The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-11 00:00:00

fONEY MARKET. AND COMIORCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 4 ceTheot to . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. b. Qne Y market thi s morning was f i rm at S 4, , , d . teOtitite ' p ut only a sma ll amount of bus i ness was Th e fop . ta t , `cmtag resolution has been adopted by the kt4. t . tee of the Stock Exchange:—" That this h 14 4t ril e lt `ee will not recognise:transactions in te to tei l °I. any new company, unless one-half of the t ieEiltilial capital of the company be issued, and a illti oe l) ,P e r cent. paid thereon. The above reso d - , ti i i . 458 been this day passed and confirme St u ", ll ill future form part of the laws of the `'-u-4ael lan . w ge• ti l l A, uudertaking, entitled the OttomanFinan 41104(6°eiation, with a capital of £1,000,000, one h tt i b e V Neh is to be first issued in shares of £5O eac , he% time rou ght forward. Th e o bj e cts are to select kepi to time th e various Modes of profitable ti oe ° Y r tlect for money in Turkey, by the promo /40:i! P4b lic and i n d ustr i a l wor k s, t h e f ormat i on the -4) a nd the extension of agriculture, including iiitiPtbotlection of cotton, not by actual particip h a e - Not6 ll , t , b Y Pecuniary advances en securitiestt is to b e - " i "oU of concessions, &c. The chief office 4 1% 11 L°ll4 °n, with branches at Constantinople, The i ) and B eyrout. The shares are 21 prem lo thi 114°A37Week's rahway its, ascertained up are, in round fig rece ures p , as under !co t% teat ern lB64. Nt 1863. .. • £55 , 379 5,51,81 ~ptii . „ ,etter n • '''''''''''' 91,260 81,28 4 . . " eat ***************** ''' 19,024 17,411 4t k eni • ********** 5001 14,345 1 ************************* 13,469 38,943 841144tqic:"."'• •••••• • "' " " 15,023 31,490 ), Itol am and„ Yorkshire ntilla„,..r~aeter ‘itttt C t t e erri ** 53,106 47,200 cZ erte • .rn. ** ............................... • 30 , 032 0 774 17,588 NM .. 11,644 ) titelo Will be despatched this afternoon, from . pri thttaleeB, about £200,000 in gold to Spain. At hi, porch tn gland yesterday the sum of £29,000 114, 1 . a sed by the authorities. ha t "'rectors of the Blackwail Railway will pro it . , at th e _ Ne Pill. i "zt half -yearly meeting, a dividend for 44 14 * . calf.year at the rate of 4 per cent. per Th e Fl the n ° A u th Devon Railway is to 6d per pay a dividend ht, pe'r'incey stock at the rate of £1 17s ,i'h e ,, r . 4113 titn for the past half-year. 4 41,,, "'rectors of the London and North-Western 11 114 4 / ictend to propose a dividend for the past T he at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. c ra. Ny e ,Mien and General Marine Insurance held on N 2,41,41.1341 meeting is announced to be he s _ 14 te s ;, 111 't• The report issued to the shareholders i n I k ret 4 ;""at after having paid all claims for losses, 71' islet, a lld all other expenses to the 31st Decemo %an' ther e remains a balance of £67,274 16s o . Nt e „ -e : and interest accounts. The directors re illte ee - t °4 that £3,339 5s be applied in payment o a „ oi l co . Ik ne t 46 Pita], being at the rate of £5 per a 3 3 93 3 lls to be carried forward. ent, 1 CD Two O'CLOCK. - u e , r Ille d• I°l ‘ l IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT el kttlt,lrEctors of the Bank of England at the ir I Olittei to.day have reduced their minimum r ate 1 I thl oa teB t and discount from Bto 7 per cent. T he e. 1 1 it tlanr aeat has created much surprise in . m . on en 1 , kei l end commercial circles, as the possibility t ti !Ni l beeta.eaat had not even been discussed. The l'opht).l° published this afternoon, will, n . o . _, '44 1 ; " 4 °W that the improved position of the eget' . 8 Sti on eat fully justifies the change. Since the al N'll- Was notified a small amount of business has 14 044"iitted in the general market at the new 14 1 4 ' risatel3ourse to-day, according to Mr e . t, 1 9%O t t : t s t'l:e te la le a : t tl i ie 3 , ed e . :Di hue O'll ti i 66f . 400 . Flat 4,4: ea made fort:: per Cent. Rentes wer English titt:al,ent has bee n et 50 ' 4 :8 of discount. further th e nnig rasa and for the the up wa rd . n pronaoted by the reduction i :, 91 . i';"" Threes 1 4,,,9 for transfer, and 91 i 1 for the account. Consols ar e 1 per cent. better L ; and and Reduced have advanced to d l kik L'cliequer Bills are 9a. to 3s, dia. ivikitlrt Cents 103 1 ' i te -4 p t r lt o e l, t;tdtitily , ebusiness li. ansacted in the Foreign been tr very large, a general . t ot., of the m 0 re taken ti °llB eiNth has n place in the best descrip 1,..te ilte (a. . specula e t i i e v g e securities. Mexican ,i 36Z i t; Greek are 14 :et itt 21 h igher, b eing 'Q a like I t s ; and the Coupons Passive have tivita „Nen% being 91 10 ; Span i s h . have improved t e ;I) 1. viz T - t , a n n i se 3 oi , Turkish Consolid6es at er ate h to ne t° 393 a —e' • g - ' I ' and the Certificates .1311 t i i: 144 el; upw ard movement movement of i ; ditto 70 p i ; ditto ' 1864 0, 186, ' are quote d , 1,48 m er e` 67 1 1 Nt t k to n 4. • hit c at, ana e has preva iled i n the Railway Share , r , it , som e of the principal undertakings ex- Oith,,,„ a dyance of about I Yorkshire, aii tt i t ;'" A stock, Lancashire and Br. per cent. Great I.,otio_it).,°4lll:lii.,orth Western, North Eastern ( e , n tion a nd°°lltla Eastern, have each advanced 58., 1. 4 a thi, Blackwell 10s., and Metropolitan £l. ‘ li ttle ' . Forei. ia 1 1 ,, , e, and Colonial undertakings there 11 441 t .ge of importance. 144 4 and Miscellaneous shares are in steady de tok 4t hilly late quotations. National Sh i pp in g e. 4titallatnY are quote par to IL pram. ; Land 6 1 11 .1 . pre 4 )4 4 ' 4) 14 1 prem. ; Credit ‘ Foncier, it 44 — kelt 41. k an d Australian Steam o 7 , ..o v prem. ; Preen, tai .... . 0,, •ic,..._ 4 143 e11 t PUN n' C alit/i -DS--CLOSING PRICES. a• ent 'r i k _ltte A .C e PTl2iy, 4 tr t ee''' ' '' l - 11 li l t °ll3 " 9Ol f / ow, 3 1 4, R _ ~X,_„ 91 1 %t ini Per o e mneoe '''' 0 b itt ti es, 3o nt... I bi t ,'D for 3 , Yre,,;.: . , ................ 90/iiii 1 4 Q C 0 (R o y Yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880.. biter u Sea Telegraph), sth April, 1885. 141 1 , 13iii Aug.9oB. 20f f hb. l'n 8 , £1 0 0c , g• n v at o , ,21 & 3 per Cent. 3 9 l i t t rl . poo .. 3 9 1 tt b , gl and 4 , 00 and L 2 0 t % tklt o Stk, 4 , 0 ...... 3 9 2per Ct last lic -yr. 237 r,kitt o ka ek ? ft v an't NT S ECURITIES. •' .. bit - A -vi pe ' r i n - bit t i a 5 ~?nnt ... Cent., April 1874.... b it n 4 ,!:vr e eiit . .: o,, t n, 1 '''', atuat • d ulY, 1870 .... lO3l f b. LI, 1 . , e'er C 2! .. .--- Ittq.' .. ' o 4d, 4. . 1 ! ‘ , Oct. 1888 lOO x Baer ' lOO O Ntilp Oh £ 1 ,000.. .... 0 1 , 4 tIGN liin.p 5 D FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. it t ,: 183 9 er Cent .... 1 4 1 p and 1859 N t l tto A - Dittoerent', 1852-58-60 *r•pti. - trin , 1863 .. %i t -tt 7• ) .803, z 55 . a L !) it, d p et Izi Cent Pat 101 1 i‘? A.e oo a nt., 1824-5 ex-Coupons. 04: 1 a 141 t .. ' per .......... it t tti ko t c ' ' Cent 110 4 4 1 ° nut 4 tnpe o, s _rntu kt rtal 5 per Cent h i ji F irt4 2 ape : . c • - 411 .. 29a , I ) ,.tt t( : ) 4 ecrl et Cent• rit ti li p l int 11 4 Ancr7 C ent. 1862 ~bit , l t itek , ;lilt ' b t) !C i t o .,*keo ' nn, Pe ,. r Cent., 1853 It i tto 4 Per : Si, t ,Ae couar nt., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 47a i " 14 0 4 4 6 Per ( -r 47# i Ditto` - ant., 1822 , £St — bi t er Cent 1850 t 'P l. t" , tt o ~ Per c 1860 _ tt4i ,0 p e era., 1869 . tt„ i'4 a Per r Cl3 nt, 1862 .. ti l ' - A Cent _ Ote li ee aunt 1)1t ew .. 62 t, e k„ b eferred % i t ,l , ~„° , nlit 1,,,,5a A Atve 1)7 14 4 -Q°llll t — t\ i ll,: ert 321 A k c a 0.4 2 1, Coup not funded — "ki 4 , 4 "' bi t 4 h 6 P e r Cent 1). t° Per Cent. 18 - ARAccount 04 ,'ltt ' pe r ,-, 89; t) it 4 ko.e ' a nt. 1858 t i aunt 04)6 01) B o 70t Itt e nue 4 4) Ae p r ‘ r C ent. 1862 Lit tfannt .. 0 OO fonds 67 1 I.).Per C ° 671 f 8 t, id ends 1863 • , . oh. end s on the 17 11 lvf above payabl e i n Lond ,n. i tto ortey THRE'CLOCK mount. . 9 E 010 ................. ... 91 1 N —The Haymarket a h , TTo MR. SOTHER kt.t, ilettiotvils,elosed on Tuesday evening in consequence of tq l , 4 , 41 1 ti inability to perform, he having fallen from ;;lel l ' t , , " ( ' and dislocated his collar-bone. Thuugh the ac ;Ill6 ps 44 of a very painful character, Mr. Sothern is, we . to gaY in a fair way towards recovery ; but it GlQteatt. ofte4werds'y , f he ean resume his professional on - t a erti c anu or tents have meanwhile been Bub- , A 0 ;0 0riot Ole !MARE MARKETS.