The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-04 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Owing to the liquidation of bills due to-day, the 4th of the month, the demand for money has been 1 . 1 rather more animated, but the market nevertheless ; retains a quiet appearance. Accommodation is ob- 2 , tainable on lower terms in discount circles than at 1 , the Bank of England, and it is probable th at the return which will appear to-morrow afternoon from that establishment will show a falling off in other 5 becurities. The Continental Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, 88 exhibited no material alteration. At the forthcoming meeting of the Electric and International Telegraph Comp aiy a dividend of 31 per cent. for the half-year will be proposed. Gold is now of about the same value in London and Paris, but about 6-10ths per cent. dearer here than in Hamburg. The s uspension has been announced of Messrs. G. W. Reynolds and Co., steel manufacturers, oft he Manchester Works, Smethwick and Birmingham. 5( The liabilities are estimated at £30,000, but the assets are presumed to be considerable. The directors of the Thackwall R a il wa y recom - 5 s mend a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, against e 34 per cent. last year. Notice has been given that the Scrip of the Peru- : 1 Tian Loan of 1862 can be exchanged for Bonds on and after the 10 t h i nst. 21 Two o'CLocK. The third annual general meeting of the Ocean Marine Insurance Company was held to-day,—Mr. t. J. W. Cater in the chair. The report stated that, after making provision for the final liquidation of s the preliminai y expenses, and after payment of all claims, losses, &c., to Dec. 31, 1862, a balance of £189,287 remained, from which the directors recom mended that a sum of £10,005 be paid to the pro prietors as interest on the paid-up capital, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, and that the balance (£179.287) ne carried forward against the current risks, &c. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the company had made extraordinary progress since its establishment. The total risks taken during the past year amounted to £22,000,000, which was an F increase of £10,000,000 upon last year, and of £13,000,000 upon 1860. In 1860 the premiums had averaged 365. 3d. per cent.; in 1861, 335. 2d. per cent.; and for the past year, 28s. per cent. The report was unanimously adopted, and the number of directors increased from 16 to 18. Inereased firmness has been apparent to-day in t i c the Market for the En g li s h F un d s , ow i ng to the at more favourable tend enc y o f t h e spec i e movement < and the prospect of money getting easier if the v i stock of bullion at the B an k of England should in- I( crease. Consols have risen per cent., viz., t o 92/ f for transfer, and to 92k t for March. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are firmer at ea 929 1; Exchequer Bills remain at 4s. dis. to par ; Bank Stock is 236 ; India do., 228 and 230 ; and „ t( ' do. 5 per Cent. Loan, 108 -I. In the Foreign department the moat conspicuous it movement has been the further rise in Greek Bonds, viz., to 221 ; and the Coupons to 10/ 4 ; Egyptian It are buoyant at 991 ; ditto 2d issue, at 981 1; Mexi- a ; can Stock has improved to 338 ; Peruvian New et Loan to 88k; Portuguese ditto 47 ; Russian ditto 95 ; Spanish Passive have advanced to 279 1 ; ditto Certificates to 10 1 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, L i , to 87 88; ditto 1858, 72 I ; (Liao, 186 684 ; and st ; the Consolid es , 411 1, b e i ng rather d epresse d . In the Railway Share Market the operations St i were to an average extent, but a farther downward et: movement took place in prices. London and Black wall have declined 55.; Great Westerns, London, Chatham, and Dover, North Western, South We,tern, and Metropolitan, 10s.; and Midlands, and Great Northern A Stock, £1 10s. ; Caledonians and Great Easterns, however, improved 55.., and South Eisterns 15s. 41. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained without any material change in values. South Austrian and Lombardo-V,netian realise 231; Great Western of Canada, 13; and East Indian, 1061. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally uaintained previous rates Ottoman Bank improved to 38 end 39 ; Union of Lon don, to 321 33. and South Australian Land, to 30* 31 ex div. BRITISH. FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock . ........... 236 ......... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 92$ f New 3 p er C ent. Annuities India Stock 8 30 ... 1 Otto 5 per Cent.......... Ditto Enf ace d Paper, 4 per Cent OB -- 1 Ditto 5 per C ent D bonds ti,;l4 , i) 9 Ditto wider £l ,000 Consols for A ccount, Feb. 5 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 4 dis par 4 dis par Di tto £5OO Ditto Small 4 dis par FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. b9k Egpptian 7 pe t C ent 51 Ditto, Second I ssue Greek 5 per Cent.) 1824-5, ex-Coup ms.. 211 21 i a k Ditto Coupon s .g t 101 .... Mexican 3 p er C ent . ... . . . 1 a (tltt, Account New Granada 2 per Cent 3 Ditto Land W arrants Ditto ex over -due Coups, & Hectares 13} Ditto Deferred, E x H ectares P. , ruvian 4£ per Cent Ditto 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditt o 1862 .. .... 473 7 ........ 47 ..... Russian 5 p er Cent., 1822 £ St Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 ~ .....• ...▪ . Spanish 3 p er Cent . Ditto Account, Ditto New Deferred - Ditto Account.... Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup n o t f un d e d • 101 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto APeount.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 t Ditto Account 72 2 Ditto, £lOO Bonds 74 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1802 Ditto Account 6Bl i Venezuela, 3 per C ent Ditto Ar i.ccount .... Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Corosols, Money 92 Ditto Account 92a MARKETS—This Day. M ARK -L ANE. A very moderate supply of ti.nglish wheat was received fresh up to this morning's n.arket. Dry samples met with a steady sale at l u ll pr i ces, but damp qualities were much neglected. The show of t amples of foreign w h ea t on th e stan d s was moderately extensive. For all d escr i p ti ons the demand quotations ruled inactive, yet the fiestaot ations were supported. and were rt i t i t i e k btheoating currenc cargy ruled oes of ix f n a ter i de r m a e v e r r a a t g e s e r a e n q d u e t s h t e , Malting barley changed hyanindsai a value of other kinds was full The malt trade was dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Good and fine oats ruled firm at extreme rates ; othe . so the oat trade was dull, notwithstanding that the supply on offer was very small. Beans and peas were in stow request, yet no change took place in prices cora l . at ed with Monday. The flour trade ruled far from active, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Whe At. Barley. Malt. Oats. Fiour Eg18h••••••• 360 190 , 610 ; 310 _ Irish.. _ - Fore ! - 1 110 1 -l ifn•• •• - 4,090 1,230 ! 3uo 210 .iiok 11,660 brls BOROUGH HOP. Good and fair hops move off steadily at full prices, other wise the trade rules inactive on former terms. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on offer is large, and the trade rules heavy, as follows : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; veal, 3s ed to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. SHIPPING INTE LLIGENCE—This Da: (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 3 —Amisia, from Minitirlan ; Star, from 1 unkirk ; Tay, from Tarragona; Trinidli, from Berbice:; Bebec, and Frederick William, from Guernsey ; Renshaw, from Lagos. Arrived, Feb. 4.