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

"er4k. LIFEBOAT S: ERVICES.—During the lorms of the past ye ar the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution saved 41 7 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Inst.itu tion has also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in the same period on lifeboat e,tablishments, in additl on to granting £1,351 6s. oats. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its lifebc , and other means. The Committee off - the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSIST. AN,E to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy demai ids on the Institution's 125 lifeboat estab lishments. Contril iutions are received by all the London d country banked -5 ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, the Institution, : 14, John-street, Adelphi. ITER 11/..TESTY'S THEA TRE . _L Nights of P erformance —Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. FAUST. (In English.) TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. Lemmens-She rrinaton, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, : Ifarchesi, Duasek, and Sims Reeves. Conductor—Signor Arditi. Commence at Ei-4ht. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, BLANCHE DE NEVERS. Miss L. Fyne, Mr. W.. Harrison, &c. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of tin p rece dentec i magnificence, entitled HARLEQU IN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors ope nat half-past Six— :omtnence at Seven. rinHEATRE ROYAL D BUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances veil commence with the New Serio-Comic Drama , b y Edmund Falconer, entitled I. IGHT AND MORN. Principal characters , by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, nzjames, and Misses IL Leclercq, Atkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of -.4NBAD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of the World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ' • liarlequims, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons. ressrs. W A. Ba rnes an d J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Bolen° and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAL, LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Eve) ling during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with - a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Messrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, ISl'ffeland; Misses Percy, Pauline Lealercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E.. Lavenu. A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DERONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicles," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sir ; Miss M. Henrade, Miss E. Lavenu, slrs. Lee, and Miss E lsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either Or play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and twat the atto...ndants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any zratuities whatever. Box-ofEze open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. ►4IHEAT:RE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— .. Jo_ Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN Messrs. Fothern, Bucli stone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, Sac. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &e. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, Sze. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TILTS EVEXING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Know what to do. ATEW Tl {EATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE 'RANCAIS: Mr J L. Toole, At to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH: Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, nil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss IL Simms, and Mrs. 13111ington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio and his Seven Magic; Men. Messrs. J. Clark, K. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. iaidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. MISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tars EVENING, the 104th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, reader the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, sirs. Frank M.tthewA, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. Tonle, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson. Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mat:aews. THIS NYENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Bucking ham, Esq., entitled ThE SILVERLIVING: Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s•one. Mr. Montague ; Mrs. ( harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr, Charles Mathews (just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of Cu Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CIJCUMBEtt. To conclude with 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Dlr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanboroug - h. THIS EVENING, UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURY )ICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. Commence at'. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing; the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, dam be had Every Evening - of G. R. GLENIE, News AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 26s. per ton. Double.. 2ls. per ton. Top 235. „ Nuts. l9s. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.--Morning, 7n. sm,—Afternoon, 7h. 30m. To-maanow.-Morning, 7h. sGua.—Afternoon, Bh. 26m. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 1, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 44 Barometer-30.20. Wind—S.S.E. ; moderate, and very fine. U l )i SUIT, LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 1, 1861. The English Parliament has scarcely once, within the experience of this present generation, met under circumstances more imminently momentous than those now ushering in the session which is about to commence or. Thursday afternoon. What, in point of fact, are those circumstances ? They are motnen tous to the very last degree, both internally and externally—both in regard to the manner in which they affect our foreign relations and in respect to the way in which they must inevitably affect the policy of our home Government. The Parliament itself is five years old, and therefore, as parliaments save gone since the inauguration of the septennial system, it may be regarded as already liable, at any sudden turn of the wheel in counting out the lists upon a party division, it may be regarded as already liable at such a moment as that, at such a political casualty, to_provo to be what is called in House of Oonamona' slang, at such times, Moribund —in other Words just next to death's door. Buitlet, this, with—aguin, we sac, as (nomiu4ll)) septennial Parliatnents have gone upon the average within the national recollection—with a Parliament of full age, we have what is naturally by no means a numeri cally strong Government, conspicuously wea k ene d during the last year or two of its :existence I e have an Opposition stronger both i n point of num hers and in point of discipline, than any Opposition, Whig or Tory, has been for a very considerable in terval ! An Opposition that has earned an immunity ':om the customary charge directed against OpPo sitions of being systematically or even momentarily factious While such is the relative position in which the Government :Ind the Opposition stand .