The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-29 00:00:00

kO NEY MARKET. AND C°IMtItOIAL INTELLIGENCE. O'CLOCK. The availabl e balances ClTY ,of the TWELVE Discount Market 11,,,-P.Zerat d it ,al rt t o ho h u e gh gradnally i ncreas i ng, wh i le the de active, tells littl e u p on th e resource s. ;e1 class bills have been negotiated at 71 and 8 Re : cl e . e nt., but there is an unfavourable opinion re joint in g the prospects of monetary affairs, and the 4 . atoek and public firms still appear not over 1 , 11(111 8 to secure business unless upon full terms. th e t ile w,teekly Statement published last evening by of 4114 of England authorities presents features been m ar favourable character than could have lorvlleaPi2iPated during a time when there was a th e ' d - ; "ltand for gold to send abroad, and when f e ,,;; lse °oot rate out of doors was equal for some sp e "Y s to the minimum of the national establish ,eaetit• The bullion shows a small increase, the kA 4 e of notes is very much larger, while there is the e ltilin tition iu the other securities. Annexed are Particulars :-- 4cti`43 C irculation 520,287,075 Bullion Decrease 540,120 °- • • • • • • 13,022,220 a 4estlncre Se • • tt 48,101 P • • • • • • • • 3,419,971 „--.-ease • • • • 14,746 Il uu t c Depo s it; • " • 6,337 : 21 °the'rtilePase.ta.• ••• • • 13,406,627 7 • B"retlee-CiDerrialend:O•ther Bills ••••• 4578238J554008 o"erlitnent Se • c • urities • • •••• :.• 11,077,189 Oth er see Noalteration. 19,843,260 N cr ties '• • • • • 428,411 - -ihes e • • • • • ' • • l l'6 I ncres se nernpl o yed • . • • • 6 ' 713,935 • 5,640 Atr 'AAAat from the West Indies, has 85 brought ur l Itei tnitl l °4 the last f ew days there has been very little ktuk o in the F ore i gn and Colonial Produce ellea„-.B'et Su gars have in some i ns t ances b een rather goi , whil e full rates have been obtained for ate ad) , gu e qualiti es o f co ff ee . Tea has been i n tene tc ,Ntleet, and rice, saltpetre, and tall ow have al tetati l b een in limited favour without materia l At the ill values. A llatt a r e alf-yearly meeting to-day of the Scottish ebl e tau Investment Company, a dividend, pay off 1 0 t lle 10th proximo, was declared at the ra te l 1 41 0 4" cent • Per-annum, less income-tax. .2 T he t he 14 : 261 was carried forward to the credit o 47 ) 3 4a -1170 fund; which will now amount to At t he P Two O'CLOCK. Ir. Re aria Bourse this morning, according to here Parts telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes b (laete 66t 40c., 66f. 35c. Heavy. 11' trace d ' 4 hed P i red this morning that the old esta at Of b al of Messrs. Orchard and Co., drapers, 161 le gtt f 'ulliti e .8 'reet, has suspended payment. The It te co at i B are estimated at £50,000, but the assets N4llE:street Ifkib,,cleteble. Mr. W. J. White, the accountant, , Cheapside, has been engaged to in -1): .' e the „rihaccounts. bi. t he ' g earlier hours o f business this morning It oy mt ~. `h et. ieelm -5 pervaded the English Stock t he f o ?'ta upward tendency was partly owing ie4debet,:tirable Benk return, but there is now a . 40 th 4l ; t° depression, and the Funds are 1-16th ' t e 901 th e price at which they opened. Console 4 , k i ra n e " T -4 eY and 90k 1 for the account. The k hree ' - the 8 and Reduced Annuities are 90! I ; 10 4 i 1 1% bills, 10s. to 4s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents, 1 Iti th e "nd the Bonds, par. 'lta t at p, reign I'll tal e hi 5 Market a general improvement it' h r ace and business is moderately active. lid 1 6 ' -ii Per Cents 1862, are 67 1-; do. Conso- L ' 161 1 ~ etai„, si ; Megic in , 35i 36k ; Greek, 211 i ; eik , 4 P ..; t 4 "°, 1.7 4-""re 3 31; d o. Certificates, 13/- ; Portu -41 1 ' 44 4, 4 . ; Italian, 67 1 ; TII 7 49' . and the Confederate hive h e n —tl ttions in the Railway Share Market k - '' I. t r - f ? " 3" limited. Metropolitan have declined , a-,E is is • th re and Yorkshire 58., and Great 6 3 t 'a ls Zes t ' N 8 ' Midland, however, have advanced 1 , the p ore , Eastern (Berwick) ss. Eit ieti o l'i tu and Colonial lines exhibit little 11 4 of 4 11 1 ., 4 41 r „ a ,Pertance. I tl etit at Thkwilecellaneous Shares continue in fair ••uo‘u f o r mer " l : tb;bs_ c rates . Lo c.i /11 41., 3 e•ti t ,,,, .st i 1 , 1 „.. P b er itr ee ' ; t 4 . & 111 SING PRICES. 3r, "e A ee 4 eol • • NEar C c'otit p•• ....... 90i le w 3 e nt. heci eb,,t .. •. ......... nn i iz ew ai p er ceilt ile al ... • ............ v 9 u o ; l 1 I 4441 1iti e Per C eet . ..,f ...... .................. 906 t i 4444i5, %April 180-1.1801 bittc,", 30 y? 8 0 . b. v for 30 8 ) qpir ' s . .. s t , s ;tto (p r „ Yrs ~ . e 6th Jan., 1880.. "tieque7..ho.Baa'ere sth April, 1885. Pit t , 4 % 1 14,4 1 n e r ,graph), Au g . 1908. -- , eirk", '"°) 2 4 & 3per Cent. 4 die 1 'ltb/A 45 0 0 • ; • ~, lO die .. kli a el't G o , rE 410 - and : ..... biot o k 'c A It, toi,l'lri,li'r SECURITIES. 14°1tt 4Cetluiat"k•eet. April 1874 — , 6 Per ' .... '. tt e d keeoa at ti t' JUI . y, 1, ,. 7 ; ........ 1041 14 Ditt o tPer ce..‘,. Oct, eo te ', tifa eer f','•, Oct, 1888 .• t te ,,Per c,LaPer, 4 , per Cent .. tto 't Der n'''''' 4 an 1872 I) b Cent. M ' .. Il t ,Pit:,, e akre s :' 4 ' a y , 16 79 — Per Ct., April 1861 —l)ii't t oad ditt o to a 1 1,,.. 4 Z1 ,00(1 . Aug., 1.866 -- , 0 "ior 44,,, 4 4t ' ittlGl7 ............ rk4 10141 UNDS--CLOSING.yItICES. t r i) itt e J3 itt o s ' 5 Per Cent -- bit,ti,. 4.. t) ,„,„ .......... s fi , :e lu i t . :°°U b it .o, imber Cen t to li 9 am ii 6 .......... - .. — t lit e s lot to -., 1852-58-60 ti ttle. orin i 4 4863 186.3 V* % 6 37r ee 6 ' £55 Paid oit(1 ser ettter Cent. • • tli Z , obi a 4 ei cent Ot t ! per e S criP £5O • p . CI .—. ---- nll i t Per44,4' 1 /"ltt l oit Pet p ( ''llt, .. 'ldt h e tlpe r 'eat, 1888 .............. It% ) ut.,Der 1 : 1 t., 1825 sq. l l . ,,,cie r i r , , ~n. 1864 ............. ~ 93 l htt;: i i‘le;, ,51°11a1d tPti lea tovi eo tiaohdated 1 per Cent --• %, itt e De 44 1 Land Warrant — ti eL ,&„ r (1,,,, b i k 5 1 , e ad /__Lit, vto A t Cent., `‘'ll I ,!tt e ,teettp,, 1824-5, ex-Coupons 2l 4,lttql .. °llp o ''' ..... 211 i I,mAt e g er „ ts ......... , ~a . viiii a ,,%;an t . .............. e 4 Nt9 e l tlDer u t te r det:t. kt, ate Der ilt •Olareintn ..... Railway; It % "tiel l kee4 s4 eent ~ 33a , I lit •• • ...... bi t e 4i N)t r i a l • ............. bit V t(l , 6 Per Cent P DAD Der ' • • . ... ~ 1 4, 1 i et t , C etit. - - - Li t „......a,,, m. bitLyet,;4l-4,a,. „bi tB 7; 6 1 „„`L'anta ectares) — .r e .io 8 4,3 .... , r , nxe __. 1 14 1 cli p ... Cen t . , z , x• hui hi t ,_ , (l l ) (18e.,•, ..... Pb.O .4 "Por t ') £ l2 Bs. 3d. paid —pm to 1 %4 14 ent. Itt e i I le t. N u A t ., t (~,::,••. ... ........... I ) l itee,:c4a.C4 , 9 1862 bte a pet:• .............. b. , to a teotit c e nt., 1853 it ' . D eCO .. . -‘, 4 „_ .:erti. hi . , 1 44 4 - k:04,, t. .., 1866, , 7, ,9, '6O, 62,'3 471 tto 44. Pe r a• i t bittoPer gear' , 1 822, i'St ~1t.41. 1850 . a 'lte !Par c 1860 ....... e. L. ~ ~.. a ut. ~,. ............ .. c; ! t iai k'et e.. ard l to 9 .............. tt k, l 3 p ier 041t1.°62 .............. 88 !t f ,. 4, c eo t Ceat it,' N teat 1.1 0 4 e* e .............. b..to pece t4l ( erred o,tlt. 41, . t I;.„ie „, _ sive ............. ' 1141 1 ‘ . 1 04 , 4t itirt .. ... . i54,,0._ of Cot,.__ . . .. ISlZ'„'t p e 4 4.... ! ) . ?.!It . •......... ,!t tte i o. k p er e ent. 4 . ) toc,. tollti c t. , t. 1854 Dot o • Der c otl . 1858 —. Is ~ 5 ,,_ 0 44 t. :it :4; t„, e .8(: .. _ 4i4k,„ Apertioe)a,dB 18 2' 70i I ,ll i l tt t l e tZnlnt. t. 1862 (.I. _ 0 140,:,• ~,,,%„,„T‘ittt,::S -- I )it t 4/ A t , Per (3''' , per Cent. . 109 4i41 ()1 14t. Ptl t. l e .1:,%,(2,,_ J e it eoln il t., 18'62 )cmt ri 'vi de t... kiik, is ncia ... . . .i: V, ltt, t 44 per ' e a th e bove payable in Loud n. R bi to i p e P r e e t e tt e t. ll , t t •• z Ex. , 10 Flori ns . Itiletk li e i e r pt., E x. 12 24f.. I )'''', 6 4 tee e4t . Certifi unit — Li L, A p„ Cent p er e cues see 'eel 4 ,, e nt., E. 25f . tts onto, _. :, uul, X. 25 francs.. - 4 1 , 4% Ivo • ........ J 1., 3 CI kte o lle3' .. . THREE O'CLOCK. it Itnt .. ................... :90/ 1 .................. 6i / ki t t 4 4 l itel t ttl °ll d' 4 4W— - - k l . & Jr . . ii.er15...,i3.. ednesday, a farm labourer, ‘° 't€4l,4tilll'lletilreglei:ilow:it,3i4titthiail,:sei(l;voStonty:asni:in g m Jack ali c: : awlyassect(tirn na SHARE MARKETS,---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. Share R Paid., I Closing 1 Business , 'i Price. done. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 8 Sj 81 83 81 $6 1201 121 i 7 74 Do A A gets no di. Do. B till 6p c.p an.h been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Westerx, Great Eastern, Ord. stl Ditto A stock 37 39 16 17 96 97 106 108 49 50 46 48 711 Ditto East Anglian 81 GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. awl W. of Irelan Great Western 128 ‘29 1341 1351 134 136 97 99 65 Gsi Do Str Val gun. stock Lancashire & Yorkshirt London and 131ackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shet, & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New 110 110 ; 70 72 103 104 41 43 107 107! 102 1(3 504 51 98 100 124 1291 lt 1V) 98 100 Do Birmlna. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwich Do, G.N.E. purchasi Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. •• ..•• • North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook 52 63 25 to 1031 103 f -- —d 69 60 90i 91& 125 130 1 77 7 2 9 p it 114 123 126 93 45 98 100 Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpooi Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dur Staines, Wok.,and Wok. Stockton tt Darlington 63 64 33 34 941 e 5 98 100 91 ioi 88 39 9i 10i c, 7i 8 , 16J 10 5} 61 I 3 Si p 85 90 170 175 Do Do New, 188& Taff Vale- ..... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria stn.. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Hardat West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH POSSE Railways Atlantic & St Lair - renCi Boin.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laaeflurou Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantAGodrich 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187? Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutta. a S. Eastn. (Lin',', Cape Town Dock Sail Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. llast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada 1)o. Ist Pref. Bonds .. Do. ao. deferred__ Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred__ Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W t of Canada Shares Do. New . • • Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 P. c. -- Do. 4I p. o. Extension De. 44 Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Buds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. &lortg. Bds. Newßr miswick t Canda Class A and B. N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do t Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) Paid.' all 100 100 100 100 100 100 ' 100 ,SIGNS. Closing Prioe. 59 dit: 103 IC4 1 P 6 1 P 51 6 8 9 1(0 102 101 103 105 106 103 104 P 195 20i 73 15 58 St 66 68 50 b 5 50 52 40 E 2 26 28 22 t 4 IG3 105 i 1, 102 104 91 10 11 101 1 92 04 85 87 i il) 104 lu4 97 99 sa 96 58 60 3 5 82 84 102 104 102 104 * Op 102 lu-1 98 NO 13.14, 1 9.18.41 It 10 stock st ock S'Onk all 100 (100 'lOO 2 all 100 k 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 07. a p.j.Ji;:aiul3 I 1877-8 i 100 100 102 102 1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. e Aug. 100 103 105 - , Do. Ip. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do. Ip. c. JandkJuly. 10i 1 00 02 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 109 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 1 00 1 10 112 ;Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 104 106 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent 10 0 1 57 109 --IN.B.Gov. 6 p.o..ta.&July 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5p a, Mit 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,18/t to 1:;7( 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 100 99/ New Zealand 6 p cent 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C - sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 1041 i 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 108 110 IS.Aus G6p.c.1878.4; up lOO 408 110 IVIc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. io 6 p.o. A.n.&Oot lOO 110 111 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id, ufiflord Amalgamated.. 381 39 4 Devon G. Cone. (Taoist.) 1 570 49 East Bassett (Illogan) lO 671 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. id par East Caradon ..... 114.6 27 28 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 7 71 ,E. W l l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 61 IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 581 10 12 ;Great South Tolgus.... 178 41 41 'G. Wheal Vor (Helston, 40 141 151 Grenville 6.16. e 41 61 llercAr s- Foot 8.12 06 38 I - ling/3ton Downs 4.18.0 31 4 41 Lady Bertha Ilargaret (Clay Lelant 9/ 17 19 —4larke Valley.. 4 Myudy Iron Ore (Lim.) 24 11 16 New Setun l9l 80 90 - • North Downs ll 2 21 '1 Ilaseet(lllo.4 - an 3.1.0 21 21 North Wheal Crotty i'ar Consols (St. Blaze); Crovidence(Uny Lelut.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 430 (40 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mo) an 18.18.9 67/ 621 Stray Park '30.17.6 28 3 0 6 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 1 ft rin Croit 9 19 20 19/ --- West Basset (Illogan) ll 11 12 W C , radon (Liskeard) 5 54 56 West &ton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5/ 80 S 5 Wheal Buller (Hedruth) 10 3 , 37 Wheal Kitt y ( U.L elant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann i s :den ) 8 ' 131 141 Wheal Beton 58.1 155 165 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 25 26 Wheal Union 3.17 3 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Lancashire and Yorkshire 6 per cent. stock. Ditto, 4i per cent., Blackburn pur., 104 South Eastern fixed 4i per cent., 100 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 41 per cent., 1858, 103 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4a per Cent., 921 31 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 83- 9 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 17a j a Copiapo, limited, Ditto, Extension, 4 Great Luxembourg, 10k Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 101 San Paulo (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 81/ South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 Southern of France, 14k , FOREIGN MMES. Cape Copper, lim., n 8 7; 81 United Mexican (lin), 6k kla JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon aan and Liverpool (Urn.), 451 Ditto, new, 304 Anglo Austrian, 5& 61- Australasia, 75 Bank of Egypt, 28% British North American, 48' Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 11% Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 42% City, 109 Consolidated Bank, lien., 10i Continental, lira., 81 English and Swedish, Um., 6% . Imperial Bank (lira.), 26% % it Imperial Ottoman, 17% Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4 London and Brazilian aim.), 58t London Joint Stock, 37} 7 London and South African, 26} 6 London and South American, lira., 8% London and Westminster,' 79 Mercantile and Exchange. lira., 151 Mctrop. and Prov. Bank aim.), 2li Oriental Bank Corporation, 60 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (1im.),"_61 Union of Australia, 521 Union of London, 42% DOCKS. London, 73i 5 3 MISCELLANEOUS: Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., Commercial Union (Insurance), 91 Discount Corporation, limited, 111 11 10/ Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 4} 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61!