The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-21 00:00:00

an inter- eauthen y denied, 3d by the dsentmi issistance any kind its second ming the t is to be ay moved hich says o declare the Go. or show nment or is broken iiould not to enter warming. " a referred .day. ASIAN. ening). rts from ick haze nfederate de a raid endering ko Merce- t onboard mts. The roled, but e steamer Three I she was tnaaged. ied to the Tal fleet, Le Merce- towed to filled and I at Port leave for in quished Ogechee imes, but steers has fort into Ir. They Lfederatee, iuccessful. onfederate hold all nswerable ral officers President !awn. Feb. 20. id on the ig, brings 7ening). he Illinois n's policy Isation of w also de' d to Nev . isposal to rill Tariff, ie expense ention et ) cessation 'buns says 7idespread de to resist vening)• d at Phi's' ontederat e on, whic h idation for that the by the de' vessels out Led to leave' Neither it to Port blockading reinforced• CE. vening)• T 3. stock linois, 92 ' )land, 86. ver. CO' il GincoW o !reseed the es : --- 1 r the sone of brought opinions Iclamation, 01 s not a d e a d ie south by insurrection 3ery to many dy end in t i 3d ignorant sons of WO' have takell, ,ed, noth ing . ., ii s laves. Pe icipation are Liety. In a ny power a police reg # r I know oti; other is 13 4 w ill take IP is willing t ° ability, 1 an; all classes. l a on the Va , ve d a nd o r : ury his meal a IL e place, so o horrible 14 my father: mancipati ° r our zeal f ° , l such 01 0111 3ssed tho u y of the 09 ° ' of its devi °- l • 1 16 Yet, u t it h' appr° l6 must b rif : as a serv-1 PllVO °l't 3h the 0:1; b e Prils sig , to the 1 05 0 LT SU who recenticli I,ho VOUng Wel litary C h o gla, e r Irgef° Baas I the Bail Ste ich line " a port 010115 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is very little change to report in the money market, the demand being moderate, and quotations steady. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £295,000, and the exports £179,500. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. has been declared by the Iron Screw Collier Company. At the last meeting of the board Thomas Dyson, was appointed manager of the Covent-garden branch of the London and County Bank. There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Mr. John Henry Krabbe, who suspended payment in consequence of his connection with the firm of Messrs. Janvrin, Grassie, and De Lisle. A state ment of the affairs was presented by the accoun tants, Messrs. Quilter, Ball, Jay, and Co., from which it appeared that the liabilities of the London house amounted to £4,504, and the assets to £1,644. The liabilities of the corresponding house of Per nambuco, trading under the names of Krabbe, Thom, and Co., were stated to be £18,966, and the assets £9,341. The engagements of the firm at Bahia, carrying on business under the name of John H. Krabbe and Co., were represented to be £38,465, and the assets £25,698. It was resolved that the estate should be wound up under a deed of arrange ment to be registered under the Bankruptcy Aot. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, French Rentes were 69f. 50c., 55c., 500. The official returns relating to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for the twelve months ending the 31st December, 1862, have just been published, frOM which it appears that the total declared value of the exports during that period amounted to £124,137,812 against £125,102,814 in the year 1861, showing a decrease of £965,002. The decrease is most perceptible in cotton yarn, cotton manufactures, machinery, sheep and lambs'. wool, and woollen manufactures. The imports of the principal articles have been smaller As regards raw cotton, tallow, sugar, tim ber, and tobacco. The shipping accounts exhibit a slight increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade for both the entries inwards and the clearances outwards, as also in the coasting trade for same period. Owing to the reported resignation of M. Fould, and the depression of the Paris Bourse, the Funds closed yesterday 1 per cent. lower, and a further decline of per cent. has taken place to-day, Con sols, at the latest moment, being 921 7,- for money, and 92; 1 for the account. Speculation for a fall has sprung up, and a large amount of stock having been disposed of prices have given way. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are marked 921 1.. Indian 5 per Cents. 108 1; Exchequer Bills 2s. to ss. premium ; and there has been a bar gain.in Bank Stock at 237. No important movement has taken place in the Foreign Market, although less firmness has been perceptible. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 891 ; do., 1858, 721 721- ; do., 1862, 69 I, showing heavi ness; Greek Bonds have receded to 191 201 ; do., Coupons, 81 9; Mexican Stock, 32; 1 4, being a de cline; New Grenada Bonds are 13t 144; do., 2 per Cents., 331; the Deferred, 72 d ; and the Land Warrants, 74 ; Spanish Passive remain at 251 261 ; and the Certificates, 9,1 10; Venezuelan New Loan, has receded to 60 4. In the Railway Share Market the opeations have been very limited, and prices have shown a down ward movement in sympathy with Consols. South- Westerns and South-Easterns have receded 55., Great Westerns and Midlands 10s., London and Illackwall and North Westerns 155., and Great Easterns £l.. . The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were also at slightly reduced prices. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re mained without material alteration in values. The shares of the Royal Belle Vue Hotel Com pany are quoted at 11 to 2 pre m. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l/ India Stock — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent Ditto 5 per Cent lO5l Consols for Account, March. 5 ridia. Stock for Account, 5 per Cent loB* Exchequer Bills £lOOO, 2 3 / 4 per Cent 2 5 Ditto Small ' FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Milian 6 per Cent. -- Ditto 41 per Cent. gPPtian. 7 per Cent lOOl Greek 5 per Cent. , 1824-5, ex-Coupons 2O 1 20 Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred 7/ i I I Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) .. 71 I"”ruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account.. BB Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X, St Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account B9l 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 721 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18J2 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account . . 24 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 921 1 Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) 1 IVERPOOL, Feb. 21. Sales, probably about 2,000 bales. No change. Import, 5,170 bales. NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The result of the meeting, which lasted till a late hour last evening, was that the amendment of Mr. Wrigley to the motion of the chairman for the adoption of the report, was carried. A poll was de manded , a n d i n a s h or t t i me , scrut i neers h a ving been appointed, it was opened. The proxies and persona l votes lodged i n favour of the directors largely preponde rated over those for the amendment. The poll will remain open until Wednesday next. CHANGES IN THE CONVICT PRISONS. —The larger portion of female convicts who are at present located in Milbank Prison are about to be transferred t o P ar kh urst Prison, in the Isle of Wight. This change will vacate two Pentagons of this building, which are urgently required for the reception cf the unusually large body of convicts lately sentenced, the result of th e ver y great increase in the wor s t class of crimes. Between 600 and 600 convicts are stated to be in the various county and borough gaols awaiting tr ansfer to the charge of the Government authorities, andforwhom there exists at present no aceommodation.—Clva Service Gazette. SERIOUS CHARGE OF ABDUCTION. A serious a ffair is now undergoing invest i g ation at Faken ham,; Norfolk. It appears that Miss Jane Burrell, grand daughter of the l a t e M r . D. Barre 1, of Fakenham , and an heiressl t h r's e f e i 'las : m onth sall way, came home from sc hool to .her s s in h e Clly e ri a S f h te e rw sli a b rd se s q w ue e li n t t lY o fflv.lviethd with one o f h er uncles, and her uncle, Frederick Burrell, to whom it is positively stated she was marr i ed at or near W oo l w i c h . A. warra nt having been obtained for the apprehension of Frederick Burrell, he was remanded and brought to Fakenham. The young lad y 18 only 15 years of age. A man named Marti n , aged 112 years, was recently is rec ei ved into the hospit a l a t B ayonne. It was t h oug ht that illness l would bri ng th e o ld man ' s already long career t o closea ; but in a few days he was again on foot, and on his 8 ay home. CHARGES ON THE INDIAN REVENUE.