The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a molerate inquir3 for discount accom modation this morning, and the market is slightly easier. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £974,000, and the exports £623,500. The continental exchanges yesterday afternoon Were generally rather higher. A further instalment of £4 has to be paid on the shares of the Italian Irrigation Cinal Company by the 16th February. Two O'CLOCK. There has been no alteration to-day in the Mar ket for the English Funds, Consols having re mained at 921 g for money and the account. Specu lators are now looking forward to the settlement, and the dealings for transfer being limited, a very quiet tone is manifested. The New Three per Cents. and the Redu ced are 922 a ; ExchEquer Bills are heavy, at ss. dis. to is. dis. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan retrains at 108 I. In the Foreign department Greek Bonds have been particularly buoyant, dealings having taken place at 184 the closing prices being 181 ; while the Coupons have improved to 73 4 ; Mexican Stock is 321; New Grenada 2 per Cents. are 29 ; do. " ex all," 13 3 _ i; Peruvian New Lon is 869 87 ; Portuguese do., 47 ; and VenEzuelan, 61 4 ; Egyptian are supported at 961 97; second issue, 963 1 3 ,-; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, have improved to 7l ; do., 1862, 673 ; and the '..;onsolides, to 411 s In the Railway Share Market there has been rather more animation, and prices, in several in stances, have tended upwards. London and Black wall, North Western, Metropolitan, and North Eastern (Berwick), advanced 55.; South Western, 10s.; and South Eastern, £1 to £1 ss. ; Bristol and Exeter, however, declined 12 ; and London and Brighton, 10s. to 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were Without mast ial alteration in values. Joint 'Stock Bank and Miscellaneocs Shares were dull, but, in one or two instances, exhibited a slight improvement. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per Cent. Annuities annuities, 30 yrs, expire Rh Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15 3.16 India Stock D.tto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct,, 1863 113 Ditto ditto April, 1664 99i D,, bonds E. 1,000 Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Feb. 5 92 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 4 5 1 dis Ditto £500 Ditto Small 2 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING YRICES, Egpptian 7 pet Cent 97 61 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ,ns.. 18a / H 1 Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent ,iiti,, Account New Granada 2 per Cent .. 29 Ditto Land Warr ants . • 6 1 i i Ditto ex over-due C ou p s . & Hectares i3l 1 Ditto Deferred P,ruvien 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 pet Cent — Ditto Account. B6i 7 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent.,1856, '7, '9, and '6O 461 Ditto 1862.. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per lent. 1862 Spanieh 3 per Cent Ditto Passive 26 1 i Spanish,Cert. of Coup not f un d e d Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .._.. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1Bu 2 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 65 Italian, 0 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25t Ditto Accounl. . 69i TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account AMERICA. LONDONDERRY, JAN. 30. The Canadian screw steamer Nuva Scotian, from Portland on the 17th inst., has arrived here. She brings 14,000 dols. in specie. NE W YORK, JAN. 17 (Evening). General Longstreet is said to have taken 13 brigades from Virginia into Tennessee, and to be preparing to attack Rosecrans immediately. The Confederates have captu►ed and destroyed five Federal steamers laden with stores, and one gunboat, up the Cumberland River. The National intelligencer publishes several in tercepted Southern despatches. A portion of the correspondence relates to a movement on the part of the French Consuls at Galveston and Rich mond, supposed to have been originated in Paris, to induce Texas to secede from the Southern Con federacy, and establish an independent Govern ment, the result being that an order was trans mitted to the Confederate Commander in Texas to send the French Consul to Mexico. The French Consul at Richmond was ordered to leave, but the order was rescinded. The Confederate authorities are dissatisfied with the reception accorded hyElrl Russell toMr.Mason's schemes for raising money in England by hypothe cating Southern cotton. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 17 (Evening). Money easy. Gold 47 per cent. prem. Exchange On London—Bankers' bills, 1614. Stocks, large speculative sales. New York Cen tral, 1171 ; Illinois, 914 ; Erie, 75. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. ANNUAL MEETING THIS DAY. The annual meeting of the proprietors of this theatre was held this afternoon in the saloon of the theatre. Mr. Arden occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said his duties were comparatively light this year, because their report was much brighter. The report was then read, from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to £7,075 158. 3d., and the ex penditure to something over £4,000, which left a balance of £2,224 6s. The architect to the proprietors, Mr. .larsh Nelson, then read his statement of the state of the building, which he considered to be in first-rate condition. it also stated that the greatest precaution had been taken to prevent accident from fire, which he felt all present Nvould approve of. Mr. REDDING moved the adoption of the report, which Vial second e d b y \;r. W. S. BURT ON . In reply to Mr. Sharps, the CRA.IRMA.N said the dividend the committee proposed to make was the largest they had bad for some year s p ast. A Proprietor complained of the difficulty the renters, , who possessed the right of admission, had in obtaining a seat. The CHAIRMAN said no infringement of the covenants of the lease would be permitted, but he felt certain if any complaint of the prop rietors was p ut into w riting, and was 'well grounded, the new management wo u ld certainly remedy it. Captain THOMPSON said, what was required was more gentlemanly treatment to the rt nters when they exercised th e right they undoubtedly possessed. The 2HAIRMAN promised that the complaints of the pro prietors should be forwaraed to the proper quarter. A PROPRIETOR wished to know who was actually the present lessee of the theatre. The CHAIRMAN said the only answer he could give was e th i at Mr. Smith was , uf , til arrangements pending were con cluded, • ed, the person whom the proprietors must look to as lessee. Mr. SMITH said in the negotiations going on between himself and M r . F a l coner for the transfer of th e rc malncl . er of his term o f lease, that gentleman had assure d him that ever) thing he could do to consult the convenience of the renters and proprietors, he should be most willing to per' form. The report was then carried unanimously. The dividend payable, therefore, will be £4 15s. Od. upon each of the £5OO shares. The proceedings concluded with a complimentary vote of thanks to the chairman and lessee. A prisoner made a clever escape from Preston House of Correction on Wednesday last. His cell door had been left open accidentally, and this tempting opportu nity was seised. He managed to climb a wall 30 feet high by means of a form, and drop down a 20 feet wall by me ans OK a strap with a hook at the end of it, BRITISH POs-lESSIONs. 1 Closing Share, dal twits* _ 100 atlantic & St• Lawrenci All 65 67 41 ,J Born., Baroda&Cent too pe 104 105 105 44 Gu. 5 per ociat. 20 Do. New .01 Buffalo and Laize Hump 54 10 Do. Preference .... all 7 4 a too Bufralo,Brant,&Godricli l 80 63 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1 , 72 130 0 Do. do. July 1, 1873 PP , 73 76 100 Do. 10. Jun,. 1,1- -3 100 73 76 st. Cleurtft.k S. Eastn. 1 100 1( 3 1(5 st Cape Town Az Dock scr 100 si 391 1084 stock Eaatn. Bengal nn. Sp. 10; , 1( 5 , 61 stock bast Lucian. Efll. sp. c. 10 , 1051 H 1064 51 20 Do. do. G Ext... . 