/ f International Financial Society, 12 ilk 12} Joint•stock Discount, lim:, 6} } London Financial Association, lim., 25k k 5 / 6 Landon General Omnibus Company, 21 Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 8 National Discount Company, lim., 10} North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 201 ri Ocean Marine (Insurance).72ol. Societe Financiere d' Egypte, lira., 51 5 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance),( m., Universal Marine (lim.) Insurance, 51 Upper Assam Tea, lim., 3 By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per Li sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg. Business done 1031 4 TEM SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1864. rt rtn T. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan. 28. The Queen, with Princess Helena, drove out yesterday, attended by Col. H. Ponsonby. Lord and Lady Russell have returned to London. The Prince and Princess of Wales, This morning his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, left Frogmore House and went out shooting. It has not yet been officially notified where the infant prince will be christened, It was at first thought that the ceremony would take place in the Chapel Royal of St. George, Windsor, from the fact of the Prince of Wales's marriage having been solemnised there. As, however, everything was prepared for the birth of the royal infant at Marl borough House, it is extremely probable that the young prince will be christened in the metropolis, whither their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to proceed shortly, and lit is not unlikely that the interesting event will take place at Buckingham Palace. We learn that Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha and his family will visit England about the middle of February, and that on his return he will fix the date of the marriage between the Archduke Joseph of Austria and the Princess Adelaide of. Saxe-Coburg• Gotha, the prince's eldest daughter. The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley are not expected to arrive at their residence on Carlton-house terrace until towards the end of March. The Earl and Countess of Derby left town yes terday on a visit to her Mejesty the Queen, at Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Earl and Countess Grey leave Howick Hall, Northumberland, at the close of the week to pay a few visits, on their way to town for the meeting of Parlia ment. The Countess (Do wager) of Jersey passed, we understand, a more favourable night on Wednesday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz sent to learn the state of the countess's health. There were also personal calls of inquiry from the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Duchess of Grat ton, and others. W e are informed that no immediate danger is apprehended. Lord and Lady Poltimore have suffered a bereave ment by the death of their infant daughter, the Hon. Augusta Bampfylde, who died at Poltimore Park, near Exeter, on Wednesday last. The Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, Bart., M.P., and Lady Pakington are expected to arrive in town on Monday next from their seat in Worcestershire. The Hon. Hussey C. Vivian left the Foreign office last evening by mail train for Greece, with important despatches from Earl Russell for the Minister at Athens. Admiral Sir Francis William Austen, G,C.8., is, we are informed, suffering from indisposition. Owing to the gallant officer's age his illness occasions some anxiety to his friends, How to Commit Robberies, Murders, and Violent Assaults with Impunity. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srn,—The further correspondence between Sir George Grey and the magistrates, just published, shows in a still stronger light the glaring failure of justice in Townley's case. But we are having numerous practical illustrations of the natural consequences of letting criminals escape the punishment due to their crimes, by trumped up pleas of insanity without the least foundation in fact. The papers this week contain an account of a ruffian who wanted to force himself upon a young woman, and because she was not disposed to receive his addresses, threatened to serve her as the wretch Townley served Miss Goodwin. The magis trate, very unwisely, and with ill-judged lenity would have admitted him to bail, but his friends, who probably knew his character too well, would not give bail for him, and so far he is safe out of harm's way for the present. Is there any doubt in the minds of any reasonable person that this fellow contemplated wreaking his revenge, and then, as a reward, pleading and shamming insanity, and getting comfortably provided for for life. It must not be supposed that the treatment of criminal luna tics is anything else than the best and most comfortable that can be had in a lunatic asylum. Penal servitude is in reality no punishment whatever. Convicts have only to ingratiate themselves with the chaplain by a minimum of hypocrisy, and they are all right. Take the condition of any of Mr. Bright's new proteges—the farm labourers— with their eight or ten shillings a week, and their families of eight or ten people, :all stowed up in a single room, or a two roomed cottage at the best. The food, and lodging, and clothing of the convict under sentence of penal servitude for life bears no comparison with theirs, it is so infinitely superior. Their work is only nominal work, while the day labourer has to toil 16 hours a day out of doors in all weathers. The only drawback on the tranquil and agreeable seclusion of the convict is that he is confined indoors, but this cannot be so bad as being forced to work out of doors in the worst weather. And then, too, there is the ticket of leave, and the bonus that is given with it, and the good round sums of money which the policeman slips into the ticket-of-leave's hand from time to time to keep him honest. Instead of the greatest criminal under sentence of penal servitude having the severest treatment, it is just the reverse. The longer the term the milder the treatment, so that in penal servitude for life the criminal lives like a gentleman in everything but liberty while he is in prison. Many gentle men work harder, not only for their living, but of their own free will and amusement. Bat the treatment of a criminal lunatic iseatueh superior to that of a convict under sentence of penal servitude. Few independent gentlemen are so well off in their own houses, in everything barring confinement. And this it is with which we reward our mur derers, if they will only add hypocrisy to the guilt of blood ehedding, and sham insanity. Since Townley was ini quitously snatched from justice, while Wright was hung, for no conceivable reason but that one had rich friends and the other was poor, there have been numerous reports of atrocious murders. This is just what was to be expected. Murders will multiply rapidly under such a system. But it is not only murder that is fostered and encouraged in this way. Lessor criminals are beginning to open their eyes. Only a day or two ago a thief pleaded before the magistrate "that be had only been two months out of a lunatic asylum." En was sane enough, however, to obtain a quantity of goods upon false protatices, in the execution of a very skilful and deliberately formed plan. The magistrate in this case, however, was not so exceed ingly "green" as to be bamboozled by this scamp. But if the fellow has rich friends they will soon get a couple of "shallow" justice pogberries and a couple of mad doctors to sign a certificate of lunacy under the Act of 1840, and set him free from punishment. We have seen now how murderers and robbers and would-be murderers and robbers are beginning to understand the excellence and utility of the plea of insanity. We shall now 'see how useful this plea is in cues of violent assaults. The following is " going the round of the papers." It is taken from the Cheltenham Times and Musical Record, A certain Captain Frederick Huey got drunk, assaulted a policeman, first with a big stick, then with a pair of tongs, finally with a poker. The worst of it was that he pretended to be friendly with the policeman, who up