—It ap pear?, from a return yesterday published that the charges on the Indian revenues abroad amount to £86,467,266, and in England to £36,077,909. The registered debt of India is 462,307,623. i ! ,` SHARE MARKETS—This Day Snare] Railways. 13.14. 25 10 st st 50 20 Bir,, Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andnid.Ce Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon iCornwal 8 8 7 8 8 IJO 116 k 117 k 6i 7i Do A A Erets no die till 611 e.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. jEdinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk I 'tail 41 13 13 14 88 20 106 108 49i 50& 45 47 24 25 Ditto A stock Ditto East AnOian st GreatNorthof Scotland 'Great N orthern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an , i W. of Ireland' Great Western Do Str Val Yorkshire stock' Lancashire & London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., mad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western ;Man., Shef., & Lincoln. ;Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shares M e t ro politan !Midland 1274 1281 130 131 136 13 8 103 105 671 (8i 110} 1101 746 7 5 6 114 115 42f 101} 101 k 101 112 43 /6 13f Pi 1281 1291 1 ltp 96 98 6.4.0 ........ I — lin New Do Binning. Derby' of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee INth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds 53i 54i 28 28 LO2 103 Do York Do Carlisle North London 57i 58i 90 9 i 4.16.4 DoNew ..... . North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon.. ;South Eastern S o uth Wales 'S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok. ,Stockton & Darlington - Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 111 114 11P 16i 16f 11f 11 121 123 46 47 103 105 tO 51 33 31 953 97} 68 70 103 105 38} 8 39} 10 11 o 71 8 e P 150 152 5 56 r. 2 h p ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ra;‘ ,. Closing Business Paid .l done. ____ 891 9 49} 9 671 II 1102 75 44 lig 14 1 1 1 1001 101 45 41 161 24 961 # 13; ; 1281 1; P 544 8/ 102} 11 2} d BRITISH Pi 3ai lways Wand.) & St Lawrenc , Bom.,Baroda&Cent Inc: Gn. kper cent........ Do. New . • • Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preteronce. . • • • IBuffalo,Brant,&Godricl; ti p. ct. bda. Aug. 1, IS7 Do. do. July 1, 187',, )o. do. June 1, l 674 HeuttaAt S. Eastn. ) IlapeTown & Dock Scril Eaatn. Bengal gu. 5 p. I,:ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada 1)o. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. co. deferred...... 00. 2d Pret. Bonds.. Do. do d -ter ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. cl,f erred-- • Do. 4th Pref. s o k... Do. do deferred...... Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim _ _ V guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. otCanada Shares Do. New ....... Do. 6 P.C. '73 with't opt. Do. 5 p. c. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar.. 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. 0. Extensioi , De. 4. d 0.... .. • • Do. Fifth Extension. o p. 0 . Bnd Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. &forty,. Bds. Vewßranswick &Cand Class A an 1 B. N.lll.C'da6 po let pt bde &lode 1 Do. Delhi Do. do = Do. Punjaub r Do. Do. , Do. lndus.St. Flo.) 83 86 150 160 29 31 43 45 37 40 98 100 ,SIONS. Closing Price. 64 C 6 1041 IC5h 1p 6 P 4i 5; 70 8 77 80 73 76 73 78 1( 3 105 1( 8 109 1(6 1( 7 105 107 110 121 12 P 65 68 50 53 56 58 41 46 40 44 34 33 21 28 22 24 105 1( 5 11 11 103 105 13 13i 7f 7f l 99 101 92 04 1 1 ill) 103 lu4 96 98 :5 49 51 3 5 83 65 )(zi 100. 1038 104 * i! AP ' 103 104 98 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. an.uov. 6 p.c.J a ,Sid I 1877-84 I Do. 6p. c. Feb..l4 AuL 100 K 3 106 Do. 6p. c.3lar. as Sept 100 106 108 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 96a 97a Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 Cape G.Flope. 6 p c,1871-. 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 188(' 100 112 114 Do. 189( 100 113 115 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 11l 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p e 100 - Mau itius 3 per cent .. 100 110 112 Natal G,v. 6 per cant.. 100 119 111 -- 'N. vi. Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.acJul) 100 1054 1061 Do. op. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W.(, or. 5 p c.,186( 100 1001 1011 - Do. sp. c.,1871 tolBll 100 100 101 1001 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwd, 100 991 1001 991 1001 99j 'New Zealand 6p. cent 100 109 11 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1061 107 a Queensland Gov. 6p. a 100 tlO 112 'S. Aus G00p.c.1878.4 up lOO 110 112 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&...1n1y 100 107 109 108 Do. to C 0.0. An.&Oot.. 100 11C, 1111 lio/ 114 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 Id 62 Clthord Amalgamated 20 22 Devon G. Con, (Tavist , 1 530 540 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 46 48 54 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 50. id kP East Caradon 1.14.6 456 466 I East Carn Brea 3.0.0 9f 106 WI Russel (Tavistk ` 7.19.0 4f 51 51 Gam.dtSt. Aubyn(Gwen ) 574 17 19 Great South Tolgus l7s 6 6 1 G. Wheal Vor (llelsten 40 6i tf Grenville Elerod's-Foot 8.12 50 52 Hingston Downs 4.17.0 2& 3 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) 94 37 39 Ilarke Valley.. 4 Wyndy Iron Ore (Lim , 26 6ds pr New Setun l9l 13) 140 :North Downs 26 21 31 Basset(lllo4 - an ?..17.0 36 4 north Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey, 14 4)4 56 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 0 42 South Caradon(St Cleer 5 11 5 395 405 S. Cant Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 24 21 S.Witeal Fran. (Mogan 1.8.1 , .9 , 84 90 Stray Park .. ..... . 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 46 114 10 Pin Craft l6 17 West Basset (Illogan) l6 121 136 W Caradon (LiskearcL 5 31 33 Wvvhhh Weste ee a : S l ll e 3i ß i t : at s: t s yy e A t ayn ( . I nL l :t o ae a nn n i ,)) 2 4 . 7 t Bo l . 6 62€ 7 7 1 5 5 5 4 27 1 27 80 5 : Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 (O 70 WhealLud ott Wheal Seton 584 230 240 1 heal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 17 18 Wheal Union 3.17 5 5) PREFERENCE SHARES. Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. prem., 110 ancashire and Yorkshire 0 per cent. stk., 137 West 51idland, Oxford, .d guaranteed stock, 1221 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, per cent. pref., 106 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 11[ Metropolitan, 5; 6 North British t Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., e 3 Stockton and Darlington, Class D, pf., 291 LINES LEASED FIXED RENTALS, Buckinghamshire, 98 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 41 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 96t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Bahia and San Francisco (Bra.) gua. 7 per cent., 211 Great Luxembourg, 151 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 201 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 111 12 111 Paris and Orleans, 44 Recite and San Francisco (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 1811 Sambre and Meuse, 14 Ditto, 5! per cent. pr., 10 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent. (all), 231 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 2 Don , Nor h Del Hey, I Fortuna (lim.), 4i Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (Km.), 3,} Santa Barbara Gold Mine (aim.), Scottish Australian,:i United Mexican (tin.), Si I Yudauamutana of S. Auetralia (aim.), 3i DOCKS. London, 57 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 24/ 1 Australasia, 8 1 1 • Bank of Egypt, 25) 6/ Bank of London, 11 , 1 121 British and American Exchange (lim.), 101 / 1 City, 03/ English and Irish (lim.), 41 1 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um.), 121 Imperial Bank (lim.), 14; London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 Lon , ion and Colonial aim.), 2/ London and County, 40t London Juint Stock, : 5 London and Westminster, in National Provincial of England, 120 Ottoman Bank, 421 1 Ditto, new, ;11 South Australia, 34l Union of Australia, 52 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian .Azricultural, 23i Crystal Palace, 33 E .glish and Australian Copper. 