The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-18 00:00:00

40 NEY MARKET AND COliffnliClAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. t.Theri) was an idea in s o m e quar ters that the lc : teters of the Bank of England at their meeting di. ct Y might f urt h er re d uce t h e i r m i n i mum ra t e o f t e° nnt, but t h e court has been ad j ourne d , an d t h e 4°,alations remain unchanged. This result has not ~e n prod uct i ve of the slightest surprise in mone y or c ommercial circles, and the terms for accom 'llation range steadily at 68 7 per cent. boat X 37 000 ; old was taken into the Bank h at , in erday. 4 2 11 ,89 1t 3. iP0n has arrived from Alexandria with T t a nnual . general mee ti ng of the Commercial ohA 411314-o:aurance Company will be held on the Bth 0, 14 1 t he prospectus of the London Restaurant )ih r Pon y We find it is intended to make (4-005 endeavours to establish economic din -016 for the middle and working classes ' th e is ' n ncinn. Th e a tt em pt, w hi c h by !lip Ye ' never got further than" an experimental 12 Iler, t o th make a start in the same direction some tita-bl;nths ago being given to the public ; but now IN,lnatter is taken in hand by a body of first-rate veto Men, a real and bona fide attempt will be rp fi ll up an a.l-admitted want in the metro tan T he Capital of the new company is fixed at in 10,000 shares of £5 each. t o thi eot Week ' s ra i iwa y rece ipt s , ascer t a i ne d u p da ys are, in round figures, as under : N 1864. 1863. p:alslirestern .... X 90,150 £81,383 Veste ru 11i ton 13,763 15,008 fat cl ' .... G r 4 .aat er ," " " " t l iorth e ' k tire anrday Yorksh i re 34,657 31 , 150 4et orkshire 5,078 5,268 Sactlia_eate!, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 1.5,789 14,864 11 14 : to7„llat,h.ern and Western Ireland rop olit ;4 , South-Western The ...... 4 11 4 . 36 returns are in several instances of a rather !th ist4et ' 3 t3' character, compared with those ,Nt: aa ale period of last year. On the South gri ti ; 4l there is a decrease of £l6l ; on the „ t liiig " ' of £1,275; on the South Eastern, of Zett o . ; and on the Great Southern and 'telt: ll of Ireland, of £3O ; while the North Of till' shows an increase of £8,767 ; the Midland, till ! L '? the Great Northern, of £3,114 ; the I tit k e te -lui e and Yorkshire, of £3,507; the Man %ksp-:' Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £925 ; and the li i ° ,l ° and South Western, of L 123. XL - ulddings for £300,000 in bills on India took h. tt7 eBtt rday at the Bank of England. The pro liotobtlB allotted were to Calcutta, £160,000 ; to mitiq , £120,000; and to Madras, £20,000. The kipt,:tiitn Price declared was as before, ls. 111 d. per kkb °I I Calcutta and Madras, and ls. 11id. on 1. 4 10 44 7' The application within the limits lizi ed to £ 1 ,870,000. Tenders on Calcutta, at 4), Will receiv e a b o ut 80 per cent. ;on Born ykt2,• 0 , l 'utb,„ about 21 per cent.; on Madras, at 1 11, " 6 3 per c en t ; and all above these p (I .'rices in the 3d instant,. when the amount offered pi A 00 0, th e b u ildi ngs w i t hi n t h e elimits were ( 41 4 :: ° "° 0 , but the lowest rate accepted was n Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras. t t4 Two O'CLOCK. , 1 4 4b 41 , Proven:lent of per cent. has taken place ' 4 l t i t rt the market for the English Funds, and 1 / 4 4 4(1 4 ,_ 11 , t°e 1cs and railway shares . are all in the 14 °4 t 41 . There is a better feeling with regard to 4(l 4r Y affairs at home and political prospects htliti Purchases on speculative account COra p,ll°)3r PrePonderate and buoyancy is the result. ' O s for transfer ' are 91' 1 and for the Bth ~tditi Q' es have risen New Threes and the Reduced 91' s ; Exchequer Bills are 111 4 titlie .) d 1 3 P31 i1 i 0 ; 41 -13 . a n ok to S toe s :, 239 ; and India 5 per 1 6: le eided ntc. a movement has taken place in c14 (1 1 ga Market, mare particularly in Mexican 1 1 11°11 ' oZ hich have risen 21 per cent., viz., 41- i - 3 42, , 41 1% ad Y larg e Continental purchases. Greek b 4l4 need to 22k I; the Coupons to 10 ; 1 1 4 e lto 6 Per Cents., 1862, to 681 691,-; do. Con- 48 1 49 ; Portuguese to 4 76 ; Spanish -tife 33 ' ; the Certificates to 13 ; 14 1 - ; and , T het de rate Loan, 56 58. ' l %, lllltlr es of the South Wales Colliery Co. .were to-day at 2k, and closed at 2L- premium. : 4 4 4 : 4 itt the Railway Share Market has con i%.erY inactive, and prices have not varied d to . kto -P(lrtant extent. North. Western have a . It „ t or k ti e l t °B ., while most of the other lines remain tt lit t p rates. I, ll iii,, °tei gu and Colonial undertakings are dull quotations. 1 at ala d Mis ce ll aneous shares, i n some instances, 4 t kt 4tr tIY enhanced prices. London and n to realise 79/ 80; London and County, 69* 25 1 - I ; le tropolitan and Provincial, 4, 2 14 I/411 k, 64 65 ; and Union of Australia, 53; ; 1114111 . 15teril * Banking Company are quoted 11- to Ottonaan Financial, 11 to 2 piem.; Lon al kiire Company, 13- rem. ; and Na. ohipping Company,lto to prpem. lqo 1 111, t'tt / ' ) I2,T ITISR FUNDS—ONEi Ili ti( ea t l Zl , iT yi j O'CLOCK. ,41,: ;44te.iti1e°11,41.:°A.111:13.1385. . 91/ h (1 1 ' 44 : Q en Q t ueed „I,tt, i '', 30 " ..... Ott o or 3 0 Yrs, ax .. t N ie at m Yra ~, Pl . re ath Jan., 1880 — Ditto slllx, z 1 sth April, 1885. kb t o tg, z iit rgraph), Aug. 1908. 't4 lt i ß tt ° 4: ( ) : 1 0, 21 & 3 per Cent 3 dis dis 1 4 4 4 1 b/ - 4 11 : l atcl s tk 4 TO ° and £200 1ji,4, 0 ,90 z „' i per Ct., last hf.-yr. 239 Dit to 4 1101 '"N . NIEN c oh 4, 2 p e , , T SECURITIES. eio 5 ' 3lll at . - Cent., April 1874 — 4i t t e I Per c a '' bit t° 4 1)el ' een, - . I '4, iS7O ti '' )3 ' e1311 4 t 4 0ct,1888.. lOO ti o o xxci t. .. . 'de r 8 £l 0 par li 113 11 - I Cl° ..... ) ,.14 ‘ , 41 1 5 lON. FUNDS—ONE h il u it,: t ' , 184er Cent O'CLOCK. ~t scrip and. I g;, z ........... --• It t 4 3 „. , 1863 ,V. . —dis i tt 1 4 , 4 1 1 ) ikee ' o e il s 6 per V: n r id ~ Per „tit. .... , ilti q Ne v eta., in ; - - r 4 )11 t0 44 T w Conaor c i l h i % e ter ceat i dated, 1 per Cent — d Ptq Per Issue li i:ttt a 4 ,k,ec oa _ut., 1 824-5 ex-Coupons -- tt a vo a , ut ... , 211 ilit . 4.0.„0ns ........ , kttilz: _,,,_. . 44 3 p a ' r trt 9 s, itheco u 'eta . . 11i t ii. 4 1 , 4 1 2:4 441 ,, e ; a t .. ~......,...... 40/ 39i 401 39i 41h / 2i 1/ %,4 a. ' 0 per Cent A,, t 4,l3 e Per b' ............. lt, i go t teent 4 1 11 , , 4 4 114 Iv ....... . • l A, 41 , arrtints • (ii'et;r*e;) . 7 lii t te 'teo l l' l , er t Cent — A t ts A Per (~ ....... ; 0 exit . . t ............. -- c , i i.e aut ....... bit i t ' llt Per (1 ..... - to e 3 -ent., 1862 lt,:t i l i tt 'li ke o Per Cent., 1853 t o t Per 1111 t • t. 4 ee t i -- , ittil . 4 ee0 1 , 4t 4 -:, ...... '7, '9, '6O, 62;3 47a t, th De r r r ,, ....... ... ),!b,,ltto ~e nt 18502, £ St V t ilt iO De ( 5 rc e 1860 _ it. l 4i4 Per Tent,l 1859 Nit!4lll6 l B 6, .. 1 / 4 ,,,N 1 11 4 e Pe Cent .. ) hilo, 41111 t .......... h,tt, 3 Per` kren ' t ... • qtlo A et ent Ilt tl e lie„"ltt ....... t tc , l , , D e ferred - • ttt.,......... 52 tlit?l,4 tu, il lit .. .__. 114 A -11b i r e ...................... l ot to e : c r o ttnt ..................... 331 I ' 1 , 1 '•:, it,, t. of . ... t ) ltt: 8 ear .. Coup not funded — tl i tt(l A te e_r c ent * . ~,... 1: 1 4 5 1 p er '''lnt ... I° '- )1 N 4, e Ce rn. f . ; , , ,7 ............... 91} oiNttilttple,;:nisito.n,lB. . j . ' ................ 711 t'i t t. :i 4ke C et. 18 62 h i tle)llnt I)itle a l 3 fonds..ttk t Per c e ,„ -8/ f,i i tt,, , p,, 14 , , t . " " 11,, 4„ - , e , ,t 1 _ 1 / 4 . ,ii 0 , .a - 862 ~,Itl,,,,,iviciltir ads 58h g i g , 4 11 4 4 ' 5 BO n the above payable in Lond a, 1 4 111,1 1 1; e ll r era 0 C : t nt.....- Ex. 10 Florins. ltt, 5 De.. eent._ 1 . ,-/x. 25f. h tk e r e eD , - ' 3( .. 12 Guil — v eot til , .l 1861, Ex. 25 francs — iNt" .. , , 14° ° d 4 ey TWO O'CLOCK. e 0 0 4 ,3 1,:: ............ s li Alt E MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Sharei Railways. Paid. Cl osing Business done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andslid.o" Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no die Do. B tillfipc.pan.har tt been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto 'East Anglian st Gre.atNorthot Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan, Great Western ..... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lou. & North Western Lon. & Ser.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Alaryport and Carlisle. Dot shares M etropoli tan Midland Do New Do Birtllin. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Irelano Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G:N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 180 G raff Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall Mr. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH. P ttai twave Itiautie & St Lawreuct Ltom.,BarodaSz.Cent Ind Gu. kper oent.. ...... Do. New . . • Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lase Huron Do. Prelerunc,e Butlalo,BrantAGodrich p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1871: 1 Do. do. July 1, 187,1 Do. do. June 1, lo:, ~lcutta. S. Easto. i 1,1 Cape Town it, Dock Seri Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. h,ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. ti Ext.... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred._ Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock Do. do. deferred__ : Do. 4th I'ref. stook. Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndfarenm.6rua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada sharek. Do. New po. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. •• Do. 41 p. a Extension Do. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. n p. o. Buds. Melb. & ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newlit unswicit Candu Class A and B. N.ill.C'das pc Ist p 1 bds &hide Do. Delhi Do. do •"' Do. Punjaub Do. Do. .......• ! Do. Indus. St. Flo.) .11,ON IAL GU V Eft . alt.lio c. 0 p.C.J a v‘LJ 1877-St Do. 6 p. c. Feb S Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar & Sept. Do. I p. c. Jan &J uty. Do. 6 inscribed stoca Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1873 Do.Ap & Oct. 188 t Do. 1846 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p Mauritius 6 per cent .. 'Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. N.13.G0y. 6 p.c. J a.&July Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 18 , ..0 Do. 5 p. c.,1 8 / 1 to Lj Do. d0.,1888 &upwils New Zealand 6 p cent. Nora Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. Queensland (icy. 6 p. c. 1.8. Aug G6p.c.1878.& up.. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to flux. An.&l)et.. BRITIS uanihrian Consol. Gold ,Aillord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Taviet ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold. Ltd East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea.:. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) GamdzSt.AuDyn(Gwen Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (lleistou, Grenville .. lierc.d's-Foot .... liingston Downs Lady Bertha argaret (Uny Lelant arke Valley.. \lyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs c. W 'i Basset ( I 11o4an , North Wheal Crotty L'ar Consols (St. Blaze), i i'rovidenee ( Lelnt.) SouthCaradon(St.Cleer S. Cara Brea (Illogan) W heal Fran. (Dina') ' Stray Park amar Silv.& Lead Min. ) Lin Croft West Basset (Illnan) W C , radon (Liskeard) West Setot Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(Reciruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud: ott W heal Mary Ann (Men )1 Wheal Beton Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) Wheal Union Si 8! 84 (6 121 121 6i 4 37 39 16 17 94 96 106 108 49 50 47 49 71 8i 130 131 136 137 134 136 95 97 €4i 0 not la 72 74 101 XOO 40 42 1091 110 100 101 52 53 106 107 1301 130! 1 1 lid s 9 101 521 65 25 46 104 1031 58 59 91; Mt 125 130 lo 79 80 11 11} 123 126 43 45 93 100 63 64 33 E 4 90 osi 99 101 9/ 10/ 18 39 94 104 7' 8 p 165 779 5/ 6 k 3} 4 P 87 90 167 172 23 25 sluils. Closing Price. 599 — tr 1021 103, 54 61 8 9 100 102 99 101 1041 1054 103 1(,4 fP 19i 201 72 74 55 60 65 67 49 55 49 52 33 Et 26 28 22 15 103 104 I P 102 103 10 1 i 1 ° 0i i , 92 94 85 87 P iP lu2 103 96 03 92 96 58 GO 8 5 82 84 102 103 IC2 103 * RP 102 li3 97 99 s ock 1021 3 'l' SEC U RITIES. 101 103 99 101 102 104 89 81. 8) 91 105 107 108 110 !09 111 hO7 109 110 112 1()5 107 1 1 , J7 109 101 103 99 100 99 tO 99 100 107 109 03 105 108 110 1091 1101 1 ,i ES. 6 37 38 675 685 70 71 Id par 28 29 7 71 41 64 10 11 4 44 181 191 5 35 37 4t 17 19 5 74 14 /di 80 90 11 24 2 21 5 54 44 90 440 960 57i 62i 28 30 k 20 21 11 12 56 58 190 200 80 85 43 46 2 2i 13i 10 170 180 23 24 2} 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. rester, Shef f ield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., tto, £6, 4/ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, 5 London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 103 LINES LEASED AIC FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 80 Manch , nil FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (limo gua. 7 per cent., 17 161 Recife and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 17} San Paulo (11m.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 201 FOREIGN MINES. • Cape Copper, Bin., Si JOIN T-STOCK BANKS.' Alliance Bank of Lon am and Liverpool (lira.), 47} Ditto, new, 32} Anglo Austrian, 5i Bank of utago, lim., 31 British North American, 49: Chartered jiank of India, Australia, and China, Ditto, new, issued at 410 pm, 33,} Chartered 61 er. of India, London, and China, 70 Consolidated Bank, lim., 1064 • English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 301 Imperial Bank (lim.), 274 Imperial Ottoman, 181 4 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and Couuty, 59 8 London Joint Stock, 381 London and Westminster, 791 80 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (limo, 25 * National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 40} Oriental Bank Corporation. 65 4 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, 11m,, 7 Union of Australia, 53f MISCELLANEOUS. Canada Company, 76 Ceylon Company, 10/ # Commercial Union (Insurance),:lol 1 Consolidated Discount, Urn., 11 Egyptian Commercial and Trailing, lien., 4/ Electric 'Telegraph, 106 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Urn., 71 7 International Financial Society, 12} Joint •stock Discount, lim., 61 London Financial Association, lira., 261 1 6 London General Omnibus Company, 21/ London Provincial Marine, 21 3 Mercantile Credit Association, lien ~' 101 Natal Land and Colonization Company, lim., 51 National Discount Company, lim., Oriental Inland Steam, lim, 1 Societe Financiere d Egypte, lira., 5 The report to be presented at the forthcoming ad journed meeting of shareholders of the Continental Bank Corporation has been issued to-day. The accounts are to the end of December last, and it appears that business in London commenced on the 9 th April, and at 14larseilles on the Ist August. The net profits made during this period amount to £1,228 10s., which is equal to a distribution of 5 per cent. per annum. The directors recommend that that sum be carried to the new account, 1011 no: 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 Fwd. all i 'Business don€ 1031 2i 1054 • 103 j 4i 100 100 100 100 100 MI. 1101 2.14.6 3.4.0 8.9.0 581 6.16. t 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 9 4.3.0 1t 21 3.1.0 2.6.9. 