--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Clos i ng Business faid• Prick. done. .14. F3ir., Wol., and Str. Val. .5 Blythe and Tyne. 0 liost.,Slest,and Mid.Co it Bristol and Exeter ..•• it Caledonian •-• 10 Cork and 8and0n...... 30 Cornwall 10 Do A A gets no dig 10 Do. B ri 11 6p c.p an. has been paid to B. , SO Dublin & Belfast June. :5 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. st Edinburgh & Glasgow. it Glasg. and S. Westerr , it Great Eastern, Ord. stk it Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian st it GreatNorthof Scotland it Great Northern it Do A stock it Do B do it Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan ,, at Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock it Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and 13lackwal st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover it Lon. & North Western it Lon. & Str.th Western it Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 121 t Dot shares... it Metropolitan st Midland .4.0 Do New . it Do Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares 245 Mid Kert 10 Do Cray Line it North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee it Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Lecds it Do York it Do Carlisle st North London 1 0 Do New 15.4 North Staffordshire lo N. and S. W. J unction it Scottish Central st Scot N. K, Aber. stock it Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpooi st Shropshire Union st South Devon st South Eastern it South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok 26 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do 25 Do New, 1866 it Taff Vale.. .....- 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster s si 5 Do .10 po it Vale of Neath it Victoria sta. and Pim it Waterford & Hilkeway it West Cornwall 3t W. Hartlepool Har.drß it West Midland --Oxford A Do Newport 3t Do Herefords in 81 84 86 120 121 6i 7i 37 39 16 17 94 96 106 108 49 50 47 49 7t 13i 128 129 134 135 134 130 97 99 C4i G 5 104 1101 71 73 104 105 i 39 41 1071 10 . 7 1 102 10 3 511 521 103 105 129 1294 It 98 100 52} 52/ 25 46 102, 103! 58 59 91} all 125 130 14 24 p 78 80 11 114 123 126 43 45 98 100 53 64 L 3 64 94} 04/ 99 101 91 10i 98 39 91 101 1 D 7 - 8 p 165 170 54 6 3} P 87 90 167 172 22 25 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 49 i 129 31} i it 04k4 110} 72 li4k I 406 391 40 1074 4 iii 1021 105 I 4 i 129 i _ 103 2; Si Closing shark 100 Ntrantio &St Lawrenc , ali 59 dl sk Bom.,Barodadr.Cent Ind 100 102 103 1024 2 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ...... • 20 Do. E. Shares •,:Of Buffalo and Laae Huron ali 54 5 9 1 10 Do. Preference ..•• 00 Bullalo,Brant&G o drich iou t 5 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187'o 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18;4 100 8t Cleutta.& S. Eastn. (Lin , 100 99 101 at Cape Town t Dock Serif 100 99 101 • stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. ( 100 103 105 stock East Indian. vu. sp. c. 100 lt 3 104 1034 20 Do. do. LT Ext l5 # 1 P 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada nuls 194 204 r, 154 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 44 100 Do. uo. deterred all 56 60 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bons all 65 67 654 100 Do. do. deferred all 49 55 100 Do. 3d ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 38 42 . 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred all 20 e 4 26 stook Gtlndlalenin.g-ua.sp.c 100 1024 1034 103 24 3 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 124 1 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guara nteed 5 per oent. 100 102 103 1024 201 Gt. W. of Canad a Share. all 91 91 94 204 Do, New 18 11 1014 100 Do. 6 p.o. ' 73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 6p stock Madras guar., p. o. s tock Do. 44 p. Extension 100 9 6 98 stock Dc. 46 do •• • • 20 Do. Fifth Ext ension. 2 stock Melb.Curp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson' s Ba y . all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. w Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßr unswick Canda Class A and B all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'daB po Ist pf bds 100 82 84 stock 3einde —• • (100 101 103 1024 stock Do. Delhi , 100 101 103 20 Do. do .. 24 117 st Do. Punjaub S 1 all 101 103 Do. Do. .. • fat , 100 stock Do. Indus. Si. Flo.) 11.60 97 99 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT sec UItITIES. k.,e0,60v. p.c...J a. &J 100 100 102 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb.& Aug. 100 99 101 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Ep. o. Jan.&July. 10C 89 81 904 891 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.Hope, 8p 0,1873 100 106 107 Do•Ap &Oct. 1880 100 108 110 Do. 1890 1 00 iO9 111 i Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 ,109 111 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 105 107 Natal Gov. 8 per cent. 100 107 109 N.B.Gov. 8 pm. a.&Jul) 100 iOl 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. Sr Oct 100 V. S. W. (.J ov. 6 p 2.,1801 100 99 100 Du. sp. c.,18,1 to 107( 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 1 00 99 995 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 lOO 10 105 !Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - IS. Aus G6p.c.187 8 .& up lOO 1 08 110 Vic•Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 —. Do. 10 6 0.0. An.&043t.. 100 109 110 110 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 6 Id 1 1 ultilord Amalgamated.. 38 89 570 680 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 70 75 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 59. 4d par East Caradon ..... .... 1.14.0 28 29 284 8 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 7 74 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 55 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 581 10 11 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 4 40 U. Wheal Vor (idelaton, 40 174 184 'Grenville El ercid's-Foot 8.12 96 38 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 5 54 Lady Bertha Margaret (Coy Lelant Sik 17 19 Monte Valley.. 4 %lyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 14 6 New Setun l9l 80 90 —• North Downs 24 15 25 N. WWI Basset(lllo4an 3.1.0 2 24 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze)) Crovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 SouthCaradon(StCleer, 14 435 445 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 674 624 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 6 famar Silv.& Lead Min 44 I fin Crort 2u k 21 West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W radon (I•iskeard) 5 56 58 190 200 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 80 85 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 43 46 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann ;Men ) 8 134 144 Wheal Beton . 584 1624 1674 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 23 24 231 Wheal Union 3.17 , 24 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, 6 per cent. A stock, : Ditto, ditto, C 7 per oent. pf., 146 Great Western Orig. 5 per cent. pf. sc., 1021 31 London and Brighton 7 per cent. pt. Stook, 16 5 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Dtto 46 per cent., irred., 05 Nor h i Eastern, Cons. pref., 44 percent. rd., 1031 Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent., 441 31 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 41 per cent., pf., 99 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 101 1004 London and Greenwich of., 115 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 17 Dutch Rhenish, 164 Great Luxembourg, 106 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 20 Royal Danish, 121 13 Ban Paulo (11m.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 20} JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (Urn.), 125 4 'lll Alliance Bank of Lon...in and Liverpool (Um.), 451 Ditto, new, 304 Anglo Austrian, 51 6 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 71 British and American Exchange (lim.), 19 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 42 . 1 3 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 1 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 2 English and Swedish, Um., a} European Bank, lim., 84 9 8} 9 Imperial Bank (11m.), 26 61 61 Imperial Ottoman, 171 18 17/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 31 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 6 Loudon and County, 6la London Joint Stock, 36-1 7L64 L on don and South African, 27 London and South American. lim.. 96 London and Westminster, 781 8 74 81 Merchant Bank, Urn., 11i Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 222 2 31 National Provincial:of England. Ditto, new, 40 Ditto, ditto, 324 3 New South Wales, 501 Orien t a l Bank Corporation. 