The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-29 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. Business in the general discount market continues active, and the rates show an undiminished firmness. The share list of the United Merthyr Collieries Company will close on Thursday nest, the 31st inst. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets re- Main closed for the Easter holidays. Business will be resumed to-morrow (Wednesday). Subjoined are the particulars of the railway calls due in April. These, payments will raise the total anb4ribad for such parpose,s from the Ist January last to about .-C4,000,000 Call. Amount. Cockermouth and Workington New Quarters l5 0 £5,000 Ditto, Preference £5, "A" ~ 15 0 1,000 Furness, New £lO 2lO 0 34,250 Orand Trunk of Canada Equipment Mort Bonds, 25 per cent not known Great Luxembourg Preference 2O 0 80,000 Madras Fifth Extension, Second Issue 2 0 0 100,000 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, New £lO Five per Cent~ 1862 4 aryport an d Carlisle, New 3O 0 18,000 Medoc Neath and Brecon Paris and Orleans, New, 1862 Ith Yraney 5 per Cent. Preference 2O 0 15,000 San Paulo South Italian S outh Staffordshire, £lOO 41 per Cent Preference Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont 410 Maron Extension 2lO 0 18,750 £1,370,300 The meeting for Mexican bondholders convened fo r to - morrow has been postponed till Monday, in consequence of the delay that has occurred in the a ccept an ce of the Crown by the Archduke Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, eecordiug to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 65f. 90c.; v ery flat. The Stock Exchange Markets present a heavy and depressed appearance, and the few transactions recorded have mostly been sales which have un favourably affected securities, In the English de partment very little business of a bona fide cha racter has been negotiated, and the funds, which should h ave exhibited b uoyancy, i n consequence o f _he l satisfactory intelligence from the Continent t his morning, show a decline of -} per cent. Con- . I°lB are 918 for money, and 912 f,-for the account The, New Th rees an d R e d uce d A nnu ities are 891 ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. 7e. die.; India Stock is 218 219 2 ; do. 5 per Cants. are 1041 I; do. Enfaced 5 Per Cents., 103 ; do. 51 per Cents., 112; and do. Bonds, 8.3. 3s. Thera has been a depresased market for Foreign securities, and the dealings have been principally connected with the settlement. Mexican have fallen dearly 1 per cent., viz. to 411 d ; Greek are steady t 2 34 24; Spanish Passive are I-lower, being 351 • , the Certificates are marked 13 . 1; Turkish Con. a°l ide 3 area flatter at 531 51; the 6 per Cents„ 1858, 114,3 70 - 1 . ; do., 1862, 711 72 ; and Venezuela 6 per 'dents., 60i In the R a i twav Share M ar k e t th e d ea lings have be en very limited, the dealers and speculators being t rin ciPally enga g ed with the half-monthly settle irnt• Prices, h oweve r, have remained steady. 7"Arighton hav e i m p ro ved about 53 . ; South Eastern, 8 . ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, L 1; While Great Eastern have declined lOs. T he Foreig t , an d C o lonial.lines exhibit no change of importance. 133n k and. Miscellaneous shares show very little al teratio n as regards values. Annexed are the current quotations for some of the prin c i pa l new pro j ects : —L on d on and Liverpool Motel, 11 11 prem. ; Sabioniere Hotel, I to 1 r i , re nl• ; North Australian Company, to 1 prem. ; Central Argentine Railway, 1 to 4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONg O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a Per Cent. Consols Ditto April 8 2 , Account,9ll 1 ~,,Per Cent. Reduced Nee ~ New 1 1 . per Cent A nnuitie s , 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. , D itto for 30 y rs , ex pi re sth April, 1885. At ehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 8 3 7 dis Ditto £500 13 Ditt o £ lOO and £ 200 4111( England Stk, 41 per Ct., last 111.-yr Shut 1 iii, l4--.li , India Stock SECURITIES. Stock D itto 5 , 10} per Cent., April 1874 2lB 19 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto per .... .., , — Ditto 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888... — ..,. Do Certificates Dittothtto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per Cent.... zi 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Ditto 6 1 per Cent., May, 1870 ll2 140 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 ~,. Di tto ditto I..)!tt Bonds 41,000 Aug., 1866 3 8 Ditto under £1,000.. POREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 Ditto, per cent •n•" 0, 1839 and 1859 ..... D - Ditto 41 per Cent • 1852-58-60 itto Ditt • " 1863 , o Scrip, £55 paid r49.4ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 11Ptian 7 pe r C ent lOO f garetto, Second Issue Ito.li a k 5 Per Ce n t., 1824-5 , ex -C oupons .. 24 231 IdT;., xi „ 11 5 P au 3eperr Cent Cen.t (Maremmana Railway)) 44 b 5 pto Account Dittoelm, "n 41 Cent — Ditto 3 per per Cent. 1,. 41 per Cent., 1862 — b"ltto Account - ort sr „ Dittit'o-ese3--- per Cent., 1853 , Account.. •'-'i' t— bit..' ° 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 ~,A0 Account Ditto s • It.D A • - crIP (1863) £3O paid — pm ,Ptall 5 per Cent., 1822, £ bt — It i t ,. n 0 4 1 per Cent.. 1859 _ -/).„'° 8 per Cent 1859 /34,.."9 5 per Cent, 1862 ~(I)kan. 5 per Cent B4l gptie:Ato Account _ - rs'P'h 3 per Cent -.Jitto Account DittoPitt° New Deferred , Account _ "''',, ttO Passive ~~t ',Attu Account S p a nish,, Cert. of Coup not funded l3l i t Ditto A ccount 11 .,,r1ii sb. 6 per Cent. 1854 D itto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 1/itto.Account 1 ?- i i .• 4 0, :CIO Bonds Ditt o p per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account V e "to 4100 Bonds.. 'a 21 2 tie ? l i • ' llOl O 3 per Cent. Litt 1° h.ccount — lii,° 6 per Cent., 1862 *to Account bIl ], , Di vidends on the above payable in Lend ii Iv 4k / per C en t ., E x. 12 G u il 1 -LU G 4 Atali att. r per Cent. Certificates Di tt ' '-' Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. —pi 0 Account .. 661 P erms 01ont es r m ai 0 per Cent., Ex. 251 — 44 Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TO O'CLOCK er t a it o °8 /I ° ll e W Y 911 1 ‘ April Account 147 8rp00l Cotton Market—This Day, 1 Aoaet fir m . Sales probably about 3,000 balm 48 ' 663 ; previously, 15,967. 'Sow -E LADIES IN THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY e lir3p to Ported to b e sending their plate to the Trea tli 48 a free off er i ng to their country " to relieve the pre& 10 434 t `heurrency," in this resembling the Prussians albajaveir plate and jewels, and received back fac. te e 4 ,, iron. AN A , Pre t„ --""ITEIBIETICAL CONUNDRUM.—My first ex -333481,-:stucabers •, ro second magnifies numbers ;my third be numbers 3: and my whole destroys numbers, olution of the riddle is found in the word—Oolenso. by C° 11 1 , "r 18 said to h ave b een no ti ce d a t N ap l es, ap pear ide ntified a s th at w hi c h ma d e so f orm id a bl e an ' ll / 3 1 1 " in 1811, an d giving its name to the famous The 44 of that year. g of 6 00 n tn . peror of A ustria has just su b scr ib e d a sum s t owards a s t a t ue to H a d yn . Q a , ire Inunic a tion from Cassel sta tes that the toil,cdr"ient of El ec t oral Hesse has at last deter "Atrot 81113 Pressing th e g aming-houses. Th e p r esent atiWith the bankers will not be prolonged, and nego 15 r th e s , are '3ow Pending with tha widow of the contractor cokee to e l4rilin g - ous at Renndorf for the annulment of the '"'M Madeh sr late husband. BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S• Share l l till Closing Busways. fail ! Price. done. iness Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Wyllie and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter 8 81 8i 9 83 F 5 1171 114 Caledonian. Cork and Bandon Cornwall D o A (A gets In di - , D o. B ritl6pc.pan.hss (been paid to b. Dublin & Bellast June. bun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. I GreatEastern, Ord. stii Ditto A stook 118 i DittoEtstAn;ifau st GnmtNorthot Veotland Great Northern........ Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an '1 W. of Lrelan, - Great Western ... Do Str 'Val goa. stock Lancashire & orlishirc London and Biackwal. Lon., Bright.ot S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Norqi IVestern Lon. & Scr.th Western Ilan., Shot, & Lincoln. Haryport and Carlisle. Dog shares... , Iletropolitan Nlidiand Do Nev Do Birrninz. dz Derby 74id. Gt. W. of irelaue Do. # shares ----- Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Odin., Perth, .1t Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwios Do, G.N.E. purcha6r Do Leeds Do Y ork Do Carliale North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. NV. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stout, Do seot..Alid. stock Shrews. and Welchpou Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6taines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1886 fail Vale.. . . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford l 6} 7 35 37 16 17 91 93 101 106 17 48 6i 7i 127. 128 129 130 130 132 91 D 3 6511 66 1(0i 110 07 CO 1031 114 42.}43.} 108 k J'Bj 076 08. 53 b3i 111 k 1124 1271 1181 97 99 52} 63i 24 26 101 1011 55i 88 8811 126 IZ9 1 2 p 78 79 1( 11} 124 VA 41 43 98 100 63 64 34 86 90i 9l 99 101 i 9i 37 38 94 10 0. 74 B b o 163 166 5 7 3 4 92 96 22 24 ,SIONS. Closing Price. gailw,qB Atlantic ,Sz eft Lawrence i - icni.,Baroda,t.Cent Ind Gu. fiyer cent. 58 b 0 lO3} 103} 5} 6 p 7} 8i Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Kunio and ',axe Huron Do. Pre - femme Bulialo,Brant,&Godriel 3 p. et. bde. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187.- Do. do. Jim , 1, li,••i Clcut tadzS. I: stn. (Li n Cape Town it Dock Sail Emitn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext 10! (04 102 104 105 106 1041 1211, .A Pi Do. do. 11 do. .. Grand Trunk of Canaw, Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred...... Do. 2d Prel. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P, of. stook ... Do. do. deferred...... tg 20 74 70 58 62 65 68 51 53 43 60 40 Et 25 27 22 C 5 103 104 Do. 4th Pref. stook... Do. do. deterred...... Gt.lncliaPenin.gna.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Urn guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5} p. o. do. '77-8.. .. Indian Branch Limited Madras guaT. , 5 P . 0. • • Do. 4t p. o. Extension Dc. 4A do •- • • • • Do. Fifth Extension. Itelb.Corp. A p. c. 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7p. i nortg. Bds. N ,‘NN , Br Ur wick a Candz.i l Class A an a B. N. itl.C'da6 pc Ist t bdsl Soinde Do. Delhi, Do. do . • Do. Punjaub Do. Do. •• • • Do. Indus. St. Flo. J 102} 1031 91 91 11 1(4 92 94 83 86 V ) 103 :03 97 09 94 55 58 all 100 (100 , 100 I 2 all 1 100 3 5 82 M 103} 1041 101.3 102; 104 i I 1021 104 97 99 \ )I,ON ltil, tit/ V EttiNiklr_',N 1 :-.llA.;tittlitln ,, . - ‘,..0.G0v. 6 p.e.J a. 41J ul, - i 1877-34 ...- ... . .... 1 , 20 101 103 101 - I Do. 6u. c. Feb.l Aug. 100 100 102 - Do. 6p. 6.31.ar.& Sept. 100 1 , 9 101 - Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 10, 88 DO 88 - Do. 5 1 nscribed stock 100 88 00 - , ape G. Rope, 6 p 0,187::. 100 1013 108 - I Do.Ap Oct& 1880 100 110 112 - Do. 18A 100 111 113 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 109 111 - ' Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 112 114 - (Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 - 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 110 108 110 -- N.8.G0v.6 p.c.,: a.&.Jul) 100 iOl 103 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •.,18,•4 100 99 100 --I Do. sp. c.,18t1 to 1, ; 100 99 101 995 I - ! Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt. 100 99 100 - 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 - !Queensland Gcv. 6 /5. c. , 100 - - - 8. Ana G6p.e.1876.& up.. 100 104 111 ... Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - - 'Do. to 'S D.C. AlLlitoot.. 100 1114 1125 1125 111 125 - - - BRITISH. MINES. ' 2 ,iambrian Consol. Gold 1 6 1d - ~.1111ord Amalgamated - 354 864 - Devon G. Conn. (Tavist ) 1 555 865 - East Bassett (Illog - au) 30 70 75 - East Clogau Gold Ltd - - - d - East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 30 32 - East Cam Brea.... - E. WI Russel (Tavistlt ) 8.9.0 31 44 I - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 581 10 11 - 1G rent South Tolgus l7s 4 44 - ;G. Wheal Vor (lielston, 40 37 39 385 75 - (Grenville ..• 8.16., 71 74 84 - 11-lerfA's-Foot 8.12 45 37 - ;11 ingston Downs 4. !8.0 34 45 - Lady Bertha - Nlargaret (Ony Lelant 9k 19 21 - 31arke Valley.. 4 Alyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 2,5 11 4 d - New Setun l9i 85 05 - • North Downs I 24 15 2 N.Will'i Basset (Illo.fan I 3.1.0 2 25 • , - North IVhcal Crotty 1 2.0.9 41 54 - Par Consols (R. Blaze) , ' - - - i - Providence( I.3n:i• ',Ont.) 10.6.7 41 43 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer, 15 440 460 - !S. Cara Brea (1110,.7an) - - - -- z,'.Wheal Fran. (lilo:Lan, 18.18.9 50 55 - Stray Parma 30.17.6 32 14 - Tamar Silv.& Lead MM i - - - fin Crort , 9 39 20 - West Basset (Illo,„ran) 15 31 12 - W CI radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan)! 54 874 925 - Wheal Buller(Redruth)l 10 31 37 - Wheal Ditty (U.Lelant)l 2.0.6 - - - WhealLothott - Wheal MaryAnni,LlCen ) 8 136 146 -:- Wheal rieton I 585 190 195 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 21 24 I - Wheal Union 3.17 25 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, 5 per cent. A stock, 106 Ditto, ? per cent., 121 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent., 106 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland Bradford prof: stock, Of FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, ii • Great Luxembourg, l* San Paulo ;lint.). 2, - ua. 7 per cent., si 8 Ditto (a.l), 2ii 1 South Austrian add Lombardo Venetian, 21i FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 1 Cape Copper, lim., 121 Cobre Copper, 33 St. John del hey (lim.), 41 6 Yudanaiuutana of S. Australia, lira., 31 Ei JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance aim.). 501 1 Ditto, new, 401 Anglo Austrian, 6) Australasia, - Ditto, new, 47 Bank of Queensland (lim), 191 Bank of Wales, lim., 16 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 45) 51 East London, lim.. 7 1 1 DP;to, new, issued at Iy pm, 41 1 English and Swedish, Rm.. 12) 13 European Bank, lira., 101 1 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um.), 34 I Imperial Ottoman, 191 6 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 3) London Bank of Scotland, Um., 15) London and Brazilian aim.), 58/ London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26 1 London and County. 601 59) London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch., Han., 10) London and Westminster.' 821 Merchant Bank, lim , 13 ) 14 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (Um.), 27 6) New Zealand Baak, 121 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, lim., 11) Union of Ireland (lira.), 19 Union of London, 451 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Um.. 8) Ceylon Company, 101 Commercial Union ;Insurance), 91 Discount Corporation, limited, 101 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Inn., 51 Financial Corporation, 5 ) _ Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, llm,, 81 1 Hudson's Bay, 18) Joint •stock Discount, lint, 63 1 Land Securities, lira., 4) National Discount Company, lira., 121 Ditto, new, Issued at 5 pm . 4 1 ; North British and Mercantile Insurance, lira., 19/ Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 6) Leotard, the famous gymnast, Whose trepeze per formances at the Cirque Napoleon attracted all Paris three years ago, has just been paying a short vibit to the French capital on his return from Turin. He yesterday gave a lesson to the advanced pupils of bT. Pascaud's gym nastic establishment in the Ell 3 de Vaugirard, and per formed infinitely more wonderful feats than any he ever before exhibited in Paris, BRITISH. P 3.24.1, L 9.114 luu Sk 20 stock stmk stock stock stook stock stock stock stock s tot k stock 471 61 1291 129 651 1096 076 1046 4 42t 10086 I 971 51 f 100 all all all all ICO 100 100 6.13.9 78 i 9 1 1 U I SSE Paid, all 100 7i all 100 100 100 100 100 100 Business done 1051 42 104 t 103 i 4 104 0 4 i TEE KIN, LOM3ON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PARISH PROSECUTION OF BROTHEL KEEPERS.