour, changed hands to a moderate extent, at about previ ous rates. Advices from New York state that the export demand for wheat and flour continued to increase, and that shipping qualities commanded further enhanced rates. On the Continent very little change has taken place in the value either of wheat or spring corn. The arrivals of English wheat and flour up to our market last week were but moderato, but the receipts of spring corn wore tolerably extensive. The imports from abroad amounted to 25,486 quarters of wheat, 19,145 barley, 22,867 oats, 2,500 rye, 252 beans, 4,225 linseed, 6,484 oil-seeds, 5,800 maize, 2,404 sacks, and 1,550 barrels of flow. Moderate supplies of home-grown wheat were received fresh up to our market to-day, and the condition of the pro duce was, on the wh Is, tolerably gcod. The warlike news at hand from the Continent was unproductive of any acti vity in the demand either for red or white qualities, never theless factors were firm, and the balk of the supply was disposed of at the rates current on Ittonday last. With most descriptions of foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. The transactions, however, were for the most part, of a hand to mouth character, at previous quota- tions. The demand for cargoes of wheat aad spring corn afloat ruled steady, and previous quotations were supported. The supply of barley—both Englsh and foreign —on offer was moderately large. For rnaltingqualities the trade ruled firm, at full currencies ; but in inferior descriptions sales progressed slowly on former terms. Malt changed hands slowly, yet no change took place in its value compared with Monday last. With oats the market was moderately supplied. The trade, generally speaking, ruled shady, at full quotations Very moderate supplies of beans were on sale. For all qualities there was a steady demand, at quite previous rates. Peas ruled firm in price, and it most descriptions a fair business was transacted. American flour moved off steadily, at full prices English and French qualities supported previous rates, with a moderate inquiry. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr —s to —s Ditto, old 3Bs 40s Ditto, white, 1863 42s 48s Ditto, old 37s 46 8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 3Bs 40s Ditto, 1803 'Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 2Bs 39s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 605 66s Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBs 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black ... 163 23s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2os 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey • 32s 34s Maple White 3ss 37s Boilers 3ss 375 Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk .... 2Bs 305 Stockton and Norfolk..--....•...... 27s 29s American, per barrel l9s 26s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average time-of-year supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market, and the demand for it ruled steady at prices quite equal to last week. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with home-fed beasts, but their general quality was not quite equal to Monday last. From Scotland the receipts were good and in prime condition. From Ireland the sup ply was small. On the whole, the beef trade ruled steady at quite last week's quotatioLs. The primest Scots and crosses realised 5s 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Esser, and Cambrideshire we re ceived 2,000 Scots and crosses; from other parts of Eng land, 700 various breeds; froti Scotland 359 Scots and Grosses ; and, from Ireland, 16( oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was again only moderate. The quality of most breeds; howeve-, was good. The mutton trade was tolerably firm, and late rates were fully supported, The general top figure was 6a, but a few very superior Down realised 6s 2d per 81bs. 4boat 600 shorn sheep were on offer. They sold at is per Blbs. beneath those in the wool. There were a few lambs on offer from Hampshire and Surrey, and they changed hands at from 6s to 7s per 81bs. We have to report a firm trade for veil, at very full prices, viz., from 5s to 6s per 81bt. The pork trade was steady, at gull currencies. Per 81bs. to situ the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Secondquality do. 4 2 4 6 Prime !large oxen 4 8 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 6 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second qualitydo. 4 8 5 2 Suckling calves, 20s to 30s 20s to 263 each. TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Prie.