The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-08 00:00:00

Ii'ONE-Y MARKET. AND C°XIitERCILL INTELLIGENCE. la th e CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. a et. g e neral discou n t mar k e t, t o -d ay , th e trans of :are are said to be numerous, and the rates have 1 ; 4 " any alteration. Some first-class bills p. Cent months dat e h ave b een negot i ate d at 7i In tit 04 "" 448 ,000 in g o ld was t a k en i n t o th e B an k -a[u rc i a Thuf„ 3!* Itke ' 471 "8 received thi s morn i ng f rom th e _n ate 3 4etn nug districts continue to give a good t °f trade generally. At Manchester rather tlethle b usiness has been transacted in both galif and yarns; and a t L ee d s , H u ddersfi e ld, 4 0 ; 4 ; 1, and Bradford a very good demand was h ot :' erl eed du r i ng the past week for all descrip -144 ° f Woollen and other textile fabrics. The liti,W44 department s at Sh e ffi e ld an d Birming 'ave also presented symptoms of great activity. Th q Two O'CLOCK. n ghsh Sto c k M ar k et opene d t hi s morn i ng 0 1 , 4 4 °e - wed fi rmness, and soon after a few pur _ top e ; ' we re neg o ti ate d the Funds advancedi fl . t he ° being quoted . 901 it for money, and 91 g . o 4 11:i„ ee°11111. • The New Th rees an d R e duced 10,%'"e 8 are 901 °. Exchequer Bills remain l at oak at Bank Stock is buoyant at 236,, 01 - ' t ook at 216; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan at 1031 A : lid the 4 per Cent. ditto 1041. 1 4,, eeicle d firmer tone is apparent in the Foreign .th te s ' t ' and business is active. Turkish 6 per 1 i 862 , are 67 1 ; ditto Coneolides, 47 1 ; 21ei' ll o, 361 l; Spanish Passive, 321 ; Greek, C °4led e ; Itali a°, 66§- ; Portuguese, 471 ; and the Tlie rate Loan, 48 50. b nPera tions in the Railway Shar e Market ! l ieesl eell °f the most li m i te d d escr i pt i on , an d ute tit ",ve not varied to any important extent. d ke k "Nem have improved about 55.; an hVolitan, 15s. Banff lines show no variation in prices. I llatk i ; and Miscellaneous shares are in one or two 2ttc; eB t slightly enhanced rates. Imperi al l Atltio4ntealiss 18; London and Northern, 151 ; Iltilbiscount Company, 111 10 itier4optit.,llitltiliTlSß. FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. ; bii4ll t. C o : FUNDS. 9041 l t P :. V eri e J 4°t, Marche9oa 90k kip 3 ‘ ) Per . j te tineed 5 9ot f ,1 / 4 4} p e -ent . 90a i A„,„4,o.tent. Jan. 1891 - A l t li tiea 3 P i ll) 1885 - I), tO for () Yrs expire rtto , 30 3 , , .sth Jan., 1880 - kh a ,._ kited Q 8 ) expire sth April, 1885 - inte r }3i ;',ea Telegraph), Aug 1908. - ipto ' 4 ei Tel 21 & '-' per . Cent. 4 die 4 0 ) •£,500 ') @a il k, tlii n d ~ £lOO and £2OO • - • : ,A,14 cA ___""k/ 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr. 2361 4400iock-ioovtazcuENT SECURITIES bi tt Ae,:olititper Cent., April 1874..1. 216 l} itt ° o 6 Per e • • - hid Ace° -erit • July,l870 Etta 4 p ant.... . _ Ili` t t° Eli e f r Cent., Oct, 1888 lo4a itttetti Jaintp er ' ee een iP t aper 4 1 872 Cent • I)„,iti,,ttottlittoet:zirtureens.l:v May, : .. y,1879 . - - bit t s " o Loki. c , ditto'''. Ct., April 1864 - Aug., 1866 - I.cl e - ' l,O OO - die b r 41000 11444 t okt "F OREI GN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. tbitt o bit a, 5 per Cent ___, tkt.pi‘ti _ Ac e° 1859 Dir to , 183 D er Cent ... .. - _ D and 1859 ........ _ ibit t ., bi t r ,,, C erit., 1852-58-60 - ` B eri '''' 1863 ttto Area , ) l:63, x 55 pa id - _ _ N ,, tt ,, i k eeount Per Cent _ ,0 1 1 )1k i tto647oCeent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 35 t0i 44 14 1 Pei l '' .. - , 0 ti cent Cent - • - _ 1), I t 11, 1 PerP £5O pd tc, 1,1)4).4 Per Cent, "N A T t i Zr Cent. Ex. 12 Guilders 1)C 1 4 , a 2 Cent, ' lBBB - E tlit: ri:: Cent., 1825 1 .44,1 , 1 0 6, eti r Cent. 1864 t ) ii 0 t 14, 1) , , , £lO paid ti , p t • , DA ,Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. - t h 144 7 14 ° 11, 1 i t , 1, a Land Warrant - NO ateoZ cent bit 4 Per d Issue .. - t° k Q at 0 1 ! t tt.: 4. 'ee 011,,.. 1 1 , t. .., . 1824-5, ex-Coupons -- 21/ a It, ll4t ek '‘ ' ''' '' ... tletia 41 4 A ........... - • 46 'Pe ''.• - c an J Peru t e e ' it 4 3 p ' l4 (P t ' 1 10 .- A et e'• laremmana Itailwa ' - 73 i 4 ti e :lB4 l eeo lkt ent .. .. 7, ' _ , 361 i f pi tt (l n re t Z t Perie t t .. ............. Alt," 2 a. Per Cent - 1 , ,0 L e tt ,6 ..... _ i„v tto _ a.. • ........ l edr 4 ai.._ed.. • 23 b• oet e ,wa ...... o to . e, 6 Cent __ - kultto'plB63 Perlectares) Avi "erih •• • Ex. 25f - LI, i t •).- NG; - b• lt3 ePer e '') 442 8 O N .,. e t " S. 3d. paid - pm poitt s ; 41 „,,ult . • - (1, 14 .k ee tzt e• r :i• . . ..... th No e tuat *) 1 862 i t° A 3 Pe r . - ot, , cc, d. .. .............. 841 i keit,„ 01431,44% eat . , 1853 - tl Atii . ' Ae ° et ' .;4 .2 . I)i tt i o l 6 ; e ll lt . --", 'I, '9, . '6O, 62;3 -- 1)i 4 1 Pe r r ( c e117 . , ......... 14 1).4,3') Cent 1850 , . 4 St 9l O tto 6Per Cell+ 1860 - v . itto p er 0 eat, 18 59 • -- tiklt,t , 4 to 46 pereut, r er.tt, 18099, - 88b I 'ql a kol 4i e e]:lt 4....... - Dit t y A pe, Cent ........ ,I?il,Ze°ant ... 7 ........ ... .- i6t, Ago t i . t .................... kt t° illnetrQrred ...• • •• .......... ] ......................... •:-; 11 1) It ti l teo tlti ........... ........... 40 t1,14.4114t•,101,21 COUP , ........ . ...... 32a I i a , _4 ~ , ... : . `Aot funded 4% 4 4 pZ e Veht . - r i tl t67 e eutt el ' t. 18i,i - 11A ere, ... . - ,1 . 4 % , .e.„ ) :rit. uiig ..... i.Tt to 0134 - o pe uu r _ %ids Ditto kee en kl il ellt. igi• ... tlOO -t - eitt Per ii•Coctis ............... t7 4s 4 4rtit... exit , 18• 1); 4 4, . 3 ... e Leed, A . . I SZe% j 14 1. t e plat ' * . Per Cent. _ No 1.,, . :)ei• _ - ee- e t lit., 1 86 *,,• • • ),i„‘itti4ktzli, :rdsoll e. z 55 ) 1,10 p e P r e r f „ . Ce nt. t : l '°ve payable in Lond 4.1 g,oil l er 0: 43 b.t., i Ex• 10 Florins. - _ 11101.,A4-6-A4.l)lttes°,eallt,t.'. ECelr.tzifi2c2aGst e lf il 64 go A,,Per4lietehtt.P,elrB6ClenEt., E s , x . . 2 . 5 . f ---- 0,,14:1114 ..... .. / x. 25 francs - ki ko h ........ .. ~ - , 4 4 , . TWO O'CLOCK. ~ 'it ' l4 lp ett.too _,' , ..,..........::::::: :.:= 2 4 • - ----- ttk‘tit 4 1 Cott on Market-This Day. ko v r t, et„,, ~ ------•-______ 1 4 arra. tap, rt, n. Sales, probably 6,000 bales 1 1 Bl i i 9• Previously, 8,692. N II III , ti ll : Op 13 , N 1 ,4,1 1, 1 1 _ -03 t hir ETIINAL- GREEN ,-This ap , ilk . 4 0t4 , - ch has become vacant by the death of \ th e 1, The ‘ ; lbe°n, D D It • two -hol e -erroe D. is worth about £6OO t o 3 ,_ of ~ . rector was non resident during itoti , ° th e ' a is rs . ei tee "ineumbency, and when he died, „ 111. % , 1 , 0 1 „ , the Bishop of London, who is the ‘t N • year s Presented it k tt . 1 4 ~ ~ 8 slz ets. ,_ to Dr. Gibson, who for a it, l ol, lak eti ' lo ls e i larn.o lll :d the whole burden of the parish 4 4 4 ,,: 4 _ °ll o to ti,6_. parishioners bishop's nomination gave tilo l: :i lz4..4. l l e r to to ``.!'oirtinishioners, and as his lordship `lute o ! y to 4 ate, they are naturally looking of man k t h e appointment of Dr. Gibson's sue- NI 4° ‘ve better 1, 4 g ail thi la i . than the Bishop of London 11 1 oth Qa, green, and t, ~ et __ , oe s of , the utmost confidence is N N ri tht .1 4 \vial the inhabitants that in this case, t, ` l l 4t i b l it,, ki el l i „ i a, i ll th e h o he has influence, his lordship will g t place. , ,It 4 110 -`• "ED IL , t 3 lN i ttlf! l.ta atil t ' IN G ON THE CLYDE.-The k N til * Nat 4 PPear to Ol t 1 t eot t ance b ee have an abundance of ~t ‘ , 13. a 4,1 co _ma, a paddle, recently launched i ll i tt,, t4e rit li e , d •,. c artsdyke, has made a satistitc ,otti an coast eatination is understood to be the yo k lt i M th e • Ales k tt et , , ‘it e p ti • B r B . W. Denny and Brothers paddle of nearly 1,500 li t4ti l ecl - fo l r e t s k s rs. ri p r a t:3 l ,, a ,i,i4itti,l wit, ~,e Chi_ es • Gibbs and Co„ of London ,k (4) 10, eneittie a e coasting trade. She is now 1 2 4 ~, 4, 88 B of 30 0-horse power ' by Messrs. 11• 4 ' , ,,, 4p, Bet ew c, B ; IS l`Nab and Co. have launched N N. 8 • intended for 'tk :t tli tt l f .' q (, 8,11°3811 and the French trade, and ~,old.or C ar and Co., of Glasgow. Messrs Ah_ Non the gi fts e, have launched the R . ?i . t tl ti 7 t, h oe , 0 th e fli f e ' w and Belfast mail service, and d a ti, t i Otp li 4 ? 