The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-16 00:00:00

vention in Mexico were laid on the table by a vote of 34 against 9. Money tighter. Gold 571 per cent. premium. Exehange on London 173 i. Stocks steady. New York Centrals 118 4. Illinois 90. Erie 73k. Cotton dull : middling 'Up lands, 86c. to 88c. Breadstuffs quiet and unchanged. Provisions steady. Coffee and molasses quiet. Sugar very firm. NLW Youx, Feb. 5, Midnight. 'Washington official despatches regard the encounter off Charleston as greatly exaggerated by the rebels. They de clare that there has been no interruition of the blockade, and that no such assumption will be admitted by the Go- N'ernment. A t elegram to-day from Fortress Monroe mentions the reception there of news from Charleston of the 3d of February, when that port was thoroughly blockaded, the Federal iron clacis then lying outside the wooden 'easels. The iron clads were not w.th the fleet when the attack is said to have been made. The Federal attack upon Charleston was momentarily expected on the 3d, and the official account was hourly awaited by tho despatch boat when the Arabia left. NEW YORK, FEB 5, Evening. News received here from the city of Mexico, dated Jan. 4, states that the French were rapidly advancing upon the capital. The French were also advancing upon Puebla. They had reached and occupied a position near Acultzingo with 3,000 men and thirty pieces of artillery. Six thousand French troops with twenty-seven guns had reached Tecomacbalco. The Franck forces which cover Peyote were also aivanciog. RONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. D iscounters are offering the mercantile com munity increased facilities, evidently in expectation of a decline in the minimum quotation. The pro spect of an early reduction in the value of money, however, induced most persons merely to supply their immediate requirements, because by waiting a few days they may be enabled to negotiate their securities on easier terms, and the demand at present consequently continues quiet. Capi talists engaging in discount business are there fore unable to obtain much employment for their available resources, although they have already lowered their terms for the best bills to 4f, and in exceptional cases to per cent. Money is also getting cheaper on the Continent, the Bank of Amsterdam having, within the last few days, relaxed its regulations, while the improve ment in the situation cf the Bank of France, and the favourable advicea now received, indicate the prohability of lower quotations being speedily announced in the Parisian market. The accounts from various manufacturing dis tricts for the past week are of a less satisfactory Character. At Manchester both cloths and yarns have been in very limited request, and prices tende I downwards. In the woollen districts, viz., at Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, and Halifax, the chief Operations have been in spring goods at about pre vious rates. The hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Nolingham have shown more acti vity, while at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolver hampton there nas been little change of importance. Tne dividend on the Peruvian 4 , 1 per Cent. Bonds and Turkish 6 per Cent Loan of 1858 has been an nounced for payment. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 30th ult., amounted to £13,019, against £10,633 last year. The Arabia, from New York, has brought £60,356, and the Cossack, from Lisbon, £1,375 in specie, Two o'CLocit. The English Stock Mirket, which closed on Satur day with a very buoybut appearance, is rather Ratter to-day, consequent upon a few sales on behalf of speculators who, having bought at lower prices, Were desirous of securing the profit within their reach. Consols are therefore 92i y, for money and 9214 93 for the account, but upon the whole affairs present a favourable appearance, and the market I ntlat still be considered exceedingly firm. rho New 3 per Cents. are firm at 924 93; the RAnced ~4 t 92 4 i; Red Sea Telegraph Annuities, 211, and India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1081. In the Foreign Mlrket the dealings have been Moderately aeive, and prices, in most instances, have shown increased buoyancy; Italian 5 per Cents., however, have declined to 691 owing to the ex- Peoted issue of a new loan. Egyptian are firm at 100 4 ; do., 2d issue, at 994 100; Greek Bonds have improved to 204; do., Coupons, are 9 4 ; Mexican Stock has advanced to 334 4, in consequence of the tnore favourable advices from the Republic ; Portu guese New Loan is steady at 464 474 ; Russian do., 93 t; Spanish Passive, 261 Q ; do. Certificates, 01 10 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854. are buoyant at 901; do., 1858, at 734 74; do., 1862, 704 71 ; and th Consolides, 41142. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have continued moderately active, and prices exhibited, 14 most instances, a further short improvement. Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South-Eastern, have improved 55.; and Great Eastern and Great Northern A Stock, 10s. The F ore i gn and Colonial undertakings were without material variation. South Auslrian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 234; Sambre and Meuse, 11 s ; Great Luxembour g , 16 Great Western of Canada improved to 13?, 4 ; and Grand Trunk of Canada to 211. East Indian was firm at 1064. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares coLtinued dull, but exhibited no marked variation in prices. London and Westminster realised 76k 77 ! ; British and American Exchange improved to 114 I ; and Alliance of London and Liverpool to 2 q. South Australian Land was steady at 31; and Scottish Australian Investment at 140. BRITISH FUNDS-- , :LOSING PRICES 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. Now 3 per Cent. Annuities ~0 ultlem, 30 yrs, expire pith Jan., 1 , 03(1 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2lt India Stock I) tto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — tau 5t per Cent D ~ wits t i. , IOU Consols for Account, March. 5 nclia Stock tot Account, 5 per Cent.. 1081 FOREIGN FUNDS—('LOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent .••. •••• Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-68- 60 1,, Ilan 6 per Cent _ Ditto 41 per Cent. Egpptian 7 pet Cent Ditto, Second Issue .... Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ma ri 1 Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 33' _ , t 93t 4i 4 New 4 G isb ra l n in ad p a l3 2 erial a per (..en ) itto 2 pet Cent. 3O i Ditto Deferred n 8 7 .. Perov,.-in 4i per Cent. .. Ditto 1862 . . 881 1) Itto Aoronot. .................... — P ortugu ese 3 per C ent ., 1853 . 47,1 6; 1862 ......... Ditto 3 pm Ditto Scrip £25 paid 96 Russian 5 per Cent ., - 1822, £ Ditto 41 per Cent, 1850 6Ol Ditto 3 per Cent 18.59 St ....... 921 93t i 3 I ~ Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sarloaian 5 per Cent. • .. 83 Ditto Account _ Spanish 3 per Cent till 26i 7 ; ? 4 Ditto Passive ........ .. • gi ioh pi Spanish„Cert. of Coup not funded T urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Ditto Aczount.... 6 per Cent. 1832 1 ditto Account . ............... Venezuela, 3 per Cent .... . iiitto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ..... . b itto Account ...... 691 i T RREE O'CLOCK. CoDsols, Money ...................... 92t i .t.)itto Account 92i 3 The /1/ --- ' ovintento of Genoa publishes two procla peopl mations by Garibaldi, o ne a dd ressed to the a Eng land, calli ng on t h em to break with Russia and aid the h Polish Revol u ti on; t h e other to the Poles, informing th that the Itali ans w il l b e in the Wrung if they do not go em to their assistance, 44 46 37 42 96 100 BRITISLI POS , ESSIONS. 