5 4 lip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 8 IP 5 1 stock Grand Trunk of Cana& 10 205 15 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 73 75 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. all 63 65 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 32 34 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 47 50 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 32 34 100 Do. do. 1872., all 32 34 stock Gt.lndiapenin.gua.sp.c too 1041 1055 1054 5 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 106 104 201 Gt. W. of Canada Share- all 121 1 24 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 99 101 100 Do. 51 p. c. do.-'77-8.. 10 Indian Branch Limited Z. 14 lip stock Madras guar~ sp. c. stock Do. 44 p. c. Extensio3 IR 96 98 stock Dc. 4 d 0.... . 100 92 4 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corn. p. c. Bnd 100 - 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7 p.c. 31ortg,. Ms. al, 20 Newßr anemia at Cand Class A Capital Shar • all 3 5 1 0 Do. do. B Capital do. a 3 N.lll.C'da6 pc lst pi bds 100 83 135 sto3 sl,Scinde 003, 105 106 ) s t (Do. Delhi ( 1 , ° , 0 3: D P d u:n . ja u b 'Zi 5 c 1 2 05 103 ? 10 1 4 Pp 15 4 oe4 Do. Indus St Flo.) 98 100 111,_ON I A i, I , ,RN ! , SHARE MARKETS—This Day. Railways. 13.14 tr. 7111 Caledonianß E lE : ' r o li Y i r s . s t t' t . h o , We S l l a e n n a Ld d ; ,aEarnxyctenSNet Jer .': a . o Cork and Bandon Corn wal A Do A , etc no diN tillnpc.pan.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East. Anglian st Great:Vorthof Scotland Great Northern., Do A stock Do B do 6 8i 7 85 41 115 116 I Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover ILon. & North Western, Lon. & South Western Man., She!., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle DO 1 5hare5........ etropoll tan Midland 6.4.0 Do New Do Birming. & Derby \Tld. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. h shares [Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiel. Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York ' Do Carlisle. North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Sent. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales IS. York. and River Dun 'staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. .. Do B Do C L 9.16.4: Ulster . Do ... Do ... 12.10 Vale of Meath (Victoria sta. and Pim , Waterford & Kilkenny 'West Cornwall all all all ) all 6i 7 41 43 13 14 86 87 105 107 461 47i 42 44 23 24 1271 124 132 133 136 138 1 104 106 65 fsi 109 1099 72i 73i 113 114 41 42 97} 97i 1021 103) 41 42 14 14 128 1288 18 9,, 96 98 53 53 25i 2i 99i 100 564 574 88} 881 128 130 110 1:2 i 1 p 164 164 II 11i 118 120 474 484 104 106 47 (9 334 914 92 68 70 102 104 6 7 381 391 10 101 p 71 8 p 149 151 21 13a t p 551 Sol 21; Z 1 p Id* p 86 88 190 145 29 31 VV. Hartlepool Har.ttß.l West ➢iidland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 41 43 34 36 94 26 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuf,':; 96i 5 115 i i 234 f 1274 1321 iit t i 1031 i ilf 13 i i i 128} 6 92 3 2i i Paid. l Closing Business Price. I done. 6 5 1 5 141- 5 1 loot I 73 * 113 12i scl n p.c.Ja. &Jai) 1877-St Do. Bp. c. Feb.. AUL!. Do. p. c. Mar. Az Sent. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.Sauly. Do. 5 Inscribed stock ('ape G. Hope. p 0.!873' Do.Ap & C;ot:!8801 Da 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, Nov.lBBl, e p c N. K.Gov. 15 p.c. J a.&J uly tio. 8 p. o.Ap. & Oct.' 100 N. S. C. G ov. 5 p c.,1868' 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 tlyupwds 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c.l gter:inu, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c _;. A us (ii;p.c.l6Thasi up.. Vic.Grov. 6 p.c. Ja.M uly Do. to me . An.&o,t.. RIZTTISfI VT'` Cambrian Consol. Gold k_,lluord Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. Tavist East Bassett (Illozanl East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... ' East Carn Brea.... W'l Russel (Tavistk % I Garn.,l6St.Aubyti(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus Wheal Vor (Ilelston Grenville erod's- Foot, , lingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret. (tJny Lelant marke Valley.. Ntvruiv Iron Ore (Lim , New Setun North Downs h' I Bass. , t ( lo at, \'orth Wheal Crotty . rar Consols (st. Blazey • , 'rovidence(Uny South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) *Wheal Fran. (Illo;;. - sn Stray Park Tamar Silv.Az Lead Mill. Pin Cruet West Basset (Illogan) W Carzdon (Liskeard) West Seton ...... Wheal Basset (Illogan, Wheal Buller (Redruth', Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud ott ‘vheal M aryAnn (Men ) Wheal Setun . . s' heal Treiawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 1 105 106 106 08 106 108 05 96 5,3 95 10 110 112 114 112 114 111 113 1 , 3 105 100 101 99i 1001 99 99i 109 111 1054 mil 49 ti: 109 111 107 109 1t94 110 44 - P T ; 25 515 525 51 63 P kl) 484 494 114 12 54 51 18 20 64 7 6 6i 41 51 50 62 2i 3 1 14 33 i 0 ri de 94 pr 140 150 31 34 3 14 46 5 5 6 1 43 395 4t5 2i 21 874 12* 40 42 15 16 13 14 32 34 285 295 75 80 50 60 8 i 9 9i 15,E 15i AO 250 it 17i 5 6 5 i i - ARES. 10 per cent. prem., 113 i PREFERENCE S Great vorthern, 5 per cent., red. at Ditto, 4; per cent. red. ditto, 107 Scull Eastern 4i per cent., 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 21 ; Metropolitan, 61 LINES LEASED At' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 921 4 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 961 Wilts and Somerset, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 7t Bahia and s..n Francisco (Lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 20; Dutch Rhenish, 161 Great Luxembourg, 141 Namur and Liege, v,ua. 6 per cent. pf:, 20 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 South-Eastern of Portugal 7 per cent. pref., 2; FOREIGN MINES. Dun Mount. Copper Min. Co. Fortuna (Rm.), 41 j JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of London, 100 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chins, 22 11 Eng., Sco ~ and Australian Chartered, 21i 20k London and Colonial (limo, London Joint Stock, 5} London and South African, 25 London and Westminster, 77} Illetrop. and Prov. Bank aim.), 131 13 ottoman Bank, 3) 41 s: —Ditto, new, 91 9 Provincial of Ireland, 89 6 Victoria, 97k DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 61 7 pt, 17 16 Copper Miners of Eng. and Smelting, Crystal Palboe, 11 Ditto, pref.. 109 London Gen, ral Omnibus Company (Him), 11 National Discount Company, 84 7i perce nt Oriental Inland titeam (111 n.), 8) Peninsular and 0 iental Stearn, 734 4 Ditto, new, 44) Rio de Janeiro City lmprovements, £1 31 3 'oreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and :Mauritius, via Southampton ..... Feb. 18, via Marseilles Feb. 12. Jrazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and S,. Helena. Mar. 3, i t.iiritt, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton.Feb. 1. via Marseilles Feb. 12 Falkland Island. Feb. 3. Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. I. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 1. via Marseilles Feb. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 10, via Marseilles Feb. 5. Portugal.... ............ N !Alta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 1. via Marseilles Feb. 5. lewfoundlarid , /port() and Vigo ........... fT. i 7;. and B r itish N. Ailiorica,t,y Brit. packet ....Feb. 4 by U.S. packet.... _ by Canadian packet. Feb. —, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe,. , , , , ~ ',Feb, 10, 101- 109 i 10 9i 17 2.4.9 1i 10.11. 14 5.15 18.1 .9 28.9. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF PROBATE AND DLVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) COOKE V. COOKE. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning by the examination of Miss Elizabeth Oooke, the eldest daughter of the peti tioner, who said—l have resided with my father, the re spondent, until within the last few days. I have witnessed many acts of violence on my father's part towards my mother. The first I recollect was the pulling away the chair from under her. I have se en him p ut his finger into her mouth and make it bleed. I have known him tear her sidedeap soupthstaiatrashebeyoduilrdecntiootn of lie wear m it y a f g a a th in e . r. m w o o t u h l e d r uroet allow.her to come down. He would not let her continue At dinner one day he threw a t ie an insult rather than an piecegvThe e g o f breadi musical c d m a o y a l :m - y s _s o o t he n T s h ;. a injury. Cross-examined by the Queen's Advocate, on the part of the respondent—l left my father's house on Tuesday in consequence of a summons from the petitioner's solicitor. I have mentioned the acts of violence I have witnessed to aunt, Mrs. Mayo, and also several friends. They took place eight years ago. I am not going to return to my father's house. The Queen's Advocate—Do you not mean to return ? Witness—No, indeed. The Queen's Advocate—When did you come to that determination? Witness—As soon as I was able to get out of it. The Queen's Advocate—What is your age ? Witness—Five-and-twenty. The Queen's Advocate—What made you alter your determination ? Witness—Because I was unwilling to leave my youngest sister alone at Seymer. The first time I saw my father make my mother bleed was about ten years ago. He did so, however, on mire than one occasion. Nothing led to the act that I know of. My father told her to go out of the room, and pushed her out. On the occasion when I saw mother on the ground, she never slept in my father's bed afterwards. I think her life was in danger that night. The Queen a Advocate—Did you ever see any miscon duct on the part of your Mother ? Witness—No, never in my whole life. The Queen's Advocate— The fault entirely was always on your father's side ? Witness --Always. The Queen's Advocate—There was no provocation ? Witness—No, never. The Queen's Advocate—Have you not been on bad terms with your father for the last two years ? Witness—lt has not been my fault. The Queen's Advocate—But have you not been on bad terms with your father ? Witness (with emotion)--I have tried to live happy with him, but it was no fault of mine. Dr. Spinks, for the petitioner—l must have it all out now. Was not your father's habits, two years ago, that of intempei ante ? The Judge-Ordinary—l think you had better put that question in another way. You can ask what were the terms on which you and your father have been living for the last two years, and what was the cause of it ? Dr. Spinks—Very well, my lord ; I put the question in that way. Witness—He has always been very unkind to me. He said I was not fit to live in his house. I The Judge-Ordinary—What was the cause of his say • ing so ? Witness—Because he was angry. The Judge Ordinary—Nothing else? Witness—Nothing that 1 am aware of. This closed the pet domes case. The Queen's Advocate, for the respondent, said he was anxious, on the part of his client, a beneficed clergyman of the Church of England, to take the earliest opportunity of stating that he thought he should be able to show the pre sent case was one of the greatest exaggeration, by putting his client into the witness-box, who would deny it in nearly all its material points. He was, however, afraid that faults would be apparent on both sides. Having referred at some length to the principal points in the evidence, he concluded by calling The Rev. Mr. Cooke, who said—At the time I was mar ried I was curate at Chelsworth, in Suffolk. In 1838, on the death of my father, I became entitled to some property, and afterwards became rector of Seymer. Up to this time my wedded life had been comfortable. A few years after that my wife became dissatisfied, because I did not take her out enough. She also wished me to take lodgings in London which I objected to, as it did not suit my money matters. I objected on that score. That led to trifling quarrels, hut not great ones. The principal difference arose in 1850, when I had the Seymer Hall property lett to me. Mr. and Mrs. Richards came. It was said by Mr. Richards that I ought now to launch out more—that I was mean not to do so. The property was no addition to my income, but a loss, as I had to pay over the rents for the next five years ; in addition to which I had to pay for repairs. Some remarks were made at the time by Mr. Richards and my wife. She has made remarks on the same subject when Mr. Richards has not been present. The circumstance ultimately led to very material quarrels. After I had been at Sey mer a short time I began farming operations. Mrs. Cooke objected. She used, on meeting me going to the property, to say, " There you are, going to your stinking farm." We had constant quarrels at this time. In 1851 or 1852 Mrs. Cooke said she would never have married me if it had not been for mygood recommendations. She also said she did not care for me, and that she did not believe that I had as much money as I was represented to possess. Such ex pressions irritated me, and led to quarrels. I also had com plaints made to me by the cook about Mrs. Cooke's house hold management. The cook complained of the man ser vant, and he retorted on the cook. I inquired into the matter, and I found the female was to blame, as she kept her comb and brush in the dairy—(laughter)—where she used to dress herself in preference to going upstairs. I shortly after found Mrs. Cooke and the cook in conversa tion about a piece of meat which, as it was tainted, I ordered to be thrown away. I afterwards found this same piece of meat, the next morning, placed with the good. I paid the woman her wages, took away her keys, and d'scharged her. Mrs. Cooke took part with the woman, which afterwards led to quarrels between her and myself. I have also had to complain about Mrs. Cooke's conduct towards the children. On one very frosty morning I found some of them out in the fields. I said such ought not to be, but Mrs. Cooke said the children were sent out to please me, as some carting was going on. I sent for them to come in. There were other subjects which led to household dis cussions besides these alluded to The gardener complained that he had too little ground to produce the vegetables Mrs. Cooke required. Mrs. Cooke had complained of my niggardly habits before the children. The Judge Ordinary—Let us have the dates. Witness— Within the last few years ? The Judge Ordinary—What did she say on any one oc casion ? Witness (after much hesitation)--I cannot recollect the exact words. Judge Ordinary—Who was present? Witness—My two daughters. Judge Ordinary—Those that have been examined ? Witness—Yes. Examination continued--I have had to send the children twice to Bilston to pay small bills for debts Mrs. Cooke had incurred. It is not true that in the winter of 1852 I rubbed my wife with my hand with so much violence as to put het to pain. I never treated her with violence. did not, on the 10th of February, 1853, follow her into her dressing room and ill-treat her. I once put my hand over her face, when she bit my finger. (Laughter.) The Judge Ordinary—Once, or more than once? Witness—More than once. It occurred when we were both very angry. I have stroked her down the face, and said, " Gently," "be quiet," or words to that effect. I never dragged her across the bed, and kept her in a painful position. I can't tell the date when Mrs. Cooke bit my finger, but I recollect it was when she was very angry up stairs, whey 1 believe we had been having words about her going into Miss White's room. Mrs. Cooke was the most angry. Her words were very provoking. The Judge rdinary—What were they ? Witness —On one occasion, when Mr. and Mrs. Richards came to take my wife out Mrs. Richards called me a ranter, Mr. Richards said I was a tyrannical brute, and my mite joined in. The Judge Ordinary—What did she say ? Witness —That I prevented her from going out with her friends. The Judge Ordinary—That was the truth, I suppose ? Witness—Yes. On other occasions we haveluarrelled, because). have discovered she made misrepresentations to me. I recollect going to Colchester in 1854. I returned with Mrs. Cooke and my daughter. It is net true that on that occasion I struck my wife with tbo handle of the whip on her face. I pointed it at her. The Judge Ordinary—What