The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-01 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAs.—Morning, 7h. sm.—Afterztoon, 7h. 30m. To-mcmaow.-Morning, 712. 56m.—Afternoon. Bh. 26m. fnAIFEBOAT S". 'ARV ICES . — During the storms of the past ye al! the boats of the Natio nal Lifoboat stitution saved 411 ' persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institut. 't ni has also expended £13,819 3s. `,!d. in the same period on I i teboat e,tablishments, in addition to granting £1,351 64. Od . as rewards for saving 714 shipwrocked persons by its lifeboat s, and other means. The Committee of th , ! Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the public for ASSISTA.Ii ~ E to enable them to meet the con tinued heavy deman is on the Institution's 125 lifeblat estab lishments. Contrib at ons are received by all the London d country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, the Institution, 14, .i ohn-street, Adelphi. HER MAT ESTY'S THEATRE. Nights of Ferfot mance—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. FAUST. (In English.) TO-MORROW EVE 3 :ENG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. Leramens-Sherringt( )n, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. ,Santley, Marche al, Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Condm !tor—Signor Arditi. Commence at E1.2,,ht. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, BLANCHE DE NEVERS. Miss L. Fyne, Mr. W. Harrison, &o. After whi a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a s.,ale of itnprecedeni;ed magnificence, entitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, Doors open at half-past Six—':ommence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serlo-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled 1`.7 iGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Filzjames, and Misses R. Leclercq, 21.tkinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SLNI:AD THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders of th , World. Clowns, Messrs. 11. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Tlarlequins, Messr s. J. Cormack and S. Saville; Pantaloons, wessn. W A. Barnts and J. aiorris ; Columbines, Madame BGleno and ;Plisses Gunniss. Prices as u anal. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEMO o) (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated E ver y Evenin aurin g the Week. TIIIS EVE ?ZING, the performance will commence with a New and Ott: inal Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. H. Wid dicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misk es Percy, Pauline Lezlercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. kftter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twel• re Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicles," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal c'tarac ter by Mr. Feciz ter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Em.?r7y, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Dtlss M. Henrade, Miss E. Lavenu, AI Ts. Lee, and Albs Elswort hy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupa%nts of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either to: play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to .receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYM ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. T LIES EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, 3cC. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton. Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. R OYAL P NCES S' S THEATRE. Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining,. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't Know what to do, NTEW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENDIG, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS: Mr J L. Toole, to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, B. Phillips, 811- In.? - ton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. Billing-ton. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven MaE,ri:.; Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT, —T ra T e S A E ct il re E s N s MISStheE 104thBATappelaAraNnce E of L the A cr . area , sliss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the priLcipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster bees to announce Shat it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further v otice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Cro , vded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE hILVEIt LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles 'Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged:—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr..l. L. Tonle, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs, Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Matlews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Bucking ham, Esq., entitled ThE SILVER G : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one. Mr. Montague; Mrs. i harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Hiss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews ( just translated from the F'rench)in his characteristic character ot En Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Belford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sw. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing- the Latest SPORTDiG INTELLIGENCE, stn be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY S Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ..... .265. per ton. Double 21s. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ 198. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots. Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Core Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. The Weather--Sun Office, Feb. 1, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.20. Wind—S.S.E. ; moderate, and very fine. ; 4y. j,*.w•NN LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 1, 1864. T he English Parliament has scarcely once, within the experie nce of this present generation, met under circumstances more immiaently momentous than those now ushering in the session which is about to commence on Thursday afternoon. What, in point of fact, are those circumstances ? They are momen tous to the very last degree, both internally and externally—both in regard to the manner in which they affect our foreign relations and in respect to the way in which they must inevitably affect the policy of our home Government. The Parliament itself is five years old, and therefore, as parliaments have gone since the inauguration of the septennial system, it may be regarded as already liable, tit any sudden turn of the wheel in counting out the lists upon a party division, it may be regarded as already liable at such a moment as that, at such a political casualty, to prove to be what is called in House of Commons' slang, at such times, Moribund —in other words just next to death's door. Besides this, with—again, we say, as (nominally) septennial Parliaments have gone upon the average within the national recollection —with a Parliament of full age, wo have what is naturally by no means a numeri