4:iosiov ••har. itatiwava Pate. Price. (liminess don 4 100 lriantic &St Lawrene. di 6.5 67 65 4 dtk 1 •tom.,Baroda&.Cent It' u 44 54 i os i 1 Gu. 5 per Dent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. ... a. 44 liutlalo anti Lake duns, 1' 5 04 54 to Do. Preference all 75 84 too 5 sufralo,Brant,&Godriel to 77 to p. et. bds. Aug. 1, ls1t: 100 Do. do. July 1, 187: to' 73 76 100 to. do. June 1, 1- 10 ( 73 76 st 'l4lltta.&s. Eastn. • 1 100 113 1(5 st 'apeTown t Dock Sc. , 1440 I' ti I 9 stock Bastn. Bengal gu. Sp. 1 0 0 stock • eat Indian, gu. sp. 1051 66 1064 20 Ito. do. (4 Ext..., 5 4 1444 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 1 IP stool • ;rand I'runk 014'„n '2l 2 211 to, sat Pr , . Bonds 67 70 074 8 100 Do. o. deterred.-- all 50 55 53 2 to , . Pr,., Bon s.. 66 58 100 D4.do d fer ed...... all 45 8 too 00. 3d P et. sto k 42 45 100 Do do. d te , r d.... it 35 40 100 Do. 4th I'ref. s o k... all 27 30 100 Do. su deterr all 23 25 ' stock i3tlndiaPenie.gue.op., 44s 1044 4i51 20 Do. New gua. sp. c.. 12 4 1 20 Do. January, .862 .. 4 4 1 stock it. South.of India(Lirn 4uaranteed 5 per con' 0 , 103 105 201 it. W. of Canada Sher. all 13 131 1 201 Do. New . 101 , Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't np' all 99 101 LOC to. 51 F. c. do. '77-8.. all 92 '4 10 Indian Branch Limited . 1p 1p 31 1 stow- qadras Tuar., sp. 6. 01 24 1 436 1034 stool Do. 4$ p. c. Extensio• 101 96 97 stocl. • ) c . 4 1(0 92 4 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - .toek ‘teib.corn. p. e. 800 5(• 11elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7 p.c. 11ortg. Ilds. al - Br unswiek &Can , : class :n t B Nr. Itl.C'da 6pc Ist 1 bds 100 83 15 at 1 0 )( 0 1 . D d e 0 1h .. 1 .... 4 4t0.. 4clude ........ ( 5 106 106 100 103 104 . , , 0 1 104 1035 2 1p 2f 1 10 40. Punjaub .... st 'O. Du. I. e . nelus.Sl. Flo. I 98 100 11,,1N1 A 1 ii• 1•; 1( N \II', • ,t4;c4 li i - • 1877-44 Do.a p. c. Feb. az Au 101 43 ( 46 - Do. 6p. c.lll ar. & SC, 10i 4.6 108 - Do. sp. c. Jan.&.July. 111 96 97 961 5 - Do. 5 Inscribed stoc► i 0(. +ts 97 - • ape G. H ope. 6 p c. 187 I ti , 0 , 10 Do.Ap &Oct 188( 104. 112 114 Do. 18s 1' a 13 ' l 5 - , Do. Jan. & July, 1891. 100 411 1 13 - !Ceylon. 0 0v.1.61, 6p t in , _ - M u itius i oer cent .. 'OO 110 112 - Na a Gv. 6 per cat 100 9 111 i. , ..4.t.i0v.0p.u...1natJU1 to 105 t. 6 - uO. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 104 - - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,181;. 101 101 101 1001 - Do. f, p. c.,1871 to 167 , 101 100 101 - Do. do 1888 &upw(l. ton 90 160 100 995 •• - 'New Zealand 6p. cent. tut) 109 tit - INova Scotia Gov. 6p. r. - , sterling, 1875 to. 106 107 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 9 11. - b. Aus G1ip.c.1870.& up. tot 'O9 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 107 109 - Do. to a y.o. ko..toct,. ion ,12 not 1104 1 1 BRTTI SII MINES. Cambrian Consol. Gold i 'Chtlord Amalgamated 1 Devon G. Cone. 'ravist, East Bassett (IlloR•an , 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. W'lRussel (Tavistk. Gam.,lzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.; Great South Tolgus 0. Wheal Voradelston Grenville . it erod's- Foot ..... I liii!gston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret. (tiny Lelant ark & Valley.. mvluiv Iron Oro (Lim New Setun.... urth Downs %V W' tiasePt(lllo,ah •:orth Wheal Crotty 'Par Consols(R. south S. ;Whea tC ()v a l n C e a n ß r e i ir a: er k a o t j n( n i n . ( i( S Y lio t i L . 2.l C o e a l l n e n p e ) 1: : Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min rin Croft West Basset (Mogan). • 1 WV Carzdon (L).skearci West Seton .. . 1 wheal Basset (Illog,an) V. .heal Buller ( Redruth Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant ) WhealLnd ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton ...... , .. ~i T, - .. r..vney ( Lt s ~ ) Wheal Union id in -- 4 23 630 540 48 50 iid t7ip 0 11 5 17 19 5t 6 5 50 52 26 3 1 33 lo r 135 1 45 21 34 4 46 5 5 5 1 43 " 1 5.1 5 DIA .91 395 S(5 2t 21 879 929 3i - 40 ta 14 5 47, 1 154 •6.4 12i 1 34 33 35 5 275 f '75 8u 65 75 9 .0.6 74 8i 2.10.8 7i 8 H 156 16i 584 20 31 7 17 18 3.17 41 51 1105 i I 101 I I PREFERENCE SHARES. Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 139 PREFEreENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan, 5 / LINES LEASED Ai' FIXED RHINTALS. Hull nd Selby, 11 4 t London and ChAttiam 4 per Cent., 94 London and Greenwich, 61 PoR E IGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 841 Bahia arid s .n Franc sco (Inn.) gua. 7 per cent., 21k 1 Great Luxembourg, t 4 6 ottoman (Smyrna to Aid n), 111 121 Sambre and Meuse, 11 4 San Pau o lim ), gua. 7 per cent., 9/ Ditto (a.l), 234 Turin and Savona, 24 Ditto (all), 71 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper (lim.), 31 Pedr , Nur h Lel Rey, / Fortuna (liin.), 41 Mont. Aureos tiraz. Gold Min. Co. (Urn.), 31 Port Philip, IA Scottish A ustralian, 11 Yudanamutana of S. Auetralia (lim.), 74 4 3 JOI `T-STOCK ANRS. Agra andUnitea Service (lim.), 04 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lint.), 2q British 33A ß aaunns Bank oll7:l4:l7B"ueArnmiteilrsitec (litnix)!chga,,ge ohn.). Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 84 u of s4 - ali a ananclaehlB, 114 12 City, Ena B s 9 e l o Commercial aßnadn Austral 26/ of Au artered, 25i London Lonnnn calif-Ste:urn ABfarnioka n, 244 London and Westminster, 774 6, 71 Oriental Bank Corporation, 524 6 Ottoman Bank, 401 4 1 404 16 Ditto, new, 10 li Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi (Rm.\ 21. Standard of British South Africa (lim ), 10 Union of Australia, 514 1 Union of London, 331 4 Union of hngland and France (Um.), DOCKS. St. Katharine, MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Royal Mail Steam, 31 4 East India Irrigation and Canal, 1; 2 Nerbudda Coal and Iron, 6 North British Australasian, Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 71 Rio de Jalleiro Cit Im V, 3k Boyai Mail Steam, y 57 6provements, Scottish Australian Investment (Lim.), 140 South Australian Land, 31 Su b mar ine Telegraph Scrip, Registered, I Van Diemen's Land, 12 MEZZOFANTI'S CHINESE.—Dr. Russell, of May numb, writes, that the only address in the nature of a sermon in Chinese ever spoken in Europe was delivered by Alezz ,faLti, on occasion of a Spiritual Retreat to :11- ~hinese students of the Propiganda. Among the auto graphs inserted in the new issue of the " Life" (p, 308), i s VCry pretty specimen of hie Chinese D arm ►t the woes. toyed. dary ithout 1, has hangs York ,otton 3Com" at one rd the mtboat aboat oderal of one re. ;h two where ported at the on off out of refore, )y the Con- e die• Int no apers, A five s, but onside nously of the weaty Secre t COII. )ening d that of the itil 60 overn • 1 Rue- restore ded to itiOna l alto of uy for ,ecauSe foggy at the it they Lat the Curbed t one t, CO ' 1 wag •lest o P pp... flea , 0 1; 00 lat a nd etakell Id With ork °II in dia SEARE MARKETS.—This Day Sharel Railways. ,3.14. Bir.. WoL, and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,and Bristol and Exeter 1 Caledonian Cork anti Bandon Corn wa Do A 1 A Jets no dig Do• ; B till 6p e.p an.hag • been paid to B. 'Dublin & Belfast June. 'Dun.,Perth,& Ab..Tuno. ;Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Grer t Pastern, Ord. stk B 81 fi 7 EN 90 117 118 Ditto A stock j Ditto East A nglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great. Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland ,Great Western ...... I Do Str Val gun. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Klackwal , ;Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Won., Chat., and Dover !Lon. & North Western 'Lon. & South Western I'll an., Shet., & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle Do shares.. Metropolitan (Midland I Do Nes7 _ Do Birmina. it Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line ;North British iEdin., Perth, & Dundee' INth. Eastern—Berwte , Do, G.N. E. purehas , Do Lecds Do York _ Carlisle , Do North London Do New ;North Staffordshire IN. and S. %V. ,Junction Scottish Central ,Scot IN. E., Aber. stock Do Sol. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpooi ;Shropshire Union ;South Devon ;South Eastern South Wales 'S. York. and River Dun !staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton A: Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do (Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..tit.i West Midland Oxford) Do Newport Do Hereford Ca 7 ) all all 41 43 13 14 86 87 106 108 48 49 44 46 23} 241 127 k 1285 130; 1311 136 138 104 iO5 6ii 110% 1102 74! 754 114 , 15 41 43 L9l 991 101 1( 2 45 46 13k 1 1 1 129 .29 if 18p 96 98 65 56 256 266 1021 103 57 58 DO 9C4 128 130 111 I'4 11 16 16} I►l lit 119 121 16i 47, 101 105 19 61 32 34 974 98 68 70 101 105 7 8 386 396 10 lo p 7 8 150 6 152 p 5 5* 24 Sip 556 504 21 Sip *d * p 86 87 140 145 29 31 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOU.EA S. Yaid.l Closing Business Price. done 41} 87} 49 i i I 48 2i} 124. i 8 i 134 103 21 3 (O 1 33 981 71 8 68 iiiiii 1001 75 4 1144 I 421 1 1001 1 101 1 ft ( 451 13t i i I 129/ i 11 p THE SUN, ' LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1863, MARKETS—This Day. bags from Rotterdam, 100 tons from Dtnkirk, 100 tons from Caen, and 120 tons from Rouen. Yorkshire Regents Do. Flukes Do. Rocks.... Kent and Essex Regents l2os to 140 s „ Scotch Regents Do. Rocks Dunbar Regents 4os to :Ns „ Foreign sss to 70s lt LITE,.:ATURE, Verner's Pride. By Mrs. Henry Wood, Author of " East Lynne," " Mrs. Haliburton's Troubles," &c. 3 vole. Bradbury and Evans. The authoress of this work has become one of our most famous novelists. Her great success is chiefly owi►:g to her accurate descriptions of life. It is sel dom that we meet with such faithful representations of men and manners as in these works, and it is to be questioned if, in this peculiar branch of her vocation, she could be surpassed. This book is not pleasing in its narrative portion, since it con cerns a set of characters who are quite beyond the pale of sympathy, with but one or two ex ceptions. It gains upon us, however, as we pro ceed, and when the interest reaches its height, the reader is borne along irresistibly to the close. Sybilla's character is singularly well drawn. We see before us an extremely selfish woman. Sel fishness is the root of her nature, the mainspring of her actions, and the desire of her heart. This sin is one of the most obnoxious to the better feelings of human nature, and hence it is with almost a sensation of satisfaction that we see her unworthy objects frustrated, and her mean wishes fall short of their accomplishments. It is a strik ing instance of retributive justice when she is turned out of Verner's Pride. She had married twice, with the sole object of becoming mistress of that fair domain. She had outraged the first principles of an honest and honourable nature, by openly declaring her secret wishes that her first husband might prove to be alive, and come back to ciaim her, so that, at any rate, she might keep the property. All went against her. She was turned out. Lionel bore the shock with equa nimity ; he was grieved, but looked not on riches and worldly goods as the only end of existence. He was a man who thought them the adjuncts of life, not its essentials. Sybilla fretted herself into her grave; and such was her conduct, that her death must have been a relief to all connected with her. Another person who received a terrible warning from this catastrophe was Dr. West. This unprincipled man had insisted on his daughter marrying Frederick, because he had been witness to the will which had bequeathed to him the estate instead of Lionel. Then, when he found that there was a codicil which restored the property to its rightful heir, he had contrived to possess himself of the document. He met with a series of rebukes for his crimes. First of all, he lost the codicil, and then, after the death of Frederick, Sybilla married Lionel, who took possession of Verner's Pride under the belief that both the brothers Massingbird had died in Austra lia. The elder one, John, however, was not dead, and returned to claim his rights. If Dr. West could have produced the codicil he might have still kept his daughter in possession ; but as it was, she was turned out to die. In her last moments she sent a message to her father telling him that this sad reverse had killed her. Little did she know it was all her father's doings. Dr. West had a heavy burden to bear, which was the more bitter as he had brought it upon himself by wilfully and profanely tampering with things beyond his ken. No one ever took the regulation of affairs out of the hands of Providence without rueing the day he commit ted the grievous error. Had Dr. West let things alone they would really have been for the best as regarded Sybilla's worldly interest; and if they had not, she would never have missed a grandeur. she did not know of by experience. Another mis take, the root of all similar actions, is making such splendour and wealth the one thing needful in life. Riches gained by tampering with wills never prosper even in this world. Their doom seems written on their face, and the lai gest fortunes gained by doubtful means are squandered away before the astonished sight of men. Dr. West and his daughter might well reflect when too late on their impotent desires, and acknowledge the falsity of their hopes and the sin of their wishes. It has been truly written,— " In all your plans of future life be wise, He builds too low who builds beneath the skies." Truly was this axiom carried out in the life and death of this guilty pair. As a contrast to the glare and glitter of the yoangest daughter, the two elder ones really merit regard. Poor, simple well meaning creatures, who passed a dull, uncared-for existence, they were honest and upright, and did the best they could with their small means. " Jan" Verner, the brother of Lionel, is a very quaint cha racter. There is something very refreshing in his open, honest style after the subterfuges of some and the wilful deceit of others. His scorn of appear ances and his contempt of the frippery of fashion, exaggerated as they are, gain our sympathy when we see such fearful evidetces of the errors they may lead their votaries to commit when they are indis- criminately sought after, and madly worshipped The liberality with which he gave out of his smal means was a reproof to the stinginess of some around him. Frederick Massingbird is the villain of the piece. He is early removed from the stage, which is a good thing, but the evil he committed lived after him. He had been concerned in a nefa farious transaction before he left, and the commital of it had been imputed to Lionel. Hence it was that old Mr. Verner had altered his will in favour of his stepson, instead of leaving the property to its rightful heir, his nephew. Lionel had a double claim, as it h.ppened ; his father having been older than hia uncle, but the original proprietor had favoured his second son to the ex clusion of his grandchild, Lionel's father being dead. Some might suggest that this entanglement of claims and relationships is too complicated for real life, and indeed these confusions may not often occur, but the merit is the same in the picturing of scenes and delineation of characters. It is nor when walking in the beaten track along the cool, sequestered vale of life that the passions of men are roused to their full fury, or their prejudices enabled to mar their own fortunes and stand in the way of other's advancement; sin does not intrude with its deadly snares, the tempter does not whisper of earthly gains to be had by stratagem, and worldly benefits that wait upon the craft of the cunning or the wile of the destroyer. Yet if the absence of these dangers prevents the occasion of trial, neither does it afford scope for the exercise of the grander qualities of human