part of it? Witness—The handle. She kept putting it away with her hand. I did not strike her with it at all. If the whip touched hpr it was by accident. I never pushed her in such a manner as to endanger her seat. I did not on that occa siontry to force my hand into her mouth. The Judge Ordinary—Did 3ou use violence of any kind to her ? Witness —No. direction to interfere. prepared forNin:l;:esd. to her • comingcould gteottthoeibtedroom door, which was locked, and before I . di l d n n N ot ov in em O b e e t r o , b l e B r, s4 l , Bs l 4 , r u ec s o e l v ie i c o t len h c e e r mer3'zdWith what? servantsc to have the best spare room The not . ke on her return from visiting her friends, Witness—With The Queen's Advocat the h ouse h old. the best room, 'I Iv long was M rs. C oo k e in Witness —About three or four months. g ot h er conversation about her sleeping room. We had some that I had the sheets t aken off the bed inThe occasion n b thered little room was because I told my wife that my bedroom proper place. I never attacked my wife was her with such violence in January, NA as to make her scream, 1 never pushed her out of bed. I never knocked her about or dragged her along the floor. It was on that occasion that Mrs. Cooke said she should go to Miss White's room, and I said she should not. She went, I followed, and pre vented her shutting the door, when she threw herself upon a chair, and there was a great noise. I said she should not stop there ; it was then that the daughters and servants came. I said, " I'm going to have this put a stop to," as Mrs. Cooke should go back to her own room, and not remain in Miss White's. She did go back. I was dissatisfied with my wife's household arrangements in 1854, and when I took the keys from her, it was because I had some friends coming to dinner, and nothing had been pre pared for them. She used to put up common candles in the drawing-room when I wished for wax ones. I took the management of affairs into my own hands. After I had taken the position at the head of the table from her sh never resumed it. She then sat at the side of the table on all occasions. The witness then went on to give his ver sion of the arrangements with Mr. and Mrs. Wilde, relative to the differences that existed between himself and wife. It is not expected that the case will conclude to. day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 100 to 7 agst Master Bagot (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Medora (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jealousy (offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Black Deer (taken freely) 25 to .1 agst Le Marechal (offered) 25 to 1 agst Plover (offered) 40 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to lon the field—offered 14 to 1 agst Pratique (taken and wanted) THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Carnival (taken) 25 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken) WATERLOO CUP. 100 to 8 agst Mr. Spinks' nomination—offered 100 to 7 agst Mr. Worrall's nomination—tkn and off 100 to 6 agst Mr. Blackstock's nomination—offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gibson's nomination—taken 25 to 4 agst Mr. Brundrit's nomination—takeni Even £lOO Mr. Blackstock apt Mr. Worrall—taken mAR,KRTS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit and vegetables is seasonably large, and the trade is in a sluggish state at the annexed quota- ions. S. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 2 6 to 5 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 2 0 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 0 to 3 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 3 6 to 8 0 Lemons, per 120 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 ti to 1 9 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 1 6to 1 9 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Damson . 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 Raspberries, p r pt 0 ot o 0 0 0 - VEGETAIILEB. - - Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 01 Shallots, per lb 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1 31 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 2 oto 4 0 i Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 10 to 1 4 I Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz6oto 3 0 ) Beet, per doz. 16to 2 0 Brocoli, per bun. 010 to 1 3 ' Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 8 0 to 150 0 i Small salad, p. p n , 0 ot o 0 0 New ditto, pr pnt 1 o to 1 31 Mushrooms,p p tl. 1 oto 1 3 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6 to 2 0 ) Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 i Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory.. 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 o to 0 0 , Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, ti.-sy. 0 oto 0 0! Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 1 9to 2 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0 i Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 ; Rhubarb, per bun 1 oto 1 6 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0; Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 01 Seakale, per bun. 0 6to 1 6 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s Od ; geese, 58 Od to 7s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, ils Od to Os Od ; rabbits, is 3d to 2s each ; wild do . , 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, is 3 d to is 6d each ; lar ge Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to Ss Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 48 Od to 4s 6d ; grouse, 3s 6d to Os Od each ; pheasants, 4s Od to 5s Od ; partridges, is 6d to 3s Od ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to Os ; snipes,Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to O s Od eac h ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is to is Id ; English, is ld to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, lOs Od to Os Od ; French do., 7s Od to 8s 6d per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLING SGI-AT E. -- - Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 25s ; cod, 2s Od to 15s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; dorevs, is Od to 75 Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to 03 Od each; soles, 4d to is 6d per pair ; common oysters, s to —l3 ; natives, —s to —s per bushel ; whitings. 3s Od to 12s; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelts, Os Od to 2s Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 60s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 6s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to ts per 100 ; carp and ench, Os Od to Os per brace. LITERATURE Beatrice Sforza ;or the Progress of Truth. By William Brewer, RD. 3 vols. Hurst and This is a story of the middle ages, and presents us with some pictures of an exciting period. One heroine is Princess Mary, the sister of Henry the Eighth. The romantic episodes in the life of thie lady are most strikingly set forth, and thus the tale combines the truth of historical anecdote with the interest of exciting fiction. Some of the most notable men of the age are introduced in an effective manner. The motto prefixed to the first chapter aptly inaugurates the work—" Think ye see tho very persons of our noble story as they were living." We are taken from the English Court and the presence of Henry the Eighth, Wolsey, and that assemblage to be ushered into the circle of Louis the Twelfth and a brilliant array of courtiers. This was a momentous epoch in the stirring capital of France, and the author has earnestly studied his subject, and given us a most glowing account of plots, designs, dark schemes, and subtle subterfuges. In those days Courts were not so admirably con ducted as at present, and beneath the glare and glitter, the dazzling display and the shining exterior, lurked many an act of treachery and many a scandalous intrigue that sullied the fame and darkened the lustre of their history. The sad record of the lives of Queens and Princesses affords few such bright gleams as that afforded by the career of Mary. As Duchess of Suffolk