10.0.7 li 18.18.0 ,30,17.6 2.0.6 3. U. ri 68i 3.17 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) NARRACOTT T. NARRACOTT AND HESKETH. The further hearing of this case, in which the damages are laid at £lO,OOO, was resumed this morning by the exa mination of witnesses to rebut the evidence given yesterday of extreme cruelty on the part of the husband, the petitioner. Mr. Narracott, brother of the petitioner, was examined at some length to show that the respondent was always treated in a very kind manner during the whole time she lived with the petitioner. The Queen's Advocate then cross-examined him, and in answer to questions put to him by the learned gentleman, the witness said he had not given the slightest intimation to any person of the nature of his evidence, He had merely received a sulopcona to attend, and he had done so. The solicitor for his brother had never asked him any questions, and the only circumstance he thought that could explain his being in the witness-nos was that being in court yesterday whilst some of the witnesses for the respon dent were being examined, he merely said he could cor roborate many of their statements. He resided with his brother at the present time. He did so for two years after the petitioner was married• After that ticaa his brother removed to Carey Cottage, but he always came to his (witness's) residence every day, as it was the premises in which their business, as grocers, was carried on. He would swear that Mrs. Narracott, when she went to her mother's, had sufficient and suitable clothing. He did not know whether she took it with her, but he knew for a fact she had it. She also had food of the best quality, Ho did not dine with them—on the contrary, his brother dined at his house. The learned gentleman pressed the witness here very closely as to the number of times the petitioner dined with him, and after some difficulty it was elicited he took his dinner as frequently at witness's table as he did at his own. Other witnesses having been examined, The Solicitor-General replied on the part of the petitioner. The learned Judge was summing up the evidence to the jury when we went to press. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) A NOVEL POINT IN THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. SARL AND OTHERS V. MARKWITH. This was an action to recover a balanco of account—Mr. Pinning appearing for plaintiff. , , and Mr. Buchanan for defendant. Mr. Pinning called a witness, who deposed to the supply of goods to defendant. His Honour—Well, Mr. Buchanan, what do you say to this ? Mr. Buchanan---•We say that we have paid into court all that plaintiffs have asked us for. This letter is our de fence. Plaintiffs' letter was handed up to his Honour, who found that they agreed to accept £l2 odd, it the money was paid without further trouble. Mr. Buchanan—And that money we have paid into court. Mr. Vinning—But I contend you are not entitled to any deductions in the shape of discount, inasmuch as you did not pay the money without further trouble. Plaintiffs' witness—The discount, as deducted from the invoice, represents what is customary to the trade, and it would not have been allowed to the defendant but that we expected a large order from him. Mr, Vinning—There was no consideration for the pro mise to take £l2. Mr. Buchanan—The money paid in is all that you asked. His Honour—So far as I read it, it seems to mean that if the defendant pays the £l2, without the trouble of driving plaintiff into law, they will accept it. He has not done so, therefore I think plaintiffs are entitled to the balance. Verdict for plaintiffs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. YIELDING TO TEMPTATION.—John Potts, a respectable looking lad, in the employ of Messrs. Hollis and Henaing ham, stationers and post-office keepers, of Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with being in possession of two silver spoons, the property of Mr. Henningham. A palice-constable said that about nine o'clock this morn ing he was called to Mr. Mellish's, pawnbroker, in Duke street, Grosvenor-square, and told that the prisoner had offered two spoons in pledge which were believed to have been stolen. The pawnbroker declined to give the prisoner into custody, and he (the constable) then asked the prisoner whose spoons they were, and he at first said they were his mother's, but afterwards said his muther was dead, and that they were his master's spoons, and that he had taken them from the plate-basket that morning. Mr. William Henningham, 5, Mount-street, Grosvenor , square, said the spoons were his property, and of the value of 30s. He did not wish to prefer any charge against the boy, who had been in his service for 7 years, and always behaved himself. The boy's father had been known to him for many years, and was a very respectable man, and it was out of respect for the father that he did not wish to prose cute the boy, who he had no doubt had given way to temp tation in taking the spoons. The prisoner who, during the hearing of the case, buried his face in his hands, and seemed overwhelmed in grief, said he had no questions to ask. Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner for a week to see what could be done, so as to send him out of London and away from bad acquaintances he might have formed. The prisoner was then 'emended. WESTMINSTER. A DESERTER FROM THE AMERICAN ARMY.—An African, with the uncommonly English name of Robinson, was charged with the following misconduct. Mr. William H. Thelmare, a glass merchant in the Brompton-road, said that yesterday evening the defendant came into his shop and begged. He stated that he had been without food for two or three days, and having no place of shelter was obliged to walk the streets during the night. Complainant recommended him to the parish authorities, but defendant still remained in the shop and importuned him for charity, repeating that it was some days since he had any food. Complainant gave him about two pounds of bread, and he went away, when complainant having sus • picioMs about the defendant had him watched, when, in • stead of eating the bread as a starving man would have done, he went to a baker's shop and putting it down, left it, and walked away. In about half an hour afterwards the prisoner was found to have forced himself into another shop in the neighbourhood and was there very abusive and collecting a crowd of persons because he could not get what he wanted, and he was then taken into custody. Defendant said he could not procure any work, and so was obliged to beg. He was looking for a ship. Mr. Selfe—You don't find ships in tradesmen's shops in the Fulham-road ? Defendant—There was an American ship, but I could'nt go in that when it left the port of London, because I did not wish to go to America. Mr. Selfe—Why not? Defendant—Because I have deserted from the American army. M. Selfe—Having abandoned your duty in that respect, you are now going about begging. Defendant—l am flesh and blood the same as other people, although I am dark, and ought not to be permitted to starve. Mr. Selfe—Nor permitted to go about to different trades men's houses and bully them if they don't give you exactly what you want. You are committed for 14 days to the House of Correction. THAMES. ROBBERY IN A SUGAR HOUSE.—Stephen Gavans, a carman, aged 33, of No. 27, Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing two brass bottles, valued at 45., the property of Thomas and Francis Hicks, proprietors of a large sugar refinery in Alie stree t, Whitechapel. It appeared that the prisoner was in the practice of taking blood used in the process of refining sugar to the prosecu tors' establishment, and that on several occasions after he had delivered blood pieces of machinery were missed. These robberies were of a serious description to the prase enters, but the metal, though costly in its manufactured state, would not have produced much if sold as old metal. Yesterday when the prisoner came to the factory with a cart load of blood, his actions were strictly watched, and he was seen by a man named Christian Schroeder, a German, who was engaged at the blow-up cis tern, to take up two brass bottles and put them in his pockets. Schroeder saw this from a room above, and he went below, secured the prisoner, and gave him over to the care of a boiler. On being asked for an explanation of this the wit ness said a boiler was a man who attended to the boiling of sugar in the pan. Carl Addix, a German, identified the brags bottles taken from the prisoner. They were the property of Messrs. Hicks. William Hunt, a police-constable, No. 184 H, said that when he took the prisoner into custody he said he was very sorry for what he had done, and he supposed as other pro perty had been taken that he should be blamed for the whole. It would have cost 7s. to replace the two bottles which were made to screw on to machinery, if they had been lost. The prisoner admitted that ho was guilty of stealing the brass bottles, and pleaded for mercy on account of his hay ing a wife and three children. The prisoner was committed for trial. THE FLOWERY LAND PlRACY.