14 tl hne tta i o fle et of Messrs. Burns, of G a l li i qh, l ii ttt c; b tlrae us are -length 234 ft ,rebeereliviridathag titt, t,,,itilktt.,:tt enablue,s 70f3Otons. She ' is now . 4, ti ll 1 41. • og , 250-horse power. \I tit ( I i la e CORNWALL.--The t1 , 4i1 , 4 , i le ziv e i Ora w . ii LL.-The consump a, kri 'es - a pproaches 100,000 loads 4) 44, Y an 0 , . t . o -00 , ,, Penditure for Norway timber 11 ‘ 1 3t) Ill ed • uu° • Lar 4 4 11 1 which 1t ie ge quantities of American of 44 0,000. estimated there is an \ BEARE MARKETS,---This day, Share! Railways. 13.14.1 Bir., Vol., and Str. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork anu Bandon Cornwall 8 8i 8i 81 84 f 6 120 i 1214 7 7i Do A A gets no dig Do. B till 6p e.p been paid to B. Dublin Beltast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glagg. and 8. Western. Great Eastern, Ord, stk 37 39 16 17 95 97 106 108 49 50 45 47 71 81 Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock 1281 124 1341 134 134 (36 97 99 ' ((5 csi Do B do Gt. S. awl W. of Ire'ant, ,Great Western I Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire etc Y orkshi re London and illackwall Lon., Bright.ot S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So',th Western Man., Shet., 4a Lincoln. Itaryport and Carlisle. 1091 1101 70 72 103 104 40 42 1061 107} 102 t 51 52 Dot share 3••• 00000 Metropolitan Midland Do New . 101 102 128 k 129,1 It lid 98 100 Do Firming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares Mid best Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, .5z Dundee Nth Eastern—Berwiol , Do, G.N.E. purchabc Do Leeds 51j 52.1 25 t 6 103 1031 58 59 oot 91i Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New ... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stoci, 125 130 16 26 p 77 79 11 116 123 125 43 45 98 100 X9.1&4 Do Scot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo; Shropshire; Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun taines,Wok.,andWok Stockton Darlington Do 63 64 ni S3i 84} 642 98 100 91 101 38 39 9/ 101 0 71 8 p 165 170 51 6 t , 3 i P Do New, 186& Taff vale Do B Do C Ulster Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall. W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland—Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 87 90 170 175 22 25 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Closing Business Paid. Price. done. 491 t 131 i 651 41 51 Val 40 1071 7 103} 103 i 31 129} BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ihare 100 Sk I Railways Paid. all Atlantic it St Lawrenct Boin.,Barodait.Cent .Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New . . Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and Lane Huron 20& 10 100 1 Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 1 Do. do. July 1, 1373 Do. do. June 1, laN Clcuti a.S.Eastn. n Cape Town J.-. Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. G p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. EC do. Grand Trunk of r7anadd Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d Pref. stock ._ Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stoci - Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua. s p.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 _ Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W . of Canada Shares stock stock 100 - 100 10 stock stock stock 20 stook 50 100 Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with t opt. Do. 5i p. e. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. 0. Extension De.** Do. Fifth Extension. Itelb.Corp. 5 p. C. Buds. 51elb. & lEiobson's Bay. Do. 7p. Llortg,. Bds. Newßrunswick do Canda Class A and B. N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds , Soinde ) Do. Delhi I g i Do. Do. Ptuijaub r Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all i 100 k 100 Closing Price. 101 IC3 6 I P P 5;4 51 is 9 99 101 99 101 103 105 101 103 par 4 pi par 6 p 19 20 72 54 56 50 65 67 49 55 60 52 38 Et 26 28 20 C 4 101 103 P t 101 103 91 91 11 101 92 91 85 87 stock stock, $ iP 101 )03 96 08 V 2 96 IC4i 1031 2i 102 i 1021 58 60 3 5 82 84 101 103 102 104 -k gP 102 lul stook Do. Indus. St. j 000 197 99 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J. &Jul) 1877-84 .. 100 100 102 1004 1 Do. 6p. o. Feb. (15 Aug. 100 99 101 Do. 6p. c.Mar.Sz Sept. 100 102 104 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. IOC 90 az 905 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 —Cape G.llope, 6 p c,1873 1 0 0 1 0 6 107 I Do.Ap & Oct. 1884 100 109 111 I Do. 1894 100 109 111 jDo. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 109 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent 100 103 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cent_ 100 147 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.o. J a.&J ul), 100 101 103 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 9.,186e 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to h7C 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 991 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 10:. 1 105 Queensland (icy. 6p. c lOO S. Aus G6p.c.1878./a up lOO 108 110 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. to 6 p.c. An.&Oot.. 100 1094 1104 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 (Aillord Amalgamated — 385 395 Devon G. Cont. (Tavist ) 1 570 080 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 676 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. sa. 4d par East Caradon ...... 1.14.0 27 28 285 East Cana Brea... 3.4.0 7 75 E. WI Russul (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 5 54 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 581 9 1 1 Great South Tolgus l7s 45 5 G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston) 40 165 175 Grenville .. tiered's-Foot . 8.12 16 38 llingston Downs 4.18.0 45 5 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelact 9* 17 19 Uarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 24 14 1 d New beton l9l 80 90 —• North Downs 2l 2 25 Bassetallo4an 3.1.0 25 21 North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (St. Blaney! rovidence(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 425 435 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — Fran. (Ilunan) 18.18.9 575 625 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 S kamar Silv.& Lead Alin. 44 tin Crott 9 194 205 West. Basset (Mogan) l4 11 12 W (A radon (Liskeard) 5 54 56 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5* So 85 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 4; 50 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 I WhealLudcott . 3.0.8 11 2 Wheal MaryAnuPlen.) , 8 135 144 Wheal 3eton 584 1160 170 Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 23 25 Wheal Union 3.17 3 35 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C., Norfolk ifi per cent. pref., Great Western Orig. 4 per cent. pf., 86i '47, 112 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 4U per cent., pf., 96 London, Chatham, &c., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 921 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext.,t,B, 6 per cent., 100 LINES LEASED A] FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 96 London and Chatham, 44 per Cent., 921 Ditto, Com. Fund stock, 5 per cent., 100 FOREIGN - RAILWAYS. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20/ FOREIGN MINES. Mont. /Vireos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21 Scottish Australian, lim., St. John del Rey (lim.), 52 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (Urn.), 119124 Anglo Austrian, 6 Consolidated Bank, lint, 101 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22 Imperial Ottoman, 171 181 London and Brazilianslim.), 60 London and County, 65 London and Northern (lim.), 151 I London and South American, lim., 9i / London and South-Western (lim.), 131 London and Westminster, 74 7i Merchant Bank, lim., 11} Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 17 New South Wales, 52 Oriental Bank Corporation, 59 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, Standard of British South Africa (lim , ), Ditto, new, 35 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 10* Discount Corporation, limited, 101 East India Irrigation and Canal, 4} Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, Hudson's Bay, 17* International Financial Society, 12ifiiii Joint •stock DISCOUrit, lien., 6 5} 6e London Financial Association, lim., 251 London General Omnibus Company, 24 National Discount Company, Rm., ii National Steam Navigation, Rm., 41 Oriental Inland Steam, lint, 1 Royal Mail Steam, 80 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insuranee),;lim., HERR 1110LIQUE, besides the Trio mentioned not long ago, is occupied on a Mass. DISINFECTION OF AIR.