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

40NEY MARKET. AND °WiIatILCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWEL'YE O'CLOCK. In the gen era l discount market, to-day, the trans are said to be numerous, and the rated have of t h n ony alterati on . S ome f i rst - c l ass bill s Per cent. hree months dat e h ave b een negotiated at 7 About £48,000 in gold w as t a k en i n t o the Bank co S aturday. Th e advices received this morning from the telenufactuting districts continuo to give a good 1 34 4 of trade generally. At Manchester rather tiot4rge business has been transacted in both 4, 1 11 .: a nd yarns; and at Leeds, Huddersfield, , z - ' l ' 4 x, and Bradford a very good demand was tiotitelleaced during the past week for all descrip h aof woollen and other textile fabrics. The ard w are ultra h departments at Sheffield and Birming -47e also presented symptoms of great activity: Th e b, Two O'CLOCK. kith'c'nglish Stock Market opened this morning . t h aa tenEWed firmness, and soon after a few pur (1 01 : n 8 i ' w ere negotiated the Funds advanced *, th e being quoted 901 a for money, and 91* for An -" " l at• The New Threes and Reduced lo lltliti e B are 931 14:i.. to i s. A: . Exchequer Bills remain l at k 'us• Bank Stock is buoyant at 236„ ; 1011 St ock at 216; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan at 1031 A iittd the 4 per Cent, ditto 104 i. k lz da aided firme r tone is apparent in the Foreign e ttlt et ' and business is active. Turkish 6 per kJ' 1862 , are 67 ; ditto Consolides, 47 ; 4 4, 36 ! I; Spanish Passive, 32* I ; Greek, e 04 .4 Ita lian, 661 *; Portuguese, 477, s ; and the The Loan, 48 50 . h av e°Per ations in the R a il wa y Shar e M a rket price en 1, 1 411 of the most li m i te d d escr i pt i on , an d ?!e et :i . 4 ,, ve not varied t o tAny..importirtit extent. " la tern have imp rove d a b ou t 5 8 . ; a nd t°Polit an, 158. Te e ‘nreig n li nes show no variation in prices. itatakilit an d Misc e ll aneous s h ares are i n one or two °lto m neB at s li ghtly N„s"an realis e 18 ; i London and Northern, 151 ; " ° n al Discount Company, 1 1 1 i• a ao,,,t4\itttlTlsn. FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Pet u ' MENT FUNDS 3 hit t , e,rlt: Consol e ' • 901 / Per 4c Lecnt 901 90k N I , eer tt. , , March 5 ~,. 3 Red qe w O)er c ent 901 1 pe ' Steer Cent. Jan. 1 894.... 11 '? 1 1it - ' 4 Pril 1885 t i i.. 8 2 ,, , N 'tte f 4 :;,- Yrri, expire Bth Jan., 1880 — k,"ltto ( R 7; Yrs, expire sth Aug. 1885. ' ll€ llier ed Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. bitt n - uldg, 41,000, 21 & 3 per Cent 4 dis £5OO titri l ? i tt<; 4 1 £lOO and £2OO 14j(14:14 aonodvStk,li per C., last hf.-yr 2361 .E‘IENT SECURITIES. b l tt . t S ol e l ' e , 0 1 , !It y per Cent., April 1874 216 ..bit t l 5, Per"l6"ent. July ' 1870 .. 103 a 4 uitto Per • 4 p er , ••• 1041 h!tto t `-'ent., Oct 1888 at, , I lfacedp * _ Ditto u per Cent., . aPer, 4 per Cent . Jan 1872 • . b 05i e . 14 0 b A r Cent. May, 1879 _ , ebenturcs, 4 , per t., April 1861 —l)i tto - ultt o ditto Aug., 1866 iiitt '°lldsiaooo ° tider £l,OOO — dis a 1? 011, - p 4 tri an . t ., --IGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. t. Data s, 5 per Cent 11 1 . I tto A /It ° 1859 .. h hili o - feount ... uitt Per Cent. ... ************** ** bit1%.1839 and 1859 **************** ~ ° li.,,Per Cent , 1 852-58-60 buit t , , Ditto * 1863 * '4lello,,'riP, 1863 £55 paid ********* Dit to A ,Y_res 6 per Cent ******* ******* v?lt "'count h e , to 1 ~~_ _ °,,010r4{1). 4 i Pei Cent...... 'llb ai 6 14 4 6 Scrip £5O pd L, — 1'44, Per Cent - ,1,, : Per Cent, 01 . te e lt Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders„ ---- 84 41 10 ' Per Cent, 188 S ... )3 it u Per c t 18'5 ........... -- h , to R en •I . .............. U itt,t, ' 0 Per Cent. 18(31 ............. . 1 ) 4 ?(1 0 "eriP, £lO paid .. „ . ........... i l itto:preW Consolidated 1 per Cent.. -- 7 i pti k4 ovisonal Land Warrant ...... % ut e. ,i Per Cent .................. o P i l t t t al :l d Issue ................ ~,, t,,,,Ant_ Cocoon t., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. -'ll,t(l`Zoant ........... .5 ........ 211 I tllblt AZ °ll 6 ..... it,mite, tattly. Su t 11)t $' .14at 6eui. bbi'etoki; " ‘-:',, er t (Alaretnroana Railway) 73i 4 I s T: vv eri rl eh s ltl eeo tkt ..... .... 361 i 1 bitt: 4ll , 4: 1141 6 per Cent ~ s u i ttc ij Per 0" — 28 mt._ -et e ,- -eat i'l etZ, l lattiV . ..._.• bit rA gies e 6 kraut; (Hectares) — pbit ' llB 6i Per Cent Ex. 25f —tos e .. ~ vi P (18W ..... Ilitt e ' t4 4 e -3 ) £42 Bs. 3d. paid... • Pm ° Litt 40 c r (e llt• bit li pe l ' it .. - ..... te.° r Ltert • i. . 1862 ....... ..._. Li i t i4 e B e 3 114 t .... _,..., ........ 84 1 i _ 1 . ,) to A,,_ Per Cent..., ....... tirt' t° a 'e'r °t • . ~•,1 • :,.., ...... .... ~,, . 4if t° Ac e _ Q M., ....00, i, '9; '6O, 62;6 --- 6144,1115 P er ............... 1 C ent . . 4, Per Cent ' ' 182 2, £ 6t 9l bittitte 185 G — Nb't 3 Per (--, -1 860 , 1 1 ti, 6 Per --ellt., 1859 . .. D'a4 6 `' e nt, 1862 BBl t ti tl itto A Per c ent _ 1 16 c 00,,,,, ......... , q ll 3 persli - tttoo iseee_oull s-ien. t b i .‘to n , s w uer erred .. ........... ... ▪ 4ti tt t ! ? p a .sl i nt ve t ........................ 45 t. ,? t ee ,„__ , ...................... 7 ) . , t , a lil,l 4 l ,o a ker ' t. 4 o 4 f t c ..................... 3 -i 1 2 4 L IP not funded .. 1 34 t N, r clult . Iti;01 ppeeri, ce 11 .. ..................... .... bit t ° 4 , Itee ou aeut• 1864 ....... . _ , 0: , 6 ,e_ -,6.......... IJItl()eoer C ent. 1858 .. n. to, z i °tint ..... 691 ,N, 00 Bond . ... ~-, ! tt, -.Pe r cent...lB ttt o lopunt ..... 67 irt e e., 00 Bends 1, itto per C .............. 67 O D (14 ent, 1863 , Aen_ Cant' bi t 'to q ""Illat .... 231 43413 „ ceut ,• a.n....,,. OiN tli, l2i vi ce cßint . ' iclu z 55 1 li dem Illti. It, 6 B On the above payable in Loud .. tti,4 h_ Per °eta E 10 Florins. ,b. 2i h _Der c ent ,'• x• t..,,ltt e A yer C eut , 4.8. 25E 64 / it,: l h I I Per c e ,„? Ex. 12 Guil L L .Ati, i'ent ee, :lb • Certificates ltt e pe r , - '2 Per Cent., Ex. 25f -- 41,e,ton'erit., 1 861, Ex. 25 francs — t ,,,,,04 111 '• .. ... 66, ......... ~1111•• • , i, It t t4 ell TWO O'CLOCK. Aec o 44t ...................... 141. ..f........::::::::=:_„.91 ''"" A t tlll3°ol. Cotton Market—This Day.. 0r .14 t• k et -•- -or es !rery firm. Sales, probably 6,000 bales ' lb Port, 679. Previously, 8,692. T • vs tb' t 4 p th 4 ' 4 lt • °II Y GREEN,—This r ill. It-t"r OF BETHNAL 4t, ' 4 '. Ti t , 'ka t) ilk i,. 'la 14-t-ollteheyllGuirbesholh:spbeDco.meltvaiscawnotrbtyh resident during Copt -3. the ' The former rector wasthe about death i6 0 o o f nound when he died,h h t t,,,,' \rhole of hie incumbency, 104 oill4;ears since, the Bishop of Dr.aL oGnidbosonn,,wwhheuisfortrishae It ! tiitte' of lg, Presented it to burden of the . pa t t N tta ' . f Years sustained the whole. ,s nomination gave I k t : lt tEtti f it aole charge," The bishop as his lordship )000,4, otl_actlon to the parishioners, and 0 . NI6 kh Ace ntore to nominate, they are lookingnatuGr.ablslyon,ssue t -4 % v , ell tto • . ' nt of Dr. 1 London t, 11 to to the appointment 4i t 'ket tta ° /eau knows better than the Bishop of . sin i1t441,01 Iletlanal.• green, and the . utmost that c i o n nfl th d i e s n c c a e s.e i l s i t, tl , all 6;,411 classes of the inhabitants . llN;the i i. ' l ,_ers la which he has influence, his lordship will ."..lfut eaan in the right place. F. CLYDE.—The q, ,-4 SIIIP-EUILDING ON TII— e of °N 0114 . 41, 11 . T he e rs stilt appear to have an abundanc 4, -mitt k•enetance Decina, a paddle, recently t Y t • r e• S e i , t ki t . ott end co,, Cartsdyke, 11 -4 til A rip. lied destination is u ' nders,oo has Tade a satistac ,t,it: lki:lnlet.ler. coast Messrs. W. Denny and d to b e Brotherslaunchedt h o ti,1.114ii?"4 the D umbarton, a paddle of nearly 1,600 London, 44'14te.4 I°l' Aleesrs. T. A. Gibbs and Co., of Liosnnow' l; h 4 t fil — a e(l for the Chinese coasting trade. She Messrs. t4: II D to :, with engines of 300-horse power by unehed 1) 41, 11 41' C°. Messrs. M'lstab and Co. have a I.' f°l. l:I 4 Berew, intended for the French trade, s and NI 4 I:BrEt. Seligman and Co., of Glasgow. Messrs. a ktlf:l3)ii• -'' Of theartBdyke, have launched the Roe, and tt:l4l. ad It for } Glasgow and Belfast mail service, of las -I,:tt' l'il ,i'loll. to the fine fleet of Messrs. Burns, G 41,,til depai:e's dimensions are—length, 234 ft. ; breadth 'of ash? Alft.; burden, 730 tons. She is now receiving lisTlktcillating engines of 250-horse power. ‘1:l 1 , 11 4f ti lt TitAbE OF C ORNWALL.