591;1 1 6 0 a u n im d . D ). e 1 1 91 1 41, lira., 6} I DOCKS. U S I T e n n i iinoodn: of ul London(, e o j I li a a u ti n b d on 43 • East and West India, 140 f London, 73} 4 St. Katharine, 72 MISCELLANEOUS: Australian Mort. Land and Finance, 1: Ceylon Company, 101 C ommerc i a l Union (Insurance), 911 • Consolidate d Discount, 2 Contract Corporation. lirn., 41 deb. 111: 4 Crystal Palace, 6 pe r cent. perpetl. Discount Corporation, limited, 1: 4 11 East India Irrigation and Canal, o 4: Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Um., 41 Electric Telegraph, 1081 9 85 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 61 : General Steam Navigation, 271 International Financial SoCiety, 111 - -PI THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS —Continued. Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 34 at Joint stock Discount, lira., Gi Lon d on Financial Association , 261 7 London General Om nibus Company, 2! London Provincial Marine, 2,1 National Discount Company, 12 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 20! Ocean Marine (Insurance), 19! Oriental Inland Steam, Urn , Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 47 Royal Mail Steam. 82 South Australian Land, 32 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um., 71} West India and Pacific Steam, lim., 31 BRIGHTON ELECTION. BRIGHTON, Thursday Morning. Brighton at the present moment is not only involved in the heat of an electioneering contest, but seems almost in a state bordering on political insanity. There are five can didates for one vacancy, and each persists in his intention of going to the poll. The breach in the Liberal interest is so disastrous that it is feared nothing can heal it. That the three Liberal candidates are good men and true, is not gainsaid. Nevertheless, there are reasons why the peculiar qualifications of the first one in the field should not be ignored. Mr. Dumas is a consistent Liberal, thoroughly versed in matters political and commercial, and from the outset has exhibited a manly straightforwardness, an independence, and a degree of honesty which stamp him as a fitting person to represent such a constitutency as that of Brighton. Brought forward by no clique or party, simply Branding on his own merits, he has throughout the contest acted with fairness towards his opponents, while they in turn, piqued as they may have been by his:success, have been obliged to admit the Bona fides of his principles. That Mr. Dumas is foremost in the van is scarcely to be doubted, and, therefore, it would certainly appear to behove the Liberals electors of the borough to set aside all petty ebullition of jealousy or party feeling in his regard, at the poll on Monday, by an over whelming majority. Mr. Fawcett's unfortunate blindness is a fatal drawback to him, and though he may by ad captandum sentiments, and oratorical ability, elicit sympathy, yet it would be a great pity to re turn as a representative a gentleman who could not fully discharge the duties that would devolve upon him in the committees of the House of Commons. The third Liberal candidate is .Mr. Julian Goldsmid, nephew of Sir Francis, the member for Reading, but as his chances of success were never very great, and as such it is a pity he should continue his candidature—he will probably retire early on the day of polling. The other candidates are Mr. Harper, who is of no party in politics, and Mr, Moor, the Conservative, who is much respected in the town, but objected to on principle, by what is well known to be a thoroughly Liberal constitu ency. When it is stated that each of these candidates (with the exception of Mr Moor) is addressing one or typo meetings a day, some idea of the state of affairs in Brighton may be gathered. Last night Mr. Dumas met a large body of the electors at the Prince Albert Hotel, and was received with the greatest enthusiasm. The meeting, which was densely crowded, was presided over by Mr. Councillor Jeffs. Mr. Dumas, who on rising was greatly cheered, said some people thought he claimed too much advantage from being first in the field, but he did not found his claims solely on that. They had not been able to de tect in him one sentiment in which he differed from the other Liberal candidates brought forward to gratify the spite of a few committeemen ; who, disappointed in getting Mr. 0 tway in, split amongst themselves, and would have got anybody they could have laid their hands on. (Cheers.) They got a gentleman of academical powers (Mr. Fawcett) to come forward, and he fell into the hap, thinking the committee was the organ of the Liberal electors. Mr. Faw cett had stated to that committee and to the constituency that he would not do a single act that would cause disunion. and it was to be hoped that at the last moment he would recollect that pledge and act in accordance with it, (Loud applause.) He (Mr. Dumas) had made no such pledge, though he had never been guilty of discourtesy to any of the members of the committee. (Hear, hear.) If now some great Liberal gun who could serve the borough better than any of the present candidates were to come forward, he should not press his claims upon them — (cheers)—but when he could serve them as faithfully and honourably as his opponents, he thought he had a right to go to the poll. (Loud cheers.) He warned them against being led away by gentlemen who said they had previously succeeded in getting so-and-so returned, and expressed his belief that Mr. Fawcett laid too much stress upon his being recommended by Mr. Willett. He (Mr. Dumas) asked them not to believe in any rumours they might hear that he was goingto retire in any way—(no, no) —for he thought the responsibility of splitting the Liberal interest could not fall upon him—(cheers) —and when he told them he was desirous of healing the breach in the Liberal ranks he was sure they would give him credit for not wishing to force him self upon the constituency. Mr. Dumas then read some correspondence which took place between him and Mr. Fawcett's committee, in which he agreed to abide by the result of the ballot of the whole of the electors, the propo sals of which had been rejected by Mr. Goldsmid, and pro - needed to say that the committees of the other Liberal can didates had circulated bills with tremendous long lists of ' their supporters, and amongst them he found the name of one man who was dead and buried, one who was in a lunatic asylum, and about a dozen who had promised him their votes. (Laughter.) He dared say these were unin tentional errors. (A Voice—" Accidentally done for the purpose," and laughter.) For his part he could issue a list which it would be difficult to find a sheet of paper large enough to contain. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Dumas then recapitulated his political creed, expressing himself in favour of the ballot, the equalisation of poor-rates, the 'extension of the franchise, and the reduction of expenditure, especially in the dockyards. The malt duty was now creating considerable attention, but he did not think if that were repealed beer would be much cheaper, as the brewers would get the advantage. (Laugh ter and hear.) He was in favour of its repeal, however, ' and thought beer ought to be cheaper. (Hear, hear.) In Germany it was nothing unusual to find a man drinking 17 quarts of beer of an evening—(great laughter)—but it was _ not so strong as that drunk in England. (Hear.) With regard to the Volunteers, he said he admired their high state of efficiency ; their organisation and drill were perfect ; and if occasion did arise for their services to be called into requisition, he believed they would answer everything expected of them. (Cheers.) The great Napoleon called us a "nation of shopkeepers," and it had been said in France that when their first coat was worn out nothing more would be heard of the volunteers, but that was not true. (Hear, hear.) The efficiency of the volunteers was a great argument why the army should be reduced. (Cheers.) After some further remarks, in which Mr. Dumas expressed himself in favour of the projected new line to Brighton, he resumed his seat amidst the most en thusiastic cheering. Mr. MACFARLANE proposed, and Mr. Cox seconded, a resolution to the effect that Mr. Dumas was the most fit and proper person to represent the