to that time had not taken him in charge, notwithstanding his violent conduct, and when he had thus thrown him off' his guard, he tripped him down with great violence. The blow with the poker, aimed at the officer's head, and that too when he was up, to that instant, unaware of what he had to expect, was dealt with such force that the iron ' bent over the arm with which the man warded it off. As the arm bent the poker, the inference is that the poker must have broken the arm. The magistrates, after hearing the charge proved, committed the gallant captain to the House of Cor rection for a month, this being the second assault. But the gallant captain was luckily drunk, or else evinced groat presence of mind ; for whereas, on the former occasions, when fined, he asked, " How will you have it ?" in a jaunty sort of way, this time he shook his fist at the bench, and told the bench it was " a -- snob and a blackguard." This lucky accidental drunken outbreak, or astute and premeditated performance, whichever it was, saved the gallant captain ; forthe Cheltenham Times, a few days after, informs us that the gallant but drunken and frolicsome cap tain, who had bent a poker in trying to knock a policeman's brains out, taking him unawares in a cowardly way, and abused a whole bench of magistrates, shaking his fist in their faces—" has been removed from prison, and placed in the custody of competent persons, in consequence of repre sentations made to the authorities respecting his mental con dition?' if this fellow had been a private, instead of a gal lant and drunken captain, he would have been still working at the crank. But "what in the captain is but a c h o l er i c , word in the corporal is rank blasphemy." That the parties to blame for these gross and glaring failures of justice will be called to a severe account when Parliament meets is the demand of yours, COMMON SENSE. The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, before quitting England for Madras, caused the body of his late mother to be removed from its temporary resting place at Kensel Green, and transported for due funeral rites to the land of the Maharanee's faith and birth. At a meeting at Dudley, on Wednesday night, Sir J. D. Acton, 111. P., said the Queen counts among her subjects a greater . number of Roman C a th o li c b ishops than any other sovereign in the world. The report, which has already appeared in the columns of The Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, referred to the falling of of the receipts, and remarked that the gross revenue for the half-year had been £537,160, showing a diminution of £43,401 when compared with the same period of last year. It could hardly have been expected that the revenue would equal that period, inasmuch as it was an exceptional period owing to the Inter national Exhibition. Another circumstance was that the reduction which 'had taken place in their fares since the Ist of August last, and which had not yet made an adequate compensation, for which, of course, time must be allowed, as he felt the usual satisfactory results of a diminution of charge to the public would in the end be attained. He regretted the present reduction of dividend, but he was confident it would be but temporary, and that it presented no ground for uneasiness, inasmuch as the object of the course pursued would undoubtedly be realised, and the permanent interest of the company would be thereby promoted and secured. The balance for dividend had been much reduced by compensations for accident, but that, he trusted, was another cause which in future would entirely disappear. It was exceedingly satisfactory to find that notwithstanding the diminu tion of revenue, the number of passengers had greatly increased, and this fact formed the best proof that the reduction of the rates and the subur ban extensions had partly realised the expectations entertained by the directors. The increased work ing expenses were entirely owing to the additional mileage run by the opening of the Pulborough and Ford and the Croydon and Balhera lines ; but on th e whole the directors considered the expenditure was not excessive when the increased work per formed was taken into consideration. The works on the South London line were making satisfac tory progress, and the directors entertained the most confident hope that the works would be so far finished that by the end of the present year the line would be so advanced that, in conjunction with the widening of the Greenwich Viaduct and the enlargement of the Loudon Bridge Station, it would be ready for the carrying of passengers. The contest during the late Parliamentary session had been severe and expulsive, but it was some satisfaction to know that they had as far as they had gone been suceessful. With respect to these new works;they were with one exception confined to small matters, the proposed suburban communications being necessary for the completion of their system . The matter which he could not class with the small ones he had just referred to was the agreement they had entered into with the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, the result of which would be to give them a third line into the Victoria Station, which the immense traffic at that point most urgently required. The terms were highly beneficial, and while a great want was met a large expenie was not incurred. There were some propositions relative to the con struction of two new lines, viz., one from Chichester to Midhurst, and another to connect Steyning, but the directors would have nothing to do with the making of those lines, but if they were constructed, the directors of course would not refuse to consider the terms for working, After alluding to several other minor details mentioned in the report the chairman resumed his seat by making the for mal motion for the adoption of the report. This having been seconded,a discussion arose upon the costs of these contests in the last session of Par liament, the redaction of their dividend, and on various other matters, but eventually the report was adopted. London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway, HALF-YEARLY MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders of the London, Brighton, and Sonth-Coast Railway was held this day, at the International Hotel, adjoining the station. LEO SCHUSTER, Esq., chairman of the board of direc tors, presided. Liverpool Cotton Ttlarket—This Day. Sales of the week 31,201 bales, including 3,120 on speculation and 44,920 for exportation. Actual export, 4,690 bales. Quotations—Middling Orleans, 271; Uplands, 27; Mobile, 271; fair Egyptians, 271 (Sura'ts, 13 to 241); ditto Bhallerah, 23; stock, 253,900 bales.; week's imports, 15,296. To-day's market opens quiet and unchanged ; pro bable sales about 3,000 bales. Horrible Occurrence with the Lions at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, At about half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning the employes at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, were thrown into a great state of consternation by hearing, in conjunc tion with the sudden roaring of the lions which form part of the exhibition now taking place at that establishment, loud screams proceeding from the part where the animals are kept. An impression at first prevailed that some of the animals had escaped. On investigation, however, it was found that a man named Thomas Greaves, who has within the last two or three days commenced his duties as a new keeper and feeder of the animals, was drawn up close to the cage of some of the lions. Some of the employes imme diately seized the long iron rods with a species of hoe at the end, by which the cage is cleansed, and rushed to the spot. One of the larger lions had the unfortunate man's right hand in his mouth, whilst another had seized him by the thick part of the forearm, and dragged the limbs through the bars of the cage nearly up to the armpit. Having no hot irons, the men at once set to vork