—The consu l m ad p- 8 t 4ll ' 4trlteber i eaornWall approaches 100,000 o I N I c't -1 all t diture for Norway timber 1 4 Lratb:irlY 4200,000.17nr, quantities of American 11 ' 1 e: -.6a 11 " ed in which a ir is estimated there is an 13elitlit Are off 40,000. ' r George r. f ie ° le e „ g C. ,d, t eo , jo tti o° 'too ;e 00 J • Pt 11) ',lo ° ota i ocile SHARE MARKETS.--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOBS. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. ..... Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. B A gets dig Do A till 6p e.p whims been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 Si 8i 84 06 1201 12t 7 4 37 39 16 17 95 97 106 108 49 50 45 47 72 8} Ditto A stoOk_. Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern.... • . • • 128 i 124 134 i 135 i: 134 136 97 99 65 65i Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelate Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool: Lancashire Y orkshire London and illackwali Lon., Bright.ot S. Coast ) Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So',th Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shares Metropolitan Midland 109] nol l 70 72 103 104 40 42 1061 107} ,, 102! 1(. 51 52 101 102 1 1281 1291 II lid Vs 100 Do New * • Do Birming. Lt Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Car1i51e......•• • North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and welohpooi Shropshire Union South Devon.....— South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6taines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton A; Darling-ton 511 52! 25 t 6 103 104 58 69 90 91} 125 130 1i 2i p 77 79 It 11i 123 126 43 45 98 100 63 64 ni 93} 94} Al 98 100 loi 38 39 9/1010 7i 8 p 165 170 5i 6 I , 3i sf p Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 8; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland '--Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 87 90 170 175 Railways. Paid. Closing . gßusinessdone. 22 25 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 'than Railways 1.00 Atlantic &St Lawrenc , all 53 l 0 Sk Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 101 IC3 Gu. S per ocnt... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 71 1 p Buffalo and Laze Huron all 5 1 5 k 10 Do. Preference all 8 9 too Butralo,Brant,&Godricliloo _ 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1 , 1172 100 Do. do. July 1 ,18 Th 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 st Clcutta..tzS.Eastn. Lin. 100 99 101 at Gape Town 4:Dock Soril 100 99 101 stock gastn. Bengal gu. 6p. , 100 103 105 1041 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. ion 101 103 1031 21 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 par 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 par h p stock Grand Trunk of Canada lou 19 20 191 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 74 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 60 56 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 49 65 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 60 52 501 100 Do. do. deterred...... all 33 tz 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc... all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred— all 20 14 stook Gt.lndtaPenin.gua.sp.o. 100 101 103 1021 , 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 a 1' stook Gt. South.of India (Lim uaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 103 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharee all 91 91 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with'topt. all 92 94 100 Do. 51 p• c. do. '77-8.. .. all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 ip stock MadriAs guar., 5p.0. .. 100 101 103 1021 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 96 93 stock Dc. lA do.- ••-- • • 100 52 96 20 Do. Fifth E x t ension. 2 stock rilelb.Corp. p. 0. Buds. 100 50 llelb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. 51ortg. Bds. all 20 Newßruriswick,t Candi, Class A and 8........ all 3 6 N.ll.l.C'da6 pc laic pt bds 100 82 84 stock salnde ..) (100 101 103 stock Do. Delhi I 100 102 104 tu Do. do • i t e 2 IRP at Do. Punjaub all 102 104 Do. Do. ...... . , , 100 stock Do. Indus. St. PIO.) XlOO 97 99 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. CaD.Gov. np.e.Ja. uuJul) —1877-8 i 100 102 1001 1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 99 101 Do. sp. 0.31ar. dc Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Sp. c. Jan.&July. lOC 90 ,02 901 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 107 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 (Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 193 106 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 107 109 -- N.13.G0v. 6 p.e../ a.4-,July 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 2.,1800 100 199 100 Du. sp. c.,lBti to Itll 100 99 109 Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 99 100 991 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 tO7 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling*, 1875 lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gov. 6p. C lOO S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 108 110 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. JaattJuly 100 - Do. io 6n.0. An.dzOot.. 160 1091 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 j Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id 4 diflord Amalgamated.. 84 395 Devon G. Con, (Tavist.) • 1 6 3 70 $BO —• East Bassett (Illogan).. •30 674 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. 4d par East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 27 28 284 7i East Carn Brea... . 3.4.0 7 74 E. WlRussel (Tavititk.) 8.9.0 5 65 Gam.&St.AuDyn(Gwen.) 581 9 11 Great South Tolgns.... 17s 44 5 G. Wheal Vor,(l - .lelstgu) .40 164 174 Grenville 6.16.4, 5 54 Elemd's- Foot 8:12 46 38 ilingston D0wn5...... 4.18.0 84 5 Lady Bertha Margaret ttnyi'lselat . 17 19 Marke 4.3.0 65 7 4 slyndy Iron Ore (Lim. 2.1 : 15 New Setun'. l9! 80 90 - • North Downs ,2f 2 24 N.Wli'i Basset(lllogan, 3.1.0 25 2t North Wheal Crotty . 2.6.9 5 6 4 Par Consols (St. Blaze;) .- Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 425 135 S. Cant Brea (Illogan).. S.Wheai Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 574 1325 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 S famar Silv.& Lead Alin 44 It I fin Crott u 194 204 West Basset (Mogan) l4 11 12 --W C , radon (Liskeard) 5 54 56 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 80 85 Wheal Buller(Kedruth) 10 4 50 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 ( WhealLudeott ...... 3.0.8 1/ 2 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 134 145 Wheal 13eton 585 160 170 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 23 25 Wheal Union 3.17 3 34 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C., Norfolk 6} per cent. pref. Great Western Orig. 4 per cent. pf., 86i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern,l4i per cent., pf.. 96 London, Chatham, &c., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 92, London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext. 4.1.1, 6 per cent., ICO '47, 112 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Buckinghamshire, 96 London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 921 Ditto, Com. Fund stock, 5 per cent., 100 • FOREIGN' RAILWAYS. South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20F FOREIGN MINES. Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21 Scottish Australian, lira., t St. John del ltey (lira.), 52 JOINT-STOCK BANKS• Agra and United Service (lim.), 119120 i Anglo Austrian, 6 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10 / English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22 Imperial Ottoman, 17} / 18 4 London and Brazilian tlim.), 60 London and County, 65 London and Northern (lim.), 15k I London and South American, lira., 66 I London and South-Western (Urn.), London and Westminster, 76} 7i Merchant Bank, lim , 11t Mercantile and Exchange, 8r0.., 17 New South Wales, 52 Oriental Bank Corporation, 59 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Standard of British South Africa (lim.), Ditto, new, 35 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 10i Discount Corporation, limited, 101 East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 41 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 01 Hudson's Bay. lit International Financial Society, 121 1 Joint •stock Discount, lim., 6 si 61 London Financial Association, lim., 251 1 London General Omnibus Company, 21 National Discount Company, lim., 11 National Steam Navigation, Rm., 41 Oriental Inland Steam, Urn , 1 Royal Mail 6team, 80 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance),lllm., 71 HERR MOLIQUE, besides the Trio mentioned not long ago, is occupied on a Mass. DISINFECTION OF AIR.—Dr. Richardson states that iodine, pieced in a small box with a perfo rated lid, is a good means of destroying organic poison in rooms. During the late epidemic of smallpox in London he has seen the method used with benefit. Charcoal is also used in the hospitals of India, according to Dr. Murray Thompson, witll beneficial.eff cot. It is hung in bags from the rafters. LI ,: Al, • • ~ ~,:.‘l k 't.":l , •-rN • •,- 1 - j•vigr - /kis/ " 41 VIA) e f fin rt ''-i-pgrx:ir--tlirtilitcll t , .._ HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 6. The Queen and Prince Helena walked and drove yesterday. Professor Hofman has had the honour of de livering two lectures on chemistry before her Majesty and the royal family. FEB. 7. The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold attended Divine service at Osborne this morning. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. 491 4 1341 651 415 40 107} 7 103} 103 13} 129} THE SUN, LOIN DON, MONDAY EVENING}, FEBRUARY 8, 1864. The Prince and Princess of Wales. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, C. 8., the equerry, was out rabbit shooting in the Great Park on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales took her usual airing. In the evening their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales gave a dinner party at Frog more House. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Sir Charles Phipps, Lieutenant- General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and several officers of the Guards were among the guests, for whose amusement a party of amateur Ethiopian serenaders, composed of men belonging to the Guards, had the honour of performing in the course of the evening. Yesterday afternoon the Prince of Wales, accom panied by Sir Charles Phipps, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Mejor Teesdale, and the lady in waiting o❑ the Princess, visited the Chapel Royal of St. George, and attended Divine service, which com• menced at half-past four. _ _ _ It is expected that the Prince and Princess of Wales will leave Frogmore in the course of the week for the seaside, in order that the Princess may enjoy the benefit of the air on the coast. The favoured locality will probably be St. Leonards •on- Sea, where their Royal Highnesses will most likely remain for about a fortnight. The young Prince continues in good health. On the last day of pheasant shooting the Prince of Wales shot a large number of game in the royal preserves in the Windsor Great Park, which were afterwards, through Major-General Seymour, the deputy-ranger of Windsor Great Park, sent to the mayor and magistrates, and several other influential inhabitants of the borough. These annual presents to the inhabitants of the royal borough were esta blished several years ago by the late Prince Consort, and it is very gratifying to see that so highly appreciated a compliment is continued by his son. On Thursday the Prince of Wales hunted with Mr. Garth's foxhounds in the neighbourhood of the Virginia Water, where two foxes were killed. His Royal Highness being well up at the death carried away the brush. Viscountess Palmerston's Assembly. On Saturday night Viscountess Palmerston commenced her receptions at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. Pre viously to the evening party the noble viscount and vis countess entertained a distinguished party at dinner, the guests including—His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Marquis and Marchioness of .Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, the Earl and Coun tess of Cork, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl Cowper, Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, and Mr. Henry Greville. Covers were laid for 22. At half-past ten o'clock Viscountess Palmerston's saloons were thrown open for the reception of company. Among the members of the diplomatic corps present were—His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and Madame and Madlle. Musurus, his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency Baron de Cetto, his Excellency the Danish Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency Count Lavradio, his Ex cellency the Saxon Minister, his Excellency the Spanish Minister and Madame Comyn, the Hanoverian Chargé d'Affairs and Baroness Biome, the Marquis and Mar chioness d'Andigne, Baron Beck Friis, M. C. Tricoupi, M. de Santos, Count Paumgarten, Count Maffei, M. and Madame Merry del Val, Count de Montmarin, M. E. Musurus, and M. Sabouroff. The general company in cluded the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Duke of St. Albans, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, the Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana Beauclerk, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Archbishop:of Armagh and Mrs. Beresford, the Marquis of Normanby, Maria Marchioness of Ailes bury, the Earl and Countess of Erroll, the Earl of St. Germans, the Earl and Countess Fortescue, the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Charlemont, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Countess of Albemarle and Lady Augusta Kep pel, the Countess of Desart, the Earl and Countess Fortescue, the Countess of Rothes and the Hon. George Waldegrave Leslie, the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Countess (Dow.) of Westmore land and Lady Rose Fane, Viscount Sudley, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Hood, Viscount Chelsea and Hon. Miss Cadogan, Lord Henley, M.P., Lord Abercromby, Lord William Osborne, Lord and Lady Camoys and Hon. Misses Stoner (2), Lord Llanover, Lord Houghton, Lord Cour tenay, Lady Stanley of Alderley and Hon. Misses Stanley (2), Lady Anally and Hon. Miss White,Lord Loughborough, Lord Edward St, Maur, Lady Mary Craven and Lady Blanche Craven, Lady Bloomfield, Miss Villiers, Count Strzelecki, Baron Marochetti, the Right Hon. Sir Alex ander Cockburn (the Lerd Chief Justice of England), the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P., and Lady Mary Wood, the Right Hon. Thos. M. Gibson, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, M.P., and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe. M.P., and Mrs. Lowe, the Right Hon. William Hutt, M.P., and Mrs. Hutt, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., the Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, the Right Hon. Frederick Peel, M.P., and Mrs. Peel, the Right Hon. Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour and Misses Seymour (2), the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone and Miss Gladstone, the Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M.P,, Hoa. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Hon. Henry Eliot, Hon. F. Leveson Gower, M.P., Hon. F. Byng, Hon. Richard Edwardes, Hon. Robert Meade, General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust and Miss Cust, Hon, John Ashley, Hon. M. Wingfield, Hon. Thomas and Mrs. Stoner, Hon. Lionel Ashley, Hon. Harris 1 emple, Hon. William Ashley, Hon. Mr. Fortescue, M.P., Hon. Edward Stanhope, Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Pon sonby, Hon. Mrs. Henry Fitzroy and Miss Fitzroy, Hon. Mrs. J. A. Villiers, Hon. Francis and Mrs. Stoner, lion. Henry Brand, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Brand, Hon. Jas. Stuart Wortley, Hon. Hamilton Duncan, Hon, Richard Edwardes, the Attorney-General and Lady Laura Palmer, the Solicitor-General and Lady Collier and Miss Collier, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Sir Henry and Lady Holland and Miss Holland, Sir John Shaw Lefevre and Misses Shaw Lefevre (2), Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Colonel and Mrs. Jervoise, Colonel Francis Sey mour, C.B , Colonel Morris, C. 8., Colonel Farquharson, Major Reilly, Major Alison, Captain Eastwick, Captain Darner, M.P., and Hon. Mrs. Dawson Darner, Captain Herbert. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.P., Mr. Oswald and Misses Oswald (2), Macleod of Macleod, Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P„ and Mrs. and Miss Gilpin, Mr. Bruce, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Bruce, Mr. Delano [and why not? Mr. Cobden], Mr. Hayward, Mr. Calvert, Mr. West, Mr. Alderson, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Van de Weyer, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Sandford, Mr. Henry West, Mr. de Rothschild, Mr. A. Bonham Carter, Mr. C. G. Barrington, Mr. T. G. Baring, M.P., and Mrs. Baring, Mrs. M. Baring, Mr. Swinton, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Buxton, M.P., and Mrs. Buxton, Mr. Layard, M.P., Mr. George Drummond, Mr. William Harcourt, Mr. Arthur Russell, Mr. George Russell, Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. E. Her bert, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. and Mrs. H. Petro, Mrs. Lister and Miss Lister, Mr. Duff, M.P., Mr. Thynne, Mr. Wade, Mr. Thomsen Hankey, M.P., and Mrs. Hankey, Mr. Johnstone, Mrs. Gorges and Miss Gorges, Mr. Phinn, &o. The time of her Majesty's arrival at Windsor is now fixed for the 14th, but should the weather con tinue to be severe her Majesty will postpone her journey to the 20th. Soon after her Majesty's arrival at Windsor the Prince and Princess of Wales will go to Osborne, where they will remain a short time to recruit the health of the Princess. On Thursday her Royal Highness drove out in the Home Park, and on Friday her Royal Highness walked in the grounds at Frogmore. The Prince hunted with Mr. Garth's fox-hounds on Wednesday last, and had some ex cellent sport in the neighbourhood of Virginia Water. Two foxes were killed, and the Prince, being up at the death of the first fox, brought away the brush, and the head will be preserved. On his return to Frog more, the Prince, with several other gentlemen, put up at the Bells of Owyley, and partook of slight refreshment there. On Friday the Prince was present at the 'Windsor Grand Military Steeplechases.—Court Journal. PRINCESS LOUISA CHARLOTTE, wife of the William of Hesse, an d mo th er -i n -l aw o f th e King La avndgorfDeenmark, is dangerously ill, and her recovery is considered doubtful. She is 74 years of age. Hi s Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a dinner party on Saturday, at Gloucester House, Park lane. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-&relitz, and Princess Mary, and a select party dined with the Royal Duke. His EMINENCE CARDINAL - WISEMAN, we are happy to learn, is recovering from an attack of illness from which he has lately been. suffering. MARKETS—This Day MARK-LANE.' The country markets held on Saturday were very firm for wheat, and prices advanced in some instances is per quarter. Malting barley ruled firm, and the value of oats had an upward tendency. Other articles were in fair ave rage request, at full quotations. On the continent, the amount of business doing in cereals for export is by no means extensive. At New York, how ever, shipping houses continue to operate freely in wheat and flour, at further enhanced rates. . _ The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were very moderate. The imports from abroad were confined to 3,487 quarters of wheat-8,048 barley-9,859 oats-562 beans-800 peas-300 tares-4,004 linseed-2,060 oilseeds-60 sundry seeds —and 3,035 sack of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate. The condition of the produce was tolerably good. The trade, however, both fcr red and white qualities, was in a sluggish state; neverthe less factors were firm, and they demanded in some instances rather more money than on Monday last, but millers re stricted their purchases to immediate wants, and no quotable change took place in the currency. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was but moderate. The amount of business transacted was by no means extensive, yet prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at full quo tations. The market was moderately supplied with English and foreign barley. Good and fine malting qualities sold steadily at full prices; otherwise, the barley trade was quiet on former terms. In malt a fair average business was transacted, at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was very moderate. For all qualifies the trade ruled firm, and prices were in some in stances 6d per quarter higher than on Monday last. With beans the market was well supplied. Nearly all qualities were in a fair average request, at last Monday's currency. Peas, the supply of which was moderate, moved off steadily, at late rates. The flour trade was rather quiet, yet previous quotations were supported. The supply of barrels on offer was small. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MBAS CLAM, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr —s t o —s Ditto, old 3Bs 40s Ditto, white, 1863............•••• 425 48 s Ditto, old 37s 46s Ditto, 1863 3Bs 41s Norfolk and Lincoln , r ed, old 38s 40s Talavera, 47s 535 Rye— 328 33s Barley—Grinding 2ss 28s Malting 2BB 398 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 60s 66s Brown .......... 5OB 548 Kingstown and Ware 6os 66s Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lim:Plush., Feeding lBs 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 23s Cork, white .......• l7s 24s Scotch, Feeding 2os 23s Beans—Tick 3os 32s Pig;eons, .............. . ........... 378 42s Peas—Grey. ................. • Maple White Boilers ...........• • •• . 35s 37s Floux—Tbwn-made, per 2801 b Suffolk ..... Stockton and 27s 29s American, per barrel METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Although the supply of foreign stock on sale here to day was (very moderate, the demand was inactive, and prices ruled a shade lower than last week. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were seasonably good, and in full average condition. From Ireland, however, the supply was limited. Prime small Scots, crosses and Devons moved off steadily, but at 2d per 81bs beneath the currencies realised on Monday last—the top figure being 5s per Sibs; all other breeds were very dull at a similar de cline in value. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,200 Scots, crosses, and short horns ; from other parts of England, 700 various breeds; from Scotland, 320 20 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 120 oxen and heifers. Although the supply of sheep was very moderate, the demand for most breeds was far from active. However, last week's quotations were well supported. The top figure for Downs was 6s per 81bs. There were (very few shorn sheep on offer. They sold at is per 81bs beneath these in the wool. The supply of lambs was very small, The demand was inactive at from 6s to 68 8d per Sibs. Calves were in moderate supply, and heavy request at a decline in the quotations of 6d per 81bs. Prices ranged from 4s 6d to 5s 6d per Bibs. In pigs a moderate business was doing at late rates. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 , Ors°. w inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 Suckling calves, 20s to 30s 20s to 26a each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Cows Sheep Calves Pigs. 3BO Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme. S'thdown do .5 10 6 0 Largo orse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 and quarter-old store pigs, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 1,115 Sheep and lambs 'Calves Pigs .. The total imparts of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 2,024 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, wo received 2,142—in 1862, 821—in 1861, 514 —in 1860, 1,207—in 1859, 2,479 —in 1858, 1,016 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .. 