—Conrad Ackerman, refreshment house keeper, of No. 23, Tich borne- street, and Sophia Chapman, his servant, were brought before Mr. Arnold by Sergeant Appleton, 26 C, on a war rant, charged with keeping a brothel at No. 23, Tichborne street. Mr. Alien, of Carlisle street, prosecuted on the part of the authorities of St. James's parish, and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, defended. Mr. Arnold, after the sergeant had stated that defendants were the persons named in the warrant, ordered the male defendant to find two•sureties in £lO each, and the woman to find two in £2O each, to appear at the sessions, Sophia Myers, refreshment house keeper, of 42, Great Windmill-street, and Henry Nicholls, same address, were also charged with keeping a brothel at 42, Great Windmill- The Poor-Law Board and Bethnal-green, Last night, at the weekly keeting of the Board of Guar dians of Bethnal -green—Mr. Howard in the chair—the clerk to the Board read a very important document from the Poor-law Board, with reference to the recent inquiries into the charges against Dr. Moore, and into the alleged death from starvation of Sarah Dove. The following comprises the most material portions of the letter : " Poor•law Board, Whitehall, March 28, 1861. " Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to inform the guardians of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, that the Board have received the report of their inspector, Mr. Lambart, after the recent inquiry into the several charges preferred against Dr. Edward Moore, one of the medical officers of the parish, and they have carefully con sidered the voluminous evidence adduced on that occasion. " The first charge brought under the notice of the board is that of neglect of duty in the cases of Elizabeth Mandrill and her two children, Joseph and James. 0 With respect to Mrs. Mandrill herself, the Board find that Dr, Moore visited her in the afternoon of the day on which he received the medical order; and although he did not see her again for 10 days afterwards, it is evident from her own admission that she was out every day in the mean• time, and when he went to see her after having been sent for at the expiration of that period, he found her net at her own home, but at her daughter's house, without bonnet or shawl. It does not appear that any inconvenience would have been caused to Mrs. Mandrill by her going to Dr. Moore's house, and the board are of opinion, therefore, that Dr Moore cannot be considered as guilty of neglect in having omitted to visit her during the interval in question. "The substance of the complaint of Mrs. Mandrill in re gard to the child Joseph is, that Dr. Moore only visited him five times in four weeks of his illness, and that when she went to him on a Friday (two days before the child's death) and said he was very - iii, Dr. Moore refused to visit him then, and did not do so until the following afternoon. The documentary evidence showed that the order was given on the 15th August, 1363." The letter then recited the evidence in this case, and then arrived at the conclusion that Dr. Moore was not chargeable with neglect. The case of James Mandrill was recited in a similar manner, and the board considered that Dr. Moore was open to censure in having given a certificate fur the re - moval of the deceased to the workhouse without having seen him on the morning on whidh death took place. The charge preferred against Dr. Moore of employing a midwife to attend labour cases instead of doing so himself depends mainly on the evidence of Mrs. North.; but in the four individual instances adduced it appears that Mrs. North was sent for by the women themselves, and there is no proof that he requested or instructed her to attend for him. After going through the evidence adduced in support of this charge, the letter proceeded to notice that after Mrs, North had made her complaint to the guardians and pend ing investigation, Dr. Moore addressed to her a letter written under a feigned signature and addressed in a disguised hand, stating that some ladies were about to establish a lying-in hospital, and offering her a situation therein if Dr. Moore would become security for her. The letter was purely fic titious, and Dr, Moore's only explanation was that he wished to get her to his house so that before credible witnesses he, c - ,uld remonstrate with her. The Poor-law Board regarded this explanation as being extremely unsatisfactory, the letter being an unworthy subterfuge. "The allegation of getting up unnecessary inquests for the purpose of degrading the parish must be limited to the case of the child Sarah Ward, as there was no proof at the in quiry that the doctor had communicated with the coroner either directly or indirectly as to the death of any other person. In the case referred to Dr. Moore called upon the coroner and told him that the death had not been occasioned by any specific disease, and both the coroner and jury appear to have been satisfied that the inquest was necessary. " It must be remarked, however, that the verdict of the jury was founded upon the result of the post. mortem exa mination by Dr. Moore himself ; and with reference to the statement made to the coroner in the first instance by Dr. Moore, that there was no specific disease, the attention of the Board has been drawn to an obliteration in the medical relief-book, from which there is reason to suppose that the disease was, in the first instance, entered as scarlatina. " The Board arc of opinion that this obliteration, in con nexion with other circumstances, is calculated to excite grave suspicions, and such as rendered inquiry necessary." After referring to the charge of making extraordinary claims for vaccination fees, of which Dr. Moore was ac quitted, it was remarked that the careless and improper manner that the entries were made in the books excited sus picion, The Board then proceeded to notice a similar charge with regard to medical fees. No proof had been adduced that in any specific case the claims were improperly made, and the Board found that in every difficult case another medical practiticner was consulted. The Board held that Dr. Moore was entitled to the extra fees claimed by him, In alluding to the charge of bringing contempt upon the board of guar dians by public appeals to charity, the Board referred to the case of Sarah l3ranstone, end censured him for appeal ing to the public in place of applying to the guardians. With respect to the charge of neglecting and refusing to enter the attendance of his substitute in red ink, pursuant to the general consolidated order, the Board find that en March 7, 1861, the guardians requested Dr. Moore by letter to be careful to comply with this important requisition, Dr. Moore's explanation they regretted they could not receive as consistent with the facts. " It is not necessary that the Board should express an opinion with reference to all the subordinate charges against Dr. Moore, but they cannot avoid alluding to a paragraph in a letter published by him on 21st Oct. last, in which he speaksof the guardians as 'unblushing and mendacious slan derers.' Epithets such as these are obviously incompat:ble with the feeling of mutual confidence which should exist between the guardians and Dr Moore as one of their medi cal officers, and the board are unable to find that they are in any way justified by the evidence of the inquiry," After adverting to the evasive manner in which Dr Moore had answered Mr Gifford, in his cross examination upon a point connected with his qualification in the year 1812, the board proceeded to speak of the case of Sarah Dove at great length, and went through the evidence —which has been recently published in the reports of the inquest —at the Poor law inquiry before Mr Parnell. The board censured Dr Moore for having omitted five days to order the relieving officer to supply the necessary nourishment to the woman. " Another circumstance mentioned by Dr Moore in ex tenuation of his conduct is, that he had reason to believe that Sarah Dove's husband was at work. With respect to this point the board think it right to state that it is shown by the evidence that James Dove, the husband, has not been allowed pine awayd Sundays, and the w i t h out em ployment for the last t hree years, and in the last 5o weeks of that per iod he has receiv ed upon an average at least 16s per week ; that for three w eeks before his