The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-01 00:00:00

ItorTEr MARKET. AND °lllititClAL INTELLIGENCE. The re is i s att CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. active demand for money today at 8 Per- blere cen t. in th e general market, and a large supply ,t antile l ead. paper is taken to the Bank of Eng- n'' 4 L lI 'l o n .£20,000 i n b ar gold was taken into the arre aturday. 1 z.813° 411 Magdal ena, from the Brazils, has arrived at With °, en rout e to E ngland with £19,221. t regard to the New Grenada debt, Messrs. tLating Brothers and Co. have received by this mail . 4 " follo w leg- remittances on account of the di 1- ientllB:---Prorn the Custom-house of Santa Marta, iz 'w , l9 ; Cartagena, £4OO ; and S a b an iil a , £221 ; a total of £1,600. coThe directors of the St. John del Rey Mining ti„LlibPanY (Limited) have received, by telegram from 104,the following report, dated Morro Velho, 11ther:--produce, ten days of December, 11,6u0 oitava s ; yield, 5,737 oitavas per ton. 844111,41g -chains breaking twice, caused a deficient P 4 P I 3 , of ore: now working regularly. is a statement relating to the Mexican brio- an The Mexican mail just arrived does not apia,g,an7 remittance on bondholders' account. The to:rt"nt ill deposit in Vera Cruz is 23,492 dole., and ber distribution for duties which had been in T he ra , e of selection some time was shortly expected. fair 11 P u rts at V era C ruz are considerable, and a 4areount of e xport may be expected. Ve 4r eBBll . Bari ng B rother and Co.'s, agents in ce6 zue la, unde r d ate the Bth inst., advise having owe Wete) fo r 8 5 per ce n t. o f t h e i mport d ut i es for 18, 64l e e d ks from the custom house of La Guayra malci d°lB ., and Puerto Cabello 1,268 dole. 88c ; bea dy total of 19,916 dole . 31c. There is e the alhount of import duties now pending at alviblllat°lz house, which has not been liquidated, 1 4 5 to the holidays attending the season. teepee advi ses advices from the manufacturing districts kat: lin g the condition of trade there during the only ... e3 it are of a very cheerful character. The the ;leePtion to the improvement experienced in cattoletieral business of the country has been the ( We t - laa rket of Manchester, which has continued kon e ,: nd depressed through the incertitude of kilir r Y affairs in India. At Leeds, Bradford, t tle 'lee ft :,: an d Huddersfield the demand for all u'apy i r t ,°°B of textile fabrics occasioned great 4 1)4; Q ? i n quotations. In the several hardware 4 t a, atB great activity has also been witnessed. Atiiteelneld there have been a flow of orders from kik 4114' C anada, and the continent, and at Birming -1444 :aUfafurers have been fully employed, and <illation has prevailed. ---- ,At th Two O'CLOCK. alt, Paris Bourse this morning, according to eter,..6tees telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes A .11114:td 66f, 35c. Very firm Ne e • d ell fall of as much as 1 per cent. has taken t o . it th e Ist Market for the English Funds, owing D ort 4 , ti t4i, h t on to the effect that the German and 411 40, eci r° °Ps have come into collision. As may be t hae ti ' this intelligence has produced a deep No 011 ) no only Z. 8 th e in speculative channels, but also Ittl e et Mercantile and monetary community. t 'itic ed 86 it talked about, and much anxiety is v kl otley , for further news, Consols are 90 1 for N i lti ld 90i I for the March settlement. The ht tel l e ta and Reduced Annuities are 901 I ; 4 Ntier 44 ted 13i118 are 10s. to 4s. dis,; Indian Stock i i Tlitp 237 ; and do. 5 per Cents, 104?-. Vide clre iet Market is much disturbed. Mexioin 11 4 t ki, 4 y e fallen to 341 35/ ; Greek to 201 21; flat 21 1 e °4.3iida, to 45: i ; and Spanish Passive kt '. i i: he Confederate Loan is 46 48, being k„. s oo t "Inte • p h a In the Railway Share Market has t 4 ‘ed ve , oh ly ry i nactive , and prices generally show 1 4 .'il', 4lrcl movement. Lancashire and York eeeded il4h Eastern, and Great Western have t liti tk . and Metropolitan 15s, 81704N1 Miscellan eous Sh ares are in limited ,Witllo4 t Material change to record in values, qtyy , „,,, 11 11.t 0 ,, - 't it 0-,7411)4t,1,1-31,.11 FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. 3Pert° k 4; °a4 tl: li)2B * 9 oj i i •le v i, elit. D' l ,. ll tl? o ,` , 90! A i i ,,_ le y' 3i per 67 4 444 . 1 9Ol i i - ' 4ll iti Pez ' Celli . ' Aunint"' APril: jau. : *1 ; . 9 7 1 .. bitt o l t eB, ao 18 85 .. bit( '''rao ''', e xpir . . .. 11 the: ated rB,,eXpireTthjA7lllBBs. D l i t z ,: Biliiit, elegraph), Aug.i. 1908. litto z''.9oo, 21 & 3 per Cent. 4 dis 14 IN ~,00 .. 4 dis ikli k sta ll' ci ovt 4,1.00 and £2OO Da i,101,11-NtutINTT SECURITIES. I N , cc oit , lt eer o w. t April 1874 237 bitt o ° Per 0• " . ' .. • • -- bitt o Ace° e at. i i ........... 101 l 4 b it I pe fit, uY, 1870 b. to e ezt • et° 8 a fEteed p' t : °et. 1888 b t k , V a l' Oel it P e r, 4 Per Cent . ttto il per Ce nt, I a. 1 872 .. Di tto e beot , May t lB79 _ Hitt tires, 4 per Ct • i 1861 1 bitr o B o 4d B ditt o '2 A p ril , Aug., 1666 114der ,*:e° 4„ 6 , to ti ,_ 00 .............. 4,110edA:1,4 I'UNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. tuitto -Uitt o n . per Cent . r aziii Ace () 1859 b i , 4 4 6 utit ...... • b i to, 183u0r Ce n t , ............... . ... to li 13..