474 10 .. 74 Harlingen 479 .. 57 .. 13 .. Hamburg — - - Amsterdam Bremen Vigo Nieu Diep .. Antwerp .. 5 2 • • —•.97 .• Ostend . 5B .. 431 32 .. 80 Calais 4. 0• - .. 4 .. 85 Dordt. ...... Gluckstadt -. • • ""'"-' • • -- • • - - - 45 --- .. -- .. --- .. -- 33 ..... .. ...... . • Total .... 589 .. 962 .. 156 .. 317 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863...... 610 .. 1,276 .. 3102 .. 5 1862...... 239 .. 347 .. .. 235 .. 1861 ...... 270 .. 693 .. , 258 1860 .• 377 .. 700 ... , 45 .. 15 1859...... 501 .. 1,660 318 1858...... • • A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Fels. 9, 1863, and this day. Monday, Feb. 8, 1864. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. --- - Feb, — 9, 1 Feb. 8, 1863. 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 3 Bto 4 0 Second quality do. .... 3 8 4 0 4 . 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. .. 4 8 410 410 5 0 sheep •., 4 2 410 4 8 5 2 P r i me coa rse-woolled do ..... 6 0 5 6 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do. ...... 5 8 6 0 610 6 0 SecondCor s e and quality d o Lambs Large coarse calves .. 4 4 5 0 4 6 6 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers ..... 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 6 Beasts Sheep and lambs 590. 18,880 8 Calves Pigs .. 410 380 S U PPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 10, 1862.—Beasts, 4, 420 sh;eEp3,.l, 16,380—calves,11861.— 1861.—Beasts, BeB466—pig 3,626--sheep, B 17, 080— calves , 86--pigs, 410. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Thesemoderately supplied with most de. sorip tions markets ofme re at a .Thetradeg generally is firm, and pre. vious quotations are well supported. Per Sib. by the carcase. sued easd Inferior beef .. 3 4 3 8 Middlingmutton 4 2 4 6 Middling do. .. 310 4 0 Prime do .. 484 10 Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Veal Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Small pork Large pork .... 3 8 4 2 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOp. We have to report continued .firmness in th e hop trade, both English and foreig n qual ities being in fair average request, at fully previous quotations. The imports last week amounted to 32 bales from Bremen, 115 from Bou• logne, 10 pockets and 17 bales from A ntwerp. lOs per cwt. Sussex .............. 5 58 to 6 10s ;; v r M i o d o l a d n d o f E K a s o t as Keats .. . . . £ 6 5 1 0 5 as t t o o £9 7 68 Bavarian ............ 5 5s to 8 8s „ • Belgian ............ 4 Os to 4 15, ~ American .......... 5 5a to 6 12s „ BOR OUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of p otatoes co ntinue on sale. The havetrade a generallydrooping isinasluggish state, and th e quo tations tendency. The imports from the conti nent aro very small. Yorkshire Regents ............ 66558 s t 0 00 75580 per:on. Flukes .................. 85s to 95s „ Rocks ........ . ......... 50s to 65s „ Perth, Forfar, and Fife R e g ent s 60 s to 75s „ Rocks .............. 45s to 55s „ Kent and Essex Regents WOOL. in English wool is very moderate, yet y ou et n n t ooqf b uo u t ' a si b n lo es c s h d a o n i g n e g has taken place in prices compared with our previous report. Colonial wool by pri vate contract is in limited request at late rates. The import last week was 3,707 bales from Adelaide, 543 Port Philip, and 602 bales from tho Cape of Good Hope, SEEDS. cloverseed is in steady request, and prices have as up ward tendency. Liuseed and but canary seed is a slow sa business is doing, at full cum Turnip,White,p.bus.lls to 14s Swede -s -8 Mustard, Brown lOB 13s White, Tares, Spring.... 4 s Od 45 6d Old per quarter - Canary, per quarter 52s 6 ?fi Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —8 White Foreign Red 44s 50s White sos 64s Trefoil, new 22s 27s rapeseed are tolerably firm, le. In cakes a fair average .encies. Carraway .. 22s 26 6 Coriander ... l2s 16 8 Hernpseed, per qr 40s 42s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 71 8 Crushing Baßio —s —s Odessa —s — 8 Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9los.£lo 5s Foreign £9los £lO 15s Rape Cakes,p ton Os £6 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 65s TALLOW. The tallow trade continues dull, and prices have a droop ing tendency. The quotations for P.Y.C. on the spot is 41s per cwt. Town tallow is selling at 41s 6d, net cash. Rough fat, 2s lid per Blbs. Particulars. 1850. 1861 1862. 1863. 1864. - Stock this day.... 34,832 72.005 46.540 i 48,619 C 4,410 Price of Y.C. 68s6a to 606 0d to47sod to 44891 to 4 s Od to —s Od —s Od —s Od )—s d 00s Od Delivery lastweck 2,400 914 2,387 2,225 1,774 Ditto from June 1 63,164 1,063 93,874 60,817 53,446 Arrivals last week tO5 415 419 77 560 Ditto from June 1 85.900 160,877 83,653 71,147 80,000 Price of Town.... 61s 9d 60s 3d 48s 3d 46s ed 43s Od LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day,) COURT OF ERROR. THE ALEXANDRA CASE. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SILLEIkI AND OTHERS. Their lordships having intimated their intention of giving judgment on the objection taken by Sir H. Cairns as to the power of the court to hear this case in error from the Ex chequer—the court was densely crowded in every part. On their lordships taking their seats, Mr. Justice Mellor proceeded to give his decision in this important case. After stating at some length his reasons his lordship was of opinion that the court had no jurisdic tion to proceed in the matter. Mr. Justice Blackburn was of the same opinion. Mr. Justice Willes differed from the decision of the two learned Judges who had just pronounced their opinion. It was his opinion that the court had full power to deal with questions submitted to it. Mr, Justice Crompton said he was of opinion that the 26th section of the Queen's Remembrancer's Act, to snake rules and orders for assimilating the procedure :in revenue cases to the procedure in common law cases did not give power to the Court of Exchequer to grant appeals in cases on the revenue side of the court, and therefore he thought the court had no jurisdiction in the matter now before it. If the Act conferred the right of appeal it would most un questionably have stated it in express terms. Mr. Justice Williams thought the court had jurisdiction in the matter, and therefore it was open to officers of the crown to take the steps they were now engaged in. Chief Justice Erle said the 26th section of the Act gave very large powers for making orders, and that being so ho thought the Court of Error had power to deal with the question now submitted to them. Chief Justice Cockburn said, after he had given the best and most careful consideration to this im portant case, he was of opinion that the Coin had no jurisdiction. The Legislature never could have intended to hand over to the Court of Exchequer the power of deciding whether they should grant appeals. It was not conceivable that Parliament should have delegated its functions to that Court, and as far as he was concerned there appeared to him no difficulty in the construction of the 26th section, and that further proceedings in the matter by that Court would in effect be making Parliament say that which it had not said, and do that which it had not done. He regretted the opportunity had now been lost of settling the law upon the point in that court, but whatever had been the decision of their lordships, he entertained no doubt that the matter would have been carried to the House of Lords as the highest court of appelate jurisdiction; and as it would now most certainly be taken there, it would be heard fully and de cided on its merits. The motion for appeal was then dismissed. The three Judges, it will be seen, who were in favour of the appli cation made on the part of the Crown, were those occupying seats on the bench in the Court of Common Pleas whilst the four of a contrary opinion,: that the court had no jurisdiction were the judges in the Court of Queen's Bench. CAPTAIN ACKERLEY IN COURT. Just as the Lord Chief Justice had concluded his obser vations the eccentric Captain Ackerley, displaying his two flags, viz., the Union Jack and the Red Admiralty Flag, rose up in front of the judges, and in loud voice said, With great submission I.can show the