nature. It is also in such con flicts that the good shines forth, and he who has overcome can alone wear the conqueror's crown. Thus, when the novelist would relate a stirring nar rative, and present us with a glowing transcript of life, he must ta l ce for subject one of those exciting passages of existence where men and women, under the influence of excitement, and wouNd up by the pressure of circumstances, seem to alternate their acticns as if they were now possessed by evil spirits and anon led on by the guidance of their guardian angels. The authoress has chosen an appropriate sphere for the exercise of such qualities, since no thing can for so long a time inflame and irritate a number of persona as the tenure of an estate, or the posses3ion of a large property. There is no sacred warning more ignored from the cradle to the grave than the one which reminds the heirs of mortality that they brought nothing into the world, neither can they carry anything out. They persist in getting and hoarding, or, failing that, throw con science to the winds, and attempt to obtain by fraudulent means the opulence they cannot secure in the ordinary way. " Verner's Pride" is a first rate novel in its breadth of outline and brilliancy of description. lts exciting events, its spirited scenes, and its vivid details, all contribute to its triumph as a whole. The style is always natural, whoeve r ron appears on the scene. Whether the actors are ey are the village green or in the gilded It is unne• 311 most apt representations of r t e h a i l s o ' rk, as all who ceasary to predict a successbforits authoress will be study attentively a novel y n terest it awakens and sure of the result. host lsafeloo the admiration the renown of the writer, must infallibly ten the n the minds of its readers welcome reception of the a le dm th ir e herald the welcome reception of the I while they ver skill in construction of no ordinary work wherever s rethation of character W • hich few a y tion it e xc t i ht t oe es kind, or a ready app possess can arouse atten ti on or win rega r d. p er _ aps this wor k may not be among the m os t bril liant, but it is certainly worthy to rank with its predecessors, and will prove an object of attraction to many lovers of fiction weary of the monotony of the daily romances prepared for their perusal, MARK LANE. The supply of wheat on sale in the country markets, held on Saturday, was very moderate. Selected samples moved off steadily at full quotations; but for inferior pro duce the inquiry was much restricted. Malting barley continued in request at extreme rates. Oats, beans, and peas fairly supported late currencies, whilst in flour the transactions were to a moderate extent on former terms. On the ontinent the wheat trade is slow, but in spring rather more firmness has been observed. Advices from New York state that wheat, flour, and maize were in good demand at enhanced rates. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were small. The imports from abroad amounted to 14,562 quarters of wheat, 24,114 barley, 6,517 oats, 5,947 beans, 917 peas, 5,084 tares, 3,199 linseed, 3,499 rapeseed, 1,119 sundry, 258 sacks, and 11,630 barrels of flour. An increased, but by no means extensive, supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, in somewhat improved condition. There were several samples on offer, however, of indifferent quality. Selected parcels moved off slowly, yet last Monday's quota tions were steadily supported ; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. There was a good supply of foreign wheat on the stands, with a fair proportion of produce from Dantzic. Of Rus sian, Egyptian, and American qualities the supply was somewhat extensive, and sales progressed slowly, but with out leading to any quotable change in prices, compared with Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request at full currencies. The supply of English barley on offer was tolerably large. Malting and seed qualities were inquired for at ex treme rates. Other descriptions, owing to the large import of foreign last week, viz., 24,000 qrs., met a slow sale, and for low-conditioned parcels, of which a considerable por tion of the supply consisted, rather lower prices were accepted. Although the arrival of malt into London last week was very large, the supply exhibited for sale, to-day, was by no means extensive. The trade, however, ruled quiet, at late rates. With oats the market was scantily supplied. Good and fine English and Scotch qualities realised very full prices. The best foreign parcels fully maintained their value; otherwise, the drnisiad inled heavy, at late quotations. Beans were in fair supply, and slow request, on former terms. The supply of peas was small. All kinds supported last Monday's currency but t,,e inquiry was far from active. _ . Barrel flour moved off slowly, at late rates. in town and country .made qualities a limited business was trans acted; nevertheless, prices were supported. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 4Bs 54s Ditto, white, new 47s 63s Ditto, old sos 57s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 26s 355 Malting*, new Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk sos 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware s6s 70s Chevalier 66s 258 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincoinsh., Feeding. 20s 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBs 25s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 22s 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new Maple White, new 4os 4 s Boilers 4ls 42s Flour—Town-made Suffolk 34s 38s Stockton and Norfolk ........ 345 35s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of foreign beasts and calves on offer in to. day's market was seallonably good, and foreign sheep limited. Sales progressed slowly, and the quotations were with difficulty supported. From our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, the arrival of beasts fresh up this morning was moderately extensive, and in full average condition. The attendance of buyers was far from numerous, and all breeds of breasts moved off slowly. Prime Scots, crosses, short horns, &1., mostly supported last Monday's prices ; otherwise, the quotations had a drooping tendency. The extreme value of the best Scats, &c., did not exceed 4s 10d, and short horns 4s 6d per 81bs. The receipts of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, comprised 2,100 Scots, short horns, and crosses, from other parts of England, 650 various breeds; fr m Scotland. 500 Scots and crosses ; and, from Ireland, 150 oxen and heifers. Although the supply of sheep was very limited, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state; nevertheless, the currencies were well supported. '1 he best Downs and half breeds changed hands at 6s per 81bs. There was a slight improvement in the condition of most breeds. Lambs, the supply of which was moderate, were a slow sale, at from 78 to 7s 4d per Sibs. We has a to report a dull inquiry for calves. at Thursday's decline in the quotations, of 2d per 81bs. The top figure was 58 4d per Bibs. Pigs changed hands slowly, at about stationary prices. Per Sib. to sink the offal. a. d. 8. d. , Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 I Primecrs-wool do Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 1 PECIe. S' thdown do Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Large orse. calves Prime Scots, ate. 4 8 4 10 I Prime small do Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 Large hogs I Second quality €lo. 4 2 4 10 Small porkers ... Suckling calves, 11s to 20s ; and quarter-old 203 to 335. s. d. s. d. 0.5 06 6 0.5 86 0 s 4 2 4 10 . 6 0 5 4 .3 84 4 ,4 64 8 store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts Cows Sheep FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs Calves Pigs. 3lO A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices o fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Feb. 17, 1862, and this day, Monday, Feb. 16, 1863. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. Feb. 17, 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts..., 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do Prime large oxen .. 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 8 5 2 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 4 5 6 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 4 4 8 Beasts Feb. 16, 1863. 3 4to 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 6 4 8 410 36 4 0 4 2 410 50 5 6 58 6 0 00 0 0 4 2 4 10 50 6 4 38 4 4 46 4 8 3,720 Sheep 14,780 Calves Pigs 255 270 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb lB, 1861.—Beasts, 3,600 — sheep, 19,150 —calves, 147—pigs, 340. FEE. 20, 1860.—Beasts, 3,B9o—sheep, 18,510—calves, 91—pigs, 210. The total imports of foreign stoctc into London, last week, amounted to 2,458 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 837—in 1861, 3,691—in 18 , 30, 1,953 —in 1859, 2,645—in 1858, 495—in 1857, 1,208 head. IMPORTS INTO LONI.A.ds Was , WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 225 .. 573 306 .. 4 Harlingen 324 .. 4 .. .. 7 • • Hamburgh 1 .. 920 .. 13 .. Boulogne. — Medimblik Vigo .. NieweDiep Amsterdam — Antwerp — Ostend. Corunna. Carril. Tonning — - .. - .. 55 .. - .. - .. 26 .. Total 650 1,497 .. 407 .. 4 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 475 .. 126 236 18g1 .. 803 .. 2,682 206 .. 1861 378 .. 1,233 .. 295 .. 47 1859 4BO .. 2,006 159 .. 1858 lBB .. 105 .. .. 202 .. Witness—Yes. They were on the other side of the way walking just befor3, when Chatters crossed over, and directly after the robbery they ran away together. Mr. Selte--Are you positive they are the men ? I Witness—Quite positive. Mary Anne Hewett—l was with my friend, the last wit ness, and saw them do it, Tney were going to steal my friend's shawl bef,,re that. William Sprinks, 253 A.—l heard an alarm given, and followed the prisoners, who were running. As they crossed Victoria-street Chatters dropped one of the watches. I still pursued, and took him into custody. Emmanuel DAVIS, 231 A—l saw the two prisoners together shortly before the robbery. There were six more standing about with them. Prisoners were remanded. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of meat from Scotland continue on a fair average scale, from other quarters the supply is moderate. Generally speaking, the demand rules active, yet prices are supported. Per 81b. by the carcase. 8 u 8 d Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 ['rime larr-e do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 10 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 adsd Middlingoautton 3 10 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork ~ Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The busi ness doing in hops is by no means Good and fi ne E nglish, as well as continental and American m extensive. qualities move o ff steadily, and their value is well sup ported. Other kinds command very little attention, yet prices are unchanged. Last week's import was only mo derate, as fo.lows :---4 bal es f rom Havre, 27 Antwerp, 175 Boulogne, 42 Rotterdam, 29 Ostend, 127 Hamburg, 183 Bremen, and 333 bales from New York. Mid and East Rents ..... P . 70s to 180 s per cwt. Weald of limits ........ . . 60s t o 160 8 Sussex . ................. 8 0s to " Bavarian ................ 9 0s to 120140 s s " Belgian ................ 70s to 86s American ................ 848 to 105 e „ BOROUGH AND SPITAL FIRtDS Large supplies of h o me - grown potatoes have. been on sale here since we last reported, and from foreign ports a moderate quantity has cone to hand. The trade, almost generally is dull, and in some instances rather l ower prices have been acce pt e d, Last week i's mport amounted to 112 SHIPPING—This Day, LCNDON, Feb. 16 —Wind this day at noon—North lf-;asterly ; light breeze and very fine weather, with frost. ronTsmouni, Feb. 15,—Wind E.—Arrived—Charles Henry, from Antwerp for Manilla, leaky. Sailed—Ra vens worth, for Singapore, after repairing; her Majesty's ship Himalaya, for the Cape of Good Hope. _ _ . HARTLEPOOL, Feb. 14.—Wind for Biiboa. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Moral lig , Arrived, Feb. 15—Vivid, from Abbeville; Albert, from Dunkirk. Arrived, Feb. IG—Fyenoord, from Rotterdam. Sailed, Feb. 16—Fenzel, for Shanghai; Jubilee, for Shanghai. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, Feb. 15—Rose, from London for Algoa Bay; Donna Sol, from London for Santander ; Dermosa de 'lraskern, from London tor Vera Cruz ; Freedom, of Dart mouth, from the north for the west ; J. R. Mosle, from London for New York; Brenda, screw steamer, from Lon don for Malta; Zingari, screw steamer, from London ft.r Bordeaux; Eugenia, from London for Cherbourg. Passed, Feb. 1 6 —Rochambeau, from London for St. John's. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT AT FORDELL COLLIER —jk. dreadful accident occurred on Saturday at Fordell Colliery, near Dunfermline. A Young woman was look ing down some of the pits, when she lest her balance arid fell in. From the depth of the pit shaft, she must have been k lied before she reached the bottom. Shortly after the accident a search was made, and the body found lite rally smashed to fragments. Mr. John Sou in ,11111 Is about to publibh a volume Utilitariaubau." WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool, being the first series for the present year, are announced to commence on Thurs day, the 26th inst. The arrivals up to Saturday last com prised—Sidney, 2,830 bales; Port Philip, 17,702; Tas mania, 519; Adelaide, 820; Cape, 11,200; New Zealand, 265—total, 33036 bales. It is asserted that, with about 10,000 bales left over from last sales, sad an anticipated import of 25,000 bales, the total quantity of wool to be offered at these auctions will amount to nearly 70,000 bales. Since we last wrote, the trade bath for home-grown and colonial produce has ruled quiet, and the quotations have had a drooping tendency. Current Prices of Wool—Eng• lish—Middle hoggets, is lOid to is slid; do. wethers, is Bid to is 9 d; half-bred hoggets, is 9d to is 10d; Down tegs, is 8d to Is Od ; do. ewes, is 7d to is 8d ; combing shin, is Sid to is 7d; carding do., 3d to is 5d ; head do., 10d to is Id ; smile, is Id to is 10d; broker, is Id to is 3d per lb. Scotch—Laid Highland, 17s to 18s ; white do., 19s to 21; laid Cheviot, 20s to 265; laid cross, Is to 21s; white Cheviot, 34s to 40s per 241bs. SEEDS. Good and fine cloverseed and trefoil, including linseed and rapeseed, are in fair average request at full prices, otherwise the seed trade is quiet. Cakes are a dull inquiry at barely late rates. turnip, W hite,p.bus 11s to 14s Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown Oa 12s White, Tares, New 7s 6d 8s 6d Old per quarter - a -s Canary, per quarter 96s 52s Rye grass, new..... 8 s Clover, Red Eng., et. 458 72s White Foreign Red 42s 55s White 5BB 7. Trefoil, new 26s Hs Carraway ...... 26s 27s Coriander l6B 18s Henapseed, per qr 42s 44s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 748 Crushing Baltic -8 —8 - - Odessa —B —8 Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English ......Xl O Os £lO 10s Foreign ...... £lO Os Li I Os Rape Cakes,p ton.£6 Os £2 15s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 67s 68s TALLOW. The tallow trade is somewhat firmer to-day. St. Peters burg Y.C. is quoted at 44s per cwt. on the spot, 418 3d for March, 44a Gd for April to June, and 46s 3d for the last three months' delivery. Rough eat, 2s 4d per 81b. 1859. 1 1860. 1861. 1 1862. 186.3. Stock this day... t . 5 :_: 66 0i1 1 2 0 , 60 1 5 4 56 ,8 t 2 c1 3 0 60 71 8 6 01 •1 0 09 r )46 4 8 5 3 5 d 2 t 7 0 44 4 8 7 0 :2 c 0 14 15 0 iPricet o Delivery o r f o ymiaCs; June w " ee ki 80,602 1579 641:52571 63,434146 95,157°8d Arrivals last wee 547: 181 572 — 175 Ditto from June 1 90,079 86.087 107,449 83,653 71,322 — 62 1 ,412 5 Price of Town .... 