—Madawaska, from Belize ; Sister, from st,plichaels. f-year e rate linary it the t. per ed to t of a im on half- ►lance dit of i held ; Mr. T the id re ,and 1,903. Ist on r the in on c6O0; t. on 3 per ,000; mak r the nued rease viou3 canal 53 of mer g the coal, ngers )gton Ilders ,d by t was Were ith a range aha se make luiry busi e de at as Elope more Irket ianu- dece. tion. ,KDINARY SHARE , AN[) STOW Railways. 13.14, Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val ••.5 Blythe and Tyne. .. 10 Bost.. Sleat,and lltdA;o. it Bristol and Exeter it Caledonian 50 Cora and Bandon :0 Cornwall 1 1 0 0 D 0 0 0 A B A ets no dig ti 116 p c.p an. ha s • been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast .Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. 5t Edinburgh & Clasgow. 5t ;Glasg. and S. Western. it 'Great Eastern, Ord. stk it I Ditto A stock it Ditto East Anglian st it IGreatNorthof Scotland it 'Great Northern it Do A stock at Do 13 do 5 Do. £5 shares it ,Gt. S. an W. of Ireland it 'Great Western it Do Str Val gua. stock it Lancashire & Yorkshire it London and Black wall it Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast it Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & South Western it Man., Shef., & Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle 124 Dot shares 10 Metropolitan St Midland ,4.0 Do New it Do Birming. & Derby w 0 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland tf, Do. R shares t 5 Mid Kent tO Do Cray Line it North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee it Nth. Eastern—Berwie , :5 Do, G.N.E. purchase; Do Lecda it Do York it Do Carlisle , it ,North London I Do New 15.4' North Staffordshire .. I. and S. IV. Junction it ;Scottish Central it Scot N. E., Aber. stock it Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool st Shropshire Union it (South Devon ,t ;south Eastern itSouth Wales York. and River Dun LO Istaines,Wok.,andWok. ;Stockton & Darlington 8 85 i 77 115 116 ei 7 41 13 13 14 88f 87j 105 107 47 48 43 44 23 24 127 128 1301 1311 136 138 1 104 108 63i (4 109} 109 74 76 111 112 42 44 971 981 103 104 411 42/1 11 14 128 .2,4 11 11p 96 98 526 53 256 254 110'100} 57 68 881 89} 128 130 110 1:2 6 l 6 16} 11 it 119 121 471 48i 104 106 47 19 32a 33 93. 94 68 70 102 104 384 6! 394 4 10 104 74 8 p 149 )51 41 5 2t 3 1 pl 554 ` , )14 26 p d I ) 86 88 140 145 45 Do 15 Do New, 1880 st Taff Vale. .. 10 Do B 10 Do C SO Ulster 25 Do 2.10 Do st Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pin it Waterford & Kilkenny il t West Cornwall t VV. Hartlepool Har.(kß , ,t West Midland Oxford st Do Newport at. Do Hereford 29 31 SHARE MARKETS—This Day. eaia. Closing Busines, Price. done 1151 BRITISH P Cal lwav I. It lantic Az St Lawrene. Baroda&Cent In. Gu. s_per cent.. 20 Do. New 405 Buffalo and Laxe Hurot. 10 Do. Preterence • 00 ( Buffalo,Brant,&Godriel• 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1 ,- 2 Ou Do. do. July 1. 187) 00 Do. do. .1 up,. 1, 1' A St Cielltta,C S. Eastn. st Cape Town .k Dock Set ock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. ock East Inthan. au. 5 p. ct. 20 Do. do. (4 Exc.... 20 Do. do. II do. .. ock Grand Trunk of Canada 00 Do. 6 per cent. Pret 00 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct 00 Do. 6 per et. Debent: . 00 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. 00 Do. do. 1867.. 00 Do. do. 1872.. ,ock Gt.lnchaPenin.gua.sp.c 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 20 Do. January, +862 .. ,ock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Share, 20e Do. New ,00 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt. 10 ( Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8. 10 'lndian Branch Limited )ck i Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. )ck Do. 4i p. c. Extensio, )ck Dc. 4 . W Do. Fifth Extension. )ck 11 elb.torp. p. c. Bnu Melb. & Hobson's Bay. )0 Do. 7p. c. Hong. Bds. 10 Is; ew Br unswick Cant Class A Capital Shar • 20 Do. do. 1 7 1 aaPital rlo. N.Rl.C'da6 pc ist pl bds an .16clude ...... ... etl( !Do• Delhi Do.. d 0...... ' . 1 F . , i 20 Do. Punlaut; ..•. .: F t 4 ,-. St Do. Do. ..,... ~ , k i f ) o . E n d ue -St. Flo.) 4„, 40 42 34 36 95 26 SESSIONS. Price. 65 67 10411 icsi 4 i 5 * 76 8 77 80 73 76 73 76 1( 3 !(5 11 8 119 1( 51 64 105} 1 1 0, Ifp 21 2 73 75 63 65 32 34 47 10 32 34 32 34 104 f 1054, 103 tO5 12 3 7* 7 11 99 101 92 24 102 l 1 fl,p 3 96 98 92 4 52 53 3 5 3 83 85 iis log I(2i 113 , A 0 - . 103 1 04P 98 100 3} 103 21 ,h Are 1)1,()NIAL GOVERNMEN'II SSCI: .;.(; p_....1 4.1 1877-St • • I Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & _ u'. Do. (3 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock ape G. Hope. 6p (0873 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 Do. • 189 u - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c N. tt.Gov. 6 p.c.., a.&J uly 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct.' N. S.W. ow. 5 p c.,18661 - Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876' - Do. d0.,1888 &upwda , - New Zealand 6p. cent.; Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. - aterlinv, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c Aus G6p.e.1870.& Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July; Do. 0 MO. AD-AO-W. 100 1011 100 100 100 100 105 106 1145 u 8 106 108 5 96 c 3 95 ►0 110 112 114 112 114 111 113 104 105 100 101 gyi 1004 99 ICO 109 tit (i,1 . 1' ll' 9Gi i ,ICt3 107 +9 11, 109 11l 1(91 107 109 1191 1101 100 RRTTISTI NUNES. 'Cambrian Con sol. Gold ,titiorti Amalgamated ievon G. Con, iTavist East Basset* ( Mogan East ClogPu Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. Vir'l Russel (Tavistk. Gam.drSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) reat South Tolgus Wheal Vor (11elsto, Grenville . Berod's-F00t,... iingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lel an t N 1 arke Valley.. , ivndy Iron Ore (Lim New Setun .. _North Downs WWI Basset (1110 ;ati north Wheal Crotty , l'ar Consols (St. Blazey` , rovidence(Uny Lel nt. , South Caradon(St.Cleer S. Carn Brea (Illogan) '.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Pin Croft \Vest Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard: West Seton ...... Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller ( Redruth) Wheal Ki tty ( U.Lclant) WhealLud ott wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton . . ',pal Treiawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 'Lli. 7.19.0 )7 .15. 4.1 2.06 ;,3.6 '.17. 2.4.:• 14 10.6.7 1.1 5.15.6, 18.1 .9 28.9. 