borough of Brighton in Parliament, which was carried unanimously, three cheers being given for Mr. Dumas. Admiral BURNEY, in a humorous speech, spoke in the most eulogistic terms of Mr. Dumas, and, referring to a conversation he had with Mr. White, one of the represen tatives of the borough, he said he thought it was his aim to deceive him, as he (Mr. White) said Mr. Dumas had not the ghost of a chance. This, however, was proved to be a fallacy by the present orderly meeting, as well as by the nnmerous other meetings which had decided in favour of Mr. Dumas. After some remarks by Mr. Cox, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting dispersed, not, how • ever, before three more hearty cheers had been given for Dumas. A CHAPTER ON CABs. Why don't you improve your street conveyances ? As to omnibuses, they are beyond hope. A faint attempt was made to do something with them, but it soon subsided, and you have lapsed back into your old grooves again. But don't you think some thing might be done with the cabs ? Why not follow the plan adopted on railways, and have first and second class cabs. According to the present arrangement, you go to the play with your wife, in a vehicle which just before has been occupied by six drunken blackguards returning from a foot raee, or even by worse customers. If there were first class and second class cabs, such objectionable people would hail the latter, on account of the difference in price. And, keeping still to the cab question, why don't you have some means of communicating with the driver without thrusting your head and Ulf your body out of the window ? Even by doing that, you can hardly make yourself heard, in a crowded thoroughfare, till you have got past the house you wanted to stop at, or the street up which you should have turned. By means of a flexible tube you might give your direction with ease, without stirring from your place, or bawling yourself hoarse. And would it be too much to ask that in close cabs there should always be a light inside after nightfall? As it is, you plunge into the interior of that dark receptacle for locomotive humanity, compelled to take your chance of plumping down upon a seat on which some inconsiderate person has just before deposited a pair of boots thickly encrusted with mud. There is a lamp outside the Hansom ; why don't you have a lamp inside the four wheeler ? And, talking of Hansoms, how is it that the public puts up with that guillotine window? Wa have a very nice fellow in this establishment who once broke ono of those windows with his nose—the feature is a large ono, and the scar is upon it to this hour. If it is not possible tom, make a window altogether outside the cab, allowing a go( K 1 space between it and the apron for ventilation, at least tile window as at present existing might be left to the manag. ••- /ne nt of the individual inside the cab. The majority of persons who have sense enough to find their way into ono of these vehicles, would probably be capable of the rent al and bodily effort of dealing with the window. But it is a curious tning, and difficult to account for, that all persons who are professionally mixed up with horses and carriages al ways treat s you perfect a s if b inab baby. matters must connected leave thi swi subjectt h h of either you B H u Hansoms seowsmteirosena.ncliftouyisriwnt;:weeeilleurivste. tin ! in c p o er ro nact e_ ti to ctahi m e. y pel m otp o gl s e—e t t i s m ous p u o t— rt o a tfh nil , cdoiffiancturlytyg.enletrailsi enenomical.—Lickens's XI the Year Round." DENMARK AND GERMANY' The following correspondence, relative to the important subject of maintaining the integrity of the Danish Monarchy, was issued in a Parliamen tary Paper last night No. L Earl. Russell to Lord Bloomfield.• ---- Foreign Office, Jan. 18, 1864. My Lord—l transmit to your excellency hereafter a draft of note which you will address to the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Beforecommunicating this note officially to his Excellency you will send him privately a copy of it; and you will in form me by telegraph if he should object to its contents, and you will state to me the nature at his objections. —I am, &c., (Signed) RUSSELL. Inclosure in Nu. I—Draft of Note. Her Majesty's Government having been informed that the Government of Austria and Prussia have addressed..a threatening summons to Dmmark, the undersigned has been instructed to ask for a formal declaration on the part of the Austrian Government that it adheres to the principle of the integrity of the Danish monarchy. No. 2. Lord Bloomfield to Earl Rusaell.—(Received Jan. 22.) (Ea tract.) Vienna, Jan. 19, 1864. I have the honour to enclose a copy of the note which I have this day addressed to Count Rechberg. knclosure in No. 2. Lord Bloomfield to Count Rechberg. Vienna, Jan. 19, 1864. Her Majesty's Government having been informed that the Governments of Austria and Prussia have addressed a threatening summons to Denmark, the undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni potentiary, has been instructed to ask for a formal declara tion on the part of the Austrian Government that it adheres to the principle of the integrity of the Danish monarchy. The undersigned, in doing himself the honour to make the above communication, takes this opportunity to renew, &c. (Signed) 13LowtrrIELD. No. 3. Sir A. Buchanan to Earl Russell---(Receixed Jan. 25.) (Extract.) Berlin, Jan 20, 1864. In conformity with the instruction t s ha c t o:iv s e h y e e r d i‘ t i o a je m st e y , , l s ihsaivneciaodseddr,esinsefdortmoiAnlg.hdiesßEixsEnceaurekricaynote, of which a copy Government have been informed that the Governments of Austria and Prussia have addressed a threatening summons to Denmark. I:havo been instructed to ask his Excellency for a formal declaration on the part of the Prussian Govern. ment that it adheres to the principle of the integrity of the Danish monarchy. Inclosura in No. 3. Sir A. Buchanan t o M. do Bismark. Berlin, Jan. 20, 1864. The undersigned, Ambass ador Extraordinary and Pleni apeociteunatiinatryh of her Excellency Britannic M. do B ismark-Schonhausen, the Minister Majesty, has the honour to Minister for Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the King of Frussia, that the Government of the Queen his august Sovereign having been informed that the Governments of Austria and Prussia have addressed a threatening summons to Denmark, he h as been instructed to ask for a formal declaration on the pa rt of the Prussian Government that it adheres to the principle of the integrity of the Danish monarchy. The undersigned, &c. (Signed) ANDREW BUCHANAN. No. 4. Berlin, Jan. 31, 1864. M. le Comte,—The Government of the King, by basing on the stipulations of 1851.52 the rights which in concert with Austria it is proceeding to enforce upon Denmark, has by this very act recognised the principle of the integrity of the Danish monarchy a© established by the transactions of 1851-52. The Government of the King, in proceeding to the occupation of Schleswig, do not intend to depart from this principle. If, however, in consequence of complica tions which may be brought about by the persistence of the Danish Government in its refasal to accomplish its promises of 1852, or of the armed intervention of other Powers in the Dano-German conflict, the King's Government were to find itself compelled to renounce combinations which would no longer offer a result proportionate to the sacrifices which events might impose upon the German Powers, no defini tive arrangements could be made without the concurrence of the Powers who signed the Treaty of London. The Bri tish Government would then find the King's Government ready to come to an agreement with them as to the defini tive arrangement of the Dano-German question. Your Excellency is requested to read and give a copy of this despatch to Earl Russell.—Receive, ezo., (Signed) 13ISMARi. .This Day. POLICE IN' MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ANNOYING THE PASSENGERS IN AN OMNIBUS, AND ASSAULTING THE CONDUCTOR.--COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—John Dennis, potman at the Ship public-house, Wardour-street, was charged before Mr, Knox with assault ing Charles Adkens, the conductor of an omnibus. The conductor said that, about ten minutes past nine last night, the prisoner and two others got into his omnibus at King's-cross. The passengers complained to him that the prisoner and his companions were annoying and insulting them, and making use of very bad language. He spoke to them, and requested them to keep quiet or to leave the om nibus. The prisoner and his companions wore quiet for the time, but shortly after began their annoyance again, and a gentleman who got out said the ladies in the omnibus were being much annoyed and insulted by them. He again spoke to the poisoner and requested him to keep quiet, using the most conciliatory language towards him so as to pacify him. On the prisoner getting out at the Regent-circus he said, "I should like to give you a -- punch on the head," and immediately after, on he (the conductor) persuading him to go away, gave him a violent blow in the mouth and another on tho nose. He then felt it his duly for the protection of his customers, and on account of the prisoner's offensive language, to give him into custody. Mr. John Barnham, of 33, Sloane-square, said he got into the omnibus of which the complainant was the conduc tor, accompanied by his wife. The defendant, with some companions, annoyed and grossly insulted the passengers. The conductor behaved with great forbearance, and expos tulated with the man, and the prisoner threatened to strike a gentleman who complained of their conduct. The con ductor was very civil throughout, bat on the prisoner get ting out at the Regent-circus he struck the conductor in the face in a violent manner. Police constable Riscorla, 69 G, proved taking the pri soner into custody, and said the conductor was bleeding from the nose and mouth. In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable sail the prisoner had been drinking. Prisoner said he was quite sober and had not interfered with anybody, and that he struck the constable in self- defence. Mr. Knox observed that he did not believe the prisoner, the more especially after the evidence of the witness (Mr. Barnham). It was a very bad case. The prisoner had got into the omnibus, annoyed the passengers, and then as saulted the conductor, who was simply discharging his duty. He should commit the prisoner for a month, with out the option of paying a fine. The prisoner was then committed. WESTMINSTER. DESPISING A WARNlNG.—Charlotte Benjamin and Elizabeth Brennan were placed at the bar charged with a robbery accompanied with violence to the person. Mr. John Williams, a draper, of 46, Queen's-road West, Chelsea, said that on Monday evening, at half-past nine, he hired a cab at the Haymarket and was conveyed to Chelsea College. He then went to the Coach and Horses in Grosvenor-row, where the two prisoners came up and forced their company upon him. He was induced upon their importunity to treat them with drink, and he then left the house, but found himself accompanied by the prisoners and two men. After he had proceeded a short distance he was suddenly tripped up and robbed. He was shaken about and his pockets rifled of their contents, consisting of a watch and chain, some money in gold and silver, his hand kerchief, a cigar case, and a pair of gloves. In consequence of the attack upon him he was insensible for some minutes. When he recovered his faculties he was bleeding from the face, and was conveyed into a tavern, where he again be came insensible. Mr. Selfe—Were you sober? Prosecutor—l was not ; but I was quite sensible of what I was about until I was tripped up and deprived of my senses. Mr. Selfe—ls any of the property recovered ? Prosecutor—The gloves and handkerchief. A. number of witnesses were examined, and amongst them Sergeant Clements, 27 B, who said that seeing the prosecu tor intoxicated in the street, he went up and cautioned him to beware of the woman and a soldier who were with him, as he might lose his property, but prosecutor disregarded the warning, and continued with them. Evidence was given to show that Benjamin had had possession of the gloves and handkerchief. She accounted for the possession of the gloves and hand kerchief by stating that the prosecutor had given them to her. The other prisoner when apprehended said that prosecu tor was knocked down on entering a dark place and rob bed, but she had had no share of it. The prosecutor was evidently so much intoxicated as to be unable to give a reliable account of the transaction. The prisoners were remanded until Tuesday next, THAMES. A Susrictous APPAIR,—POLICE ETIDENCL—James Brown, a very shabby-genteel looking fellow, about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr, Partridge, charged with uttering a base half-crown at the shop of Mr. Joseph Webster, a butcher, of No. 4, High-street, Stepney, last night. The prisoner went to the prosecutor's shop and tendered a spurious half-crown in payment for a half-pound of steak 011 L tie proamotor deteoting the imposition, the prisoner said he took the half-crown in "the lane," a designation almost universally applied to Petticoat-lane. Richard Waters, a police constable, 378 K, said the prisoner told him it was his first offence. The Prisoner—No, I said nothing of the kind. Mr. Partridge—Now what did the prisoner say ? Witness—The prisoner said he did not know the half crown was a bad one. It was the first time he ever had a bad one, or words to that effect. Mr. Partridge— That is not say ing it was his first offence. If you don't recollect what the prisoner said, you should say so. What did you find upon him ? Witness—A penny three farthings. Inspector Griffin of the K division—Three half-pence farthing you should say. The prisoner said he was a hawker. Mr. Partridge—Did he tell you he was a hawker, police man ? Witness—Yes, he did. Mr, Partridge—Why did you not tell me that before ? The prisoner said ho took two half crowns yesterday in the lane. He slept at Romford the night before last. He knew no one in London. He intended to get half a pound of meat cooked for his supper at a coffee-shop. Mr. Partridge—lf you are a hawker you must have dealt with some one in London. I will take bail for you if you can find any respectable person to be a surety for you, Inspector Griffin—l believe the prisoner is an old offender. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had been in his custody before, and had been in custody elsewhere, Mr. Partridge—Then I shall remand him until Tuesday next. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 4d ; barley, 32s Od ; oats, 188 9d ; rye, 29s Od ; beaus, 33s 8d ; and peas, 33s Od. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 408 6d; barley, 31s lld ; oats, 18g 2d ; rye, 29s 4d; beans, 33s 8d; peas, 33s Od. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 98,695 barley, 83,666; oats, 19,901; rye, 21 ; beans, 1,065 ; peas; 1,777 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on offer in our market to-day. All breeds mot a dull inquiry, at barely Monday's currency. The best Scots sold at 5s per 81bs. Sheep—the show of which was moderate--changed hands slowly at late rates. The primest Downs, in the wool, sold at 6s per 81bs. The few lambs on offer moved off heavily, at from 6s 8d to 7s per 81bs. Wo were well supplied with calves for the time of year, and tho veal trade was heavy, at a further decline of 6d per 81bs—prices ranged from 4e to 56 per 81bs. Pigs were in fair request, on former terms, but mulch cows were very dull. Per Blbs.to sink the offal. 8. d. e. d. ern. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Secondquality do. 4 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Ursa. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 Suckling calves, 20s to 27s 22s to 28s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. 8. d. s. d. 1 primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 ; and quarter-old store pigs, Beasts ... Cows ll7 Sheep Calves Pigs. 420 FOREIGN STIFFLY. Beasts .. 390 Sheep and lambs 9OO C a l ves .......... 212 Pigs .......... MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATII AND LEADENHALL.—.A. moderate supply of meat is on sale here this day, and the trade is inactive. at the annexed currency :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 10d to 48 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs by tho carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 10.—A sluggish demand, at barely last week's prices :—Beet,from 3a 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; veal, 48 6d to be 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs, to sink tho offal. R OMF ORD, Feb. 10.—The supply of stock was mode rate, and the demand was generally inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s Od • m utton, 48 4d to 6s Od; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 2 d ; an d pork, is 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 245; quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 255; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB Os each. HAY MARKZTS. SMITILFIELD.