she had a far better chance of happiness than us Queen of France, and it is refreshing to find the iron rule relaxed for once, and the tyrannous bondage escaped from, that fettered Royal maidens to the sad doom of being betrothed to those they had never seen, and of whose characters they knew nothing, till the fatal step had been taken, from which there was no drawing back. The story turns on a beautiful Italian girl, Beatrice Sforzb., the heiress of a proud house, who was stolen in early childhood through the malevolence of a relative, and after many ad ventures was taken to France. At a tournament in Abbeville, Herbert, a brave young Englishman, rescued her from her cruel taskmaster, and subse quently succeeded in taking charge of her until he placed her in the care of the Duchess of Burgundy. There is nothing in this young maiden to make a heroine, except from her situation of peril, and her inheritance of grandeur, of which she was so cruelly despoiled. The attendant circumstances of the dis covery and restoration of Beatrice are, however, surrounded with interest and excitement. After the disappointment of Herbert with his first love, the beautiful Lady Kate Piercy, it is satistactory to find him united to one more estimable than the haughty English maiden. Ritzow is the character of the work—strong, dauntless, and unyielding. He seems like the herald and forerunner of those brave spirits who carried the Reformation. The description of the scene where he is summoned be fore the dark tribunal of the Inquisition is painful in the extreme, but yet the prevailing sentiment is that of admiration. The sublime endurance, the grand resolution, and the matchless courage mani fested by the sufferer, display the attributes that have immortalised martyrs in all ages, and made glo rious the faith for which they laid down their lives, but which died not in the cruel death of its up holders. There is much to attract notice in these volumes, there are so many persons of rank and in fluence introduced into its pages, so much is shown of important intrigues and the state diplomacy of an age that universally substituted tactics for truth, that the reader is put au courant of various facts that do not often appear in the pages of fiction. Three countries contribute to form the attraction and heighten the interest of the work. We have England, with her vacillating impetuous monarch and her crafty divine, then in the full plenitude of his matchless power and unrivalled influence, which has been so admirably pourtrayed by the poet in these lines : "In pride of dignity see Wolsey stand, 1 Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand. To him the church and state their powers consign, In him the rays of regal bounty shine." Next we pass to France, and there meet with a brilliant company, and become initiated into deep mysteries of rule and revelry. Ttien Italy claims our notice with many most important sketches and deeply moving incidents. " Beatrice Sforza" has many claims on the regard of the novel reader, and although there may exist in its pages too many po lemical arguments to suit many tastes, still there are also numerous striking incidents and animated scenes to satisfy the requirements of those who pre fer description to discussion, and the stir of the world of action to the strife of the world of thought. The West India, Mexican, and Pacific Mails. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tasma nian, Captain Sawyer, with the above mails, arrived this evening. She brings 67 passengers and specie of the value of 2,770,178 dots. The Tasmanian brings dates from Vera Cruz to Jan. 1 ; Tampico, Dec. 29; Havannah, Jan. 6 ; Santa Martha, Jan. 1; Carthagena, 2 ; Colon, 8 ; Jamaica, 9 ; Jacmel, 11 ; Porto Rico, 12 ; Deme rara, 7; Trinidad, 8; Barbadoes, 10; Grenada, 8; St. Vincent, 9 ; St. Lucia, 10 ; Antigua, 11 ; St. Kitts, 12; Tobago, 7; and St. Thomas, 14. Her Majesty's ship Rinaldo was cruising off Char:eston, and her Majesty's ship Immortalite was at Matamoras. At St. Thomas the royal mail steam-ships Solent and Thames were refitting, and the Tamar (from Main), the Con way (from the Gulf), the Trent (from the West India Islands), and the Derwent (from Jamaica) were also at the island. The royal mail steam-ship Wye was at Barbadoes. At Sacrificos were her Majesty's ships Orlando and Medea, with several French ships of war and trans ports. At Havannah were several French ships of war, including La Normandie (iron clad), and the United States steamer Wachusetts, with Admiral Wilkes on board. Her Majesty's ship Steady sailed on the 6th January, on the information of a steam slaver being somewhere on the coast. The Pacific news is of no importance. Exchange on London—Bank bills at 90 days, 490* dole. ; 60 days, 490 dols. ; 30 days, 4924 dols. Private bills, at 90 days, 4821 dole. ; 60 days, 4831 doll; 30 days, 4841 dols. DEMERARA.-Sir William Arundel], Knt., C. 8., Chief Justice of Demerara, died in Georgetown on 27th of December, in his 67th year. The Hon. J. L. Smith, Attorney-general, has been provision ally appointed his successor. JAMAICA.—It is generally expected that, upon the assembling of the House the opposition will renew its endeavour to unseat the executive committee. An early dissolution is therefore probable after the return of the governor, which is looked for in March. Coffee has been arriving at market in larger quantities. Ali that was offered has been taken up at 555. to 565. for ordinary. Freights—A vessel taken for Londcn with coffee at £2 12s. 6d. and pimento at 655. ; one with wood at 425. 6d. for Liverpool. Exchange on London—Colonial and Jamaica Banks, 90 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 11 per cent. pm.; 30 days, 2 per cent. pm. One of Mr. Millais's contributions to the Royal Academy Exhibition is entitled the " The First Sermon," and represents a demure and dainty damsel, some five years oid, seated in an old-fashioned, green-baized lined pew of a country church. She is dressed in a brilliant red cloak, wears a black Garibaldi hat with a bright white wing in front; has her little hands ensconced in a rich brown muff, her feet put before her and crossed as she makes herself comfortable, as young ladies do, by sitting straight upright. Her face gives, with its bright, s hallow, io yet earnest eyes, and set childish mouth, the exp ' ree d s u o t n y to f attention, It is clear she will not fail in her s ea soing on look, at least, as if she understood all that w as g •animal, the church mouse, looks that peculiarly necessitous . From a gnawn hole among the ragged edges of the baize, llneBofof to -day Oust published). askant at hen—At/thence/en erLoafwan7y LAW REFORM:3.—in reference to the meeting of to-day (just published) o bserves—" Beyond the scheme for Parliament, on Thursday nnexot,whthisep altering the Circuits, there is contem plated law reforms." DIE STABBED OF REPUTATIONS !--The reaction against Mr. Kinglake's book has l ready set in . The per sonalities scattered thr oug h out , c The Invasion of the Crimea," brilliantly worded though they be, are felt to derogate from its dignity as a history.--The Reader. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, Jan. s.—Her Majesty's iron screw troopship Megmra, Commander S. H. Henderson, returned on the 23d inst., at 9p.m. from Corfu. She did not proceed to the other islands to relieve the detachments there. The order to that effect has been cancelled, I believe, at the suggestion of the Lord High Commissioner, on the ground that the Greeks might see in such a step reason for doubting the sincerity of our desire to give up the Protecto rate. The Megeera brought the following passen gers, for Malta; Capt. I. A. P. Adams, R.A., four non-commissioned officers and men, and one woman ; Mr. George Marsh, Master, R.N., lately of her Ma jestys ship Edgar, to join her Majesty's ship Marl borough, and Count Metasa, midshipman, returning from leave; also Lieut. F. H. Blair, from her Ma jesty's ship Trafalgar; Mr. De Saumarez, mid shipman, and 22 men, siek, for Naval Hospital; two men for Gibraltar; and Sub-Lieut. W. C. Shuck burg, 17 naval invalids, Assist.