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Largo arse. calves 5 0 5 6 Prime small do 5 8 6 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Smell porkers... , 4 2 4 6 and quarter-old store pigs, POILIRIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 778 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs . Beasts .... Cows Sheep .. 15,710 Calves 5l Pigs . 440 The total imparts of foreign stoog into London, last week, amounted to 2,166 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 3,oll—in 1862, 660—in 1861, 514 —in 1860, 1,431—in 1859, 2,oW—in 1858, 680 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 114 .. 453 • • .. 4 Harlingen .... 396 .. 221 .. • • 3 • • Hamburg a a • .. Amsterdam.... • • • • Medemblik • • Bremen .. • • • • Vigo lB .. • • • • Nieu Diep . -- • • • . Antwerp .. 25 • • .. 86 •• 53 .. 401 .. 8 1 2 8 Ostend Calais Dordt. Sehevening 213 .. Total .... 819 .. 11t4 189 .. 4 The yearly comparison of Weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep, Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 984 .. 1,622 405 .. 18R2 .. 2 8 7 .. 133 • . „ 235 .. 1861 326 .. 42 •• 146 1860 1859 486 .. 1,259 , 267 .. 1858 — • • •• • • A. statement and comparison cf the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan Monday, Feb. 1 , 1864 . cattle market, on Monday, F e b . 2, 1863, and t hi s day. ..." • • .-- Per Sib, to sink tho offal. Feb. 2, 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do ........... 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen .. 4 2 4 6 Coarse Prime a Scots, nd 8c ct inferior. . .......... . 06 4 0 . Second quality do. ....... 4 2 410 . . .. 4 8 410 . , Prime coarse-woolled do ..... ... 0 0 6•6 Prime Southdown do. • ..... 5 8 610 Lambs Large coarse calves ........ 4 2 4 8 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 4 8 Feb. 1, 1864. 3 Bto 4 0 42 4 6 4 8 410 50 5 2 40 4 6 48 5 2 4 5 8 610 6 0 00 0 0 50 6 6 58 6 0 36 4 0 42 4 6 Beasts and lambs P Ca ig Sh lv ee s e p s .. ... 1 3 4, '2 7 7175 8 286 0 6 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Fob. 3, 1862. Beasts, 3,860 — sheep, 10,570—calves, 101— pigs, 390. FEE. 4, 1861.—Beasts, 3 , B9 o—sheep, 16,080—calves, 86—pigs, 350. 4,460 15,710 61 440 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of town and country killed meat aro on sale at those markets. Oa the whole the ttade was steady, and previous quotations are well supported. Per Sib. by the carcase. d a d odsd interior beef .. "dli nglnutten 4 0 4 4 Middling do. .. 3 8 3 10 Prime do ....... 4 6 4 8 Prime largo do. 4 0 4 2 Ve al ......... 4 0 5 0 Do. small d 0 ... 4 2 4 4 Small p0rk . .... 4 2 4 6 Large pork 36 4 0 Lamb ..... 00 0 0 8 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 BOROUGH Hop. The supply of home-grown hope on sal e i s very mo d e rate, but the show of foreign produce is tolerably extensive. The trade for all qualities is firm, and quotations are well sup ported. The import last week amounted to 324 bales from Antwerp, 298 Boulogne, 112 Bremen, 309 Ostend, 36 Rot terdam, 111 Dunkirk, end 111 from New York. Mid and East Kents.. £6 Os to £9 108 per cwt. Weald of Kents ...... 5 15s to 7 5s Sussex Bavarian • 5 53 to 8 83 ~ Belgian . 4 Os to 4 15s 7, American BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The receipts of home-grown potatoes at these markets have increased. The trade for all qualities is a sluggish state, and prices have, in some instances, given way. Tho currency is as follows : Yorkshire Regents 7os to 90s per ton. Flukes Rocks Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 60s to 80s „ Rocks Kent and Essex Regents . 608 to 80s „ WOOL. Owing to the dearness of money the amount of business doing in English wool is very moderate, Prices, however, are without material change from last weak. Colonial wool is held a t f u ll quota ti ons , but th e d emand was far from active. The foll o wing are the quantitie s a t presen t arr ived for the n ex t pu bli c sa l es : —N ew S ou th W ales and Queens land, 7,758 hales; Victoria, 2,053; Tasmania, 396; South Australia, 1 ,003; New Zealand, 1,069; Cape, 10,621 total, 22,800. SEEDS. Red cloverseed is in steady request, at full prices, but in canary seed sales progress slowly, on former terms. Lin seed is steady, but rape moves off heavily, at depressed rates. Other seeds are tolerably firm in price. In cakes a fair business is doing, at full currencies. Turnip, White,p.bus 11s tolls Swede —a —a Mustard, Brown loa 13s White, Tares, Spring. 4s Od 4s 6d Old per quarter - s —s Ctmary, per quarter 52s 6?s Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —s White Foreign lied 39s 46s White sos 648 Trefoil, new 22s 2fis TAL The tallow trade is dull lower. The quotation for P spot. Town tallow is se►ling fat, 2s lid per 81bs. Carraway .. Coriander l2s 16s Hempseed, per qr 4os 42s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 728 Crushing ___ 66s 7vs Baltic - Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9los.Clo 5s Foreign £9los £lO 15s Rape Cakes,p ton.