cally strong Government, conspicuo us l y weakened during the last year or two of it s : existence ! M e have an Opposition stronger both in p o i nt of num. h e rs and in point of d isci p line, than any Opposition, Whig or Tory, has been for a very considerable in terval 7 An Opposition that has earned an immunity from the customary charge directed against Oppo sitions of being systematically or even momentarily factious ! While such is the relative position i n which the Government and the Opposition stand in regard to each other, the leader of the fowler— the Prime Minister of England—is a man - who is all but an octogenarian. The most popular states man in England, this aged party-leader still is, as ho has been, in point of fact, for several years past. But—there cannot be one instant's doubt about it, that, by the actual doings of his Govern ment, whether at home in the matter of Reform, or abroad in the matter of Diplomacy, he has done just next to nothing, or rather it should ever be said he has done just worse than nothing by wr j , of justifying his great popularity. In addition to which facts as we have just mentioned th , , , m as being—there is a good deal of significance, we take it, in that old Greek incident abort the Athenian mob getting sick to death at las . c, of per petually hearing ARISTIDES called " The Just." At such a juncture as this, with the H-use of Commons five years old, and a Premier just upcn eighty, and a weakened Government, and a strengthened Opposi tion—the Parliament of England is about to meet for the Session of 1864 ou Thursday - next, the 4th of February, w ith a Grand Party Struggle for Place and Power distinctly upon the cards, and with a great European War actually already commenced. Never has a Cabinet laid itself more glaringly open to attack than Lord PALMERSTON'S Government has done during the last few months; and this not less by its sins of commission than by its long since noto rious sins of omission. The motto inscribed upon the banners of the Opposition, we may premise, those who run almost may read very readily—it be ing virtually no other than "Miching ilalecho ; or, It Means Mischief !" A struggle for Power between the two great rival parties being imminent thus at home, down in that immemorial arena for the great political gladiators, the palace of the Imperial Legislature at Westminster—what we have before us upon the European Continent the telegrams are now telling us from hour to hour as by so many lightning flashes. War—not the mere threatenings of— but war, actual war, even now begun. A war to the passionate participation in which we have already been committed. It is, in fact, to the first fierce winding of the war trumpet upon the frontiers of Schleswig, it is to the sound of the German and the Danish drums beating the pas de charge that the curtain is now preparing to rise upon the great annual Parliamentary Spectacle down at `Westminster. The events of late years have turned the atten tion of this country repeatedly towards China, and have rendered that singular and exclusive nation an object of interest. There are many qualities possessed by the Chinese which are remarkable in a nation which has had little or no intercourse with the Western World; their civilisation had two cen turies ago reached a height which astonished a tra veller from Europe, while the ingenuity and patience of the people enables them to excel in many works o f skill, Their system of Government, although peculiar in some ways, has nevertheless many ex cellencies, and the great body of the people are, on the whole, contented with their laws and their in stitutions. Their reluctance to admit foreigners arises rather from their self-satisfaction and unwil lingness to change the old methods, which have hitherto sufficed to maintain them, than from the fear and dislike with which the Japanese regard any Western faces. Some very interesting parti culars of the trade and commerce of China are given in an article in the current number of the Quarterly, chiefly with regard to that central portion of the Empire with which our commercial relations are principally concerned. The principal productions of China are tea, cotton, rice, and silk, the western pro vinces being also rich in minerals. Coal is obtained, but not is any large quantities, seeing that little demand is made for it. It has been estimated that the consumption does not exceed the annual amount of 900,000 tons, including what is used in factories and distilleries. Great Britain, with less than one twelfth of the population of China, consumes coal in the proportion of 75 to 1, and this is not owing to difference of climate, since the Chinese are subject to violent changes of temperature, and build without chimneys or fireplaces alike in north and south. They rarely use fire, save for cooking purposes, and generally burn charcoal,contenting themselves with wearing thick clothes in winter, and trying to keep out the fresh air. This want of invention is some• what surprising in so ingenious a people, and the natural result is that their coal mines have not been very extensively worked, although a great increase in the demand may be expected from the traffic of foreign steam vessels upon their great rivers. The silk trade is an important part of Chinese commerce, owing to the abundance of the native production, although its quality is greatly inferior to French and Italian silk, and consequently is not likely, at all events under native management, to compete dangerously with its European rivals. Still the quantities produced at a rapid rate give China a prominent position in respect to the silk trade, and it is satisfactory to find that by far the greater portion of the export to Europe passes into English hands, to be, in most instances, re-exported to the continent. The cotton trade hes proved less satisfactory to our merchants and manufacturers. Cotton is grown in all the central provinces, more especially in Che•Kiang and Kiang-su. It is of two kinds—the white and the yellow—the latter being well-known to English housewives as an extremely strong and tough material under the name of Nankin. This, dyed blue, is the crdinary dress of the Chinese working classes. ;Each farmer grows his own cotton, which is gathered in by his family and household, carded, spun, and wove in his own homestead, and made into garments so strong, cheap, and durable, as to disincline the natives for the purchase of foreign cloth. The Chinese are a cotton consuming people, the majority of them being exclusively clothed with that material, and the cotton cloth expended i❑ making this clothing is estimated at no less a value than £175,000,000 per annum. It is not sur prising that our merchants, knowing the demand for cotton, should have looked forward to finding in the newly-opened ports a profitable market,' and should immediately on the conclusion of the treaty have despatched ample cargoes to China. But although for a year or two curiosity encouraged the purchase of the strange commodities, the de-. mand soon fell off, and in 1852, when commerce was everywhere in a flourishing condition, our ex- ports to China were only