—Dr. Richardson states that iodine, placed in a small box with a perfo rated lid, is a good means of destroying organic poison in rooms. puling the late epidemic of smallpox in London he has seen the method used with benefit. Charcoal is also used ., in th a h osp i ta ls of India, according to Dr. M urra y 1 no n, so „ , with beneficial act. It is hung in bags from the rafters, Business done THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1864. 4101 trOlitt .4 trio r rates. MARKETS—This Day MARK-LANE: The country markets hold on Saturday were very firm for wheat, and prices advanced in some instances is per quarter. Malting barley ruled firm, and the value of oats had an upward tendency. Other articles were in fair ave rage request, at full quotations. On the continent, the amount of business doing in cereals for export is by no means extensive. At New York, how ever, shipping houses continue to operate freely in wheat and flour, at further enhanced rates. The arrivals of English grain np to our market, last week, were very moderate. The imports from abroad were confined to 3,487 quarters of wheat-8,048 barley-9,859 oats-562 beans-800 peas-300 tares-4,004 linseed-2,060 oilseeds-60 sundry seeds—and 3,035 sack of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate. The condition 9f the produce was tolerably good. The trade, however, both fcr red and white qualities, was in a sluggish state; neverthe less factors were firm, and they demanded in some instances rather more money than on Monday last, but millers re stricted their purchases to immediate wants, and no quotable change took place in the currency. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was but moderate. The amount of b us i ness transac ted was by no means extensive, yet prices ru l e d fi rm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at full quo tations. The market was moderately supplied with English and foreign barley. Good and fine malting qualities sold steadily at full prices; otherwise, the barley trade was quiet on former terms. In malt a fair avail.° business was transacted, at late The supply of oats on sale was very moderate. For all qualities the trade ruled firm, and prices were in some in stances 6d per quarter higher than on Monday last. With beans tho market was well supplied. Nearly all qualities were in a fair average request, at last Monday's currency. Peas, the supply of which was moderate, moved off steadily, at late rates. Tho flour trade was rather quiet, yet previous quotations were supported. The supply of barrels on offer was small. CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASLTRB. Ifheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr —s to —8 Ditto, old 385 40s Ditto, white, 1863 Ditto, old 378 468 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 3Bs 40s Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye — Barley—Grinding .... 26s 28s Malting • 285 39s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 668 Brown Kingstown and Ware 6OB 66s Chevalier 665 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh•, Feeding lBs 228 Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 23s Cork, white .. 17s 248 Scotch, Feeding 2os 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey. ........ .. •• .. 32s 31s Maple ............... 295 3ts White 3ss 375 Boilers .... . ... . 358 37s Flour—Town -made, per 2801 b Suffolk ... .......... —.. 2Bs 305 Stockton and N0rf01k..... 27s 29s American, per barrel .... 19s 25$ ward tendency, Linseed am but canary seed is a slow 81 business is doing, at full curl rapeseed are tolerably firm, [e. In cakes a fair average Turnip,White,p.bus.lls to 14s Swede -s -s Mustard, Brown lOs 13s White, Tares, Spring....4s Od Is 6d Old per quarter --s —s Canary, per quarter 52s 62s Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —s White Foreign Red 44s 60s White &Os 64s Trefoil, new 22s 27s -encies. Carraway 22s 268 Coriander l2s 16 5 Henipseed, per qr 40s 42s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 718 Crushing Baltic - —s —s Odessa Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9los£lo 5 Foreign £9los £lO 15s Rape Cakes,p ton£s Os £6 Os Rapeseed, uew,pr qr 62s 65s TALLOW. The tallow trade continues dull, and prices have a droop ing tendency. The quotations for P.Y.C. on the spot is 41s per cwt. Town tallow is salting at 41s 6d, net Rough fat, 2s lid per Sibs. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 6. The Queen and Prince Helena walked and drove yesterday. _ _ .. Professor Hofman has had the honour of de livering two lectures on chemistry before her Majesty and the royal family. FEB. 7. The Q aeon, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold attended Divine service at Osborne this morning. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. The Prince and Princess of Wales. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, C. 8., the equerry, was out rabbit shooting in the Great Park on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales took her usual airing. In the evening thcir Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales gave a dinner party at Frog more House. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Sir. Charles Phipps, Lieutenant- General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and several officers of the Guards were among the guests, for whose amusement a party of amateur Ethiopian serenaders, composed of men belonging to the Guards, had the honour of performing in the course of the evening. Yesterday afternoon the Prince of Wales, accom panied by Sir Charles Phipps, Lientenant•General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and the lady in waiting on the Princess, visited the Chapel Royal of St. George, and attended Divine service, which com menced at half-past four. It is expected that the Prince and Princess of Wales will , leave Frogmore in the course of the week for the seaside, in order that the Princess may enjoy the benefit of the air on the coast. The favoured locality will probably be St. Leonards•on- Sea, where their Royal Highnesses will most likely remain for about a fortnight. The young Prince continues in good health. On the last day of pheasant shooting the Prince of Wales shot a large number of game in the royal preserves in the Windsor Great Park, which were afterweris, through Major-General Seymour, the deputy-ranger of Windsor Great Park, sent to the mayor and magistrates, and several other influential inhabitants of the borough. These annual presents to the inhabitants of the royal borough were esta blished several years ago by the late Prince Consort, and it is very gratifying to see that so highly appreciated a compliment is continued by his son. On Thursday the Prince of Wales hunted with Mr. Garth's foxhounds in the neighbourhood of the Virginia Water, where two foxes were killed. His Royal Highness being well up at the death carried away the brush. _ _ Viscountess Palmerston's Assembly. On Saturday night Viscountess Palmerston commenced her receptions at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. Pre viously to the evening party the noble viscount and vis countess entertained a distinguished party at dinner, the guests including—His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, the Earl and Coun tess of Cork, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl Cowper, Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn, Lord Frederick CaNendish, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, and Mr. Henry Greville. Covers were laid for 22. At half-past ten o'clock Viscountess Palmerston's saloons were thrown open for the reception of company. Among the members of the diplomatic corps present