The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-11 00:00:00

, Feb. 9. ing at the 3vening by rue Dcouyn 3, the scene The Em latter was .r changed )eror went aloes, and t of which ok off his een recog ; remarked ressed as a pearls and vho wore a ; the Prin- [adame de ~ r en was a d Madame was served before five enna after Empress Is stay for Ferdinand of March ook place the King, nd Prince . The two of honour, es, which ing. The versed for etire until ,e Daniele 100 small quence of ie Franco s between d to have hat a sus t from it. health of lback per ck on his and is not ry occupa- ,t Brussels t brilliant past eight arly), and until past 7abant did !onded by Viceroy is ?le to pay rsigny on tions were A de Per , the ball was (lane s was the versation. ary. The one, COO' past four, prises and t the great sent were mbetzkois [sley, the intess do Countess erve, the Viry, the hann, the e Metter g for the en by the by tb° is to b e the Erw .ries with take par t ,ongat the articipate zkoi,lVleS' reira,and d ball on Feb. 4. ) the Em' advanced cheek to 'event se- ing OW —On Sa severe fall ta m. Mr. r:kly on the 3rantharep cussion. 0 lays befole town of scene on e Le vesen r Reigate, ternoon of d at once L. Three , banners, 'cross the w. The - ed in the tr o'clock f Mr. and et by the tenantry. e Mr. and rses , they the town, ewer thert thanked pathy and Lis reasoue of being a tke wel" the rele responde4 fe by his 71r' Titer! relays a door '2' 3 10 - NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The transactions i❑ the money market to-day are not very numerous, but although the available re sources of bankers and others are abundant, the rates are very well maintained. A call of £2 per share becomes due to-morrow, the 12th inst., on the shares of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Ne 47 Shares. The quarterly sales of indigo commenced yester day, and consisted of 7,657 chests. There was a moderate attendance, but the biddings were ex tremely dull, and of 2,852 chests which passed only 398 sold, at prices ranging from 2d. to ls. per lb. below those realised at the last sale. The Spanish Finance Comm•ssion have notified that the auction of the Foreign Redeemable Debt win take place at Madrid on the 28rh inst., and 8,886 472 reals have been assigned by the Govern ment for that purpose. Two O'CLOCK. Paris Rentes were at 12.45 this day (says Reuter's telegram) 70f. 75c.—fist. Active encouragement :s still given to new joint stock enterprise, and it is satisfactory to find that most of the companies brought under the notice of the investing classes are of a bona fide character. Some of them, no doubt, will fail to realise the expectations set forth in the prospectus ; but, taken as a whole, the class of projects seeking sup port are such as to commend themselves to parties desirous of obtaining a remunerative channel for the employment of their surplus means. There are, it appears, many other undertakings in course of organization, and it is not improbable that a few of the continental Governments will shortly appear in this market as borrowers. No definite informa tion has yet transpired upon the subject, but ;nego•. tiations are in progress which render it very proba bable that some small financial operations will be speedily announced. Speculation in the market for the English Funds continues quiet, the operators being still disinclined to enter into extensive engagements either for a rise or fall. The abundance of money and the easier tendency of the rates of discount, however, give support to quotations, and Consols, after a slight depreciation, are now firm at 921 for transfer, and 92.1 for the a ccount. The New Three per Cents. are flat at 921 /, and the Reduced at 94 3 Exchequer Bills remain at ls. dis. to 3s. pm.; Bank stock is 237 and 2381 ; and India 5 per Cent. Loan 1084. Business in the Foreign Market has been moder ately active, and prices have shown very little change. Tarkish 6 per Cents., 1354, are steady at 89 90 ; do., 1858, 721- 4; do., 1862, 68 1 ; and the Consolides, 401 411. Mexican is 321 4 ; Per uvian New Loan, 871- 88 ; Portuguese do., 47 ; Russian do., 931 94 ; Spanish Passive are 26 1; ditto Certificates 94 10 ; Italian, 701 ; and Vene zuelan New Loan, 601 d ; Greek are 19: and the Coupons, 81. The dealings in the Railway Share Market con tinue moderately active, and prices in several instances have shown an upward movement. Bristol and Exeter have advanced £1; Metropolitan £1 ss; Great Western and South Eastern 10.4.; and South Western 55.; Great Northern, however, have de clined 55.; and London and Brighton 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained inactive. Bahia and Sa❑ Francisco realise 20,1; East Indian 1061 1061; Great Indian Peninsula, 105 to 1051; and Madras 5 per Cents. 103; Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, but Ottoman Bank are largely dealt in at en hanced prices, being marked 39i 404, and the New Shares 101, llt. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 237 81 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per C en t. C onso l s A nnu i t i es .. New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 p er C ent. Annuities.. innumes, 30 yrs, expir e +9th Jan., 1880 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l -4 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2ls India Stock 227 D tto 5 per Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 Ditto honds €1,.100 Ditto under £lOOO .. Consols for Account, March. 5 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 1 die 3 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 1 dis 3 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4l per Cent. 1852 -58-60 E quador New C onso lidated E gPPtian 7 pet Cent Greet; 5 104 991 Ditto, Seco n d I ssue per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.ms l9l 1 1 1 201 ... D itto Coupons Italian 5 per Cent. Naremmana Railway) 74 1 Mexican 3 per Cent Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent l'Tevi. Granada l3l Ditto 2 pet Cent 291 _ , Ditto Land Warr an t s (H ectares) X' tru vian 41 per Cent. .. ~.‘ Di tto 1862 rortugue se 3 per Cent., 18.53 Ditto 1862 Itttssian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St — Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent. S panish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account.... .. h Cert. ot ..... Ditto Passive ~. . Spanish not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 90 89 90 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18a Ditto 6 per Cent. 18;;2 ..... Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent..... Venezuela, 3 per Cent .................. lAtt Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 .............. Dividends on th e above payable in London o French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f , 71f. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f... THREE O'CLOCK.. Consols ' Money :92s 5 Ditto Account 94 An ingenious piece of Afghan practice for re ducing a dislocation of the thigh.—The patient 18 first kept in a dark room for three days, heated by fires in. cessantly burning, and fed with copious draughts of thin gruel. A. fat bullock is at the same time fed with chopped straw, flavoured with salt, and denied a drop of water. At the end of the third day, the patient is made to ride on the back of the bullock, his legs being fastened tightly under its belly by cords round the ancles. The beast is then led out to drink. He is natu rally inten ely thirsty, drinks copiously, and swells out visibly to twice his former size. The force exerted on the disiccated limb is , ufficient to bring it back to the socket. The dislocated shoulder is treated in a similar way ; the hand is tied (lose to the opposite shoulder, an empty water bag is placed in the bend of the arm, and gradually filled; its weight overcomes the resistance of the muscle, and be fore long the bone flies back into the socket with the usual sound.