54s .id 61s 9d 60s 3d 48s 6d 1 468 6d POLICE INTELLIGENCE---This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. DISEASED MEAT.—Thomas Howitt, of Wisbeach, at tended before the Lord Mayor, in obedience to a summons, charging him with sending a quantity of meat to Leaden • hall-market, in a state quite unfit for human food. Mr. Wylde said—l am inspector of slaughter -houses and sanitary inspector attached to Leadenhall and Whitechapel meat markets, and on the 2d of February I went into the shop of Mr. Fitters, in Leadenhall-market, very early, and had my attention drawn to two quarters of beef which had been sent up from the country for sale. I instantly seized the meat as totally unfit for human food. The ribs were highly inflamed, and the whole smelled strongly of physic. I afterwards went to Wisb ach and saw the defendant. I told him I was an officer from London, +tad also the charge against him. He said he had bought the animal for £2 of a person named Baxter, but when he slaughtered it did not think it at all unfit for human food. I afterwards went to the shop of Mr. Jefferys and found the other half of the beast. It was in quite as bad a state as the other, A por tion of the outer skin had been taken off, and hot fat had been rubbed over it to give it a better appearance. The Lord Mayor—That was to make the meat look well. Dr. Letheby of Finsbury-square, skid on the 2d of Feb. I examined some meat submitted to me by the last wit ness. It was very wet, quite free from fat, and had a strong odour of physic, which I found pervaded the entire sub stance of the meat I analysed it and extracted the mixture from it, but I am unable io say what it is. The animal had evidently died or been slaughtered when at the point of death. Inflammation of the lungs would have produced the effect I have described. The meat was quite unfit for human food. The evidence of disease had been removed from the outside skin, and the hot fat which had been spread over it was to disguise the fact. John Chamberlain, farmer in Wisbeach, said—l sold an ox alive to Mr. Robert Baxter, who is a licensed slaughterer. It was what is termed "hooved" on the 14th. It was attended by a veterinary surgeon from the 13th to the 21st of Jan., and had physic each day. It gradually got worse, and on the 22d the doctor gave it up. I sold the animal to Mr. Baxter, hide and body, for 30s. It was quite grievous to see the poor animal. 80 I sold it to the slaughterer. It was suffering from chronic) Jung disease. I did not soil the animal for human food. It was quite unfit for human. food. In good health the animal would be worth £l6. Robert Baxter, horse s aughterer, said—l know the de fendant I sold him an ox wbich I had bought from Mr. Chamberlain. I purchased it for cats' meat. I would not have eaten any of the bullock myself. Cross-examined, I went to defendant and told him I had got a goodish bullock, and that I had no means of boiling it down, owing to my copper being out of repair. He bought the animal. If it was ever so much diseased it was worth the money gave for it. Mr. Davis, one of the authorities of Leadenhall-market, said, as soon as the meat was discovered to be in a decom posed state the salesmen themselves called the attention of the officers to the meat. Mr. Page said, whoever dressed the meat must have known it to be diseased. _ _ Mr. Baylis, solicitor for the Commissioners of Sewers, said he was instructed to ask that the defendant might be committed for trial. The Lord Mayor said that was his determination, but he would admit the defendant to bail. WESTMINSTER. A DESPERATE GANG OF THIEVES.—Two fellows of the most forbidding appearance, wearing dirty flannel jackets, who gave the names of Henry Chatters and John Dislaun, were placed at the bar charged with being concerned in the following most disgraceful felony : Elizabeth Burnham, of 35, Medway-street, llorseferry road, Westminster, said—At 10 last Saturday night I was standing in Tothill-street, Westminster, with a friend, when the prisoner Chatters crossed over to me, and my friend having said that he was about to make a grab at my shawl, I moved away. Directly after I saw Chatters steal two watches. Mr. Selfe—How did he ste d them? Witness—They were in a shop window, and he broke it. He dashed his elbo w th rough the win d ow , an d having made a large hole put hi s h and in and too k o ut two silver watches. He then ran away willa them, followed by the other prisoner and several wore. mr, selfe—Who were the others? Witness—A band of Nix more besides themselves, who were lurking about the place. Mr. Selfe--Had you seen the two prisoners together before the robbery ? THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS--This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY said a question had been put the other evening by a noble friend as to the bills it was pro posed to proceed with at an early period of the session. Undoubtedly, it would be of the highest importance that some exact information should be given as to what those measures were which were dimly shadowed forth in her Majesty's Speech. He should, therefore, like to know the title of the bills that were to be taken into consideration before Easter. There was also another subject that was exciting great interest : he alluded to the Brazils. Had the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign. Affairs been in his place he should have asked him when it was likely the papers connected with that subject, would be laid on the table of the house. He would not, in his absence, press for the opinion of the Go vernment as to the conduct of their agent, but he hoped they would be able to disprove those charges of arbitrary and unjust conduct, which appeared to be well founded. Earl GRANVILLE said the papers on Brazil were being prepared with the utmost despatch. The noble earl had himself said there were very few measures which could be proceeded with before Easter, but there was one which would be introduced, and that was with respect to the pol lution of rivers by noxious vapours, and reform of chemical works. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY explained that the measure in question would be confined to the refuse dis charge from alkali works. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OP COMMONS---This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord GEORGE MANNERS took the oaths and his seat for Cambridgeshire,____ PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time : Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Accrington Gas and Water Ashbourne, Sudbury, and Yoxall Bridge, and Uttoxeter and Collingwood Road Aylesbury Markets Baggotrath, Donnybrook, &c., Improvement Bala and Dolgelley Railway Barnet and Great Northern Junction Railway Barnsley Coal Railway Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway Berks and Hants Extension Railway Berwickshire Roads Birkenhead Improvement Blackfriars Bridge Blackrock, Monkstown, and Booteratown Improvement Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway Bristol and Exeter Railway Bristol and North Somerset Railway Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Bristol Docks Bristol Port and Channel Docks Busby Railway Caledonian Railway (Bredisholm Deviation) Caledonian Railway (Carstairs and Dolphinton Branch: Caledonian Railway (Granton Branches) Caledonian Railway (Improvements, &c.) Cambridge, Saint John's Lane Stoppage, &c. Central Wales Extension Railway Cheltenham Roads Cleveland Railway Cockermouth and Workington Railway Cockermouth, Keswick, and Peurith Railway Cork and Youghal Railway Denbigh Water Dublin Corporation Water Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction l,ungarvon Harbour, Markets, and Improvement Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth (North British; Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Elgiushire and Nairnshire Roads, Bridges, &c. Else car, Wentworth, and Hoyland Gas Ely Valley Extension Railways Evesbam and Redditch Railway Exeter Gaol Flint, Holywell, and Mostyn Roads Formartine and Buchan Railway Furness and Midland Railway Furness Railway Company and Barrow Harbour Corm missioners Glasgow and South- Western and Ayr and Maybole Junction Railways Glasgow and Sent h-Westem Railway (additional powers) Glasgow and South-Western Railway (Capital) Glasgow Gas Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers) Great Eastern Railway (Chatteris and Ramsey Branch) Great Northern Railway (Cheshire Lines) Great Northern Railway (Owston to Cottam) Great. Western Railway (Branch at Great Bridge) Guildford and Leatherhead Railway Haddingtonshire Roads Hadlow Railway Hamilton Water Harrog.te Gas Hemel Hempsted and London and North Western Rail way Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Isle of Purbeck Railway Itchen Bridge Kendal and Ulverstone Junction Railway Kettering and Thrapstone Railway Kington and Eardisley Railway Knighton and Central Wales Railway Companies Landport and Southsea Tramway Leeds Gas Leominster and Kington Railway Letterkenny Railway Leyland and Farington Gas Liverpool Licensing Llanelly Railway and Dock London and North-Western and Lancashire and York • shire Railway Companies London and North-Western Railway (New Branch Lines) London and South-Western and Andover and Redbridge Railways London and South-Western Railway London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Dorking to Leatherhead) London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Extensions and Alterations, &c.) London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (New Lines to the Crystal Palace, &c.) London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (South London, Tooting, &e. Junction Railways) London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 2) London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Loughborough, Ashby de la Zouch, and Rempstone Road Maidstone Water Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway Manchester Corporation Water Market Harborough and Loughborough Road Marshland Smeeth and Fen Drainage Mayo (County) Grand Jury Cess Mercantile Marine Service Association, Liverpool Mid Kent Railway Midland Railway (Extension to London) Mid Wales Railway (Branch, &c,) Mid Wales Railway (Capital) to Word Haven Dock and Railway Montrose and Bervie Railway Newcastle and Carlisle Road Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Equitable Gas Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation New Milford Docks Newport Pagnell Railway Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway North and South Staffordshire Junction Railway North Bierley Gas North British Railway (Wansbeck Railway, &c.) ail North Eastern and Stockton and Darlington Railway Companies Amalgamation North Eastern Railway (Hull and Doncaster Branch) North Eastern Railway (Newcastle & Sta rbeck Branches) North Staffordshire Railway (Additional Powers) Norwich and Spaldingßailway(Powers to Great Northern Railway Company) Norwich and Spalding Railway (Wisbeach Extension) Norwich Poor Nottingham Gas Oswestry and Newtown Railway (Branches, &o.) Peterborough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh. Junction Railway Pucklechurch Roads Queen's Roads (Battersea) Extension Ramsey and St. Ives Railway Rickmanswm th, Amersham, and Chesham Railway Rixton and Warburton Bridge Rotherham and Kimberworth Local Board of Health Rugby Water Rusthall Manor Saffron Walden Railway Saint Asaph Road Saint Luke's (Middlesex) Workhouse and Vestry Hall Scarborough Water Scottish Central Railway and Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction Companies Scottish North-Eastem and Dundee and Arbroath Rail way Companies Amalgamation Seaton and Beer Railway Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Southampton and Itchen Floating Pier Southampton Port, Harbour, and Pier South Staffordshire Railway o.. ComPany South Yorkshire Railway and Rivern Dun South Yorkshire Railway (Alter_ltiio South Yorkshire Railway ion O (ti d al Sowerby Bridge Local B T s ur ir opike Trust Standedge and Oldham Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Stourbridge Railwayc Swansea M orporatir Tamworth anutTaarril ngton Bridge R oads Tees Conservancy Tendring Hundred Railway Thames Conservancy Tramore Docks Vale of Llangollen. Railway Wakefield and Aberford Read Wakefield Ings Road Ware, Hadham, and Buntingford Railway Waterford and Passage Railway and Ferry Wear Navigation and Sunderland Docks West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway West Midland Railway West Ridina. and Grimsby Rail wa y Wexford Free Bridge Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Whittle Dean Water Wimbledon and Streatham Railway - Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth Railway Workington Dock The second readings of the London and Epsom Downs Railway Bill was deferred until Thursday; t h e Newton and Machynlleth Rail way ( agreement w i t h G rea t Western) Friday ; and the South-Eastern Railway until to-morrow. THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL. The second reading was postponed until to-morrow. UNIVERSAL TELEGRAPH. The third reading was postponed until Friday. . TRAMORE EMBANKMENT BILI!„ xarch, The second reading wan postponed until the wza PETITIONS. FIRE INSURANCE. Lord HENLEY, in favour of a modification. AN HoN. MEMBER, to the like effect, and that farm stock may b 3 no longer exempt from its operation. _ EPPING FOREST. Mr. COX, in favour of the retention of the forest for the use of the public. SILIION FISHERIES (IRELAND). Mr. LANGFIELD, from various parts of Ireland in favour of this bill. Col. DUNNE, from Blackwater, near Dublin, to the like effect. SUGAL Alderman SIDNEY, from Stafford, for an equalisation of the sugar duties. INCOME TAX. Mr. G. PACKE, complaining: of the inquisitorialnature of this tax, and in favour of its modification. The Confederate Blockade Squadron. Mr. BENTINCK (who was very indistinctly heard) was understood to give notice that he should to-morrow cal! the attention of the Government to the news from America received to-day, with respect to the raising by the Confede rate squadron of the blockade at Charleston; and how far, in the opinion of her Majesty Government, this amounted to a contravention of the law of blockade. NEW WRITS—CHICHESTER AND BANDON BRIDGE. Motions were made to the effect that new writs be issued for the election of members for thsee places, in the room of Col. Bernard, deceased, and Mr. H. W. Freeland, resigned. COMMITTEE OF ACCOUNTS. An Hort. MEMBER gave notice that he should to-morrow move the appointment of the committee on public accounts. MADRAS IRRIGATION COMPANY. Mr. SMOLLETT asked the Secretary of State for India whether he had made any further concessions or given a guarantee for further interest on the capital of the Madras Irrigation Company, beyond the sum of £1,000,000 sterling to which the guarantee of interest was previously limited ; and whether he would be prepared to produce all the papers and correspondence explanatory of the Government con nection with this Joint Stock Company ? Sir C. WOOD replied with respect to the first question that nothing as yet had been done. Proposals had been made and negotiations were now going on; in fact, the whole matter had been referred to the Government of Ma dras, and until the Government received its reply he could give no answer to the question, nor express any opinion upon she subject. CONVERSION OF THE QUEEN'S PRISON INTO MILITARY BAR EtACKS. Mr. LOCKE asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it was intended to convert the Queen's Bench Pri son into a military prison; and, if not, what were the in tention of the Government