14 Italian Irri~ t 'on (Canal Crvour), North British Australikian, 4 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 72i 2 Ditto, new, 44.1 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 42), 31 !AA Diemen's Land, 131 Paid. Business done 61 1051 4; 3i 1031 1 I 50/I SO ITIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 18634 LAW INTELLIGENCE —This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) THE DANGER 07 A. T OO WILLING WITNESS.--WOOD V. CIIAPLIN AND ItORNE. This was a claim to re cover damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of one of defendants' drivers. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Edwards for defendants. on a certain day one of defen- Mr. Beard stated that up dents' vans, laden w ith hops, was proceeding throu g h the City, and the pocke ts overlapped the side of the van. The consequence of this was that when the driv eat of er went out of his course, one of the p ockets caught the s plaintiff's omnibus, and severely damaged it. To support this case witnesses were called, and at length one jaunty, 'cute looking gentleman graphically described the accident. He was in a cart, and all the vehicles were going at a slow pace. At a walking pace. Mr. Edwards —Were you walking? Witness (as though he had caught the attorney)—No) I was riding; my horse was walking. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Edwards is a gentleman of a singularly mild and suave demeanour, and he humoured this witness to the top of his bent, until at length the sharp gentleman said, " A waggcn with three horses ran against Chaplin and Horrm's van and drove it against the 'bus." His Honour—There, Mr. Beard, how do you get over that ? Mr. Beard—Well, he certainly proves too much. (Laughter.) His Honour—Yes. He has made out defendants' case nicely. Mr. Edwards—ln justice to the defendants I should state th t I have six witnesses, including a policeman, who would clearly prove that we were not in fault. Mr. Beard elected to be non-suited, and his Honour awarded costs to defendants. Plaintiff non-suited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A RELUCTANT PROSECUTOR.—AIice Harris, servant al 5, George-street, Hanover. square, was charged before Mr. Knox with the following robbery : On being placed at the bar the prosecutor, Mr. Levien, proprietor of the Cafe Regence, Tichborne-street, said he did not wish to go on with the case. Mr. Knox said he would hear the evidence. A young woman, living as housemaid at No. 6, George street, where Mr. Levien lodges, said that on the previous evening the prisoner was to leave her situation of cook in consequence of having got drunk a week before while cook ing a gentleman's dinner. The prisoner came down stairs, and she (witness) was about to pay her her wages when she observed from under her shawl a pair of trousers, which she took from her, and the prisoner then left the house. Subsequently another pair of trousers were missed, also belonging to Mr. Levien, and the police were then informed of the matter. Mr. C. Levien identified the pair of trousers produced as his property. Police-constable 129 C said he went the previous evening to Heddon-street, and the prisoner said she knew nothing about the trousers. On searching the prisoner's box he found a pair of boots also ;tonging to Mr. Levien, and the prisoner subsequently told him where he could find a duplicate relating to a pair of trousers, Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner for a week, and it Mr. Levien did not like to appear again he need not do so, and he (Mr. Knox) would deal with the case as one of unlawful possession. It seemed to him a bad case, but he did not wish to compel any gentleman to prosecute against his wish. MARKETS—This Day. (MENGE. THE DISPUTE WITH BRAZIL, Official papers respecting the dispute between the British and Brazilian Governments were distri buted yesterday. They are very numerous, and enter fully into all the details of the occurrence. Among those of later date is one from Earl Russell to Mr. Christie, on Feb. 7, approving the course adopted by the latter gentleman. Of still later date are the following despatches, which possess special interest : M. MOREIRA TO EARL RUSSELL. (Translation. Received February 10.) Imperial Legation of Brazil, London, Feb. 9, 1863. • The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, has the honour to inform the Earl Russell, &c,, that he has just received from his Government two notes, dated the sth Jan. last, which passed between the Imperial Government of Brazil and the British Legation in Rio de Janeit o, which have been, of course, also transmitted by the same lega- tion to the Right Hon. Earl Russell. The two documents show clearly what violent and deplorable events have occurred in Rio Janeiro, subsequent to the extraordinary demands made by . the British Legation upon the Imperial Govern ment, of which an account was brought by the last packet from Brazil. In the first of these notes addressed to the British Minister by his Excellency the Marquis of Abrantes, Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, it is stated word for word as follows " That the Imperial Government, being anxious to avoid the imputation of opposing any peaceful and honourable means of resolving the pending questions; being anxious to contribute, without a breach of national honour and dignity, to promptly putting an end to the difficult situation in which Le relations between the two Governments are placed, with serious injury to the large interests which bind the two countries ; and finally, as a proof of the full confidence which it has in the jus tice of its cause—will be ready, in ratification of what is stated in the note of the 29th Dec. last, re specting the question of the ship Prince of Wales, to issue proper orders to the Minister of Brazil in London, to the effect that he pay there, under pro test, in the terms of the said note, the sum which the Government of her Britannic ajesty shall re quire. And with respect to the officers of the fri gate Forte, accepting the intimation made by Mr. Christie in his note of the Ist inst., of an arbitra tion, the Imperial Government will take care to in form Mr. Christie of the selection of an arbitrator who may judge that question ; it being understood that such arbitration shall have to take cognisance, not of the duty of the Imperial Government to put the laws of the country into execution, but only whether, in the mode of applying these laws to the officers of the Forte, there might have been any offence to the British navy. Those declarations shall not take effect until the reprisals shall have ceased, and the prizes taken shall be released. Lastly, I must apprise Mr. Christie that if, contrary to what is to be expected, her Britannic Majesty's Government does not acq uiesce in this arrangement, the Imperial Government will maintain its original position,which is, that it will not surrender the ho nour and dignity of the nation, however it may de plore the evils that may result from this resolution." The British Minister, in reply to this note, said as follows Your Excellency may be assured that the reprisals will cease from this moment, and that Admiral Warren will issue orders to release the prizes without delay. The Imperial Government, for reasons which, without doubt, it considers plau sible, has preferred to pay, under protest, what may be demanded in the question of the Prince of Wales, to the adoption of the suggestion which I made, to submit the question also to an arbitration." The British Minister said, however, in the same note, that " her Britannic Majesty's Government will be at liberty to accept or to refuse the proposal of arbitration in the question of the Forte." Reprisals having in feet ceased, and the prizes being released, and thus the chief condition con tained in the note of the Imperial Government having been fulfilled, the undersigned has received orders from his Government to address the Right Hon. Lord Russell, in order to learn from his Ex cellency if the Government of her Majesty the Queen is disposed to ratify the arrangements made in the terms of the said notes of the sth January be tween the Imperial Government and the British Legation, relative to the questions which this ar rangement was intended to solve. If in the affirmative the undersigned has received instructions to declare to her Britannic Majesty's Government that his Majesty the King of Belgium is the arbitrator chosen by his Majesty the Emperor. to decide whether, in the mode of applying the law to the officers of the Forte there might have been any offence to the British navy. And the Imperial Government firmly trusts that her Majesty's Go vernment will not hesitate to accept the choice of hie Majesty the Emperor, as it has fallen upon his Majesty the King of Belgium. Finally, as to the question of the ship Prince of Wales, the undersigned is authorised, by his Go vernment declining to enter into any liquidation, and under the protests in the terms of the note of the Imperial Government to the British Legation, dated the 29th December, to deliver to her Britannic Majesty's Government, in a cheque upon the Bank of England, whatever sum the Government of her Britannic Majesty may demand in this case. In making this communication to the Right Hon. Earl Russell, the undersigned requests his Excel lency to be pleased to inform him of the resolution of her Britannic Majesty's Government in respect to the arrangements made by the said notes of the sth January ; as also if it accepts the arbitrator proposed by his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. The undersigned earnestly hopes for the solution which the importance of the affair requires, and akes, &c., C. MOREIRA. (Signed) •.