The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-03 00:00:00

40 1 i By MARKET. AND °°AititelAL INTELLIGENCE. A en,„l . CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. ' - ' 4 in f mo netary accommodation ifa NI ex , y or Perte nced in rat e the open market, where the t o t etiar ged for first class short dated paper is equa l ay t hekilnisimurn of the Bank of England. The li ol ,c a r suPplies of bankers and others continue 4,,e.4, a nd there is therefore the same reluctance te g l :Med to enter largely into new negotiations, AbsB at full quotations. y o , t °lit 4103,000 in gold was taken into the Bank T h erd a3', but 21,000 sovereigns were withdrawn. 8 Su irelk has arrived from Melbourne with 4115,000. h ere Oa t _ Was more firmn ess i n th e f ore i gn ex - The Yesterday afternoon. Lood,annaal meeting of the shareholders of the t ook "a and Provincial Marine Insurance Company Th e t P la ee to. da y -- Mr..T. N. Daniell in the cha ir. d... dead report Was unanimously adopted, and a iv lin , r the half -y ear, . . Sn "Qu at the rate of 10 per cent. el pees , declared. The balance of preliminary kkt to e4 Was ordered to be at once written o f , t hes eti f itte s any surplus that might remain, after l ithii i ;`"aent of claims arising upon outstanding i l ea, to the credit of a reserve fund. Two O'CLOCK. 11t the Paris Bourse this morning, according t o hr,4elltees telegram, the Three per Cent. Ren te r Th_tillated 66f, 20e. Flat. .ere ha vetlitt . been but few transactions recorde f d ee in . lo t 014Ritsh Stock Market this morning, an d a i Illtileheavitess is again prevalent. The Fun ds a nd li btil t,,lineipal foreign securities slightly recove re d i io e ,, k lf "i"aaent depression at the termination o 4444' Yesterday evening, but the conflicting 4 atit h 6 at the progress of the war in Germany, kltlit:lineertain policy of the English Government ,ttliti :ennlark,together with its apparent isolated too leri t) ;: have adversely influenced prices o Ntatcl°4B* Consols are about 1.16 th won: the etch °4 be ing 901 1 for money, and 90- g - i for kip i Ilext. The 4. New Threes and Reduced I t° iltilt Z tkre 9° 1 ; Exchequer Bills remain at l O s. - teek i 4 , -- ; tank Stock is quoted 235, 237; India 41 t1;: l t a, 21; do. 5 per Cent. Loan, 1031, 104 4 ; Th e b ebentures are 981. fl tal Rorei., 6 Stock Market, which closed ve ry Aitja Yehterday afternoon, opened this morn ing h cyjahlPtorus of depression, but renewed 1 u 8 0 6 y 2: 4e4tillgaia apparent. Turkish 6 per Cents, 18 62, 3 6'4; ditto Consolides, 45 4 461; Mexican, .4., peel reek, 26 'i i; ditto Coupons, ire,l 7 a2l. . 4 ;/ I .4 , ditto Certificates, 13 1; Portuguese, '6.l ' ailltil ' 66 : i; and the Confederate Loan, lo th ; i t her: Rail Share Market there has been blitov-t)re activity, and prices have shown a slig ht d i4laille,,!ellt• Great Eastern, Lancashire an Alterl(;' trighton, North Western, North l t°l4 tr etwi nix), and South Eastern, have each ' 4 " e 8 . ; Great Western, 10s, ; Caledonian, 11;:11(1 Midland, £l. tlio,, to Porei D4 f i 6 and Colonial lines Shaw little , llotk° 411130rtance. ti l 4104.11! Miscellaneous Shares have continued I t tlip ed a request. London and County have ;oio t ito 66 B kof Egypt to 27 4 ; London 4 teth' til eit re B an k e a a n st 37 , - Oriental Bank, 59 1; Ito 460 41 p• 8- —4 • Na tional Shipping, zOl d. tnancial, 11 12 ; lik ti N tie: . ! ,Anglo Italian Bank k to 1 pram.; qip,, : unt ies 'NI 41 5 P i e ll to 11 prem. ; and Australian m. atit / --- 04 -4 TISII b' t•t; It Z/i T P I UNDS 0 , NE O'CLOCK. Ltto t. 0 P•u x 1\ , a !a p t, ~titlt Feb 901 90 f hem * a pt 6‘.eqiie ed . •• • • 9Ol 1 N 1,,,, A tt. : . 9Ol 90 ' l4 ,,tk i `...tet,A . `' It. j'an• ..... 904 90 4)1 4 0 44 )3(1 )r d 1885 . Il it iN t„ t ,e,,r 30 ..`,,,_ t r e ' ) expire ... A pril, ;3B 0 . .. te trte,ieft.4:4,,!xepire sth 1 885 ▪ t 1) ! t ° il lt 4 1 1 le g ra Ph) , Aug. Itt, ) ,000, 21 & g 1908. a per Cent. 4 dis ‘ l ll t t tl ,, 1:500 14, 11,0 E., ta m t ,ZIOO and .......... . 11 7 l -0 dis b i lt t N‘ eit tlo, rt , 4 .1 per Ct. 1) 14 ° At' 16 ir X ENT SEcuni - yr. 235 7 April 1874 215 13 1 '41 °4 P: t bat, Cent., TIS ' D itt ' o k e: C elt .. 115 144 3 bit. to Eater 4 0 •.. 41 Y) 1870 IN _ e at.; •• ; ... b . 6 e 4 o_ - I.);,"°sPet C„ pap 1888 -40 Doper c.., a a +l per Cent bit 14444:1k, SP' 1 872 .. Dittotllo ~, 1879 41dati i m o ltto' r Ct., April 1864 d ot • l!'ci r tl,o ° O. Ang., 1866 98i Nti toltElGlse'O. • t bitto tit kis, 6 p • t i ‘iL kzil• A. t ° Per e -13 S—ONE O'CLOCK. out 11 1) 4 144 tl e p °llll t • 1 1359 .. ~,to i o •e, r, ..... "tO4 °39 'exit"' ••• .. 1 ............. 11 I Per .Cl 185 .... 1/4,-Itti &Pitt ee llt 9 ..... ' c ' s ' ti P ° *) 18 52'58-60 k i !'to 4 31. ; 18 83 1863 l'' l l o ,.. t t 6 l' e t' e c e Per 4 0 55 Paid _ tkoibri p ell% -etit ... () t all gelBoe,a•t ,t,„ k, r• .. .• • . rat ii x5 O • • ...... hbi 2 Ntto itier el,t, b lt h; Pe r c e xit., .. -• iit, t° 6 l L et C e e ri ll , t • 188 1 3 . ... Guilders -- ° spa r e xit ,, 1825 tc,4,11,41): si.o;titliBls4 kt ! ) jo ilS 4 7 opi s a- ozi ll a olid a i e * , i , . i Zq QeePer Cent, w 1 1 . )er Cent _ b it to ,ter j t e c t Is,"ao• ....... . ant — i 4 t t tc: , c ) , eoll,ll ti t t., ,82 4 . 5 .. ......... : i:1444641i501):411te : .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ......... r. P . a ° ....... - 01 I a 16, 43 , ( I , e, 64 t: : - i, 4 ,4 perellt, (si • • • 4 ieto out ' reb lraau i t ". a ailway) 1) i 4 1 , top': l4 . • ..... bittl,lll4,l_tiai .. tt„ ~,,;1 , . ... Per e' en . ''Zlittore,, , i . t .. IA t ld d. ' 1 I lti W 1,5, , 1 8 , 5 p;ants (i" 0, I,octi r °e t a Vareo ... ...... Ii!lto % e ( . I ' BV •. .. " 'II. 25f li'N 41. Q 3) 44.2 .... 3 d ••• • ; — ~tt t ti lke4t. ... • paid — pm NACCt (.;;;: ............ . lj t *to No a t lttt.."'' . ) 1862' 44114i::0,k, ikhrttoutetrde;a•t•.: 4 6 4 .„,9 - exit' •.:, go Q' 4 4t '' - tt'66 , ..... 47 t ii bh roe k * ... ' 7 ) ' 9 l q 6, 62,'3 _ t.ti, ,, t , , Cat ., I. • ii k tr l i tto a is p ar t 1850. ' 4 St 11,411tok11.1•k;etit. 1860 ............. ivkotb&e4„, 1869 - ki k Ci 1862 - 0 b t,. 1 1. t 1)1 44 4,tkp'4ttil. .......... bi: t° 4 B* ,t t. t ............... bit t t ° 3 4 4 , 11 :;;:d Dt11.14, 4, I'v e . 41, , t 4 34 e. e , 0 44t .,, - lit oiii...s} ,4 64 Q . 4 . 4 o t f: e *z ..• .. . ... ; C OUP not funded t t t t: Ak it t e E :, t • pI• tile eeo tout tto4ptr44t. . 185: I tt, i , tr,o e e • • . 1 I).tto, lotlillt i lt. 1,,„! 4 4 ,1. 1304.71. Iti. 4 eeteda t l•to ti 'P o t ttl i, t.. '• 1g62 • ..„•.,'....... . thcAo 1.:),1tti5,1 zoollt : cit ; .. ........ 1 ........ 6 — ei , tto 04 a , itee,i, • 18. es S • o A p, I .P,!r 0 0 2 4 per A. N I qr?eeiiietlt.,ali ... :' . e . nt • ...... Ol t 21 IF4l(ist... 62 1N4,104 e , 0 t▪ : til l qk l , Pe r N . e ab . o);; b i lk, i•ot tt , - , en'e - • , x. 1 2 a - payable in Lond ,n t to 114 8, c 4 ' r oe l .... 6 4 . 'kee . Qei - Per catee _lO . O/ 4ittili 4:441..t.,: 1861 , 11 ; 4x,..;fr iii . : ....... ones — 4, t > . . .•, ) , u4t • ...... TWO O'CLOCK. ~... ............ 4, 4 4 e .____ •.... A 4 tpool 0 __ ___.:_._._ it. tn. otto n ye t 't h Market —This Is il, eFtp **--------, Day. i. ' O O b 37 ' rnore a tiles -emand.6,4sS7a.lesp, preevroiobuatiblyly, Import, Titt pl, ,)t tll/4; 4'14 of .4-I,t ll'En WITHDRAWAL OF THE i tt 11 lob, k N't M A ,,,,, 1 1 N t tl o!it 04 klerttre loyal - appears to have called forth in 17°101,4 the ~.,.. Olympic a now demonstration V 414 jtee th e "" af the public, tho effect of which has 1, 1 % 04 bl onde went of the novelties announced li qty, i 'l op r°_aday evening last indefinitely. t 44 1 4 Geri " llljetlEs Il ti 4 , rdo, d ied sop GonDoN.