belabouring the lions over the skulls and eyes in order to make them loose their hold. These proceedings at the outset only tended to in crease the ferocity of the animals, who, with loud yells, commenced tearing the flesh from their poor victim's arm and hand with their claws. It was not until the brutes wore nearly blinded with the blows inflicted upon them that they were induced to relinguish their gripe. Mr. Greaves was drawn away with great difficulty, and fell fainting into the arms of those who had rescued him. He was at once conveyed to the secretary's office in Barford street in an insensible condition, and deluged with blood. Dr. Thomas, of Cloudesley-street, and another medical in a few minutes ; and in cr ns ecluence of Greaves's exhausted ge ntleman in the neighbourhood, were sent for and attended state, administered brandy and other stimulants. It was then discovered that the hand was bitten completely through and the flesh was torn off the arm, in most parts to the bare bone, very nearly from the shoulder to the wrist. Dr. colleague,mutilated whose name did not limb in bandages, hTando transpire,nit h a e s pa poor r havingfellow m p lepadlciaoccdaeld thein a cab, and personally accom panied him to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where, on exa mination by the surgeons of that institution, and after a fid it c rallied from the f r i g htfully mutilated state of the arm and hand, conference, it was understood that, i n consequence pu o t f at t t h on e was to take place so fis w or o os u nt s d ahao be ct uk a o b t a s s o u l theffu etey by th e sad occurrence. The re?ort last evening was tha t he re mained in too low a state from loss of blood to undergo the operatio n , an d i s i n a ver y precarious state. r s e l y r shouldtnees causedahr a y v,e an sufficiently The circumstances under which the occurrence took place are rather extraordinary, and, should death ensue, will no doubt lead to a rigid investigation. It appears that this collection of lions and lionesses with W hi ch Mr. Crockett performs nightly at the Agricultural Hall, were, until re cently, the property of Mr. Sanger, but they have been purchased by Mr. Howe, with the intention, it is stated, so soon as their present engagement at the Agricultural Hall is terminated, to proceed with Crockett to America. Tho man who has been in the habit of feeding and tending the animals, and with whom they are as familiar and docile as Crockett himself, has, it appears, in consequence of a question of three or four shillings per week salary, been dis charged at the end of the present engagement ; and Greaves, who had undertaken to supply his place at the requisite price, had within the last day or two (it is stated he has only been two days so engaged) commenced to feed and initiate himself with the lions, so that they should know him. He has even, it is stated, had the courage to go once into their den and feed them. At the time of the occurrence he was engaged pushing some straw between the bars, either for the purpose of keeping it in the cage or of attract ing their attention and further familiarising himself to them. Whilst doing this one lion suddenly made a spring upon his hand, and, fastening its fangs into it, drew him by the arm inward, The roar and excitement of the first ani mal attracting the attention of the second, it sprang upon the arm and mutilated it in the manner described, It is stated that the lions have been more than usually savage since the death of the largo lioness, which took place during the late frost. Luring the afternoon Mr. Crockett and the lions went through their usual exhibition during what is called the morning performance, but nothing out of the ordinary way transpired, only that the two lions who had been beaten looked heavy and more gloomy than the others. It is now felt to be desirable that red• hot irons should always be kept at hand, as, had they been so, the animals would have been made to let go their hold of the unfortunate :man instantly. DESPERATE CHARGE OF WOUNDlNG.—Benjamin Powel anti Thomas Muckford, the former of whom is a very power ful man, were charged with feloniously assaulting and wounding James Jordan and David Jordan with a poker and fire tongs. James Jordan, who presented a frightful appearance from the blood about his face and person, said—l went with my brother to 68, Arthur-street, Chelsea, last evening to see my sister and her husband, Maddegan, who lodge there. We left their room, and were coming down-stairs to go out, when Powel came into the passage and stood before us. He came out of the landlady's room. My brother thought he was a policeman, and asked him if he was not. Powel said nothing, but struck him on the head with a pair of tongs, and he fell on the ground. I went to my brother's assist ance, and held myself over his body to protect him, While I was doing so Muckford struck me three blows on the head, across the crown of the head, one after another with a poker. William Muckford, brother of Thomas, who was also there, then said "let me have the poker, you don't snow how to use it," and he then took the poker and knocked me across the head until I was insensible. Mr. Selfe—Did you strike either of them ? Prosecutor—Not a blow. Mr. Selfe—What was the cause of this ? Prosecutor—There was no cause at all. Mr. Selfe—Were you and your brother sober. Prosecutor—Perfectly. Mr. Selfe—Do you know the defendants? Prosecutor—l never saw them before. lam very much injured, I am bruised all over. Some further questions were being put to prosecutor, when he became very faint, and could not proceed until he was seated, and some water was procured. Nothing material was elicited. It was now explained that the probable cause of the dis turbance was, that David Jordan and his brother-in-law, Maddegan, were summoned to the court yesterday by William Muckford, the prisoner's brother, for using threat ening language, when they were required to enter into their own recognizances to keep the peace. David Jordan, who was wounded on the head, Patrick Maddegan, Ellen Street, and another witness, were called, whose evidence supported the account given by the prose cutor. Two police-constables were called and proved that they were fetched by Muckford's brother, and when they got into the house they found a struggle going on, and had the defendants given in charge. The Jordans were both bleeding copiously from their wounds, In defence it was stated that rowel knew nothing of either of the parties, but hearing cries of " murder" went into the house to interfere, when he found himself charged with an assault, although he had never had any poker or instrument of any kind in his hand. The other prisoner it was stated went to see his brother, who lodged at 68, Arthur-street, and finding the Jordans and Mad degan fighting with one another, one brandishing an iron bar, in the passage, he went into the parlour for safety and fastened it, when an attack was made upon the door, and Jordan and Maddegan fell upon Muckford. The wounds borne by the Jordans were inflicted by their own friends. The landlady of the house confirmed this account in part, clearly exonerating Powel. She said Maddegan struck the prisoner Muckford with the iron bar, and one of the others had something in his hand. On their way from this court yesterday the Jordan and Maddegan insulted the other parties who had appeared against them. The landlady declared the prosecutors were under the influence of liquor, but the police proved that they were not. Another witness said Mrs. Maddegan, who is far advanced in pregnancy and very ill, broke the parlour d9or open and threw water upon her. _ _ The case was proceeding, without any probability of coming to an early close, when our account left. THAMES. AN OMNIBUS FRAUD.—Charles Emmett was brought up on remand charged with feloniously appropriating to his own use divers sums of money he had received for and on account of the Mill-wall and Cubitt-town Omnibus Com pany. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner. On the first examination it was proved that the prisoner had been in the service of the omnibus company far three months, that his receipts for some time averaged £3 per week less than the receipts of a second omnibus be longing to the same company, travelling over the same ground and making the same number of jour neys daily. A witness, named John Clark, watch man in the service of the St. Katherine Dock Company, proved that on numerous voyages he had made in the omnibus of which the defendant is conductor, a larger number of passengers had been carried than the prisoner had accounted and paid for. Sometimes the deficiency was in one passenger only, and sometimes in seven. The wit ness admitted that he dii not see all the passengers pay, but he had no doubt they did, as there was no disturbance or dispute on any of the journeys. On one occasion, when there was only room for one passenger inside, he got out and want outside to make room for two ladies. The bridge over the lock entrance of the West India Dock was open once only while he was going backwards and forwards be tween Limehouse and Cubitt-town, Poplar, but no one came in or got out there. Mr. Charles Young contended the case must fail, for there was no proof that all the passengers had paid their fares. The prisoner might have permitted some of his friends to ride a short distance without payment. Mr. braes Cook, the manager of the company, said the prisoner was not allowed to give any person a ride without payment. It was the prisoner's duty to give an account of the passengers carried on each journey, and to return and pay over to him all the money he received. The Magistrate said it was in evidence that the prisoner's receipts were £3 per week less than the receipts paid by the conductor of the other omnibus of the company. There was no moral doubt of the prisoner's guilt—none whatever, but in a legal point of view the case could not be pursued. It must fail for uncertainty of payments. The passengers who had paid him were not present and of course they could not be found. Mr. Stoddart—lt is a very hard case on the company I represent. They have been cheated of £3 per week by the prisoner. The Magistrate—However great the hardship, we must act on fixed rules of law. Mr. Stoddart—l hope, sir, you will say we were justified in giving the prisoner into custody. The Magistrate—Most absolutely and distinctly I say you had very good cause for giving the prisoner into custody. The case is void for uncertainty of payment. The prisoner must be discharged, and I wish I could say he leaves this court without a stain on his character. SOMETHING LIKE A DOLL.—A Paris corre spondent writes :—Siraudin made a doll : dressed it in blue velvet : covered it with real English point lace, and sprinkled it with real diamonds, until it was worth more than ono thousand pounds sterling I He planted this precious toy upon a pedestal : the chroniqueurs went to work—and in a few days there were mighty crowds in the Rue de la Paix. Siraudin was in everybody's mouth—and so were Siraudin's bonbons. The papers told the public how many reams of paper, how many pounds of sugar, how many yards of gold and silver cord Siraudin consumed in the service of his thousands of customers. On New Year's Day Madame prized the satin bags full of sweatmeats, or diables, white or red, that wore marked" Siraudin." The Charivari poked fun at the doll, and published drawings of little girls in the Tuileries Gardens carrying dolls ornamented with diamonds and lace —and escorted, for safety, by a corporal's guard of inou pious. In his doll, M. Siraudin showed the dramatist rather than the confectioner. He pointed his joke with diamonds—and so assured its success. With many more—some his personal friends, some his literary associates, and others who knew him only through his works—l was an unbidden mourner at Thackeray's funeral. The day and hour appointed for the burial were announced in all the papers; and this seemed to me to be a general in vitation to all who loved him and held him in re spect. I was glad to think that there would be no impertinence in my going to pay a last tribute of respect to a great mon who, unknown to all the world but myself, had been to me in bygone days a kind friend—those trying days before I had made my mark on the " World of London.' It seems but yesterday that I stood hesitating at Thackeray's door with a long-kept letter of introduction in my hand. I had po:seseed that letter for years, but had never presented it. And even now that I was at the door my courage failed me. What pretence had I for intruding myself upon his notice ? I was but a poor scribbler, and no doubt there were scores of them pestering him. The audacity of my conduct appeared all the greater when I remembered that I had come with a manuscript in my pocket, and that it was my intention to ask him to read it and give his opinion upon it_ If the door-bell had not rung readily when I gently pulled the handle, I am sure I should have turned and run away, as Rogers did, frightened by his own knock at the door of Dr. Johnson, or at least wheeled round like De Quincey when on his first pilgrimage to the home of Wordsworth. But now the bell was rung, and there was no retreating. A man-servant speedily answered the summons and took away my last chance by owning that Mr. Thackeray was at home. The servant took my letter and went up-stairs, leaving me to wait in the hall. Two objects that I saw there remain to this hour indelibly impressed upon my mind's eye. I can see them before me now, and if I were an artist I could draw them accurately. They were a hat and a plir of cloth gloves— Thackeray's hat ancl,glovos. It was just such a hat, and they wore just such gloves as I should have expected Thackeray to wear; not dandified things, but the hat and gloves of a man who bestowed little thought upon such matters, and who probably would not find out that they were old and worn until some one told him it was time to get new ones. I remem ber that the hat, which seemed a very large one, had a deep band of black cloth upon it, and the gloves were also Tack. I dare say the smart young porter who had just gone up-stairs with my letter thought that hat and those gloves common, shabby things enoagh ; but to me they were more than mere hat and gloves, for I had never seen their owner, and I was picturing the man from whit he wore. The servant came down presently and asked me to step upstairs. I followed him nervously, and was introduced into a large, comfortably furnished study. Thackeray was seated at one of the win dows with his back towards me, absorbed in work. He did not notice my entrance for a minute or so, and seemed to be finishing a sentence—a sentence, perhaps, of the next number of the " Virginians," to which I looked forward with so much interest. At last he turned round in his chair, and with a pleasant smile said— Good morning, Mr. -; but I must tell you candidly that I can't make out the signature attached to this letter. I mentioned the name, and he recognised it at once, and held out his hand to me, but still appa rently going on with his work. I am very busy this morning making up for lost time; but come to the fire, and I'll talk to you. Tahoe seat. I went up beside him, and saw him at his work. The table was covered, not with books and papers, as I had imagined, but with pencils and compasses, and bits of chalk and India ink, and little square blocks of boxwood. He was drawing, not writing, and he was engaged at this moment upon an initial letter, which I recognised next month in print. I noticed now that there were no signs of the author about the room—no blotting-pads, inkstands, or pens—only the appliances of the draughtsman. Going on with his work, he asked me many ques tions, and chatted about books and drawings—more about drawings than books; and I was agreeably surprised and considerably act at my ease