wife's death he received 2s p er week in additi on from a charitable lady, and that du rin g the last winter h e obtained chari t y from other sources. It a p pears, howe ver, that ho has been an for want inroreef result eetrr resources sel a eiset b ehwef i : t aeast o ran f ehrd d iees r wshu i n hcoa k hs: le n lai fsig lo et tdeprive hi m of any title to paro chial.o on ed Whilst, th erefore, the husban d' s his turwdaifyes is equally certain th at h e mus t b e held responsible for the slow starvation of his wife, it must be borne in mind that it was with the actual condition of the deceased that Dr Moore had to -ea .; and if he found her, as no doubt she was, destitute of the nourishment and other comforts requisite for the proper treatment of the case, of affectingdu his conduct it was his duty to have given the usual recom mendation for t h ose necessaries ,' witho ut delay. " The Board consi der that t n this instanc e D r M oore was esta blished against him at the first inquiry, and to the resolu tion passed by the guar dians that they had l ost all confi dence in him, the Boa rd feel that they have no alt ernative guiltyt to the several of veep seriouscircu m stances i ; and ha v i ng regar d l t consistent with their public duty, but to require him to re sign his present efflce.—letni, sir? yours, s ce, (Signed) ,411, FLE)4 iNG, Secretary." This letter having been read, the board of guardians passed to the consideration of a nother lett er w hi c h had b een received from the Poor-law Boprd, calling their attention to a charge against Mr. RaDeleillan, the relieving officer, that he had rudely pushed his way into a room where a woman had just been confined, and roughly refused to give any relief to the family or a cab to bury the deceased child, saying that they were a set of paupers and imposters, and he would lock them up. This case was adjourned. THE YOUTHFUL RAJAH OF ULWAH e PoOt an a) is expected in London. COURT CEREMONIAL OF THE ASSYRIANS.— There can be no doubt that the Court ceremonial of the Assyrians was stately and imposing. The mona rc h seems indeed not to have affecte d that privacy and seclusion which forms a predominant feature of the ceremonial observed in most Oriental monarchies. He showed him self very freely to his subjects on many occasions. H e superintended in person the accomplishment of his great works. In war and in the chase he rode in open chariot, never using a litter, though litters were not unknown to the Assyrians. In his expeditions he would often descend fam i l i ar ity of address. Both in peace from his chariot, a nd march or fi g ht on f oot like the meanest of his subjects. Bu t thou g h this familiar ising thear f multitude with th his features and a pp earance, he was f and war he was attended by various officers of st a t e , and no ono had speech of him except through them. It would even seem as if two persons only wer e en titled to open a conversation with him—the vizier and the chief eunuch. When he received them, he generally placed himself upon his throne, sitting, while they stood to ad dress him. It is strongly indicative of the haughty pride of these sovereigns, that they carried with them in their dis tant expeditions the cumbrous thrones whereon they were wont to sit when they dispensed justice or received homage. On these thrones they sat, in or near their fortified camps, when the battle or the siege was ended, and thus sitting they received in state the spoil and the prisoners. Behind them on such occasions were the two fan-bearers, while near at hand were guards, scribes, grooms, and other attendants. In their palace halls undoubtedly the ceremonial used was stricter, grander, and more imposing. The sculptures, how ever, furnish no direct evidence en this point, for there is thing to mark the scene of the great procasior pieces.— Ratclinson's Ancient Monarchies. President Lincoln's Call for Two Hundred Thousand Men, The following is President Lincoln's call for 200,000 additional men "Executive Mansion, Washington, March 14. "In order to supply the force required to be drafted for the navy, and to provide an adequate reserve force for all contingencies, in addition to the 50Q000 men called for February Ist, 1864, the call is hereby made and draft ordered for 290,000 men for the military service of the army, navy, and marine corps of the United States. Tho proportional quotas for the different wards, towns, townships, precincts, or election districts, or counties, will be made known through the Provost marshal General's Bureau; and account will be taken of the credits and deficiencies of former quotas. Ma 15th day of April, 1364, is designated as the time up to which the numbers required from such ward of a city, town, izz., may be raised by volun tary enlistment, and drafts will be made in each ward of a city, town, &c., which shall not have filled the quota assigned to it within the time desig nated for the number required to fill said quotas. The drafts will be commenced as soon after the 15th as practicable. The Government bounties, as now paid, continue until April 1, 1864, at which time the additional bounties cease. On and after that date 100 dole. bounty only will be paid, as provided by the act, approved July 22, 1861. (Signed) " ABRAHAM LINCOLN." street. Sergeant Appleton having identified the defendants as those named in the warrant, Mr. Arnold ordered the female to find two sureties in £2O each, and the man two in £4O each, to appear at the sessions. WESTMINSTER. A LADY'S LIFE PLACED IN IMMINENT DANGER.—Hew Walker was charged with being drunk while driving a horse and cart, doing damage, and placing the life of a lady in very imminent danger. Police-constable 133 B said that at a quarter past 10 last night he found the defendant drunk and incapable of tak ing care of his horse and cart in the high road at Knights bridge. At the time witness came up defendant was standing on the footway near his cart. MrTyrwbitt—What was the damage he did ? Witness—He smashed a cab all to pieces. Tdr Tyrwhitt—Was there any passenger in the cab P Witness —Passengers inside, and also one on the box with the driver. They were all placed in the most im minent peril. The cab-driver is here to state the circum stances of the case. Alfred Wigan said—l was going by Albert-gate last night when a buss pulled up in front of me for a passenger, and I was going by when this man came right from the other side of the road, and pulled right on to me on the wrong side of the road. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What was the effect of this ? Witness—My cab was smashed up, and a lady much injured and nearly killed. Mr. Tyrwhitt - How was that ? Witness—l had just taken up a party of five persons to convey to Kensington, and had one of them, a lady, outside the cab. It was the greatest mercy that she escaped. One of the shafts of the cart shaved her dress, and had it gone an inch more in one direction must have driven her right through the cab. Mr. Tyrwhict—ln what condition was the defendant ? Witness—He was very drunk and on his wrong side. The lady is here to say what happened to her. Mrs. Elizabeth Cook—My mouth is so much hurt by a blow I received that I can hardly speak. We were going through Knightsbridge last night when on a sudden this cart came upon us. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What injuries did you receive ? Witness—The shaft jumped up and struck mu on the side of the head—it then fell a little and glancing down my body did my clothes great damage. Mr. Ty rwhitt—What was the damage ? Witness—The shaft tore my silk dress to pieces—(dress produced), and my flannel petticoats and other things were dragged off my my back by the shaft of the cart. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Who was to blame ? Witness—Nor the cabman ; he was driving properly. Tho other man came upon him on a sudden. Defendant—l was not the person to blame more than the cabman. Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt was really the greatest mercy that something fatal did not result from defendant's misconduct. He is fined 40s. for the offence, or will _be imprisoned one month ; 40s, damage to the lady's dress, or one month, and he had better settle for the damage done to the cab, or a summons will be issued ag , ,inst him. THAMES. A MOST ARTFUL YOUNG TEIFF.