~, in regard to each other, the leader of the former— the Prime Minister of England—if, a man who is all but an octogenarian. The most, popular states man in England, this aged party-leader still is, as he has been, in point of fact, for several years past. But—there cannot be one instant's doubt about it, that, by the actual doings of his Govern ment, whether at home in the matter of Reform, or abroad in the matter of Diplomacy, he has done just next to nothing, or rather it should ever be said he has done just worse than nothing by wt4y of justifying his great popularity. In addition to which facts as we have just mentioned them as being—there is a good deal of significancri, we take it, in that old Greek incident about the Athenian mob getting sick to death at last of per petually hearing ARISTIDES called The Just." At such a juncture as this, with the Huse of Commons five years old, and a PrerniQx just upon eighty, and a weakened Government, and a strengthened Opposi tion—the Parliament of England is about to meet for the Session of 1864 ou Thursday next, the 4th of February, with a Grand Party Struggle for Place and Power distinctly upon the cards, and with a great European War actually already commenced. Never has a Cabinet laid itself more glaringly open to attack than Lord PALMERSTON'S Government has done during the last few months; and this not less by its sins of commission than by its long since noto rious sins of omission. The motto inscribed upon the banners of the Opposition, we may premise, those who run almost may read very readily—it be ing virtually no other than " lfiching ilalecho ; or, It Means Mischief I" A struggle for Power between the two great rival parties being imminent thus at home, down in that immemorial arena for the great political gladiators, the palace of the Imperial Legislature at Westminster—what we have before us upon the European Continent the telegrams are now telling us from hour to hour as by so many lightning flashes. War—not the mere threatenings of— but war, actual war, even now begun. A war to the passionate participation in which we have already been committed. It is, in fact, to the first fierce winding of the war trumpet upon the frontiers of Schleswig, it is to the sound of the German and the Danish drums beating the pas de charge that the curtain is now preparing to rise upon the great annual Parliamentary Spectacle down at Westminster. The events of late years have turned the atten tion of this country repeatedly towards China, and have rendered that singular and exclusive nation an object of interest. There are many qualities possessed by the Chinese which are remarkable in a nation which has had litt:e or no intercourse with the Western World; their civilisation had two cen turies ago reached a height which astonished a tra veller from Europe, while the ingenuity and patience of the people enables them to excel in many works of skill. Their system of Government, although peculiar in some ways, has nevertheless many ex cellencies, and the great body of the people are, on the whole, contented with their laws and their in stitutions. Their reluctance to admit foreigners arises rather from their self-satisfaction and unwil lingness to change the old methods, which have hitherto sufficed to maintain them, than from the fear and dislike with which the Japanese regard any Western faces. Some very interesting parti culars of the trade and commerce of China are given in an article in the current number of the Quarterly, chiefly with regard to that central portion of the Empire with which our commercial relations are principally concerned. The principal productions of China are tea, cotton, rice, , hr d silk, the western pro vinces being also rich in minerals. Coal is obtained , but not in any large quantities, seeing that little demand is made for it. It has been estimated that the consumption does not exceed the annual amount of 900,000 tons, including what is used in factories and distilleries. Great Britain, with less than one twelfth of the population of China, consumes coal in the proportion of 75 to 1, and this is not owing to difference of climate, since the Chinese are subject to violent changes of temperature, and build without chimneys or fireplaces alike in north and south. They rarely use fire, save for cooking purposes, and generally burn charcoal,contenting themselves with wearing thick clothes in winter, and trying to keep out the fresh air. This want of invention is some what surprising in so ingenious a people, and the natural result is that their coal mines have not been very extensively worked, although a great increase in the demand may be expected from the traffic of foreign steam vessels upon their great rivers. The silk trade is an important part of Chinese commerce, owing to the abundance of the native production, although its quality is greatly inferior to French and Italian silk, and consequently is not likely, at all events tinder native management, to compete dangerously with its European rivals. Still the quantities produced at a rapid rate give China a prominent positicin in respect to the silk trade, and it is satisfactoiy to find that by far the greater portion of the e4port to Europe passes into English hands, to be, in host instances, re-exported to the continent. The cotton trade has proved less satisfactory to our merchants and manufacturers. Cotton is grown in all the central provinces, more especially in Che-Kiang and Kiang-su. It is of two kinds—the white and the yellow—the latter being well-known to English housewives as an extremely strong and tough material under the name of Nankin. This, dyed blue, is the ordinary dress of the Chinese working classes. ,Each farmer grows his own cotton, which is gathered in by his family and household, carded, spun, and wove in his own homestead, and made into garments so strong, cheap, and durable, as to disincline the natives for the purchase of foreign cloth. The Chinese are a cotton consuming peopie, the majority of them being exclusively clothed with that material, and the cotton cloth expended in making this clothing is estimated at no less a value than £175,000,000 per annum. It is not sur prising that our merchants, knowing the demand for cotton, should have looked forward to finding in the newly-opened ports a profitable market, and should immediately on the conclusion of the treaty have despatched ample cargoes to China. But although for a year or two curiosity encouraged the purchase of the strange commodities, the de mand soon fell off, and in 1852, when commerce was everywhere in a flourishing condition, our ex ports to China were only valued at £1,918,244, while those to India amounted to nearly £8,000,000 ! The explanation to this contrast is found in the fact that the