---The It tl til, 4 elai ll „, , at Runtly Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Nt+lti Nt h ° -.1110 immediate cause of death being 0 . ( )It at4 ' The , ttk 'lt 4 . th vi , deceased was in her 70th year. 4 teo t, n o IN_ ap ot , a win her 82d year, is reso -it 1,11304 r 44 haa very nearly finished a s c i ent i fic and importance. _-~ BEARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. i Closing Business Railways. Paid. Price. done. Share! Bfr., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost., Sleat., and ilSid.ijo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall B 81 8I 81 84 66 1191 1201 7 1 Do A A gets no die Do. B till tip c.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June., Edinburgh & Glasgow., IGlasg. and S. W e stern., , Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock 37 39 16 17 95 97 106 tOB 481 491 45 47 74 81- 128 129 134 136 134 136 97 99 84 65 Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashize & Yorkshire Loudon and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New .. 109 1091 70 72 102 iO3 40 42 106 1061 102 t 11:4 491 5N 98 99 128 i2Bi if lid 7 09 Do Birming. le Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares Mid Kul 'Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London 511 62/ 25 t 5 102/ 1031 58 &9 ON 91i Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot . Mid, stock Shrews, and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern 125 130 1 2 p 77 79 11 Ili 123 126 43 45 98 100 53 64 33 34 93i 94} South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWck Stockton J 6 Darlington Do 98 100 91 10i 18 30 94 104 o 74 8 p 16j IES 5} 61p 3 34 p Do New, 186 G Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath 87 90 170 175 Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..ltß West Midland --Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford 22 25 BRITISH POSSE Railways Atlantic & St Lawrenct Born., Barodatt. Cen t Inc Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . . • Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and L axe Huron Do. Preference Buftalo,BrantAG odrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187, Do. do. June 1, ltci Clcutta. S. Eas tn (Lin. Cape Town I:, Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred__ Do. 2d Fret. Bonds Do. do. deferred.... Do. 3d Y, ef. stock . Do. do. deferred._ Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPentn.g.da.sp.c Do. N ew gua. - 5 p. 6... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras 5 I). 0 . Do. p. o. Extension Dc. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. d p. 0. Bnds. Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. blortg. Bds. Newßr au.swtok et Can d a Class A and B. N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist pt bds Soinde • • Do. Delhi Do. do .. LN Do. Punjaub ccf Do. Do. ........ , r u g Do. In dus.St. Flo.) Paid, all no IKONS. Closing Price. 59 i 1 102 IC4 6 1 p 6 1 p 5;1 9 8 9 100 10? KO 102 104 106 102 104 1 P 191 20, 73 15 58 41 66 68 49 b 5 60 62 33 12 26 28 20 24 103 105 1• 102 104 91 10 11 101 92 94 85 87 i to 101 )03 97 99 82 96 58 60 3 5 82 84 102 104 102 104 * OP 102 104 98 100 T SECURITIES. 100 102 IC2 104 102 104 90 /12 90 92 108 107 109 111 109 111 107 109 110 112 103 108 147 109 101 103 13.14. 1 25 10 et st 50 20 6.4.0 0.16.4; (2.10 COLONIAL GOVER umai ov. p.c.J ul3 1877-S1 . Do. 0 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. a. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. 0. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1873 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c IMauritius 6 per Cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. d a.&July Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5p Du. 5 p. c.,lBti to 15'7C Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. Queensland Gm 6 p. c. , S.AIIB G6p.c.1878.& up.. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Da in 6D.0. km,rmt.. BRITISH MI ;Cambrian Consol. Gold elifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd lEast Caradon ...... East Carla Brea.... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.ikSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) l IGreat South 7olgus 1 G. Wheal Vor (lielston) I Grenville . [ler:Ars-Foot ilingston Downs I Lady Bertha Alargaret (Uny Lelan t Ilarke Valley.. yndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. Wlt Basset (Illo;an, North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (61. Blazey rrovidenee(Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) Wheal Fran. (1110, , ,, , an) Stray Park faxnar Silv.& Lead Min fin Crott West Basset (Mogan). • %V Cf radon (Liskeard), West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redfuth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i WhealLv.deott Wheal Mary Ann ;Men.) Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) Wheal Union 10.6.7 15.19.91 30.17.6 id 383 303 570 680 674 70 id par 27 28 7 73 5 Oi 9 11 43 5 153 163 5 53 AO 38 2.0.8 3.0.8 8 58i 7 3.17 I 19 7 00 2} 21 5i 57i 62i 28 30 19i 20i 11 1 2 54 56 190 200 80 85 3i 37 a 2 13i 14i 160 170 I 25 26 3 311 1091 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwall, 4i per cent. stk., 102 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 171 Great Luxembourg, 101 Sambre and Meuse, 71 San Paulo (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 201 20 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 20 FOREIGN MINES. " - - -•- - Cop!Apo. limited, 5 - East del Rey (lim.), JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lona.= and Liverpool (Um.), 45 Australasia, 76 Bank of Egypt, 271 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 421 Ditto, new issued, at .£lO pm, 25 Colonial, Bin., 401 391 Continental, Um., 8 European Bank, lira., 71 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 291 Imperial Bank (lim.), 26/ 6 1 Imperial Ottoman, 174 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 3/ London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 London and County, 661 6 London Joint Stock, 37 6} Metrop. and Prov. ank (lim.), 201 1} National Provincial of England, 134; Ditto, new, 39i Oriental Bank Corporation, 591 MISC Bombay Gas, limited , 3iELLANEOUS. Discount Corporation, limited, 10} English and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira.. International Financial Society, Ili 12 111 Joint • stock Discount, lira ., 6 London Financial Association, lira., 251 5 London General Omnibus Company, 21 Mercantile Credit Association, Jim, 7t Oriental Inland Steam, lim , 14 Universal Marine (Insurance) Rm., 51 The French Academy of Sciences. At the last sitting the Secretary read a letter from MM. Pauchet, July, and Musset, thanking the Academy for having appointed a COMMiEISiOI3 before which the experiments of M. Pasteur on the one hand, and those of the three above-mentioned gentlemen on the other, are to be repeated. They add that, although they had supposed that the mem-. bers of the Academy, who had so openly declared their opinion against spontaneous generation, ought not to form part of the commission, they nevertheless are convinced they will meet with the greatest im partiality at the hands of their adversaries. TWENTY NEW OPERAS have actually been pro duced during the past year in Italy , all by young and gene . rally unknown composers. Not one of these productions has, howes;er, met with sufficient success to warrant their performanoe in this country. Business done 1021 3} Tim SON, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUAIf - 3, 1864 - irozirt HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 2. The Queen. accompanied by Princess Helena, walked and drove yesterday morning and afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales, attended by the lion. Mrs. Coke, went to the chapel in Windsor Castle yesterday morning to return thanks for her re covery. The service was performer! by the Dean of Windsor. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and attended by Major Teesdale, C. 8., the Equerry in Waiting, drove to Claremont yesterday on a visit to the members of the ex-Royal family of France. The Hon. Mrs. E. Coke has succeeded the Coun tess of Macclesfield in attendance on the Princess of Wales. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, OLD COURT. THE MURDERS AND PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS. This morning, in consequence of it becoming known that the eight prisoners charged with the murder of six persons on board the ill-fated ship Flowery Land would take their trial, the court was crowded in every part. Immediately the Judges, Mr. Baron Bramwell and Mr. Justice Shee, took their seats on the bend', The prisoners John Lyons, Barcelia la Santos, Mursto Durano, Francisco Blanco, Manilla mon; Marco Varta, Alareelliano, Miguel Lopez, and George Carlos, were placed in the dock, and all pleaded not guilty. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Giffard prosecuted; the prisoners generally were defended by counsel engaged by their respective Consuls. The Solicitor-General, in opening the case, said—The prisoners at the bar formed a portion of the crew of a ship belonging to Mr, Ker, called the Flowery Land, bound from London to Singapore, and commanded by Captain George Smith. After the vessel had been at sea some time fault was found with the prisoners on account of th it lazy habits, and the captain on one occasion struck ono of the prisoners, and called him a lazy son of a b—. On the IGth of September, 1863, James Early, the ship's buy, and two of the crew, a Frenchman and a Norwegian, who oc cupied the house on deck were aroused in their beds by hearing a great disturbance on deck, and one of them, the lad Early, went forward to ascertain what was the cause of the disturbance, when the first thing that met his view was the body of the captain's brother lying dead by the com panion ladder. He afterwards found the dead body of the captain in his cabin, and the lad would be able to identify some of the prisoners who were then present in the cabin. The prisoners had subsequently murdered the first mate, and the steward, whom they had compelled to take to one of the boats, was so pelted with missiles that the craft went over, and he was drowned, as it was supposed, as nothing had ever since been heard of him. They afterwards scuttled the ship, and at the time the vessel was being wilfully de. stroyed the cook and lamptrimmer were known to be on board, and as the prisoners refused all escape to them, it was supposed—and there appeared to be little doubt in the matter—that the ill .fated individuals went down with the ship, It was not known for certain where this took place, but it was within seven days sail of Monte Video. 'When the' prisoners, with Early and Taller, the second mate, got to Monte Video, the boy and the second mate made their escape, and wandered about for more than 20 miles inland before they could meet with any person to whom they could communicate the horrible tragedy. Fortunately the boy Early met a person to whom he was able to com municate the affair, and the authorities of Monte Video hav ing instantly been made aware of the transaction, a guard was immediately sent out and the whole of the prisoners were secured, He should prove that the prisoners were all on board the ship at the time the murders were committed, and when tho witnesses were examined the jury would be of opinion that the case was clearly made out against the whole of them. The first witness called was William Taffir, the second mate. He repeated the whole of the evidence he gave at Bow-street Police Court, which was reportad verbatim in Ike Sun on the day of examination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A NOVEL MODE Or RAISING THE WIND.—A neatly printed circular, which has been left at a gentleman's house in an envelope, directed "For the servants of the house," was forwarded to Mr. Tyrwhitt this morning. The circular which comes from a person at Bermondsey, who has hit upon a rather novel mode of raising the wind, is as follows : "Dear Friends,—ln taking this means of laying my sad case before you, I feel assured that I shall meet with your kind sympathy; and the reason why I appeal to you is be cause I was once, as yourselves, a respectable servant. A few years ago I was married to a worthy young man in busi ness, and have now got a young family,' but my health is delicate. My husband became security for a friend of mine for £lOO. The friend died very suddenly, and my husband is therefore compelled to pay the amount, and we are threatened with an execution if the money is not paid at once. We have not a friend in the world to assist us. We have distributed 1,000 of these appeals, and all we ask is one shilling in postage stamps from each reader. The many oan help the few. Therefore, do what you can for us, and if only six postage stamps, all will help. Please do not send money—postage stamps enclosed in an enve lope is the best way; and we beg to state that the smallest sum will be accepte.l with heartfelt gratitude. Trusting to kind sympathy and Christian feeling for a distressed fel - low-servant, we trust this appeal will not be in vain. Although the circular appears to emanate from a female, it is signed with a man's name. THE CHARGE AGAINST A TRADESMAN OF ASSAULT ING A FEMALE.-11.1r, Rees Price, dairyman, of 0 xendon street, who was charged a few days ago with assaulting a young Belgian woman, surrendered to his bail. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared to prosecute on behalf of the Society for the Protec tion of Women and Children. On the case being called on, Mr. Lewis said he had re ceived a letter from the young woman, stating that she had obtained a situation, and that she declined to attend, fearing she would lose it if she did so. The defendant, whose solicitor said he had a complete anwer to the charge, was then discharged. MARKETV-This Days INIARgANE. Fresh up to our market thy the arrivals of home grown wheat were but moder', and in consequence of the hostilities in Schleswig, fact's were very firm in their demands. Millers were, ho'vrer, indisposed to operate at any advance in prices, and ye. little business was trans acted either in red and white alities, at about Monday's currency. There was a fair show of forol wheat on the stands. The trade was very firm, and all escriptions were held at enhanced currencies. Floating cargoes of grain ruled w, and prices held an upward tendency. With barley the market was mocately supplied. Malt ing descriptions sold steadily, at fu'mrrencica ; but infe rior descriptions were in slow request late rates. Malt changed hands to a limited e2at, on former terms. Tho oat trade was firmer, and pric€aad an upward ten dency. The show of samples was =rate,. Beans ruled firm, at extreme rates.nd peas supported Monday's quotations. For flour there was a fair average it iry, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS svgi Wheat. Barley. Hall. Is. flout. English.— 433 i 1,470 1 1,140 '9O lO3O Irish. Foreign-- 2,270 4,050 i —I 40 180 sks, brig BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a steady demand for and late rates are well supported. WHITE C PAPE L. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and trade rules steady, at the annexed currency:— Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 45 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 816 s. the carcase. The Price of Gold. THAMES. SERIOUS CASE OF STABBING A FATHER BY HIS SON.