—London Review. GAINSBOROUGH'S BLUNTNESS AND GOLDSMITH'S GAborough d rew the por trait U of the ER I celebrated E E W h en er Gain l e f g y m _ was his lo r d s h ip not like. The painter sa id he did Cn plained that it wa not approve it either, ither, andhe flung down his p en _ begged to t r y again. Failing a second tim e, . t never could see throu g h eil, sa yi ng , "D— 1 varnish, and there's an end." We commend this at story to those who believe in Marquis was f ran k ne ss and tru inheritedere qualities, enifi ed .Inallusion for the le 0 to the E ar l' s n i c k name o f Malagrid p a Gold sm ith once naive l y remar k e d to (ah him---" Jesuit) Portuguese you know, I never cou ld conce i ve t h e reason why call you Mala they grida, fo r M a l agr id a was a very goo d sort of a man." Livry, the French dancer, who was so terribly burnt some time ago, is still in a very precarious state, D r . N e l aton is her medical atten d an t . Being asked by the E mperor the other day how his patient was, be re plied, " There is more to fear than to hope." HORACE VERNET'S PORTRAITURE,—Horace Ver net would have been a valuable detective draughts man ; if he once had a good look at a man, he could from memory produce a st, iking likeness. It was a hippy knack ho had, and sometimes an unfortunate knack, for, unconsci ously he would associate certain people's features with par ticular acts. If he represented in one battle-piece a soldier flying with fear and terror expressed on his countenance, his crayon would, in spite of himself, trace the familiar features of some well-known personage who had distin guished himself by a lack of pluck ; and in one of his grand pictures, wishing to represent a rapacious, grasping Israelite, he drew the features of a contemporary, whom many will recognise at the first glance. I have said this was some tiimmes an unfortunate knack, b ecause i t bas occasionally got h into tro uble.-Ihc4ens's " Alt the Year found." treedom of the Fishmongeth' ( ;ompany is to be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince 'of Wales te - worrow, at the Hall of the Ancient Company, near London-bridges SHARE MARKETS—This Day ORDINARY SHARES AND STO'JKS. Railways. raid i Closing 1 Business i Price. t done. Bir.. \Vol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid. l / 4 20 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian tArit and Bandon Cornwall Do A A Vets no div iill6pcpan has Do. B • • been paid to B. I Dublin & Belfast ;Tune. Dun., Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East A ngli an st Greatyorthof Scotland Great Northern.-- Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares • Metropolitan Midland Do New * • Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwici , Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New i North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot E., Aber. stook Do Scot:Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern 'South Wales 'S. York. and River D un 'Staines, Wok.,andWok. , Stockton & 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 Vs. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford) BRITISH P Railways ktlantie At St. Lawrence Rom.,Barodaet.Cent In( Gu. 5 per Cont.. Do. New . Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference Bufialo,Brant,&Godricl. 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873; iio. UO. Jun, 1, (31eutta.,:. S. ERStII. 1, , ('apeTown & Dock Scri Eastn. Bengal gii. 5 p. Lam. Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext.. Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Cana& Do. 6 per cent. PreL . Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. t IndtaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New 2: ua. 5 Do. January, 1862 .. South.oi India(Lim .:uaranteed 5 per cent. lilt. W. of Canada Share, Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. C. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. C. Do. 41 p. c. Extenelot, pc. 4 d 0.... _. Do. Fifth Extension. p. o• Rod - Melb. At Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. New Brunswick a Cand Class A Capital Shan. Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds Scinde ) Do. Do. Delhi gi do Do. Punjaub ...• Do. Do. •• ••• • • _____ Do. Endus.St. Flo.) S 8i ri 7 .EN 00 110 118 6 7 41 13 13 14 86 87 105 107 47 48 43 45 234 244 12tii 127 130 131 136 138 104 tO6 661 (7i 109 109 i 74 76 113 115 41 43 981 99/ 103 104 44 45 13f 141 1276 1264 11 Op 913 98 521 53 256 266 to , I 101} 57 68 89 89} 128 130 111 114 li 15g 18i 11 11 119 121 464 4T. 103 105 48 60 326 331 96 97 68 70 10i 105 1 i 88i 34 10 It p 7 8 150 152 p 5 54 21 sip 55i 54 21 .Sa p 86 i B7 dWp 140 145 29 31 42 44 34 86 95 37 ;SIONS. Clo4in Price. 65 67 104 i t( 5} 1p 4 514 7 1 8i 77 80 100 100 100 100 I(Th stock stock stock 100 100 WO 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock 20 stock 50 100 8 COCK St 1 St 4roek all all 100 ( 100 100 74 76 73 76 1( 3 105 1 , 8 ((V Irs! 64 106 1064 4 ]kPI 21 42 73 75 63 65 32 34 97 50 32 34 32 34 105 106 I P 1 1 103 105 12; 31 7I 71}131 99 101 92 94 1k lip 102, 103 i 96 97 92 i 44 52 53 3 6 3 5 83 65 105 105 103 104 103 1 104C P 98 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - p.c.Ja sic July 1877-44 - Do. op. c. Feb. Aug. 100 'lO3 106 - Do. 6 p.c.Mar.6v Sent. 100 106 los - Do. sp. c. Jan.&.July. 100 954 966 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 - Cape G. Hope. 6 p c,1873 100 iOs 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1890 100 113 115 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 100 111 113 - , Ceylon, N0v.1861, 8p c! 100 - N.13.G0v. 6 p.e.,; a.&Julyi 100 105 106 - 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.l 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c., 1866! 100 100 101 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876, 100 100 101 - Do. d0.,1888 ,*.sz upw4 100 99 160 9.11 - New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 109 111 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 1(9 11: - 11. Aus (16p.c.1876.& up lOO 109 111 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dauly 100 107 109 - Do. in sn.e. 100 110 1104 110 BRITISIi MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id in - Ulicord Amalgamated - 21 23 - Devon G. Con, Taoist , 1 520 531 - East Bassett allngan) 3O 48 10 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. id kp - East Carad Ott 2,14.. .16 47 464 - East Carn Brea. - E. W . l Russel (Tavistk ; 7.19.0 41 54 5 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 57; 17 19 - reat South Tolgus l7s 51 7 Wheal Croralelston 40 51 - Grenville 6.15. • 5 5 - Herod's-Foot ..... 1 1 .1? 50 52 - Hingston Downs 4. • 7.0 21 3 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant N 34 40 Clarke Valley.. 4 %ivndy Iron Ore (Lim ' 2 ,1. .1; ds pr - New Setun l9) 135 145 - North Down.; = 3 /4 24 34 - wh 'I tiaseet (Ilio4an t 17 ., 34 4 - Vorth Wheal Crotty . 2.4.9 41 5 44 'or Consols (t. Blazey 1k 5 t 0 'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.l 10-6. 2 1 43 - South Caradon(St.Cleer. 14 395 405 3974 - S. Carn P,rea (I llogan) 5.15 .0 21 24 - Fran. lovn 18.1 .9 87 3 / 4 02 4 - Stray Park I T.inar Silv.& Lead Min. 4,! 1 14 •0 Pin Cron 154 16 4 - ‘s , est Basset (Illogan) II 124 1 34 W - West Seton - - ee t „ e Caa a a ai l l i r :t si r t ine y e y er A t : t; kdi ( e 3 ; l i gua a e ar o t n nid t l ) j 2 . 555 . 0 4 . 6 77.53 7 ) 1 3 5 4 4 3 8! i s - whealLud ott - Wheal Seton 584 20 230 eat Treiawney (Lis.) 7 17 18 - iWheal Union 3.13 41 54 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 112 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 119 M,dland, Leicester 4nd Hitehin 4 per ot., 954 West Midland, Oxforu, let guaranteed stocic, 128 LINES LEASED FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 971 8 Gloster and Dean Forest, 271 London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 941 4 London and Greenwich, 63 Northern and Eastern, t per cent., `Bi Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 97.61 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 20 1 Great Luxembourg., 1.51 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 91 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper (lim.), 3.+ Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.), 3i Pontaibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 21 Port Philip, 1R Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 3a JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 94 Chartered B Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Rm.), 24 34 tl a g: r .; : iB e ss f icol e: a l n Australasia, 80 79 805 795 Brawl North n tm ot er ß ic r a it n is , h 5O Bank of Egypt, 251 Bank 01 Q u enaslandOirn), 7 1 8 and Ir i sh atm) 93 C olumbia, l 95 •4 1 ) 3a 8 T o k of India, Austraiia, and China, 214 E .ati—•-al—ia-n- Chartered, 251 Colonia 40 Imperial Bank (li.m u .),),S — Loncon and Colonial cif ) 31 • London and County, 40 2 London Joint Stock, 34} London and South African, 244 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 13.5 National Provincial of England, new, S4l Ditto, ditto, 215 4 Oriental Bank Corporation, 554 1 Ottoman Bank, 3 4 84 40 39) 405 Ditto, new, 105 115 lu4 114 105 Provincial of Ireland. 895 Union of h.ngland and France (lim.), 14 Union of London, 334 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Royal Mail Steam, 34 Berlin Water Works, 75 Great Ship (Urn.' 17: 1 , per cent. pref., 1 Indian Carrying (lien.), 1 It a lian Irri,, , ration Canal, 1 o Na ti on al Discount Company, 8 O r i en tal Inland Steam (lim.), ts. 4 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining (lim.), 15 "I give and beq ueath to Mar y my wife the sum o' one hunder pounds a•year. Is that written down, measter ?" "Yes. But she is not so old ; she may marry again. Won't you make any change in that case? most people do." "Aye. do they? Well, write again, and say, —And if Mary my wife marries again I give and bequeath to her the sum of two hinder pounds a-year. That'll do, won't it, measter ?" " Why it's just doubling the sum she would have if s he remained unmarried. It is generally the other way—th e l egac y i s lessened if the widow marries again." Aye, but him as gets her 'IL deserve gr 11b1 161 TFIE SUN,' - S,ONDON, WEDNESDAY - EVENING, FEBRUARY 11,i ',11863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) HEATHCOTE V. BELASCO. This was an action for the recovery of the value of a quantity of jewellery which had been lodged as security for an advance of money. The plaintiff, it appeared, was a married man, and in August last year arrived in London from Brighton on a visit, and shortly after went to a notorious house, known as Kate Hamilton's, in Leicester-square. He there com menced a career of dissipation, and eventually his money ran short, when he lodged his wife's watch, chain, and miniature, which he wore, and other articles, as , security for an advance of money from the de -1 fendant, who occupied the upper part of the house. The visits of the plaintiff to Hamilton's amounted to some eight or nine times. On each occasion he supped and took champagne with some of the women visiting the place. On tendering the money, £9 10s., as the amount he had re ceived from Belasco, the property was refused to be given up, as more cash th-in the £9 10s. was said to be owing. The defendant Belasco, in his cross-examination, said he was not the proprietor of the house in question. It was kept by a person named Fryer. The advances made to the plaintiff were to discharge the bills he had incurred at Kate Hamilton's. He (defendant)was a general dealer. He dealt in anything by which he could earn a pound. He had been 12 years ago indicted for murder, but he was not guilty of such a crime. The jury found a ver dict of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. He was never convicted of theft. He once was on board a steamer, and in a drunken state he, for a joke more than anything else, took a great number of pass tickets, and as he refused to give them up he was given into custody. He did not call that thieving. In his re-examination the defendant said that the death of the person for whom he was convicted was occasioned by a blow in a quarrel, and the affair on board the steam boat occurred 17 years ago. A number of witnesses having been examined, The judge commented in very serious terms on both the conduct of the plaintiff as well as the defendant, and said it was for the jury to say which they believed, as they both swore directly the reverse of each other; at the same time observing that one witness for the defendant did not help his case much, as she admitted she was a per son of ill repute, and, from the tone of her voice, he thought she was a drunkard. The question for the jury to decide would be whether the defendant had made out his allegation that he had advanced more than £9 10s. If not, the verdict would be for the plaintiff, and an order would issue that the goods would be ordered to be given up. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The Judge inquired whether they were agreed that no more than £9 10s. was advanced. The Foreman said they were. The learned Judge said that the property must be re storel on the payment of that sum. Sergeant Ballantine, who appeared for the plaintiff, sug gested that some sort of security ought to be taken for the return of the property. The learned Judge ultimately entered the verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, £49, to be reduced to Is. when the property was returned. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—This Day. CLOSE OF THE POLL. FOUR O'CLOCK. Powell Fawcett Majority for P0we11.... 82 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Windsor Skirmisher Five ran. SELLING STEEPLEGHASE. Deceiver Orkoustra . Three ran. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Ascot Omar Pacha Cockatoo 3 Six ran. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.", The further evidence in the case of Foxwell v. Thomas occupied the Court the whole of this morning; the ques tion involved being the infringement of a patent for mak ing sewing machines. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 1061 5 iodg4'g Mr. Baron Martin was occupied this morning in hearing an action for the recovery of compensation from the Brighton Railway Company for injuries sustained by the unfortunate collision, which took place some time ago in the Clayton Tunnel. 105 k i 5 The case was proceeding when we went to press. 121 13 31a 1031 e 961 SECONDARY'S COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter and a Special Jury.) CHILD AND WIFE V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL. WAY COMPANY-THE CLAYTON TUNNEL ACCIDENT. This was an action to recover compensation for injuries received on the Brighton line in the Clayton tunnel acci dent, on Sunday, 25th August, 1861. In the case of the plaintiff the damages were laid at £2,000, and in the case of the wife at £5OO. It appeared that the plaintiff had been a draper's assist ant, earning about £lOO a-year, and his wife about 18s. a week. The plaintiff was 33 and his wife 28. The injury to the plaintiff was to his spine, and Dr. Burrows, Dr. Moon. and Dr. Walsh described his condition as one from which he was not likely to recover or be able to earn his livelihood. 1031 I Verdict for plaintiff. Damages, £2,500. 1031 SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) THE MA.BTER BUILDERS AND THE HOUR SYSTEM. OWEN V. ROBINSON. This was an action to recover one quarter of a day for grinding money, plaintiff being a journeyman, and de fendant a master builder. Plaintiff said-1 seek to recover is. sd. for one quarter of a day. Whenever men are discharged they are always allowed that sum, which is called grinding money. His Honour—Yes ; I thought all that had been settled long ago. Defendant—Your honour will allow me to explain. In the year 1862 there was a squabble between the masters and men, and the result was a strike. In consequence of the strike, and the difficulties in the way of a settlement, the hour system was introduced, and that system was adopted in my shop. Every week we pay three hours extra, and it is supposed to be an equivalent for the grind ing money. Plaintiff—We work the usual time on Saturday. Defendant—Oh, no ; and you are paid for the hours as upon an ordinary working day. Plaintiff— I am in a position to prove that you paid some men a claim exactly similar to this. We work six and a-halt hours on th#Saturday. His Honour—Now, Mr. Robinson, am I to understand that you pay grinding-money every week, instead of at the time of the men's leaving ? Defendant—Yes. His Honour—Well, but I cannot understand it. It was a custom, as I understood, whenever the men left or were discharged to allow them one quarter of a day's pay for grinding their tools. Now you say that the effect of the hour system has been to cause their being paid grinding• money every week. This seems preposterous. Defendant—lt may seem so, but it is nevertheless a fact. His Honour—lf such a custom prevails in your shop it must be well understood by your workpeople before you can bind them by it. Defendant—l am only anxious to have your Honour's judgment upon the question, as a great number of work man, besides masters, will be bound by it. His Honour—l think it is always better in these oases to have a wri ten agreement with the men, and then all quar rels would be avoided. In this case plaintiff must have a verdict with costs. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE --This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SERIOUS DISTURBANCE NEAR BOND-STREET.—ILL TREATMENT OF A WORRMAN.—Edward Casey, a labour ing man, in the employ of Mr. Jawings, builder, of the York-road, Lambeth, was charged as follows: Mr. Samuel Thorburn, foreman to Mr, Jennings, said that the prisoner had been at work for Mr. Jennings so me time at Brooks-mews, but yesterday did n o t come to his work till 1 o'clock. He set the prisoner tti work, and he went on till 2 o'clock, at which time he (Mr. Thorburn bad to leave, and on coming back at 4 o'clock he found the prisoner drunk at a public•house opposite. The prisoner then demanded ssme money of him or some, drink, and because ho refused to give it him, he challenged him to fight, and afterwards tried to get on the scaffold, but fearing some accident, and as the prisoner was interrupting the other workmen, he tried to put him out of the building, and on this two or three Irish labourers came to the prisoner's assistance and got up a most serious row, in the course of which a workman who had been seen to speak to him (witness) was most seriously injured, so much so that he was confined to his bed. The prisoner was then given into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he hoped all the won would ha taken into custody and brought before him. He should order the prisoner to find one housekeeper to be bail for him to keep the peace for six months. A cabman named Macarthy war; next charged with steal ing some timber from the mine place, the building being in course of erection as workshops for Mr. Harry Emanuel, the Court jeweller. The case being proved against the prisoner, Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for a month with hard labour. SHIPPING—This Day vg . L e r er p l °77 Feb. 11.—W ind this day at noon— v South cloudy.- ' s trong breeze an d fi ne wea th er , but rather (Ry MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRA NESUND, W e d nes d a y Morning. from Hamburg. Arrived, Feb. 10—Co uutess of Lo ns d a l e, screw steamer , Arrived, Feb 11-11olland, screw steamer, from Ostend; Proserpine, from Guernsey ; Express, from Trieste. —Dam stader, bark, for New York ; Cid, screw ste S a a m il e e r ci , for Bilbao. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, Feb. 10—Peninsular, s crew steamer, from Lon don for Cardiff, EXTRAORDINARY LEAP.—Mr. R Bolton, of War rington, informs uh that last week Mr. E. T. Pemberton's ch snut mare Mayfly jumped 31 feet on Penketh-common in " cold blood." The mare was ridden by Mr. Bolton, who says that four or five witnesses can testify to the truth f the above.—Sussex AdvertFsen IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT ROUSE OP COMMONS.---This Day. The SPEAKER took his seat at tha Clerk's Table at 12 o'clock, but a house was not made until 20 minutes after 12. PRIVAT E BUINESS. Private business occupied a portion of the earlier par of the sitting. INDIAN ARMY. Col. SYKES presented a petition from officers of the Indian Army, complaining of the operation of the amalga mation scheme —one that he had served for 14 years, and that an officer who had served only 8 years had been placed over him, and praying for redress. FISRIES. Mr. S. FITZGERALD presented a petition from Armagh in favour of the Irish Salmon Fisheries Bill. An HON. M EMBER presented a petition from Carrick on-Shannon to the same effect. GAROTTING. Mr. ADDERLEY gave notice th a at on Monday next he should move f or leave to introduce bill to afford greater protection to her Majesty's subjects from violence. SALMON FISHERIES (IRELAND). Mr. M`MAHON, in proposing the second reading, ob served that, up to 1842, the law of England and Ireland with respect to the regulation of fisheries was identical. Up to that period every person had a right to fish in the tidal waters of the country, as, indeed, they had from time immemorial. Assuredly up to that period there had been no encroachments upon their undoubted rights by wiers, or otherwise, From the very earliest times enactments had been passed against the setting up of all obstructions to the free passage of the fish. The hon. member cited the various acts, and explained the nature of the numerous re ports of the Commissioners on the Salmon Fisheries of England, Scotland, and Ireland. For many years past all obstructions or nuisances in the rivers had been strictly forbidden by the Crown and the Legislature. The act of 1842, which this bill sought materially to modify, was hur riedly smuggled through the house, conferred the most monstrous powers on the owners of lands abutting on the sea, shores, and estuaries, and rivers ; in fact, it empowered them by allowing the use of stakes and bag nets, to virtually enclose the water and its produce like a gentleman's park. He could not find that any dis cussion took place on the bill of 1842; indeed an hon. member present, he learned, observed at the time, " This must be a monstrous Irish job, as no Irish members have spoken against it." (Laughter.) The act was a complete violation of the common law of the land and the rights of the people, as defined by the Great Charter. The act had com pletely ruined many people who had made a living out of the fisheries before it became law. The new bill would not in terfere with a single vested right. It might be said that some people had bought property, with the fishing powers given by the bill, in the Encumbered Estates Court, and on the assurance of the commissioners that those powers would not be disturbed; but if any commissioner had given such an assurance he ought to be dismissed from his office. However, he did not believe that any suggestion of the kind had been made. As there had been endless commissions and reports on the salmon fisheries, he did not see what good could arise from the amendment intended to be proposed by his hon, and learned friend. Mr. BUTT then proposed the following amendment:— "That any legislation affecting the rights of the owners of property secured by the existing laws regulating Irish fisheries, ought to be preceded by a full and complete inquiry, either by a royal commission or a committee of this house." He said the whole question amounted to a contest between the owners of the upper and lower fisheries, and if the bill was passed it would virtually confiscate a multitude of undoubted rights, clearly and deliberately , granted ;by the Act of 1842. A full and exhaustive in quiry was urgently needed. Colonel WHITE seconded the amendment. It was most important that there should be further inquiry, as those, like him, interested in the low fisheries were not satisfied with the inquiry of last year ; indeed they were not fairly represented in it. He read extracts from several official reports, setting forth that the stakes , nd bag nets had not had a detrimental effect, and that the fisheries were greatly improving. He was not opposed to legislation on the subject, and would readily meet the supporters of this bill half-way, but he objected to the property enjoyed under the Act of 1842 being suddenly taken thus forcibly from its owners. A large amount of capital had been invested in these fisheries in purchases in connection with the Encumbered Estates Act, and it was impossible that the rights they purchased on the