--Amelia Bull, a very wicked girl, about 13 years of age, was brought Mere Mr. Paget, charged with stealing two half-crowns from a woman named Elizabeth Carrs, the wife of William Carrs, of No. 7, George-street, Limehouse. The prosecutor was at a shop in Market-street, Stepney, on Saturday night last, making some purchases. The pri soner was standing close to her on the right side, and was bargaining with the shopkeeper for a chemise. When Mrs. Carrs reached home she missed two half-crowns from her purse. The woman was astounded. She had not missed her purse in the shop, nor had she felt any hand in her pocket. There was some other silver in her purse which was not touched. The prisoner would most probably have remained undiscovered if she had not boasted to some of her girlish acquaintances that she had taken a purse out of a lady's pocket in a haber dasher's shop on Saturday night, stolen ss. from it, and returned it to the lady's pocket again without her discover ing her loss. The prisoner's boastings came to the know ledge of Mr. and Mrs. Carrs, and they gave information to the police. The prisoner was arrested last night by Wm. Paple, a police-constable, No. 288 K, at the house of her parents, in White Horse-street, Stepney. She admitted having stolen the two half-crowns, and said she had spen t 2s. of the money and returned 3s. to the constable. The constable sail the prisoner was a most dexterous young thief, and repeated complaints had been made at the station by people who had been robbed by her, but who did not like to prosecute her on account of her tender years, She robbed her father sometime ago of two sovereigns, and was brought before Mr Woolrych, who admonished her, and, at the solicitation of her father, discharged her. She then made the most solemn promises of amendment, but she had committed many robberies since. The prisoner—Please your worship, if you will let me go I will not do so any more. Mr. Paget said, unfortunately the prisoner's promises were worth nothing. She was a dangerous girl, and too artful in wickedness to be at large. Ile would consider what was to be done with her. At present she would be remanded for a week. THE REPUBLICAN NEItO FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS.—" What cares old Abe!" (exclaims Manhattan), he jokes and laughs as hevty as ever. At his reception one evening last week in the White House the negroes were as thic'x is blackberries in Jersey. Among them was a coloured barber named Burke ; he was an ap- plicant for an office in the New York Customhouse. The President requested him to call and take breakfast with him the next morning. Burke did so. After the meal, when they were alone, the President slapped him upon his knee in a friendly manner, and said, ' Burke, you want an office. I can't give you one, but I will tell you what I will do. I will tell you a story. Once upon a time King Solo mon, or his papa King David, or some other old buster of a King in Easter climes, kept an astrologer named Smith. The astrologer used to toll the King when it was going to rain and when it was not, and for this he got the tallest Mad of pay and good keeping. One day the King was going too hunt buffaloes on the Eastern prairies, and says he Smith,' What kind of a day will it be ? Will it be safe for my complexion to go out I' Heaven preserve your Majesty,' said Smith 1 'it will be a splendid day. It will not rain for a day or a month to come.' So the King went on his way to the buffalo pastures. On his way he met a country fellow riding on a jackass, who said to, the King, Turn about, your Majesty, if you don't want to get wet, for its going to rain like pitchforks.' I know better,' replied the King, I keep a . private astrologer, and he says it won't rain.' The King kept on, but presently it began to rain a young deluge. ' This is really delight ful,' said the King, as he hurried back to town to his palace, wet through to the skin, and Loking more like a half drowned rat than a decent King. ' Smith, what do you mean ?' said the King to the astrologer. The stars and things said it would not rain,' said poor Smith. Vacate,' said the King, and he sent for the man who rode the ass. What is your name ?' he asked, ' and how did you know it was going to rain?' My name is Johnson, and I knew it was going to rain because my jackass lowers his ears whenever it is going to rain.' So the King ordered his Billy Seward secretary to make out the papers appointing the jackass to the vacated office; and, Burke, ever since that day all the Jackasses of the country think they have equal claims to get office, and I am bothered to death with them. I don't want you to be regarded as a Jackass, and so I won't appoint you." If the leader of the American Christy Minstrels, now in England, wishes to use the above, and calls "Bones" to narrate it as the last coloured joke of Old Abe, he can do so, and I will make no charge, THE NEW HIGHWAY ACT.—The Act 24 and 25 Vic., cap. 51, having been applied to 56 parishes, embracing 300 miles of road in the West Riding petty ses sional district of Doncaster, the first meeting of the magis trates and waywardens of the district was held in the Town Hall, Doncaster, to take the preliminary steps for carrying out the measure. Sir Charles Wood, M.P., occupied the chair. Mr. W. B. Wrightson, M.P., was elected permanent chairman. Mr. Childers and Mr. Mellowes, of High Mel ton, were each proposed for the office of vice chairman, but the latter was selected by 31 votes to 34. For the office of clerk, the salary of which was fixed by the meeting at £35 per year, there were two candidates, Mr. F. E. Watkinson, of Sheffield, and Sir. C. E. Palmer, solicitor, Doncaster. The votes were taken, when there appeared for Mr. Wat kinson, 27; for Mr. Palmer, 34. Mr. Palmer was therefore declared elected. It was decided to postpone the appoint ment of surveyor until April 16, but the salary was fixed at LZOO per annum. COLLISION AND Loss OF LlFE.—Three lives have been lost by a collision in ltedwharf Bay. The unfortunate men were part of the crew of the schooner Britannia, of Carmarthen, Captain Rouse, bound to Port Madoc, with China clay. It appears the Britannia was at anchor, when an American schooner ran into her, and she immediately foundered, the three men going down in her. The captain, mate, and a boy were saved. The other vessel passed on without taking any notice of the cries of the un fortunate crew of the sunken ship. DISTRESSING SHIPWRECK. CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, March 27. Last night at 20 minutes to 7 o'clock (reports Mr. H. C. Gill) a messenger came to me from Port St. Mary, statieg that a schooner had betn struck by a squall off Port Iron, and was then lying on her beam-ends disabled, and requesting the lifeboat of the National Institution might be sent off to her. We decided that the most speedy way would be to take the boat overland, and accordingly we procured six horses and got off by 7 o'clock. The distance from Castletown to Port Iron is five miles. When we arrived at the latter place we were assured that the schca ner bad gone down about two hours previously, but as this information was supposed to be doubtful, and as the people strongly urged the propriety of sailing the boat on the chance of pick ing up some of the crew who might still be floating, even if the vessel had gone down, the boat was launched by five minutes past 8. I accompanied the men, and took with me the harbour-master of Port St. Mary to point out the position as near as might be where the vessel had last been seen. We went out in a north-westerly direction for about 4 miles and a half, the wind blowing strongly from the N.W., and there being a very heavy sea on. In fact, it was such a sea as I am convinced no boat bat a lifeboat could have existed in many minutes. We then cruised about the track which it was sup posed the schooner or her crew might be on for about an hour, showing a light, and looking out in all directions, but without any success. The boat's head was then turned towards the Calf of Man, which we rounded, still being, as our crew thought, on a favourable tract—a strong tide having set in in that direction sufficient to carry along any wreck or floating body. All our efforts, however, were in vain,and we were