••••••M••••I.•• EARL RUSSELL TO M. MOREIRA. Foreign-office, Feb. 12, 1863. The undersigned, her Majesty's principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to the note of the Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of Bra zil, has the honour to inform him that her Majesty's Government accept the arrangement agreed to by an exchange of notes betwe en the Marquis of Abrantes and Mr. Christie ; that her Majesty's Go vernment will fix, as soon as possible , the amount which they conside r a just indemnity in the case of the Prince of Wal es; that they agre e to refer to an arbitrator the question relating to the officers of the Foite, in the terms proposed by the Brazilian Go vernment, viz., whether, in the mode of applying the laws of Brazil to the officers of the Forte, there has been any offence to the Briti sh nav y . And, finally, her Maj esty's Government accept the King of the Belgians as ar bit ra tor, if his Majesty will deign to consent to act as such. Her Majesty's Government having accepted the terms agreed upon, at Rio Janeiro, are unwilling to discuss the terms of the protest of the Brazilian Government. The Brazilian Government are persuaded that they have right on their side; her Majesty's Go vernment have a similar persuasion in a contrary sense. But her Majesty's Government wish rather to cultivate good relations for the future than to prolong a controversy as to the past with the go vernment of the Emperor of Brszil, which has in so many respects a title to the friendship of the British Government.—The undersigned, &c. (Signed) RUSSELL, THE GREAT EASTERN.—LIVERPOOL, Feb. 20. — The important operation of placing the Great Eastern upon a temporary gridiron on the Cheshire shore, for the purpose of repairing her hull, was successfully performed to-day, under the direction of Captain Paton, and in pre sence of some of the local directors. The gridiron or plat form upon which the vessel rests was formed of immense baulks of timber, which lay fore and aft of the river, in order that the inward and outward wash of the tide may not change her position. Early this morning steam was got up on board the vessel, which proceeded as far as Rock Ferry, and after some little delay she was brought over the gridiron, where she settled down as the tide fell, with her head rather in the direction of the Cheshire shore. She will be supported in an upright position by shores of the strongest character, after the plan ad3pted in the graving docks. The repairs will be conducted at low water with perfect safety and comfort. The timber floor or gridiron was con structed by Mr. M'Cormick, M.P. The whole of the opera tions connected with the beaching of-the vessel and the con struction of the platform were carried out with the greatest skill and rapidity. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—The Dumbarton _Herald gives an account of an elopement from that town—the erring fair one being not a blooming maiden in her teens, but a staid matron of 53 years,who had brought her husband a goodly family of 13 children. She had cast a longing eye upon a young fellow who had lived with her as a lodger, and he, on his part, seems not to have rejected the tender advances of the lady. An understand ing having been come to, the ill-assorted pair took advan tage of the husband's absence to strip the house of every thing valuable that could easily b e remove d, no t f orge tting t h e husband's best suit of app are l, an d h av i ng go t the th i ngs exchanged at their " uncle's" for current coin of the realm, went away on their wedding tour no one knew whither. The ill-used husband applied to the police, but they, of course, could do nothing in the matter. When the finances wear out, the soulless rascal will doubtless leave the foolish woman to repent at her leisure, and to find her way back to her husband in the bast way she may. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of vegetables is seasonably extensive, but the show of fruit is very moderate. For most kinds of produce the trade is by means active, yet very little change has taken place in prices compared with last week. FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 8 0 to 12 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 2 0 Melons „ Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do . • Oranges, per 100 3 6 to 8 0 Lemons, per 120 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberriesht rive° 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 5. d. a d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 6to 1 9 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 G Damson .. 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per &. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 0 _Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 2 oso 4 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 9to 1 0 Celery, per ditto 0 9to 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Brocoli, per bun. 0 10 to 1 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 150 0 { Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pnt 1 oto 0 0 i Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 6to 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 01 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 r Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 ; Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 01 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 I Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Brits. sprouts,h.s. 1 3to 2 61 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0) Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 6to 1 6 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 OSo 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 6to 1 6 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 10s Od ; geese, 58 Od to 7s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s ed to 3s Od ; ducklings, Os Rd to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 10d to is Od each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 11s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; ptarmigan, is 6d to Os each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 3s Od to 4s ; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 3s Od to Us Od ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each; guinea fowls, 5s Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is Id ; English, is ld to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 10s Od ; French do., 7s Od to tis Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLING SGATE. ----- Salmon, is 8d to 2s Od ; trout, Od to Os; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 15s Od ; brills, is Od to 5s Od; doreys, is Od to 7s Od; mullets, Os 6d to 2s Od; lobsters, 2s 6d to 6s; crabs, is Gd to 2s ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 6d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, s to —s ; natives, 48s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 9s; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; smelts, is Od to is 6d; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 5s per 100 ; bloaters, 68 to Os per 100; carp and ench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10c1; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6,1 per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s Rd to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to Bd, of household do., 5d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 22d ; 641 b to 721 b, nd to 3d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 31id to 42d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 3id to 4id ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s Gd to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, lOs Od to 12s 6d; half-breds, 9s Od to lOs 6d; Downs, Cs 9d to 8s 3d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to OsOd. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 4s Od ; clover do., £3 10s to £5 15s ; and straw, £llOB to £1 18s per load, Supply only moderate—trade slow. _ . . :umBERLArrk.--Meadow kay, £2 Os to £4 4s; clove!, £3 lOs to £5 15. Od ; and straw, £1 104 to £1 18s per load. A slow demand. HITEcHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £1 4s; clove' do. £3 10s to £5 15s ; and straw, IA 12q to £1 18s per load. Trade inactive. record d AT t H h e O d r e A m N i s O e o L tO Mr.SP O E R T d s m m u A n N d . — B o W n j e ts regret histo 75th year, which took place at his residence at Eastergate, near to Chichester. The deceased was the true type of an English country gentleman of the old school, and was much esteemed -by a large circle of friends, to whom he was endeared by his sociability and unostentatious hospitality. Ho kept and hunted his own pac k of harriers--the best known in West Sussex for the last half century ; he never despaired of losing his game, so much confidence had he in his hounds. He was very fond of the game of cricket, and was famous in his day as a fast and successful underhand bowler. Mr. Boniface continued within comparatively a short period before his death to keenly enjoy all sorts of field sports, and was considered as good a sportsman as ever halloaed to hounds. He was buried in Eastergate Church yard on the 16th inst., and a very large number of relativec and friends were p re sent on the oacasion.—The Field of to -day. THE ROMAN QUESTION. —We are informed on reliable authority that her Majesty's Government are not to have the last word on this serious matter, and that statements will s hortl y appear which will throw a new light upon Mr. Odo Russell's negotiations. If our infor mation be correct, Mr. Odo Russell has been compelled to admit further inaccuracies in his reports to the Foreign office. To make things worse, it is said that the retracta tion has taken place in the presence of Cardinal Antonelli himself, before whom Odo Russell has stated that it was he who in every instance solicited audience of the Pope, and confident that he did so because he was instructed by the English is sovernment to proffer its hospitality to his Holiness; it mised his Holiness the further stated that on the 24th December last he read to Pope,i confidential l t l the ette rVatican,Earlb y Russell, rof w h h is io G h o r v e e a rn ew m e e d nt t , h a e outward respect that between previous offer of a British that on a question Pope to take refuge at Malta, where Earl Russell pro• published ho ° thea a cc sy ou lu n m ts , a f nd strongly urged the a t I r i s e alace, a guard of honour, and all the b e now f enjoys at Rome. It is strange discrepancy act there should be so wide a Eng lish envoys. But no oneread th e the French unanswerable reailly bolittve that the Pope, " Antonelli dispatch," the strongest assurances of support ci from the French in our columns, will at the very time he was re ceiving Emperor, was privately negotiating refuge upon British territory,.. n uo • n even soliciting a non/ Areraki, SPORTII NEWMARKET STEEPLECHASES.—Farr The off in the The sun shone out brilliantly during th' - ..,AY. contests, but there was a decided fallir - -,.. steeplechase of T th h e e r fi unn eld i s tig weLo ante of both carriaogiensedanadre full l rs d e e m ta -e i n l g s . attend small, and the results 1 , - ~ . ... most instances did not excite much interest. Sub: , A Handicap Plat, of 40 _,___ eovo, for four -Sr-olds and upwards; wit 3 .74ers extra. About two miles. 18 subs. Mr. Eioycl's Antelope, aged, lOst 81b .... (W. Griffiths) 1 Mr. T. Golby's Sunflower, aged, lOst 61b (inc 61b extra) (C. Boyce) 2 Mr. B. Land's Diadem, 6 yrs, 9st 91b (A Sadler) 3 Mr. Green's Reporter, 4 yrs, 9st 71b Betting -5 to 4 agst Antelope, 7to 4 agst Sunflower. The favourite made all the running and won by a quarter of a mile. Reporter, after refusing at the second road jump, fell in the dry ditch. Sunflower beat Diadem (who jumped unkindly) by three lengths for second place. The Newmarket Grand Handicap Steeplechase of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and only 2 ft (to the fund) if declared on the 12th of February, with 70 soya added. Winners extra. About three miles and a half. 17 subs, 7 of whom pay 2 soya each. Captain J. 0, Machel's Molly Asthote, 6 yrs, list llb (A. Sadler 1 Mr. Brisco's Sir B o bby, 6 y rs , lO s t 131 b .. (W. Griffiths) 2 Mr. T. Redford's Omar Pasha, aged, list 41b (Palmer) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Molly Asthore, who took up the run ning descending the hill to cross the Kennett-road, and won by half a mile. Sir Bobby cantered home for second money, and t mar Pasha fell when:cannoned against by Sir Bobby crossing the last road. A Selling Steeplechase of 2 sws each, with 20 added ; for three-yr-olds, list; four, 12st 71b ; five, and upwards, 13st 71b. Maiden allowances, and winners extra. The winner to be sold for £6O; if entered to be sold for 50 sovs, allowed 61b ; for 30, 121bs, About two miles. 6 subs. Mr. C. Green's Orkousta, aged, (£SO), 13st llb (W. Griffiths) 1 Sir C. Clifford's Fermoy, aged (X6O), 13st (Mr. W. Clements) 2 Fear of Apshall and Acre also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Friar of Apshall. Fermoy made play in the fence after leaving the first road on the outward journey, where he fell, but quickly caught his horses again, and at the top of the hill he and Orkousta were the only two in the race. Both fell at the ditch coming home, where Fermoy stopped for a time, and Orkousta, coming away, won by 30 lengths. Acre refused at the post and rails, and was withdrawn from the contest. There was no advance on the selling price offered for the winner. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with;so added by the Earl of Stamford and Captain Little; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Two miles. 5 subs. Mr. Goldby's Sunflower, aged, list 31b (J. Nightingall) 1 Mr. C. Green's Reporter, 4 yrs, lOst (carried lOst 71b) (W. Griffiths) 2 _ _ _ Mutineer and Leicester also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Sunflower, 6to 4 agst Leicester, sto 2 agst Reporter. Mutineer made play to the road where he stopped on the previous day, and again mutinied, which left Reporter with the lead. Sunflower fell before making the turn homeward, and lost half a mile of ground ; but on Reporter and Leices ter refusing at the road jump, Sunflower took up the run ning and won by 15 lengths. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Feb. 20.—1 n yarns there has been rather more business doing, chiefly for India and China, and some few contracts have been entered into for delivery up to three months hence. This shows rather morel confidence than we expected to meet with, though the prices are low. There has also been a good inquiry for twist suitable for the Levant markets, and rather more inquiry for the home trade. Altogether the market for yarns closes firmer, and with a more cheerful feeling. There is to some extent an impression that the prices for the present have touched the lowest point. Spinners, however, are rather disheartened, and complain that the prices at present obtainable leave a loss upon production, and we have heard this loss stated at something like ltd. per lb. The cloth market is reported a little better also in some quarters to-day, though from Tuesday to yesterday business was exceedingly flat. Some encouragement has been given to-day by the fact that some of the old and well-known standard buyers, whose faces have been rarely seen lately, have been making inquiries, and that these inquiries in some few instances have led to rather considerable purchases, which it is believed have been of a bona fide character, and on behalf of their constituents, to use a term somewhat common to the trade here. It seems to have excited observation, however, that wherever inquiries are made it is found that stocks of cloth still exist in abundance far beyond what was generally expected, though, considering how little shipping has been done for some time past, this ought hardly to be the case. Some large pur chases have been made from time to time, but it was generally understood that it was not for immediate shipment. Apart from the operations above referred to the market has been rather quiet. Prices are generally rather firmer, but there is still irregu larity, and manufacturers desirous of selling do not press for full rates. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.—At this exchange-hall to day there was a moderate attendance. There was a slow feeling in the yarn-market, and the business done was at quite as little money as on Tuesday. There was not much doing in silk. A fair trade could have been done in brown nets, but the prices offered were too low to induce manufacturers to effect sales. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR. THE WEEK. Railways. Miles Opened. Receipts. 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862. £ £ 1,712 1,735 605 557 1,459 1,512 5,263 5,173 14,757 14,218 258 259 293 319 154 199 Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Bl'th and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter l2l/ 107 Caledonian 230 230 Cockermouth & Workington tl 8 1 Cork and Bandon 2 BO 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 32 61 2761 Cork and Youghal .... Cornwall 531 531 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 83 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 4Bl 481 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &o 5O 5 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfic.,&E.Union Great Northern 330 330 Great North of Scotland 6B 58 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 451 3t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 Great Western 9 92 9641 Inverness & Aberdeen June... 731 731 Irish North-Western 145 130 Irish South-Eastern 254 251 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3951 Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes 26 26 Llanelly 46 461 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 721 221 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9l 01 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 Midland Gt.Westn. of' Irind 2491 Monkland 7li Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and New. & Car 894 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton.. Rhymney l9l St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern . . 132 Somerset and Dorset 391 South Devon ,,.... 751 South-Eastern 306 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 5l Ulster 5l Vale of Clwyd.. Vale of Neath 254 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 W.HartlepoolHarbr.&llail 39 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 12 Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 toos 1,101 220 214 1,258 1,287 1,521 1,631 1,463 1,W.8 1,005 1,079 6,630 6,547 2,694 2,256 7,884 6,198 27,210 24,542 24,919 23,837 1,602 1,634 489 291 6,993 7,168 51,096 48,202 787 749 1,638 1,727 287 367 31,150 29.525 175 163 130 145 446 478 83,383 75,817 1,555 1,322 16,000 15,089 15,008 12,833 12,740 'l,OO 1 057 14,564 13,067 1,066 1,040 1,164 3,03) 2,392 37,757 35,427 4,801 4,181 1,596 1,544 2,182 2,168 10,466 9,425 38,652 36,200 2,904 2,810 7,939 6,969 905 489 577 692 2,124 2,002 2,965 2,992 4,495 4,556 2,877 2,859 17,012 14,.,50 9,162 7,487 5,183 4,915 1,701 1,598 117 138 1,818 2,065 855 281 1,086 1109 661 618 3,548 2,834 583 410 782 105 720 584 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 828 52 828 52 Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction 26i 26} Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l} 161} Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1690 Great Indian Peninsula 4 ,15 4371 Great Luxembourg l3l 134 Great Western of Canada 345 315 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 439 435 Northern of Canada .... Northern of France 7Ol CBO Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 Paris and Orleans 1340 1204 1005 608 25,978 25,841 240 229 1,830 3,€08 3,238 2,579 3,730 8,520 47,058 14,348 13,138 11,572 19,902 15,054 7,226 0,158 4,191 3,817 13,020 10,633 16,121 13,00 1277 1, 024 46, 803 b 77 : d 8,5 195 120,460 115,073 65,025 61,297 1,666 Pernambuco 7l Royal Danish. 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian ...... 1414 Southern of France ......... . 777 Welland .. West Flanders .............. 758 75 W. and N.W. of France.... 1291 777 25 75 758 1,812 1,198 49,070 49,272 2,3156 24,093 937 868 37,682 3.1,469 :------- THE Do-NOTHING GOVERNMENT.—StiII there is imperturbable silence on the part of the Govern ment as to the measures contemplated for the business of a session that so far has produced nothing. Lord Derby has tried to elicit a programme, but could obtain no answer. Is a surprise intended ; or can it be that nothing a t a ll i s t o be done? The l atter seems impossible; but what motive can there be for the former policy ? There is no lack of reforms required; why this entire absence of reforms to be attempted r---haw 21mo Q *day. Jae Mysterious Death of a City Merchant. i LONDON Yesterday Mr. H. Raffles Waithew, the deputy coroner for Middlesex, resumed the adjourned in quest at the White Hart Tavern, High-road, Tot tenham, relative to the death of Mr. Benjamin Baker, aged 60 years, a wholesale boot manufacturer, lately residing at 4, Whitehall Villas, Tottenham, and carrying on business in Basinghall-street, City, who it was alleged died under very suspicious cir cumstances. It will be remembered that the deceased had been married to a third wife, who died a few months since, leaving one child aged six months. He had clrried on business for many years at No. 80, Basinghall street, and his life was insured for £BOO. He had made three wills, and always seemed lost as to the manner in which he would bequeath his property. He was also in the habit of taking a tonic called mandrake to relieve a spasmodic affection of the chest. On Tuesday morning, the 3d inst., the sister of the deceased's third wife went into his bedroom, when he exclaimed, "hilly, I feel very ill, take my will out of the cupboard." Deceased expressed a desire to alter some portion of the document, when he began to vomit violently. His attendant became alarmed, and sent for a medical gentleman, but be fore his arrival deceased expired. He had been quite well on the previous evening, when he had few friends to visit him. After the deceased's death a relative called and took away the three wills, which were given up by Mrs. Spurgeon, the sister , in-law. Mr. John Pennyfather, surgeon, of Tottenhain, said that he was called to the deceased, and found him dead. Witness was shown a bottle containing a dark-coloured liquid with a sediment at the bot tom. He could not account for death. He had since made a post mortem examination of the body, and he was prepared to give the result. The Deputy Coroner said he would first take the evidence of 'esterday. BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, FEB. 16. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been. pleased to make the following appointments in his household : —To be Physician in Ordinary—Edward Sieveking, Esq., M.D. The undermentioned should also have appeared :—To La Surgeon-Dentist—Edwin Saunders, Esq. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 5. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wet. son Vredenburg, Esq. (now Arbitrator on the part of her Majesty in the Mixed British and Portuguese Commission established at the city of Loanda, under the Treaty con cluded at Lisbon on the 3d July, 1842, between Great Britain and Portugal, for the suppression of the Slave Trade), to be Commissioner on the part of her Majesty in the said Mixed Commission. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Miguel Jordan y Llorens as Conkul at Liverpool for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. DOWNING STREET, FEB. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Kirk wood, Esq., M.D., to be a member of the Executive Coun cil of the Bahama Islands • and Charles William Diesel dorf, Esq., to be a member of the Executive Council of the colony of British Guiana. CROWN-OFFICE, Ft s. 10. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT ARLIA.MEN T. County of Somerset—Westeru Division—William Henry Powell Gore Langton, of Hatch Beauchamp, in the said county, Esq., in the room of Charles Aaron Moody, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. FEBRUARY 20. Borough of Devizes.—The lion. William 'Wells Adding ing, of Up Ottery Manor, in the county of Devon, Esq., in the room of John Neilson Gladstone, Esq., deceased. WAR. OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB, 20. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—William St. Lo Wet, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vic e G eorge T om k yns Morris, whose transfer from the 38th Foot has been cancelled. _ _ 3d - FragOon Guards—Major Taylor Lombard Mayne, from half-pay, late Particular Service, to be Major, vice Frank Chaplin, transferred to the 4th Dragoon Guards. 