faith of an Act of Parliament could be taken from them without, at least, full and un b,assed inquiry. Mr. LONGFIELD supported the second reading, con tending that there had been ample and exhaustive inquiry. There had been commissions and committees out of number. Ellis bill was presented for the sole benefit of the public. He ridiculed the idea of a Royal Commission, moved by the gallant colonel, and probably headed by him. The public had been too long robbed by stake weirs and bag nets, utterly unauthorised even by the act of 1842 ; in fact, these destructives injured the fish, and interfered with the navigation. No one save those interested in the present defective state of the law could honestly object to the bill. The legislation of 1842 completely nullified the interests of the public. Even in Waterford estuary alone 1,000 poor men who obtained their living by the fisheries were thrown out oi employment. Two of the most eminent judges that ever sat on the Irish bench had decided that the putting up of weirs in some foreshores was opposed to the public interest and the law of the land. Mr. HASSARD opposed the bill, because it was of a far too sweeping nature. The house ought not to take the rights conferred or purchased under an act of Parliament away without affording some compensation to the owners. If the present weirs and bag nets were considered objec tionable, their construction might be modified so as to make them less objectionable. It was a fallacy to say that these nets injured the production of the salmon, • for there had never been a more productive year of salmon in the estuary of Waterford than the last. All the matters raised in this discussion ought to bo in quired into by a committee or Royal Commission. And he hoped the Government would accede to this course. Mr. J. B. SMITH was not an owner of fisheries, and, indeed, had no interest in the matter. However he had been a member of the recent committee, a nd he desired to state that the evidence testified that the great evil was the existence of fixed engines. For instance it was proved that the effect of this injurious mode of fishing in the Tweed had been to reduce the number of fish from 40,000 to 4,000. Mr. HO IS GSON spoke against the injurious effect of bag nets, and considered that they ought to be abolished. He, therefore, earnestly trusted that the bill would be adopted. Mr. MONSELL admitted that gross abuses had grown up under the act of 1842, and that the time had come when there should be effective legislation on the subject. No inquiry was needed, for they had more than enough of it. The Government had ample materials in hand, out of which they could easily frame a bill fair alike to all parties. He pressed upon the right hon. baronet, the Chief Secre tary for Ireland, to frame such a bill, and he was satisfied it would meet with the approval of the house. I n that ease he suggested that bag-nets should be entirely prohibited, and especially so in narrow estuaries as at present in which large n um b ers o f sa l mon were sure ly snared; the owners of the fisheries ought to be compelled to pay a certain rate on their takings. Colonel DUNNE supported the views of the hon. mem ber for Limerick (Mr. Monsell). He feared if the present system was continued that it would lead to the entire aestruction of salmon, and read statistics to show that the take of fish on the coasts and rivers of Ireland had greatly diminished during the last few years. He sh ould su pp ort the bill, but t ruste d t h at the Government would take up the subject and introduce a measure under their own auspices. The house had before it ample materials for legis lation. Sir R. PEEL said the bill was identical with the one read last session, and referred to a committee. It would be better, he thought, to read the bill a second time than re ferring the subject to a commission. (Hear, hear.) He doubted much if a bill could be framed to meet the desires of the upper and lower proprietors of river rights. However, with the assistance of the hon. gentle men who had spoken, he would venture to undertake a measure in the earnest hope that it might prove accept able to all parties. As the fixed engines had been in the rivers for 20 years befere the passing of the bill of 1842, it could hardly be said that they could be abolished without compensation to their owners. A difference of opinion pre vailed as to the augmentation or decrease of salmon in the rivers., Assuredly, if the rivers were getting depopulated, it would be their duty to interfere. But Mr. Fennell gave it as his evidence that it was only the lower parts of the river that possessed any commercial value. He should be glad to take charge this session of 1 such a bill as the one suggested by the hon. member for Limerick, and if the hon. member (Mr. M'Mahon) would consent to withdraw his bill — (no, no)—he would endea vour to embody some of its less objectionable provisions in a new measure. He was prepared to endow commissioners with more p ewer, and make a charge upon the proprietors of weirs and bag nets; he would limit the projection of stake nets to the low waters of the neap tides, instead of low waters of the spring tides, and bag nets to one bag, also the number of fixed engines, and would increase the penalties for the infringement of the law. He should extend the opening of the nets from 24 to 36 hours. If the hon. mem ber determined to I.roceed with his measure he should vote for the second reading. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. HERBERT suggested that his hon. and learned friend should withdraw his amendment, and that his other hon. friend should postpone his bill. Lord NAAS recommended the adoption of the course recommended by the right hon. baronet the Secretary for Ireland. He should support the second reading, and hoped the matter would be definitively settled this session. (Divide, divide.) Mr. 0. GORE hoped the hon, member for Wexford would proceed with his bill. (Divide.) After a few words from Mr. GBORGE, who considered the bill of 1842 based on just principles, Mr. M`MAHON replied. He would not compromise one single tittle of this bill, but should press it on. He warned the right hon. baronet to be cautious how he acted in this matter, as any undue opposition to it might lead to sure destruction to other measures. Mr. BUTT withdrew his amendment. The bill was then read a second time. Mr. WMAHON postponed the committee for a fortnight. He should be happy to adopt auy amendments that might promote the object he had in view. DRAINAGE (IRELAND). Colonel DICKSON moved the second reading of this bill, which was agreed to, and ordered to be committed to morrow. SUPPLY. The report on supply was brought up by Mr. BRAND, and agreed to in the usual manner. CHURCH RATES COMMUTATION. Mr. NE WDEGATE obtained leave to bring in a bill to establish a charge in lieu of church rates for the commuta tion thereof, and to afford facilities for the provision of o ther funds applicabl e to the p ur poses of the chur c h r ates. Read a first time. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON WOMEN. Lord RAYN HAM moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better prevention of aggravated assaults upon women and children. Read a first thee. NEW WRIT FOR LISBURN. On the motion of Col. TAYLOR a new writ was ordered to be issued for Lisburn in the ro om of Mr. Richardson, resigned. The house adjourned at twenty minutes after four, WHITLEY STAKES. Gladiator Oliver Twist .. Glautius ___ Nine ran. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agat Satellite (taken) SCARBOROUGH RACES—THIS DAY. SCARBOROUGH STEEPLECHASE. Red Robin Endor Witch Seven ran. INNKEE PERS' PLATE. Crookshanks Sam Weller 2 Eight ran. HUNTERS' STAKES. Rarey Rook the Gardener......., Six ran. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day, was very moderate. Selected samples were in fair demand, at fall quotations; otherwise, the trade was dull at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. Importers of all descriptions were firm in their demands, and sales progressed slowly, at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at late rates. The barley trade was very firm, and malting qualities commanded rather more money. Grinding and distilling qualities were fully as dear as on Monday. In malt a modei ate business was transacted, on former terms. The supply of oats was small. Sound produce changed hands at extreme rates ; but inferior qualities met with a dull inquiry, at low prices. Beans and peas—the supply of which was very moderate —ruled firm, at late rates. Flour was in slow request, yet prices were supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 780 3,020 i 2,610 I 100 I 2,710 Irish — Foreign 4,020 6,670 1,260 50 sack-. 2,160 brls Sometimes a scene of exultation and rejoicing becomes, by reason of its surroundings, or its ascertained folly, a comedy, or even a farce, and sometimes a - scene of sorrow, by the same or similar influences, is changed into a tempest of joy. But when exultation is changed to silence because a supposed cause of joy is in reality a cause of grief, then the scene is not farcical, but mournful, and there is no provocation to laughter. It is thus impossible to laugh at the exhibition which the Abolitionists have been making over the issue of the President's proclamation ; for, while they made the air ring with their shouts of ap parent delight, and filled the country with tho rejoicings they have been making in what they call a jubilee, their rejoicings have already become forced and unnatural; they give sad evidence that they have no confidence in the result they profess to accept as accomplished, and all the while there is going up above their shouts a moan of anguish that drowns the voice of exultation. All the land mourns over the brave dead, all the land mourns over the battle-field, and over the fields of blood yet to be fought, so that there is no joy in the country. The freed men, or those who have by the actual presence of the army obtained their nominal freedom, are starving and dying on the shores of our great rivers, while the millions of slaves, if they had any feel ing on the subject whatever, would but lament that the labours of the Northern Abolitionists have in all probability postponed their actual freedom for nearly a hundred years. Alas I for the poor slave who has been the subject of political brokerage, the passive instrument of demagogues in gaining votes and power, but who himself is freed only for starvation, or condemned to more hopeless bondage ! For us, and for all who sincerely desire the good of the black race, it is impossible to find any hope of such good in the present condition of things. On the contrary, the doom of the black man, whether slave or freeman, seems to be made darker than ever and the jubilee which fanatics are celebrating is too horribly mournful to be laughed at. From all parts of the land we hear that the blackmen who have been freed are perishing. Government is dealing out its clothing and rations to keep them from actual death, but still they die, in the prime of life, in the strength of their years, actually frozen or starved in this land of abundance. Accounts from Cairo say that no one can imagine what they are collected there for, unless it be to fill up the low lands with their bodies, as they are now doing by hun dreds, week after week. The reports from the Virginian frontier are of the same character; and as to the slaves within the lines of the rebellion, the entire radical press, without an exception, we believe, publishes the confession that the proclamation of freedom has failed, and has fallen from the character of a weapon to the mere value of a policy on paper, which must be carried out if possible by force of arms in a long war. Instead of freeing slaves, the procla mation is but another vast work superadded to the former work of suppressing the rebellion, and rendering the latter more difficult than ever. No one that we now hear argue on the subject pretends that the proclamation has the force of law or can outlast the time of existing hostilities. The sincere and misguided Abolitionists, who were soweak as to have faith in the measure, are now lamenting their disappointment, while the insincere and malevolent, who, as if enemies of the human race, desire the destruction of both black and white men, North and South, so they can only accomplish the designs of vengeance against Southern slave holders, are now madly crying for servile war and the hor rors of slave insurrection. They still have a lingering hope that they may hear th&wails of Southern mothers and daugh ters in the grasp of the black men, and no sound would so rejoice their hearts. Surely all this is a picture of too ghastly a character to be long permitted! We are not given to pro phesying the vengeance of God, for He deals His own ven geance, consulting no man. But that this state of affairs provokes His curse instead of His blessing who can doubt ? Whether He will turn the hearts of these people, and restore mercy, and justice, and civilization, and humanity to their souls, or whether He will permit them to continue the work of ruia to themselves and their country, no man can tell. Enough for us that we labour to reform those our erring countrymen who are relapsing into barbarism, while the truest cause for rejoicing that the hour affords is in the mea sure of success that has attended our efforts and the good prospect that the crisis is past and the nation is becoming wiser and better. In the future of wisdom and sound sense there is hope that we may y e t do something fo r the black doom man which will save him from the hopeless s lavery or tl ex termination to which the Abolitioni sts would him. - - ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE. Mr. Kinglake, says the limes, in view of certain persons and things, loses his reason ; he is inflamed by the sight of them as a turkey-cock by a red cloak ; ho spreads out his period s, swells his sentences, fans out his feat h ery i n vectives, splints angry sounds all ever th e cour tly pages, and go bbles forth fiery phrases full of sound and fury signifying nothing. Louis who, Napoleon n l a ties, nevertbe be te mentionn o himire o f the Berlin humorists,by name, but always talk of himvaguely as Him, and the other day began t o gratify their spleen against the supposed influence of the F renc h Empress by according her the same d emon i aca l pre-eminence, as SEE. The receipts of the French theatres, concerts, and other places of public amusement, during the month of January, amounted to 2 , 0 71,681 fr., being an increase of 328,606 fr. over the month of December, In the ladies' gallery what a fluttering of fans. " That dear Armstrong, from what horrors has he not saved us !" Such enthusiasm never found its way into the Commons House, since, in answer to a motion made by Lord Cochrane, and seconded by Sir Francis Burdett, to inquire into the disgraceful manning of the navy, Croker answered, refuted, put down the two querulous members by an indignant denial, end by reading the despatch just received announcing the capture of the Chesapeake by the Shannon. Tell it not in Gath, but the sapient House of Commons received this English " bun combe" as a valid argument, and scoffed at Coch rane, and believed in Croker and his Admiralty. In their true colours, black enough do they appear by taking up a volume of James's " Naval History," and the number of the men and the state of the crews sent to fight men as good as ourselves may there be read. Indeed, Sir, there was one act of the Croker Admiralty which quite equalled the Arm strong fiasco. Not being cunning in geography or topography—consequently firmly believing that lakes Ontario, Erie, and other inland American waters were salt—Croker's Admiralty sent over iron tanks to put on board of ourimen-of-war:on those lakes. These tanks were assessed as costing about £5OO a peace, after carriage, &c., across the Atlan tic and through Canada, and when they arrived it seemed to strike the commanders of out ships that the easiest way of procuring fresh water was by throwing a bucket overboard and hauling it in by dint of a rope; so they declined lumbering their ships with iron tanks. Is there one jot more reason in this Armstrong affair ? An engineer persuades a credulous Minister-at-War that the only guns for our service are breech-loaders; whereupon the Minister at War become a true believer, bites all brother ministers, who turn equally rabid with Armstrong mania. Without sufficient trial, and with an exclusion of competition, enormous outlays are made to uphold this breech- , load engineer. He makes a dead failure ; 1 yet, so strong is Armstrong, that he is allowed to back out of the principles which originally made him an object of attention, and procured him the honour of knighthood; and he is now al lowed to make muzzle-loading guns, which he com menced by abjuring, against Whitworth, who al ways considered breech-loaders a farce.