-e kidl.4 ......... h. t, s. per and .......... -,.) 1852-58-60 N a tt s_ u ltto t;itikti ~411 34 1863 , z 65 1 p 8 : 1 3 4 Cottto e 4 P i er C e ll ) . " Cent. ---- ill. % It kit eet:t — A, , ,Z t). e :46 ... s erip x 5, .. t . --. - blitztti ` ; ° ii h `j , r e at, ........ ..... 2it 11.; .jeili, ...... , Ditto 1 111:: , e ell tl t t , 4 8 .. li Guilders Ott e t Pe r ‘ ll , 1825 tl iki 0 erti) hunt, 18,4 %ttti:Pov; ; al° Paid. %z).oticili ro,itioerineolidated. 1 per Cent — .4tto li? Per c a l Land Warrant _ b i /j 6 „,!e•ond I.e..ut b. to ,k''r e eet "lie Nl4it„ eco ejat .) 1824-5, ex-coup 0118 -- l ik t to ° ilk • ...... 21 it "'tiitti ,tt,t44., b, .......... I. ito4, - ,1 t tl b eta 6 p er • '',.: .................. — kbitkr (jet.,‘"'teat. ..... it" titt'/Ottol/t! 6eriT.re.raltianaiiaiisvay) -3-51 (1411k7itai Di t t tl kik, 5 Per Cent . bi t 9) tar " • ...... ~. 4.. ~ ee.., • -- 1- `' rtm 44 . • • • ... i t tiAti \ AT . ..... . I,it t i s oN l 6 Lttanta (Hectares) — 4 1i . 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I, A:r (1, 4 i ............... --- )1 1 114 ttiNci cit oat " 18 6 . 2 . eat,* • ............ .. tlt t L A 6 p, oa 0 : b vex. e -e shoo it L i o i l er eat., QVe P a Yable in Load n e a t., 10 Florins, At r x. 2 5f anti s 1 1 s era 12 G • ........ 144 . 4 p e ,E3, 4 1 • eerti fie tlit• ...... A %0;., (4 41t P " ()en ..... 14 4 , 18 61 le . E. 25 franc • a — t i tt 4 ... ... ..... e 7i ttzt, ...................... ... „, • cLocx. ivet............ • • 7 et Do oi ... . •• 90i a `"Ot tot( Market —This bet D 1, t er ay . Port, 9' 3 ° 3 " t ° - (lay. Sales 4,000 bales gr BEARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share f Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. . air.. Wol., and Str. Val. at Blythe and Tyne. ilost.,Sleat.,andMid.k.lo al Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 10( Cork and Bandon al Cornwall al Do A A gets no di Do. B till ("ip C.D an.har- t —„, been paid to B. ) Dublin & Belfast June. at Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. al kdinburgh & Glasgow. 101 Glasg. and S. Western. 10( Great Eastern, Ord. stk 10( Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st 10( GreatNorthot Scotland 10C Great Northern lOl Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an IW. of Irelant 101 Great Western .... 8 8i ,§ :Si )0 B4 fe )0 1201 121 t 7 .74 37 39 16 17 96 97 106 108 49 60 46 48 71 8i 128 129 1344 7351 10 134 136 10 97 99 10 65 Of Do Str Val gua. stool. 10' Lancashire e 5 Yorkshir, 16 London and Blackwal n Lon., Bright.,& S. Cons , 1( Lon., Chat, and Dover IC Lon. & Nor'h Western 1C Lon. & So'.th Western it Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 10 Maryport and Carlisle. a Do f shareb.. , Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby 1' (it. W. of Irelane O 110 110 O ?0 72 O 103 ;C4 O 41 43 O 107 1071 O 102 1(3 0 , 501 51 ,11 - if 98 100 o 129} 129; 1.0 1: 0 98 100 Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 11 Nth. Eastern—Berwick it Do, G.N.E. purchase tek. Do Leeds lO Do York Do Carlisle lO North London Do New North Staffordshire a] N. and S. W. Junction al Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 10 Do Soot. Mid, stock lO Shrews, and Welchpoo, al Shropshire Union 10 South Devon ... 10 South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 10 Staines, Wok.,andWok al Stockton & Darlington al Do 1 Do New, MG Taff Vale.... lO Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pin 1 100 170 175 Waterford & Kilkenny 100 I West Cornwall loft W. Hartlepool Har.&R IOL West Midland —Oxford 100 Do Newport 100 Do Hereford 100 52 63 25 26 1031 103; G 9 60 906 91i 25 130 5 1 2 11 77 79 11 11 11i O 123 126 O 43 45 O 93 100 dl 63 64 33 3f ii4i e 5 98 100 91 10i 1 38 39 L 7 9i 10i 8 74 8 p )0 161 105 8 5 1 Of t' 3 3 3 4 1 3 11 - 2? - P 22 25 BRITISH POSSE * Railways Pa Atlantic it St Lawrence al Bom Baroda&.Cent Inc li Gn. 5 per cent... Do. New . Do. E. 5hare5.......-- Buffalo and Laae Huron al. Do. Preference ...... al Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 10( p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 10( Do. do. June 1, 1879 10 Clcutta.,r S. Eastn. (L i ;I , 10 Cape Town & Dock Seri' 10 lEastn. Bengal gu. Sp. 10' bast Indian, gu. 5 p. Do. do. G Ext..... 1; Do. do. H do. .. 1; Grand Trunk of Canada let Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. al Do. no. deferred...... al. Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. al. Do. do. deferred__ a Do. 3d Pi ef. stock a Do. do. deferred__ a Do. 4th Pref. stook— a] Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndmPentn.gua.sp.o 101 Do. New gua. sp. e... 1 Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. I.( Gt. W. o 1 Canada Sharek. a Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. al, Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8 -. al Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., sp. a. .. 10 , Do. 41 p. o. Extension 101 Dc. 4A d 0........ 101 Do. Fifth Extension. 31;11;.60iiv. p. o. Baths. 101 Helb. & obson's Bay. al. Do. 7p. c. Along. Bds. al. Newßrauswick Candi CiaTsi and B. I all N. Rl,C'da 5 po Ist pt bdsi Soinde - (1 Do. Delhi Do. do . c T, Do. Punjaub G Do. Do. ........ , z T„g. , I Do. Indus. St . Flo.) COLONIAL GOVERD Citn.Gov. 6 p.c.J 1877-81 ..—........ 10 Do. 6p. c. Feb. .a Aug. 10 Do. 6p. & Sept. 10 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. 10 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 101 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,187:3 101 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 NI Do. 1890 101 - IDo. Jan. & July, 1891 101 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10; Mauritius 6 per cent lOl Natal Gov. 6 per cent 101 -- N.13.G0v. 6 p.c.J a.dauly 101 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 101 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 9.,18t( 101 Du. sp. c.,18/1 to Iti7t 101 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 101 New Zealand 6 p cent. 101 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 lOl Queensland Gcv. 6p. o loi ;S. Atm G6p.0.1878.& up lO , Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&,July IC Do. io 6 DX. All &Oa.. 1( BRITISH INES. 34 11 - 9 f 1 570 680 10 676 70 02. d par 4.8 27 28 4.0 7 7i 9.0 4i 51 8f 10 12 78 41 41 ,0 14f 15i [6.4 41 51 12 86 38 [B.O 3f 4 3.6 1 a 19 3.0 6f 7 94 /30 90 2 2} t.O 2} 2f 5 54 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 - Glitiord Amalgamated.. - - Deven G. Con.. gavist.) 1 - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52 - East Caradon ... 1.14 - East Carn Brea... - E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9. - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 58 - Great South Tolgus.... - G. Wheal Vor (Ileiston 4( - 'Grenville 6.1( - Elerc.4' s-Foot B.' - ilingston Downs 4.' . - Lady Bertha - Margaret (lJny Lelar t 93 - Marke Valley.. Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ' 2i - New Setun • • North Downs 2i 'I Basset(lllo4an 3.1 - North Wheal Crotty 2.6. - rar Consols (St. Blaney, Vrovidetioe(Uny Lelnt.) 10. i - South Caradon(St.Cleer, 1i - S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illop, - ,au, 18.1 - !Stray Park 30.1 Tamar Silv,t Lead Min 4 - fin Crott 9 West Basset (Illogan) 1 - W Cr mdon (Liskeard, 5 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5 - Wheal Buller(Redruth) - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.( - WhealLudeott - W heal Mary Ann (rden ) - Wheal Qeton . .51 - - 'Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 Wheal Union .6. 4.1 .0.71 44 48 1 430 140 .8.9' 57i 62i L 7.6 28 30 19 2 0 11 12 54 56 190 200 80 85 LO 3, 37 .0.5 - 0.8 11 131 141 81 155 165 25 26 17 3 31 PREFERENCESHAUES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 111 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4¢ per cent., 103} LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 90 Chester and Holyhead, 57 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 136 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8/ Great Luxembourg, 11 Recite and San Francisco (11m.). gua. 7 per cent.,ll7l San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 201 FOREIGN MANES. Cape Copper, lim., SI it Don Pedro, Nor,h Del Rey, ; JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon lan and Liverpool (Um.), 461 6 Ditto, new, 31 Anglo Austrian, 6/ 6 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 European Bank, Rm., " Imperial Bank (lim.), 27 1 Imperial Ottoman, 18 174 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 3; 4 London and Brazilian (lim). 59 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new issued, at 14 pm, 21. 3 London and County, 66 7 London and South African, 26 London and South American, Um., 84 Mercantile and Exchange. lira. ' 171 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (11 m .), 21 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 394 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (11m.), 61 Union of Australia, 524 Union of Ireland (Um.), 194 Union of London, 424 2 1 DOCKS, London, 75 St. Katharine, 74 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, limited, 4 Ceylon Company, 104 Discount Corporation, limited, 11 101 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 4; Gen. Crcdit and Finance of London, Um.. 64 7 01 International Financial Society, 121 117, 12k Joint •stock Discount, lim., 04 London Financial Association, lira., 251 London General Omnibus Company, 24 National Discount Company, lim., 11 10i Societe Financiere d Kgypte, lim., 5 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lim., 21 Universal Marine (Insurance) lim., 51 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Z 3 1 78. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paria than in London BY advices fromliaruburg the price of gold is 423} per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.1 i per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, tjlerefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg, SSIONS. Closing Price. 59 dr IN 103 IC4 8a 1 p 11 S 7i a t 16 p 8 9 1(0 101 101 103 105 106 103 104 P P 191 20} 1 73 75 1 58 61 1 66 68 1 50 55 1 60 52 11 40 Ez 11 26 28 11 22 C 4 0 103 105 2 I , 8 lir )0 102 11 9,) .8 11 11 92 '1 85 i .0 )0 107. 1;4 )0 97 99 )0 k 2 96 Lo [1 58 60 LI [1 3 5 00 82 84 100 102 104 [OO 102 104 2 f, aP all 102 lu4 'OO roo Jos too MENT SECURITIES. 