— Joseph Ritchie, a shoemaker, aged 18, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged, on his own confession, with stabbing his own father, John Ritchie, at No. 1, Robin Hood-lane, Poplar. _ _ _ Mr. Matthew Brownfield, surgeon, of tha East India road, Poplar, said he attended John Ritchie yesterday, and found that he had been stabbed twice, and had lost a consi derable quantity of blood. One was a punctured wound through the posterior part of the right shoulder an inch and a half in depth; the second wound was also a punctured one, nearer the spine, an inch in depth. Both wounds were dangerous. The patient could not be removed at present. Robert Marks, a police-constable, 349 S, said that yes terday afternoon tho prisoner came to him at the top of the East India-road, Poplar, and said, Make haste, make haste, there is a man stabbed," and took him to the house, No. 1, Robin Hood-lane, close by where he saw a man who was bleeding from two wounds, and was very ill and very sick, He procured the assistance of Dr. Brownfield. The prisoner afterwards came to the station-house in a state of great excitement and said, " I have stabbed my father.' The mother of the lad was present, and said "Do you know what you have done," to which the prisoner replied, " Oh, yes, I did it with a knife—father was going to kill you, and I would not see you ill-used. If I had not done it father would have killed me. I did it in self-defence." Witness believed the prisoner had told the truth. 3' distressing case indeed— heAlr , h but to remand the priso ner for a week. adPnaog alternative t sai said thisatwwas e a s e v n e t r AN EXTRAORDINA RY PAUPER.. Donald Thompson, a pauper chargeable to the city of London Union, who says he is closely bordering on 60 years of age, was brought be • fore Mr. Paget charged with refusing to perform the work assigned to him in the Union-house, Bow-road. The extraordinary adventures, sayings, and doings of this remarkable man, during the last 15 years, have been more than once recapitulated. His last two commitments to prison have not been noticed at all, and Thompson is par ticularly annoyed at these omissions. He has an inordinate love of vanity, and likes to talk of himself, and to hear him self talked about. Mr. Edwin Holland, superintendent of labour in the city of London Union-house, Bow-road, said the prisoner had recently come out of Holloway Prison, and returned to the workhouse, and he would not work, The prisoner refused to pick oakum. Mr. Paget—ls he in a fit state to do the work of picking oakum. _ Holland—He is, sir. The medical officer of the Union his perfect fitness. has examined him very ofte n at th e request of th- magis i. I am very ill. , t l r a hT t a e t s ee o pb f re t ie h sno i s nee c xr o a— u m r I t i , nce a ad n n d b, ty h d a toh s ie d t , e d c yo l co a tu r o e rr d wo fo r s hp th e prison ; there is a medical certificate ; here is the corr espondence with the the Poor r lined to read the correspondence, and asked the prisoner what was the matter with him. ac m. Paget Lawt de Board , the Lord Mayor , and the Guardians. The prisoner, who has a different disease every time he comes to the court, replied "a perpetual stunning head ache." (Loud laughter.) Mr. Paget—You are committed to p r i son and to hard labour for one month. Thenion-h prisoner—Thankouse. y o ur worship, / Will not work in the u SHIPPING — This Day, L this day at noon—South- Westerly; °NimN m ' o F d e e b. rat3.—in obre V eze, a and lino Weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF, Feb. 2.—Wind S. W.—S ailed—Natalia, for Malaga. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 2.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Convoy, from London for Nassau. NEWPORT, Feb. 2.—Wind S.W. -- Arrived—Prairie Bird, from Bideford. Sailed—Emma, from Rio Grande.— Paragon, from Gibraltar. LEITH, Feb. 3,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Prince Rupert, from Calloa. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 2.—Wind S .W. — Arrived—John Lidgett, from Hong Kong. (BY MAGNETIC TELIMEAPn.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 2—Juliet, from Demerara; Lizzi e and Ad o , Toni Alexandria ; Esmeralda, from St. 11,1ich ae l' s . Sailed, Feb. 3—Point, for Jamaica. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. No arrivals. SIR FITZROY KELLY it is, who intends to make another effort this Session to induce the House of Com mons to put an end to the malt tax. 49k } 1281 8 135 41 641 1091 1021 1061 6 99i 9 128 i 9 1.031 3 58/ 91} Death of the Duchess of Parma. The telegraph brings us intelligence of the death, at Venice, on Monday last, of the Duchess Louise Marie-Therese of Bourbon, daughter of the late Prince Charles Ferdinand of Artois, Duke of Berri. The Duchess married, in November, 1815, Prince Ferdinand Charles 111. of Bourbon, Duke of Parma, who succeeded to the dukedom of Parma, Plaisance, and the States annexed, on the abdication of his father, Charles Louis, in March, 1849. His Royal Highness did not long reign over his duchy, nor was his short reign by any means peaceful or happy. His career was cut short t by an assassin, who stabbed him in the abdomen with a dagger in the streets of Parma, on the afternoon of March 26, 1854, and after lingering for two days he expired. Immediately on his death the late duchess, his consort, was proclaimed regent during the minority of her son, Prince Robert; the Ministry of Parma was dissolved, and Baron Ward, a protege of the Austrian Government, was ordered to leave the country, never to return. He had rendered good service to the Austrians during the Italian revolu tion, and afterwards in the matter of the customs union, and received, as reward, the Commander's Cross of the Iron Crown and the dignity of Baron of the Austrian empire. It wi►l be remembered that one of the results of the late war in Italy was that the duchess-regent found it necessary to quit her States, which were annexed to Piedmont at the end of the year, not withstanding a protest sent by her from Zurich, and the clauses in her favour inserted in the Treaty of Villafranca. The young duke, Robert 1., the present claimant to the duchy, who was born in July, 1848, and was consequently six years old at the death of his father, has been living in retirement with his mother since their withdrawal from Parma in 1860. He has one brother and two sisters, viz., the Prin cess Marguerite, born in 1847; the Princess Alice, born in 1849 ; and Prince Henri, born in 1851. The Duke of Sutherland has arrived at Stafford House, St. James's, from Lilleshall, Shropshire. The Marquis of Exeter arrived at his residence in Grosvenor-square last evening from Burley-park, in order to dine with the Earl of Derby this evening. The Earl and Countess Grey have arrived on Carlton-house-terrace from Howick-hall, Northumber land, The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor are expected in town tc-day from their country seat. The Countess (Dowager) Spencer leaves town to-day 'with her family for Gilsborough-park, Northamp tonshire, where they will pass about two months. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey, though still confined to her bed, has been improving in health during the last three days, and therefore has not been in so critical a condition as has been represented. Mr. and Lady Augustus Fiennes have returned to Queen's-gate-terrace, from Broughton Casio, Banbury. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons arrived at his official residence at the New Palace, Westminster, yesterday evening. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, But, M.P., and Lady Peal have arrived at their residence in Whitehall gardens from the Secretary's Lodge, Dublin, for the meet ing of Parliament. Admiral Sir Augustus W. I. Clifford, Bart., C.B„ the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Lords, arrived in town last evening for the meeting of Parliament. We understand that a marriage is arranged between Mr. Reginald Dykes Marshal, of Cookridge Hall, Leeds, and Miss Mary Stewart, eldest daughter of Rear- Admiral the Hon Keith Stewart, C.D. Sir Thomas Miller, Bart., and Lady Miller, of G:enlee, Kircudbright, have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. Sir Henry Drummond \% olffe has left London for Corfu. THE MARRIAGE OF MISS LOUISA HERBERT, daughter of Mr. William Herbert of Clytha, with Mr. Walter Smyth, brother of Sir Frederick Smyth, is fixed to take place on the Bth of next month, at Clytha, THE MINOR PLANET 79 has been named " Eurynome." Mr. Walker, one of the Conservative members for Beverley, having intimated his intention to retire from Parliament, a large body of the electors invited Mr. Chris topher Sykes, a younger son of the late Sir Tattoa Sykes, to succeed him. Mr. Sykes acceded to the request, and on Monday evening he addressed a meeting of the electors, frankly expressing his attachment to Conservative prin ciples and policy. At the close of his address a resolution was unanimously carried that Mr. Sykes would make a worthy colleague to their other Conservative member, Major Edwards. THE MACAULAY MEMORIAL for Trinity College, Cambridge, is nearly finished by Mr. Woolner. The historian is seated in his college gown, with a book in his hand—the fingers pressed into the open leaves, as if he had been collecting points in an argument. The attitude is graceful, and the face noble. It has not, we believe, been settled where this memorial shall stand—some would prefer to see it in Trinity Chapel, others in the Library, the floor of which would have to be strengthened by sup ports in order to bear the great weight of marble. Two QUERIES ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY ! —ls the National Gallery fire-proof ? If not— says the Athenceum—the sooner it is made so the better, or all possibilities of the fate of the Tower Armouries, the Custom House, and the Houses of Parliament, befalling it, should be placed out of calculation. Independent of the officials of the Royal Academy, who reside in the eastern half of the building, one whole family, comprising several children,:oecupies - the'western half, immediately beneath the picture-galleries. Can anything be done (also asks our con temporary) to lessen the annoyance arising from the noisy trampling of visitors on the bare floor of the National Gallery, and to prevent bright reflections of that floor, from appearing in the glasses placed over the pictures? We suggest Kamptulicon for the purpose, as not retaining dust, having a dull surface, capable of receiving colour and of deadening sound. REPRESENTATION OF CHATHAM.—A rumour being prevalent that General Sir J. M. F. Smith, the pre. sent Conservative member for Chatham, who has been for some time seriously indisposed, does not intend to come forward for re-election on any future occasion, a meeting of the Liberal electors has been convened to determine what steps should be adopted to ensure the return of a Liberal candidate. Mr. Otway, who recently appealed to the elec tors of Brighton, contested Chatham, and was defeated by the Conservatives at the last election, but since that period a large number of Liberals have bsen added to the register. THE GREAT NORTHERN DIVIDEND.—Mr. Oakley, the secretary of this line, informs us that the direc tors have determined to recommend to the proprietors, at the general meeting on the 20th inst., to declare a dividend for the half. year to the 31st December last, at the rate of £8 15s per cent, per annum on the original stock of the com pany, giving for the half-year 17e. 6:1 per cent. to the ori ginal stock, £3 per cent, to the B original stock, and £5 15s per cent to the A original stock. These rates will mako the dividend for the whole year 1863 as follows, viz. lOs per cent on the original stock, £6 per cent on the B original stock, and £7 per cent on the A original stock. AN ANTIQUE STATUE OF SAPPHO has been dis covered at the place anciently called Lithium, in the island of Cyprus. 'rho material is a marble common in Lesbos, the native island of the Poetess—" Where burning Sappho loved and sung!" A YOUNG ARTISTS LTFE.—" In this volume (says the Observer) is given a sketch of the life of a young man very singularly gifted, which unhappily set quick as a winter's sun. The young artist is spoken of under the name of Leonard Holme, and the story of his brief and promising career is told in an admirable manner. A more interesting narrative we have seldom read, and no person can lay down the volume without a feeling of regret at the untimely death of the young artist, which brings the story to a close. The author is Mr. Alexander Bairn° Cochrane, for Honiton." 93i 41 THE ALABAMA, SINGAPORE, Dec. 31.—The privateer Alabama anchored in oar roads on the evening of the 21st inst., and left again on the morning of the 24th, after having provided herself with three months' coals and provisions. The Alabama burnt, on the I evening of the same day, in the Straits of Malacca, the British bark Martaban, Capt. Pike, from Moul mein. She carried a British register, the master had a British master's certificate, and the mate a British mate's certificate, but both wero by birth Americans, and had been on board before hand. The vessel had a cargo of rice on board, being bona fide British property. It appears some doubts are entertai❑ed that the transfer of tte Martaban, formerly American Texan Star, having been a bona fide one. A protest has been sent in to Government, but as the papers were taken away by Capt. S'4llll:l3eS, further communications and duplicate papers must be expected from Moulmein. The Alabama has also burnt the American ship Sonora, 707 tons, and the American ship High lander, 1,049 tons, both bound for the rice ports. The Peace Society of the Dano-German Questiou. The following memorial was presented to Earl Russell on the 26th of January . The memorial of the Committee of the Peace Society showeth,— That your memorialists, in common with the country at large, have felt and continue to feel great anxiety as to the issue of the dispute between the kingdom of Denmark and the Germanic Confederation, respecting the question of Schleswig-Holstein. They rejoice in the persevering efforts The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., andilade by your lordship to secure a pacific solution for the he short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On calty, for they have a strong conviction that if England comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 ;ailed to interfere in the matter at all it can only be in 17 s. Md. per ounce for standard gold, it appeal s that gold is tgorm of friendly mediation and advice. They do not about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. relhish the hope that these efforts may be yet crowned By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 4234 per mark with oess and that for the credit of civilisation the two and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per £1 sterling. enlighto. nations more immediately concerned will to Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2-10ths dearer in London than in llamburg saved from folly and guilt of ru s hi ng i n t o th e measure - The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at less calamititf war, on a question so comparatively trivial 60 days' sight is 172 per cent., and the premium on gold is and obscure, 561 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the But should hUities ultimatelybreak forth your memo- mportation of gold from the United States. rialista earnestly ')e that your lordship having used your utmost endeavours avert a rupture, will firmly refuse to allow this country to drawn into any participation in the The clipper ship John Lidgett, 770 tons register (owned by Messrs. John Lidgett and Sons, of Lon don), Commander Gamble, arrived at Spithead yes terday morning from the Cape of Good Hope with conflict. Your memorialists Li observed with the utmost satis- faction and gratitude t. resolute spirit with which her Majesty's Government htadhered to the principle of non intervention in the case of ierica and Poland. It appears to your memorialists that tiDano-German question, far from offering any ground for )arting from this salutary principle, presents none of v. , ..whose plausible pretexts usually urged in favour of armed invention in other cases. Neither clear political right on ()nee or the other, nor treaty obligations on our part, nor thepposed complicity of British interests in the point at is.. nor respect for popular sympathies can be pleaded in excitor staking the blood and treasure of England on this uninteale quarrel. It is impossible not to feel, on the other hanliat a war arising out of this question, in which the great Jers of Europe should become implicated, can hardly fail had to other complications so vast and perilous as might weizr pal the boldest heart in the apprehension. In your 101 l ship's own impressive language, " Who can foresae wh extent such a war might acquire, what passions it might arouse, what districts might be desolated by its ravages f" Your memorialists therefore respectfully but earnestly entreat her Majesty's Government to abstain not only from taking part by any overt act in the hostilities between Ger many and Denmark, should they unhappily commence, but from all such diplomatic altercations and engagements, as well as from such menacing demonstrations of force, as may gradually implicate the nation in the conflict without its knowledge and against its will. JOSEPH PEASE, President, SAMUEL GURNEY, Treasurer, HENRY RICHARD, Secretary. he following military and naval (invalids and time expired men) officers and men o❑ board from Hong Kong, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena— There embarked at Hong Kong—Royal Artillery, Capt. H. Porter, (invalid) ; Assist. •Surg. Tate (in valid); and seven men., Royal Engineers, two men ; 44th Regiment, one man ; 67th Regiment, Lieut. Dawson (an duty) and one man; 99th Regiment, Brevet Major Kerepson and 50 men ; Commissariat Staff, eight men ; Army Hospital Corps, six men '; Assist.-Surg. M`Dowell (in medical charge of troops), wife and child, one naval assist.-surg., one midshipman, and 51 naval invalids and time-expired men. Three military invalids were embarked at the Cape of Good Hope and four at St. Helena. Five naval and eight military invalids died during the passage home. The naval invalids and time expired men were transferred yesterday from the John Lidgett to her Majesty's ship Victory and the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar. The military will disembark today, the invalids being forwarded to the Royal Military Hospital at Netley, and the time-expired men sent on to the depots of their respective regiments. The regiments sailed from Hongkong on Sept. 16, 1863, and was 23 days out to Batavia, where she lay at anchor five days. From Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope she made the somewhat long passage of 44 days, owing to the unusual circumstance of having to beat to windward through the trade winds. At the Cape she lay at anchor 16 days. She made the passage thence to St. Helena in ten days, where she anchored for two days, and thence she completed her voyage to Spithead in 35 days—making 45 days under canvas from the Cape. The weather was very fine throughout the whole voyage. The John Lidgett is a novelty in naval architecture, she be ing the first vessel built on the newly introduced plan of an iron framing with wooden outer plank ing—an iron ship with a wooden skin, She is of large capacity and stowage, and her officers report her to be an exceedingly fast ship under canvas, having surpassed in speed every vessel she has fallen in with on the outward and homeward voy age. On her oat ward voyage she had as cargo 1,100 tons of railway iron, and southward of the Cape met with a very severe cyclone gale, in which the cargo shifted and the ship went over on her beam ends, in which position she lay 48 hours, with her starboard rail under water. The poop cabins were destroyed and everything movable on the deck was swept away, yet such was the enormous strength of the ship that she took in no water through a leak, nor was there the slightest strain in any part of the hull afterwards discovered, Had she been an ordinarily framed wooden ship she would likely have foun dered. The ship's fittings throughout combine all the most recent improvements. The anchor is weighed and the topsails are hoisted, and all other heavy work done by steam, for which a small engine is provided. The same engine furnishes an ample supply of distilled water. One hundred pounds weight of fresh bread was baked on board and served out to the troops per day throughout the voyage. The accommodation on board for the troops and the general arrangements and ventila tion of the troop deck appear to have been excel lent. After disembarking the troops to-day the John Lidgett will sail from Spithead for the Thames' having a quantity of Government stores on board, and a part tea cargo from Hongkong and wool from the Cape for London. RACING FIXTU. FEB 73 [RES FOR 1864. '.IIART. Birmingham Lincoln Spring 23 Hungerford Harrow Chelmsford l7 MA: Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring .RCH. Warwick l6 Durham Northampton 29 Catterick 3O Ar, Croaton•park 1 Edinburgh Spring 2 Abergavenny 5 Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester .. 3 York Spring Salisbury.. . Bath Jtr: Manchester Harpenden Epsom .. 24 Ascot Hampton l6 Newton Odiham Bibury Stockbridge Chelmsford ~.. 28 New Forest Hunt 2B Ne wcastle-on- Tyne .. Worcester (Summer) Ipswich .. Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July Stamford l4 Pontefract Aui Nottingham . l9 Winchester l9 Southampton . 2O Chesterfield Goodwood Brighton 2 Brighton Club ... Lewes 5 Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 Yarmouth SEPT] Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster Brecon l9 York August 23 Plymouth Derby Lichfield 3O Stocktca Devon and Exeter :MBER. THE OLD COPPER COIN will ere long, it is re ported, be declared an illegal tender, and that the Master of the Mint is particularly desirous to afford ample facilities for its return to the Mint previous to the issue of an official proclamation to the above effect. Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 OCTI SHAKSPERIAN REVIVAL.—Great preparations are making at Drury-lane for the revival of Shake. pere's "First Part of Henry the Fourth," which is in tended to succeed the holiday entertainment. Mr. Phelps will sustain the part of Falstaff—and Mr. Walter Mont gomery has, we hear, been engaged to play the part of Hotspur. The scenery, costumes, and stage accessories are to be on a grand scale. IBER. Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Nov: Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 %BEE. Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Leamington & War. Hunt 22 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. Worcester.A.utumn .... 30 EARL RUSSELL, K.G., who it will be remem bered is the new Lord Rector of Aberdeen,, is expected to visit that northern city, fin- installation, in the end of March; an arrangement, however, must be con tingent on the state of public affairs. PRUSSIAN COMMENTS UPON ENGLAND.