by his mentioning a little book of my own writing—a trifling thing which it did not seem probable he should have seen or heard of. He asked me if I had done the drawings for it. I said "No," and mentioned the name of the artist. After some more pleasant chat of the same kind, still going on with his drawing, he suddenly put down his pencil, and turning round in his chair, said— Well ; and how can Ibe of any service to you ? I was now quite at my ease with him, and freely explained what particular views I had, and produced the manuscript. He took it from me, glanced at the title, read a few lines apparently with attention, and then said hurriedly— I like your subject and I like your first sentence. I will read the paper, and if I can forward your views I will. I thanked him, and bade him good morning, and he rose and offered me his hand as it I had been an old friend. Within a mouth from that day the ob ject at which I aimed was accomplished through his recommendation and kind offices; and the good news was conveyed to me iu a hearty, generous letter written with his own hand. Through that kindly lift I speedily found myself several steps higher on the hill of Parnassus. But I had then no more claim to that helping hand than any unknown aspirant who may be at this moment walking up to Loudon to find a market for a book or a play.- -London Society. FIGURATIVE NAMES OF ENGLISH WILD FLOWERS.—SUPERSTITION AND PLANTS.—Super stitions, resemblances, qualities, and coincidences having their share in the names of plants, of course the passions must mingle in the work, and especially the greatest of them all, Love. Artemis, one of the names of Diana, gives its classical name to Artemisia abrotanum, a plant which is called southernwood, because it comes from the south ; Old man, from its hoary appearance and tonic qualities; and Boy or lad's love, from its being worn in posies by young men, and perhaps because its leaves wither rapidly. Viola tricolor rivals the ground-ivy in the number of its quaint names and curious sobriquets. In French it is called pen sees, menues, pensees, whence the English names pansy or paunce, idle thoughts. Combining three colours in one flower, it is called Herb Trinity, and " Three faces under one hood." Hanging its head and half hiding its face coquettishly, and from some resemblances in the corolla, it has been supposed to say, "Jump up and kiss me," " Kiss me at the garden gate," " Cuddle me to you." It has besides other amatory names, such as "Love in idleness," "Tittle my fancy," " Pink of my John." Viola tricolor is also called heart's-ease, from being confounded with plants yielding seeds of cardiac qualities. Much con fusion has arisen from the vague and fluctuating use of the French names Giroflee, Oeillet, and Violette. They were once all three applied to flowers of the pink tribe, but now Giroflee has passed over to the Crucifers and become gilli flower (Dianthus caryophyllus) ; Oeillet has been restricted to the Sweet NV illiam ; and Violette has been appro priated to the genus to which the pansy belongs. English young ladies sometimes send pansies in their letters to their lovers, when suffering from absence or parental re buffs. I have known botanists learned in structural and systematic plant lore, who did not understand the amorous challenge conveyed to them by post in the modest form of a few pansies enclosed in an envelope. Sedum telephium is called Livelong or Liblong, and Midsummer men, in reference to a use made of it on Midsummer's-eve. A young girl will set up two plants of it upon a plate or trencher, one for herself, and another for her lover. If the botanical re presentative of her lover lives and turns to her, she con cludes that her lover will be faithful and constant, and the contrary if it withers or turns from her plant—a mode of divining the future which is founded on ignorance of the fact that the growth of plants is towards the light.—Dickens . " All the Year Bound." THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF KING CHARLES 11. wore popularly telieved to be legion, but he acknowledged only (1) James Stuart, son of a young lady in Jersey, who took holy orders and died a Catholic priest ; (2) James, Duke of Monmouth, son of Lucy Walters, exe cuted for treason by his uncle's command ; (3) Mary, daughter of the same lady, married first to William Sars field, an Irish gentleman, and afterwards to William Fan shave; (4) Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Southampton, (5) Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, (6) George Fitzroy, Duke of Northumberland, and (7) Anne, Countess of Sussex— all children of Barbara Villiers, the fierce Duchess of Cleve land; (8) Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St. Alban's, and (9) James Beauclerk, sons of Nell Ciwynne ; (10) Charles Len nox, Duke of Richmond, eon of Louise Querouaillo, Duchess of Portsmouth; (11) Mary Tudor, !Parried to the heir of Lord Derwentwater, daughter of Mary Davis; (12) Charles Fitzcharles, and (13) aLd a girl who died young, children of Catherine Pegge ; and (11) Charlotte Boyle, alias Fitz roy, wife of Sir Robert ras;on, Bart., afterwards Earl of Yarmouth, daughter of Elizabeth, Viscountess Shannon. Three of these founded dukedoms which still exist—Graf ton, Richmond, and St. Albans—and other families trace their rise to connection with the children of the last popular Stuart. BANKRUPTS The followiug are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : George Lewis, general dealer , Caledonian-road George Hughes, publican, Maidenhead Samuel Earp, farmer, Launton, Oxfordshire Thomas Bowen, fishmonger, Brentwood Henry Hayward, brewer, Laudport Richard Speak, bootmaker, Barbican Joseph Hebden, lighterman, Blackwell John Fox, baker, Nuneaton Caleb H. Winter, grocer, Cheltenham - "'; ; Charles Smart, jun., farmer, Epsom ::John G. Trownce, grocer, Kentish-town r ißobert Minks, chairFnaker, Polygon, Ciarendon-square 3 2 John Murrell, butcher, Hove Adam Dixon, commercial traveller, Harborne Charles Hartland, builder, Sedgley SCOTCH BANKRUPTS, Robert Mackay and Co., wrights, Glasgow John Findlay, fiaxspinner, Arbroath Donald Gair, tacksman, Ross-shire John Norman Robertson, innkeeper, Auchmull William Hamilton, farmer, Brownside, near Paisley POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION.— A man who refused his name and address was charged before Mr. Knox with break ing a pane of glass, of the value of £B, in the shop window of Messrs. Swaine and Adeney. whip makers to the Royal family, 185, Piccadilly, and also with breaking a pane of glass, of the value of £5, in the window of Mr. Leuchars, dressing-case maker, 38, Piccadilly. On the prisoner being placed at the bar and asked his name, he replied, " I am George Albert Charles Prince of Wales." Edward Borley, assistant to Messrs. Swaine and Adeney, said—Yesterday afternoon the prisoner broke two of our windows with two bricks, Mr. Knox—Prisoner, do you wish to say anything ? Prisoner—My explanation is, that on the previous even ing I told them to take the boards out of their window about the Prince of Wales (the letters of appointment), as I had never sanctioned the things to be given out. As they refused to remove the boards I broke the window. I have given notice to all the members of Parliament as to my claim, and I am now waitin; for an answer from Pal merston, Grey, or some of them, to know whether I am to have the money and the Princedom, or Edward. Mr. Kaox—Who is Edward ? PrisoLer—The Prince of Wales. Mr. Knox—What is the value of the glass ? .Borley—a. Inspector Wilson, of the C Division—There is a second charge against him for breaking a pane of glass at Mr. Leuehars'. Edward Metck, a shopman to Mr. Leuchars, said—Yes terday afternoon the prisoner, while in custody of a con stable, threw a stone at our window and broke it. The value of the glass is £5. Prisoner—l have nothing more to say than that it will be paid. Brosnan, 185 C—The prisoner, on my taking him into custody, wanted to know by what authority they placed the boards in the window. He admitted breaking Messrs. Swains and Adeney's window, and while on the way to the station he broke a window at Mr. Leuchars'. Mr. Knox—l will remand the prisoner for a week. Remanded. It subsequently transpired that the man's name is Hosier. WESTMINSTER. 