100 102 103 'O5 103 105 4,0 t 2 )0 9O 92 10 106 108 )0 109 111 )0 109 111 10 107 109 10 110 112 O 10E 106 O 107 109 O ,101 103 99 100 99 101 99 IGO 107 109 10 1:03 105 )0 108 110 10 08 110 rho ill 13.14, 25 10 st st 50 20 t'..4.0 [9.16.4 12.10 Shan 100 sk 1 20 tool stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook 20i 20 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock, Ic4 10 e 4 87 THli SON. LONDON, MONDAY :EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1864 HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Jan; 30. The Queen walked and drove yesterday after , noon. SAN. 3 Her Majesty, attendvd by the Marchioness o Ely, walked arid drove yesterday. Professor Tyndall has had the honour of deliver ing two lectures on electricity before her Majesty and the royal family. -..--- The Prince and Princess of Wales. During the past week the progress of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales towards complete recovery has been uninterrupted—thanks to a good constitution and the care and attention of her me dical attendants and those around her. Should the health of the princess continue as good as it is at present, and the weather admit of it, it is not un likely that her royal highness will be enabled to take some little out-door exercise in the course of the ensuing week. The young prince is also quite well, and is making as good progress as can be expected. He is extremely like the Prince of W ales. In return for the. generous hospitality with which the Prince of Wales has shown to the offi cers of the garrison of this town, his royal highness was invited by Lieut.. Colon el Baillie and the efficers of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) to a banquet, which took place on Saturday evening in the mess room of the cavalry bat racks, at Spital. A distin guished company were present, covers being laid for between 20 and 30 guests, among whom were Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Lieut.-Colonel H. S. Baillie, Captain Gray, Captain R. W. Bulkeley, the officers of the Royal Horse Guards, &c. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, arrived at Frogmore on Fri day morning, on a visit, and lunched with the Prince and Princess of Wales. The royal visitors, attended by Colonel Powis, left Frogmore in the afternoon, and drove in one of the royal carriages to the Datchet station of the London and South Western Railway, by which line they returned to Kew. His Serene Highness Prince Leiningen has left Frogmore on the expiration of his visit to the Prince of Wales. Earl Granville, the Lord President of her Majesty's Privy Council, arrived yesterday at Frogmore on a visit to the Prince of Wales. Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Earl Granville, Lieutenant-General Knollys, and the Lady-in- Waiting on the Princess of Wales, and attended by Captain G. H. Grey, visited the Chapel Royal of St. George's, Windsor, and attended the half-past four o'clock service. The service was conducted by the Dean of Windsor, the Rev. Seymour Neville, and minor canons. It is most probable the University of Cambridge will be honoured with a state visit from the Prince and Princess of Wales in the course of the ensuing May term, and arrangements for their fitting reception are already under consideration at some of the colleges. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, with the members of the Royal family now at Osborne, will return to Windsor on Friday next for the season.—Court Journal. THE CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT PRINCE Will take place at Buckingham Palace on the 10th March, the wedding day of its Royal parents. The first two names of the young Prince will be Albert and Victor. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED joined the annual symposium academicum of the University of Edinburgh, held on Friday night in the Douglas Hotel. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF DENMARK.—We un derstand that her Majesty the Queen of Denmark and the Princess Mary are expected to arrive in this country at the close of this or early in the ensuing month from Copenhagen on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, in order to be present at the chris tening of the infant prince. THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA has gone to Denmark with the Prussian army, though he will not take any ac • five command during the war. THE KING OF PORTUGAL has just sent to the Duke de Morny the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword. THE COUNT DE PARIS has gone to Madrid, on matrimony bent. He will afterwards pay a visit to Barce lona, where the Count d'Eu is serving as an officer in the Spanish artillery. The Duke of Cleveland has arrived in town from Raby Castle, Durham. The Earl of Warwick passed through town on Saturday from Warwick Castle, on his way to join the countess and family at Worthing. The Earl Granville, after the Cabinet Council on Saturday, left town on a visit to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Frogmore. The noble earl will return to town to-day. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon will arrive in town to-morrow from Highclere Castle, near Newbury, for the season. The noble earl is engaged to dine at the Earl of Derby's parliamentary dinner on Wednesday next. The Countess (Dowager) of Jersey has greatly mended in health during the last two days. At one pesiod the countess was in a very dangergus condition, but since Friday the medical accounts have bden more favour able, and according to the report yesterday her ladyship is in a fair way to recovery. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, his Excellency Count Lavradio, the Earl and Countess Russell, Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Misses Jocelyn, Count Flahault, the Right FL,n. William and Mrs. Cowper, Mr. H. Calcraft, the Right Hon. Sir Henry L. Bulwer, and a select circle at dinner on Saturday evening, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. A small party assembled after dinner. Lady Elcho and infant are progressing favour ably. Sir John Henniker-Major Bart., of Stratford upon- Slaney, has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn•street, for Paris. Mr. R. S. Holford, M.P., and Mrs. Holford are expected to arrive at Dorchester House, Park-lane, to morrow, from their seat in Goucestershire. The POPE recently gave audience to Captain Grant, the discoverer of the sources of the Nile, and ap peared to be much interested in the maps submitted to him by that intrepid explorer and his accounts of those tropical regions. We understand that a marriage is arranged, and will shortly take place, between Major Bourchier, 52d Light Infantry, son of the late Lieutenant-General James Claud Bourchier, and Miss Harriette Curzon, second daughter of the Hon. Edward Cecil Curzon. THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND'S death has causefi another blue riband to be placed at the disposal of Lord Palmerston, who has already nominated 13 out of 25 knights of whom the Order of the Garter should consist, and has also to fill up tho vacancy caused by the death of the Marquis of Normauby. MR. MAGUIRE, M.P., it is reported, will have the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on the occasion of the latter's visit to Cork, to inaugurate the statue to the late Father Mathew. It is the general opinion, moreover, that no public man in the country is more deserving of being so honoured. TtIE INFANT PRINCE QUADRILLE is one of the novelties of the day. THE EXHIBITION OF ALL MULREADY'S WORKS will be opened at the South Kensington Museum on the 17th of March. AIR. MAXWELL AND MISS BRADDON.—In re ference to the report recently going the round of the newspapers to the effect that Mist Braddon, the novelist, was recently married to Mr. Maxwell, the publisher, Mr. R. B. Knowles has written to a contemporary :—As this rumour is totally without foundation, Mr. Maxwell being a lready married, I have read your journal from day to day s i nce it appeared, expecting that either he or Miss Braddon would contradict it. Neither of them has done so. In the presence of this extraordinary statement and still more ex traordinary silence, I ask your poruission, as Mrs. Max. well's brother •in-law, to say that the above report is utterly unfounded. Mr. Maxwell waa married several years ago to Miss Mary Anne Crowley, sister of the late N. J. Crowley, of the Royal Hibernian Academy—an artist well known in Dublin and in London. This lady, who has borne her husband a large family, is still living. It is not, therefore, and it cannot be true that Miss Braddon, the novelist, WO 9 recently married to Mr. Maxwell, the publisher. • Daily service is now held in upwards of 830 Protestant churches and chapels in England. Cart LM thEt, Slan _ The Earl and Countess of Derby had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal fumily yesterday. MAllitETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. In the country markets held on Saturday, a fair average business was transacted in most qualities of wheat, and prices ruled firm. For malting barley, there was a good demand 'at full quotations ; and other articles, including flour, changed hands to a moderate extent, at about previ ous rates. Advices from New York state that the export demand for wheat and flour continued to increase, and that shipping qualities commanded further enhanced rates. On the Continent very little change has taken place in the value either of wheat or spring corn. The arrivals of English wheat and flour up to our market last week were hut moderate, but the receipts of spring corn were tolerably extensive, The imports from abroad amounted to 25,486 quarters of wheat, 19,145 barley, 22,867 oats, 2,500 rye, 252 beans, 4,225 linseed, 5,481 oil-seeds, 5,800 maize, 2,401 sacks, and 1,550 barrels of flour. Moderate supplies of home-grown wheat were received fresh up to our market to-day, and the condition of the pro duce was, on the wh le, tolerably good. The warlike news at hand from the Continent was unproductive of any acti vity in the demand either for red or white qualities, never theless factors were firm, and the bulk of the supply was disposed of at the rates current on Monday last. With most descriptions of foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. The transactions, however, were