were—His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and Madame and Madlle. Musurus, his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency Baron de Cotto, his Excellency the Danish Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency Count Lavradio, his Ex cellency the Saxon Minister, his Excellency the Spanish Minister and Madame Comyn, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affairs and Baroness Biome, the Marquis and Mar chioness d'Andigne, Baron Beck Friis, M. C. Tricoupi, M. de Santos, Count Paumgarten, Count Maffei, M. and Madame Merry del Val, Count de Montmarin, M. E. Musurus, and M. Sabouroff. The general company in cluded the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Duke of St. Albans, the Duke and Duchess of Roxbnrghe, the Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana Beauclerk, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Archbishop,of Armagh and Mrs. Beresford, the Marquis of Normanby, Maria Marchioness of Ailes bury, the Earl and Countess of Erroll, the Earl of St. Germans, the Earl and Countess Fortescue, the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Charlemont, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Countess of Albemarle and Lady Augusta Kep pel, the Countess of Dysart, the Earl and Countess Fortescue, the Countess of Rothes and the Hon. George Waldegrave Leslie, the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Countess (Dow.) of Westmore land and Lady Rose Fane, Viscount Sudley, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Hood, Viscount Chelsea and Hon. Miss Cadogan, Lord Henley, M.P., Lord Abercromby, Lord William Osborne, Lord and• Lady Camoys and Hon. Misses Stonor (2), Lord Llanover, Lord Houghton, Lord Cour tenay, Lady Stanley of Alderley and Hon. Misses Stanley (2), Lady Anally and Hon. Miss White,Lord Loughborough, Lord Edward St. Maur, Lady Mary Craven and Lady Blanche Craven, Lady Bloomfield, Miss Villiers, Count Strzelecki, Baron Marochetti, the Right Hon. Sir Alex ander Cockburn (the Lord Chief Justice of England), the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P., and Lady Mary Wood, the Right Hon. Thos. M. Gibson, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, M.P., and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe. M.P., and Mrs. Lowe, the Right Hon. William Hutt, M.P., and Mrs. Hutt, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., the Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, the Right Hon. Frederick Peel, M.P., and Mrs. Peel, the Right Hon. Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour and Misses Seymour (2), the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone and Miss Gladstone, the Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M.P., Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Hon. Henry Eliot, Hon. F. Leveson Gower, M.P., Hon. F. Byng, Hon. Richard Edwardes, Hon. Robert Meade, General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust and Miss Cast, Hon, John Ashley, Hon. M. Wingfield, Hon. Thomas and Mrs. Stonor, Hon. Lionel Ashley, Hon. Harris 1 emple, Hon. William Ashley, Hon. Mr. Fortescue, M.P., Hon. Edward Stanhope, Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Pon sonby, Hon. Mrs. Henry Fitzroy and Miss Fitzroy, Hon. Mrs. J. A. Villiers, Hon. Francis and Mrs. Stoner, Hon. Henry Brand, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Brand, Hon. Jas. Stuart Wortley, Hon. Hamilton Duncan, Hon. Richard Edwardes, the Attorney-General and Lady Laura Palmer, the Solicitor-General and Lady Collier and Miss Collier, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Sir Henry and Lady Holland and Miss Holland, Sir John Shaw Lefevre and Misses Shaw Lefevre (2), Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Colonel and Mrs. Jervoiso, Colonel Francis Sey mour, C.B , Colonel Morris, C. 8., Colonel Farquharson, Major Reilly, Major Alison, Captain Eastwick, Captain Darner, M.P., and Hon. Mrs. Dawson Damer, Captain Hdrbert, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.P., Mr.. Oswald and Misses Oswald (2), Macleod of Macleod, Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Gilpin, Mr. Bruce, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Bruce, Mr. Delane [and why not? Mr. Cobden], Mr. Hayward, Mr. Calvert, Mr. West, Mr. Alderson, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Van de Weyer, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Sandford, Mr. Henry West, Mr. de Rothschild, Mr. A. Bonham Carter, Mr. C. G. Barrington, Mr. T. G. Baring, M.P., and Mrs. Baring, Mrs. M. Baring, Mr. Swinton, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Buxton, M.P., and Mrs. Buxton, Mr. Layard, M.P., Mr. George Drummond, Mr. William Harcourt, Mr. Arthur Russell, Mr. George Russell, Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. E. Her bert, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. and Mrs. H. Petre, Mrs. Lister and Miss Lister, Mr. Duff, M.P., Mr. Thynne, Mr. Wade, Mr. Thomsen Hankey, M.P., and Mrs. Hankey, Mr. Johnstone, Mrs. Gorges and Miss Gorges, Mr. Phinn, &o. The time of her Majesty's arrival at Windsor is now fixed for the 14th, but should the weather con tinue to be severe her Majesty will postpone her journey to the 20th. Soon after her Majesty's arrival at Windsor the Prince and Princess of Wales will go to Osborne, where they will remain a short time to recruit the health of the Princess. On Thursday her Royal Highness drove out in the Home Park, and on Friday her Royal Highness walked in the grounds at Frogmoro. The Prince hunted with Mr. Garth's fox-hounds on Wednesday last, and had some ex cellent sport in the neighbourhood of Virginia Water. Two foxes were killed, and the Prince, being up at the death of the first fox, brought away the brush, and the head will be preserved. On his return to Frog more, the Prince, with several other gentlemen, put up at the Bells of Owyley, and partook of alight refreshment there. On Friday the Prince was present at the Windsor Grand Military Steeplechases.—Court Journal. PRINCESS LOUISA CHARLOTTE, wife of the Landg:ave William of Hesse, and mother-in-law of the King of Denmark, is dangerously ill, and her recovery is considered doubtful. She is 74 years of age. Hie dinner Royal h p e a i t ghues the Duk e o f C am b r id ge ha d a S a turday, at Gl ouces t er H ouse, Park lane. Royal i Highnesses the D uc h ess of Cam b r id ge, T party y n on the Grand Duchess of Mocklenburg-&rolilz, and Princess Mary, and a select party dined with the Royal Duke. HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL WISEMAN, we are happy to learn, is recovering from an attack of illness from which ho has lately been suffering. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Although the supply of foreign stock on sale here to day was =very moderate, the demand was inactive, and prices ruled a shade lower than last week. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were seasonably good, and in full average condition. From Ireland, however, the supply was limited. Prime small Scots, crosses and Devons moved off steadily, but at 2d per Blbs beneath the cArrencies realised on Monday last—the top figure being 58 per Sibs; all other breeds were very dull at a similar de cline in value. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,200 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from other parts of England, 700 various breeds; from Scotland, 320 20 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 120 oxen and heifers. Although the supply of sheep was very moderate, the demand for most breeds was far from active. However, last week's quotations were well supported. The top figure for Downs was 6s per 81bs. There were very few shorn sheep on offer. They sold at is per Sibs beneath these in the wool. Tho supply of lambs was very small, The demand was inactive at from Cs to 6s 8d per 81bs. Calves were in moderate supply, and heavy request at a decline in the quotations of 6d per Sibs. Prices ranged from 4s 6d to 5s 6d per 81bs. In pigs a moderate business was doing at late rates. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. a. d. a. U. a. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Primeers-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Secondquality do. 4 2 4 4 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Prime :large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Orse. &in f • sheep 4 0 4 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second qualityslo. 4 8 5 2 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 20s to 30s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20a to 26a each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep and lambs .. 1,200 Sheep Calves 2lB Pigs .. rigs 3BO The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 2,024 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 2,142—in 1812, 821—in 1861, 514 —in 1860, 1,207—in 1859, 2,479 —in 1858, 1,016 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... .. 474 .., .. 10 .. 74 Harlingen •.• • 479 .. 67 ~ .1, 13 . • Hamburg .... .. Amsterdam.... • . • • • -- • • -- -- • - 45 80u10gne...... • • Bremen .. ^ •• ."'.... • 4 "..." • • Vigo — •• •• •. -- •• Nien Diep Antwerp . 5 2 • • .. -- .. 97 .. Ostend 5B .. 431 ~ , 32 .. 80 Calais — • • •, .—. 4 , „ 4 .. 85 Dordt ... —. •• Gluckstadt — •• --- •• - •• - • • - -- • • -- •• --- • • 33 Total .... 689 .. 962 . .. 156 .. 317 The yearly Sheep.caoszipariaonof Limbs.weeklyimports Calves. Ciaaasfs. Pigs.ollowa:— 1863 52 31 09 .. .. 1,276 347 .•.. 270 .. 693 .. ._ 1 18 86 62 1 .. ..... ..... 3 22 4 53 0 85 2 ...... _ 7 5 1860 .... 377 .. 7 00 .. 45 „. 15 1859 • 601 .. 1,660 .. • • 318 • • 1858 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Feb. 9, 1863, and this day, Monday, Feb. 8, 1864. Per 81b. to sink the offal. Feb. 9, 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep 6 4 0 Second quality do. .. 4 2 410 Prime coarse-woolled do 5 0 5 6 Prime Southdown do. Lambs .............. Large coarse calves .. 4 4 5 0 Prime small do. .... Large hogs .......... Neat small porkers 4 6 4 8 Beasts Sheep and lambs •• • • 16,870 Calves ...... 149 Pigs.. 4lO SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 10, 1 862.--Be sheep, 16,380—calves, 86—pigs, 690. FEB. 11, 1861.—Beasts, 3,626— s h eep, r 86—pigs, 410. Feb. 8, 1864. 3 Bto 4 0 42 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0 40 4 6 48 5 2 54 6 8 610 6 0 00 0 0 46 5 0 62 5 6 36 4 0 42 4 6 4,530 16,680 218 380 ;to, 4,420 ',oBo—calves, NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are moderately supplied with most de scriptions of meat. The trade generally is firm, and pre vious quotations are well supported. Primeiddlin grautthn 4 2 4 6 Per 81b. by the carcase. M s dad odscl Middling do. .. 3 10 4 0d0....... 4 8 4 10 Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Vea1..... ...... 4 4 5 2 Inferior beef .. 3 4 3 8 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Small pork ~... 4 4 4 8 Large pork .... 3 8 4 2 Lamb ........ 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. We have to report continue d firmnes s in the hop trade, both English and foreign qua lities be ing in fair average request, at fully previous quo tations. 6 12s „ The impo r t s l a st week amounted to 32 bales fro m Brem en , 115 from 13ou• logne, 10 pockets and 17 bales fro So m es tot A o nt B wer:: 7 Mid and East Keats £ 6 Os to £ 9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Kents 5 15s to 7 58 Sussex Bavarian A Be m ig er ia ica n n ------. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of pota toes conti nue on sale. The trade generally is in a sluggish state, and the quotations have a drooping tendency. The imports from th e conti nent are very small. Yorkshire Regents 65s to 80s per ton. Flukes Bss to 95s ~ Rocks Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 60s to 753 ~ Rocks .......... 458 to 55s - Kent and Essex Regents ...... 55s to 758 ~ Particulars. 1850. 1801 ( 1862. 1863. 1864. - Stock this day.— 34,832 72.005 ) 46.540 48.619 64.410 Price of Y.C. 68s6a to, , 60s 01 to 17s0d to '44s 9d to 4 sOd to —s Od —s Od —s Od —s d 00s Od Delivery last week 2,400 914 2,387 2,225 1,771 Ditto from June 1 63,164 1,965 93,874 60,817 53,446 Arrivals last week 05 415 419 77 560 Ditto from June 1 85,900 100,877 83,653 71,147 80,009 Price of Town.... 61s 9d , 60s 3d 48s 3d 46s Cd 43s Od LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day,) COURT OF ERROR. THE ALEXANDRA CASE. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SILLEM AND OTHERS. Their lordships having intimated their intention of giving judgment on the objection taken by Sir H. Cairns as to the power of the court to hear this case in error from the Ex chequer—the court was densely crowded in every part. On their lordships taking their seats, Mr. Justice Mellor proceeded to give his decision in this important case. After stating at some length his reasons his lordship was of opinion that the court had no jurisdic tion to proceed in the matter. Mr, Justice Blackburn was of the same opinion. Mr. Justice Willes differed from the decision of the two learned Judges who had just pronounced their opinion. It was his opinion that the court had full power to deal with questions submitted to it. Mr, Justice Crompton said he was of opinion that the 26th section of the Queen's Remembrancer's Act, to make rules and orders for assimilating the procedure ;in revenue cases to the procedure in common law cases did not give power to the Court of Exchequer to grant appeals in cases on the revenue side of the court, and therefore he thought the court had no jurisdiction in the matter now before it. If the Act conferred the right of appeal it would most un questionably have stated it in express terms. Mr. Justice Williams thought the court had jurisdiction in the matter, and therefore it was open to officers of the crown to take the steps they were now engaged in. Chief Justice Erle said the 26th section of the Act gave very large powers for making orders, and that being so he thought the Court of Error had power to deal with the question now submitted to them. Chief Justice Cockburn said, after he had given the best and most careful consideration to this im portant case, he was of opinion that the Coat had no jurisdiction. Tho Legislature never could have intended to hand over to the Court of Exchequer the power of deciding whether they should grant appeals, It was not conceivable that Parliament should have delegated its functions to that Court, and as far as ho was concerned there appeared to him no difficulty in the construction of the 26th section, and that further proceedings in the matter by that Court would in effect be making Parliament say that which it had not said, and do that which it had not done. He regretted the opportunity had now been lost of settling the law upon the point in that court, but whatever had been the decision of their lordships, he entertained no doubt that the matter would havo been carried to the House of Lords as the highest court of appelate jurisdiction ; and as it would now most certainly bo taken there, it would be heard fully and de cided on its merits. The motion for appeal was then dismissed. The three Jud ges, it will be seen, who were in favour of the appli cation made on the part of the Crown, were those occupying seats on the bench in the Court of Common Pleas whilst the four of a contrary opinion,; that the court had no jurisdiction were the judges in the Court of Queen's Bench. WOOL. The amount of business doing in English wool is very moderate, yet no quotable change has taken place in prices compared with our previous report. Colonial wool by pri vate contract is in limited request at late rates. The import last week was 3,707 bales from Adelaide, 548 Port Philip, and 602 bales from the Cape of Good Hope, SEEDS• Cloverseed is in steady request, and pricos have au up- CAPTAIN ACKERLEY IN COURT. Just as the Lord Chief Justice had concluded his obser vations the eccentric Captain Ackerley, displaying his two flags, viz., the Union Jack and the Red Admiralty Flag, rose up in front of the judges, and in loud voice said, With great submission I can show the Court it has jurisdiction. The act of Parliament - Chief Justice Cockburn—We never hear any body after we have decided on a case. Captain Ackerley—As Crown officer I claim precedence before everybody—(loud laughter)—and the Court must hear me. The Lord Chief Justice—The Court, I take it, has the power of deciding who it will hear. Captain Ackerley—No, it hasn't. I'm the Crown officer, and it can't stop me. (Laughter.) The Chief Justice—One of my learned brothers suggests that your proper course would be to go befcro the Admiralty Court. Captain Ackerley—Oh, I've been there, and they won't do anything. (Laughter.) Here I'm saddled with this poor devil of an Indian, who I am bound by oath to sup port, and I can't get any redress. He's got the great bear on his medal—(lcud laughter)—and his right to what I claim for him can't be disputed. (Loud laughter.) The Indian referred to here got up and made some ob stacles in the same strain as the gallant captain, but finding the court refused to hear anything further from them they both withdrew amidst the laughter of the assembly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justices Byles and a Special Jury.) UrGIISON V. WINDHAM. This was a claim brought by the plaintiff, who had been clerk to Messrs. Chappell and Co., solicitors, for extra ordinary services performed in getting up evidence in the suit of " Windham v. Windham and Giuglini." The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) COW DEEP AT NEWOATE MARKET.