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 2s to £1 108 per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.--Mewlow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £ 5 108 Od ; and straw , £ 1 4 s to £1 108 per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ' • and straw, £1 2s to £ 1 10a p er load. S u pply rather limited. Mr. ALFRED WIGAN.—We hear that this popu lar artist is preparing himself to appear in more than one Shaksperian character. No. 5. _ Vienne, Jan. 31, 1864. The Imperial Government, by basing upon the stipula tions of 1851-52 the rights which, in concert with Prussia, it is proceeding to enforce upon Denmark, has by this very act recognised the principle of the integrity of the Danish monarchy, as established by the transactions of 1851-52. The Imperial Government, in proceeding to the occupation of Schleswig, does not intend to depart from this principle. If, however, in consequence o f complications which may be brought about by the persistence of the Danish Govern ment in its refusal to accomplish its promises of 1851-62, or of the armed intervention ct other Powers in the Dano- German conflict, the Imperial Government were to find itself compelled to renounce combinations which would no longer offer a result proportionate to the sacrifices which events might impose upon the German Powers, no definite arrangements could bo made without the concurrence of the Powers who signed the Treaty of London. The British Government would then find the Imperial Government ready to come to an agreement with them as to the definitive ar rangement of the Dano-German question. Your Excellency is re q uested to re ad and give a copy of this despatch to Earl Russell.—Receive, &O. R , (Signed) ECHBERG. • A similar despatch Was addressed to Sir A..Bachanan, RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTH. We must admire the manliness of Mr. Scholefield, M.P. at Birmingham, in defending himself for becoming a mem ber of the Southern Club, and advocating recognition,which was not a departure from neutrality, but only the moral effect of public opinion. Now, we quite agree that if Eng land, instead of preventing France a year ago from recog nising the Confederacy, had joined her willing to do so, the public opinion of Europe would have brought the bellige rents to peace. Earl Russell no doubt unintentionally stood in the way, notw ithstandin g his previo us assertion that " the North wa s fi g htin g for em pire and dominion," and the s t a t eme nt of the Chancellor of the Exchequer " that Pre sident Davis had made a nation"—the consequence of the Foreign Secretary's untoward conduct being a loss, in 1863, of over 400,000 lives between North and South, a vast amount of suffering and desolation, and an increase of debt to both belligerents of over 250 millions sterling. Recogni tion would have averted all this, and now he might see North and South on amicable terms. Eng land and France , combine d with the othe r Euro p ean owers, t o Commencing recognisewith 1864,the South, we thi ng it is the duty of P s outh, and the sooner the jus tic° of this can be br ou g ht h ome to the Hou se of Com mons, the better for civilisa tion, humanity , and Chris tianity. Lord Palmerston, when Foreign Secretary recognised Belgium in revolt against Holland, after a few m onths' fighting, when 5,000 l ive 3 were not sacrificed ;:b ut in this war of 36 mon ths (likel y t o last, without recogni tion, to 1870), upward s of one-mill ton of lives h ave been lost, and over six hundred millions of money. Earl Russell recognised the dethronement of the lawful sovereigns of Tuscany, Modena, and Naples, having many supporters in their dominions, but did not recognise the Southerns in their united and unanimous election of Davis vice Lincoln. To bring these truths home to the house, we know nono abler than our countrymen Cairns, V hiteside, or Mac donough, well versed in the common end international law, and if they would do se, they would benefit their country. What tho feeling of the People of England and Europe on the question is can be best ascertained by a late speech of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher--our friend the ware turn ar son—at a public meeting in New York, after his r from this country, that the friends of the North were in their teens, while the people were for the independence of the South. pronounce at once th a t his course Lord Palmerston sh ould p will be that of international justice, conforming to the will of the people, and boldly announcing to the Gibsons and Brights—" the dark shade" and incubus of his Govern ment—in the words of the poet— " Non ego tali auxilios" If Lord Palmerston recogn lees the S mi th, and throws himself on the people , he will find a cheering response at the hustings, and then, as . the late Sir R o b er t P o ol said, " We will all be proud of hum."—Cork Reporter. DIPSOMANIA; OR THIRST MADNESS.—There is not, perhaps, in the whole range of mental or phy sical maladies one so distressing to Witness, so difficult to the individual, but to the family, as the too common not alone to manage, or so disastrou s in its conse q uences, affec tion,—dipsomania, or thirst-madness. Bad enough as it is in itself, it is aggravated a thousand times by the uncertain condition of the law respect to it. The raving maniac is a far less troublesome and dangerous patient to deal with, as ho can be consigned in the most summary manner to the next asylum, where his malady, in a very large per centage of cases, gives way to seclusion and proper medicinal treat ment; but the dipsomaniac is an unfortunate, afflicted with a vi ce or a disease which has not yet found its right place, either in our system of morals or medicine,—Once a Week.. bUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. GREECE , MESSINA, Feb. 10. --Intelligence from Corfu states that orders had been received to suspend the demolition of the fortifications. Letters from Athens announce the discovery of a secret com mittee, having for object to area a rising in the Turkish provinces bordering on the Kingdom of Greece. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAIL. - ~-- - (REUTER'S TELEGRANS.) SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Syria, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived with 30 passengers, £369 in specie, and a general cargo. It is reported that great destruction of life and property had beer. caused in Morocco by the ex plosion of a magazine containing 400 quintals of gunpowder. Sir Moses Montefiore arrived at Morocco on the 25th January. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE ---This Day. TATTERSALLS'.—Tnis EVENING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 1 agst Emblem (offered) 13 to 1 agst Wee Nell (taken) 100 to 7 agst Bantam (taken) 25 to 1 agst Emblematic (taken) 25 to 1 agst Martha (taken) 60 to 1 agst Arbury (taken) 50 to 1 agst National Petition (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 aget Accident (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 25 to 1 aget Change (taken) 25 to 1 agat Anfield (taken) 25 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 40 to 1 agat Tattoo (taken) 40 to 1 agst Durham (taken) TILE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 15 to 1 agst Coast Guard (taken and offered) 18 to 1 agst Forager (taken and offered) 22 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 25 to 1 apt Idler (taken and offered) 28 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) 30 to 1 agst Ely (taken) 33 to 1 agst General Peel (taken) 50 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. OUR RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. Earl DERBY said he now begged to put the question he informed the noble lord he should do on Tuesday. It was whether the Government was prepared to lay upon the table the correspondence which had taken place upon the remonstrance made with respect to injuries apprehended or sustained by American commerce in consequence of certain vessels having sailed from British ports, as well as despatches relating to the Alabama, and further whether they would produce any correspondence containing representations on the part of her Majesty's Government against the apparent violation of the law by American cruisers in enforcing their rights. He also wished to know whether the noble lord would lay before the house any correspondence which may have taken