—The Paris journals quote, in illustration of the manner in which England is viewed at this moment throughout Germany, an article in the German Gazette, the official organ of the Berlin Cabinet, where it is said :—" No one can suppose that the two great German powers can see in the attitude of the English Cabinet a motive for departing even a hair's breadth from the just demands which they have made from Danish arrogance. The moment is perhaps nearer than England thinks in which she will reap the fruits of the policy which has within the last 35 years so altered her posi tion towards the rest of Europe. There ought to be no delusion on this head; the England whose traditions go back to the first 20 years of this century no longer exists. Another England has replaced the old, and if her traditions have been sufficiently powerful to cause public opinion to forgive the present for the sake of the past, that possibility does not exist now. As to us, we do not deceive ourselves about it—we no longer seek in this new England assistance for Germany. IRONSTONE IN LINCOLNSHIRE.—Messrs. Dawes, of the Milton Ironworks, near Barnsley, have taken an extensive track of land on the Lincolnshire side of the river Trent, opposite Keadby, and opened extensive blast furnaces there. They are making about 500 tons of iron per week. The immense mineral wealth of this locality, which was only discovered about two years ago, will give employment to large numbers of men, and when railway communication is opened, as it shortly will be, with the Yorkshire side of the river, the new trade will, it is expected, still further be developed. The Petit Journal of Paris states that Mr. Web ster of the Adelphi, and his " favourite interpreters of Shakspore," have taken twelve places in the steamer from London to Boulogne, and two special carriages—deux wagons speciaux—in the train to Paris, and are about to perform there. The first performance will be the " Maid of Lyons," and then " Othello," " Lear," " As You Like It," and " Hamlet." Pechter has been offered thirty napoleons a night to join the expedition. The critic winds up by say • ing, "Let Mr. Webster and his twelve artistes come, and Shakspere and Lord Byron and Sheridan Knowles, and Garrick, and James, and all the British host 1 We shall be in our stall, ready to wejoome this demonstration of Eng lish genius, and to call out the usual expression of success, ' All right "—an expression of success which will rather astonish the artists above•Ynentioned. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen Harrow Cambridge l2 MARCH. Grand Military (Rugby Hunt) ll APRIL. Abergavenny .. 5 NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 COST OF ALGERIA TO FRANCE.—It has been calculated that since the conquest of Algeria, up wards of thirty years ago, France has spent three milliards of francs in that colony, and that at this moment in all the vast tracts of African soil subject to her rule there are not 200,000 colonists. No LESS THAN 500 RAILWAY BILLS are to be brought into Parliament this Session. RUMOURED MURDER OF DR. LIVINGSTON.—We are happy to learn that there is reason for hoping that this news was untrue—an opinion supported by the great authority of Sir Roderick Murchison. FORTHCOMING MAGAZINE FOR GIRLS.—Mrs. S. C. Hall is stated to be about to commence a periodical for girls, with the assistance of writers and artists who have already won favour with the young. Boys have many caterers for their amusement and instruction. Ladies also have their magazines and newspapers, but the field of special labour for the benefit of girls is still invitingly open. THE CRAWLEY DEFENCE FUND now amounts to nearly £2,000. ANTIQUARIAN TREASURE TROVE. —The Scotch papers report a find at Kinghorn, Fifeshire, of a large earthern jar containing no less than about thirty pounds' weight of old silver coins, chiefly coins of the Eng lish Edwards, but with some Scottish coins of Alexander Baliol, Robert Bruce, and David 11. intermixed. The latest date legible on any of the coins is 1375 ; the total number of coins is calculated (surely by exageration) at over 12,000. They are, doubtless, relics of the English invasions of Scotland, and some of them might even carry the imagination back to the time of the occupation of Scot land by the English under Ed ward I. The place of the find is also most suitable; for it was at Kinghorn that there happened that fatal accident to the Scottish kingdom—the death of the Scottish king Alexander 111. `by a fall from his horse—which, by cutting off the direct succession to the crown, led to the English interference with the Wallace and Bruce Struggle. ANECDOTE OF THE CZAR NICHOLAS AND SIR RODERICX AiIIRCHISON.—In the year 1841 Sir Roderick was travelling in Russia, and he was requested by the Emperor Nicholas to explore that empire, and to report on the probability of finding coal. Ho did so, and his report to the Caar was :—" Sire, to find coal in the north of Russia is a physical impossibility." Ho thought it a bold thing to say to the Emperor, who had been informed by great naturalists of this and former times that, if they were to sink deep in certain portions of his Majesty's northern dominions, they would find coal. The Emperor, instead of b e i ng o ff ended, sa i d :—" I am delighted to find a man who will tell ine the truth, for I seldom hear UST. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, 1 7 E13. 1. The Journal de Bruxelles, the Catholi c organ, announces that M. Rogier has been rece ived by the King, and has had a long conference s with his Majesty. MM. De Thetas, and Decbami ), being applied to by the King, have definitively e .eclined the offer of power under present circum9tat ces. The same paper states the position of tilt ; crisis as follows " MM. De Brouchere and Pirmez, repro tsenta tivesof the LAt, and commanding a naljority,, have refused the mission which was offered them. MAL Dechamp and De Theux have been unable to a crept the teak of forming a Cabinet, because they did not feel disposed to accept the responsibility of a situation which they had not created, and because they had not a majority, and would therefore have been compelled to dissolve the Coamber, which might still be avoided. Intermediate Ministers were alone possible, owing to the Parliamentary situation, and the state of opinion. These com binations have failed. After MM. Brouchere and Krucz, M. Nathomb, the Belgian Minister at Ber lin, has also refused. MM. Laider and Dubois and M. Thorn have refused. The Conservative right has refused. There rem Sias nothing but the com bination of the Prince du Ligne and the retention of the Cabinet which has resigned. The Journal de Bruxelles further announces that M. Rajier has received the grand cordon of th e Leopold order. LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Eventing DO WNING- STREET, FEB. 1. The Q ieen hes been plea—mt to appoint John Gardiner Austin, Esq., to be Lieutenant -Governor of the Colony of British Honduras. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 1. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give notice. that the ilioniteur of the 29th ultimo contains a French Imperial decree fixing the duty on coal and coke imported into France in French vessels and by land, at 12c. per 100 kilos. (decimes in cluded). The above-mentioned decree is to came into force on. the 4th inst. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 1. Rear-Admirpl of the Rcd Sir James Hope , K.C.8., t o Le Vic:-Adroiral of tie Blue from th e day he enters the limits of, and whilst employed as Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships end vessels on, the Noah American and West Indian Station. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 2. 