-LANE V. tiSYLDE. This was an action to recover a balance of account for meat entrusted to the defendant, who is a salesman of New gate-market, to sell. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Buchanan re presenting defendant. Mr. Beard called evidence to show that on the 19th of January last a large quantity of meat was sent to defend ant, and the market price was 10d and 3s 8d per stone, Defendant had only accounted for sales at 3s Bd, 3s 3d, and 3s, and there was also a difference in the weight. Mr. Buchanan called his client, who deposed that the meat in question was cow beef, and had been sold at cow beef prices. (Laughter.) Ono was a useful cow, but the other was a yellow cow. (Renewed laughter.) Ox beef was fetching 4s per stone. Cross-examined--You cannot make ox beef out of an old cow. (Great laughter.) A good cow might fetch £3 10s. but these were not good. The fore quarter does not fetch so much as the hind quarter. You would not like a rump steak cut off a stinking piece, (Roars of laughter.) I sold the moat for the best price I could got, and plaintiff ought to know better than to bring me hero. Evidence was then called to prove the weights, after which his Honour said there was a mistake somewhere, but he did not see how plaintiff had made out that it had occurred on the part of defendant, who indeed had given a straight forward account of the transaction. Verdict for defendant, with costs. We are requested to state that Mr. Anderson, of the Surrey Theatre, was unavoidably prevented from attending the meeting of the managers of the metropolitan theatres which was held at the Lord Chamberlain's Office on Friday last. THE LATE DUKE OF CLEVELAND.—It is stated that the late Duke of Cleveland has left Mr. Morgan Vane, a distant relative, residuary legatee, which is in effect a be quest to him of about half a million of money. Lord Wm. Powlett, as heir to the late Duke of Cleveland, is also stated to have given up the Powlet estates, worth, it is believed, about £25,000 a year, to his younger brother, Lord Harry Vane, M.P. for Hastings. ADVANCE IN THE PRICES OF EARTHENWARE. — The earthenware manufacturers of the Staffordshire Pot teries have advanced the prices of earthenware 5 per cent• on the net value in the foreign trade, and from 5 to 7/ per cent. in the home trade. This rise is occasioned by several recent advances in the price of coals, and by the increased value of borax end several other articles used in the manu facture. PRESERVATION OF FRUIT BY COLD.—A novel method of preserving fruit is practised in Indiana, U.S., which dispenses with the necessity for sugar, boiling, or cans, while the natural flavour is retained. Tho plan is to store the fruit in a place where the temperature can be reduced and maintained below 40 deuces Fah., and above 32 degrees Fah., the freezing point, To those accus tomed to build ice-houses this presents no formid able difficulty, and by surrounding any apartment with charcoal and sawdust, or other non-conducting substance, and v.ith the aid of ice on the one h9nd and a little ur naco heat on the other, the preventative conditions of fer mentation aro easily secured. The moisture of the atmo sphere is absorbed by the uqe of chloride of calcium. Those means and some attention to the action of light seem to be all that is necessary to preserve even the most delicately flavoured fruits in their natural state. Apples and grapes keep perfectly, and even strawberries—the most difficult of fruits to preserve in full flavour —can, it is said, be kept from season to season. CAPE MAILS.—The Union Company's Cape Royal mail steamship Briton, Captain Boxer, left Plymouth on Saturday afternoon with the month's mails, and about 50 passengers fur Ascension, the Cape, and St. llclena. Among her passengers is Mr. Solomon (Solomon and Noses), for St, Helena, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL POE DEFACING, &C., THE ACHILLES STATUE.—William Marchant, charged with defacing and stealing some of the letters forming the inscription on the Achilles Statue in Hyde-park, was again brought up. It may be remembered that the prisoner was seen by a constable named Chick, on the pedestal on the statue, and two letters were found to have been taken from the in scription. Mr, Peter Hogg, clerk of the works to the Commissioners of Works, said the value o f th e l etters was 2 s . eac h. _ _ Mr. Knox, in committing the prisoner for trial, told him that he would be indicted for defacing the statue and steal ing- the letters. Police-constable 147 D said the prisoner had been con. victed of felony. The prisoner said he would reserve his defence. Knex committed him for trial. THAMES. DISGRACEFUL RIOT AND ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.— Timothy Sullivan and Andrew Regan, Irish labourers, who are related to each other, were brought before Mr. Paget charged with being drunk and disorderly, with fighting in a public street at three o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, acid with assaulting Henry Crossley Smith, 245 K, and Nehemiah Sheering, 179 K. It appeared that the prisoners were found by Smith fighting in the Back-road, Shadwell, and they were sur rounded by a disorderly mob. Smith requested the pri soners to depart and go home. Sullivan made a blow at the constable and fell. This was repeated, when the prisoner got up a second time and hit the policeman behind the ear and kicked him. The constable seized the prisoner and they had a tremendous struggle and a good deal of up and down fighting. Regan then came up to the assistance of the man who had been his antagonist in the fight, and he seized the officer by the hair of his head. Smith and Regan then closed and fell. Sullivan then seized Smith by the collar, of his coat and tore it. A second police-constable, Sheering then came up, and was attacked by Regan, whom ho struck with his staff. Regan got away and returned with a long stick, with which he was about to strike Sheering but was prevented by a third policeman who arrested his hand. A fearful scene of riot and confusion took place, and ultimately the prisoners were secured. It was stated that Sullivan was a very disorderly fellow, who had been engaged in similar outrages, but that Regan was generally a well conducted and quiet fellow. The prisoners, in defence, said they had been to a supper on Saturday night, and got into a little bit of a row. Regan complained that he had been seriously injured by the po • lice constables. His hand was bandaged, and he had bean attended by a divisional surgeon of police at the station house. Mr. Paget said this was a most disgraceful offence, and if he was to send the case to the sessions the prisoners might be transported, or sentenced to a long term of impri sonment. He sentenced Sullivan to be imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour, and Regan to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. IRON-CLAD SHIPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln a leading article in your paper of the 3d it is said that it was the French Emperor