place on the report of some very curious decisions which had been come to in the prize courts of America. The noble earl had stated that he could not lay upon the table of the house that with reference to the rams, as that question had been taken into a court of law. The rams were first detained in September last, and finally seized in Octo ber, and since that time nothing had been done towards bringing the cause to an issue. On Saturday last he be lieved information was filed; and now Mr. Laird has re ceived intimation that it will be necessary to send a commission abroad to seek information, so that there was every prospect of the proceedings being so protracted as that the question will never be brought to an issue. The question of the seizure of the rams could have no bearing on the subject of the production of the cor respondence; neither could he see how that the publication of the despatches would in any way clash with the case before the courts of law. The correspondence had been published in America, and all he wished was that they should now have the English as well as the American verson. It was a question that Parliament was bound to consider, as to what course the Government had taken in vindication of international law in respect to the differences that had arisen between this country and America. He urged upon tho noble earl to reconsider the reply he had given on Tuesday, and lay the whole of the papers before Parliament. Earl RUSSELL said that when he first was led to make inquiry about the building of the iron clads the answer he received was that they were building for the French Go vernment, but this the French Minister denied. The ships were evidently intended for warlike purposes, and Mr. Adams was told that her Majesty's Government was look ing out for evidence as to the persons for whom they were destined. Another story afterwards became current that they were being constructed for the Viceroy of Egypt, bat this was also found to be without foundation. With regard to the general ques tion, he (Earl Russell) thought that Mr. Adams was not far wrong in saying that vessels were fitted here to be used for warlike purposes against a State with which England was at peace. This was undoubtedly a gross insult to her Ma jesty. The law officers of the Crown had been con sulted upon the question, and they considered her Majesty's Government would suffer from having their case only partially stated, so they would suffer from having to come into the courts of law forestalled, and their re quest therefore was that the Government should not pro duce these papers. lie felt he should be doing an injustice to the law officers of the Crown, and also if the papers were produced. it would be thwarting a fair hearing of the case if the correspondence was produced. With re spect to the conduct of the Prize Courts of America, he was far from thinking that they had in every case done England justice. He would, however, look over the papers and select those he could publish without detriment to the public service, and should the noble earl require any par ticular document he would either produce it or give solid reasons for withholding it. THE CASE OF LIEUT. TINLING. Lord CHELMSFORD called the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty to the particulars as the death of Lieut. Tinling, of H.M.S. Encounter, at Shousing, on the sth of March, 1863, and asked for an explanation of state ments made by the Secretary of the Admiralty respecting the same. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening , The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. YORKE took the oaths and his seat on his election for Tewkesbury, in the room of Mr. Lygon, who has been elected for West Worcestershire. STANDING ORDERS. Colonel W. PATTEN nominated the select committee on standing orders:—Colonel W. Patten, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Henley, Mr. Wrightson Mr. Herbert, Mr. Bramston , Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Lefroy, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Puller, and Mr. Edward Egerton.—Agreed to. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of a reduction of the duty on fire insurance, and from the board of guar dians of the Enniskillen Union, praying the house to take into consideration the propriety of paying for the registra tion of births, deaths, and marriages in Ireland out of the consolidated fund, 80. POLICY IN THE EAST. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on the motion for going into committee of supply he would move that the policy In the East, introduced 30 years ago by the First Lord of the Treasury, and acted on by every successive Whig Government, had led to the events at Kagosima and Soochow, and was adopted with a view to extend our commerce, and that taxation of the ratepayers of England and Ireland who were not interested in the extension of such commerce was unjust. THE UNION ASSESSMENT ACT. Mr. HOLLAND asked whether there was any intention o f amending the Union Assessment Ac t of 1862, so as to enable assessment committees to become respondents in c ases of appeal at the petty sessions against their valua tions. Mr. VILLIERS said he could not give the hon.. mem ber an answer to his question at present, and he admitted that the subject was ono of great importance, and was now under the consideration of the Poor Law Board, with a view to a satisfactory settlement, but considerable difference of opinion existed in referenc e to it between competent persons. IRISH DIOCESES. Mr. DILLWYN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when a return relative to tho dioceses of Cashel, Emley, Waterford, and Lismore, or dered on the sth May last, would be presented to the house. Sir R. PEEL said that the returns were not ready, but if moved for again would be produced. BENEFICES OF THE IRELAND ESTABLISHED CHUM') IN . Sir F. lIEYGATE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when the return, ordered on the sth of . May last, re l at i ng to th e number of benefices of the Established Church. in Ire land, to their emolument, to the number of licensed minis ters of the Church of Ireland, and to the total amount of t h e t a x tto the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland, would be laid upon the table of the house ? Sir R. PEEL gave an answer similar to the preceding. THE PIJNJALJE. Mr. SMOLLETT asked the Secretary of State for India whether full information had been afforded by the Govern ment of India in reference to the military operations re cently carried on against the hill tribes on the Punjaub frontier, and explanations given of the objects sought to be gained by the force in that quarter placed under the com mand of Sir Neville Chamberlain ; also whether the war was commenced with the authority and approval other Majesty's Government; if so, whether peace had been restored upon a satisfactory basis, or whether further measures of coer cion are contemplated at a more seasonable opportunity. Sir C. WOOD said he had no objection to lay the papers on the t a bl e , and described the origin an d r esult of the military operations alluded to, an d said there was every reason to expect that the disturbances would ter.* minate satisfactorily. MR. WILLIAM BEWICKE. Mr. H. BERKELEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was his intention to con tinue to refuse compensation to William Bewicke, of Threep_ wood Hall, in the county of Northumberland, for suffering imprisonment as a felon for twelve months, under an uncle served sentence, and for the confiscation of his goods, chat tels, family pictures, and library, to his great pecuniary loss and irreparable injury ? Sir G. GREY said he had no power to grant or with- , hold compensation in this case. Mr. BERKELEY gave notice that on a future occasiorx he would bring the subject before the house. EXPENSES OF COLONEL CRAWLEY. Colonel 6fLPIN asked the Under Secretary of State for War, whether, considering the peculiar circumstanc es attending the trial of Colonel Crawley, and the tailure of the evitlence against him, it was the intention of the Wa•• Department to recommend that his expenses should be . " paid ? The Marquis of lIARTINGTON said that in some cases expenses of this nature were paid, and in others they were not. This case, like others, had been considered, and the expenses Col. Crawley had incurred in coming to and returning from this country had been paid. '1 ho expenses of bringing over his witnesses, atd for his accommodation in this country, had also been paid ; and ho was at no more expense than if his regiment had been at home instead of India. The only expenses that were not paid, and for the payment of which there was no precedent, were those in connection with Colonel Crawley's legal advisers. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Sir J. HAY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if ho would lay upon the table of the house a copy of a report to his Grace the Duke of Somerset, by Sir Richard Bromley, on the organisation and working of Greenwich Hospital. Lord C. PAGET said that Sir R. Bromley had laid before the Duke of Somerset an elaborate report on the finances and organisation of Greenwich Hospital. The Admiralty will take the subject into consideration, and he would state at a later period of the session what was the intention of the Admiralty in reference to the subject. THE DOCKYARDS. Lord C. PAGET gave notice that on Thursday, the 25th inst., he would move for a select committee to inquire into and report on the subject of the public dockyar ds, and par ticularly with reference to the one proposed at Portsmouth. SC HLESWIG. HOLSTEIN. Sir H. VERNEY asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the papers on the subject of Denmark and the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein which are to be laid upon the table will contain the report of Vice-Consul Rainalt referred to by Earl Rus sell in his despatch to Mr. Paget in June, 1 861 ; also, the memorandum on the affairs of Schleswig and Holstein drawn up in 1855 or 1856 by Mr. Ward, her Ma jesty's Charge d'Affairs in Hamburg; and also, the terms in which the guarantee of the British Government was offered to Austria and Prussia, that the Danish ttigsraad would repeal the Constitution of last November, which in corporated Schleswig with the kingdom of Denmark. Mr. LAYARD said that the Government of the country could give no guarantee that the Rigsraad would revoke the constitution, and he supposed the hon. member referred to a protocol calling on the governing powers to consider the subject. The documents alluded to were strictly confiden tial, and no good would result from their being published. The protocol in question would be laid, with other papers, on the table. BANK ACTS (SCOTLAND). The house then went into committee on this bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained at some length the object of the bill, which he said was not to introduce any new principle, and was founded on the act of 1844. The object was important, and he contended would be very beneficial to Scotland, Mr. FINLAY thought an important measure of this kind should be referred to a select committee, and he trusted the right hon. gentleman would give full time for its con sideration. • After some observations from Mr. KINNAIRD, Sir F. CROSSLEY, who considered that one-pound notes might bo issued in this country with advantage, aad other gentlemen, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that hon. gentlemen exaggerated the importance of the mea sure. The bill then went through committee, and the house resumed. - NATIONAL EXPENDITURE. On bringing up the report of the committee on supply, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY drew attention to the great increase in the public expenditure. From 1830 to 1853 and 1854, the annual expenditure was was on an average about £54,000,000, but it was now increased by £30,000,000. Since the Crimean war instead of a decrease there had been an increase, and he believed that this increase could not be e fficiently checked by the Government, however good their intention might be, and it was incumbent on Parliament to consider the subject carefully. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said no doubt it was desirable that the representatives of the public should from time to time call the attention of Parliament. It could not be expected that the expenditure of the pre sent time should continuo the same as in former years, be cause the increase in some branches of industry rendered necessary an increase in the national expenditure. He ad mitted that the control exercised by the Treasury over the expenditure was not so efficient as formerly, but it was o)ring to the vast increase in the amoun t of civil busi ness. When he made his annual financial statement would be the proper time for making a more extensive statement of thq policy of the Government in reference to this subject. LLEFT SITTING.] Bank of England Return,.—This Evening, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the ICth day of Feb., 1864 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .......X27,103,185 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 G old Coin & Bullion 12,753,185 Silver Bullion .... £27,403,185] £27,403,185 BANKING D; :PART MINT. Proprietors' Card - £14.553,000 Kest Public Deposita (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis- Lt Sean- titles (including Dead WeightAn- nutty) - £11,124,51K Other. Securities 19.701,933 Notes Gold and Silver 719,t8() Coin ifmiffsi o ergot Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- counts) 7,254,682 Other Deposits 13,882,226 Seven Day and other Bills 548,193 £38,786.868 2d. . £38,780,86t .11SHALL, Chief Cashier. 'ob. 11, 1661. Electric and International Telegraph Company, The half-yearly meeting of this company was held to-day, The report of the directors stated that the revenue of the company from all sources for the half-year amounted to £137,150, which exceeded that of the corresponding period of 1862 by the sum of £20,076. The total expenditure for working charges and interest on debentures amounted to £86,582, leaving a surplus of net profit on the six months of £50,568. The recommendation of the directors of a divi dend of £3 10s. for the half-year was agreed to. London and South-Western Railway Company, MEETING—(THIS DAY). The usual half-yearly meeting was held to-day at tho Waterloo-station. A resolution accepting tho recommenda. tion of the directors of a dividend at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum, payable on the 22d of February, was tum, nimously agreed to. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, No change in matket. Sales, about 7,000 bales. Import, 903. Previously, 6,488. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE rowing over OXFORD, Wednesday Evening. would Al have Although long course yesterday the crew wont down, for th e fi rst time, in the afternoon and rowe d from Sandtord t o Nun,_ deterredit was t h the oug h Oxonians t the severity from in of w the weather weat h e r the ham railway bridge, where their career was stopped by masses of ice which blocked up the river. It will be seen by the following names that many changes have recently taken place, Mr. Awdrey, of Balliol, having taken Mr, War man's place as No. 2, and Mr, Pocklington having replaced Mr. Brown as stroke, and the crow, although not vet in ac ti ve training (which they commence thi s d ay) have given general satisfaction. Although a change or two may take place, the following gentlemen Will probably represent Oxford in this important contest : at lb 1. C. P. Roberts, Trinity College 2. W. Awdrey, Balliol 3. F. H. Kelly, UniVersity l2 0 4. J. C. Parson, T r i n i ty 5. W. B. Jac o b son, Christ Church l2 9 6. A. E. S e y mour, University 7. M. Brow n , T r i nity .. Stroke —D. Pocklington, B r asenose College 11 9 Coxswain —C. It. W. Tottenham, Christ Church. As usual, the Oxonians have a heavy crow, although perhaps not so heavy as the Cambridge, and, exclusive of the coxswain, they will average nearly 12st—a wei g h t which training will somewhat modify. The crew will b e steered by Mr: Tottenham, of Christ Church, who will be remembered as the Etonian coxswain of last year, and the race will, without doubt, take place on the 19th of March about noon: SHIPPING—This Day, LONDON, Feb. 11.—Wind this day at noon—West; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. CARDIFF, Feb. 10.—Wind N.B.—Sailed—Clara, for Hong Kong—Victoria, for St. Thomas —Pride of the West, for St. Domingo. rORTSIMOUTII, Feb. 10.—Wind S.B. to 8.--Sailed—, Maggie Leslie, for Hong Kong — Sa rah Williams, f or San tender. LIMERICK, Feb. B.—Wind N.W.—Sailed--Hope, for St. John's, N.B. OFF THE START, Feb. 10.--Arrived—James Paton, from London for Singapore. (By MAGNETIC TELEGRAM) GuAvEsErm, Thurs d a y Morning. Arrived—Arotos, from Landscrona. S a iled—Panther , s teamer, for Boulogne—Era, steamer, for Oporto —Hamburg, steamer, for Hamburg—Acastus, for Madras, f oe; ,10 Lid,e rib ic 00 3 ott er 4 1°1° 13°1"