with respect to the site of that building ? Mr. COWPER replied, that when the Queen's Prison was discontinued, it was the duty of the Gcvernment to consider the best use to which the building could be appro priated to the public service ; and it appeared, on inquiry, that it would be an economical purpose to apply it if it were converted into a military prison, With ;this view the building had been handed over to the War-officeat the closet of last year. FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr. HANKEY asked the Secretary of State for tho Home Department, whether he would be prepared to bring in a bill for the better protection of life and property against fires in the metropolis ; and, if so, when he would introduce it ? Sir G. GREY replied that he hoped shortly to lay on the table of the house a bill on the subject ; but, in order to avoid misapprehension, he wished to state that the bill would not be exactly in accordance with the terms of the report of the committee of last session of which the hon. member :was the chairman: The billjhei meant to introduce would, he believed, considerably strengthen the system at present in force for the suppression of fires, and thus be fully equivalent to the wants of this metropolis. CHURCH RATES. Mr. HOPWOOD asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Government intend to bring in a bill on the subject of church-rates th!s session? Sir G. GREY replied that the Government had no bill prepared to lay on the table of the house. RUSSIAN AND FRENCH ENCROACHMENTS IN CHINA. Colonel SYKES asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any information, official or otherwise ' had reached the Foreign Office to the effect that th e Rus sian diplomatic authorities in China had entered into arrangements with the Tartar Government to aid in taking the cities of Nankin, Soochoo, and Hangchow, on condition of having ceded to the Russian Government Chusan and the adjacent islands in the mouth of the Yang-tee-Kiang ; whether the Toutai of Ningpo had issued a proclamation announcing that barracks were to be prepared for 2,000 Russian troops at Ningpo; whether it was true the French were appropriating land at Ningpo ; were raising a body of Chinese troops under French officers ; and, whether the customs duties at Ningpo were being collected by an officer of the French navy ? Mr. LAYARD replied that reports had reached this country and her Majesty's Government of the nature specified ; but there was reason to believe that they were nut based on truth. He believed that French; officers had been employed to discipline Chinese troops. He was not aware that barracks were lately prepared for Rus sian troops, nor that the French were appropriating land at Ningpo ; . indeed he did not believe there was any founda tion for either of the rumours. It was quite true, however, that the Chinese authorities had called in the aid of the French and the people of other nations to help them to col lect their customs dues. POSTAGE—NEW ZEALAND. Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any correspondence had passed be tween her Majesty's Government and the Colonial Govern ments of Australia and New Zealand, respecting a new postal service between those colonies and the mother coun try via Panama ; and, if so, whether there was any objec tion to lay such correspondence on the table of the house ? Mr. C. FORTESCUE replied, that no correspondence had taken place in the matter worthy of being laid on the table of the house. The Legislature of New Zealand had passed an act for authorising a postal rate by way of Pa nama ; but the Legislature of Victoria had not accordingly to the last accounts, favoured the project. BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN (IRELAND) BILL. This bill, after a few amen d men t s , passe d t h roug h com mittee. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL Report brought up and agreed to. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS. Report brought up and power given to bring in a bill thereon. _ __ --- dUSTOMS ACTS (TOBACCO DUTIES). Report brought up and power given to bring in a bill thereon. _ THAMES EMBANKMENT. Mr. COWPER then rose to introduce a bill to construct a new street from Blackfriars to the Mansion House. (LEFT SPEAKING.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATIERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. LINCOLN HANDICAP. Bto 1 agat Hubert (taken) 10 to 1 aget Sea Nymph (taken) 10 to 1 agst Douche (taken) 10 to 1 agst Libellous (taken) 11 to I agat Lopcatcher (taken) 20 to 1 aget Peignoir (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Satellite (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Jealousy (taken and offered) 20 to 1 aget Master Bagot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Shropshire (taken) 30 to 1 agst Anatis (offered) t z n S ARES. 100 to fiNagOßsTt H G A ri lt m r s T t 0 0 Ns H n e( 20 to 1 agst African (taken) PITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to 1 agst Gardener (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Queen of Spain (taken) 60 to 1 agst Miss Livingstone (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (offered) 25 to 1 agst Zetland (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Le Marechal (taken) 33:t0 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cowley (taken) 50 to 1 agat Middlewatch (taken) 50 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 apt Saccharometer (offered) 9to 2 agst Hospodar (taken and offered) 9to 1 aget Michael Scott (taken) 20 to 1 agat Pratique:(taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 10 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken freely) 23 to 1 agat Automaton (offered) 27 to 1 agst Carnival (taken) 28 to 1 agst National Guard (taken) 30 to 1 agst King of Utopia (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mi c h ae l Scott ((taken 40 to 1 agst Raid Elton: JFeu)ta]V2l 40 to 1 agat J arzuooton ( " 50 to 1 apt Wohiga (taken) frose (taken) 60 to 1 ag9t )fe ochty colt (taken) 60 to 1 eget Glen t Lord Glasgow ' s lot (taken) 50 to 1 apt Early Furl 20 to lap CITY BETTING—This DAV. LINCOLN HANDICAP. Bto 1 agat Hubert (taken) 12 to 1 agst Sea Nymph (taken) 12 to 1 agat Libellous (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASIA. Sto 1 agst Satellite (taken) 12 to 1 agst JeaLusy (taken) 20 to 1 agst Shropshire (taken) 40 to 1 agst Medora (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 10 to 1 agst Croagh Patrick (taken) 12 to 1 agst Grimston (taken) 16 to 1 bar two (offered) CHESTER CUE. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 33 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 33 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Autom ato n (taken freely) HONESTY REWARDED ?_-We h a ve often had facts will speak occasion to publish acts of honesty performed by 11 parties in humble life, and d the n y one of the small refresh for themselves : ment towers of therejatet;le.Market there was picked up off by the person m . ch h arge, a pocket book with upwards the floor, was promptly delivered up. of £lOO in it, and wine Shortly therea ft e r the loser (one of the dealers who had some time previously been in on business), calle d to see if he had dropped his pocket book and contents while he was in. When he had it restored to him, he remarked that he would see the person again. 'Upon this becoming known to the other dealers, one of their number called for him to came back and reward the party , wheal _ h e very generously, but reluctantly, rewarded he r with WA munificent aura of 260—North British * Daily ital. e 4th .day. all I, for 'ryor Con- ernor r in ,er of irks ng 11 es at Lch to tting amer is of ad to t the guns amer order, been 4 trY , amer 1 the fire, firing frog COW. D the ckade ad in nooln Leans, a the ecept, lends 3aserl. ; will is op- Con team. 1 seen earner a off tches, later'