who, during the Crimean war, determined to cover a frigate with armour plating, and so combine the invulnerability of the floating battery then used at Kinburn with all the requisites of the ocean cruiser. Permit me to send you a pamphlet I published in 1862. You will see by my correspondence therein contained with the Count do Persigny and Sir Charles Wood, the First Lord of the Admiralty, that I suggested to both in 1855 the easy practicability of combining in the same vessel the in% ul nerability and gun power of the floating battery, the speed of the rapid steamer, and the strength and fitting form for sinking by the blow or concussion as a steam ram. I warned both Sir Charles and the French Minister that the same idea might readily suggest itself to the Russians, who then would have ample time during the winter cessation of hostilities in the Baltic to extemporise three or four of such vessels at Cronstadt secretly, and then on the reappearance of the combined fleets in the spring they would rush out end effect incalculable mischief by means of their incendiary projectiles and the blow of their beaks, All of which was exactly realised by the history of the Merrimac from her construction to her fight with the Federal squadron. Tho name of the Steam Ram was given by myself, and through the powerful aid of the Times it has become now the general name to distinguish that class of vessels. Ido not mention those facts from any motives of idle vanity, but because the truth of them is very valuable to give weight and strength to the professional views and opinions I hold and am urging. From 1855 to the present moment I have been pressing for the appointment of a commission to be composed of the most distinguished men of our country as engineers, civil and military, artillery officers, ship contractors in wood and iron, sailors well versed in naval warfare, and one or two yachtsmen, these to go minutely into the question of " The Navy for the Future," The commission to be required to examine witnesses and procure evidence from every quarter whence useful information can be obtained, and then report the result. The subject of armament to be in cluded with that of form, material, and construction of the ships. If it is true that two and a half millions have been ex pended on the trial of one kind of gun, and more than double that sum upon the models of ships for actual war fare without decidedly satisfactory results in either case, the path hitherto followed by the Legislature cannot be the right one, and demands a chango.—l am, Sir, your obedi ent servant, G. H. SARTORIUS, Admiral, United Service Club, Feb. 4, 1853. A select Italian ball took place on the sth, at Salter's Hotel, for the benefit of the United Italian Band. The ball was attended by the elite of the Italians in Lon don, and was in every way a success. _ _ _ The Prince and Princess Alexandre Schatoffskoy took their departure from the Brarswick Hotel, Jermyn street, on Saturday, for Paris. _ _ The Earl and Countess de Grey received a select party at dinner on Saturday, at their residence, in Carlton Gardens. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey is, we are informed, better. During the last few days the venerable countess has gradually improved, and there is now every prospect of her ultimate recovery. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons commences his full-dress Parliamentary dinners on Saturday next, at the New Palace, Westminster. Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, having lammed from a tour in Italy, aro residing for some months in the south of France. Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner on Satur day evening at her residence, in Eaton-place, the Marquis of Bristol, Viscount Falkland, the Duchess of St. Albans. Lady Diana Beauclerk, Sir Anthony Rothschild, Mr. and Lady Dorothy Nevill, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., the Lord Chief Justice, the Right Hon. W. Milner Gibson, M.P„ Mr. Swinton, Mr. Higgins, Mr. George Russell, &c. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER.—AIas ! for the Poet's daughter ! the " golden-tressed Adelaide" of his own beautiful English song. Though sho was "cradled into Poetry," not " through wrong," but amid every benign and fanciful influence calculated to quicken genius, Adelaide Anne Procter was not one of those singers who begin to be heard precociously,—to end in pre tence. Though (as all who were intimate with her can bear witness) she was early remarkable for elegance of tasty and nn originality of Ln.i.ia which turned itself in the direction of what is arch and humorous, not until she neared woman hood did it begin to be known, beyond tho circle of her own family, that a'spirit of song of her own was within the Poet's daughter,—inherited, indeed, but not imitated ; and wondrously clear of the conceits of the time. As was said, when her lyrics were first collected (and first publicly welcomed, it is now a pleasure to think, in these columns), Adelaide Procter owned little or nothing to the style of foregoing or contemporary poet or poetess,—nothing to a Baillie, a Hemans, a Browning,—nothing to Tennyson and his scholars. Subsequent to a translation or two, executed (unless we forget) for Mrs. Jameson's works, her verses stole out anonymously in " Household Words," and were there lingered over by many who little guessed from what source they proceeded. Devoted as they we re to simple themes of pure and deep affection, or to such fancies as move in the brightest, if not the highest other, or to the expres sion of an enthusiastic, yet, withal, never arrogant, devo tional spirit (tinctured deeply with the convictions of a con vert to Roman Catholicism), it was excellent to see how un affected yet choice was their language,—how, for the most part, finished was their versification, —how, to repeat, they displayed a completeness in expres sin g their author's con ceptions, very rare among beginners, and—let the theme be ever so gentle, let the field of observation bo ever so minute, —betokening power, and I hat dignity of self-respect which is respect for the art attempted. They are calm in their total absence of exaggeration and trick of language, but in no line of them cold. Owing to those rare and excellent qualities, the effect of the collection of these gentle and womanly poems, when they were laid together before the public, was instantaneous —ono to surprise all who fail to rem ember that it is not scalp o f p lan, not " sound and fury" which ensu re the Poet his audie nce; but truth to by tso op caternl long f h ao who et co o a f ufi s h l el e a a hn r e t i cannot al n en d uh ooctuo hour, s e c neithersi e i n l e c n e t , na t ur e, truth to feeling, truth to fancy, set forth with th e utmost earnestness tfwhahlosoevsepirnrsagoissoenf,English poetesses shall live and be looked for , o h f at Ad th el c a y id h e ,, A ve nn p e ro Proctor be must berem th e e n : b ‘ e L r e e g d e a n n d d s a r n ep d ea L t y e rcsi d i . i mm ediate mine of wealth t o musicians (even as those of her father did before them) must not bo forgotten. On the private life of ono so res erve d as sho was in every point of display (let the success be over so flattorins ' ) it would be wrong to dwell. S u ffi ce i t to say, that the illness which conducted her to th e grave had been long and wasting, sub missively and cheerfully borne. Its approach (her health had been delicate from childhood) was, perhaps, accelerated by her earnest Participation in what she conceived to be works of mercy, beneficence, and duty.