€s Os 46' Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 02s 65s .0 W. to-day, and prices are rather Y.C, is 41i 6d per cwt on the at 41s 3d, net cash. R ,ugh Particulars. 1850. 1851 1862. 1863. - Stock this day— . 36,988 72.504 48,508 50.767 Price of Y.C. 59591 to 59s 9d to 47831 to '4ss 91 to 60s Od —s 01 —s OQ I—s d Delivery last week 2,675 1.018 1,590 2,289 Ditto from June 1 60,764 61,052 91,487 58,612 Arrivals last week 144 585 526 779 Ditto from June 1 85,761 106,462 83,234 71,070 Price of Town .... 61s 9d.: 61's 3d 48s Od 46s od 455.624 4 sOd to 00s Od 2,251 51,672 1454 79,449 438 93 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The February sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning, there being present the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Sir James nuke, Sir F. G. Moon, Alderman Carter, Alderman James Lawrence, Sheriffs Nissen and Cave. The Recorder, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said the most serious case they would have to try was against John Lyons and several other persons, for the wilful murder of six persons at sea, and there was another charge against them of having destroyed a ship on the high seas. The only ques tion they would have to consider was whether all these pri soners were implicated in those acts. That murder had been committed there could be no doubt. There were two or three cases of manslaughter, now so frequent, and as frequently happened, the charges arose out of drunken frays at public houses. His lordship notice's several other cases chiefly of larceny, which would be brought before the Grand Jury, but said there was nothing in them to which he need direct more particular attention. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF LIBEL AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. The Rev. Thomas Richardson Birch, described as a cler gyman of the Church of England, was indicted for having unlawfully and maliciously published a defamatory libel of and concerning Mr. Felix Frederick Taylor, of Herschel House, Slough. He pleaded not guilty. The defendant was not placed in the dock, but was allowed to stand on the floor of the court. From .the statement of Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., the prose cuting counsel, it appeared that Mr. Taylor, the prosecutor, lived at Slough, and had two sons, one of whom was in such ill-health that he did not think it advisable to send him to a school. He, therefore, applied to Mr. Johnson, a clerical agent, to procure him a tutor, and by him he was intro duced to the prisoner. After a correspondence between them the defendant entered upon his duties on the sth of June, 1862, and remained there until the sth of July, 18G3. Shortly after entering Mr. Taylor's family the defendant succeeded in obtaining the appointment of chaplain to the Windsor IJuion. About the same time Mr. Taylor had reason to complain of the way in which the defendant edu cated his children,and this ultimately led to a rupture between them. Mr. Taylor then again applied to Mr. Johnson, who recommended a Mr. Lott, but the latter was acquainted with Mr. Birch, and left shortly after accepting the appointment, putting Mr. Taylor to a great deal of inconvenience. A third time Mr. Taylor applied to Mr. Johnson, who then recommended the Rev. Mr. Sharpe ; and while negotiations ware pending between him and complainant, Mr. Sharpe received an anonymous letter, dated Windsor, Oct. 15. It was to the following effect:— " Windsor, Berkshire, Oct. 15. "Rev. Sir,—For the present, in common justice to a stranger, all are quite willing and ready to believe that you do not know that you have entered into a sink of the grossest crimes and infamy and vilest disgrace, or else are going so to do. If you still keep your engagement, you will receive, and deserve it too, the contempt of all decent people who are not in the Church, and the greatest disgust of all the gentlemen•who are so ; inquire of the police of this borough, also of Eton and Slough. If likewise you can make up your mind and think it right, you can apply about these dreadful things of the house at Slough to the ministers there --viz., the Rev. Mr. Cree, the Rev. Mr. Birch, and the Rev. Mr. Sykes. " Counsellors to one whom we thinks needs counsel, " COUNSEL." Mr. Sharpe took the letter to Mr. Johnson, who communi cated with the complainant, who immediately recognised Mr. Birch's handwriting. Another letter was sent to Mr. Sharpe speaking in strong terms of the immoralities of:Mr. Taylor's household, and commenting on proceedings in the Consistorial Court in which Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were con cerned. Notwithstanding this Mr. Sharpe entered Mr. Taylor's service, and on the 25th of March Mr. Taylor re ceived a letter which he put in. Mr. Collins, who with Mr. H. Palmer appeared for the defendant, objected, and a legal argument arose, Mr. Collins stating that the letter now proposed to be put in being an answer to one addressed by the prosecutor to the defendant, he requested the recorder to look at the prose cutor's letter to the defendant. The Recorder did so, and said it was evident that Mr. Birch had had much to provoke him. Mr, F, F. Taylor was called and examined by Mr. Ser • geant Ballantine for the prosecutor. He said he had been in business as a wine merchant, but retired in 1858. He formed a connection with the lady who was now his wife. Some proceedings took place in the Divorce Court, as soon as the law would permit him he married his present wife, by whom ho had two sons. For these he required a tutor, and Mr. Birch was introduced to him. An arrangement was made, by which he was to have a furnished cottage, and £lOO a year. For some time Mr. Birch went on satisfac torily, but afterwards became remiss, and witness spoke to him on the subject. (The whole of the circumstances con nected with the engagement were gone into.) Cross-examined by Mr. Collins—He had been in partner ship as a wine merchant with his father and brother. .He had known a gentleman named Barlow, in about 1848 or 1850. He was not in partnership with him. Mr. Barlow occupied the upper part of the house in which his business was conducted. He became acquainted with his wife about the same time. He knew the husband first. At the time Mrs. Barlow had two children 10 or 12 years of age,—girls. He visited them about two years. She left her husband under his protection. He committed adultery with her while she was under her husband's roof. Subsequently he took her away from the roof of her husband and lived in adultery with her several years. The two children to whom Mr. Birch was the tutor, was the result of her adulterous intercourse. In March, 1861, Mrs. Barlow was divorced from her husband. Ho married her in March, 1862. Ho did not tell Mr. Birch that the children were illegitimate. He never told Mr. Birch that he was an " Oxford man," or that his wife was a lady of high family, the daughter of a colonel. Ho did not tell him that his wife was so virtuous that she could not associate with the people round Windsor. No ladies living in the neighbourhood visited at his house. Mr. Birch never complained that the children had stated that Mr. Taylor had used improper language with regard to a governesi residing in the house. He knew a man named Hearne at Wiudsor, but he had no dispute with him. He had leant Hearne a pony and he injured it, for which he paid £2. He had never charged Hearne with writiag the anonymous letter. By Sergeant Ballantine--It was his own wish that no acquaintances had been found by his family with the ladies about Windsor. Mr. Johnson, clerical and scholastic agent, proved the circumstances under which Mr. Birch was engaged. Mr. Sharpe brought him the anonymous letter. 1143 believed it to be in Mr. Birch's hanjwriting. The Rev. Mr. Sharpe said he received the anonymous Letter and showed it to Mr, Johnston. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Collins addressed the jury for the defence. Theverdict had not been received when we went to press. STATISTICS OF BRITISH LITERATURE. -- The number of titles for 1863 present a remarkable similarity to those of 1862—in the former year 4,291, and the past year 4,286. THE SOANIt MUSEUM, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, will be open this season on the Wednesday in each week in the months of February, March, July, and August ; and on the Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays in April, May, and June. A BRONZE STATUE OF ROSSINI, by Baron Maro chetti, has been presented to the town of Pesaro, in Italy, the composer's birthplace, by the Marquis de la Salamanca and M. do la Hante, directors of the Roman railways. ROSSINI, AIEYEEBEER, AND AUEER.