valued at £1,918,244, while those to India amounted to nearly £8,000,000 ! The explanation to this contrast is found in the fact that the Chinese are a laborious and self-reliant people, entirely different from the indolent and thriftless Hindoos, and bsd besides been in the habit for many centuries of depending on their own manufactures for their national clothing, which they have succeeded in rendering suitable to their wants and wishes. Consequently our exporters were competing with a nation of cotton growers, who from the cheapness of labout and the domestic system of manufact r:re were able to rival the foreign wares in the cheapness and durability of their goods. It is therefore suggested that our manufacturers must of f er to the Chinese a cloth as durable as their own, at a lower rate, if they hope for a profitable sale. Cotton was not cultivated in China until the 13th century, but tea, a more important feature in their trade, was known about the fourth and introduced • into general use about the ninth, and from that I time it has been the universal beverage, so that a Chinaman of tolerable position shrinks from un mixed water with horror. Tea is cultivated more or less throughout China Proper, but its chief districts are in the maritime provinces and on the western hills. The most necessary qualifications for its culture are good drainage, moderate moisture, and rich sandy earth, with fair proportion of vegetable mould. These requisites are best obtained on the slopes of hills—a statement which makes us more readily appreciate the advantages offered by our Himalaya slopes for this cultivation. The tea plants produce leaves when two or three years old, and last with care some 10 or 15 years. No less than four crops ca❑ be obtained from them. Tnc first and best is in April when the leaves are young; the second, and most plentiful, in May; the third, a smaller crop, is picked in July ; and the fourth, whose larger and coarser leaves are destined to supply the wants of the poor, is gathered in August. The native prices are somewhat tantalising to English purchasers. Thanks to the charges be fore it reaches the vessel, the freight charge to Eng land, the wharfage expenses, the duty, and the profit of the dealers, the English village grocer supplies his customers with a fair congou tea for three shil lings, which the Chinese dealer under similar cir cumstances is selling for three pence ! The export of tea from China to Great Britain is, as might be expected, very large. During the year 1862 it was 108,523,0001b5., 81,000,0001b5. of which were re tained for home use, and the rest re-exported to the Continent, to which the direct supply is ♦ery small, not exceeding £1,000,000 annually. Yet this large export is reckoned as but a fractional part of the Chinese consumption. It is drunk at all meals and in all places, by every rank and class, and to ensure freshness and quality is taken in small quantities, very weak, and without milk or sugar. This description does not seem very attractive to an English tea drinker ; but tastes may differ in dif ferent quarters of the globe. It would certainly appear so, since the stalks and refuse are com pounded into small square cakes and despatched into Mongolia for the benefit of the wandering Tartars. It is conjectured that the amount of tea consumed in the Chinese Empire is somewhere about 1,000,000,0001b5. It holds in fact a position in China corresponding to that of rice, though the latter is the more vitally important, since the very existence of the population depends in a great mea sure upon it. The chief rice producing districts lie in the south eastern provinces, where it is not un usual for the fields adjacent to the rivers to yield five crops in two years—two good crops a year being the regular supply. To the north of the Yang-tse-kiang only one crop is obtainable, and in the mountainous countries, where the inhabitants depend on the import of rice from the south, great privations are common. It is therefore a matter of vast importance that the supply of rice should be good, liberal, and all details connected with it re ceive the most careful attention from the Govern ment. The rice harvest is, it has been said, the most momentous question with which the Emperor and his advisers have to deal. The writer of ale able article we have referred to remarks that it is a great mistake to look upon China only as a country that exports tea and imports opium. Such exports and imports are comparatively unimportant. The greater part of the cultivated land is employed in the pro duction of the food necessary to supply the wants of an excessive population. Such considerations may suggest hints of profitable and useful trade to our Indian merchants, who, could they turn the vast resources of India to full account, might supply the wants of China. In examining the laws relating to the possession of the land in China is impossible to avoid reflecting how much our Indian Empire would have gained by some such lays—how greatly Chinese industry would have been impeded had " waste lands" spread their desolate extent over fair and fertile hillside and plain. The Chinese people are unanimously represented by those who know them best as cheer ful, thrifty, and ingenious, but selfish and material- istic to a degree. They are jealous of foreigners, though kind and hospitable,and deceitful in common with all other Eastern nations. They are prudent and quick-sighted as to their own interests, and shrink from a military life as unprofitable. If we can sac- teed in proving to them that it will be to their advantage to trade with us, if we can manage to supply them with the right goods at a sufficiently low price, they will no doubt be excellent customers, and in their commercial instincts we shall find the best security against outbreak or disaster. We must, however, proceed cautiously, first stadying our way, and trying to ascertain something of the character and requirements of the people with whom we have to deal, for want of that knowledge has too often made us miss the right road, and has produced much bloodshed, misery, and expenditure, that might by the exercise of a little caution have been entirely avoided. Last week the adjourned inquest upon the body of MARY CAVE, aged 62 years, held at White chapel, before Mr. WALTHEW, was concluded. The unfortunate woman some three weeks ago was proceeding along Gun-street, Whitechapel, when she slipped upon a slide which 'some boys had made in the road, and fell heavily to the ground, receiving severe injuries, from the effects of which she expired shortly afterwards. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from a fall, but, how the said fall was caused there was not evidence to show. This may be legally a correct verdict, and in conformity with the evidence adduced before them, but no reason able doubt seems to exist of the cause of the acci dent. The police have power to prevent persons from making slides in the streets, and from other wise obstructing and endangering the safety of the public. They are particularly active in the case of hawkers and eostermongers, but in frosty weather they have no authority over a slide ; once made, they cannot compel it to "move on," like an orange woman, nor can they take it into custody for its obduracy, and they are not provided with the necessary implements to destroy it. That office should devolve upon the parish authorities, who, at but a trifling expense, might render much public service by employing workmen to do so. Yet while we complain of the inconvenience and danger.occasioned by slides, the season is short, and, as Christmas comes but once a year, it soon passes away, and so do its accompanying dangers. But we have an enemy as terrible ever with us, which we suppose from habit we seem to have become reconciled to. If an accurate list of the casualties occasioned by the reckless destribution of orange peel over the metropolitan pavements could be ob tained, the public would be astonished at their number and severity. Many still entertain a lively recollection of the unpleasant sensation caused by an involuntary contact with the ice a few weeks ago, but then the danger was courted, as it were, and the result not to be wondered at ; but a man does not calculate while walking along one of our public thoroughfares to be precipitated either into the kennel or a neighbouring shop window, from having trod upon a piece of orange peel thrown down by some indifferent apprentice or shopman, taking a slight lunch while on an errand. • Many sensible individuals take pains to THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1864. remove these miniature torpedoes from the footway, but the multitude at large pass them heed lessly by, as in general do the official guardians of our safety. Many petty annoyances are to be met with in every street in London, to wit, small urchins, hoops, which have an ungovernable pro pensity to run between the legs of passers by, and children's peramubulators. Although these occa sion a certain amount of inconvenience, but little danger results from them. In the case of orange peel, or slides, however, it is too often very diffe rent. It is difficult, we admit, to determine the proper remedy for this grievance; yet something, surely, ought to be done. The arm of the law is all-powerful in some respects, but it does not seem able to grapple with orange peel distributors. A constable has the power to arrest any person or persons letting off fireworks in the streets ; people are not permitted to place obstructions or offen sive substances in the thoroughfares, beggars are liable to imprisonment, and a constable has authority to convey a horse to that lucus a non lucendi, the greenyard, if it be loft un attended in a crowded street. It was only the other day that a young man was fined by a police magis trate for discharging a catapult, or popgun, in the the neighbourhood of Kensington. Now, when so much care is taken to avert these dangers or, more properly, nuisances, surely something might be done to mitigate, if it be impossible to remove altogether, the danger of coming to the ground at any moment by not perceiving the trap before your feet. It would no doubt be going too far to autho rise the police to apprehend anyone dropping a piece of peel on the pavement ; and as we do not live under the rule of the celebrated HAROUN-AL RASCHID, Englishmen might very possibly object to obey an order to eat the cfrending pigment as being unconstitutional. But there could be no harm done if Sir RICHARD MAYNE were to issue an order to his myrmidons to remove any pieces they might happen to meet with on their respective beats, and likewise to caution any persons they might detect in the thoughtless practice of dropping the peel of their oranges at their feet rather than throwing it into the roadway. If this or some similar remedy were adopted, we have little doubt that many serious accidents would be prevented. Books Received. Bella Donna; or the Cross Before the Name. A Romance. By Gilbert Dyce, 2 vols. Bentley. A Young Artist's Life. Hurst and Blackett. Passages in the Life of an Old Maid. By J. C. K. Saunders. Otley and Co. The Empire in India. By Major Evans Bell. Trilloner and Co. The Platform Sayings, Anecdotes, and Stories of Thomas Guthrie, D.D. Holliston and Wright. Le Correspondant. Janvier, 1861. Ch. Douniol, General Credit and Finance Company of London. (MEETING THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held to-day. It was stated in the report that since the period the company had been constituted the aspect, both of political and monetary affairs, had been such as to inculcate extreme caution; and the unlooked for delay in the concesion of the allied French company had caused a state of suspense with regard to important branches of international business. This concession now stood on the orders of the day of the Conseil d' Etat for final approval ; and the directors had every reason to hope that all obstacles were removed, s.nd that it would be granted in a few weeks. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the directors had the satisfaction of stating that the net profit of six months' working, as shown by the annexed ac counts, after deducting rebate, current expenses, and income tax, am iunts to £38,168, being at the rate of nearly 18. per cent. per annum. In ascertaining this profit, all securities held by the company were valued at the market price of the day. This represented the actual rate of divisible profit. The directors did not, however, recom mend that it should be all divided. In the infancy of a company of this description, it seemed to them more prudent not to exceed a moderate rate of dividend until an ample reserve should have been accumulated out of profits. Accordingly, they recommended the preliminary expenses, amounting to £4,883 133. 7d., to be written off at once ; the sum of £9,534 lls. N. to be carried forward to next account, and £18,750 to be appropriated to dividend, being 3s, per share, or at the rate of a fraction above 10 per cent, per annum, free of income-tax. OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. (MEETING THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of shareholders of this company took place to-day. The report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that the accounts showed that on under writing and interest account, there remained, after having paid all adjusted claims for losses, averages, and returns, and all office charges and expenses, to 31st December last, a balance of £221,126 Os. 9d. The period having arrived at which a certain profit has been realized, the directors recommended the payment of a bonus of lOs per share, amounting to £20,000, in addition to the usual dividend of 5s per share on the paid-up capital. They therefore proposed that the sum of £30,000, part of the realized profits, be paid free of income-tax, and that the balance of £191,126 Os 9d be carried forward. The London Financial Association. (MEETING THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of this association was held to day. The report, whi c h was adopted, state d th a t a ft er pro viding for the cur rent expenses, and wr i t i ng o ff th e w h o l e of the preliminary expenses, and carrying forward a rebate of interest at the r a t e of 7 per cent. per annum cn l oans not due, there remain e d a clear profit of £28,7 65 I s . 