for the most part, of a hand to mouth character, at previous quota tions. The demand for cargoes of wheat and spring corn afloat ruled steady, and previous quotations were supported. The supply of barley—beth English and foreign —on offer was moderately large. For malting qualities the trade ruled firm, at full currencies; but in inferior descriptions sales progressed slowly on former terms. Malt changed hands slowly, yet no change took place in its value compared with Monday last. With oats the market was moderately supplied. The trade, generally speaking, ruled steady, at full quotations Very moderate supplies of beans were on sale. For all qualities there was a steady demand, at quite previous rates. Peas ruled firm in price, and in most descriptions a fair business was transacted. American flour moved off steadily, at full prices. English and French qualities supported previous rates, with a moderate inquiry. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr ---8 to —a Ditto, old 3BB 40 3 Ditto, white, 1863 42s 48 s Ditto, old 378 46s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 3Bs 40s Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— 32s 33 3 Barley—Grinding Malting 2Bs 393 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 66s Chevalier 665 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBs 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 23s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 2os 233 Beans—Tick 3os 32s Pigeons, Peas—Grey .... 32s 348 Maple '9B 3ls White ... 35s 378 Boilers ............................. . 358 378 Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk ... Stockton and Norfolk. ...... American, per barrel . ...... 19s 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average time-of-year supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market, and the demand for it ruled steady at prices quite equal to last week. We were tole ra bly well, but not to s a y h eav ily, supplied with home-fed beasts, but their general quality was not quite equal to Monday last. From Scotland the receipts were good and in prime condition. From Ireland the sup ply was small. On the whole, the beef trade ruled steady at quite last week's quotations. The primost Scots and crosses realised 5s 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambrideshire we re ceived 2,000 Scots and crosses; from other parts of Eng. land, 700 various breeds; from Scotland 359 Scots and crosses; and, from Ireland, 160 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was again only moderate. Tho quality of most breeds, however, was good. The mutton trade was tolerably firm, and late rates were fully supported, The general top figure was 65., but a few very superior Down realised 6s 2d per Sibs. About 600 shorn sheep were on offer. They sold at is per 81bs. beneath those in the wool. There were a few lambs on offer from Hampshire and Surrey, and they changed hands at from 6s to 7s per 81bs. We have to report a firm trade for veil, at very full prices, viz., from 5s to 6s per 81bs. The pork trade was steady, at full currencies. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Prime ilarge oxen 4 8 4 10 Largo erne. calves 5 0 5 6 Prime Scots, eke. 5 0 5 2 Prime small do 5 8 6 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 8 6 2 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 20s to 30s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 203 to 268 each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 710 Sheep Calves 5l Pigs Pigs. 440 The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 2,166 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 3,oll—in 1862, 660—in 1861, 514 —in 1860, 1,434—in 1859, 2,01U —in 1858, 680 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 114 .. 453 ~ .. 4 Harlingen .... 396 .. 221 .. 3 .. -- Hamburg .... • ' • • Amsterdam.... -- • • -- • . -- Medemblik • • Bremen . — • • ''''''' • • Vigo . _ 18 .. -- :: -- .. -- .. -- NieuDiep - .. -- .. -- se -- .. Antwerp. 25 .. -- .. -- .. 86 .. —_ Costend ..... —.. 63 .. 404 .. -- .. 82 .. Calais __ .. __ .. _— .. 18 .. -- Dordt. ....... - .. .. _— .. -- .. __ Schevenhag 213 .. 76 .. -- .. —_ .. __ Total .... 819 .. 1151 ..- .. 189 .. 4 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Shel. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 18R2— .. 405 .. . 287 .. OO ._. .. 235 .. 6 1863 ....... 94 .. 1,6 1 2 , .. , .. 1861......1861...... 326 • • 42 — .. 146 .. 1860 .... 275 . • 860 _ .. 299 .. _ 1859 486 .. 1,259 .. 267 1858 — • • • . .—. • • A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the groat metropolitan Per 81b. to sink tho offal. Fe}). 2;1863, and this day. Monday, Feb. 1, 1864 . cattle market, on Monday, -- • • Feb. 2, Feb. 1, Coarse and inferior beasts... , 1863. 1864. • o 4to 3 6 3 Bto 4 0 Second quality do ..... 3 8 4 0 4 2 4 6 Prime large oxen .. 4 2 4 6 4 8 410 Prime Scots, &c. ............ 4 8 410 5 0 6 2 Coarse and inferior sheep .... , 5) 640 4 0 4 6 Second quality do .. 4 2 410 4 8 5 2 Prime coarse-woolled do ..... 5 0 6 6 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do. ..... • A u 8 510 510 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkors 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 6 Beasts .. •• a . 