-Sorg. J. S. Comyn, Capt. A. G. Douglas, Ist battalion,of the 9th regi ment ; Ensign A. H. Luck, Ist battalion, 9th regiment ; 13 non-commissioned officers and men, four women, and two children, of various regi ments, for England. She left Corfu on the 21st inst., leaving at anchor there her Majesty's ship Edgar, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley (flagship of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8.), and the Trafal gar. Her Majesty's ship Chanticleer left that place on the day previous for Patras, and her Majesty's ship Shannon on the morning of Wednesday, the 21st, for Missoloaghi and the Gulf of Patras. The Megwra also brought 17 casks of olive oil and other stores for the victualling-yard and condemned stores from the ships. She will leave on Tuesday next, the 27th inst., for England. The destination of her Majesty's ship Magicienne, 16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, has been changed from Italy to Corfu. She left for the latter place yesterday. The Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. For tescue, arrived off the port on the 23d inst., from Syracuse, and received fresh orders to continue cruising till the 27th inst., when she is to return into port. The Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, is to go out for a short cruise en the 28th. The Alacrity, 4, Commander J. Baird, is to leave on Mocday or Tuesday for Beyrout, to relieve the Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, and Sur prise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, which are to return to Malta. There is a great deal of opthal mia prevailing just now among the troops in gar rison. The 23d Regiment is suffering most from it, and the 22d (Ist battalion) and 15th Regiments also have a great number of cases. Sir Henry Martin, brother of Sir W. Fanshawe Martin, the naval Commander-in-Chief, arrived here on the 23d inst., in the Valetta, from Marseilles. Yesterday morning a court-martial assembled on board the Formidable, 84, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir W. J. Hope Johnstone. K.C.8., Commander in-Chief at the Nore, for the trial of Mr. Henry Allen Palmer, first-class assistant-engineer of her Majesty's screw steamer Mars, 81, Capt. J. N. Strange. There were two separate charges—that of having on the 22d inst. ab sented himself from his duty in the engine-room, in the first watch, he being engineer of the watch at that time; and that of having on the said 22d inst. been drunk on board the said ship. The Court was presided over by Capt. T. P. Thompson, of the Cumberland, 74. Commander Dawkins, of the Mars, 81, prosecuted. Mr. G. H. Knight, of the firm of Essell, Knight, and Arnold, solicitor, Rochester, officiated as Deputy-Judge-Advocate, and conducted the case. The Court, after remain ing in deliberation some time, considered the first charge not proved and the second charge proved. In consideration of the prisoner's eight years' good character, he was ordered to forfeit six months of his seniority and to be severely reprimanded. The screw corvette Racoon, 22, 400 horse power, recently fitted at Chatham dockyard, and since attached to the first-class steam reserve, has been commissioned by Capt. the Count Victor F. Goeie hen (Dec, 13, 1859). As previously stated in The Sun, sbe is intended to convey his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who has just passed his first exami nation for Lieutenant, on a lengthened cruise. The Racoon has all:her guns and t'ic principal part of her stores on board, so that no delay is likely to arise in sending her to sea es soon as the whole of her officers and crew have been appointed. The undermentioned assist.-surgeons were yester day promoted to be surgeons :—Richard Evans, Thomas Coghlan, M.D., John Caldwell, and Wil liam Henry Conice. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander W. S. de Kant- - zow to the Cygnet; Hon. William B. Phipps, naval cadet, to the Racoon ; Edward P. Harper, midship shipman, to the Orpheus; John W. Ramsay, N e l son Byng, Anthony Kingscote, and Alleyne P. Pasco, midshipmen, to the Racoon ; John W. Carpenter, in the Firefly, promoted to acting chief engineer; William P. Scott, paymaster, to the Medina ; C. W. M'Conachy, second master, to the Racoon ; William G. Atkinson, second master, to the Fox ; Edward A. M. Chaffers, assist -paymaster, to the Royal Ade • laide ; Alexander V. Maccall, assist.-paymaster, to the Edinburgh; George A. Broad and William H. Petley, master's assistants, to the Racoon ; Charles Hervey and E. P. Rimel, assist-clerks, to the Forte. LONDON GAZETTE---Last Evening. 4- WHITEHALL, JAN. 30. The Queen has been pleased to order a Conga d'Elire, b the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Bristol, empowering them to elect a Bishop of the See of Gloucester and Bristol, the same being void by the translation of the Most Reverend Father in God Doctor William Thomson, late Bishop thereof, to the Cathedral and Metropolitan See of York ; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recom mend to the said Dean and Chapter the Rev. Charles John Ellicott, Doctor in Divinity, now Dean of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Gloucester and Bristol. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon. Charles Stewart, Viscount Hardinge ; Francis Charterhe, Esq. (commonly called Lord Elcho) ; the Right Hon. Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., K.C.B. ; William Stirling, Esq. ; Henry Denby Seymour, Esq ; and Henry Reeve, Esq. ; to be her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into the present position of the Royal Academy in relation to the Fine Arts and into the circumstances and conditions under which it occupies a portion of the National Gallery, and to suggest such measures as may be required to render it more useful in promoting art and in improving and developing public taste. FOREIGN-OFFICE, lAN. 10. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Colley Grattan, Esq,, to be her Majesty's Consul at Tem riffa. JAN. 23. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ronald Ferguson Thomson,now Oriental Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Persia, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at that Court. . The Queen has been JA 24. graciously pleased to appoint Wil liam John Dickson, Esq., no w a S econd Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service employed in her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Persia, to be Oriental Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at that Court. FRUIT, NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s Od; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 38 Gd to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4‘.1 per Sibs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 40 ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to Bd, of household do., 5-I,d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 20 to 31 ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 30 ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 3id ; 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 30 to 40 ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s Od to Ils Od ; half-breds, 8s Od to 9s Od ; Downs, 6s 6d to 8s Od ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od HAY I MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay,: £2 Os to £4 5s Od ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs; and straw, £ll2s to £1 168 per load. Trade dull. CUMI3ERLAND..—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 5s ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. WHITEcHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 ss; clover do., £3 10s to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 128 to £1 16s per load. Trade inactive. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 31.—Wind this day at neon—West ; strong bieeze, with heavy rain. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning, Arrived, Jan. 30—Ellen, from Alexandria ; The Cob , from Table Bay ; Eugenia, from Red on ; Iris, from Guern sey ; Prince Alfred, from Singapore ; Gladiolus, from Apalachicola. Arrived, Jan. 3 1—Moselle, from Antwerp; Lord Vivian, from Jersey; Alice, from Cochin. - - • DEAL, Saturday Morning. Anchored — P r i nce Alf red, for the Cape of Good Hope; Tonning, for Corunna—both from London. WHY SIR HENRY BULWER VISITED EGYPT.— At the banquet recently given to him at Alexandria, Sir Henry Bulwer thus amusingly explained his motives in visiting Egypt :—" There is a tendency to think that political men are mere political ma-thines, eating, drinking, and sleeping politically ; and as to diplomatists, their paths are held to be paths of Mysteries, and their feet to be shod with Machiavelian inventions. No wonder that when I somewhat suddenly appeared at at Alexandria my ar rival was attributed to 01l sorts of mysterious political motion. " What," said people, "can the English Am bassador at Constantinople have come for Now as I am amongst friends, I will reveal to you the secret of my journey, and even tell you in strict confidence who was the author and promoter of it. It was no other, I assure you, than a gentleman who, whatever our ages, was the friend and contemporary of all our boyhoods. I mean a certain Captain Gulliver I This great traveller discovered a place in which gentlemen were dressed by tailors who lived a great way off from them, but who took their measure on scientific principles by means of mathematical instru ments. Captain Gulliver, however, observes, that though these tailors were very learned and scientific men, they were not altogether goad tailors and that somehow or other their clothes never exactly fitted. Well, I confess it has often struck me that an ambassador may be a very clever and studious man (I . am bound to believe ambassadors are this), but nevertheless he may not be able to take a good measure of 'countries a thousand miles off, and of persons ho has never been acquainted with or had even the oppor tunity of seeing. In short, though the idea is a very vulgar one, I allow that having e 3 es I like to use them ; and her Majesty's Government agreeing with me in this matter, I came with its sanction to Egypt just to look about me." NARROW ESCAPE,—A most providential and ex traordinary escape from imminent danger (says the Stamford Mercury) occurred on Monday last to Lord Ave land while driving in his phaeton on the turnpike road be tween Normanton and Stamford. In descending the hill into Shacklewell.'hollow the horse fell, and struggling to get up got the shalt in the bridle, which was pulled off. The servant speedily got out, but the violent kicking and despe rate resistance of the horse permitted no control, and gal loping in all speed with the carriage he was met on the road by several persons, but every effort to stop the animal was unavailing until a young gentleman on horseback (nephew of Mr. Syson, his lordship's stew ar d) , rode to the horse ' s head, and turning it to the ledge, after a hundred yards' s truggle, brought it to a stand. We hear that this gal lant conduct has been munificently responded to by his lordship. SUICIDE IN CORM—A painful case of suicide occurred in the city of Corfu a fortnight ago. A young and accomplished lady—it is said the wife of an. Eng lish banker in Turkey, and who had been residing there some time—shot herself dead with a pistol in an hotel on the Esplanade. THE ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR THE WARD OF LANosouaN.—A.t the close of the poll, yesterday, the num bers stood as follows :—Waterlow, 126 ; C apper , 74 ; majority for Waterlow, 52. THE ARMY. During the late gale the marble slab on the sum mit of the Crimean Memorial-arch, 'it Brompton barracks, Chatham, on which was the inscription, was blown down and broken to pieces ; one of the marble slabs at the side, on which were recorded the names of some of the officers and men of the Royal Engineers who fell in the Crimea, was also thrown down. Since the accident occurred the arch has been surveyed, and it has been decided to take down the whole of the marble slab, in order that they may be re-lettered, and re-fixed in a more sub stantial manner. Workmen have already begun to erect the necessary scaffolding. The extensions which arc now being made to the Royal Marine Barracks at Chatham will, on their completion in a few months, provide accommoda tion for about double the number of non-commis sioned officers and men who can at present be quar tered in the barracks. The new erection, which is, in fact, a continuation of the present barrack buildings, occupies the site on which formerly stood a number of dwelling houses, together with a large hotel, the whole of which property was purchased by the Government a few years ago, although nothing was done in the way of commencing the new buildings until a few months since. The addition will increase the esta blishment to about double its original size, accom modation being provided for 1,600 men against 800, the number for which barrack accommodation can at present be found without inconveniently crowd ing the various rooms. Th new blocks of buildings are 190 feet in length by 50 feet in depth, and t n t they ial have been erected in an exceeding manner by Messrs. Foord and Sons, the builders, Rochester, under the supervisionty of Colonel Admiralty ub Greene, director of works to the A m iralty. The buildings contain four tiers _of roo ms, each room' being 46 feet in length by i 21 f e et e et 6 with every storey. inches in height, fireproof stairs cow mencat Each room is de si g ned to accommodate 24 men, • m addition to w hich, on each floor are built separate rooms for married non-commissioned officers. In t h e construc tion of the new b arrac k s the most com plete sanitary arrangements have been made to pro mote the health, cleanliness, and comfort of the men. Shafts for ventilation are introduced into each of the rooms, which are so constructed that, while they will not cause the least inconvenience to the men, they at the same time maintain a current of pur 3 air in all parts of the buildings. The offi cers' quarters, which bounded one side of the old barrack - square, will shortly be taken down and thrown back to the extremity of the new barracks, by which means the present comparatively c ;nfined barrack-square will be increased to double its exist ing size. Mr. Leicester Buckingham's new comedy, en titled " The Merry Widow," will be played for the first time this evening at the St. James's Theatre; Mr. and Mrs, Frank Matthews and Miss Herbert appear in it. JAN. 28. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Cesare Augusto Marani as Consul at Dublin for his Majesty the King of Italy. I,OWN !NG-STREET, JAN. 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Royes, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Jamaica. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 30. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant George Paulet, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nassau Clark, who retires. 7th Dragoon Guards—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Wycliffe Thompson, from Major Unattached, and serving as a Major of a Cavalry Depot, to be Major, vice With ington, appointed to a Cavalry Depot. 2d Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant John Grieve, to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet Percy Charles Du Cans to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paulot, transferred to the 2d Life Guards; Hornell Stafford O'Brien, Gent., to bo Cornet, by purchase, vice Du Cane. Royal Artillery—Colonel (Major-General with rank as Colonel Commandant) George Conran to be Colonel Commandant, vice Ketchen, deceased; Lieut.