Chinese are a laborious and self-reliant people, entirely different from the indolent and thriftless 11indooe, and had besidee been in the habit for many centuries of depending on their own manufactures for their national clothing, which they have succeeded in rendering suitable to their wants and wishes. Consequently our exporters were competing with a nation of cotton growers, who from the cheapness of labour and the domestic system of manufactnre were able to rival the foreign wares in the cheapness and durability of their goods. It is therefore suggested that our manufacturers must offer to the Chinese a cloth as durable as their own, at a lower rate, if they hope for a profitable sale. Cotton was not cultivated in China until the 13th century, but tea, a mere important feature in their trade) was known about the fourth and introduced into general use about the ninth, and from that time it has been the universal beverage, so that a Chinaman of tolerable position shrinks from un mixed water with horror. Tea is cultivated more or less throughout China Proper, but its chief districts are in the maritime provinces and on the western hills. The most necessary qualifications for its culture are good drainage, moderate moisture, and rich sandy earth, with fair proportion of vegetable mould. These requisites are best obtained on the slopes of hills—a statement which makes us more readily appreciate the advantages offered by our Himalaya slopes for this cultivation. The tea plants produce leaves when two or three years old, and last with care some 10 or 15 years. No less than four crops can be obtained from them. The first and best is in April when the leaves are young; the second, and most plentiful, in May; the third, a smaller crop, is picked in July ; and the fourth, whose larger and coarser leaves are destined to supply the wants of the poor, is gathered in August. The native prices are some what tantalising to English purchasers. Thanks to the charges be fore it reaches the vessel, the freight charge to Eng land, the wharfage expenses, the duty, and the profit of the dealers, the English village grocer supplies his customers with a fair congou tea for three shil lings, which the Chinese dealer under similar cir cumstances is selling for three pence ! The export of tea from China to Great Britain is, as might be expected, very large. During the year 1862 it was 108,523,0001b5., 81,000,0001b5. of which were re tained for home use, and the rest re-exported to the Continent, to which the direct supply is very small, not exceeding £1,000,000 annually. Yet this large export is reckoned as but a fractional part of the Chinese consumption. It is drunk at all meals and in all places, by every rank and class, and to ensure freshness and quality is taken in small quantities, very weak, and without milk or sugar. This description does not seem very attractive to an English tea drinker; but tastes may differ in dif ferent quarters of the globe. It would certainly appear so, since the stalks and refuse are com pounded into small square cakes and despatched into Mongolia for the benefit of the wandering Tartars. It is conjectured that the amount of tea consumed in the Chinese Empire is somewhere about 1,000,000,0001b5. It holds in fact a position in China corresponding to that of rice, though the latter is the more vitally important, since the very existence of the population depends in a great mea sure upon it. The chief rice producing districts lie in the south eastern provinces, where it is not un usual for the fields adjacent to the rivers to yield five crops in two years—two good crops a year being the regular supply. To the north of the Yang-tse-kiang only one crop is obtainable, and iu the mountainous countries, where the inhabitants depend on the import of rice from the south, great privations are common. It is therefore a matter of vast importance that the supply of rice should be good, liberal, and all details connected with it re ceive the most careful attention from the Govern ment. The rice harvest is, it has been said, the most momentous riuestion with which the Emperor and his advisers have to deal. The writer of the able article we have referred to remarks that it is a great mistake to look upon China only as a country that exports tea and imports opium. Such exports and imports are comparatively unimportant. The greater part of the cultivated land is employed in the pro duction of the food necessary to supply the wants of an excessive population. Such considerations may suggest hints of profitable and useful trade to our Indian merchants, who, could they turn the vast resources of India to full account, might supply the wants of China. In examining the laws relating to the possession of the land in China it is impossible to avoid reflecting how much our Indian Empire would have gained by some such laws—how greatly Chinese industry would have been impeded had " waste lands" spread their desolate extent over fair and fertile hillside and plain. The Chinese people are unanimously represented by those who know them best as cheer ful, thrifty, and ingenious, but selfish and material istic to a degree. They are jealous of foreigners, though kind and hospitable, and deceitful in common with all other Eastern nations. They are prudent and quick-sighted as to their own interests, and shrink from a military life as unprofitable. If we can suc ceed in praying to them that it will be to their advantage to trade with us, if we can manage to supply them with the right goods at a sufficiently low price, they will no doubt be excellent customers, and in their commercial instincts we shall find the best security against outbreak or disaster. We must, however, proceed cautiously, first studying our way, and trying to ascertain something of the character and requirements of the people with whom we have to deal, for want of that knowledge has too often made us miss the right road, and has produced much bloodshed, misery, and expenditure, that might by the exercise of a little caution have been entirely avoided. Last week the adjourned inquest upon the body of MARY CAVE, aged 62 years, held at White chapel, before Mr. WALTHEW, was concluded. The unfortunate woman some three weeks ago was proceeding along Gun-street, Whiteehapel, when she slipped upon a slide which some boys had made in the road, and fell heavily to the ground, receiving severe injuries, from the effects of which she expired shortly afterwards. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from a fall, but how the said fall was caused there was not evidence to show. This may be legally a correct verdict, and in conformity with the evidence adduced before them, but no reason able doubt seems to exist of the cause of the acci dent. The police have power to prevent persons from making slides in the streets, and from other wise obstructing and endangerin g the safety of the public. They are particularly active in the case of hawkers and costermongers, but in frosty weather they have no authority over a slide ; once made, they cannot compel it to "move on," like an orange woman, nor can they take it into custody for its obduracy, and they are not provided with the necessary implements to destroy it. That office should devolve upon the parish authorities, who, at but a trifling expense, might render much public service by employing workmen to do so. Yet while we complain of the inconvenience and danger occasioned by slides, the season is short, and, as Christmas comes but once a year, it soon passes away, and so do its accompanying dangers, But we have an enemy as terrible ever with us, which we suppose from habit we seem to have become reconciled to. If an accurate list of the casualties occasioned by the reckless destributiou of orange peel over the metropolitan pavements could be ob tained, the public would be astonished at their number and severity. Many still entertain a lively recollection of the unpleasant sensation caused by an involuntary contact with the ice a few weeks ago, but then the danger was courted, as it were, and the result not to bo wondered at ; but a man does not calculate while walking along one of our public thoroughfares to be precipitated either into the kennel or a neighbouring shop window, front having trod upon a piece of orange peel thrown down by some indifferent apprentice or shopman, taking a slight lunch while on an errand. Many sensible individuals take pains to THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1864. remove these miniature torpedoes from the footway, but the multitude at large pass them heed lessly by, as in general do the official guardirms of our safety. Many petty annoyances are to be met with in every street in London, to wit, small urchins, hoops, which have an ungovernable pro pensity to run between the legs of passers by, and children's poramubulators. Although these occa sion a certain amount of inconvenience, but little danger results from them. In the case of orange peel, or elides, however, it is too often very diffe rent. It is difficult, we admit, to determine the proper remedy for this grievance; yet something, surely, ought to be done. The arm of the law is all-powerful in some respects, but it does not seem able to grapple with orange peel distributors. A constable has the power to arrest any person or persons letting off fireworks in the streets ; people are not permitted to place obstructions or offen sive substances in the thoroughfares, beggars are liable to imprisonment, and a constable has authority to convey a horse to that lucus a non lucentli, the greenyard, if it be left un attended in a crowded street. It was only the other day that a young man was fined by a police magis trate for discharging a catapult, or popgun, in the the neighbourhood of Kensington. Now, when so much care is taken to avert these dangers or, more properly, nuisances, surely something might be done to mitigate, if it be impossible to remove altogether, the danger of coming to the ground at any moment by not perceiving the trap before your feet. It would no doubt be going too far to autho rise the police to apprehend anyone dropping a piece of peel on the pavement ; and as we do not live under the rule of the celebrated HAROUN-AL RASCHID, Englishmen might very possibly object to obey an order to eat the (fending pigment as being unconstitutional. But there could be no harm done if Sir RICHARD MItYNE were to issue an order to his myrmidons to remove any pieces they might happen to meet with on their respective beats, and likewise to caution any persons they might detect in the thoughtless practice of dropping the peel of their oranges at their feet rather than throwing it into the roadcay. If this or some similar remedy were adoptd, we have little doubt that many serious accidents would be prevented. Books Raceived. Bella Donna; or the Cross Before the Name, A Romance, By Gilbert Dyce. 2 vols. Bentley. A Young Artist's Life. Huvt and Blackett. Passages in the Lite of an Old Maid. By J. C. K. Saunders, Otley and Co. The Empire in India. By Major Evans Bell. Triibner and Co. The Platform Sayings, Aneccotes, and Stories of Thomas Guthrie, D.D. Holliston and Wright. Le Correspondent. Janvier,lB6l. Ch. Douniol. General Credit and Finance Company of London, (MEETING THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held to-day. :t was stated in the report that since the period the cempaiy had been constituted the aspect, both of political and monetary affairs, had been such as to inculcate extreme caution; and the unlooked for delay in the concesion of the allied French company had caused a state of susperse with regard to important branches of internaticnal business. This concession now stood on the orders of the day of the Conseil d' Etat for final approval ; and the directors had every reason to hope that all obstacles were removed, toil that it would be granted in a few weeks. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the directors had the satisfaction d stating that the net profit of six months' working, as thown by the annexed ac counts, after deducting rebate, current expenses, and income tax, amounts to £38,1, being at the rase of nearly 18i per cent. per annum. In ascertaining this profit, all securities held by the company were valued at the market price of the day. This represented the actual rate of divisible profit. The directors did not, however, recom mend that it should be all divided. In the infancy of a company of this description, it seemed to them more prudent not to exceed a moderete rate of dividend until an ample reserve should have been accumulated cut of profits. Accordingly, they recommended the preliminary expenses, amounting to £1,853 :3s. 7d., to be written off at once ; the sum of £9,534 l le. to be carried forward to next account, and £15,750 :o be appropriated to dividend, being 3s, per share, or at the rate of a fraction above 10 per cent, per annum, free of income-tax. OCEAN MARIN '3 INSURANCE COMPANY. (MEETING THIS DAY.) Tho annual meeting of shareholders of this company took place to-day. The report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that the accounts showed that on under writing and interest account, there remained, after having paid all adjusted claims for losses, averages, and returns, and all olfice charges and expenses, to 31st December last, a Dalanco of £221,12G Os. 9d. The period having arrived at which a certain profit has been realized, the diluters recommended the payment of a bonus of lOs per share, amounting to £20,000, in addition to the usual dividend )1 . 