4th Dragoon Guatds—Major Frank Chaplin, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Thomas Jon es , w h o , retires upon half-pay. 3d Hussars—Paymaster Robert Savory Rouse, from 15th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Hopson, who exchanges. 14th Hussars—Lieutenant Robert Mather to be Captain, by purchase, vice Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Augustus Todd, who retires upon half-pay, re ceiving the former difference between Cavalry and In fantry; Cornet Rawdon John Cortland Thompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mather. Royal Artillery—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Chester to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Joseph Fletcher Lougheed, who resigns. sth Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Peter Davidson, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles Henry Leet, who exchanges. 7th Foot—Lieut. Joseph Dooley, from 100th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Langworth, who exchanges. 14th Foot—Captain Monteford Spread Morgan, from 59th Foot, to be Captain, vice Machell, who exchanges. The surname of the Ensign appointed in the Gazette of 3d October, 1862, is Heythuysen, and not Heytheusen, as then stated. 15th Foot—Lieut. Charles Edmund Layard to be Instrae tor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Francis Robert Fishbourne, who has retired ; Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Frederick T. 0. Hopson, from 3d Hussars, to be Paymaster, vice Rouse, who exchanges. 20th Foot—Lieutenant Joseph Cooke Cox to be Captain, without purchase, vice Samuel Sharpe, who retires upon full-pay ; Ensign Zachary Macaulay to be Lieutenant, Henrietta Green, of No. 5, Holton-square, who said the deceased was her father, and he was in good health the day before his death, when he left the City. There had been a little difference in the family, and she did not visit him. The deceased had mar ried witness's cousin, which she objected to. The deceased was her father by the second wife, and he had had three children by the first wife ; but they were dead. There had been also two children by the last wife. The first one died, but the other child was living, and in charge of the witness, who had not visited the deceased at his house since Christmas, 1862. Witness's husband worked for deceased in Basinghall-street, City. The de ceased had insured his life for 1800, but that sum had been mortgaged. There had been three wills, and the last one was executed six years ago. De ceased talked about leaving the child who is now living 10s. per week for life. Since the deceased's death her uncle (one of the executors) had called at the house and taken the last will away. Deceased's last wife wished to have £1 per week, but the deceased objected to that amount. She never told any one that the deceased had been poisoned, and it was a false report. Had said that she would like to have her father opened to see the cause of death, as they could not get a certificate for the burial. By the Coroner—l do not believe that the de ceased has been poisoned. Mr. Schoons, the executor, had taken the last will away, but he had done wrong. Mr. Sleigh, her solicitor, had informed her that Mr. Schoons had acted illegally. Mrs, Spurgeon, the first witness, was recalled, and said, in reply to the Coroner, that what she had said was what Mrs. Green had told her, and she believed, from what Mrs. Green said, that the deceased had come by his death unfairly, Mrs. Green denied this, and said that she only wished her father to be opened to satisfy her. Various reports had been circulated round the dis trict of Tottenham, but they were all vague. By the Coroner—After deceased's death I searched the house, and found 115 in gold, three cheques, £l5 in Bank of England notes, and some silver. I have been living upon a small portion of the money and supporting the child. By Mr. Vann—l saw the last will, and the one produced is the same. It was entirely in favour of the child, and not of any other person. The Deputy Coroner said that Mrs. Spurgeon had better take charge of the house and property at present. Mr. Green said that she was the party who ought to have possession, and Mr. Sleigh had told her so. Mr. Vann said that since the death an attempt had . been made to clear the house. Mr. John Pennyfather, surgeon, said that he had found the heart and lungs perfectly healthy. The stomach and intestines were placed in a jar for analysis. The brain was very vascular, and there was blood effused on the surface. The effusion was sufficient to account for death. Some poisons might produce that effect. Dr. Letheby, the chemical lecturer of the London Hospital, said that he bad received a quart bottle tied over and sealed. The bottle contained 23 oz, of a pale sherry-coloured liquid ; no particular odour, tut was very bitter, with a slight sediment, which he examined with the microscope, and found to be vegetable matter. He submitted it to various tests, and had found about 19 grains of a poisonous character, which he found to be the active pr 7 nciple of bryony root, a substance sold by herbalists, but it was not mandrake, as it was sold for. The sub stance was poisonous in its nature, and had caused death on several occasions. It would cause great sickness, and as a narcotic would act upon the brain. Witness had examined the contents of the stomach and intestines, and similar appearances were pre sented from the effects of the same root, which grew wild in the hedges. Mrs. Spurgeon said that the deceased had kept the root in the house several years, and had bought it of a hawker in the street. Mrs. Green said, in reply to the deputy coroner, that the wills were in the possessiou of Mr. Sleigh, who would keep them for the present. The jury returned a verdict, that the deceased died from poison, called bryony root, taken acci dentally. Course of the Exchange---Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 174 Antwerp — 25 42t Brussels — 25 42i Hamburgh — 13 7 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine -- 1194 11 80 11 80 35 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 25 52} 25 524 25 52i 25 57* 25 60 25 60 524 52/ 11 16 11 171 11 171 25 50 25 50 13 7i 25 25 25 50 25 52i 1191 li 90 11 90 351 491 40k i 0 5 6 25 60 25 60 25 62 25 65 25 65 621 63 Oporto - Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) , p er oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars .......... . . 0 5 5 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 (i, RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR BRADFORD.—On Wednesday night, as the 8.10 passenger train from Leeds to Manchester was nearing the Bowling Station of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway, it came into collision with an engine which was employed in shunt ing some trucks on to a siding. The driver of the engine perceived the train approaching, and reversed his engine in order to get out of the way, but before he could do so the train came up and caught the buffer of his engine, throw ing it off the rails and seriously damaging it. The passeu gers in the train were more or less severely shaken, but no lives were lost or bones troken. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK.—The Cork Examiner of Wednesday announces that Mr. John Cussen, a gentleman residing at Rockhill, near Bruree, county Limerick, was fired at through his parlour window on Tuesday evening, while sitting down to dinner with kis family. Four large slugs lodged in his right shoulder, and one entered the right side of his mouth, breaking one tooth and injuring others. The wounds are not considered fatal. The police were immedi ately on the alert, but have obtained no clue to .the perpe trators of the outrage. The motive for the aot . Tand y unknown, as Mr. Cussen was ne ither an agent our n h or no d a lord, and 17768 much respected in tke neighb , A RR IVAL OF THE LAD JoC ELYN FROM THE J CAPE.--The steamer Lady J ocelyn, from the Cape of (stood Hope on the 25th Decemper, passed Plymouth yesterday. Her machinery being disabled she came home under sail. She left the Cape only four days after the mail steamer which reached Plymouth Jan. 21, and her news is unimportant. The mails were sent ashore when off Schilly on Monday, and one passenger was landed hero to-night. A letter from Warsaw of the 14th inst. says that a journal has just been issued by the Polish insurgents, entitled News from the Theatre of War. A preliminary announcement states that the object of the publication is to give reliable news of the insurrection, the Russian journals not being trustworthy. It is to be issued at irregular inter vals, as oecasion may arise. NEW ZEALAND.