obliged to return without having effected any good. We first took the boat into Port St. Mary, where we arrived about 12 o'clock, hoping to find the carriage and horses there. In this we were mistaken ; they had re turned to Castletown. And after the men had been hospitably entertained by one of the inhabitants, they rowed the lifeboat home to Castletown, where they arrived shortly after two o'clock this morn ing. I regret to have to relate a tale of such ill success, but the men did everthing in their power, and exhibited a degree of patience, perseverance, and bravery, such as asto ❑ished me. They say their boat is beyond all praise. I have ascertained that the schooner in question was the Vixen, of Peel, in this island, John Sans burg, master. Crew of five men, and captain's wife on board, from Bordeaux to Belfast, with Indian corn, in bulk. She called into Port St. Mary, about two o'clock yesterday, to take the master's wife on board. It is stated today, and beyond all doubt that the vessel and all her 'crew went down. Tills valuable lifeboat was instrumental on the 11th inst 7 during a heavy gale of wind in saving four poisons from the smack Water Lilly, the vessel soon af(erwarda becoming a total wreck. Altogether the lifeboat has within the last six years rescued 27 shipwrecked persons. Factory Acts Extension Bill. A bill has been introduced by her Majesty's Government for the extension of the Factory Acts to certain trades not included in the previous acts, but in which children, young persons, and women are employed. The trades which it is now proposed to include within the provisions of the Factory Act are the following :-1. The manufacture of earthenware, except bricks and tiles, not being orna mental tiles. 2. The manufacture of lucifer matches. 3. The manufacture of percussion caps. 4. The manufac ture of cartridges. 5. The employment or paper staining. 6. The employment of finishing, hitching, lapping, making up, or packing any yarn, or any mixture of them, or any yarn or cloth, or any other material or material warehouses, or in those of finishers, or in those of makers up and packers. 7. The employment of fustian cutters. The following are the main provisions of the bill :—The Fac tory Acts shall be incorporated with this act, and shall apply to the several manufactures and employments mentioned in the first schedule, with the qualifications and subject to the additions thereinafter mentioned :-1. The term "factory" to have the same meaning as in the Factory Acts. 2. During the first six calendar months next ensuing the passing of this act, children of not less than 11 years of age may be employed for the same time, and subject to the same conditions, for and subject to which young persons exceeding 13 years of age may be employed in pursuance of the said Factory Acts. 3. During the first 30 calendar months next ensuing the passing of this act, children of not less than 12 years of age may be employed for the same time, and subject to the same conditims, for and subject to which young persons exceeding 13 years of age may be employed in pursuance of the said Factory Acts. 4. In the manufacture of lucifer matches, no child, young person, or woman shall be allowed to take his or her meals in any part of the factory where any manufacturing process (except that of cutting the wood) is usually carried on; and any child, young person, or woman who is allowed to take his or her meals in any part of the factory in con travention of the said provisions shall be deemed to be em ployed contrary to the provisions of the Factory Acts. 5. In the employment of fustian cutting, no child shall be al lowed to commence work until the attainment of the age of l 1 years ; and any c hild who is allowed to commence work in the employment of fustian cutting before the said age of 11 years shall be deemed to be employed contrary to the said 6. During the first 18 calendar months next Fishery Acts, ensuing the passing of this act, so much of the said Factory Acts as provides that during any time allowed for meals no child, young per son, or woman shall be employed or allowed to remain in any room in which any manufacturing process is carried on, and that all the young persona employed in a factory shall have the time for meals at the same period of the day, shall not apply to the employment of paper stain ing or to tte manufacture of earthenware. SUDDEN DEATH OF ONE OF THE PERFORMERS AT THE N E W ROYALTY THEATIZE.—Last night, about 10 o'clock, Mr Henry Seymour, one , of the performers at the New Royalty Theatre, suddenly expired on the stage. It appears that it was the deceased's first appearance at the theatre, and while walking from the front of the stage to the back, during the performance of the new burlesque of the "Woman at the Wheel," he fell down in a fit. Assist ance was promptly rendered the deceased—Dr Rogers, of Dean-street, being at the time in the pit of the theatre—but it was of ne a vail, the deceased having ceased to exist, The wife of the deceased. it is stated, was in the pit at the time, but was only made conscious of the melancholy event by the loud cells of the audience for the " miller," the part h er husband was taking. The body of the deceased was removed to the dead house of St Ann's to await an inquest. MAKING BAD WoRsE.—A Parisian portrait painter, having painted the portrait of a lady, a critic who had just dropped in to see what.was going on exclaimed, "It is very nicel y painted—but why did you take such an ugly model P" "It is my mother," calmly replied the artist. "Oh, pardon, a thousand times," from the critic in the greatest confusion. "You aro right—l ought to have perceived it. She resembles you com pletely." SIR JOHN BOWRING has presented to the British Museum his very fine collection of insects made during his long residence iu the East, The collection. consists of 81,200 specimens. Brooke House, Isle of Wight, where Garibaldi is to be the guest of Mr. Scely, M.P. for the City of Lincoln, is situated in the south-west of the island, not far f r om Freshwater, the residence of Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate. The Late Trial for Attempted Murder in France. The acquittal of M. Armand at Aix, when tried on the charge of attempting to murder his coach. man, Maurice Roux, suggests to the France the subjoined reflections :—" A man happened to exist holding an honourable position ; he was wealthy, beneficent, and honoured with the esteem and con sideration of his fellow-citizens. One day it came to pass that an evil report was circulated about ac cusing this man of an atrocious crime—namely, that he had attempted t) murder his servant, and with a superabundance of cruelty which added to the horror of the deed. Who was the accuser ? The servant himself, who pretendeg. to have been his master's victim. What was the object of this cowardly attempt? No one knows. Under what circumstances did it cccar Was there a quarrel with high words and blows on both sides? No one can tell. Oa this denuncia tion M. Armand was arrested ; a protracted inves tigation followed; and ever since the 7th July last, the accused hes nidergone all the sufferings of pre ventive imprisonment with the rigorous formalities which examining magistrates have the right to enforce. The passions of the public were roused, and it was found indispensable to remove the trial to a distant department in order that the accused and his judges might be placed in a more impartial medium. At last, after eight long months, justice gives her award. He who was the object of so much rigour, prejudice, and public passion, is solemnly acquitted. It is no duty of ours to search the consciences of the accused and his accusers for the solution of mysteries which are known to God alone; but public opinion has taken a deep interest in the various incidents of this drama ; and now that it has resulted in a verdict of not guilty, we think that it offers a lesson which ought not to be given in vain." The lesson in question is that the Armand trial furnishes the strongest argu ments against the system of preventive imprison ment now acted on in France, since here is a man solemnly declared innocent by a jury of his countrymen, who for eight months had to undergo all the bodily and mental torture in cidental to close confinement for so lengthened a