171 5i 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 581 7 3.13 }D 22 24 510 521 50 62 P kP 48} 49} •14 12 54 51 17 19 64 7 6 64 54 51 50 52 24 3 1 1} 3i ,0 '1 gi 1s pr 140 150 34 3} 3 34 44 5_ 1 43 395 405 2/ 87f 92} 39 41 15 1 ; i 16i 13 14 35 38 285 295 75 8 0 75 85 7* 81 9 9i 156 245 255 i 7 1 8 51 5l PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. red. pref , 101 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.), 91 Stockton and Darlington, C, 6 per cent., 34 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, is per cent. pref. B, 21 London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1858, 1004 London, Chatham, Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 11 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Franc , sco (Rm. gua, 7 per cent, 201 I Great Luxembourg, '5 Royal Swedish, 7 per cent., I} Sambre and Meuse, 104 San Paulo Ern ), gua. 7 per cent., 94 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 23} FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, lk United Mexican (Wm), 5 JOIN T-STOCK ANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 24t Aus:ralasia, 77* 8 7* Bank of Egypt, 25* City, 89 f London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (11m.),14 London Joint Stock, i 5 46 London and N , rthern (11m ),:2* London and South African, 24i I London and Westminster, 78 t National Provincial of England, new, 201 1 Oriental Bank Corporation, 55f • tittoman Bank. 37i 9 A 9—Ditto, new, 101 sa lot Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi (lima, 21 Union of London, 3.:* 3 DOCKS. Victoria, 07 MISCELLANEOUS. lerystal Palace, 32 Italian Legationl Canal, 1 London Omnibus Company (11m.), 11 Lo don Land, Rail, and Mining (lim.), 2 South Australian Land, 3p, 1 CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. old HALF YEARLY MEETIN G THIS The seventh ordinary general meeting of shareholders in DAY. this undertaking was hell this day at L on don-bridg e t er . minus of the South-Eastern Railway. The report stated that the receipts for the half-year end ing 31st Dec., 1862, had been £423,095 16s. 4d., and the expenditure £375,264 13s. 6d. The principal items of ex penditure had been on account of the purchase of the Charing-cross •bridge tolls, £65,000, and the Hungerford pier tolls, £5 i,030, the purchase of property required for the terminal station at Charing-cross and the city extension to Cannon-street, £111,804 15s. 3d,; and works, £106,240125' The directors also stated that the works were so far ad vanced that they anticipated that the line would be ready for traffic between London -bridge and the temporary sta tion at Charing-cross, in the course of the ensuing summer. After a short discussion the report was adopted unani- mously. The retiring electors having been re-elected, the pro. ceedinge terminated. an all all all 471 4 8 43 4i 231 6}43J !09} 75 111 11 xd 98k 71- 1030 in; 1 14 131 i 271 61 7} 100 4.1.0 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 11.5 i Hi I Business don/ 1051 xd THE SUN, LONDON, WEEINESD 4.Y EVENING, FEBRIJARY 4, 1863, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. -,, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) CHARGE OF FORGERY. Herman Stiller and Marcus Stiffer, two foreigners, were indicted with forging an order for the payment of money with intent to defraud the Bank of Poland. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Metcalf for the prisoners. From the pening statement of the learned counsel, it been app in Ldonis earedothnatinotoe time,vembe last,wrent to h firstthteeshop pp of Messrs. risoner,wh Tuerohad and Field, engravers and lithographers, in the Minories, and produced two tickets, and asked Mr. Tuer if he could manufacture a ticket like the one he then held in his hand. Mr. Tuer said he could, and he then asked Stiller what they were, when he replied, " They belonged to the Society of Poland, that Polandwas in a state of insurrection and they were going to have a new king, and that was the reason that the tickets would be required and that they were equal to our promissory notes. The prisoner left the tickets and afterwards called for them, and said he had heord from his father that they would not now be wanted. He brought some other tickets with him, and asked Mr. Titer if he would engrave more like them. He said he would, but suspecting they were money, told him to call the next day, when the prisoner Herman called. He told him he would do them in the manner ordered, one h ndred copies of each colour. The prisoner called several times to see how the work progressed, and impressed upon Mr. Tuer the neces sity of the tickets being done, so that no one could tell them from the originals. On one occasion the prisoners came together and examined the stones for which the impressions of the tickets were, and expressed themselves satisfied. The two prisoners called again after that, and Marcus expressed himself dissatisfied at the ticket not being done, as he said his friend was going to Poland, and he wanted to take them with him. The tickets were promised on a certain day, and when the prisoner called Mr Tuer gave Marcus 62 tickets, with which he left the shop. A detec tive officer of the City police, named Scott, was waiting close by ani saw the prisoner Marcus give the tickets to Herman, who took them under a gas light to examine them, and while they were thus engaged the officer came up and asked them what they bad got. They appeared as if they did not understand, but Herman eventually said he had got the papers he held in his hand from the printers. Sect then told them they must come to the station house. He took one of the prisoners, and Brett, anDther detective, took Hen, an. Mr. Sliwawski, chief of the cheque department of the supreme direction of the Polish Landholders' Association, said the notes of the corporation circulated in that country under the sanction of the Imperial Govrnment, and the papers put into his hand, which were those found on the prisoner, Herman, when captured by the officers, repre sented bonds for the payment of the half-yearly interest of the Landholders' Association, but they were all forgeries. The jury found the prisoners guilty. Sentence deferred. LITERATURE. A Daughter of Eve. A Novel. By Hain Friswell, Author of " Sham," " Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies." 2 Vols. Bentley. This is a mast striking work, full of brilliant de scription, exciting incident, and ably drawn cha racters. The style throughout is animated, and the dramatis personae most life-like. The chief point on which the story turns is kept secret in the most artistic manner until the conclusion, and one seldom meets with so well defined a plot, sustained throughout with such care and caution, and at last taking one by surprise. The circumstances are most painful, but that does not detract from the interest, indeed it serves to increase the excitement, as no straightforward conduct could have created so much confusion and caused such fearful suffering. Some of the chief actors in this fitful drama of life are sketched in a finished style, sharp and satirical are the decisive touches put to their portraits and the heartless roue, the cold hard man of the world, the cunning schemer, the wild enthusiast, and the selfish woman of fashion and her train of senseless followers ; the unfortunate outcast, who brazens out her shame by affected indifference, and the more mediocre mortals, who pursue their course ie an humbler style, all appear before us in their strength and their weakness, in their sin and their subtleties, in their wilful perversion of gifts, and their conceited assumption of graces Mrs. Vesey Boultbee is a leading personage in these chapters, and is thus introduced :—" Mrs. Vesey Boultbee was in the ton; not the observed of all observers; not the very cream of the cream, perhaps, but of very good standing. She was a good woman also, but had a women's tongue—her only fault, she said. She gained, however, as much as she lost by that instrument, for her sayings and doings brought her into notoriety. Society talked often of what Mrs. Vesey Boultbee said and did. Mrs. Boultbee was known to everybody, from the royal personages downwards. She did not dine at the palace, per haps, but the people in the palace often heard of the bustling, energetic, good-natured, gossiping Mrs. Vesey Boultbee. Happy in herself, particu larly pleased with her position in the world, and thoroughly satisfied with her entourage, Mrs. Boultbee, woman of fashion and bon ton, fulfilled her duties of life, which seemed to be those of making matches, advertising jewellers and mihiners, proclaiming what was the last new method of spreading the table, or serving the soup, curling