—A letter just received by our correspondent at Plymouth says :—" The Maoris have consented to allow a steamer to be placed on the Waikato. A tribe has also offered for sale to the Govern ment 60,000 acres of land, with five miles of the most dis affected district. This is an evident proof that the forbear ance and firmness of our Governor, Sir George Grey, is working most powerfully. The first-named co ncession is haJaye W 9 in 12 months." considered to be a greater victory A than 10,000 soldier s co uld withinit purchase, vice COx. 24th Foot—Ensign Charles James Bromhead to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice John Cusack, promoted to an Unattached Company, without purchase. 29th Foot—Captain Hales Wilkie to be Major, by purchase, vice John Mackenzie Lyle, who retires ; Lieutenant Fre derick Charles Ruston, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wilkie; Ensign Charles Edward Pinckney Simpson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ruston ; Douglas'Alex ander Graham Cunningham Graham, Gent,, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Simpson. 35th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Lloyd to be Captain,_ by purchase, vice Ranulph Charles Lee, wh o retires; En sign Wilfrid Tolson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lloyd ;• Ensign Henry Mackenzie Macdonald Wood, from 38th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Tolson. 37th Foot—Graham Bowles Dobson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Horace Musgrave, transferred to 72d Foot. 55th Foot—Ensign William King to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Francis Holt Tate, who retires ; Cecil William Betham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice King. 69th Foot—Captain James Octavius Machell, from 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Morgan, who exchanges. 62d Foot—Lieutenant William Montagu Tharp-Gent to be Captain, by put chase, vice Thomas Milsom, who re tires; Ensign Eugene Charles Pollexfen to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Tharp-Gent; Mathias Robert Seppings Laws, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pollexfen. 63d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon James Arthur Han bury, M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Henry Crisp, M. 8., ap pointed to the Staff. 72d Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Cecil Rice to be Major, by purchase ' vice Thomas Charles Hardi nge Best, who retires; Lieutenant Robert St. John to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Rice; Ensign Douglas James Broadley Hebden to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice St. John; Ensign Horace Musgrave, from 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hebden. 75th Foot—Oscar Vernede, Gent,, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice William Wolfe Rynd, transferred to the 71st Foot. 86th Foot—Major and Brevet-Colonel Richard Mordesley Best, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice William Kier Stuart, C,8., who retires upon full-pay; Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Osborne Creagh to be • Ytajor, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Best; Lieutenant John William Fry to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Creagh; Ensign Charles Henry Jackson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fry. 88th Foot—Captain John Edwin Dickson Hill, from half pay, late 97th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Joshua Grant Crosse, seconded on being appointed Dia trict Inspector of Musketry. 94th Foot—Captain Frederick Edward Medhurst, from half-pay, late 43d Foot, to be Captain, vice John North Crealock, seconded on being appointed District Inspector of Musketry. 100th Foot—Lieutenant Vincent Upton Langworthy, from 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dooley, who exchanges, 3d West India Regiment—John Benet Thornton New bury, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Shiel, transferred to the 4th West India Regiment. 4th West India Regiment—Ensign Robert Moore Pilcher to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ambrose Mad den, deceased ; Ensign John Shiel, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Pilcher. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—Staff-Surgeon William Wal ter Weld having completed a period of 20 years' full pay service, to be Surgeon-Major under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of the let October, 1858; Surgeon Henry Crisp, M. 8., from 63d Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice ' Thomas Knox Birnie appointed to the 12th Foot; Assist.- Surgeon Charles Henry Lest, from sth Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Peter Davidson, M.D., who exchanges. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel William Kier Stuart, C. 8., retired full pay, late of the 86th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Colonel, Captain Samuel Sharpe, retired full pay, late 20th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Maj or. The following promotions to take place consequent on the decease of Lieutenant-General Thomas Burke, Colonel of the 10th Foot, on the 4th February, 1863 : Major-General Charles Ash Windham, C. 8., Colonel of the 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Crombie, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major-General. Major and Brevet Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Mordes ley Best, 86th Foot, to be Colonel. Major George Wm. Patey, 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant , Colonel. Captain Charles Sim, Royal Engineers, to Major. The undermentioned promotions to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, consequent on the deaths of— Lieutenant-General Thomas Marrett, Madras Infantry, on sth September, 1862 ; Lieutenant-General William Cullen, Madras Artillery, on Ist October, 1862. General George Benjamin Brooks, Bombay Infantry, on 4th October, 1862. TO BE GENERAL. Lieutenant-General David Barr, Bombay Infantry. TO BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS. Major-General George Richard Pemberton, Bengal In fantry. Major-General Donald Macleod, Madras Cavalry. Major- General Stephen Davis Riley, Bengal Infantry. TO BE MAJOR. GENERALS. Colonel Richard Albert Bayly, Bombay Infantry. Colonel David Simpson, Bengal Infantry. Colonel John Anderson Barstow, Bengal Infantry. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the deaths of— General David Barr, Bombay Infantry, on 21st Novem ber, 1862 ; Major-General John Day Stokes, Madras Infantry, on llth Dec., 1862; and General Thomas Shubrick, Bengal Cavalry, on 6th Jan. 1863; TO BE GENERALS. Lieutenant-General Thomas Henry Paul, Bengal In.. fantry. Bombay In- Lieutenant-General Francis Farquharson, fantry. T o BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS. Major-General Christopher Godby, C. 8,, Bengal In.. f a ntry• Major-General Charles Donis Dun, Madras Infantry. TO RE MAJOR-GENERALS. Colonel Edward Althara Cumberlege, Bengal Infantry. Colonel John Macdonald, Bengal Infantry. Colonel Andrew Rowland, Bomb ay A r till er y. The undermentioned Officers, who have retired upon full pay, to have a step of honorary rank, as follows TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL. Major George Edward Ford, Bengal Infantry. TO BE MANORS. Captain Thomas Spencer, Bengal Infantry. Captain Edward Van Heythuysen Holt, Bengal In. fantry. Deputy -Inspector-General of Hospitals William Gordon Davidson, retired on full.pay from her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, to have the honorary rank of Inspect or- General of Hospitals. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. roa d John Jennings, shoe manufacturer, Hackney- John Wilson, shoemaker, Sunderland Richard Pace, solic E it A or N , tell-um:Tams: Somersetahire The G fo 2 l z lo et w te in o g f alarsettehveenoni2yg,b—ankrupts of any importance Abraham Garcia, auctioneer, Cannon-street 'Went Kingston, FinsburySurrey eskellbthaakl:r builder, merchant, Islington HerrmannWStemph.elin Hambrook,ard. kee p Y e o r, rk caraiff John Airey, builder, Shere, Surrey es , fishm onger, hotel - Charles Payne, general dealer, Lambeth Samuel n ue F l Foster, Robert Thomson, commission agent, Ironmonger-lane s i ob m oairii p ocmk o i rteeotrrer,cr, merchant, aeulniVnetbor, clerk, dy er ga h ee hwm Holborneptltl o s n. 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