7d. O ut of this sum the directors proposed to pay to the shareholders a dividend equal in amount to interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum on the accounts of capital paid up, with a bonus at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, being togeth€r 18s. per share, free of income tax, and to carry forward a balance of £10,240 is 7d. to the next half-year. THE COLENSO CASE, it should now be - borne in mind, has been removed, pro tern., from the teMpe rate zone of Doctors' Commons to the warmer climate pf the Cape. The sceptical bishop has been tried (in his absence) before a court of colonial bishops summoned to meet atCape Town. The accused, who demurred to the authority of the court and the validity o f t h e w h o l e p r oceedings, was repre sented, in his absen ce , b y th e V er y Rev. the Dean oflC a p e Town. After full hearing, the following charges were pro nounced to be distinctly proved, viz., that Dr, Colense was guilty of heresy on nine counts 1. His disbelief in the Atonement ; 2. His belief in justification without any knowledge of Christ ; 3. His belief in natal regeneration; 4. His disbelief in the endlessness of future punishments ; 5, His denial that the Holy Scriptures are the word of God ; 6. His denial of the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; 7. His denial that the Bible is a true history of the facts which it professes to describe ; 8. His denial of the divinity of oar Blessed Lord; 9. His depravi ng, i mpugn ing, and bringing into disre pute the Book of Common Prayer. On this, the Metropolitan pronounced judgment, depriving Bishop Coleman of his see, unless, on or before the 4th of March next, he shall file a full, unconditional, and absolute rctractation, in writing, of all the objectionable extracts, in London, or a like rctractation by April 16, in Cape Town. As it is not likely that Dr. Colenso will file any such docu ment as the Metropolitan has prescribed, and as he utterly denies the sufficiency of the tribunal, this judgment can hardly be considered final, The colonial court declared, however, by the mouth of the Bishop of Cape Town, that they could not recognise any appeal except to his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. CONDUCT OF THE AMERICAN WAR.—We have now before us General M'Clellan's report, which gives the whole history of the Seven Days' battles before Richmond. It is a very plain narrative, uttered with military brevity and straightforwardness, and consisting in great part of official orders, telegrams, letters, and extracts from the reports of subordinate commanders. But no patriot whose heart throbs for the brave who have fallen, and the mourners at so many fireside; and the trials of a distracted country and a long-suffering people, can fail to see in this most exciting chapter of the history of our three years' war, facts long concealed at Washington, and never disclosed by General M'Clellan's reticent lips, even for his vindication against outrageous and persistent calumnies set on foot at Washington,—facts which burn and brand into the fore heads of the Administration the proof that they failed to support our army in the field ; that they, and they alone, are responsible for a prolonged war ; that at their doors lies the blood of the tens of thousands of speechless dead who slumber at Cedar Mountain, Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville ; at Antietam, where President Lincoln was deaf to their upbraidings, but asked for, and listened to, the negro song, " Jump Jim Crow," at Gettysburg and along the Rappahanuock,—,New York World, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. `RE'UTER'S TELEGRAMS.] COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR IN DENMARK, COPENHAGEN, FEB. 1. The German troops have crossed the Eider. The first cannon-shots have been exchanged. The Danes have blown up the Sorg-bridge, and have withdrawn all their war material. Advises from the army state that the troops are eager for battle and enthusiastic. The King is expected to arrive to-day. PASSAGE OP THE SCHLESWG FRONTIER KIEL, FEB. 1, Twelve o'clock. Full confimation has been received of the passage of the Schleswig frontier by the Prussian troops. Their headquarters are transferred to Gettorf, in Schleswig. GENERAL ORDER OF FIELD-MARSHAL WRANGEL. HAMBURG, JAN. 29. Advices received here state that Field-Marshal Wrangel, accompanied by his general Staff, and Princa Albrecht of Prussia, left to-day for the North. He goes first to Nortorf, where the Aus trian headquarters is established. A general order of tha Field-Marshal has been published here. It says that, as fifty years ago the Austrian and Prussian armies, when en gaged in the same struggle, wore the same badge, now, when fortune, which cannot be sufficiently praised, leads them again shoulder to shoulder into battle, they are to adopt the same symbol as of old. This consists of a white band round the left arm. Several officers have already been seen wearing this distinctive mark, and a supply of 40,000 is said to have been ordered. EFFORTS OF ENGLAND TO AVERT WAR, BERLIN, JAN. 30 (Evening). Confirmation has been received here of the state• ment that England's efforts to induce France to a mutual step have hitherto proved abortive. The Emperor Napoleon, it appears, is not disposed to commit himself by any deeided expression of opinion in favour of the London Treaty, and his Ambassadors here and in Vienna have seem ingly received directions to offer feeble support to the proposition for six weeks' delay—such as, in fact, amounts to offering none at all. England, however, is said to be pursuing her en deavours to engage Russia and Sweden at any rate, failing France, to more decided support of the in tegrity of Denmark ; accompanying, as one of the Berlin papers observes, " her recommendations with general warnings and vague threats." ORDER FOR THE ACCELERATED AS SEMBLY OF THE RIGSRAAD. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 1. A provisional law was published this morning, enabling the accelerated assembly of the Rigsraad. A Royal Patent was issued at the same time, ordering the elections to the Rigsraad. The postal and telegraphic communication with Germany is broken off. King Christian, accompanied by Bishop Monrad, the President of the Council, left to join the army at midnight. Large crowds assembled at the rail way station. His Majesty was continuously and enthusiastically cheered. The Government has placed a steamer at the dis posal of the Prussian and Austrian ambassadors, by which they left last evening. Owing to the decided refusal of the Danish Com mander-in-Chief to evacuate Schleswig, intelligence of the outbreak of hostilities is hourly expected. News has been already received that the Austro- Prussian army is to be drawn up in battle order within three days. Slight frost prevails. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 1. The provisional law for the convocation of the Rigsraad contains the following passage : " As circumstances may perhaps render an earlier assembly of the Rigsraad necessary than is provided for by the electoral law, the elections to the Folksthing are to take place upon the sth March, and to the Landathing upon the 29th March next. RENDSBURG, JAN. 31 (Evening). The Austrian Lieutenant-Field-Marshal Von Gabienz arrived here by this evening's train. The Kronenwerk is still occupied by 25 Danish foot and 25 cavalry. ENTRY OF THE PRUSSIAN AND AUSTRIAN ARMY INTO SCHLESWIG. KIEL, FEB. 1, 9.50 A.M. At midnight the general alarm was beaten, and . the army immediately marched. All had left by this morning. It is rumoured that a collision took place yester day. The Prussians advanced to-day as far as G e tt or f , • in Schleswig. - _ KIEL, lan. 26. The address 'of the Schleswig-Holstein Associa tion at Kiel to the Federal Commissioners in Hol stein, in reference to the re - establishment of the Holstein Contingent to the' Federal army, runs as follows :—" Since the year 1852 the Danish Govern ment has illegally compelled the Holstein troops to perform garrison duty without the country, while, on the other hand, the country of Holstein has been occupied by .Danish troops. This state of things continued until the very moment of the Federal execution. In consequence of this the Holstein troops, in spite of the suspension of sovereign rights, are now serving in the ranks of the Danish army, and the Holstein contingent, which in con cert with Lauenbuig, according to the Constitu tion of the Federal Diet, should be placed at its disposition, hes no existence whatever. It is an unbearable thought for the inhabitants of the Duchy of Holstein that her sons should fail her in the not unlikely case of a Federal war. This is not only opposed to the honour of our coun try, but also to the rightful claims which Ger many has on our country. It is the rightful condi tion of us the undersigned that, since Denmark has, practically at least, refused to dismiss 'the Holstein troops to their homes, the high Federal Commis sioners are equally entitled in the interests of the country now under their jurisdiction immediately to take in hand the reorganisation of the Holstein con tingent. We can with certainty assert that the whole country joins in our wish, and we therefore believe we may reckon upon the granting of our respectful request that the necessary steps for the reorganisation of the Holstein contingent to the army of the Confederation be at once taken by a high Federal Commission." THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, JAN, 31. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Magdalena has arrived here from the Brazils, and will leave for Southampton at 9 a.m. to-day with 55 passengers, specie £12,221, 1,114 rolls of tobacco, 459 bales of cotton, 593 bags of coffee, 79 packages crystals, and 217 packages of sundries. The Magdalena met the Oneida at St. Vincent with the outward mail of the 9th January. FRANCE. The Moniteur says :—"Several foreign journals have announced that the Bank of France was nego tiating with the Bank of Vienna a loan of 50 mil lions of specie on a deposit of Rentes. This state ment is entirely false; the Bank of France has not engaged in or authorised any negotiation of the kind." The Brussels journals state that Baron Beyens, first secretary of the Belgian Legation, has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary for Belgium at Paris. The Ocean of Brest says :—" The screw steamer Allier has arrived here from the Gulf of Mexico, having on board 567 passengers, military and civil. Sho quitted Vera Cruz on the 10th December, leaving there the French vessels Dryade, Bellone, Magellan, and Finistere. From Vera Cruz she went to Havanah, where she remained from thelsih to the 17th Dec. She afterwards stayed at Fort do France (Martinique), from Dec. 25 to Jan. 2. Free pratique was accorded to this vessel in our port at once. Some military prisoners have been landed here and placed in a house of detention." The Vigie of Cherbourg says :—" The almost im mediate return to France from Mexico of the Marine Infantry which, since the commencement of the campaign, have constantly given proofs of a courage and a devotedness above all praise, is said to have been decided on. It may be remembered that after a very severe service in the tierra caliente, the Marine infantry, under the command of Colonel Hennique, recently promoted to the rank of General of Brigade, was sent to Tampico, where it suffered severely from yellow fever. If wo are rightly informed, these troops are already on their passage home." BOURSE, Jan. 30.—The market has been buoyant, and a fair amount of business done at an advance. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 60c. Mobilier has improved to 1,027 fr. 50c. Railway Shares firm, with an improvement on some of the lines. The market again receded towards the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents .. 95 20 Italian Loan 6B 45 Do. end month.... Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 66 40 Do. end month, — Credit Mobilier....lo2o Russian Do. end m0nth....1020 Austrian .. — Bank Shares 3272 50 Spanizth Threes.... 50 75 Credit Fonder 1228 75 Rome Debt Roman 77 Deferred RAILWAYS. ST. JAMES THEATRE. - --- y - SILVER LINING. t a O ck n in Sa g t h u a r ra d , aY vva e s vening a very excellent three act dents have success. Pr A ci drama ß (taken from the French), by M r ' Lete with the le th e det: iD t c h i e ents have been borrowed from our fi.ends On, to other side of the channel, a great portico ei'ifirli l u t c h e o d ogb at drama has been rewritten, and that in II P ectl eo der graceful and telling manner. The drama wader notice is entitled "The Silver Lining," i ts :: 0 prototype being La Vie es Bose, mistake not, by Paul de Koch, j ail ., cud s it b e ig bt there are some.points to which objection nireolll taken, yet the piece must be regarded as 3 eel good literary production. The interot of the , are' o f is well maintained, the characters e r-I . vg 01 few exceptions, naturar, and the a ct l l lo plot wiitten,hlolso all parties unexceptionable. In brie t r r i ve lei is as follows :—A certain ,A;tbur 31.e0e the a cynic, a disbeliever of good in snYthiag' i l e vie , point of marriage with Helen 111altravers)ccoia trusting, and affectionate girl, but from eiotb er actions and. expressions of Arthur, nelenA'eseete has some dark foreboding of the future. ~ % fl oat communicates to her daughter, but th°,, i , to tile and trusting girl refuses to believe anYthlt,,,eial, prejudice of her lover. TWO light-herted,. 