6th Ref_•imeut of Dragc na Guarl , .:—Cornet Arthur Fitz- Patrick Gadman, to be Lieuf? , lnt, by purchase, vice Georg.: Selwyn Mar. yet, who reiir s. 4th Hussars—Cornet ltobJ.:, - Soanr,s r be Lieutenant, by purchase, ' ice Harry Youl, who retires. 15th Hussars—Captain William Ediegton Stuart to be Major, without purchase, vice Horace Tower, deceased —Lieutenant James Alston Clark to be Captain, without purchase, vice Stuart—Cornet Archibald Campbell Douglas, to be Lieutenant, without porch: se, vice Clark. 17)11 Lancers —Gentleman Cadet William Rose Wynter, Loom the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice 11.9r,iErSt. Jobn Dick, who retires. 2d Regiment of Foot—Captain William Gair, from half-pay, late 6th Dragcon Gu rds, t I:3 Captain, vice Edward Spicer Charhan, who retires upon half-pay, on appoint ment as Steff Officer of Persioners. 234 Foot—Lieutenant Charles Morgan to be Instructor of Musketry, NiC3 Lieutenant Samuel Ralph Sauler, who has retired. th Foot—Ergo - 1i Julius Tennyson t o b e Li eu t enant, b y nutchase, vice Ernest Augastus Prideaux Brune, who etires--Gentletuan Cadet Cherles Weimar!. Hawker lelyar, from the Royal Military College, ,to be Ensign, y purchase, vice Tennyson. Foot—Ensign George Moore Lambert to be Lieute at, by purchase, vice Robert Freke Gould, who retires - et:Wen/an Cadet James Frederick Bevan, from the hl Military College, to be En eign, by purchase, vice La nt. 40th l'—Lieutenant Joseph William Lewis, from 65th Foot ')e Captein, by purchase, vice Charles Fleetwood Shag 'ho retires. 65th Foc ensign Duncan Chisholm Oliver Spiller to be Lieuten by purchase, vice Joseph William Lewis, promoted n . urchage, in the 40th Foot—Gentleman Cadet ;oh Very Graham Holroyd, from the Royal Military Ce. `o be Ensign by purchase, vice Spiller. 67th Foot—Lieu t William Digby Lloyd to be In structor of Mtis vice Lieutenant Edward Coxen, promoted. 70 111 Foot—Lieutenan mas Deering Backhouse to be to be Captain, by pu vice James Green, who re tires—En&gn Henry • Wbidborne to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vie ) . •use—Gentleman Cadet Henry Boyle Travers, from t. yal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchn. vice 'borne, 71st Foot—The promotion of -I .obert Lewis and of Ensign Hugh Fraser to bear. qui.'ll November, 1863, Captvin Charles Francis Smith L - been killed on the 18th of that month—Lieutenant Ro' Heron to be Captein, without purchase, vice Robe '...rttelot Aldridge, killed in action—Ensign Edward Lillingst'on to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Heron—Gentleman Ca let John De Lancey, from tL R 4.11 Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Litlingston. 72d Foot—Ensign Thomas Bedford Urquhart to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Henry Francis Campbell, deceased. 7Sth Foot—Lieut. Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Bart., t) be Captain, by pureht.sa, vine Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Thomas R. Drummond Hay, who retires upon half-pay—Ensign Arthur Joseph Stourton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir A. M. Mackenzie, Bt— Gentleman Cadet Job-i Thomas Carruthers, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stourton. 87th Foot—Ensign Richard Hay Kirkbride Saul to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Andrew Macdonald Grote, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Edward Augustin Swain son, from the Royal Military College, b be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sato. 101st Foot—Ensign Arthur Feel to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Howard Chapman, killed in action—Gentleman Cadet Henry Charles Reynolds, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Peel. _ 107th kocit—P. B. Gibson. Gent., late Ensign her Ma jesty's Indien Fore , s, to be Paymaster. 3d West India Regiment—Sergei - it Samuel M'Cullagh, from the Sc-ts Fusilier Gu9rns, t) be Ensign, without purchase, vice Charles Kennett transferred to the Mili tary train. 4th West India Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas Hew - Vans Dalrymple Hay to be Captain, by purchase, vice Clau diu9 Kerr, who retires. DEPOT BATTALION—Captain Di my Richard Thuaes, 14th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captvin F. T. Lyster, 11th Foot, promoted. BREVET. Paymaster George Wa'ter Vesey, 22d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. Deputy Commissary George Andrews, of her Majesty's Indian Cornm' , elriat Department, to have the honorary rar k of Lieutenalt. The undermentioned Officers, having completed the qua.. lifying service in. the re-1k of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858: Lieutenant-Colonel John Simpson, half-pay late 34t4 Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel David Watson, 82d Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Wellington John Fitz- Wygram, 15th Hussars. Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel John Hynde King, Grenadier Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel Webbe Butler, 60th Foot. The following promotions to take place consequent on the, decerse of Major-General Botet Ttydell, Colonel of the 2d. West India Regiment, on 11th Januely, 1861 : Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George Staunton, from half-pay late Cape Mounted Riflemen, serving.as- Colonel on the Staff at the Cape of Good Hope, to be Major General. Major Henry Friend Kennedy, 60th Foot, to be Lieut.- Colonel. Captain Edward Wolstenholme Ward, Royal Engineers (en seconde), to be Major. BANKRUPTS , The following are the only bankrupts okcorome - cial Ira portanee in the (iimette - - - • - .Dani elllJamesell rY Dow, o i w l c s k ! b n a b , k u w e i l r i d n:e L r 'd e e w A a i l u s e h t r o , a n ni E la r t a O ci n -road - B ja e m nj e a s m j i e n n ß ni o n w g e s n , Bowen, corn mAeortcoiniant, Islington. James Dennis, butcher, King's Lynn John James Skeltoh, joiner, Eton Wm. B. BArer, auctioneer, Bayswater Edward Carey, fruiterer, Hastings Samuel Charles Brown,St eel , builder, carpenter, i innkeeper, innkeeper,Birminghameeterc Birmingham GeorgeJo.-ieph Jordan, a w n a , c r h a i i n n i t s t, Manchester manufacturer, innkeeper, Ipswi ch C li o i u w d b m u r a n r e , h ' Porley,GjMP:erimrolcrielgaysemalGosling, blacksmith, Northallerton Wm. Breeze, shoemaker, waArttlissibetliogerLfhoougi,rvdEeh,rsP:eosxoallYorks hireop Thomas Younger, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne John Branfoot, lead manufacturer, Bishopwearmouth Thomas I. McC ar th y, oil manufacturer, Manchester John Tottle, s h oemaker, Heavitree, Devonshire William Cla r k , news agent , Willastm , Chester Henry Br a d s h aw, etonemPson, Accrington, Lancaster SCOTCH BANKRUPTS, James Russell, farmer, Linlithgow Whyte and Inglis, brassfounders, Ayr James Stuart, lace and silk agent, Glasgow David Ingram, builder, Glasgow Course of the Exchange.—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 Cot 12 1 Antwerp — 26 671 25 721 Brussels — 25 671 25 721 _... _. Hamburgh — 13 71 13 Si Paris Ditto .. 3 Months, 2.5 771 25 85 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —. % 119 . 119 Vienna Trieste Petergburgh 12 GO 12 70 321 331 Berlin - Madrid Cadiz 471 471 25 87i 47 48 5 92; 25 92 t Leghorn . Milan Genoa --25 874 zi , , z , 5 25 Naples 26 92i 25 92f __ 25 874 Palermo — 25 874 25 921 Messina — 26 874 25 92i 1 52 Lisbon - -52$ 0p0rt0.... - Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 5 ift OP o f 1 01 , t oo otio , e o 0 ° f ed 0 0 " i 1 stock stock stock stook stook stook stook stook stook etoe et ock spook 4hare luo Sk 1 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 'lOO 2 all 100 100 ME 100 100 100 100 100 99 99 99 107 1034 $ 102 i 4 i