—A dinner was given two days back, says the Paris Prose, at the re sidence of M. Rossini, there being present the three greatest composers of the day—the host himself, M,3leyerbeer, and M. Auber. The " Africaine" was spoken of, and the author declared that he had not yet found the female singer he had been so long in search of to suit that work. lie a dded that another opera of his, " Judith," would most, probably be brought out bolero the " Africaine." DANIEL MACLISE, R,A., is painting a picture representing the scene described by Sir Walter Scott, in " Ivanhoe," of the meeting of King Richard the First with Robin Hood and the outlaws. This will probably appear at the forthcoming Royal Academy Exhibltiwas LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day,) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) COSTS UNDER DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENTS. His Honour gave judgment on an applic a ti on f or cos t s under a deed of arrangement. The petition was presented in July, 1861, but the Court thought the demand was not "just, reasonable, and proper," and the matter was brougtt into bankruptcy, and the solicitors, Messrs. Sole and Turner, now applied for payment of their costs of preparing the deed. Hia Honour said that looking at the fact of the lapse of time before the application was made—the Court had refused to sanction the deed, and also in the absence of any provision in the last act—he did not consider that he ought to grant the application, which would therefore •be refused. RE THOMAS G. WILLIAMS.-jUDGMENT. his Honour gave judgment in this case, which has been frequently before the Court on an application for adjudica tion against Mr. WiLi lms, who was a shareholder in the Professional Life Assurance Company, and the question was whether he was liable, he being a non-trader; and it being alleged that the debt was not contracted until alter the passing of the Bankruptcy Law Consolidation Act of 1861. The claim was on calls in respect of the above company, which was formed and the deed executed in Feb., 1849, but was wound up under the Winding-up Act, but it was not until July, 1863, that an order was made by the Master of the Rolls calling upon the debtor to pay the sum of £1,921 13s sd, and there was the debt on which the petition in bankruptcy was founded. His Honour held principally on the case of Purbury, 30 Law of Chancery, 514, and quoted by Mr. C. E. Lewis, for the debtor, that the debt was con tracted at the time of the execution, and not at the time the order was made, and therefore refused to adjudizate in the case. 1281 } 136 110 70} 1031 41 1061 7} 6/ 100 1 100 1291 1 P 991 52 i 59 91} 041 i IN RE VAUGHAN. An application was made a few days since for an adjudi cation in bankruptcy against this debtor, formerly in Croy don, but now residing in France, and the only question in this case was whether the debt had been contracted since the passing of the Bankruptcy Law Consolidation Act. The ground of the claim was on calls under the Waterloo Assurance Company. In this case Mr. Roxburgh urged that the liability did not arise until after the registration of the company, which was not until after the passing of the act. Mr. Chidley appeared for the debtor, but his Honour did not consider it necessary for him to argue the point, but said that, as in the last case, he should decline to adju dicate. Mr. Chidley— Then the petition will be dismissed ? Hie Honour—No. I only decline to adjudicate. RE BRYANT. This bankrupt was a farmer at Stradbrooke, Suffolk. The accounts had been prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles, but as they had only been filed this morning an adjournment was ordered. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DAMAGING THE ACHILLES STATUE IN HYDE PARK. — Wm. Merchant, described as a porter, bf Hanover-court, Long-acre, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing two of the letters forming part of the inscription on the Achilles statue in Hyde Park. Mr. Swanson, inspector of the A division, attended to watch the case on the part of the police. From the evidence of police-constable Chick, 171 A, it appeared that about 7 o'clock the previous (Sunday) even ing he saw the prisoner on the stone work of the Achilles statue in Hyde Park. He watched the prisoner for about two minutes, and then heard a piece of metal fall—the letter M. On making towards the spot the prisoner saw him coming, and jumped down and ran off. He pursued the prisoner for about 200 yards, and on taking him back to the statue and asking him what he had been about, ho made no reply. He then took the prisoner to the station-house. Subsequently the letter A was found by a police-constable, and a jemmy which had been used in getting the letters off was this morning picked up by a workman. - . Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a felony, and remanded the pri ioner. SINGULAR CHARGE OE ROBBERY.