1104 end sincere friends, a Mrs. Dorrington ennitheegli Fairleigh arrive upon the scene, a cd :Artllu f ' Frank will hear nothing against his fries kithbea ia he candidly admits that he does not go bo le' e' many of his opinions, but at the sanle ti t l e Glares that his goodness is unimpeaclisb e. og ad Dorrington, who is, by the bye, a nberrallher the mother, daughter, or friend, bewitching widow, sees further than sits trstegeo and b y 8 . oh idde s compels Arthur to discover something °f 1 / 1 0 114' o f a c erts l . ll oo. Ile secret by means of the singing to . which it is known he has a great objectviioooll7/: wdow comes to the conclusion that a Pr e . sooo b°' affair is the true cause of Arthur's gloonilorriige a oi n s f nothing oAorft ilthoersaefncudorntHhdeearlcoctbawnteabfikeensddiscovered, s t bo l3 oB : Thteaboveip : ipo e se e e ° oo , , Arthur's cynicism The marriage has not been productive ° l " b - 8 ; 10 e ,! the form of a morbid suspicion of bin to is faithfulness. The cause of his cr'i nie°l ooag e 1 has increased, an d , :0 f ifg° clear to us by the revelation of a P a 0 {te% whom he had trusted and his early life. He had been deceived b ! be 11 , regarded as his future w i ti fe. gir i llnwh n i°ll :e st ee itt: tw,l;le in virtue the amiable Frank Fairleieh, and evil s " - b e rai ll. goes unwillingly his mother - in-law , -gear°, 0,3:0' e o n f d he comes toanopel‘inirrus.Ptera Wit•l'lceOlie diP 0 0 and mission. In the third act we find li ele d c oOd i/c ;# alone to Paris 0 0 $ 0 „.s1 01 I demoralised by the cynical teachings 91,10000 c of her husband—embarked in a giddy l a l i e a cifl t i i; more happy pation. Frank Fairleigh, too, sets up - „Oa t° ;, 11 but aft, r a few abortive efforts he r eleP p s- orr iag ;l and natural mood. Ai rs ,: bet 0 ; d • preserves her good intentions, thoug' i 0 ear des spirits lead her to aid and abet Il e° co toP lete di perate race after happiness. Arthur, foopes softened, returns from Paris unex eetedll' Ale P,, h of 1 4 that his former teachingandexage--tirct is el td most bitter fruit. His wife's b es , - a nt ba ) ,:e after . all hi s against him, and when he asserts in B bee e bat, tender appeals ba e h asel f A . oi in vain, Helen attempts to poison bar,"' sew 0 4 fortunately, her husband prevents ~ o tli A ii e e d , a last resource to awaken her aPP a i e l ild 1° '',l:o# affection, he tells her that her inia ° e .„ t he / ,ta rn This ent touches grieftba t the ensues , li mother'se heart , oai, ee; I n e: d ri t 1 :0 0 1 ° ; :ft li e ti r: change that has come over his own 01 4r f l oc h", f r wards tells her the child lives, ayadopergt-t,o, nouncement of its death was only a ifo ), a nt 8 rtoi medy to open once again her doll t he Universal happiness is produced, s n . 0 eie ,.o eel descends. The acting of the dren in ' 0 - e ile.: 0 1) 1° already stated, was of first-rate e s o 01 011 ielf author having suited everybody Witbo c is author characters. Mrs. Charles Mathews. p olva r !te r never been seen in a part of such tragichichen,,la the thrilling and pathetic manner in %l b , 0 0 1J ; 0 0 dered many of the points proved her to be lies Sr accomplished in the serious ea in l'orlisitiell branch of the profession. AirS'.,,,goe tell tamed the part of Mrs. Porrl-Qfect, 11 al immense success. She vies, in c e tle re t ;o o life and soul of the piece ; and M : 10 ° ,1 foe ci v ij Oge l Dora, acted with great archness .ied t O a The inimitable Mr. Charles Mathew s Int' aP ee et ° ea b e d t l ' the genial part of Frank Fairleig h ' e rea n .4o l°' wanting in do; and Mr. F. Robinson, although b 01 0 ' i d' those little d b r6 'O c guish the well-bred and well-ree , 0 4 1 . ea t of gave a very excellent embodio „ te r. tlo , „ears' (or e he and to some extent disagreeabie, e .., be tp a ge. .a to All the principal artistes viere 0 p si curtain, and the „05 peculiarities ele'ol, same compliment wan ~00.' $ author of the piece. ea gay The utmost taste has been b e stow f S cell eli mounting of the play, an d so i° etite, tefore cannot fail to be pre-eminently tia ra art 101 l The house was crowded i n every I the rising of the curtain :: o . Li i gi h nal romantic drama'' the plot ta iS as follows., s TILVIIIP-' 04'9 trOti .tJe4 Tho enter - • ----.--------,, care i n "-• en t d dlreassniee:;::his je-caiiigtr , tlir drown gfr e o d t ofßi which thepe in n o rea f iNcluri.aJgoAhnii::: cosutils::ol:ceeceiocfestb:Jet:;: ght, acts, acquaintance; which, v agreeable of relation einr • - aul Deveril, aritTiord) fr°l°.,3•oo or the Souln:f llSsotiallotid:•i'; riciPiofo tilroftic: navy, succeeds taken possessiOn t m h o e r o e b i j ) e ri ct of his affections. rgoemilaannetee,:Preirl:::::::::::teie-0:':it::i result' in a fever . • "titu"- o f t 1 1- od the otherouhl'def cht iisiastnio.TudThip,:faire:titvedue:let 01001;oixotirtesioiectio, 111:1,01.1,000:00101 h so e o r ie eturgliht t a o n:l intense on that accooott • tiov, 7"; er Alice w broth tY er of, and a E :i g ul l be a creature of the inJegcinsol6 0 4 0 0 ' ae: fins ,rface, aannad manly, has axii I a pViroTpidor,rteei:olo6,47o(2; throes of Rali,k'Devbril, of the' ing i !,‘ e d sfif,iiit 9, ' of Pa who had rescued her Iron ,sb-iPsc .toat,_, ird• nl, i a l u ar d psehraeohlaa tbo__eeu jeo-r5.0, :::::1: mei:lt affection and esteerkWere the result, but tile P. i 0 Del o jef i of love for , I:!aui held undivided 001 I,IOV 0 cwomanly heart. In the house of her fathe r, se‘ ie co o o ; llaypole. (Mr. Matthews), Alice evjoYo i °c ud ° d l ' n ' Wyeherlie (Miss Desborough), a 10 141.h ' e ,i 1) 611°11 ' SlY loughby Raikcs plished young lady, who ,is in love with oi l dy o'oo Ralph Deveril., For this. irrteresting young coat( 010 passion, unregulated by any sentiment of xet't'i)joi llope, and which he is deterraitied to gratify 1,9 ,00 ° or , (31r,.rra4er).eater tains all ull'o 0r lloptil right. Thenaval efficei, k;aul Devericl;e:tirttBpfloSivoi,eoo: the residence of Glaypole, which is the which all the re On Ile 11141)elib,i sto il O f °( night adventure On the part: Of -Sir 11711.1°,11goo°1°et : which he misinterprets to the disadvants 3 ('" ' I° e i fr supposed to be mortally %, el l ' f f vi Clara, and a duet takes place, 'in which t'' a . 'rl ie P , ~,, t 0 A *4 Ile r e pt , r 0 aroused inmates of the mansion as dead, trb t ler , as 0 c, .„ Reuben, a gipsey, and by many illgel2° sisiltoo,,r; wounded, an d cart"- sVriiger frustrates the evil designs of Sir Willoug'lM red -i0 o il t / s up misconceptions, does ample justice to ieja,'o to , g as o and brings punishment and disgrace horn 'lOO4 /1.A410 lie and Alice arc of course united in holy svecicioto ' 4 same , happy resillt occurs with re4,ect t° , ot „ P i ,' twin brother. • - - The whole. Weight of the piece, .devole6rtiovoillat robi°lo}; Loraine, who alts represents P,itil ')0„folci I f el' Deveril,. and Reuben the Gipsy. la this tilredeff,:j 1491$ festation of character Mr. Loraine exhibits O h 0 .0 4 0. satility of dramatic power. Miss Desboroil'grala'3' 00 Clifford had not much to do, but the,' didcl!aivio° , Mr. F. Matthews was mirthful, and 31,rititiott. 'pigl3ll artlis'htieescpeenrefso,:mbyanAlceess.srs. very entertaining, and gave universal s Atte oore. w eY . P' h , I P 0 painting could be more effective. ~ wit.- 00 T The whole of the principal actors, togetboo toe eitteort9. . Smith, the lessee, had to appear beOr 00 s ir , acknowledge the great applause bestoWed in' jet), ----_—_--_ P onta . ' 5 °C ;0 ' Njoanitheinganind tli(it:tesi of A - - irto. EXETER lIALL.---114 S'acred rI 100 , , 0 0 o ~,,te 0 repeat their performance of the 'II b 8 Pl,OO and " Stabat Mater," on lon next, x e ',DOI° , If' ..-!..Aiith-, .'- tin') Lemmens-Sherrington, Mrs. Sidne y .-".