—William Taffir, the second mate of the Flowery Land, who rendered such essential service in bringing the seven pirates now under sentence of death to justice, is said to be broken down in health and suffering acutely from the severe treatment ho experienced during the time —nearly a month—which elat sed between the murders of the captain, his brother, and the first mate, and the landing of the crew at the entrance of the River Plate. The two survivors of the crew of the collier brig Thomas Barker have arrived in Shields, the vessel . having been run dow n , an d t h e m aster and seven of the crew drowned. The Thomas Barker, under the command of Mr. Thomas Pyle, and with a crew of nine hands, left the Tyne on Friday afternoon, coal laden, for London. On Saturday, during the height of the gale, and when about four miles from Filey Bay, she was struck on the bow by the Edith and Mary, of Sunderland, in ballast from Southampton. The Thomas Barker went down within a few minutes after she was struck, taking with her the master and seven of the crew. The persons saved were William Walker, seaman, and James Dickenson, app rent i ce . W a lker at the time of the collision was i n th e r i gg i n g, and he fortu nately succeeded in jumpi ng on board the light brig. Dickenson saved himself by tanning along the jibboom of the Thomas Barker, and jump ing into the forechains of the Edith and Mary, whence he was taken aboard that ves sel. The following is a list of the lost:— Robert Pyle, master; Richard Embleton, mate; Thomas Dennale, cook ; the c arpenter, whose name was not known yesterday ; Thomas Sunnex and John Bannerman ; another seaman, who was at the helm when the vessel went down, and whose name is not known, and James APDonald, apprentice. The vessel belonged to Messrs. Thomas Barker and Sons, South Shields, and was uninsured. The schooner Triumph, of Brixham, arrived in the Tyne on Tuesday. The master reported that while off the Leman and Omer lightship on Sunday, and while the crew were below atdinner Neil Campbell, an ordinary seaman, who had been left at the wheel, disappeared, but whether he had thrown himself overboard, as he was in a desponding state of mind, or was accidentally drowned, the master could not tell. The vessel that the steamboats have in tow in a capsized condition off the Tyne is the Victoria, from Hull, a Danish bark. She had been coming from Null on Friday in tow of the Robert Scott tug, when she struck upon Whitlee Rocks, and, having slid off the reef, she capsized and floated out to sea. The master, his wife, and crew were rescued by the steamtug and brought to the Tyne. The steamboats could not get the derelict into Shields har bour on Tuesday night, it is thought, on account of the masts touching the bottom. They will have to be broken off in some manner before the vessel can be got into the harbour. On Saturday a number of light and laden vessels wero blown to the north of the Tyne, and found shelter behind the Coquet and Fern Islands. O n Tuesday night, as the wind got well from the northward, they would be enabled to make their passage south again. A good deal of anxiety had been occasioned in Shields since Satur day through the reprehensible practice of taking vessels to sea without their full complement of hands en board, the vessel lying in the offing until the master or mate gathers together the remainder of the crow in the public-houses in the town. A laden bark was taken out thus on Friday evening, short of hands, and the master returned to Shields in a steamboat, leaving an owner of a steamboat and the pilot on board the vessel with the mates and such of the crew as had gone off with her. The ship was blown off the land during the night, and had not cast up on Tuesday. The Wreck of the Royal Victoria, Yesterday the Board of Trade received from the receiver of wrecks at Lerwick the deposition of Mr. John Pearson, chief officer of the iron ship Royal Victoria, 1,444 tons burden, which was lost off the Shetland Islands a few days since, within a short time after her sailing on her first voyage to Calcutta. The crew abandoned the ship in the boats, and several of them died from exposure and starva tion. Mr. Pearson states that the Royal Vic toria belonged to Messrs. Furnie Brothers, of Liverpool, and held the class of A 1 on Lloyd's register for 22 years. The officer is of opinion that her crew, 36 !lands, was insufficient in num ber for the management of the vessel, especially as she was overmasted and rigged. On the 15th of January, on sighting Cape Wrath and St. Kildare, the wind blew fresh, from the westward, and in creased ; and on the, 18th it blew a gale. The ship was laid to, under a lower main topsail, and heading about W.N.W. till four p.m., when a heavy Equal' struck her, and threw the ship on her beam-ends. An endeavour was made to get the vessel off before the wind by hoisting the foretopmast staysail, but it would not recover. At six p.m., Captain Leslie caused the mizenmast to be cut away, and shortly afterwards the mainmast, which in falling also car ried away the foretopmast, leaving the ship in a more unmanageable position. The officers and crew stuck to the vessel until four o'clock the next day, when, finding that there was no likelihood of her righting, they took to the boats and abandoned her. He (Mr. Pearson) had command of the pin nace, with seventeen hands, and Captain Leslie took charge of the lifeboats with fourteen hoaantdss . was I parted a fearful sea running. Soon a ft e r dark the two b c blowing ompany a heavy gale, with hail and company, and did not a gain see each other. The pinnace reached Shetland at noon on the 23d, her crew having suffered the most fright ful privations, and two of the men died in the boat. The captain's boat was driven ashore two days afterwards, in another part of the island, with only two of her hands out of fourteen living. Among those who perished were Captain Thomas Leslie, the master; John Brown, the boatswain; Scott ; Ellis, Mears, and Kelly, seamen. The names of the survivors are—John Spargo, Henry Scaswell, Mike Kennell, Henry Nemis, Jeremiah Driscoll, Henry Birch, John Dove, Peter Lawless, John Hayes, William Davey, Charles Tooley, Jos. Taylor, Thos. Warren, and James Jenkins. At the time the boats abandoned the ship she w as lying in about Ist. 59 N., and long. 12/ W. The loss of the ship is esti mated at £35,000, and the cargo at £1,600. MARKETS7-This Day. AIARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY A vIZRAGES.—Wheat, 40s 8d ; barley, 31s Ild ; oats, 19 s ld ; rye, 29 s Id ; beans, 33s 7d ; and peas, 33s 7d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVER kazs. _ Wheat, 40s 8d; barley, 32s OCI ; oats, 18 s 10 d ; peas, 33s 3d. rye, 293 2d ; b e ans, 33s 8d ; ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST "sir j3EK. Wheat, 103,806; barley, 84,464; oats, 19, 908 ; rye, 69 ; beans, 6,458; peas; 1,501 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale in to-a --aY's market was very limited, and the demand for all breeds ruled steady at fully Monday's currency. The best Scots sold at ss, in some instances at 58 2d per 81bs. Sheep , -- th, " °l - I gh in very mode rate supply, moved off slowly on foriner t erms. The hest Downs, in the wool, realised 68 per alba, Th e f ew l am bs on per 81b s . C a lves were in of atot:se per 81b 8 . Th e s upply was limited. In pigs and milch cows vermoderateoffer request readily a disposed i s from p o° ed 4 s y little was doing at drooping currencies. Per 81bs.to s s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Secondquality do. 4 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, etc. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 ink the offal. d• Primeers-wo o l d o s. 4 s s . d. a. 8 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 PLiarimpeoartisaeu. calves 44 0 8 4 5 00 6 Large h0g5,..... 3 6 4 Small porkers ... . 4 2 4 4 and quarter-old store pigs, Suckling calves, 183 to 26s 20s to 253 each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 720 Cows llO Sheep Calves l2O 3121 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts . ....... 230 Sheep and lambs 9OO Calves . ....... 