5s per share on the paid-up capital, They therefore proposed that the sum of £30,000, part of the realized profits, be paid free of income-tax, and that the balance of £191,126 0811 be carried forward. The London Financial Association. (MEETING THIS DA Y.) o f th e preli m i nary expmses, The half-yearly Ineet ng of this association. was hold to day. The report, whi c h was a d opte d, s tated that after pro viding for the current Expenses, an d wr iting off the whole of interest at the rat e o f 7 per cent. per ann um en loans not due, there remained a clear profit of L 28, 765 I s. 7 d. Out of and carrying forward a rebate this sum the directors proposed to pay to the shareholders a dividend equal in amount to interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the accounts of capital paid up, with a bonus at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, being together 18s. per share, free of income tax, and to early forward a balance of £10,2-10 is 7d. to the next half-year. .ne in THE COLENSO COE, it should now be bor mind, has been rem ove d, pro tern., from the tempe rate zone of Doctors' C ommons to th e warmer climate of the Cape. The sceptical bi s h o p h as been tried (in his absence) before a court of colonial bishops summoned to meet at Cape Town. The accused, who demurred to the authority of the court and the validity of the whole proceedings, was repro sented, in his absen ce , b y th e V er y R e v. the Dean of Cape Town. After full hearing, th e following ch a rges were pro nounced to be disti nc tl y prove d, vie., that Dr, Colenso w as guilty of heresy on nine counts 1. ills disbelief in the Atonement ; 2. His belief in justification without any knowledge of Christ ; 3. His belief in natal regeneration; 4. His disbelief in the endlessness of future punishments ; 5, His denial that the Holy Scriptures aro the word of God ; 6. His dental of the inf•piration of the Holy Scriptures; 7. His denial that the Bible is a true history of the facts Which it professes to describe ; 8. His denial of the divinity of our Blessed Lord ; 9. Hifi depravin g , i m pugning, and bringing into disre pute the Book of Common Prayer. On this ) the Metropolitan pronounced judgment, depriving Bishop Colenso of his see, unless, on or before the 4th of March next, he shall filo a full, unconditional, and absolute retractation, in writing, of all the objectionable extracts, in London, or a like retractation by April 16, in Cape Town. As it is not likely that Dr. Colenso will file any such docu ment as the Metropolitan has prescribed, and as he utterly denies the sufficiency of the tribunal, this judgment can hardly be considered final, The colonial court declared, however, by the mouth of the Bishop of Cape Town, that they could not recognise any appeal except to his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. CONDUCks or THE AMERICAN WAR.—We have now before us General report, which gives the whole history of the Seven Days' battles bofore Richmond. It is a very plain narrative, uttered with military brevity and straightforwardness, and consisting in great part of official orders, telewratris, letters, and extracts from the reports of subordintle commanders. But no patriot whose heart throbs for the brave who have fallen, and the mourners at so many firesides, and the trials of a distracted country and a long-suffering people, can fail to see in this most exciting chapter of the history of our three years war, facts long concealed at Washington, and never disclosed by General M'Clellan's reticent lips, even for his vindication against outrageous and persistent calumnies set on foot at Washington,—facts which burn and brand into the fore heads of the Administration the proof that they failed to support our army in the field ; that they, and they alone, are responsible for a prolonged war ; that at their doors lies the blood of the tens of thousands of speechless dead who slumber at Cedar Mountain, Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chaucellorsvilto ; at Antietam, where President Lincoln was deaf to their upbraidings, but asked fur, and listened to, the negro song, " Jump Jim Crow," at Gettysburg and along the Rappalwenock,—,Neto York Woad, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR IN DENMARK, COPENHAGEN, FEB. 1. The German troops have crossed the Eider. The first cannon-shots have been exchanged. The Danes have blown up the Sorg-bridge, and have withdrawn all their war material. Advises from the army state that the troops are eager for battle and enthusiastic. The King is expected to arrive to-day. PASSAGE OF THE SCILLESWG FRONTIER. KIEL, FEB. 1, Twelve o'clock. Full confimation has been received of the passage of the Schleswig frontier by the Prussian troops. Their headquarters are transferred to Gettorf, in Schleswig. GENERAL ORDER OF FIELD-MARSHAL WRANGEL. HAMBURG, JAN. 29. Advices received here state that Field-Marshal Wrangel, accompanied by his general Staff, and Prince Albrecht of Prussia, left to-day for the North. He goes first to Nortorf, where the Aus trian headquarters is established. A general order of the Field-Marshal has been published here. It says that, as fifty years ago the Austrian and Prussian armies, when en gaged in the same struggle, wore the same badge, now, when fortune, which cannot be sufficiently praised, leads them again shoulder to shoulder into battle, they are to adopt the same symbol as of old. This consists of a white band round the left arm. Several officers have already been seen wearing this distinctive mark, and a supply of 40,000 is said to have been ordered. EFFORTS OF ENGLAND TO AVERT WAR, BERLIN, JAN. 30 (Evening). Confirmation has been received here of the state• ment that England's efforts to induce France to a mutual step have hitherto proved abortive. The Emperor Napoleon, it appears, is not disposed to commit himself by any decided expression of opinion in favour of the London Treaty, and his Ambassadors here and in Vienna have seem ingly received directions to offer feeble support to the proposition for six weeks' delay—such as, in fact, amounts to offering none at all. England, however, is said to be pursuing her en deavours to engage Russia and Sweden at any rate, failing France, to more decided support of the in tegrity of Denmark, accompanying, as on 6 of the Berlin papers observes, "her recommendations with general warnings and vague threats." ORDER FOR THE ACCELERATED AS SEMBLY OF THE RIGSRAAD, COPENHAGEN, FEB. 1. A provisional law was publisheci this morning, enabling the accelerated assembly of the Rigsraad. A Royal Patent was issued at the same time, ordering the elections to the Rigsraad. The postal and telegraphic communication with Germany is broken off. King Christian, accompaniee. by Bishop Monrad, the President of the Council, left to join the army at midnight. Large crowds assembled at the rail way station. His Majesty was continuously and enthusiastically cheered. The Government has placed a steamer at the dis posal of the Prussian and Austrian ambassadors, by which they left last evening. Owing to the decided refusal of the Danish Com mander-in-Chief to evacuate Schleswig, intelligence of the outbreak of hostilities is hourly expected. News has been already received that the Austro- Prussian army is to be drawn up in battle order within three days. Blight frost prevails. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 1. The provisional law for the convocation of the Rigsraad contains the following passage : " As circumstances may perhaps render an earlier assembly of the Rigsraad necessary than is provided for by the electoral law, the elections to the Folksthiug are to take place upon the sth March, and to the Landsthing upon the 29th March next. RENDSBURG, JAN. 31 (Evening). The Austrian Lieutenant-Field-Marshal Von Gablenz arrivea here by this evening's train. The Kronenwerk is still occupied by 25 Danish foot and 25 cavalry. ENTRY OF THE PRUSSIAN AND AUSTRIAN ARMY INTO SCHLESWIG. KIEL, FEB. 1, 9.50 A.M. At midnight the general alarm was beaten, and the army, immediately marched. All had left by this morning. It is rumoured that a collision took place pester- day. The Prussians advanced to-day as far as Gettorf, in Schleswig. KIEL, Jan. 26. The address of the Schleswig-HoNtein Associa- tion at Kiel to the Federal Commissioners in Hol stein, in reference to the re - establishment of the . Holstein Contingent to the Federal army, runs as follows :—" Since the year 1852 the Danish Govern ment has illegally compelled the Holstein troops to perform garrison duty without the country, while, on the other hand, the country of Holstein has been occupied by Danish troops. This state of things continued until the very moment of the Federal execution. In consequence of this the Holstein troops, in spite of the suspension of sovereign rights, are now serving in the ranks of the Danish army, and the Holstein contingent, which in con cert with Lauenbug, according to the Constitn- lion of the Federal Diet,' should be placed at its disposition, has no existence whatever. It is an unbearable thought for the inhabitants of the Duchy of Holstein that her sons should fail her in the not unlikely case of a Federal war. This is not only opposed to the honour of our coun try, but also to the rightful claims which Ger many has on our country. It is the rightful condi tion of us the undersigned that, since Denmark has, practically at least, refused to dismiss the Holstein troops to their homes, the high Federal Commis sioners are equally entitled in the interests of the country now under their jurisdiction immediately to take in hand the reorganisation of the Holstein con tingent. We can with certainty assert that the whole country joins in our wish, and we therefore believe we may reckon upon the granting of our respectful request that the necessary steps for the reorganisation of the Holstein contingent to the army of the Confederation be at once taken by a high Federal Commission." THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, JAN, 31. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Magdalena has arrived here from the Brazils, and will leave for Southampton at 9 a.m. to-day with 55 passengers, specie £12,221, 1,114 rolls of tobacco, 459 bales of cotton, 593 bags of coffee, 79 packages crystals, and 217 packages of sundries. The Magdalena met the Oneida at St. Vincent with the outward mail of the 9th January. FRANCE. The Moniteur says :—" Several foreign journals have announced that the Bank of France was nego tiating with the Bank of Vienna a loan of 50 mil lions of specie on a deposit of Routes. This state ment is entirely false; the Bank of France has not engaged in or authorised any negotiation of the kind." The Brussels journals state that Baron Beyens, first secretary of the Belgian Legation, has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary for Belgium at Paris. The Ocean of Brest says :—" The screw steamer Allier has arrived here from the Gulf of Mexico, having on board 567 passengers, military and civil. She quitted Vera Cruz on the 10th December, leaving there the French vessels Dryade, Bellone, Magellan, and Finistere. From Vera Cruz she went to Havanah, where she remained from the 15:h to the 17th Dec. She afterwards stayed at Fort do France (Martinique), from Dec. 25 to Jan. 2. Free pratique was accorded to this vessel in our port at once. Some military prisoners have been landed here and placed in a house of detention." The Vigie of Cherbourg says :—" The almost im mediate return to France from Mexico of the Marine Infantry which, since the commencement of the campaign, have constantly given proofs of a courage and a devotedness above all praise, is said to have been decided on. It may be remembered that after a very severe service in the Berra caliente, the Marine Infantry, under the command of Colonel Hennique, recently promoted to the rank of General of Brigade, was sent to Tampico, where it suffered severely from yellow fever. If we are rightly informed, these troops are already on their passage home." BOURSE, Jan. 30.—The market has been buoyant, and a fair amount of business done at an advance. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 60c. Mobilier has improved to 1,0271 r. 50c. Railway Shares firm, with an improvement on some of the lines. The market again receded towards the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents .. 95 20 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 -40 Credit Mobilier 1020 Do. end month 1020 Bank Shares 3272 50 Credit Fancier 1228 75 Roman - RA ILI Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lon , bard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Italian Loan 6B 45 Do. end month — New ditto — Do. end month — Rusaian Austrian .. — Spanish Threes 50 75 Home Debt .. 49 Deferred PAYE. Cash. Account. 990 •-• .. 990 - 950 - .. 950 - 935 - .. 935 - 655 - .. 652 56 513 75 .. - - 481 25 .. - - 382 50 .. 376 25 388 75 4 . 390 - 518 75 .. 516 25 488 75 .. 487 50 572 50 .. 572 50 300 - .. 300 - ITALY. The Ost-Dezasche Post publishes the following, under date of Trieste, 26th January : "It is an important fact that the Italian Steam Navigation Company has received orders from the Government at Turin to increase the number of its vessels which run between Ancona and Trieste. This step is by no means called for by the necessi ties of traffic, as every one here is aware that it is by no means extensive. Material of war is also being collected at Ancona, where there are, more over, more troops than necessary to defend the fortress in case of war. We are not aware from what side Piedmont fears an !Attack." ST. JAMES TliEATia, SILVER LININ G. IIent three 501 On Saturday evening a very exce ie ea drama (taken from the French), by Mr' Leicester Buckingham, was produced at this theatre .13+ undoubted success 4. Although the leading: .',.. dents have been borrowed from our friends 0 0. t , '': o other side of the channel, a great portion u. l . I . l ' it , drama has been rewritten, and that in pec ;i t . ; graceful and telling manner. The d,rawarreveh notice is entitled "The Silver Lining, ' it if we prototype beiug La Vie es Rose, mistake not, by Paul de Kock, jun.. a nd a .„ h t be there are some points to which objection calbteelly taken, yet the piece must be regarded as " e loo t good literary production. The interest of CD " ..,0 is well maintained, the characters aret,ing" j few exceptions, natural,. and the ac. plc` all parties unexceptionable. In brief _C.oeerivrilie, Writtelt,bovo is as follows :—A certain .Arthur I"._eorhe a cynic, a disbeliever of good in anything. ilovivg, point of marriage with Helen Maltravers. ncertiio actions and expressions of Arthur, trusting, and affectionate girl, but from mot f l ef elenL' hese os has some dark foreboding of the future. %toot communicates to her daughter, but tha, i 0 16 prejudice of her lover. Two lig and trusting girl refuses to believe aulthl.l4..esia. and sincere friends, a Mrs. Dorringtoo ansitiougt Fairleigh arrive upon the scene, an d , Ar therf Frank will hear nothing against his 1'603.01503 di' he candidly admits that he does not go w' t he de' many of his opinions, but at the same ti l l: . gre" Glares that his goodness is u nimpra nhsb m ill O a Dorrington, who is, by the bye, a eliar;ber CIO bewitching widow, sees further.than eltresgeca mother, daughter, or friend, and hf it s iet ,idde ° ht.heartedd, lionit compels Arthur to discover some: a f . 