period. Hence, argues the France, nothing can be more urgent than to reform the French penal code in the part relative to preventive imprisonment. But there is another portion of the trial which perhaps will be even more commented on than M. Armand's imprisonment—the decision of the Court the day after his acquittal, whereby the man pro nounced not guilty the preceding day, has to pay 20,000 fr. to Roux as damages for having inadvert ently given him a blow. The Court declared that it acted in virtue of Art. 1,382 of the Code Napo leon. On referring to that enactment, we find that it runs thus : " Any act whatever of a man that causes damage to others, obliges him by whose fault it occurs to repair it." In England, this supplementary sentence could not be well comprehended, as the decision of the jury would have terminated the case by affirming the prisoner to be either innocent or guilty. In France the practice is different, and the Constitutionnel gives on the incident the following explanation, which, however, reads very like an apology:— " It is proper to add, in order to explain this result, that, according to the law, the Court is not bound by the verdict of the jury; in this sense, that, although the latter has set aside the criminality, the former may consider the fact as proved, and declare the author responsible in a civil point of view. More over, the negative verdict of the jury only bears on the [culpability, and does not pronounce on the materiality, of the fact. A person accused may be the author of the act with which he is charged, and nevertheless not be guilty. According to the letter of the law, public and civil action are entirely dis tinct, without influence one on the other, and may even be brought before different different courts. The decision come to by a Criminal Tribunal does in any way bind that which may take place be fore the civil jurisdiction." THE FRENCH THEATRES, LYRI4I7E.—The extraordinary reputation of M. Gounod's last opera, " Faust," which appears to be making the tour of all Europe, attracted a very unsual degree of attention to his new opera just brought forward here, entitled "Mireille.'' We have"never seen a more crowded or more excited audience, or one more desirous to be pleased, than that assembled at its first representation. But whether it was that public expectation had been too highly raised, or from whatever other cause, certain it is that though the new opera was favourably received it did not create the same undivided admiration as its predecessor. Not that there was any want of enthusiasm ; on the contrary, there was too much, for the opinions of its supporters seemed to be rather the expres sion of passion than judgment. How the world will even tually decide a little time will determine. For ourselves, without undertaking to pronounce an opinion after one uneasy and agitated hearing as to whether the fanatics of the more discreet moderados were right, we are at present disposed to believe that the majority will be found among the latter. The libretto is founded upon a pretty and touch ing legend of Provence, written in the patois of that poetic part of the country, and prettily versified by M. F. Mistral, in a little poem somewhat resembling in style Bishop Percy's old English ballads. It may be rougly sketched in substance as follows :—Mireille, the heroine, is a vir tuous and gentle village girl, whose hand is sougkt by two suitors—one of them a man of substance, but of violent and bratal character; the other named Vincent, his contrast in person, character, and purse. Mireille prefers the letter. His rival, irritated at being refused, waylays Vincent at a pass on the mountains, an encounter ensues : and Vin cent is thought to have fallen by his hand. Mireille, deeply distressed at her lover's supposed death, undertakes a pil grimage to pray for him at a celebrated shrine [in those parts, but on reaching the end of her long journey she is overjoyed to find Vincent waiting for her, having escaped the attempt of his formidable rival. Unfortunately this happiness comes too lato. Overpowered by fatigue and suffering she has been struck by a coup de soleil, and ex pires in her lover's arms. We could not help thinking that this coup de soleil, introduced by the poet to ac count for her death, was quite superfluous under the cir cumstances, and one of the audience suggested it should be called le coup [do " grace." The first act was very warmly applauded, particularly a chorus, " Chantez, Charles:Magnanarelles I" vehemently encored. The second act, though not so much distinguished by the favour of the public, came in for a due share of approval. In the third, a long baritone solo of a gloomy or religious character found few partisans, but in the fourth a charming cantilena, Het elm Petit Berger, sung by Mine. Carvalho, united all suffrages in its favour; it is a gem of the first water. This lady never displayed her talents to greater advantage, and Madame Fare Lefebvre seconded her most admirably. The scenery and general appoint ments are in the usual style of this house—that is to say, not easily surpassed in any theatre. The customary up roarious enthusiasm followed the descent of the curtain, in the midst of which the names of the composer and writer were honoured with ovations loud and long enough to com pensate for any deficiency of warmth exhibited during the representation. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. NORTHAMPTON RACES--THIS DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Dollar Lord Zetland Loiterer Eighteen ran. TRIAL STAKES. Wendusk Lord Burleigh Sda King- Six ran. WHITTLEBURY STAKES. Soumiso Blousley Eleven ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DURHAM RACES-MONDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added; we i g h t for age ; certain penalties and allowances. T.y,c. 8 subs. Mr Jackson's Lady Louisa, 6 yre, 9st Glb (Doyle) 1 Mr Sidney's Chicquot the Jester, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Snowden) 2 Mr T. Dawson's Madame Patti, 2 yrs, 7st 41b tarson) 3 Mr R. Chilton's Little Duchess, 3 yrs 7s (M 11b '(Whiteley) 4 Mr Turnbull's Tarlatan, a yrs, ist 111 b (Colpitts) 5 Betting-2 to lon Lady Louisa, 4to 1 each agst Little Duchess and Chicquot the Jester, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths; the same between second and third ; a length between third and fourth. The Elemore Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib; fillies and geldings, Bst Gib; winners extra; allowances. T.Y.C. 21 subs. Mr J. Osborne's King Arthur, Sat 101 b (Whiteley) 1. Mr 'imley nd Club Queen, 9st (Harrison) 2 Mr Fobert's East Lynne, 9st 41b (Snowden) 3 Mr Jackson's Side Wind, Sat (Doyle) 4 Nothing More and Black Duchess also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst East Lynne, 2 to 1 agst Ring Arthur, 3 to 1 agst Club Queen, 5 to 1 agst Side Wind. Won by a length ; a neck between second and third ; good fourth. The Durham Handicap of 60 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 2 if declared, &c. ; winners extra; second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 17 subs. Mr T. Masterman's Honest John, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Snowden) 1 Mr Fobert's Wisdom, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Marson) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Mantrap, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b ..(Whiteley) 3 Mr Bowes's Theobalda, 3 yrs, 7st (Sellers) 4 Also ran Hypermenstra and Hospitality colt. Betting-6 to 4 agst Mantrap, 2to 1 agst Theobalda, 3 to 1 agst Honest John, 6 to 1 apt Hospitality colt. Won by a neck ; twc lengths between second and third. The Stand Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added ; weight for age, with selling and other allowances. T.Y.C. Mr Walpool nd. Lizette, 4 yrs, (£3O), Sst 3113*(Snowden) 1 Mr W. I'Anson's Little Hannah 1111 y, 3 yrs (C3O), Tat 81b (Robinson) 2 Mr 3". Robson's Dick Swiveller, aged (f.,30), 9st lib (Harrison) 3 111 r J. Osborne's Vatty colt, 2 yrs (L3O), sst 10lb (Crawahaw) 0 Betting-7 to 4on Lizette, 3to 1 agst any other. Won by six lengths ; the same between second and third; Vatty colt bolted. Ths Durham Hunt Plate of 50 sow, weight for age ; allowances and penalties. Two miles. 