—Charles Gooding, porter, in the employ of Messrs. Kirk and Co., lace manu facturers, of No. 2, Little Argyle-street, was charged with stealing the sum of £37 35., the property of his employers, and Win. Brannen, another lad, was charged with being concerned in the robbery. The evidence of Mr. Tom Kirk, one of the firm, showed that on Friday afternoon he gave Gooding £37 3s. to take to Mr. Dobles, of 20, Bread-street, City. He afterwards ascertained that Gooding had never been there, and ab sconded with the money. Lazarus Howes, of 95 C, proved going with Mr. Kirk yesterday to Enfield, having ascertained the prisoner Good. ing had a relative there. They met the prisoners, and on taking them into 'custody and searching them he found on Gooding £6 88 , and a new knife and two cambric handkerchiefs. Gooding said he had given Brannen some of the money, and that he slept under a haystack with a man the previous night, who had robbed him of a £lO note and £5 note, and that he had bought some new clothes for himself, and Brannen with the other. At the station Gooding said that this was not true, and that if he went to Mrs. Williams, in the Enfield-road, she would give him up the £lO and £5 note, as he had left them in her charge. On going to Mrs. Williams she said she had burnt the notes, being frightened to keep them. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoners, offering to take bail for Brannen. THAMES. DASTARDLY ASSAULT ON A LICENSED VICTUALLER.— Frederick Callender, a young man, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with assaulting and wounding Mr. Henry Pazey, the landlord of a large tavern, called the George, in the Commercial-road. Mr. Thomas Puzey, the son of the landlord, said the pri soner and a few friends were in the house on Saturday night at 12 o'clock, while it was being closed. His father re quested the prisoner and his friends to make haste, and said it was 12 o'clock, and if they did not finish their pot of porter, he should be under the necessity of taking it away from them. The beer was then drank, and the prisoner's friend turned the pot upside down to prove that all the beer was drank. His father was showing the party out when the prisoner threw the remains of a broken glass in his face. Mr. Paget—Where did he get the broken glass. Witness—l must tell you that a glass had been acci dentally broken. My father was very seriously injured. He was struck between the eyes, and thirteen or fourteen fragments of glass have been taken out of his head. He has been in bcd ever since and cannot attend the court at present. _ Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner until Friday next. WESTMINSTER. GROSS OUTRAGE UPON A TRADESMAN.—AIice Jack son, a respectably dressed woman, was brought before the magistrate charged with being drunk and grossly miscon ducting herself at the shop of Mr. Edward Jones, grocer, 87, Fulham road. Mr. Jones said that on Saturday night the defendant came to his shop and made a trifling purchase. Shortly atter this, she said that she had dropped sixpence, when, although his shop was full of customers, he directed'the floor to be swept and diligent search to be made for it. It was not however found, and complainant then told the defendant that when business was over and the shop was clear he would have a thorough search mule for the six pence, and if it were found she should have it if she called again on Monday. This did not satisfy the defendant, Who, sitting down on a chair, declared that she would remain there until she rotted, unless she got her sixpence. This created a great confusion and hindrance on a Saturday night's business, and a policeman was called; who used:his best exertions to get rid of the defendant, who was driink, and wanted Mrs. Jones to give her another sixpence, which she, of course declined to do, :a tricks of that sort were often tried upon tradespeople. Defendant went away ftr a few minutes, and upon complainant going to his shop door before he closed it, she came towards him and struck him a violent blow near the ear. He thought from the severity of the blow that she must have had some thing in her hand, for he shortly after had a swelling as large as a walnut. The constable, who saw.de fendant commit the assault, took her into custody. , Defendant denied that she was under the influence of liquor, and said that she wanted her sixpence, which she had dropped. She denied that she had struck him with anything. A policeman proved., hat defendant was drunk, and that he saw her commit the assault, The inspector also pro Ned that she was drunk. She still denied it, and a loan who saw her an hour after she was locked up said she was sober then. She was a very respectable wom an, an upholstre ss , conducting the business of a Mr. Evans. Mr. Selfe (to defendant) —Wh e ther drunk or not, y ou struck Mr. Jones a severe blow after he had done all he could to appease yoa. You are fined 5s or committed for 7 days for the assault. MR, WALKER M.P. FOR BEVERLEY has lateis announced his intention of resigning his seat. THE ACCIDENT TO LORD LAMBTON.