0 baf f le secret by means of the singing of 0 c ertl . o o. 111 e to which it is known he has a great objeetclieto 101 l widow comes to the conclusion that a Pre.oss bat affair is the true cause of Arthur's 0000100.10 as nothing further can be discovered, th s to e l ; of Arthur and Helen takes place, and °P 4 elar, ing of the second act we find 18 monthSha'berpitim' The marriage has not been productive ° I boo 0 11 , 0 Arthur's cynicism has increased, and big eif% the form of a morbid suspicion n f i s DO faithfulness. The cause of his cyni nis° oo, is „ a clear to us by the revelation of P b on e 'i his early life. He had been deceived to be 0 . , whom he had trusted and a girlieloo the regarded as his future wife • di - s pec° d amiable Frank Fairleigh, and eo n itr - o - sts; - , ll e and goes unwillingly virtue of his mother-in`--law, Mrs. b i l Cl ', - 01 0 8 : in the end comes to an open rupture "diplocall'si mission. In the third act we find Ile end eoscliii, demoralised by the cynical teachiegs l ife a fdl e of her husband—embarked in gl. gi ddi ass die, alone to Paris on 1 30 cO el pation. Frank Fairleigh, too, sets OP see i n t() 00 but after a few abortive efforts lie r eisP Dorri l Ll more happy and natural mood. g rs h ' b e rs lP t i e r preserves her good intentions, thnug- in be r t lf spirits lead her to aid and abet 1 1°1° e ota le i e de perste race after happiness. Arth ur A ' m od" 0 4 softened, returns from Paris anexpeete'lle prod(100 that his former teaching and exacuPle ha ve is , c1 ,.1i. the most bitter fruit. His wife ' le i. % 00' 1 0 against him, and w h e n he asserts u z bee p I ll bo r, after all his tender appeals lin ce o rsel fl ,, WC in vain, Helen attempts to poisos or, a l de ed fortunately, her husband prevents roo tll d od , a last resource to awaken her aPP s h ild li J ; r iir ment grief that ensues, affection, he tells her that her infant th e th e n 'oll° This touches the mother's heart, an' o vat e "cif h e makes 11° 1 , Se ° o r change that has come over his own sP iri tha t Il i :, re' wards tells her the child lives, an d de ge t ioe' nouncement of its death was 013 1 9 n ot sp e- rt pie medy to open ohce again her ded the 0100 Universal happiness is produced. A n 00 0 4 ' rio descends. The acting of the draw n ' c 0118 01 14,0 already stated, was of first-rate '', tii a dtr i i i s ipli author having suited everybedi with 00. : 0 011 characters. Airs. Charles MatliesVg.„,ooo/011. never been seen in a part of such tregl'illohstlisblf the thrilling and pathetic manner into sir be Sa o ro ll/1 dered many of tne puiut. p roved her tie ha t/1 o or accomplished in the serious as la t g 014 0° O il ' branch of the profession. Alrs., _'' _ t o t oe tamed the part of Mrs. Dorrl" fil et ii 0 immense success. She was, in c o tte fe a r;°' life and soul of the piece; and g ifs° ,l fs' ciP rd Dora, acted with great archness sa tli o tli ec o The inimitable Mr. Charles MatheWS ° be 01 0 00 the genial part of Frank Fairleigb. ° to o d ajo rie do ; and Mr. F. Robinson, although 11 . ;ha t 00' wanting in those little peculiaritief oiat'olli guish , the well-bred and Well ,o dl , gave a very excellent embodiment ni te 'r, ~, rlie and to some extent disagreeable, cbsea.bolo"' th e . k it o All the principal artistes were oa l ,p , I AS x curtain, and the same complimient 'a' . mounting 0 the author of the piece. a p eo n t OVi e ' I ° The utmost taste has been best ou t .. cannot fail to be pre-eminently 'atti ii iir ' t pa The house was crowded in evert P the rising ( ::f the ciatai,the play, and so exec.io, oetato rellA ..3 /1 ! ASTLEY'S VOA* ~..,,docfr-, " original romantic drama" _.„------- , re i 0 ". The enterprising lessee of this thea t re piglatr. 4 , 11 1 ; os Salu rd "o A 1° 1 ;10 1 :4 " Might of. Right, or the Soul of 1100°11r. o d ill i ~ 114 acts, from the pen of Mr. John ENVOI/13'0;00r 64 1 . 1 . ' i s 1 / e ,i,/ the plot is as follows. Paul Deveril, :Clit d) ell ° i ii l ilv t1; 0 1 1 navy, succeeds in rescuing Alice 0 , - - .:1 3 0 ~- e r i tei ll ' o or i drowned, but in this gallant eltlllalo fro l ° : o f Ol e , which result in a fever and preve o h 7 e - p reot lf , - :voy er 'lgil' g acquaintance, which, in romance, ill /'.,;ssioof ', it lot 0 0 agreeable of relations. The te'lldatig,edalitilci; olci,v-0 taken possession of his soul, and he / c) r . c orset "%tY;:o11 the object of his affections. The Ohl° (; :, n - tt, as 61° k lic , -1 more bright and intense on that:cA):,-;iiati°ll. {ea t ittr,'4 01/ Alice would be , a creaturo 'of t tu .- d the gai t - 10 the other hand, has a vivid recollecti°ll; 4 8 11 0- j . , 0/ 0 1 •fine face, and manly proportions of. L . / 0 th ro: o n o ' i ~ s, " her return to England she had ~( I )ci e n g' s 6 , „P A , / society of Ralph Deveril, of the ' -- l ii seeoc r ot , brother of, and a similar personage t°..;"ipot°',:eir of. of Paul, 'who had rescued her Iron' 5 to Or' o st lir ef affection and esteem were the r esult , ll u d t so y s ; pi tof d ot ment of love for Paul held undivide iler, lol l womanly heart. In the house Claypole (Mr. Matthews), Alice eArvYabie 00 411' ef h er . 7 ,„ the ..: 1 0 :11 Wycherlie (Miss •Desborougll), 4 I° .th - 0 1' De `S C VD ° plished young Ittdy, who is in 1 0° 11l o g lat i l ;10; 0 0 Ralph Deveril. For this interesting Y° 0 0 0 0 r 4l loughby Raikes (Mr. Frazer) eritert'a'sf 0 0 0 ?.., itiget passion, unregulated by any seiltiineut.° bi , te ig!t p t,ltroo l and which he is deterrained t° g r/itl Y isits t11 .4 , 0 $ right. The naval after, Pad peyeriol;rot p o_l+ - 0 4 ii i 1: 10, the residence of Claypole, which is th e bappetis 7 1 , I to o+ which all the characters radiate. il e .„,,,o0 tlO i l ci. ° t ° night adventure on the part of Sir v , „:, of t bs . c ove which he misinterprets to the disadv°lo lisfo/A..14A 00 Clara, and a duel takes place, in whieb crie d v; p l)9 supposed to be mortally woundeilf al 0e tell`` OP ' d r aroused inmates of the mansion as de 4 ; v iols „ or ! it Reuben, a gipsey, and by many i n g oy Sti i 'L i olsl' frustrates the evil designs of Si Willoutgo ... mo d w_ %DO up misconceptions, does ample justiceholl: to ta j, e . J .ii io and brings punishment and disgrace holy 91vipe 1 70 4 lie and Alice are of course united in to C i . lf' same happy result occurs with r espec • 100 / de e , o , l a v: ve ver, o 'i c ; f o if r et , 4 two., , twin brother. Deveril, and Reuben the Gipsy. la 11 / is l ito 00133,0 i ' ' ,o f . wholewho woolitgernhtooteflytherepprieecseento ,x.s doer ert,, jja. Loraine, who satiation of character Mr. Loraine curliw,orougn " - die 4 l 0 9 satility of dramatic power. Miss Des" did it e toj i Clifford had n ot much to do, but tbel‘ 0,4110 ii _ A p a r. ~..,,, e ll , / Mr. F. Matthews was tairthiul, to , ' tisfotwv,o two,/ very entertaining, and gave universal os aeto , of ooe The scenes, by Messrs. dames ail d the sayP O r ' to artistic per formances. Nothing i° sv itll ~,,ia painting could be more effective. to'retVr c ill 'J ri° '['be whole of the principal actorstr b c' efore tO t e vir t ti F. smith, the lessee, had to al)1 1° , _ ve d Iwo° jell?, acknowledge the great applause besto:______.