the hair or wearing the ribbon, and fluttered on through life with the gaiety of a butterfly, which thinks it is doing a good turn to the bees of exis tence. But it is certain that some of the bees, so far from thinking themselves benefited, be came grumble-bees, rather than humble bees, and railed against such delightful butter flies as Mrs. Vesey Boultbee." The devices to which this lady had resort are most entertaining to notice. She wished to visit Paris but dreaded the expense, hence she hit upon a plan which suc ceeded in a wonderful manner. She selecteel a friend who was as E ager to ape her ways as she was those of the real grandee, and asked her to share expenses. She contrived that the visitor should take the heaviest share of payment in return for the inestimable advantages she enjoyed of a presenta tion to the French Court and the endless gaieties of a recherche class. Mrs. White, the favoured fair one, in her turn was now a grande dame, and quite extinguished some rival claimants to the honour of being among the elite of the fashionable world. The news of the trip to Paris spread discomfiture among the clique at Surbiton. " Mrs. Waite forged ahead' of her two companions. She was at once accepted as the leader of the ton at Surbiton, and the alderman's widow hid her diminished head, whilst the wife of the excellent proprietor of the patent medicine, who had always been of a serious turn, felt that the world was a very vain, wicked, and foolish world, and that it was not worth cul tivating. She therefore abandoned the pursuit of fashion, and, taking a seat in the chapel of a popular Dissenter, told all her friends that she had at last found what she had long been seeking—the way to a higher and a better world." The adventures of little Ishmael also are characteristically described, and the event of his joining the housebreakers gives a true picture of the manner in which idleness leads to mischief and to crime. " Pauline," is another natural delineation. Her career of dis grace had not hardened her heart, though it had roughened her manners, and it is only in accord ance with the spirited style in which she defended her house that she should come forward in the same fearless spirit to protect her prisoner. There was sufficient evidence of good intention in both these pariahs of society to justify the account here given of their prosperity in a foreign land, where they would be removed from pernicious influences, and able to start afresh in the great highway of life after their devious wanderings and crooked paths. Mr. Saul Vennem is a very likely presentation of K disagreeable man, who was invited everywhere and tolerated by everybody because he was rich. " A man cannot well have a very large fortune without being asked to the houses of his friends." He was a selfish, arrogant, and pretentious man, but covered with a cloak that hides a multitude of sins in the shape of a golden disguise, ho went merrily on his way and enjoyed himself, as he trade it the object of his life to serve and please himself. Count de la Biche, who plays rather an important part in this story, .s a real villain. Ever ietent on evil and planning mischief, he might have dragged at the chariot w heels of his triumph injured men and ruined women who had been necessary sacrifices in the cause of his career. His end is indeed a retribution ; he died by the hand of the man he had most deeply injured, and whose succeeding years would. be embittered by the fearful knowledge he had gained of the Count's conduct and the deceit practised on him by his wife and her mother. It was the Count's own wish that he and Colonel Escombe should fight, and thus he brought his doom on his own head. " The hour of reckoning" to that guilty career was a fearful struggle and an appalling sight. He could hardly have passed a more painful night than that which began so brilliantly at the hall of Mrs. Boultbee, but which saw no morning in this world. To add to the retribution, hi s servant Dav id , w h om i n hi s iniquitous and profligate career he had also injured, contrived to load the pistols, and loaded the Count's with powder, so that his adversary escaped, while he fell mortally wounded. The fact of Arthur's challenging the man who was his own father is a fearful warning of the denouements to which crime brings its votaries, and even in tbis world anticipates the judgments of the next. The Count thought himself safe from all exposure or annoyance, and one by one his victims rose up, like Banquo's ghost, to confront him and to anni hilate. All the resources of his craftiness, and the skilled manceavres el his cunning deserted him in his hour of need — "A lifetime's acts, in vain essayed, Seemed bursting on the artist's head." When his dying gaze rested on the luxurious cham ber he had so decked and decorated with luxurious refinement to minister to his comfort, he seemed like the sinner, who bade his s ml take its rest, as it had much good laid up for m any years ; a nd the warning voice proclaimed, "Thi s n i ght t h y sou l shall be required of thee." Colonel Escombe is rather a weak men, who seems more ready to run away from a difficulty than to stay and face it in the beet manner. This book, which chronicles the sad careers of so many daughters of Eve, presents us with two happy ex ceptions in Florence Escombe, a n d h er governess, Miss Parsons. Florence is a fine disposition and an attractive- maiden; she, too, had to taste of the cup of bitterness that sin h a d fill ed for her house hold, but she rallied from the shock, and never knew the real extent of the calamity. Miss Par sons is an estimable woman, who has passed through many scenes of trial and suffering with a heroism that would have done honour to any one, however e xalted they might be. She w as t h e ma i nstay of the unhappy home of the Escombes, and by her un tiring kindness and patient watchfulness she did her best to make crooked thi ngs stra i ght, or at l eas t to mitigate the extent of the unavoidable calamity. The description at the commencement of the dismay that seizes on Colonel's friend at his mysterious melancholy, and the strange modes which they adopt to discover the cause of the calamity, are very ludicrous. At last, after the fashion of candid friends, they increased the evil they had sought to remedy, and after hav ing begun the search with the laudable desire to be of service as friends, they performed the part of enemies in their unwise sayings and goings. The Doctor looked so mysterious and tapped his forehead, that the excitable and en thusiastic Mr. Allington Pye took the idea " that his friend Colonel Escombe was settling down into melancho4 madness." He spread abroad this agreeable intelligence, and the result was that half the town was talking of Colonel Escombe's men tal calamity. Those who desire to peruse a most stirring and spirited narrative cannot do better than possess themselves of this work, which will infallibly prove of interest and excitement to all who peruse it. Its sketches are so animated, its style so brilliant, and its numerous characters so well defined and so vividly illustrated, that the re sult is a novel of unusual attractions and supe rior excellence. It is most probable that " A Daughter of Eve" will attain a great success, awl that the reading community in general will give a unanimous vote in its favour, in consideration of its many claims to notice in design and execution, in vivacity of style and vigour of execution. African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi. By W. C. Baldwin, F.R.G.S., with illustrations by Wolf and Zwecker. Bentley. The fascinations of a