-Colonel George Rowlandson to be Colonel, vice Conran; Captain Ronald Macpherson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Rowlandson ; Second Captain George Cayley Robinson to be Captain, vice Macpherson; Lieutenant Henry Leenwin Dempster to be Second Captain, vice Robinson; Colonel (Major-(ieneral having rank as Colonel-Com mandant) Francis Frankland Whinyates to be Colonel- Commandant, vice Cullen, deceased ; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William Adam Orr, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Whinyates ; Captain Wyndham Charles Leopold Baker to be Lieutenant. Colonel, vice Orr; Second Captain Francis Cobbe to be Captain, vice Baker; Lieutenant George Haggard to be Second Cap tain, vice Cobbe ; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Alexander Irving, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Colonel John Hill, who retires upon full pay ; Lieut.-Colonel Charles Trigance Franklin, C. 8., from the Supernumerary List, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Ir ving. To be Adjutants—Second Captain Geo. Balfour Traill ; Brevet Major and Second Captain Thomas Jas. Maclachlan ; Second Captains Francis Robert Butt, john Braithwaite Hardy, Henry Moubray Cadell, Geo. Francis \Vorsley, Patrick Charles Anderson, and Ed ward Simeon. To be Paymaster—Paymaster with the honorary rank of Captain Thomas C. Higginson, from the 16th Foot, vice Griffiths, who exchanges. 4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Herbert Charles Borrett to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Charles Edward B. Breton, promoted; Gentleman Cadet Edward John Lugard, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Borrett. Bth Foot—William Toke Dooner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walter Mowbray Johnston, who retires. 16th Foot - Paymaster Thomas Richardson Griffiths, from the Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster, vice Higginson, who exchanges. 45th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick William Swann Webber to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Augustus Bur rows who retires ; Ensign Oscar William de Thoren to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Webber; Reginald Garnett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice de Thoren. 50th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Henry Lamb to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Owen Owen, appointed to the Staff. 56th Foot—Sergeant-Major Joseph Whittaker to be Quar termaster, vice James M'Grath, deceased. 65th Foot—Ensign Villars Butler, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice C. J. Urquhart, promoted to an Un avached Company, without purchase. 71st Foot —Captain and Brevet Major Arthur Charles Parker to be Major, without purchase, vice Henry Loftus, deceased ; Lieutenant Robert Barttelot Aldridge to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major A. C. Parker; Lieutenant C. J. H. Howard to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Barttelot Aldridge, whose pro motion, by purchase, on the 19th December, 1862, has been c ancelled ; Ensign Henry Craster to be Lieute nant, without purchase. vice Aldridge; Ensign Edward Francis Brownlow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Craster, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled ; Ensign W. Wolfe Rynd, from the 75th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brownlow. 75th Foot—Ensign John Ormsby Moore Vandeleur to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reginald Brocas, who re tires ; Gentleman Cadet W. Wolte Rynd, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Van deleur; Wm. Salmon Mills, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Alfred Sinclair Leathern, promoted. 83d Foot—Jas. Mitchell Lyall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur Longley, transferred to the 43d Foot. 86th Foot—Ensign John W. Boulcott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Edward Anstruther Hilliard, who retires ; Guy Francis Clarke Travers, Gent., to be En sign, by purchar e, vice Boulcott. 93d Foot-- Lieut. Edward Court Haynes to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign Edward Augustus Raikes, ap pointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of the Punj a b. 94th Foot—Lieutenant James Browne to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. G. J. Teevan, returning hume sick. 95th Foot—Lieutenant Archbold Macdonell Rawlins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bugden, who reti res; E ns i gn Bolton Waller Faulkner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rawlins; Ensign John Henry Stawell Se agram , from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Faulkner. 103 d Foot—Lieutenant Thos. Stanley Clay to be Instruc tor of Musketry. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Thomas Carr Foster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arthur James Fenn, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled ; Bal ser Alt, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Arthur James Fenn, deceased. Ceylon Rifle Regt.—Fitzßoy Hamilton Spencer Sewell, Gent., to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice Henry Dickson Demain, who has been permitted to retire upon half-pay. CAVALRY DEPOT (Canterbury)—Major Peter Withing ton, from 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson, appointed to the 7th Dra goon Guards. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant - Surgeon Owen Owen, 50th Foot, to be Staff-Assistant Surgeon, vice Henry Lamb, appointed to 50th Foot. BREVET... full-pay, Royal Artill ery, to h Major-General. Brevet-Colonel William Gustavus Co a l v o e ne th l e J h oh on n o H ra i r l y l, r re an ti k recl of iion Brown, Lieut enan t- Colonel, half-pay, late 24th Foot, at present serving as a Brigadier-Ueneral at Aldershot, to have the local rank of Najor-General while commanding the Forces in China. Brevet-Colonel John Garvock, Major, half-pay Unat tached, at present serving as a Brigadier-General at Dover, to have the local rank of Major-General while commanding a Division in India. Captain John Loftus Otway Mansergh, 44th Foot, to be Major. INDIA OFFICE, JAN, 27, ller Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under mentioned admission to the Bengal Staff Corps, and pro motions in the Bengal Army : BENGAL STAFF CORPS. To be Lieutenant—Lieutenant Henry Constantine Evelyn Ward, of the late sth European Regiment. BENGAL. Medical Officers—Assistant Surgeon Cavendish Johnson to be Surgeon, vice Allan, retired ; Assistant Surgeon lr rancis Pearson to be Surgeon, vice Beale, retired. Gthcahedzee:mtuatil BANKRUPTCIES ANNU: an, Leeds Wood-street, eßeta,ms city ay , upholstery trimming L LE m p anufacturer, Thomas Rider, warehousorn TS. BANKIt ur :bankrupts of any importance Knightsbridge : Robertesltr, Bethnal-green. Isaac Truman,m, lace manufacturer , Nottinghara sharebroker, Exeter which rfhe appearfollowingin Buncombe, tae o e r t , , , Robert Johnston, drysalter, Liverpool Thomas Robinson, innkeeper, Pontefract H Ge e o nr rg y e Jo h n Dinwoodie, sen., butcher, Chester Martin Greenfield, bricklayer, Liverpool Sanford, Wm. llempeltnan, shipwright, Poplar Bennett, Rogers, and Co., Australian merchants, Cornhill Watkin Powell, blacksmith, Glamorgan Henry Young Gill, grocer, York John M, Mudie, merchant, Lewisham, Kent John P Anson Prince, grocer, Hackney SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Simpson, farmer, Forfarshire Robert Leishman, nail manufacturer, Lialithgowahire Walter Watson, grocer, Port-Glasgow Robert Moffat, contractor, Dumfries Charles F. Chapman, clerk, Edinburgh Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17k 11 18 Antwerp — 25 42k 25 50 Brussels — 25 421 25 50 Hamburgh — 13 7 13 7i Paris Ditto 55i 25 60 M arse ill es Frankfort on Maine — 119 1191 Vienna 11 90 12 0 Trieste Petersburgh — 351 351 .. 481 491 —. 49 25 48 6 f 71 2 / 5 721 25 671 25 72/ 25 67' 25 721 Berlin Madrid ......... . • Cadiz Leghorn .. Milan .... Genoa Naples _pies ... Palermo .......... Messina ..... Lisbon ......... 0p0rt0....'......... 25 67i i 25 72i 25 70 25 75 25 5 70 25 0 7 5 2 521 621 d i 8 is h e- ly ed ed ne It, d id ry og ho na nd to ur Lhe of ant Ind illy iole in of its of ion by 101 l )ro the itre we the ded ge and and ing lee. In i of sed our ire e- nay ►en, Liug Our fold 'RE• tint ;lied ( AA Id r. Iged 100 100 100 10( 100 100 3.0.0 7.19.0 57, 17, 4. 7.0 2.0.6 4.3.0 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 58i 7 3.13 ll=