128 1351 5 05} f 110 } 42f 1 1061 7 102 f 100 4 99 1 81 1294 I Thackeray's Kindness to Young Literary Men. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HAI F-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. DENMAI.RK. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 28.—The Landthing (first Danish Chamber) was yesterday engaged in dis cussing the Address, The Pm sident of the Council, in reply to a question put by M. Plong, said, " It is difficult to point to an arrangement which would be accepted, and much easier to make known the one which would uct. For my part I would not have a Schleswig-Holstein nn ited, nor a Schleswig independent, nor a partition of Schleswig." Tn t , Address was voted unanimo u3iy. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZE T TE, —This Evening, FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 25. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Walter Henry Medhurst, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Tang chow, to be her Majesty's Consul at Hankow. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Martin Crofton Morrison, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Foo-chow-foo, to be her Majesty's Consul at Tangchow. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Francis Gerhard Myburgh, Esq., to be her Majesty's Con sul at Nagasaki. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Rudolph Ahlers as Consul at Bombay, and of Mr. Theodore Armandus Rosenbush as Consul at Sierra Leone, for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. JAN. 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles Aylwin Creighton as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 29. Chaplain's Department—The Venerable Archdeacon Henry Press Wright, M.A., Chaplain of the Second Class, on the Seconded List, to be Chaplain of the First Class; The 11 , )v. J. E. Sabin, M.A., Chaplain of the Second Class, to be Chaplain of the First Class. Course of the Exchange—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 0 12 1 Antwerp .. 25 671 25 721 Brussels — 25 671 25 72/ Hamburg - h. — 13 7/ 13 8 Paris _ _ _ Ditto - 25 821 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1191 1191 Vienna Trieste 12 65 Petersburgh — 33 33 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 85 2.5 90 Milan — 25 85 25 90 Genoa 25 85 25 90 Naples Palermo .. . 25 85 25 90 Messina — 25 85 25 90 Lisbon — 52 4 , 1 52} Oport0...- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars = Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day), COURT OF CHANCERY. ,Before the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner ) BROUN V. KENNEDY. Their Lordships gave judgment in this ease, which was an appeal from the Master of the Rolls. It will be re collected Mr. Kennedy undertook, as advocate for Mrs. Broun (then Mrs. Swinfen) the management of the long and costly litigation which arose out of the disputed will of Mrs. Broun's late husband, Samuel Swinfen, By the ex ertions of Mr. Kennedy that will was established in favour of Mrs. Broun. In order to attend to the matter more care - fully Mr Kennedy had been obliged in a great measure to give up his ordinary business, and in consequence had suffered considerable loss. It did not appear that he ever received any recompense for his services. The effect of the will was to vest the Swinfen Hall estates in Mrs. Brown in fee simple, Mr. :Kennedy succeeded in obtaining from Mrs. Broun a deed of gift, whereby she settled upon him the reversion in fee of the Swinfen Hall estates, as a recom pense for his exertions in her behalf. Mrs. Brown and her husband filed a bill for the purpose of having this deed de livered up to be cancelled, on the ground that it had been obtained by the exercise of improper influence. The Master of the Rolls directed the deed to be delivered up and can celled. From this decision Mr. Kennedy appealed. _ _ _ Their Lordships ordered the appeal to be dismissed with, costs. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'.-LAST EVENING. There was scarcely a feature of the afternoon's transac tions calculated to redeem the tone of business from that of utter flatness. There were few members present, and even those who did put in an appearance came more in expecta- tion of arriving at something definite on the Chester Cup movements than with any decided intention of betting on that or any other event. The great spring handicap was, however, but slightly touched upon, the only bets booked being 100 to 6 about Anfield, 20 " fifties" about Blazkdown, and 1,000 to 40 about Muezzin. In the City in the morning 500 to 10 each was accepted about Mail Train and Liston for the City and Suburban ; but at the Corner the race was not even mentioned. For the Derby Scottish Chief would have been backed to money at 11 to 1; but the layers were not disposed to accommodate one or two who displayed considerable eagerness to "get on" Mr. Merry's crack. Coastguard was again in renewed force, 14 to 1, or two points less than on Monday last, having been taken free l y. Forager was anything but firm, and Birch Broom was not so fondly inquired after as in the early part of the week. Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND. stolon the field (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Anfield (taken) 20 co 1 agst Blackdown (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Muezzin (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (wanted) 14 to 1 agst Coast Guard (taken) 17 to 1 agst Forager (taken) 30 to 1 agst Coup d'Etat (taken) 30 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 1000 to 30 aget A.ckworth (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Sing John (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FERRITAItY. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford MARCH. Nottingham Spring .... 1 Warw i ck l6 Derby Spring 3 D urham ...• 28 Liverpool Shrewsbury ...... •••10 Catteriek ..• Doncaster Spring ...... 14 I SHIPPING—This Day. GRAVESEND, Friday Moral' ng. Arrived, Jan. 29—Hygeria, from Nulonics ; Rose, from Messina; Staddor, from Helsinborg ; Neptune, from .Cron stadt ; Sunnside Fly and Steepner, from Aarhuus ; Pr;ncess of Wales, from Genoa • Anne Marie, from PeterlibuN ; Courier, from Horsens ; 'M an t r ura, from St, George ; Ellen Mary, from Riga. Sailed—Seine and Tamise, steamer, for Paris ; Castor, steamer, for Hamburg. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Dumonino, for Demerara; City of Glasgow, for Greenock ; Nell Gwynn, for Calcutta—all from London ; Electric, barque, west, for London ; Antigua, from Shields, for Alexandria. Sailed—Nicolontas and Birchgrove, with nearly all the outward bound, the rest preparing. A largo ship is on shore—the main near Jarstown. Fur ther particulars at present unknown. It is gratifying to know that the patriotic desires of which the present Sultan of Turkey has given so many noble proofs, to economise personal expenditure, and devote the savings thus effected to the improvemenion t ot the at my, that indispensable e lement of the conservat and peaceful progress of the emp ire,still strongly influences and co ces the imperial family. The lat est instance which me - to our knowledge is that g i ven by Prince Y ous souf Z zze dine Effendi's mother, who has offered t o the battalion of the Guards, in which the prince, her s on, is lieutenant, GOO Enfield rifles; and an order to manufacture them has just been given to an English house. 1 7 1 01 1,10 Shan 100 Sk 20 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stook 20i 20 100 100 stock stook stock 20 stock 50 100 .2oi to too 1 22 25 100 101 1054 1031 154 20f 104 f