hunter's life are, to some minds, irresistible. Not content with following the old customs of their forefathers in fox-hunting or deer-stalking within the boundaries of their native kingdom, they must needs betake themselves to the rougher and more dangerous tasks of tiger shooting in the jungles of India, elephant hunting in Ceylon, or pursuing the various races that range the wastes of Southern Africa, scarcely more wild and savage than the human beings around them. The exploits of Mr. Gordon Cumming were the first to draw attention to this new hunting ground, and subsequently M. Du Chaillu, by exploring districts untrodden by Europeans and by securing specimens of a species only previously known to geologists, attracted much notice. Mr. Baldwin, however, has been equally adventurous and can claim the dis tinction of being the first European who reached the Zambesi from the Eastern coast. Mr. Baldwin is one of those who find pleasures in the fatiguing and dangerous exploits of the chase, accompanied, as they often are, by hard fare, insufficient water, sleeping on the damp earth, and journeying amidst hostile tribes, which the easy and regular life of cities can never afford. It is true his eight years' experience seems to have made him somewhat weary, and to have satisfied even his ardour for the chase. He left England for the avowed purpose of enjoying a hunter's life, but his first adventures after arriving in Natal were suffi cient to discourage a less eager spirit. He joined a party being formed by Mr. White, a famous elephant bunter, for an expedition into the Zulu country, and great was the rejoicing of the young adventurer when he was allowed to join it. " Such was my keeness for the sport, that I verily jumped at the proposal to sleep under one of the wagons, both of which were crammed full up to the very tent, and one topped up with a boat keel uppermost. But I would, then, rather have slept in six inches of water than not have gone at all." Notwithstand ing the hardships he had to encounter, he was at the outset delighted with the expedition. "It was the very thing of all others I had been longing for, and in those days I worked like a horse, and the older bands were very glad to be saved the trouble." It was the pursuit of pleasure under difficulties, however, for the rain was very frequent, especially at night. The waggons would only shelter three of the party, so the other six had to manage as best they could, and the result was often sleeping in a pool of water. " The grass, which grew to a tremendous height, was so saturated that one might just as well walk through a river, so there was no use in putting on dry clothes in the morning." The result of such exposure i❑ the unhealthy season in that marshy country might have been anticipated. Fever and ague struck down the adventurous party one by one, pursuing them with a surer and more deadly aim than that with which they hunted the denizens of the forest. The author himself, looking back on the undertaking with his present hardly earned knowledge and experience, styles it " seeking out death ;" and adds, "If older heads had only been placed upon the shoulders of the enterprising and the young, I might not have had to tell how out of nine hunters who went out full of vigour and hope, in all the ardour of enterprise, Gibson and myself alone returned, enervated and prostrate after months of insensibility in Kaffir kraals. I would gladly forget and must pass by some of the details of that trip." It seems strange that " Elephant White," as he was styled, being an old and experienced hunter, should have entered upon such a rash ex ploit. The survivors of the party were nearly a twelvemonth before they recovered their health, and having had enough of hunting for a time at least, Mr. Baldwin settled down on a large farm on the high lands of the Inanda, trading in cattle with the Kaffirs. After two years of this solitary, life he found its monotony unendurable and started on another Zulu trip, continuing his wanderings with more or less interruption for five or six years. Of the last three years of this period he says, " I have led but a vagrant sort of life, doing little good for my self or anybody else, except supplying the ungrate ful half-starved Masaras and Maecalacas with abundance of flesh. I have scarcely ever been still, and must have journeyed over some twelve or fifteen thousand miles at least, and that at much less than foot pace, having been through the Transvaal Republic, Free State, and part of the Old Colony, twice down to Natal, and twice round Lake Ngami, and now over the Zambesi into Ma kololo and Batoka lands; and it is now, I think, nearly time to come to a halt." In the course of these wanderings his adventures, accidents, and escapes were, as might be conjectured, very nume rous. Sometimes his provisions failed, though this was the rarest of his misfortunes, owing to the plenti ful supply of game and his skill with his gun; the scarcity of water was a greater and more frequent trouble. Sometimes he lest his way in the wild and trackless country ; sometimes he fell among un friendly natives; once all his attendants deserted him in the middle of a solitary waste, and, to add to their kindness, relieved him of the care of his horses at the same time. Very often accidents deprived him of his best horses and dogs, or tigers carried off his oxen, and lions breaking into his encampment helped themselves with more liberality than consideration. Add to these the perils of hunting such animals on land, of bathing in company with crocodiles and hippopo tami, and the dangers threatening man and beast from the scourges of the country—ague, fever, and the fatal lung-sickness among cattle—and we shall have some idea of the pleasures of a hunter's life in Southern Africa. We have an account of a narrow escape in bunting elephants, when owing to a sud den jerk of the horse's head the curb-chain came undone, and the bit turned round in his mouth. The elephant who was charging his adversary was then not twenty yards off. The rider dug his spurs into his horse's sides, and, leaning over as far as possible, passed close by the infuriated animal. The horse rushed on through the tangled bush, with the huge enemy close in the rear. As soon as he could arrest the frantic speed of his horse, Mr. Baldwin jumped off, and succeeded in despatching the elephant, after giving him ten shots and sustaining three more savage eharges._ table Elephant hunting is, of course, a very profitable sport says sport from the value of the ivory, but both risk and labour. It :Two blank d very ays hardest riding five life our author, the entailsthe to a vley sso pace . eat ; a drink o f where the ing in the bush with Masaras tell you they have drun a k n , d sleep h a e . ni t u h r a s n n a o c t t a h a n i n f e g o h o7: the saddle, under the w a h ole broilingd ay_stuwno, muddy water in the morrnngontodfianndeirrt,y tortoise shell, which serves for breakfast , ta on tt e e s re i d s y ter in three half-sta rved o M su a c s c a e r s a s s f i u n l neveraadkbayi:usstliwkahendatthyisou may expect." f.i sup per;jo wi a 1 1,3 g d a a f followed seeing On another oceasion NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) George Ruston, shipowner, and James Bertie were in dicted, the former for unlawfully obtaining by false pre tences from the Universal Marine Insurance Company, the sum of £BOO with intent to defraud, and the latter with conspit acy for the same purpose. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) BURGLARY. James Welch was found guilty of a burglary in the dwelling .house of John Green, and stealing therefrom a quantity of boots and shoes. The Court sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. NUMEROUS ROBBERIES BY A. WELL••RNOWN TRIBZ. -. Ellen Costello, a wretchedly clad woman, and who, from her appearance, has evidently been much addicted to drink described as a hawker, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing three jugs and smashing a pane of glass, of the value of 1,5, at the shop of Mr. John Baptiste Romer, china dealer, 302, Oxford-street; with stealing two fowls, of the value of 95., from the shop of Mr. Hill, poulterer, 4, Grosvenor-street ; and with stealing a tea kettle, of the value of 35., from the shop of Mr. John Cutting, iron monger, 27, Oxford-street. Mr. Henry Hughes, assistant to Mr. Romer, said that about a quarter to six the previous eNening the prisoner picked up two glasses from a tray at the shop door, and asked the price. He told her, and as the price did not satisfy her she put them down again, and while doing so he ob served the three jugs, which he knew to be Mr. Romer's pro?erty, secreted under her shawl. He took them from her, and told her to go away, when she became very nburrivo, uzid tuunalied a plate glass of about the value of £5. On her being searched at the staticn two fowls, a tea kettle, some meat, some plates, and parsnips were found in her possession, the whole of which she said was her pro perty. Mr. Ditchett, assistant to Mr. Cutting, proved that the kettle was the property of Mr. Cutting, and tie was able to identify it by the shop mark on it. Mr. George Hill. poulterer, of 4, Grosvenor-street, iden tified the two fowls as the property of his father. Mr. Tyrwitt asked whether the owners of the plates and the meat and parsnips were present. M`Bean, 332 A, said they had not been able to find them. Mr. Tyrwhitt—very much against the wish of the pri soner, who wished the matter settled at once—remanded the prisoner for a week. STREET OUTRAGE.—AIfred Rose, a young man who said he was a hammerman, living at Southwark, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt as follows : From the evidence of Frederick Allen, a tailor, living in Queen-street, Haymarket, it appeared that at one this morning he was passing through Sydney-alley, Leicester square, when the prisoner and another man came up to him, and while the other grasped his throat, the prisoner gave him a violent blow in the eye with his fist, and then made a snatch at his steel watch chain which he broke. He (prosecutor) was then dropped on the ground, the men ran off, but he got up and called " murder " and "police," and pursued the prisoner and caused him to be taken into custody. A. constable said he saw the prisoner run from Sydney alley into Leicester-street, and stopped him, when the pro secutor gave him in charge for the assault, having at the time marks of a severe blow in the eye. Prisoner said the prosecutor had made a mistake, and said there was no reason why he should have assaulted the prosecutor. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case assumed a more serious aspect than he (prisoner) seemed to think, and he should remand him for a week. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT AT A TAVERN.--John Fitz gerald, an athletic young man, was charged with the fol lowing disgraceful conduct at a tavern : Henry Major, barman to Mr. Pelgrim, proprietor of the Star and Garter tavern, Sloane-street, Chelsea, stated that at a little after four o'clock yesterday afternoon the defen dant entered the house and created a disturbance by abus ing and quarrelling with some persons who were there. The head barman told him to go out, when he refused, and struck him, and upon witness going to his assistance de fendant gave him a blow on the chest. After some diffi culty defendant was got outside, but before the door could be closed upon him defendant seized witness with his teeth and bit his hand, and if it had not been for the prompt and timely assistance of the head barman , witness would have been most seriously injured. Mr. Arnold—Was he served in the house? Witness—We never serve him, drunk or sober ; orders have been positively given to the barmen not to serve him, in consequence of his general misconduct. Besides what I have stated the defendant tore my jacket as you now see it, and did damage to the amount of 10s. Frederick Badcock, 289 A, proved that the defendant was very violent. Mr. Arnold asked whether anything was known of him. Dennis, the gaoler, said that he had been repeatedly charged with assault on different persons. Defendant, who said he was drunk, offered no defence. Mr. Arnold observed that there was no excuse for his going to this house, creating a disturbance, and commit ting the assault with which he stood charged. His con duct had been altogether very bad, and in default of paying the penalty of 50s. he must be committed for a month to the House of Correction. Committed accordingly. THE POPE AND THE PRINCE IMPERIAL—The I correspondent of the Paris Presse at Rome says, with regard to the ccutirmation of the Imperial Prince, that the Papal Nur.3io has been directed by the Pope to assure Northern the Emperor and Empress of the joy he would have " in himself causing the Tilly Spirit to descend upon the head of the child destined by Providence to wear the finest crown placed several articlof some Pope will not permit a visit to Paris. is t t h h e e world." It is thought, however, that the great age DIALICAL OUTRAGE.—Yesterday information was forwarded to the police that the authorities of pose of upsetting the trc:l°waY. the Great for the apprehensionßailway had offered a reward of £5O up-trains arriving at Ring's-cross a up-line°: a ' Sisters -road and the Res on the line between the Seven as theya. person or persons who had charge reported that,road stations, for the pur elrto saspp station,earsth attnonnpoenrsenonfs thein It is Nv , e i ra r ii ; e r e::: g . i s , l h o ewly telegraphicbetween the two stations referred to on the line which bent their cleyan . let with some obstruction porter proceeding of wood and u wires o w l were e , a h t n o f n o c u e n p d u o t 1 i l, n t a l i passing trains and several iron chairs, and on the down -line bar, sufficient to cause obstruction to the railway a fire . also to throw them off the line. Mr. Baldwin had a narrow escape from an elephant whom be lost sight of after wounding, and passed by unwittingly. "He was lying in wait, and made a terrific charge, trumpeting furiously. The horse was round like a top, and away I went with both rowels deep in his flanks, as I threw myself on his neck. It was a very near shave, his trunk was over the horse's hind-quarters, I went through bush that, in cool blood, 1 should have pronounced im penetrable." Fortunately the wounds inflicted by the briars were the only injuries received_ Another hairbreadth "scape' is recorded in the following account of SHOOTIWG A LION. " I dismounted at about 60 or 70 yards and shot him ; I could only see his outline, and that very indistinctly, and he drept so instantaneously, that I Thought I had shot him dead. I stood up in my stirrups to catch a sight of him. His eyes glared so savagely, and he lay crouched in so natural a position, that I saw in a moment I had missed him ; I was then about 80 yards from him, and was weigh ing the chances of getting a shot at him from behind an immense ant-heap about 15 yards nearer. I had just put my horse in motion with that intention when he came on with a tremendous roar. Illy horse is a fast one, and has run down the gemsbok, one of the fleetest ante lopes, but the way the lion ran him in was terrific. In an instant I was at my best