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., (From the New York Journal of Commerce) I Feb. 7. SCLOPETRUM. The nomination of candidates for the representa tion of Cambridge took place yesterday morning in front of a temporary hustings erected before the Town-hall. Mr. Alderman Henry Smith, mayor, presided. Mr. C. BALLS proceeded to nominate Mr. Francis Sharp Powell. The motion was seconded by Mr. D. Adams. _ _ _ y. Mr. Alderman E. RICE next proposed Mr. il Fawcett, the motion being seconded by Mr. MAC MILLAN. Mr. POWELL then addressed the electors at con siderable length. The foreign policy of the coun try he denounced as in many respects a meddling and impertinent policy. As a proof of this he re ferred to the recently published despatch on the Roman question. Owing to the course pursued by Earl Russell we have been told by Napoleon to mind our own business, and have received a well merited snub from the Pope. He considered we ought not to interfere in the American question, bat he must add, also, that he-defied any person to say that he had uttered one word in favour of the maintenance of slavery, for he believed that its abolition would raise the negro in the scale of civilisation and humanity. With regard to the public finances, he said that last year no less than seventy-one millions and a half of money had been spent, and in order to maintain that they had a bloated system of taxation, the most important part of which was the income-tax. He should specially direct his attention to the reduction of that tax. He should oppose any augmentation of the Maynooth grant and the unconditional abolition of Church rates, though he was oped to entertain any proposal to compromise the latter question. He should up hold the spread of education among the working classes, and of the principles of the Church of Eng land in public and private life, and all social matters. Mr. FAWCETT, who followed, said, after allusion ' to local matters, that he was in favour of and would support the present Administration generally, and that, though that support would not be unqualified, he would especially uphold the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston. Mr. Fawcett treated with ridi cule " the snub of the Pope " and the interference of the Emperor of the French. He desired a reduction of the income-tax ; was not opposed to the Church of England. He would have every one placed in unison, so far as civil and educational privileges were concerned. One seat might decide the fate of the Administration, and so all England was looking to this contest ; but he had come in and spoilt the " nice little arrangement" made in favour of what was called " Conservative reaction" In conclusion, Mr. Fawcett announced, as Mr. Powell on his own part had done before him, his tho rou g h belief in his success. The MAYOR having called for a show of hands, it was declared to be in favour of Mr. Fawcett. The ' poll will take place to-day. REPRESENTATION OF HARWICH.--In anticipation of an early dissolution of Parliament, Mr, Michael Wills, of Mecklenburgh-square, has issued an address to the electors, announcing hls intention to contest the borough of Harwich. It appears from. Mr. Wills' address that he is in favour of a £lO county franchise, and the abolition of church rates. He approves the general policy of the present Government, but considers the national ex ponditure excessive ; and he would support a reduction of the tea, sugar, and tobacco duties, and a revision of the income tax. The borough, it may be remembered, is at present entirely in the hands of the Conservatives. REPRESENTATION OF BANDON.—Mr. John King ston Sullivan, solicitor, has addressed the electors of the borough of Bandon Bridge. The representation is also sought by the Hon. W. Bernard, brother of the deceased member, and brother of the Earl of Bandon. REPEAL OF THE MALT DllTY.—Encouraged by the success which attended the agitation carried on by the late Hop Duty Repeal Association, the leading farmers and agriculturists of the county of Kent have formed a society to obtain the repeal of the malt duty. A public meeting, to which the several farmers' clubs and agricultural associations throughout the kingdom have been invited to send deputations, will be held in London on Monday next, and it has also been resolved to open a cen tral otice in the metropolis for the business of the society, 471 i i 44 1 3Fi I 7 1 7 1091 746 4 114 13 Xd 42 '6 26 986 $ 9 9 1036 t t 41a 14 131 14i 14 127 i 8 96 i 7 1 6 Business donf BOROUGH HOP. Generally speaking, the hop market is quiet, yet very little change has taken place in prices. Good and fine Mid-Kent hops are decidedly firm. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase. Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, Feb. 11. At the market this morning cotton was dearer. Sales about 5,000. No import; previously 5,185. Americans buying for export to New York. THE ABOLITION JUBILEE. THE ARMSTRONG FIASCO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,,—If it be true, as quoted in the papers of the 2d February, that, in a lucid interval, the War De partment has decided upon upsetting the mare's nest at Elswick—getting rid of that glorious field, now producing worse than nothing, although richly manured with the guano of jobbery and extrava gance, I must hail the step as directly in the right direction, and it will then be for the country to pay the fine which, by a strong compact and sound in denture, Sir Wm. Armstrong tied down Gen. Peel and his successors in office to pay, if they ceased to use the works at Elswick. So be it, then. The pretty little bonus which Sir Wm. Armstrong will receive amounts to something handsome—l forget whether it be £7O 000 or £BO,OOO ; but what signi fies an odd ten thousand? John Bull pays the piper while we dance, and John has not yet arrived at the issuing of " greenbacks." Let us pay for our folly without grudge or grumbling, and pray to became wiser. The scene is before me when Gen. Peel rose, and, in a clear and steady voice, announced that England was safe in possession of a breech-loading cannon, and that he was proud in having showered down royal honours and government pay on Arm strong, the saviour of the nation. The House of Commons was excited, and cheered to the echo ; even Mr. Williams forgot to be a continuation of Hu me, and failed to ask what saving the nation cost. The peace-at-all-price people devoutly believed that the olive branch was in the screw of Armstrong's breech-loader; the reporters were awe-struck; the strangers under the gallery, in the Speaker's gal lery, in the stranger's gallery, heard the words in the house, " Lo, Armstrong is great, and Peel is his prophet ; " and then devoutly repeated the holy inspiration. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Feb. 10.