--- smith, Baxter, Mr. Siros Reeves, Mr. iNloaten:i a ePt;er Santley, principal vocalists. ~,corniti, troP°/),; MR. ARTHUR. SIiETCIILEY'S fOr.o-_rial 010,, S tainment will have tho advantago of 131°,',_"',4 Atorg,tw,g ft' The principal artist engaged is gr. Sew:, 0 ta cti lY is un derstood that the.picture will consist L 'e iiti° ;t is 8 1.1 fd 0 ° norama, iu six tableaux. to know, be,gun to increase again scillowl°..o,aaPe ~ ilio S 3 100 o'l°' .`o jocru , iii THE DISTRESS IN LANCASIIIgZ htist'r;pil;flotj" first week of January there wore , _,, [O2 _ t hen in the previous week, in the second st.°e7,ol piety in the first week, and in the third vreeN ov the second. Cash. Account. 990 -- .. 990 950 .. 950 Orleans Northern New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 935 New ditto Southern .. Western .. 935 - 655 - 652 50 513 75 .. - 481 25 .. - 382 50 .. 376 25 388 75 390 - 518 75 .. 516 25 488 75 .. 487 50 572 50 .. 572 50 300 - .. 300 - Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Lorobard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona ITALY. The Ost-Deutsche Post publishes the following, under date of Trieste, 26th January : "It is an important fact that the Italian Steam Navigation Company has received orders from the Government at Turin to increase the number of its vessels which run between Ancona and Trieste. This step is by no means called for by the necessi ties of traffic, as every one here is aware that it is by no means extensive. Material of war is also being collected at Ancona, where there are, more over, more troops than necessary to defend the fortress in case of war. We are not aware from what side Piedmont fears an attack." SPOR TING IN TELLIGENCE BETTING AT MANCHESTER—SATURDAY. There was a fair attendance of members at the Subscrip tion Rooms this day ; but, beyond several heavy invest ments on Coastguard and Horse Marine for the Derby, the business transacted was not extensive.—For the Two Thousand Guineas 5 to 1 was offered on the field, but not a bet came under our notice ; and, although there were a few inquiries respecting Accident for the Chester Cup, his price did not transpire, but 100 to 6 was the highest offer on the field. None of the other Spring Handicaps were mentioned ; and with the exception of betting on the Derby and Guineas, speculation is at present very limited in this market. Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6on the field (offered) TWO THOUSAND. stolon the field (offered) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 14 to 1 agst Paris (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Coast Guard (taken freely) 16 to 1 agst Forager (offered) 16 to 1 agst Blair Athol offered, take 18) 1000 to 35 agst Coup d'Etat (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Birch Broom (taken) 40 to 1 agst Idler (nominal) 1000 to 15 agst Horse Marine (taken freely) THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 16 to 1 agst Mr. H. Haywood's nomination (taken) 20 to 1 aget Mr. Blackstone's nomination (offered) 30 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Jardine's nomination (offered) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Lloyd's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bpinks' nomination (offered) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bell Irving's nomination (taken) The Forthcoming University Boat Race. As the time for this great aquatic festival approaches it will be interesting for our readers to be made acquainted with the doings both at Oxford and Cambridge. The last named University having been defeated last year became as a matter of course the challengers for the contest in 1864, which challenge Oxford promptly accepted, and active pre parations are going ,on to get the crews together: Since 1829, when Oxford won at Henley, there have been 20 races, each University having won 10, and as the race in the pre sent year .will be the odd one in the majority, the contest will be watched with, if possible, increased interest. The Oxonians seem of late years to have had the start hi get 'fink their crow together, and. Mr. C. R. Carr, of Wadham College, and who is the new president of the Oxford Uni _ yeFsity Boat Club, has already got together a and steered them down to Iffley several times. The' names, as the Oxford crew is at present constituted, are as follow : Bow. R. Shepherd, Braeenose No. 2. J. S..Warnam, Balliol „ , No. 3. W. B. Jaoebson, Christ Church No. 4. A. E. Seymour, Universify No. 5. J. C. Parson, Trinity No. 6. M. Brown, Trinity , No. 7. F. - P. Beechcroft4 Exeter Stroke. D. P . ocklington, Brasenose, Of this eight the bow and No. 3 rowed last year, and the absence of Mr. Hoaie, the magnificent " three year 'old" stroke, will be sorely missed. However, he cannot be per petual stroke, and the University and his place will be well filled by Mr, Pocklington. Salter,•of Oxford, has alzieady received orders for the new boat. The Cambridge crew went out on Thursday for the. first time, Mr Hawkshaw, of Trinity (bow last year), coaching them up, the crew being as follow : Bow . . Piggott, Colitis No. 2. Cope, St. John's No. 3. Stephenson, Trinity Hall No. 4. Hawkins, St, John's No. 5. Marsden, St. John's No. 6. Borthwick, Trinity No. 7. Becbse, St. John's Stroke. Kinglake, Trinity. Of this crew only Mr. Kinglake was in the racing crew last year, and with No. 6 and No. 4 will certainly be in this year's eight. The others are not positively fixed on. Cam bridge has lost one of her best men in Mr. Vaurenseker, of Emmanuel ; and it is a very general report that Mr. Mars den, of St. John's, has had a veto put on his rowing by his father, but it is hoped the ban will be removed. With re gard to the boat, Nat Taylor was hourly expected at the time this report was written (Friday evening), and he will build the Cambridge vessel. The race will probably take place on Saturday, the 19th of March. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR VIE WEEK . — To - day — Entomological, at 7; Architects, at 8 ; Royal Institution, at 2, general monthly meeting. Tuesday — Anthropological, at 8, " Upper Jaw of a Green lander," Professor Carus and Mr. Blake, and " Anthropo logical Disiderata," Mr. Reddie; Photographic, at 8, anniversary; Engineers, at 8, discussion upon Mr. Redman's "East Coast between the Thames and the Wash ; Royal Institution, at 3, "Experimental Optics," Professor Tyndall, Wednesday—Soc'ety of Arts, at 8, "Instantaneous Engraving upon Metal," M. Vial; Geo logical, at 8, "Permian Rocks of N.W. of England, and their Extension into Scotland," Sir R. I. Murchison and Professor Harkness, and "Flint Implements and Fossil Mammalia," Mr. Wyatt; Society of Literature at 81, "New Trilingual Phesnician Inscription," Mr. Dehtch, Thursday—Royal Academy, at 8, " Architecture," Pro fessor Smirk(); Antiquaries, at 8, election of fellows ; Chemical, at 8, " On Mordenito,' , Dr. How ; Linnean, at 8 , "Reproductive O rgans i n t h e Primulacea3," Mr. Scott, and "Anatomy of Rotatoria," Dr. Moxon; Royal, at 81; Royal Institution, at 3, "Experimental Optics," Professor Tyndall. Friday—Arclueological Institute, at 4 ; Royal Institution, at 8, " The Science of History," 14Ir, Fronde. Saturday--Royal Institution, at 3 "Antiquity of blaki,' Mr, Lubbock,--ilthenceton, 8 D " ~b 1 4 41 4„,