pace, leaning forward, look ing back over my left shoulder, over a hard flat ground. On came the lion, two strides to my one. I never saw any thing like it, and never want to do so again; to turn in the saddle, and shoot, darted across my mind, when he was within three strides of me, but, on second thoughts, I gave a violent jerk on the near rein, and a savage dig at the same time with the off heel, just in the nick of time, as the old mannikin bounded by me, grazing my right shoul der with his, and all but unhorsing me, but I managed to right myself by clinging to the near stirrup leather. He immediately slackened his speed ; as soon as I could pull up, which was not all at once, as Ferns had his mettle up, I jumped off, and made a very pretty and praiseworthy shot, considering the fierce ordeal I had just passed, though I say it who ought not. Of the Kaffirs, on the whole, Mr. Bald• win speaks in favourable terms. They are excellent servants for the time being, though .heir attachment can never be reckoned on. On one occasion, when disabled by fever and left behind by his party, he was most carefully nursed by his Kaffir attendant, but near the termination of his wanderings he was much pained by the sudden desertion of two tried ser vants who had been with him for several years, and in whom he placed great trust. The life led by the wandering tribes is most wretched ; hundreds often perish of starvation in bad seasons. The author once encountered an old Kaffir woman leading two little boys of four or five. They were living on roots, berries, land tortoises, or anything they could find, without clothing or dwelling of any sort. They refused to come to the wagon, though starvation was their almost inevitable fate. During one period of scarcity one of the missionaries used to give each of the baptised Kaffirs a small loaf every Monday ; with this they contrived to keep alive with the aid of roots, berries, &c., till the following week. The Zulu nation seem to be peculiarly savage. At 3ne time, when Mr. Baldwin passed through their country it was nearly depopulated by an interne cine war, Panda, the chief, having himself killed seven of his brothers. The Kaffir church, conducted by a Norwegian missionary, was a curious spectacle. Near the close of his travels Mr. Baldwin reached Zambesi Falls, of which he gives a very interest ing description. He was fortunate enough to meet Dr. Livingstone, and had the honour, he tells us, of cutting his initials on a tree in the island above she Falls, just below Dr. Livingstone's, as being the second European who had reached the Falls, and the first from the east coast. Dr. Livingstone told him that it was the only place from the west coast to the east where he had had the vanity to cut his initials. The discovery of the Falls was made in 1855, and from that time to the present no Euro peans but Dr. Livingstone's party and Mr. Bald win have penetrated so far. The river he describes as a mile wide, and the roar of the Falls is heard at ten miles' distance. The writer counted sixteen before a stone of 201bs. weight reached the surface of the water. One of Dr. Livingstone's party asserted that these FdllS exceeded Niagara in sublimity. Mr. Baldwin thinks Dr. Livingstone underrated their magnitude, as he himself saw them every day for a week, from every accessible point, and thinks himself well qualified to compute the distances from his long practice in doing so. It will be seen that the work possesses all the fascination belong ing to a narrative of exploration and adventure ; and its attractions are considerably enhanced by the very numerous and effective illustrations. The " gentlemen of England who live at home at ease," will probably prefer hunting lions and elephants in Mr. Baldwin's company through the medium of his animated pages, to sharing in the perils and pleasures of a similar dangerous and daring ex pedition. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CARMARTHEN STEEPLECHASES—TUESDAY. The Open Steeplechase Handicap of 10 soya each, with 100 added. About 4 miles. Mr. W. 11. R. Powell's Ace of Hearts, by Greatheart— sister to Bryan O'Linn, aged, 12st Mr. J. R. James's Wings, aged, list (Mr. J. R. James) 2 Mr. 0. Smith's Gingerbread, aged, lOst 101 b (Richards) 3 The Rug, Comet, and Cumberland also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ace of Hearts-2 to 1 agst The Rug —4 to 1 agst Wings. Won by three lengths, a bad third. The Golden Grove Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added. About four miles. Stember, 4 yrs, ;Ist 71b..... ....... (Mr. Richards) 1 Capeston, 5 yrs, 12st llb Cock Robin, aged, 12st 121 b Shanbally, Mountain Lass, and Mainstay also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Cock Robin-2 to 1 apt Mountain Lass-4 to 1 agst any other. Won by three lengths ; half a length between the second and third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 100 to 7 agst Master Bagot (offered) 20 to 1 agst Medora (taken) 20 to 1 agst Northern Light (taken) 22 to 1 agst Light of Other Days (taken) 25 to 1 agst Anatis (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lincoln (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Libellous (taken) 100 to 7 agat Douche (taken) 100 to 6 agat Lopcatcher (taken) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Stradella (offered) 25 to 1 agst Black Deer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Haddington (taken) 40 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 40 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken) 50 to 1 agst Count Cavour (taken) THE DERBY. 300 to 10 agst Carnival (taken) WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 100 to 6 agat Mr. Worrall's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gregson's nomination (taken) 200 to 7 agst Mr. Bake's nomination (taken) 200 to Tagst Lord Binning's nomination (taken) Mr. Werrall's nomination would have been heavily backed at the price quoted. Lord Binning's is looking up in the market, and bids fair to become a much better favourite. Mr. Bake's was supported freely, and Heather Jock was baoked against Agility to lead his hare and kill if they meet. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. Lincoln MA: Nottingham Spring 3 Derby Spring Liv er pool Spring.. •• •• ••105 Shrewsbury l2 Azi Newmarket C r aven D ur h a m . ........... 6 K n i g hton .........•••••• 7 Llan b o idy. .............. 7 Gatwick Bridge • 8 Abergavenny .• . 9 Chester Bath ......... 12 Marlborough ...... Harpenden ...............4 . 1 15 Ascot .. Jty Newton ............ • 2 Hampton • . .............. 10 Odiham ..............10 Beverley, 16 17 .............. 25 tcg. D o ncaster Spring .. 16 Warwick Spring 18 Northampton 24 Crorton Park 27 Liverpool Hunt Club, ...10 Thirsk ...........14.. Epsom Spring .......... 16 Newmarket F. 5........ 20 York Spring ......... ...28 Salisbury .............. 30 Ju: Worcester 2 Newmarket July 7 Liverpool ..13 Abingdon 14 Hungarford l6 Am Brightcn Brighton Club Lewes . Reading York Auguat l3 Epsom Radcliffe 25 Manchester 27 Bibury Club 17 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle . 23 Carlisle 3O rLY. Pontefract l6 Nottingham 21 Winchester 21 Southampton.. 22 Goodwood 28 'UST. Egham 25 Stockton O xford ••••••••• '..27 Lichfield .. . ........ 3° THE MURDER AT ACTON. -.