75 Pigs ........',..•••• MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENRALL.—A seasonably good sup • ply of meat is on sale to-day, and the trade rules steady at the annexed currency : — Beef , from 3s Od t o 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; veal, 33 8 d to 48 8d ; a n d pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 17.—The supplies of st oc k wore on ly moderate ; nevertheless the trade was inactive, at the fol lowing prices :—Beet, from 3 s 6 d to 4 s l'Jd • mutt on , 4s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4 s 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4 s 6d p er 81bs, to sink the offal. ItOMFORD, Feb. 17.—A1l kinds of stock moved off very slowly, a t barely stationary Prices, as f o ll ows : Beat', from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 245; quarter-old store Pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB 103 each. THE GALE. HAY MAREIETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 6s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lO s Od ; and straw, £1 28 to £1 lO s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Mea`IOW hay, £3 Os to £4 108 Od • clover, £4 Os to £5 88 Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 108 per load A slow demand. WHITECRAPEL.—;Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 Gs Od ; clover, El Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, 23 to £1 lOs per loath Supply pod. THE LATE MR. MURE, IBy the untimely and lamented death of Mr. Wil liam Mure, the post of Consul at New Orleans is left at the disposal of her Majesty's Government. The late Consul will be regretted by those in New Orleans and in the United States, by whom his im partiality and honourable feeling in the discharge of duties rendered particularly difficult and onerous by the nature of the times were appreciated and acknowledged, even in the midst of great party strife and national animosity. Appointed in 1843, he speedily made himself known at the Foreign office by his lucid and admirable reports, which rose to the elevation of State papers in largeness of view and accuracy of expression, and his great :act and knowledge of affairs and moo enabled him to steer his course amid peri:s in which his ' brother consuls in the United States were wrecked, although he never for a moment compromised a principle or shrank from its assertion. He obtained from the State Legislature of Louisiana large con cessions towards the free blacks, British subjects, who had been incarcerated with common felons during the stay of the vessels to which they be longed in the State ports. By Mr. Attire's exer tions these free blacks were allowed to remain at large under certain conditions, and his services were acknowledged by Lord Palmerston, who, though not in office at the time, wrote a letter to Mr. Mure to express his high sense of the benefit I he had rendered to freedom and humanity. During the Crampton difficulty he managed to avoid the breath of suspicion and slander, and in many diffi cult questions he displayed equal judgment and address. From his intimate know:edge of Ameri can affairs, he was enabled to predict with remark able foresight the sure advent of the tremendous struggle which gave no sign to others, and Lord Russell bestowed high praise on his dispatches in relation to the causes of Secession and its probable consequences and result. No man could brave the climate of New Orleans for so many years without serious injury to his constitution, and Mr. Mare came to Washington in 1862, on his way to Eng land, in deplorable health, which was aggravated by the hardships of a journey in winter from New Orleans through a country ravaged by hostile armies, and destitute of ordinary conveyances and facilities for travelling. He came to England in the hops of recovering his strength, but never alto gether rallied, and expired on the 14th in London from the effects of debility and disease. THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. The dlfoniteur publishes the following intelligence from Mexico, addressed to the Minister of War : "Mexico, January 9th. " A despatch from General Neigre, the commandant in the city of Mexico, sums up the operations of the expedi tionary column of the interior from the 16th December to the 29th. General Bazaine, who arrived on the 16th Dec, at Lagos, being resolved to rapidly pursue Doblado, who was marching on Aguas Calientes, organised a light column with two days' provisions. While he was on his march the chief of a band named Chavez, who had occupied the country of Lagos for the last three years, came and placed himself under his orders with 509 horsemen. The General in-Chief directed him to make a forced march on Ledesma, where the old Juarist chief arrived at four in the afternoon of the 18th, thus getting the start of the French column, which did not reach Puerto, 31 leagues in the rear of Ledes ma, until 5 o'clock. Gen, Douay, who went in pursuit of Uraga after the affair of Morelia, came up with his rear guard at Zamora. The Mexican General, being closely pressed, had no other means of preventing his stores and baggage from falling into the hands of the French than by setting fire to them, Gen. Bazaine, who arrived at Ledesma in the night of the 18th Dec., left again on the 20th for Aguas Calientas, where he hoped to come up with Doblado, but the enemy on the same day left, and marched with all his stores on Guadalajara or on Zaca tecas. From the 20th to the 23d Dec. the General in Chief made useless efforts to overtake the enemy. The Juarist army was in full retreat, dispersed and flying in all direc tions, without any fixed plan of operations. On the morn ing of the sth January the General entered Guadalajara without firing a shot; the enemy did not defend the two positions of Puente Calderon and Puente Grande; some musket shot fired by our auxiliaries sufficed to put to flight large party of cavalry which had announced their approach to the Juarist troops, and they immediately evacuated the place. The inhabitants are animated with the best feelings towards the French. General Bazaine, before falling back on the city of Mexico, proceeded to the admin istrative organisation of the country. The enemy's army dispersed, disunited, anti removed from the capitals whence it could no longer deprive any resources, has taken refuge in the poorest and most thinly-populated States. It will infallibly break up altogether in a short time, and no longer act except as guerillas. The inhabitants despoiled by those bands, feeling themselves supported by the French army and by the Mexican troops, now well armed by us, will easily rid themselves of the remnants of the Juarist army., General Bazaine on the 30th Dec. received accounts from General Douay, who was in pur• suit of General Uraga, and bad come up with one of his convoys. The Juarist General in that encounter lost a considerable quantity of stores destined for boring cannon and coining money, as well as ingots of copper and 145 mules laden with arms and ammunition. General Neigre informs the Minister of War that on the 31st December a body of 300 Juarists, having received information that the diligence from Queretaro to Mexico would convey the mail of the General-in-Chief, placed themselves on the road about 33 leagues from the capital. The passengers and the escort, attacked by superior forces, made a vigorous but useless resistance. The diligence was pillaged, most of the despatches torn up or thrown away, a fact which explains why several of the journals did not receive any news from the ex?editionary corps by the last mail. Some letters, however, and amongst them one from the General-in-Chief, were recovered, sent to Mexico, and thence to France." SHIPPING—Tins Day. LONDON, Feb. 18.—Wind this day at noon—North; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. FALMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—Sir Colin Campbell, from Para. COWES, Feb. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Omen, from Santander. NEWPORT, Feb. 17.—Wind N.E.--Sailed—Harriet, for St. Thomas. CLYDE, Feb. 17.