- .0 41C.60 1.4.---- - - - I — - P. - e -d garat°lll f 1 4'31 / EXETER ~...ALL. --'2110 ~.tiCr ~, ilw to 0 0 , 00 repeat their performance of the c r , i' o b. B_ m y, 1 4 . o r, and " Stabat Mater," on Monday n ;•, ,:oj a,, 1‘ . .1 0 : ta i LCHIMCIIB- Sherrington, Mrs. Sidney t ' eui .O:Ot9P ter. es fp Baxter, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Di 13 Mn. ARTHUR SICETCIILVE _.,, ,iicteritil )some e. Santley, principal vocalists. _,,., fortheotO ilotfo/i°it tainment will have th© advantagr°'jattieW ;oiria 0° The principal artist engaged is .11-1-c•f;ist o f a t ie l y e is understood that the picture val 01' it is IP is l'„ norama, in six tableaux. ...,,,0 PS' ~iCilf. ir THE DISTRESS IN LANCAS:: .. ohe t roi lit ,erd 0 0 . to know, begun to increase again 3 : J7OO torre6;01010` ..j, first week of January there war e oud WO U r j !... 1 90 0 iu the previous week, iu the se.c If ceu 5, d2o in the first week, and la the third the second. SPOR DING IN TELLIGENCE BETTING AT MAN6HESTER-SATURDAY. There was a fair attendance of members at the Subscrip tion Rooms this day ; but, beyond several heavy invest ments on Coastguard and Horse Marine for the Derby, the business transacted was not extensive.—For the Two Thousand Guineas 5 to 1 was offered on the field, but not a bet came under our notice ; and, although there were a few inquiries respecting Accident for the ChestEr Cup, his price did not transpire, but 100 to 6 was the highest offer on the field. None of the other Spring Handicaps were mentioned ; and with the exception of betting on the Derby and Guineas, speculation is at present very limited in this market. Closing prices : MESTER CUP.. 100 to 6on the field (offered) TWO THOUSAND. stolon the field (offered) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 14 to 1 agst Paris (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Coast Guard (taken freely) 16 to 1 agst Forager (offered) 16 to 1 agst Blair Athol offered, take 18) .1000 to 35 agst Coup d'Etat (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Birch Broom (taken) 40 to 1 agst Idler (nominal) 1000 to 15 agst Horse Marine (taken freely) THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 16 to 1 agst Mr. H. Haywood's nomination (taken) 20 to 1 aget Mr. Blackstone's nomination (offered) 30 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Jardine's nomination (offered) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Lloyd's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Spinks' nomination (offered) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bell Irving's nomination (taken) The Forthcoming University Boat Race. As the time for this great aquatic festival approaches it will be interesting for our readers to be made acquainted with the doings both at Oxford and Cambridge. The last. named University having been defeated last year became as a matter of course the challengers for the contest in 1864, which challenge Oxford promptly accepted, and active pre parations are going on to get the crews together. Since 1829, when Oxford won at Henley, there have been 20 races, each University having won 10, and as the race in the pre sent year will be the odd one in the majority, the contest will be watched with, if possible, increased interest. The Oxonians seem of late years to have had the start in get ting their crew together, and Mr. C. H. Carr, of Wadham College, and who is the new president of the Oxford Uni versity Boat Club, has already got together a crew, and steered them down to Iffley several times. The names, as the Oxford crew is at present constituted, are as follow : Bow. H. Shepherd, Brasenose No. 2. J. S. Warnam, Balliol No. 3. W. B. Jacobson, Christ Church No. 4. A. E. Seymour, University No. 5. J. C. Parson, Trinity No. 6. M. Brown, Trinity No. 7. F. P. Beechcroft, Exeter. Stroke. D. Pocklington, Brasenose, Of this eight the bow and No. 3 rowed last year, and the absence of Mr. Hoare, the magnificent " three year old" stroke, will be sorely missed. However, he cannot be per petual stroke, and the University and his place will be well filled by Mr, Pocklington. • Salter, of Oxford, has already received orders for the new boat. The Cambridge crew went out on Thursday for the first time, Mr Hawkshaw, of Trinity (bow last year), coaching them up, the crew being as follow : Bow. Piggott, Corpus No. 2. Cooe, St. John's No. 3. Stephenson, Trinity Hall No. 4. Hawkins, St, John's No. 5. Marsden, St. John's No. 6. Borthwick, Trinity No. 7. Beebae, bt. John's Stroke. Kinglake, Trinity. Of this crew only Mr. Kinglake was in the racing crew last year, and with No. 6 and No. 4 will certainly be in this year's eight. The others are not positively fixed on. Cam bridge has lost one of her best men in Mr. Vaurenseker, of Emmanuel ; and it is a very general report that Mr. Mars den, of St. John's, has had a veto put on his rowing by his father, but it is hoped the ban will be removed. With re gard to the boat, Nat Taylor was hourly expected at the time this report was written (Friday evening), and he will build the Cambridge vessel. The race will probably take place on Saturday, the 19th of March. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK. — To - day — Entomological, at 7; Architects, at 8 ; Royal Institution, at 2, general monthly meeting. Tuesday—Anthropological, at 8, " Upper Jaw of a Green lander," Professor Carus and Mr. Blake, and "Anthropo logical Disiderata,' Mr. Reddie ; Photographic, at 8, anniversary; Engineers, at 8, discussion upon Mt'. Redman's "East Coast between the Thames and the Wash ; Royal Institution, at 3, " Experimental Optics," Professor Tyndall. Wednesday—Soc;ety of Arts, at 8, "Instantaneous Engraving upon Metal," M. Vial; Geo logical, at 8, "Permian Rocks of N.W. of England, and their Extension into Scotland," Sir R. I. Murchison and Professor Harkness, and "Flint Implements and Fossil Mammalia," Mr. Wyatt; Society of Literature at 8 / 9 "New Trilingual Phoenician Inscription," Mr. Deutch. Thursday—Royal Academy, at 8, "Architecture," Pro fessor Smirk° ; Antiquaries, at 8, election of fellows ; Chemical, at 8, " On Mordenite," Dr. How ; Linnean, at 8, "Reproductive Organs in the Primulaceos," Mr. Scott, and "Anatomy of Rotatoria," Dr. Moxon ; Royal, at 81; Royal Institution, at 3, "Experimental Optics," Professor Tyndall. Friday—Arcbr)logical Institute, at 4; Royal Institution, at 8, 'The Science of History," Mr, Froude. Saturday—Royal Institution, at Mr, Lubbock,—Athentemin, 3 " Antiquity of Mau," , I, l l d )1,