—sithenseuin. THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Lubb oc k, th e pees i, dent of the Ethnological Society, concluded a sh nit course of three lectures at the Royal Institution or. " The Antiquity of Man." In these lectures he entered thoroughly into the subject, commencing with pre-historic archaeology, and its division into three periods of stone, bronze, and iron. The stone implements used immediately before the introduc tion of bronze were particularly described, and the peculiarities of those found in the " shell mounds" of Denmark and en the sites of the lake habitations of Switzerland were also pointed out. In the last lecture Mr. Lubbock con trasted those stone implements used by man within the period of history with similar implements found in the " drift," and supposed to have been made and used by men who lived at the same time as the extinct animals, with the fossil bones of which the flint implements are associated. The flint implements in the " drift" bear unmistakable marks of having originally constituted a part of the stra tum in which they are embedded, as they are covered with the same kind of encrustations as the gravel among which they are found. Mr. Lubbock, therefore, considered that it is a fact, of which there can be no doubt, that those flint implements are of the same age as the stratum itself. He then compared them with the stone implements of a later age, flume rous specimens of both kinds being exhibited for illustration. Th© flint implements found in the " drift" are of a ruder construction and never polished, whereas the later stone implements are generally polished and better made. From these characteristics it was assumed that the pre-Adamites were in a more savage state and of inferior capacity. Mr. Lubbock, indeed, avowed himself to be a be liever in Mr. Darwin's theory of the origin of species, in accordance with which it is probable that the men of the " drift" period were of an inferior race. The absence of the fossil human bones among thoso of the extinct animals with which the flint implements are found prevents the confirmation of that theory by the comparison of skulls; and, un. fortunately for that hypothesis, the only two human skulls that have been discovered in the "drift," contradict each other. One, indeed, is so degraded in its intellectual developments, that some persons have doubted whether it belonged to a human being, while the other skull will bear comparison with that of many Europeans. Mr, Lubbock as signed causes for the absence of fossil human remains in the " drift," but they were not very satisfactory. The bones of men have, however, been found associated with those of extinct animals in caves, in different parts of the world; and Mr. Lubbock adduced several facts in confirmation of the opinion that man was living contemporaneously with those extinct animals. It was not stated whether the human crania of the cave-men indicated a lower degree of mental capacity. Mr. Lubbock next considered the probable age of the strata in which the flint implements occur so abundantly in the valley of the Somme; and he showed, by sec. tions of the strata, that the "drift" which formerly formed the bed of the river is now elevated so higt above the stream that it must have required many thousands of years for the water to have worn away the channel to its present level. He could not, however, express an opinion how many years Lave passed away since the men of the "drift" period, existed. The audience, who were very numerous, applauded cordially at the conclusion of the lecture. STATISTICS OF DENMARK. The income of the Danish Monarchy for the year ending March 31, 1863, was £1,841,499, to which Denmark contributed 62 per cent., Holstein 21.64, Schleswig 16.36 per cent. This income more than covered the expenditure. One half of it was pro duced by customs and indirect taxes, and about two thirds of the expenditure was for the public debt and standing army. The army cost about £466,000, the navy £212,000, The accounts of the current financial year were, before the invasion, estimated at the same rate. The Danish army on its peace footing, to ba doubled when on war footing, is fixed by law at 22,900 men ; but of late years the number has, for the sake of economy, been kept down to 12,000. The Danish navy consisted, in September, 1862, of 19 sailing vessels carrying 704 guns, and 28 steamers with 340 guns, besides a paddlewheel steam flotilla of 50 gunboats with about 100 guns. But all these steamers were not seaworthy. Th navy was at that time served by about 2,000. The population of the monarchy at the census of 1860 was in Denmark Proper, omitting the mall figures, 1,600,000 ; in Schleswig, 409,000 ; in 11011 stein, 544,000 ;in Lauenburg, 50,000. In Denmark Proper all bat 300,000 of the population is agricul l tural. The whole male population of Denmark Proper is only 793,000, and of Schleswig 204,000. Oi these it appeared by the last census that in every thousand 495 lived exclusively by agriculture, 228 by trade and commerce (but, with no coal, and, little water power on the soil, there is not much manufacture) ; 107 were day-labourers, 53 were commercial men ; 29 sailore ; 20panpers; 16 minis ters or schoolmasters; 15 pensioners ; 13 domestic servants, 11 or 12 civil servants of the State ; 9 officers in the army or navy ; 9 capitalists; 7 were devoting themselves to literature or scionec ; 5 werq nondescripts ; and one was in jail. The Case of Alleged Poisoning in Cornwall; HAYLE (Cot nwall), Saturday. lho protracted inquiry into the charge against Mr, Richard Oke Millett, a surgeon, residing at Penpol, was re sumed yesterday, for the purpose of having the result of thC, analysis of the contents of the body of the deceased. Mr. Cornish, the magistrates' clerk, read a lengthened report from Dr. Alfred S. Taylor. Dr. Taylor, in another elaborate report in reference to the probablo cause of the death of the deceased, attributed hie demise to an attack of serious apoplexy, to which he was predisposed by the chronic hydrocephalus (water on the brain) under which the deceased was labouring. Dr. Taylor further said that the symptoms, as detailed to him, the death under the circumstances as stated, and the result of the postmortem examination, were not consistent wall any form of poisoning within his knowledge. The Chairman of the Bench (the Rev. Uriah Tc addressing the accused, said—Mr. Millett, we are ext rerucly sorry that we have been obliged to keep you so long in cus. tody, but, sitting here as magistrates, we had no other alter.. native. lam now very happy in having to say, Mr. Mil., anything that you are released from this charge. lett, as the organ of the Bench, that you are releasoJ f rom all further custody; and having investigated the ca se mo s t say e are e extremely ly happyo d minutely, and, I am sure, most fairly, and with the s t r i ctest awnixthiettyhetomdatotejr busntitcel w o thathave n o we longer Mr. Millet was warmly congratulated by numerous friends, and was accompanied to his residence by a largo e conco urse of persons ; and the b an d of th H ayle Foundry mon, to which establishment he Was surgeon, met in the evening in front of his house and performed various pieces of music. Baron Lehmann has returned to the Brunswick Hotel, Je.myn-street, on big way to Vienna. MR. MACPARREN'S NEW OPERA, founded 03 Goldsmith's " She Stoops to Conquer," is advertised to come out on Thursday next. Misboding rumours state that General Garibaldi and the King of Italy, who are in perfect accord, are so confident of the spread of war in the spring that a descent on the coast of Dalmatia is already arranged, for which a celebrated English volunteer, who has before served u-Ider Gaiibaldi, has already received his commission. MR. EDWARD DICEY left London last week for Scbletmig ; and his correspondence :rora the scat of war there will, doubtless, be expected with peculiar interest in the columns of a London morring paper by those who know his graphic power and his fair and candid spirit us a writer, as shown in his little book on modem Rome, his letters from America in /I/aorta/an and the .Spectator, and his other publicatior s. Pr T ov h i e nce L s eg h is a l s at j iv u e st A p s c s s e s m ed bly a o v f ote the wh D ic a h nub p i r a o n . duces a fresh complication in the relations between the Executive end the Legislativo Powers. On the occasion of a bill for the re-orgai nisation of the gendarmery, the Assembly decreed by a simple amendment the institution of a Nationn I Guard, the command and disposal of which it con ferred on itself cc a counterpoise to tho too absolute devotedness of the regular army to the chief of the State. This is considered a flagrant outrage on the essential principlo of the separation of rowers, and a manifest encroachment on the com,ti., tutional authority of the Prince. gyp ! 0 ° , of 00 al' ode' ._„ X es po