—In yarns there has been almost a total cessation of business. To effect sales sellers would have to accept ld. per lb. under the rates of Friday, and even at that decline it is doubt ful whether the buying would have been large. There have been many low offers made for the pur pose of testing prices, and in order to see how far spinners would go in accepting a decline, but we hear of very little business resulting from them. The cloth market has also been very inactive since Friday. There has, indeed, been an almost total absence of business for all markets. Manufacturers and holders of cloth on speculation show a certain degree of firmness, but in cases where sales have been made to-day there has been more or less of con cession in prices. The cause of depression appears to be the same as that in the cotton market at Liver pool, and there can be no doubt that it arises in a great measure from a growing apprehension that the American struggle is approaching a close, and that a settlement will be effected either through mediation or the exhaustion of the belligerents. What such an impression may be worth is another question. There are telegrams from Bombay and Calcutta. The latest from Calcutta (26th January) reports shirtings 2 to 4 annas (3d. to 6d.) higher, and yarns firm; and that from Bombay (27th of January) shows some improvement there. These advices, however, have led to no increase of business in this market, but though the operations have been few we do not hear of many sellers who are pressing sales. The advice to a recent date give the prices of cotton cloths in India and China at 6d. to 7d. per lb. below the buying prices here, which is equal to 4s. to 4s. Bd. per piece on an 81b. shirting; so that there does not seem to be much probability of a resumption of shipments of any magnitude for those markets at present. Shippers appear to be of opinion that under no circumstances, even if the large stocks still in India were cleared off, can we expect to have any considerable revival of trade at the present high rates. Messrs. Pender and Co. say :—" The whole question of the consumption of cloth is one of price. Will the same quantity be consumed, with cotton at 18d. per lb., that has been consumed when cotton was 6d. ? We think not." The periods when we have had the largest shipments to all markets, and when dealers could push the sales of calicoes to the largest extent, have been those when the cost of cotton cloths here has been as low as ls. (and under that) per lb. The quotations here last week were 2s. to 2s. ld. per lb. (and these far from remunera tive to manufacturers at the current rates of cotton). Assuming that the fund which consumers of cali coes have to expend is about the same as in 1860, the measure of our trade at present prices will be something less than half what it was, even if the insufficiency of supply does not still farther curtail it. Messrs. Pender and Co. estimate the cotton sup ply for the present year at 20,000 to 21,000 bales, against 48,000 bales per week in 1860, which, they say, will apparently be sufficient for the demand anticipated. Whether millowners can be induced to use up even the supply of cotton we now have depends very much upon price and upon the steadiness of the cotton market, which at present is subject to great fluctuation and to sudden checks through the spirit of speculation which manifests itself from time to time. The prospects of our ope rati,es, therefore, whatever the returns as to a pre sent increase of employment may seem to indicate, cannot be very cheering until we have a larger and cheaper supply of cotton. To the present time the distress does not appear to have told upon the com mercial equally with the operative classes. In Man chester, for instance, where the mill operatives are in far less proportion to the total inhabitants than in surrounding towns, we have not yet that evidence of distress in closed houses and places of business which marked long periods of depressed trade prior to the repeal of the Corn Laws. In a return made at one of the periods referred to it was stated that upwards of 7,000 houses, shops, and places of busi ness were tenantless, and no one could walk through our streets, and especially into the suburbs, without evidences of ruin and decay meeting the eye. In the present crisis we have not yet reached this state of things, or at least the evidences of distress do not challenge attention to the same extent or in the same way. If we have had only half the quantity of cloth to sell, it has changed hands many times (owing to speculation), and it has been sold at double prices; so that agents have been enabled to reap double the amount in commission they would otherwise bave been entitled to. Perhaps it is a misfortune, however, that under such circum stances business does not always flow in the same channels as formerly, and that while some business men, going in the olden and ap proved tracks, have not made rent and office ex penses, others, more alive to the exigencies and cir cumstances of the time and trade, have monopolised more than a fair share of the profits to be had. In stances are known of men who have made immense r sums of money, apparently building up sudden for tunes amid the wreck and decay around them. Even manufacturers, in some instances, stepping out of their own line and entering the field of commerce, have realised fabulous amounts ; but such cases are rare, and, millowners, as a rule, are, like their work people, not only suffering severely from their in comes having been suddenly cut off, but see their capital gradually wasting and in danger of disap pearing altogether. Nor can it be expected, if the present dearth of cotton long continues, that the exceptions pointed out in favour of the commercial classes will continue. A contracting business will naturally contract into few hands, and:poverty and distress will spread till they they embrace men of all classes alike within their grasp. LEEDS, Feb. 10.—The cloth halls this morning have been very thinly attended, and very few goods were on offer of the kind which just now are most inquired after. A large clearance of low meltons and light spring fancies having taken place on Sa turday, the manufacturers have not had sufficient opportunity to replenish their stocks. No doubt any future supplies will be eagerly bought up, not withstanding the slight advance in price which took place at the end of last week. The trade in good plain cloths is almost at a stand, but some of the oldest houses in the trade anticipate a strong revival. This idea is encouraged by the fact that the trade is now much quieter than it has been known to be for a long time in the large districts where cloths are manufactured by an admixture of other materials with wool. _ _ . NOTTINGHAM, lOrix.—At this Exchange hall to daypT h o e d y a e t r t e h n t d r a a n d c e e sv o a f s m ci e u r i c e ht an manufacturers. there was a ; and t he al alteration in prices was very slight. The dull advises from Liverpool had a tendency to check sales in hosiery yarn. Brown nets were about the same as on Friday. ROCHDALE, 9TH.--The flannel market has been rather quiet to-day. Some kinds of goods have been advanced in price by the manufacturers, which caused buyers to put some restriction upon their purchases and their orders. In Yorkshire goods there is a steady business at late prices. W ools are very firmly held by the staplers, and a moderate business is doing. ACTS OF UNIFORMITY AMENDMENT BILL.—The bill which Lord Ebury has laid before the House of Lords proposes to repeal so much of the Acts of Uniformity as requires ecclesiastical functionaries to "declare their un feigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the Book of Common Prayer." But the bill is to leave untouched the clause which requires such persons to declare " that they will conform to the Liturgy." The bill proposes also to declare that the enact meat which requires that morning or evening prayer be read before the preaching of a sermon or lecture, and that the lecturer be present at the reading thereof, is to be deemed to extend only to the case of a sermon or lecture preached by a lecturer properly so called , and n o t t o a sermon p r eached by the incumbent or his curate, CHESS IN PARIS.—M. Koliach, who now writes on chess in the .Nord, has the following :—" A chess-soiree took place a few evenings back at the residence of the Countess de Colbert. ,Among the persons present were a r u s, l Morphy, M. de Rivie r e, on e of the best French players, Paul Morphy, M. Preti, the author of several well known works. We cannot unfortunately offer to our readers the games played on this and other occasions lately between Mr. Morphy and M. de Riviere ; we can only announce the result of five games played—three were won by M. de Ri viere, and two by Mr. Morphy." 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