—The youth ful Lord L a mbton, who sustained a d ou bl e fracture of the l e ft thigh by a fall in the hunting field lately, is recovering nicely. He has been confined to his room at Lambton Castle since the accident, and on Friday last the splints were removed by Mr. W. R. Shields, surgeon, who found that hi s patient hal made a mast satisfactory recovery. It is hoped that in a week or 10 days his lordship will be able to leave his room. 'TILE NEW CIRCUITS.—An arrangement has been made between the members of the " lato " Northern Circuit and the New Midland Circuit, which is to centinuc for 12 month , . The Spring Assizes have been appointed, and under the New Act of Parliament for altering the circuits, the forthcoming Northern Circuit will comprise Durham. Newcastle, Carlisle, Appleby, Lancaster, and Liverpool, and the Midland Circuit will embrace Warwick, Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, and York. 1864. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEG utAms.) (Per the Africa via Ba )che's Point.) (Per Telegraph to E r .alifax.) NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (Afternoon). The diplomatic correspondent' e has been ltaitl before the Congress. Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Adartm in October 14 st that the United States insist and ;mist continue to insist that the British Governme rat is responsible for the damages which American I :itizens sustain by the Alabama's depredations, and I dr. Seward ci.nnot instruct Mi. Adams to refrai.a from pressing the claims he has in his ands referring to Mr. Lord's rams. In September Mr. Seward writes Mr. Adams that the Navy Dept irtenent has not any vessels which can be spared frc m Charleston ade quate to resist those rams, which may be expected to attack New York, Boston, P ortland, Charleston, or New Orleans. Can the B ritish Government, says Mr. Seward, suppose that such an assault can be made with British-built, armed, and manned vessels without arousing the win ►ie American nation and rendering a retaliatory war inevitable. Th e political debates throughout the country show that the United States would now accept an unprovoked foreign war with more unanimity and cheerfulness than at any former period. The nation, after two years war, has overcome the sonse of fear, whil its temper is highly excitive. It believes there are no limits to its ultimate ability of self-defence. For the interest of both countries, I hope no blow will fall from the hands of British stateatnen, which will render peace impossible after the detention of the rams." Mr. Seward requests Mr. Adams to, inform Earl Russell that the Federal Government will here after hold itself obliged, with even more cause than heretofore, to endeavour to conduct its inter course with England, so that the civil war, when terminated, will leave to neither nation any per. manent cause for discontent. Mr. Seaward wrote to Mr. Daytu n in September last that the United States held in regard to Mexico the same principles as towards all nations. They have, he said, neither the right nor the dis• position to intervene forcibly in Mexican affairs whether to establish a Republican or dornefAic Government, or to overthrow an Imperia). or foreign Government. The United States pre.ctica in regard to Mexico is non-intervention, -whi c h they require all foreign powers to ob., serve in regard to the United States. Notwithstanding this self-restraint the United States knows well that the internal normal opinion of Mexico favours Republican Government. The United States do not deny that, in their opinion, their own safety and the destiny to which they aspire are ultimately dependent upon the con tinuance of Republican institutions throughout America. These opinions are submitted as worthy of the Emperor's consideration in determining how he would conduct and close what might prove a successful war in Mexico. If France adopted a policy in Mexico adverse to American opinions and sentiments, that policy would scatter seeds fruit ful of jealousies which might ultimately ripen into a collision between France and the United States and other American Republics. In October last, referring to an intimation of M. Drouyn de Lhnys that an early acknowledgment of the Mexican empire by the United States would be cony enient to France, Mr. Seward writes : The United States are of opinion that the permanent establishment of a monarchical government will be found neither desirable nor easy. The United States continue to regard Mexico as the theatre of a war which has not yet ended in the submission of the Government long existing there; therefore the United States are not at liberty to consider the ques• tion of recognising a government which in the fur- ,her chances of war may come into its place. The United States cannot do otherwise than leave .he destinies of Mexico in the keeping of her own people, and recognise their sovereignty and independence in whatever form they them selves shell choose that this sovereignty and inde pendence shall be manifested, In December last Mr. Seward writes to the Ame rican Minister in Mexico ::" No contingency is now anticipated in which you will be expected to address yoursalf to any other government than that to which. you are accredited." Private letters received in San Francisco assert that the Mexican General Dios attacked and cap. turgid Arizaba from the French by assault on the 18th Dec. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Jan. 21, Evening. A downward reaction has taken place in gold to. day, the price falling to 551, closing at 57. Ex change on London, 172; Paris, 3.24. There was much excitement in stocks yesterday at higher prices. To-day, however, the market closed heavy. New York Central, 1361; Illinois, 1291 ; Erie, 1081; 6 per cent U.S. Bonds, 1041. Cotton advancing. Middling Upland, 841, Flour, wheat, and corn declining. Provitions heavy. Coffee, good inquiry. Sugar advancing. Molasses steady. Petroleum inactive. Crude, 311 32. Refined, 47 48. NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (Evening). It is rumoured that Longstreet is advancing on Knoxville, reinfurced by two divisions of Lee's army. A GRATEFUL OFFERING.—A seams 's daughter (C. T.) has sent to the National Lifeboat Institution £2O, being the produce of her needlework. SHAKSPERE'S MONUMENTAL BUST IN THE CHANCEL OF STRATFORD CHURCH is known, without much difficulty, to have been executed by Gerard Johnson in London immediately after Shakspere's death in 1616, and it is probable that Johnson worked from a plaster cast of the features, which now lies in the British Museum, under the custody of Professor Owen. The cast belonged to a collection of art curiosities left by Count von Kessel stadt, who died at Mayence in 1843, and whose ancestors, for above 300 years, had been accustomed to preserve such things, and had sometimes purchased them in London. It is not at all improbable, as Mr. Friswell observes, that a German nobleman, or one of his correspondents, being in London shortly after Shakspere's death, and finding that the German sculptor had executed a bust of him, winch was praised in the contemporary verses of Ben Jenson. and Digges, would pick up the cast from which it was modelled and add it to his collection at home. The cast, it is sa'd,. agrees very well with the bust, except that in the bust the upper lip is longer, the nose shorter and thicker, and the checks aro fuller than in the cast. ; Ilere is a rumour, which will probably turn out to be well founded, that the next Gazette, or One very soon after it, will contain a notioe of the distribution. of the Kertch prize money to the Royal Navy. The flag officers' share will be something under £3,000, to be distributed as follows :—Sir E. Lyons, represented by his son Lord Lyons, now British Minister at Washington, £1,484 ; Admiral Sir •Stewart, £371; Admiral Boxer, £371 ; Admiral Grey, £371; Admiral Stopford, £371. Admiral Lyons, it will be remem bered, commanded the naval forces ; Admira Stewart was his second in command ; Admiral Grey being in charge at Constantinople, and Admiral Stopford, we believe, being at Malta. Each capt a i n will get £248; each commander, £124. The proportions d ue to each of the ten classes may be esti mated by multiplying LI 3s. 6d., the value of each share, by the numbe r o f s h ares due to each class. Better late than never. It is only eight years since Kertch fell into the hands of the Anglo-French expedition, and this celerity is quite refreshing. —Army and Navy Gazette. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—Another fatal accident has occurred at the Bletchley station, on the London and North-Western Railway, whereby one of the pointsmcn, named Henry Wenner, aged 32 years, received such frightful injuries that ho only survived a few minutes after his removal to the in firmary at Bedford. It appears the deceased was crossing the line at a point about 160 yards from the station just as a train was approaching on the up-line, and at the instant a train of empty coal-waggons came along on the down lino, and before he could step into the six-toot space between the rails ho was struck by the buffer of the en gine of the down train and knocked down. Nearly 25 of the trucks passed over his legs and arms. At the inquest held on Saturday before the borough coroner, a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned, but the jury expressed l that any sufferers should receive immediate attention en the oc casion of accidents at that place. 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