32 subs. Mr W. H. Scott's Fly-by-Night, aged, h.b., 12st 41b (Mr Wilkinson) 1 Mr W. Cowen's White Socks, aged, list 131 b (Mr Smith) 2 Mr Robertson's nd. Sir Charles (Mr Skeene) 3 The following also ran :—Little Thought Of, The Queen, Maid Marian, Romeo, The Roguish Lawyer, Lady Collingwood, and Little Tom. Betting-2 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night, 4to 1 agst White Socks, 5 to 1 agst Sir Charles, 8 to 1 agst any other, Won by two lengths; a bad third. TATTERSALLS'.-LAST NIGHT. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STASES. 100 to 30 agst Lord Zetland (taken) sto 1 agst Gardener (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Costa (taken) 11 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken) 100 to 8 agst Wingrave (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dollar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blondin (offered) 25 to 1 agst Touch-and-Go (taken and offered) 25 to 1 aget Alabama (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Lapidist (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 4to 1 agst Soapstone (taken) Bto 1 agst Lady Clifden (taken) CITY AND STIBURIIAN. 100 to 6 agst Voluptas (taken) 16 to 1 agst Liston (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 100 to 6 agst Forager (taken) 1000 to 35 agst First Flight (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Ely (taken) 33 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 40 to I agst General Peel (taken) 50 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 50 to 1 agst Jack Frost (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Balornock 1000 to 15 agst Jupon THE SHAH'S JEWELS.—In such a show of gems as seemed to realise the wonders of Aladdin's lamp, the eye was too much dazzled and the memory too con fused for description to be possible. But I remember that at the back of all was the Kaianian crown, and on either side of it two Persian lambskin caps adorned with splendid aigrettes of diamonds. The clown itself was shaped like a flower- pot, with the smell end open, and the other closed. On the top of the crown was an uncut ruby, apparently without flaw, as big as a hen's egg. In front of the crown were dresses covered with diamonds and pearls, trays with necklaces of pearls, rubies and emeralds, and some hundreds of diamond, ruby, and torquoise rings. In front of these again were gauntlets and belts covered with pearls and diamonds, and conspicuous among them the Kaianian belt, about a foot deep, weighing perhaps 181 b., and one complete mass of pearls, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies. Still nearer to us stood a drinking bowel completely studded with enormous jewels, a tray full of foreign orders set in brilliants, and in front of all lay a dozen swords, one or two of which are worth a quarter of a million each. Along with these were epaulettes covered with diamonds, and armlets so contrived that the brilliants revolved and kept up a continual shimmer. It was difficult among so many to single out particular gems. Perhaps, however, the first place ought to be assigned to the famous Darya i Nur, or " Sea of Light," the sister diamond to our Punjab trophy, the Kuh i Nor, or " Mountain of Light." It is an inch and a half long, an inch broad, and 3-Bths of an inch thick. It:has the name of Fath Ali Shah on one side, and the inscribing this name reduced the value of the diamond, so at least says Yahya Khan, "deux millions—mais deux mil lions de quoi—de piastres, de francs—quo sail-je P" I was not prodigiously impressed with this jewel. It is a mon strous diamond, but not very brilliant. I could pardon a rustic who should mistake it for glass. Nevertheless it has a wondrous history. The Persians say—and, to copy the Jowettian expression, I partly agree with them—that the Sea of Light and the Mountain of Light were jewels in the sword of Afrasiab, who lived 3,000 years B.c. Rustam took them from Afrasiab, and they continued in the orown of Persia till they were carried away by Timur, from w h om they descended to Muhammad Shah, King of Delhi, and Nadir brought them from India ; but when h e was slain, Ahmed Shah Abdalli carried off the Kuh i N ur , w hi c h de scended to Shah Shuj a, and was taken from him by Ran jit Singh. The Darya i Nur remained in Persia with the greater part of the other gems that Nadir brought flora India.—.Eastwiek's Journal in Persia. THE LANCASHIRE COAL TRADE.—WIGAN, Satnr day.—Considerable activity still prevails in the coal trade of this district, and the general aspect of affairs i s quite as promising as can be expected. The stocks in the hands of some of the firms have not lately been much reduced, but it is thought not unlikely, now that a difficulty is felt in obtaining men to work full time, that a consider able decrease may before long be apparent. Daring the late slackness many men were thrown out of employ, or employed so seldom that they deemed it advisable to leave the district, in not a few instances the mines in America proving attractive, and the want of these hands is now be. ginning to be felt in some quarters. This difficulty cannot, however, be of long continuance, as the demand will shortly be checked by the approach of summer. The iron smelting business is gradually extending in this locality, a new fur nace, making the fifth, having lately been erected by the Kirkless-hall Company. The gradual introduction of this trade, signs of which are apparent in different parts of the county, must have a beneficial effect on the coal trade. The additions to existing works show that the result so far has been most satisfactory, and there appears little doubt that in a short time the markets adjacent will be supplied from the district itself. The act of Parliament to enable Sir John Law rence to receive his annuity of £2,000 from the East India Company, in addition to his full salary of Governor-General of India, was printed on Saturday. The Secretary o f State for India is now empowered to pay the full salary, notwithstanding the annuity of £2,000. SOMETHING DNS AN ADVEETISEIFENT.—TIA Surrey managementhas adopted a Love' way of advertising the popular melo-drarna "Ashore awl Afloat." They have chartered a good. sized and full rigged man-o% and bearing a crew of some half- Laze' mou n t e d d t s d t r n lmt or wheels,s SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 29.—Wind this day at noon—Squally with rain ; 12.30, fine and clear, with strong breeze from N.W. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 27—Citizen (steamer), from Bordeaux• Sailed, biarch 29—Scotia, for St. John's, New Brune wick. DBAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored Monica, from Mauritius, for London — Cleaver, from Shields for Shanghae-- Adler, P r ussian bark, from London, for Newport—Little Nell and Queen Ad e. laide of Ipswich, from the north , f or the west—Horatio, from Demerara, for Sunderland — lren a, from Cherbourg, for Norway, _ - APPREHENSION OF A RETURNED CoNTicT.-- On Saturday forenoon Alexander Hunter, a man about 35 years of age, belonging to Langholm, was appre hended in Linlithgow on a charge of forgery. It appears that on Sept. 25, 1860, Hunter was sentenced at Jedburgh to four years' penal servitude for forgery and uttering a forged letter, and was liberated from Dartmoor Prison on license on Dec. 2 4 las t, having undergone three years and three months of his sentence. The balance of a gratuity is given to a released convict at the expiration of three months, on proof by certificate from a magist ra t e or o th er compe t en t person that he is earning his livelihood by honest means; and to obtain the balance due to him on that con dition Hunter appears to have fabricated a certificate to that M r . and to have forged and adhibited to it the name of Mr. Colquhon, chief constable, Linlithgow. He despatched the certificate, along with his claim for the balance of the gratuity, to the Governor of Dartmoor Prison; but that official, being suspic;oum of th e genu i nene ss of the docu ment, communicated with Mr. Colquhoun, who made ar rangements for securing Hunter should he call at the post office. On Saturday forenoon Hunter called at the post office, asking for a letter, and was accordingly taken into custody. He had previously been an inmate of the Linlith gow poorhouse for some weeks.--,Eclitthurgli Courant. 1 ~i, ~ i