Court it has jurisdiction. The act of Parliament - Chief Justice Cockburn—We never hear any body after we have decided on a case. Captain Ackerley—As Crown officer I claim precedence before everybody—(loud laughter)—and the Court must hear me. The Lord Chief Justice—The Court, I take it, has the power of deciding who it will hear. Captain Ackerley—No, it hasn't. I'm the Crown officer, and it can't stop me. (Laughter.) The Chief Justice—One of my learned brothers suggests that your proper course would be to go before the Admiralty Court. Captain Ackerley—Oh, I've been there, and they won't do anything. (Laughter.) Here I'm saddled with this poor devil of an Indian, who I am bound by oath to sup. port, and I can't get any redress. He's got the great bear on his medal—(loud laughter)—and his right to what I claim for him can't be disputed. (Loud laughter.) The Indian referred to here got up and made some ob stacles in the same strain as the gallant captain, but finding the court refused to hear anything further from them they both withdrew amidst the laughter of the assembly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justices Byles and a Special Jury.) HIIGHSON V. WINDHAM. This was a claim brought by the plaintiff, who had been clerk to Messrs. Chappell and Co., solicitors, for extra ordinary services performed in getting up evidence in the suit of " Windham v. Windham and Giuglini." The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) COW BEEP AT NEWUATE MARKET.-LANE V. WYLDE. This was an action to recover a balance of account for meat entrusted taithe defendant, who is a salesman of New gate-market, to sell. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Buchanan re presenting defendant. Mr. Beard called evidence to show that on the 19th of January last a large quantity of meat was sent to defend ant, and the market price was 35 10d and 35 8d per stone, Defendant had only accounted for sales at 3s Bd, 38 3d, and 3s, and there was also a difference in the weight. Mr. Buchanan called his client, who deposed that the meat in question was cow beef, and had been sold at cow beef prices. (Laughter.) One was a useful cow, but the other was a yellow cow. (Renewed laughter.) Ox beef was fetching 4s per stone. Cross-examined—You cannot make ox beef out of an old cow. (Great laughter.) A good cow might fetch £3 10s. but these were not good. The fore quarter does not fetch so much as the hind quarter. You would not like a rump steak cut off a stinking piece. (Roars of laughter.) I sold the meat for the best price I could get, and plaintiff ought to know better than to bring me here. Evidence was then called to prove the weights, after which his Honour said there was a mistake somewhere, but he did not see how plaintiff had made out that it had occurred on the part of defendant, whe indeed had given a straight forward account of the transaction. Verdict for defendant, with costs. We are requested to state that Mr. Anderson, of the Surrey Theatre, was unavoidably prevented from attending the meeting of the managers of the metropolitan theatres which was held at the Lord Chamberlain's Office onFriday last. . THE LATE DUKE OF CLEVELAND.—It is stated that the late Duke of Cleveland has left Mr. Morgan Vane, a distant relative, residuary legatee, which is in effect a be quest to him of about half a million of money. Lord Wm. Powlett, as heir to the late Duke of Cleveland, is also stated to have given up the Powlet estates, worth, it is believed, about £25,000 a year, to his younger brother, Lord Harry Vane, M.P. for Hastings- ADVANCE IN THE PRICES OF EARTHENWARE. — The earthenware manufacturers of the Staffordshire Pot teries have advanced the prices of earthenware 5 per cent• on the net value in the foreign trade, and from 45 to 7f per cent. in the home trade. This rise is occasioned by several recent advances in the price of coals, and by the increased value of borax and several other articles used in the menu facture. PRESERVATION OF FRUIT BY COLD.—A novel method of preserving fruit is practised in Indiana, U.S., which dispenses with the necessity for sugar, boiling, or cans, while the natural flavour is retained. The plan is to store the fruit in a pine where the temperature can be reduced and maintained below 40 degrees Fah., and above 32 degrees Fah., the freezing point, To those accus tomed to build ice-houses this presents no formid able difficulty, and by surrounding any apartment with charcoal and sawdust, or other non-conducting substance, and with the aid of ice on the one hand and a little fur nace heat on the other, the preventative conditions of fer mentation are easily secured. The moisture of the atmo sphere is absorbed by the use of chloride of calcium. These means and somo attention to the action of light seem to be all that is necessary to preserve even the most delicately flavoured fruits in their natural state. Apples and grapes keep perfectly, and even strawberries—the most difficult of fruits to preserve in full fl ivour—can, it is said, be kept from season to season. CAPE MAILS.—The Union Company's Cape Royal mail steamship Briton, Captain Boxer, left Plymouth on Saturday afternoon with the month's mails, and about LO passengers for Ascension, the Cape, and St. Helena. ,Among her passengers is Mr. Solomon (Solomon and Moses), for St, Helena, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL FOR DEFACLNO, &C., THE ACHILLES STATUE.—William Marchant, charged with defacing and stealing some of the letters forming the inscription on the Achilles Statue in Hyde-park, was again brought up. It may be remembered that the prisoner was seen by a constable named Chick, on the pedestal on the statue, and two letters were found to have been taken from the in scription. . . Mr, Peter Hogg, clerk of the works to the Commissioners Works, said the value of the letters was 2s. each. Mr. Knox, in committing the prisoner for trial, told him hat he would bo indicted for defacing the statue and steal ing the letters. Police-constable 147 D said the prisoner had been con victed of felony. The prisoner said he would reserve his defence. Mr. Knex committed him for trial. THAMES. DISGRACEFUL RIOT AND ASSAULT ON THE POLICE. — Timothy Sullivan and Andrew Regan, Irish labourers,who are related to each other, were brought before Mr. Paget charged with being drunk and disorderly, with fighting in a public street at three o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, aid with assaulting Henry Cro.:-sky Smith, 245 K, and Nehemiah Sheering, 179 K. It appeared that the prisoners were found by Smith fighting in the Back-road, Shadwell, and they were sur rounded by a disorderly mob. Smith requested the pri soners to depart and go home. Sullivan made a blow at the constable and fell. This was repeated, when the prisoner got up a second time and hit the policeman behind the ear and kicked him. The constable seized the prisoner and they had a tremendous struggle and a good deal of up and down fighting. Regan then came up to the assistance of the man who had been his antagonist in the fight, and he seized the officer by the hair of his head. Smith and Regan then closed and fell. Sullivan then seized Smith by the collar, of his coat and tore it. A second police-constable, Sheering, then came up, and was attacked by Regan, whom he struck with his staff. Regan got away and returned with a long stick, with which he was about to strike Sheering but was prevented by a third policeman who arrested his hand. A fearful scene of riot and confusion took place, and ultimately the prisoners were secured. It was stated that Sullivan was a very disorderly fellow, who had been engaged in similar outrages, but that Regan was generally a well conducted and quiet fellow. The prisoners, in defence, said they had been to a supper on Saturday night, and got into a little bit of a row. Regan complained that he had been seriously injured by the po lice constables. His hand was bandaged, and he had been attended by a divisional surgeon of police at the station house. Mr. Paget said this was a most disgraceful offence, and if he was to send the case to the sessions the prisoners might be transported, or sentenced to a long term of impri sonment. He sentenced Sullivan to be imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour, and Regan to one month's impriscnment with hard labour. IRON-CLAD SHIPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln a leading article in your paper of the 3d it is said that it was the French Emperor who, during the Crimean war, determined to cover a frigate with armour plating, and so combine the invulnerability of the floating battery then used at Kinburn with all the requisites of the ocean cruiser. Permit me to send you a pamphlet I published in 1862. You will see by my correspondence therein contained with the Count de Persigny and Sir Charles Wood, the First Lord of the Admiralty, that I suggested to both in 1855 the easy practicability of combining in the same vessel the invul nerability and gun power of the floating battery, the speed of the rapid steamer, and the strength and fitting form for sinking by the blow or concussion as a steam ram. I warned both Sir Charles and the French Minister that the same idea might readily suggest itself to the Russians, who then would have ample time during the winter cessation of hostilities in the Baltic to extemporise three or four of such vessels at Cronstadt secretly, and then on the reappearance of the combined fleets in the spring they would rush out and effect incalculable mischief by means of their incendiary projectiles and the blow of their beaks, All of which was exactly realised by the history of the Merrimac from her construction to her fight with the Federal squadron. The name of the Steam Earn was given by myself, and through the powerful aid of the Times it has become now the general name to distinguish that class of vessels. Ido not mention those facts from any motives of idle vanity, but because the truth of them is very valuable to give weight and strength to the professional views and opinions I hold and am urging. From 1855 to the present moment I have been pressing for the appointment of a commission to be composed of the most distinguished men of our country as engineers, civil and military, artillery officers, ship contractors in wood and iron, sailors well versed in naval warfare, and one or two yachtsmen, these to go minutely into the question of " The Navy for the Future," The commission to be required to examine witnesses and procure evidence from every quarter whence useful information can be obtained, and then report the result. The subject of armament to be in cluded with that of form, material, and construction of the ships. If it is true that two and a half millions have been ex pended on the trial of one kind of gun, and more than double that sum upon the models of ships for actual war fare without decidedly satisfactory results in either case, the path hitherto followed by the Legislature cannot be the right one, and demands a change.—l am, Sir, your obedi ent servant, G. H. SARTORIUS, Admiral. United Service Club, Feb. 4, 1853. A select Italian ball took place on the sth, at Salter's Hotel, for the benefit of the United Italian Band. The ball was attended by the elite of the Italians in Lon don, and was in every way a success. The Prince and Princess Alexandre Schatoffskoy took their departure from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street, on Saturday, for Paris. The Earl and Countess de Grey received a select party at dinner on Saturday, at their residence, in Carlton Gardens. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey is, we are informed, better. During the last few days the venerable countess has gradually improved, and there is now every prospect of her ultimate recovery. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons commences his full-dress Parliamentary dinners on Saturday next, at the New Palace, Westminster. Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, having returned from a tour in Italy, are residing for some months in the south of France. Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner on Satur day evening at her residence, in. Eaton-place, the Marquis of Bristol, Viscount Falkland, the Duchess of St'. Albans. Lady Diana Beauclerk, Sir Anthony Rothschild, Mr. and Lady Dorothy Nevill, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., the Lord Chief Justice, the Right Hon. W. Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr. Swinton, Mr. Higgins, Mr. George Russell, &c. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER.—AIas ! for the Poet's daughter ! the " golden-tressed Adelaide" of his own beautiful English song. Though she was "cradled into Poetry," not " through wrong," but amid every benign and fanciful influence calculated to quicken genius, Adelaide Anne Procter was not one of those singers who begin to be hoard precociously,—to end in pre tence. Though (as all who were intimate with her can bear witness) she was early remarkable for elegance of taste and an originality of mind which turned itself in the direction of what is arch and humorous, not until she neared woman hood did it begin to be known, beyond the circle of her own family, that a spirit of song of her own was within the Poet's daughter,—inherited, indeed, but not imitated ; and wondrously clear of the conceits of the time. As was saisli when her lyrics were first collected (and first piAliclx„ welcomed, it is now a pleasure to think, in these columns),. Adelaide Procter owned little or nothing to the style of foregoing or contemporary poet or poete'ss,—nothing to a Baillie, a Hemans, a Browning,—nothing to Tennyson and his scholars. Subsequent to a translation or two, executed (unless we forget) for Mrs. Jameson's works, her verses stole out anonymously in " Household Words," and were there lingered over by, many who little guessed from what source they proceeded. Devoted as they were to simple themes of pure mid deep affection, or to such fancies as mova in the brightest, if not the highest ether, or to the expres sion of an enthusiastic, yet, withal, never arrogant, devo tional spirit (tinctured deeply with the convictions of a con vert to Roman Catholicism), it was excellent to see how un affected yet choice was their language,—how, for the most part, finished was their versification, —how, to repeat, they displayed a completeness in expressing their author's con ceptions, very rare among beginners, and—let the theme be ever so gentle, let the field of observation be ever so minute, —betokening power, and that dignity of self-respect which is respect for the art attempted. They are calm in their total absence of exaggeration and trick of language, but in no line of them cold. Owing to these rare and excellent ' sa qualities, the effect of the collection of these gentle and woman ly poems, when they were laid together before th e p u blic, was instantaneous — one to surprise all w , h o o u fail to re member that it is not scale of plan,not fo , d and fury" forth thetruth truth Poet his fancy, audience; set with t h t o nature, u ate , w h truth ieh to eu feeling, sue to utmost earnestness of heart and conscience, b who sings neither to fill an idle h our , c h s c a a p n u o a s e e t L e shysreei s3cannot A .1 ibaveee Adelaide in l (l e d : tbA. be Anne n S o eo o kr l e o dr n o g cf to a o or s r r, neither t y o o c u at e er w f ho e tm a h I must s e verse e p t rh r s a ee i s . 0 , e f 1, , E b e n u g ea t nl i b ds be remembered and repeated. That they have proved an immediate mine of wealth to musicians (even as those of her father did before th em ) must not be forgotten. On the private life of one so reserved as she was in every point of display (let the success be ever so flattering) it would be wrong to dwell. Suffice it to say, that the illness which conducted her to the grave had been long and wasting, sub missively and cheerfully borne. Its approach (her health had been delicate from childhood) was, perhaps, accelerated by her eame st participation in what she co nceived to be works of mercy, beneficence, and duty.—ilthen(cuin. ►ECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 6.