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—City of Amoy, and William Kidston, for Bombay—Albion, screw steamer, for Otago, N.Z. HULL, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Thetis, from Calcutta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Thursday Morning, 10 o'Clock. The Danish frigate Niels Juel, 46, which left here yester day morning, was actively employed all day within a com paratively short distance of the harbour. She was observed to bring to and overhaul 10 or 12 merchant ships, includ ing an American bark bound to London, which subsequently received a channel pilot. At bn© time the frigate was well east of the port towards the Start, when one of her boats was between the Eddystone and the Ramehead to the westward. Two boats were detached from her, each contained 30 men well armed. The wind was then northerly ; a light breeze. During the day the frigate was occasionally descried from the Citadel. This morning she has not yet been seen. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday morning. Sailed—Catherine Jacoba Henrietta, for Batavia. The North German Lloyd steamers between London and Bremen have been transferred to the Russian flag, and the company's steamers running to New York via Southamp ton will probably very soon sail under the same flag. The Hansa, having undergone a thorough overhaul, is ready to take her departure for new York on the 2d of March. The New York is receiving new boilers. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 17—Sidney Eggers, from Calcutta. Arrived, Feb.lB—Clio, ftom Memel. Sailed—Warren Hastings, for Brisbane; Annie Morice, for Jersey. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—H,M.S. Doe, from Portsmouth, for Woolwich; Gurtrueda Gemine, for Santander; Florence, for Marseilles; Canada Bell, for Bombay—all from London. Sailed—Mary Stenhouse, for London (in tow), Mr. Bacon, iu continuation of his excellent series of Danish war maps, has just published ono with the Faroe Islands distinctly laid down, and also another of Flensburg. Both are well and distinctly coloured. THE NEW YORE ltion.--A hard case 'las just come to light. Last summer Colonel O'Brien had his headquarters in Tammany Hall, and was raising an Irish regiment. He took part against the rioters. They caught him, beat him until he was dead, and then hung him up to a lamp. His body was shoved into I'ottersfield. The widow is in a most destitute condition, and has asked aid from the city I "Hail Columbia, happy land." While the wife of Colonel O'Brien has been left to starve, the fellow Andrews, who led the mob, has been sumptuously provided with lodgings at Fort Lafayette. He was brought to New York lately to be tried, but General Dix and the district attorney quarrelled, and so Andrews was sent back to his cell,— Manhattan's Letter. The SPEAXER took the chair shortly after one o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS, Several private bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed, and some bills were read a first time, THE PRUSSIAN OCCITPTION OP ALTONA. BERLIN, Feb. 15.—A number of documents have been published here, throwing some light upon the history of the Prussian occupation of the three Holstein towns. It appears that the two great German Powers instructed their representatives at the Frankfort Diet to lay stress upon the difficulties which the existing state of affairs in Holstein cast in the way of their campaign in Schleswig. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS---Yesterday. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. PETITIONS, Some petitions w ere presented in favour of the allowance of pensions to retiring medical officers attached to unions. and for the repeal of the duty on fire and life insurance. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CRAWLEY. Lord HOTHAM gave notice that on Friday next he would move for the production of certain memoranda issued by Field-Marshal the Commander-in. Chief respecting the conduct of Surgeon Turnbull, and in reference to the recent court. martial at Aldershot. CHAINS, CABLES, AND ANCHORS BILL. Mr. LAIRD, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that the object of the bill was to enable ptivate manu facturers to erect testing machines, and so render them re sponsible for the manufacture of their own articles. The London Society of Shipowners were in favour of the bill, which would be of great benefit to small manufacturers. He combated some other objections to the bill, and said it would not come into operation until June 1865. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE seconded the motion, and ex pressed-a hope that the bill would be allowed to go into com mittee when any improvement in detail could be introduced. The expense that would result from the alteration in the law would be insignificant when compared with the importance of the subject to which it related. He quoted different statistics to show that there was a great increase in the num ber in 1862 of the wrecks, which amounted to a loss of no less than 3 9 5,043 tons, involving the loss of several hun dred lives, and jeopardising the lives of no less than 14,073 lives.' Ninety-three of these disasters were occasioned by the imperfectness of the chains and cables used. Mr. HUTT said he would not oppose the bill, but con sidered that its provisions would not be adequate to prevent fraud. Alderman ROSE supported the bill, and remarked that about 80 per cent. of the chains and cables manufactured were below the proof required. Mr. LINDSAY considered that the bill was unnecessary, as the object it proposed was being carried out in Stafford shire, and other parts of the country where chains and cables were extensively manufactured. [he fact was, that shipowners, for their own sake, would before long use cables and anchors teat were not properly tested. If it were known that shipowners used chains and cables of an inferior description it would injure their own interests. He admitted the benevolence of the object, and if the bill would effect only one tenth of that object it should have his hearty support ; but he denied that it would be attended with such a result. He deprecated the interference of Par liament on this subject, which, he contended, would have the effect of relieiing manufacturers from a personal responsibility, which at present was imposed on them, to produce articles of a good quality. Another evil would be that all the small manutacturers would be ruined and the trade thrown entirely into the hands of the great manufacturers of Staffordshire and Wales, which would be a great injury to the interests of the shipowners as well as the public generally. Moreover, by the bill no chains and cables that were not tested were to be issued after Juno, 1865, and those manufacturers whose stock would of course be seriously depreciated, would come to the house, and justly, for compensation. He would not offer any factious cpposition to the bill being read a second time, but he repeated that it would defeat the object in view, as it was founded on false principles. Mr. CAVE said he had no doubt there was necessity for legislation on this subject. With reference to leaving, as bad been suggested, this subject to a committee of Lloyd's, it must be remembered that Lloyd's was a very private company, whose determination one day might be cancelled the next ; and he contended that it would be more advisable to place on the statute book as enactment on a subject of such importance. He agreed in the principle of the bill, but considered that it requiredialteration in detail, and that in any committee, who should have to decide this question, the Board of Trade and other public bodies should be repre sentei. Mr. BEN TINCK supported the bill, and he believed that unless they were compelled to do so, shipowners in many cases would purchase not the best articles but the cheapest. They had on record that a large number .of casualties had resulted from the use of bad chains and cables, and although in some cases no human provision could pre vent disasters, still it was desirable that there should be legislation in order to prevent a recurrence of such disasters as might be averted. He thought that there would be no difficulty in securing efficient articles by the means of such being properly certificated. He con sidered there should be not only immediate but stringent legislation on the subject. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HORSFALL supported the bill, and said that if the Board of Trade were sincere in their desire to carry out a measure of this nature they would not flnd any insuperable difficulties in details. Mr. LEFEVRE considered that this subject did not properly come within the bounds of legislation. Mr. HASSARD bore testimony, from his own expe rience, that shipowners did not always use the most effi cient chains and cables, and in many instances, in connec tion with the coasting trade, sailors deserted their vessels in consequence of a duo care not being taken of their lives, in whose cases magistrates refused to convict. No doubt there were objections to some portions of the bill, but they could be remedied by the care of the house in committee. The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed next• Wednesday. POOR'S RATE. Mr. BERNARD moved for leave to bring in a bill for a more equitable distribution of the charge on landed pro perty for the relief of the sick and destitute known by the name of p,or's rate. Mr, GARDE seconded the motion. 1\11:._ COX supported the motion, because it would open the whole question of equalising the poor rate. Mr. WARNER would not oppose the bill, and quoted the statements of a writer in a local newspaper, to show the insufficient house accommodation provided in the country for the poorer classes in which comfort and decency were sacrificed, and which demanded great alleviation. It was admitted by those acquainted with the subject that pa rochial rating failed to effect the object it proposed, and that the area of rating should be considerably extended. He thought legislation on this subject necessary, but he did not feel satisfied that the present measure would meet the evils of the existing system. Mr. PACKE said he also would not oppose the bill at its present stage, but trusted it would be carefully consi dered by the house on the second reading. Sir B. LEIGHTON did not consider the bill would re dress the grievance complained of in respect to the labour • in; population. Mr VILLIERS said that after the discussion which had taken place it must he evident that a further discussion on the subject was unnecessary, particularly as Government did not intend to oppose the introduction of the bill. He thought that the object of the hon. member who brought forward the measure was to substitute union rating for parochial rating. That principle had been discussed pre viously, but had not been sanctioned by the house, although it had received the approval of different commissioners. The subject was surrounded with difficulties, several of which had been removed, and greater facilities afforded for legis lating on the question, The hon. member here entered into a statement to show that of late years there had been a con siderable improvement in regard to the relief' of the poor, and he expressed a belief that ultimately the principle of union rating would be adopted, whether it would be during the present session or not he would not undertake to pre dict. Mr. HENLEY would not oppose the motion, but he be lieved the bill would have an effect directly opposite to that which it proposed, At present there was no pressure in the country in regard to the poor-rate, and there was plenty of employment. Mr. BARROW said that the law of settlement was be coming obsolete, and he thought any further change should be introduced gradually. He objected to extending the area of rating, as it would diminish the interest which guardians would feel in keeping down the rates. Mr. BERNARD said that as he understood the subject was under the consideration of Government, he would with draw his bill. Leave was then given to withdraw the bill. NEW WRIT, On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR a wait was ordered 'or the election of a member for the county of Dorset, in he room of Mr. Henry Ker Seymer, who had accepted ;he Chiltern Hundreds. The house then adjourned at 3 o'clock. RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PICTURE GALLERY.—The new catalogue of the picture gallery of the Imperial Hermitage Museum has just appeared. This magnificent oollection contains 1,631 choice pictures, amongst 7,000 or 8,000 collected gradually by the Sovereigns of Russia, from the reign of Peter the Great. The nucleus of the collection is formed from the celebrated galleries of Baron Crozat at Paris, Count Bruhe, Minister of King Augustus 11. of Poland, and Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of George I. and George 11. of Great Britain. To these riches ac quired by the Empress Catherine 11. her successors united the finest pictures from the Malmaison, of King William 11. of the Netherlands, the frescoes of Raphael from the gal lery of Campana, and others. Of these 1,631 paintings, 327 belong to the Italian schools, 111 to the Spanish schools, 944 to the German schools (Flemish, Dutch, and German), 8 to the English school, 182 to the French school, and 65 to the Russian school. The true richness of the Hermitage con sists in its Spanish and Flemish collections. Among the first are reckoned 20 of Murillo and six of Velasquez ; among those of the Flemish and Dutch painters, 60 Rubens, 34 Vandyck, 40 Teniers the younger, 41 Rembrandt, 60 Wou verman, 9 Potter, &e. The Hermitage is the only Conti nental museum that possesses a small collection of English pictures, among which figures the chef- d'oeuvre of Sir Joshua Reynolds, a composition that exhibits numerous faces, representing the " Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents." The picture was ordered of this celebrated painter by the Empress Catherine IL The French school is the richest after that of the Louvre. Among the paint ings of Russian artists, some are very remarkable. The gallery occupies 39 rooms and cabinets on the Bel Etage of the Museum. AN OTHER FEMALE BURNT TO DEATH.—OU Mon day night, about 9 o'clock, a young woman of the name of Esther "larding, an indiarubber golosh maker, wh o resides in Green-street, Grange-road, Bermondsey, met with the following melancholy accident : :It appears that the unfortunate young woman was standing in front of the fire preparing some solution used for joining indiarubber together, which consisted of equal portions of turpentine and indiarubber. While so engaged the composition caught fire, and instantly blazed forth with great rapidity. 'She lifted it off the grate, when the liquid fire ran down the front of her dress, which instantly ignited. The poor creature was immediately enveloped in fire from head to foot. She screamed for help, and her piercing cries brought a lodger to her assistance, who, after many futile attempts, at length succeeded in tearing off her wearing apparel, but not before she was burnt in an awful manner, in fact a more distressing spectacle is rarely heard of than Mrs. Harding presents, not a feature being recognisable. She was put to bed and a surgeon was in immediate attendance, but ha says nothing in the world can save her, the fire having nearly reached her heart. THE NEILGHERRIES.—The population of the Ncilgherry Rills in India is rapidly increasing, in conse quence of the extensive plantations there of coffee, tea, and cinchona plantations. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Dayt (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHELMSFORD RACES--THIS DAY. STAND HANDICAP PLATE. Usher Fanfreluche .. 2 Eleven ran. DANISH ORDER FOR THE CAPTURE 01' ALL GERMAN VESSELS. HAMBURG, Feb. 17,12.45 p.m.—Official notifica tion has been given by the Danish Government to the Secretary of the Prussian Legation at Copen hagen, that orders have been issued to Danish men-of-war to capture all German vessels. The Olympic Theatre, SECOND► EDITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—May I ask the assistance of your column to give publicity to my contradiction of a report, which has been embodied in newspaper paragraphs, that I have become manager of the Olympic Theatre ? My friends, Messrs. Emden and Robson, are still the prosperous managers of that very successful little theatre, and long may they remain so I I should not have thought it necessary to con-. tradict this report, but that it has drawn on me a flaod of letters, the answering of which makes a serious inroad on the time of Yours respectfully, TOM TAYLOR. Lavender-sweep, Wandsworth, Feb. 17. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this afternoon at the London Tavern. Mr. James Goodson, chairman of the board of directors, presided. The CHAIRMAN said it was satisfactory to know that during the past half-year the traffic had been remunera tive. He had to communicate an increase in the revenue of the past half-year, as compared with that of the corre sponding period of 1862, of £33,202 12s. 3d., the whole of which had accrued in the goods traffic, earnings, the pas senger receipts having been nearly the same as those for December half year of 1852, when they were largely in creased by the passenger traffic to the International Exhibi tion. It was proposed to pay a dividend on this occasion at the rate of £2 108 per cent. per annum. This would require £104,491 15s, leaving £2,221 18s Id to be carried forward to the next account. Under the circumstances, he thought this would be found a satisfactory dividend, inasmuch as they had for a long time been struggling with difficulties, but were now emerging into light. Having referred to the extensions proposed, and to the London and Rotter dam traffic via Harwich, the Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Captain JERVIS. ➢I.P., seconded the motion, which after a lengthened discussion, was adopted. A resolution declaring the dividend was agreed to, and it was announced that the warrants would be posted on Monday, the 20th inst. THE CASE OF MADAME BIJONAPARTE WYSE against Mr. Lewis, her late attorney, was resumed in the Common Pleas yesterday morning, and after a masterly address from Mr. Whiteside for the fair plaintiff, and the charge of the judge, the jury found a verdict for £lOO damages, and £l5O on the money counts, for money received by Mr. Lewis for her use, and costs. The verdict was received with applause in a crowded court. The baptism of the Infanta to whom the Queen of Spain has recently given birth, took place on Sunda3, last.in the Chapel Royal of the Palace at Madrid. The god father and godmother were Duke Robert of Parma and his sister, Margarita-Theresa, represented by Don Francis de Puala, and the Marchioness de Novalisches, gouvernante of the Prince of the Asturias and his Royal sisters. The Papal Nuncio was present, and the ceremony was performed by the Patriarch of the Indies. The Infanta received the names of Maria-Eulalia-Francisca-Margarita, etc., etc., the whole number of names being, according to the Madrid journals, above eighty. The Infante Don Philippe, son of the Duke de Montpensier, is better. The Ost-Deutsche Post states that a fall of snow, nearly black, took place a few days back at Purkersdorf, in Austria. On being examined with a microscope, it was found to be covered with exceedingly small insects, which had given to it a dark colour. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine has just given judgment in an action brought by M. Saignel, a retired builder, against M. Lambert, stock-broker, to recc , ver a sum of 62,886 f. In March, 1862, M. Saigne accused a man and his wife named Leroy, who had been living with him as domestics, of having abstracted 200 bonds of the Northern Railway, which M. Lambert sold for them at the Bourse for the above sum. They were tried by the Court of Assizes on the 19th July, 1863, and acquitted, the fe male prisoner having pleaded in her defence that the bonds had been given to her by M. Saigne as an acknowledgment of certain complaisances on her part. Immediately after the trial, M. Saigne commenced civil proceedings against Leroy and his wife to recover the 62,886 f,, and obtained a judg ment in his favour, but the defendants took their mea sures so adroitly that he has never been able to derive any benefit from the decision. Being thus baffled in his effo its to recover his property from the Leroys, M. Saigne com menced an action against M. Lambert, whom he considered liable, on the ground that he had not taken proper precau tions to ascertain the position of the Leroys before he handed over to them the value of the bonds. M. Lamhtrt's counsel, however, proved that Leroy had been introduced to M. Lambert in 1859, and had subsequently on several occasions employed him to make purchases. M. Lambert, therefore, had no reason to suspect Leroy of anything wrong. The Avocat-Imperial having also expressed his opinion that M. Lambert's conduct was perfectly blameless, the Tribunal gave a judgment rejecting M. Saigne's de mand, and condemned him to pay all costs of suit. LIFE BOAT S ERYIC E.—REDCAR, YORKSHIRE, Wednesday Night.—The Redcar lifeboat of the National Life Boat Institution has this day been instrn_ mental in saving seven persons from the brig Brothers, o f South Shields, which was wrecked on the rock off Itedcar., The crew of the lifeboat experienced great difficulty in effecting this rescue, as there was hardly sufficient water on the rocks over which the boat had to pass, an d s h e sub sequently inh te kingdom, s truck i s on reportedthem. tTheto lifeboathave behavedwh ich :e s r t y h w e oldest this trying occasion. . - EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE BY A CLERGYMAN AT LOWESTOFT.—An occasional correspondent has sent us the details of an extraordinary fracas which occurred on the London-road on the afternoon of the sth inst. It seems that as Captain Cherry _a —a near relative, we believe, of the late Admiral Sir Charles Napier —was leaving a house in Kirtley-street, a young lady, hi s cousin, happened to be passing on horseb ac k i n company with her father, the R ev. H. Jodrell, rector of Gisleham. Miss Jodrell, on observing the captain, rode up to him, and shook him warmly by the hand—a proceeding which her father seems to have deeply resented, for he assailed the captain with a torrent of abuse, and struck him violently on the eyes and mouth, causing blood to flow freely. Miss Jodrell rode in between them, and thus for some time kept her father from the repetition of his violent assault, but the crowd at last took charge of the rev. gentleman, till Mr. Cherry, having finished his colloquy with his cousin, quietly departed. The statement we have received goes into details of the violent conduct and profane language used by the rev. gentleman. Welrefrain, however, from giving them publicity at present, inasmuch as the matter is under judicial investigation. A. number of rumours, some of which are scarcely credible, have reached us, imparting to the case a very romantic character ; but for the reason above stated we postpone further reference to them for the present.—Xer folk News. ' FLOODS IN THE NORTIL—The sudden thaw of Saturday and Sunday last caused considerable inundati , .ns in the vales of the North and East Riding s : On Sunday and Monday the rivers Rye, Derwentht,e and Ouse, a Ouse, with their tributaries, overflowed , and, laid ad joining lands under water. On Monday nigh . t the floods At Nor were thought to have reached the highest poin t ton the banks of the rickyards (Baron's)did no t turn the feet submerg ed. water, and the works were probably four w ill not be of very The damage to farmers at t his season great importance. FOR DISEASES OF THE WESTERN DISPENSARY 21A, Charlotte-street, held on Tuesday at the I:ilPicas taken by the president, the SKIN.—The twelfth annual Fitzroy' square. The cha ir report a the committee was read, :::rtyin:- of this charity was Rev. Canon Dale. The a nd the meeting after a vote of thanks to Mr. se p a rated a nd to there?. chairman. R u nt, the surgeon, lief l the ey. ori 6 16 6, tile lin e oit s ' as es , .0 ,ea' ' 0 0. ori 0 0 jf T he Dr •off ecil 0 0 13.14, 25 10 st Fit 50 20 (9.16.9 (2.10 - h luo Sk 1 20} ~~ :OQ stock itock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stook 20 20 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock 50 100 Atock stock', 'SSE 100 100 100 100 100 106 100 (100 100 I 2 all 100 '.700 MEN 8 8! 1051 5 103; I