--- Yesterday, at a quarter to three, Joseph Brooks and Isaac Brooke were placed at the bar of the Hammersmith Police-court, before Mr. Dayman, on remand, charged with the wilful murder of William Davey, a policeman, by shooting him thrcugh the head, at Petherton-villa, Acton, on the night of Monday, the 19th ult. Mr. Treherne, of 17, Gresharm street and of Acton, again appeared for the prosecution. Mr. A. Haynes, of 12, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, and of Wands• worth, defended the prisoner Isaac Brooks ; the other pri soner was undefended. Miss Emma Rice stated, in addition to her former evi dence, that the man she saw on the night in question had hair on his chin like the prisoner Joseph, but she would not swear he was the man. Emma Lake added to her former testimony that she was engaged to be married to the prisoner Joseph, and the ceremony was to take place on Wednesday, the 21st ultimo. When Joseph said, after bringing back the gun, " God bless the man, if I had him here I'd hit him," he referred to the man to whom he intended to sell the gun. In reply to the magistrate, Mr. Haynes said he had been earnestly solicited by the mother of the two prisoners to protect, if possible, her unhappy son, and he (Mr. Haynes) supposed he might therefore be considered to be defend ing both of them. George Treadaway, who was driving a cart in the Ux bridge-road on the night of the murder, deposed that he met a man running very fast along the road about twenty minutes to nine o'clock. The man had on a kind of moulsey coat and a cap. The coat found in the house of one of the prisoners was then produced, and the witness said it was certainly not such a coat. He kaew both the prisoners well. Re could not identify either of them as being the man he saw. Sergeant Biden proved finding a powder flask in the pocket of Joseph's jacket. He (Joseph) had taken up the jacket, and immediately put it down, attempting to cover it up with the blanket. After some other evidence confirming previous testimony, Mr. Treherne proposed to examine Mrs. Isaac Brooks to give evidence that would only affect Joseph, but Mr. Day man said he could not receive that until the case was com pleted, so that he might note how far it bore upon the charge made jointly against the two prisoners. After some further evidence the prisoners were again re manded. SHERIFFS FOR 1863. (From the London Gazette of last Evening.) At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 3d of February, 1863. Present—The Queen's Most Excel lent Majesty in Council. Sheriffs appointed by her Ma jesty in Council, for the year 1863: ENGLAND. (Excepting Cornwall and Lancashire.) Bedfordshire—Benjamin Helps Staroy, of Milton Ernest, Esq. Berkshire—James Blyth, of Woolhampton House, near Newbury, Esq. Bucks— Philips Cosby Lovett, of Liscombe House, Esq. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire—Daniel Onslow, of Great Staughton, Esq. Cheshire—Sir Charles Watkin Shakerley, of Somerford, Park, Esq. Cumberland--William Nicholson Hodgson, of Newby Grange, Carlisle, Esq. Derbyshire—Sir Henry Flower Every, of Eggington, Bart. Devonshire—Sir George Stucley Stucley, of Hartland Abbey, Bideford, Bart. Dorsetshire—George Whieldon, of Wyke Hall, Gilling ham, Esq. Durham—John Richard Westgarth Hildyard, of Hors ley, Esq. Essex—George Palmer, of Nazing, Esq. Gloucestershire—Philip William Skynner Miles, of King's Weston, near Bristol, Esq. Herefordshire—William Bridgman, of Weston-under- Penyard, near Ross, Esq. Hertfordshire—Samuel Richard Block, of Greenhill Grove, Chipping Barnet, Esq. Kent—Samuel Long, of Bromley Hill, Esq. Leicestershire—John Martin, of Whatton House, Esq. Lincolnshire—George Charles Uppleby, of Barrow, Esq. Monmouthshire—Henry Mal tyn Kennard, of Crumlin Hall, near Newport, Esq. Norfolk—Joseph Stonehewer Scott Chad, of Thuraford, E Northamptonshire—George Ashby Ashby, of Naseby, Esq. Northumberland—Watson Askew, of Pallinaburn, Esq. Nottinghamshire—John Henry Manners Sutton, of Kel. ham, Esq. Oxfordshire—Thomas Taylor, of Aston House, Esq. Rutland—The Hon. Henry Lewis Noel, of Exton Park. Shropshire—Thomas Charlton Whitmore, of Apley Park, Esq. Somersetshire—George Treweeke Scobell, of Kingwell, Esq. County of Southampton—Melville Portal, of Laverstoke House, Mitcheldever Station, Esq. Staffordshire—Thomas Bagnall, of West Bromwich, Suffolk—John William Brooke, of Sibton Park, Esq. Surrey—Lewis Lloyd, of Monk's Orchard, near Croy don, Esq. S . ussei—John Charles Fletcher, of Dale Park, Arundel, Es W q. arwickshire—Charles Marriott Caldecott,of Holdbrook Grange, Rugby, Esq. Westmoreland—Will , am Wilson, of High Park, near Kendal, Esq. Wiltshire—Thomas Fraser Grove, of Fern, Esq. Worcestershire—Richard Hemming, of Bentley Mauer, Bromsgrove, Esq. Yorkshire—John Hope Barton, of Stapleton Park, near Pontefract, Esq. FEBRUARY. WALES-NORTH AND SOUTH. Anglesey—Robert Lloyd Jones Parry, of Tregaian, Esq. Brecor shire—Thomas De Winton, of Cefn Cantreff, Esq. Cardiganshire—Price Lewis, of Gwastod, near Lampe ter, Esq. Carmartlenshire—lsaac Horton, of Ystrad, Esq. Carnarvonshire—John Platt, of Bryn-y-neuodd, Esq. Denbighshire—John Lloyd, of Rhagatt, Corwen, Esq. Flintshire—Charles Butler Clough, of Liwyn Offa, Esq. Glamorgaushire—John Popkin Traherne, of Coytrahene, Esq. Merionethshire--Howel Morgan, of Hengwrtuchaf, Esq. Montgomeryshire—John Dagdale, of Llwyn, Esq. Pembrokeshire—William Rees, of Scoveston, Esq. Radnorshire—Henry Thomas, of Pencerrig, Esq. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. WAR-OFFICE, FEE. 3. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, lint., Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, and Director of the Royal School of Mines and Museum of Practical Geology, to be an Ordi nary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of tho Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 3. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant John Booth Richardson to be Second Captain, vice John Charles Francis Ramaden, resigned. BREVET. _ Lieutenant- Colonel George B. Shakespear t Royal Artillery, having, under the provisions of the Royal Warrent of 14th October, 1858, completed a qualifying service of five years in his present rank, to be Colonel in the Army. INDIA. OFFICE, FEE. 2. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under mentioned promotions among the officers of the Madras Army:— PROMOTIONS —INFANTRY. Lieutenant-Colonel (Major-General) Wm. George White to be Colonel, vice Marrett, deceased. Bth Regiment Native Infantry—Lieutenant Charles Met calfe Hailes to be Captain, in succession to a Lieutenant- Colonel, retired. 17th Regiment Native Infantry—Lieutenant Robt. Arthur Walter Charles Stuart to be Captain, vice Nuthall, de ceased. General List of Infantry Officers—Ensign Evelyn Swinton Skinner to be Lieutenant, vice Cotton, 4th Native Infan• try, deceased. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Henry Samuel, watchmaker, Strand Richard Clarke, Compton, Guildford - • BANKRUPTS to of any importance The following are the o nly . bankrup which appear in the Gazette . Birmingham William Kirk, painter , uctioneer, New Broad-street, City Robert S. HardinV oer, William Knight, butcher Bayswater John Parting -- „ te ro n s 4eion merchant, Liverpool M ri anehester Jas. B a tt y Bryson, a nd Thos. Batty, builders, Liverpool Francis 1 Ba k er , p u blican, South Minims, Middlesex .1 stationer, Gravel-l ane , S outhwark John S mith, Kidder m i nster ") ,: hi fe s S l a i ra u jB Cornelius T. Remmett, designer, Wolverhampton William Cottle, former, Chittlehamptnn, Devonshire Charles Spedding, saddler's ironmonger, Sun-st, City Caliste Galibert, T. Galibert, A. Galibert, and C. Gail' bert, leather merchants, Alderrnanbury B William Shaw, SCOTCH cattle dealer, Edinburgh Margaret Robson, china dealer, Hawick Elizabeth Stewart, bootmaker, Glasgow Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. 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