—The official jonrnel oontais is a, notice from the Ministry of Finance that from. the 11th inst. written offers will be received for a loan of 40 millions of florins not bearing interest, and reimbnrseable in 55 years. It will be issued in titles of premiums of 100 and of 50 florins. The first drawing will take place in June. THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Lubbock, the presi dent of the Ethnological Scciety, concluded a short course of three lectures at the Royal Institution on " The Antiquity of Man." In those lectures he entered thoroughly into the subject, commencing with pre-historic archaeology, and its division into three periods of stone, bronze, and iron. The stone implements used immediately before the introduc tion of bronze were particularly described, and the peculiarities of those found in the " shell mounds" of Denmark and on the sites of the lake habitations of Switzerland were also pointed out. In the last lecture Mr. Lubbock con trasted those stone implements used by man within the period of history with similar implements found in the " drift," and supposed to have been made and used by men who lived at the same time as the extinct animals, with the fossil bones of which the flint implements are associated. The flint implements in the " drift" bear unmistakable marks of having originally constituted a part of the stra tum in which they are embedded, as they are covered with the same kind of encrustations as the gravel among which they are found. Mr. Lubbock, therefore, considered that it is a fact, of which there can be no doubt, that those flint implements are of the same age as the stratum itself. Ha then compared them with the stone implements of a later age, n ume rous specimens of both hinds being exhibited for illustration. The flint implements found in the " drift" are of a ruder construction and never polished, whereas the later stone implements are generally polished and better made. From these characteristics it was assumed that the pre-Adamites were in a more savage state and of inferior capacity. Mr. Lubbock, indeed, avowed himself to be a be liever in Mr. Darwin's theory of the origin of species, in accordance with which it is probable that the men of the " drift" period were of an inferior race. The absence of the fossil human bones among those of the extinct animals with which the flint implements are found prevents the confirmation of that theory by the comparison of skulls ; and, un fortunately for that hypothesis, the only two human skulls that have been discovered in the " drift," contradict each other. One, indeed, is so degraded in its intellectual developments, that some persons have doubted whether it belonged to a human being, while the other skull will bear comparison with that of many Europeans. Mr, Lubbock as signed• causes for the absence of fossil human remains in the " drift," but they were not very satisfactory. The bones of men have, however, been found associated with those of extinct animals in caves, in different parts of the world; and Mr. Lubbock adduced several facts in confirmation of the opinion that man was living contemporaneously with those extinct animale. It was not stated whether the human crania of the cave-men indicated a lower degree of mental capacity. Mr. Lubbock next considered the probable age of the strata in which the flint implements occur so abundantly in the valley of the Somme; and he showed, by sec tions of the strata, that the "drift" which formerly formed the bed of the river is now elevated so high above the stream that it must have required many thousands of years for the water to have worn away the channel to its present level. He could not, however, express an opinion how many years have passed away since the men of the " drift" period existed. The audience, who were very numerous, applauded cordially at the conclusion of the lecture, STATISTICS OF DENMARK. The income of the Danish Monarchy for the year ending March 31, 1863, was £1,841,499, to which Denmark contributed 62 per cent., Holstein 21.64, Schleswig 16.36 per cent. This income more than covered the expenditure. One half of it was pro. duced by customs and indirect taxes, and about two., thirds of the expenditure was for the public debt and standing army. The army cost about £466,000, the navy £212,000. The accounts of the current financial year were, before the invasion, estimated at the same rate. The Danish army on its peace footing, to be doubled when on war footing, is fixed by law at 22,900 men ; but of late years the number has, for the sake of economy, been kept down to 12,000. The Danish navy consisted, in September, 1862, of 19 sailing vessels carrying 704 guns, and 28 steamers with 340 guns, besides a paddlewheel steam flotilla of 50 gunboats with about 100 guns. But all these steamers were not seaworthy. The navy was at that time served by about 2,000. The population of the monarchy at the census of 1860 was in Denmark Proper, omitting the mall figures, 1,600,000 ; in Schleswig, 409,000 ; in Hol• stein, 544,000 ;in Lauenburg, 50,000. In Denmark Proper all but 300,000 of the population is agricul. tural. The whole male population of Denmark Proper is only 793,000, and of Schleswig 204,000. Of these it appeared by the last census that in every thousand 495 lived exclusively by agriculture, 228 by trade and commerce (but, with no coal, and little water power on the soil, there is not much manufacture) ; 187 were day-labourers, 53 were commercial men ; 29 sailors ; 20 paupers ; 16 minis• ters or schoolmasters; 15 pensioners; 13 domestic servants, 11 or 12 civil servants of the State; 9 officers in the army or navy ; 9 capitalists; 7 were devoting themselves to literature or science; 5 were nondescripts ; and one was in jail. The Case of Alleged Poisoning in Cornwall, HAYLE (Cornwall), Saturtlay, he protracted inquiry into the charge against Mr. Richard Oke Millett, a surgeon, residing at Penpol, was re.. sumed yesterday, for the purpose of having the result of thq analysis of the contents of the body of the deceased. _ - Mr. Cornish, the magistrates' clerk, read a lengthened report from Dr. Alfred S. Taylor. Dr. Taylor, in anther elaborate report in reference to the probable cause of the death of the deceased, attributed his demise to an attack of serious apoplexy, to which he was predisposed by the chronic hydrocephalus (water on the brain) under which the dec ease d was labouring. D r . Taylor further said that th e symptoms, as detailed to him, the death under the circu ms t ances as stated, and the resu lt of the postmortem examination, were no t c onsistent with any form of poisoni ng w i thin his knowledge. The Chairman of the Bench (the Rev. Uriah Tonkin), addressing the accused, said—Mr. Millett, we are extremely sorry that we have been obliged to keep you so long in cus tody, but, sitting here as magistrates, we had no other alter native. lam now very happy in having to say, kr. Mil lett, as th e organ of the Bench, that you a re released f rom all furth er, custody ; and hav i ng i n vestigated l the case most minutely, and, I am sure, moat fairly, and 'r4th the strictest anxiety to do justice, we have no longer anything to do With the matter but to say that we are extremely happy that you are released from this charge. Mr. Millet was warmly congrptulated by numerous friends, and was accompanied to his residence by a large concourse of persons; and the band of the Hayle Foundry men, to which establishment ho was surgeon, met in the evening in feont of his house and s performed various pieces of music. i , MR. MACFARREN'S NEW OPERA, founded on Goldsmith's " Shp Stoops to COnquer," is advertised to come out on Thursday next. 1 Misboding e rumours state that General Ga ribaldi and the King,pf Italy, who are in perfect accord,dcasreeensot confident of the spread of war in t4e spring on the coast4of Dalmatia is already Fran for r zladcr celebrated English. volunteer, who-has be fore serv ed mission. GaribaldiAas already received his eirn o last week for ged,that a which a MR. EbWARD DICEY left London Schleswig, and his correspondenTah&T; uliar interest in there will„t doubtless, h- e expected. witvax; the seat of war ' by those who the eeitimul"f a London m°r*lufeafr and Candid spirit as a know his graphic power and 'li te ook on modem Rome, his writer, as shorn letters from his other publigstione. Aviaries inflaitctimillan and the ' Spectator, and . e re o irre" cb ii4 1.0" 1 11 f " 0 :G e ,ticlat, 01 v ; . 13, 9 share', 3.14. 9.10.4