3,720 4,460 . Sheep and ' lambs •.... 14,780' 15,710 Calves Pigs 278 440 sheep, 16,570—calves, 101—pigs, no. 3, 1862.—Beasts, 3,800—; SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb.. FEa. 4 35 1 0. 861. —Beasts, 3 ,B9o_ s h ee p, 16,080—calves, 86—pigs, NEWGATR AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of town and country killed meat are on sale at those markets. On the whole the trade was steady, and previous quotations are well supported. 3 10 v r e i t Te do ....... 4 6 4 8 Per 81b. by the carcase. i 4 Salad' ... s ded s d s d i Inferior beef .0 3 23 6 r ali nginutton 4 0 4 4' Middling, do. .. ~ ' 0 Prime large do. 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 . Lamb Pork... .. 4 2 4 6 Large pork .... 3 6 4 0 Inferior mutton. 383 10 .... 40 5 0 BOROUGH Hop. e 3 :York. The supply of home - grow n ho p s o n sale is very moderate, but the show of foreign p roduce is toler ably extensive. The trade for all qualities is fir m, and q uot ations are well to £9 10s p er cwt. sup ported. The import last w eek amounted to 32l 36 Rot- bales from o t e A r n d t a w m e r , p ii. , ll i 2 ld 9 Da B nu ß dn o kE u i r l a o ks g ,t n a ° in; ed l n l ltB 2 ll. B . from x re 6 me :Ns,9 Ostend, Weald of Kents ...... 5 15s to 7 5, Sussex .............. 5 58 to 6 108 " Bavarian ............ 5 5s to 8 g s Belgian ............ 4Os to 4 15s „ American .......... 5 5s to 6 12s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The receipts of home-grown potatoes at these markets have increased. The trade ft.r all qualities is a sluggish state, and prices have, in some instances, given way. The currency is as follows Yorkshire Regents 70s to 90s per ton. Flukes 90.8 to 100 s „ Rocks ........ , 6ss to 75a „ Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 60s to 80s „ Rocks Kent and Essex Regents WOOL. Owing to the dearness of money the amount of business doing in English wool is very moderate. Prices, however, are without material change from last week. Colonial wool is held at full quotations, but the demand was far from active. Th e f o ll o wing are the quantities at present arrived for the n ex t pu bli c sa l es :—New South Wales and Queens land, 7,758 bales • Victoria , 2 1 053* 1. , Tasmania, 396; South Au . Eitralia - , 1 ,003; New Zealand, 1,069; Cape, 10,521 total, 22,800. SEEDS. Red cloverseed is in steady request, at full prices, but in canary seed sales progress slowly, on former terms. Lin seed is steady, but rape moves off heavily, at depressed rates. Other seeds are tolerably firm in price. In cakes a fair business is doing, at full currencies. Turnip, White,p. bus. 11 sto 14s Carraway 22s 263 Swede —s —s Coriander l2s 16s Mustard, Brown .. 10s 13s llempseed, per qr lOB 42s White, Tares, Spring....4B Od 4s 6d Crushing 66s 70s Old per quarter - b —s Baltic —s Canary, per quarter 52 s 6!si 1 Odessa —B —8 Rye grass, new 22s 24s Linseed Cake, p ton —8 Clover, lied Eng., ct. —s —s English .£9los.£lo 5s White Foreign Red.... 3is 46s Rape Cakes,p ton.i.:s Os £6 'Os White. 50s 64s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 63s Trefoil, new. 22s 25s TAL .0 W. The tallow trade is dull lower. The quotation for P spot. Town tallow is selling fat, 2s lid per 81bs. .o -clay, and prices aro rather .C, is 41s 6d per cwt on the cash. lt,ugh Ls 3d, no Particulars. 1850. 1 1861 - Stock this nay.... 36,988 72.501 Price of Y.C. / 5989.1 to 59s 9d to 606 Od —sod Delivery last week 2,675 1,018 Ditto from June 1 60,764 61,032 Arrivals last week 144 585 Ditto from June 1 85,761 106,46! Price of Town.,.. 61s 9d . 60x3d 1862. )48,508 4753 d to —s Od 1,590 91,487 526 83,234 48s 6.1 j 1863. 50,767 1 45sSki —a d 2,28) , 58,612 779 71,070 46s tid 65,624 I s 6d to 00s Od 2,251 51,672 1,554 79,449 43s 9d CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The February sessions of tho Central Criminal Court commenced this morning, there being present the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Sir James !Juke, Sir F. G. Moon, Alderman Carter, Alderman James Lawrence, Sheriffs. Nissen and Cave. The Recorder, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said the most serious case they would have to try was against John Lyons and several other persons, for the wilful murder of six persons at sea, and there was another charge against them of having destroyed a ship on the high seas. The only ques tion they would have to consider was whether all these pri soners were implicated in those acts. That murder had been committed there could be no doubt. There were two or three cases of manslaughter, now so frequent, and as frequently happened, the charges arose out of drunken frays at public houses. His lordship noticed several other cases chiefly of larceny, which would be brought before the Grand Jury, but said there was nothing in them to which he need direct more particular attention. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF LIBEL AGAINST A CLERGYMAN. The Rev. Thomas Richardson Birch, described as a cler gyman of the Church of England, was indicted for having unlawfully and maliciously nublished a defamatory libel of and concerning Mr. Felix Frederick Taylor, of Herschel! House, Slough. He pleaded not guilty. The defendant was not placed in the dock, but was allowed to stand on the floor of the court. From the statement of Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., the prose cuting counsel, it appeared that Mr. Taylor, the prosecutor, lived at Slough, and had two sons, one of whom was in such ill-health that he did not think it advisable to send him to a school. He, therefore, applied to Mr. Johnson, a clerical agent, to procure him a tutor, and by him he was intro duced to the prisoner. After a correspondence between them the defendant entered upon his duties on the sth of June, 1862, and remained there until the .sth of July, 1863. Shortly after entering Mr. Taylor's family the defendant succeeded in obtaining the appointment of chaplain to the Windsor Uuion. About the same time Mr. Taylor had reason to complain of the way in which the defendant edu cated his children,and this ultimately led to a rupture between them. Mr. Taylor then again applied to Mr. Johnson, who recommended a Mr. Lott, but the latter was acquainted with Mr. Birch, and left shortly after accepting the appointment, putting Mr. Taylor to a great deal of inconvenience. A third time Mr. Taylor applied to Mr. Johnson, who then recommended the Rev. Mr. Sharpe ; and while negotiations ware pending between him and complainant, Mr. Sharpe received an anonymous letter, dated Windsor, Oct. 15. I was to the following effect : ‘f Windsor, Berkshire, Oct. 15. "Rev. Sir,—For the present, in common justice to a stranger, all are quite willing and ready to believe that you do not know that you have entered into a sink of the grossest crimes and infamy and vilest disgrace, or else are going so to do. If you still keep your engagement, you will receive, and deserve it too, the contempt of all decent people who are not in the Church, and the greatest disgust of all the gentlemen who are so ; inquire of the police of this borough, also of Eton and Slough. If likewise you can make up your mind and think it right, you can apply about these dreadful things of the house at Slough to the ministers there —viz., the Rev. Mr. Cree, the Rev. Mr. Birch, and the Rev. Mr. Sykes. " Counsellors to one whom we thinks needs counsel, " COUNSEL." Mr. Sharpe took the letter to Mr. Johnson, who communi cated with the complainant, who immediately recognised Mr. Birch's handwriting. Another letter was sent to Mr. Sharpe speaking in strong terms of the immoralities of:Mr. Taylor's household, and commenting on proceedings in the Consistorial Court in which Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were con cerned. Notwithstanding this Mr. Sharpe entered Mr. Taylor's service, and on the 25th of March Mr. Taylor re ceived a letter which he put in. Mr. Collins, who with Mr. H. Palmer appeared for the defendant, objected, and a legal argument arose, Mr. Collins stating that the letter now proposed to be put in being an answer to one addressed by the prosecutor to the defendant, he requested the recorder to look at the prose. tutor's letter to the defendant. The Recorder did so, and said it was evident that Mr. Birch had had much to provoke him. Mr, F, F. Taylor was called and examined by Mr. Ser- geant Ballantine for the prosecutor. He said he had been in business as a wine merchant, but retired in 1858. He formed a connection with the lady who was now his wife. Some proceedings took place in the Divorce Court, as soon as the law would permit him he married his present wife, by whom he had two sons. For these he required a tutor, and Mr. Birch was introduced to him. An arrangement was made, by which he was to have a furnished cottage, and £lOO a year. For some time Mr. Birch went on satisfac torily, but afterwards became remiss, and witness spoke to him on the subject. (The whole of the circumstances con nected with the engagement were gone into.) Cross-examined by Mr. Collins—He had been in'partner- Ship as a wine merchant with his father and brother. ;He had knOwn a gentleman named Barlow, in about 1848 or 1850. He was not in partnership with him. Mr. Barlow occupied the upizier part of the house in which his business was conducted. He became acquainted with his wife about the same time.' He knew the husband first. At the time Mrs. Barlow - ha'd two children 10 or 12 years of age,—girls. He visited them about two years. She left her husband under his protection. Ho committed adultery with Iher while she'was under her husband's roof. Subsequently he took her away frOna the roof of her husband and lived in adultery with her several years. The two children to whom Mr. Birch was the tutor, was the result - of ,her adUlterous intercourse. In March, 1861, Mrs. Barlow was diiorced from her husband. He married her in March, 1862. Ho did not tell Mr. Birch , that the children were illegitimate. He never told Mr. Birch that he was an " Oxford man," or that his wife was a lady of high family, the daughter of a colonel, j He did not tell hini that his wife was so virtuous that she cipuld not associate with the people round Windsor. No ladies living in . 16 . neighbourhood visited at his house: :Mr, Birch never complained that the children had stated that Mr. Taylor Vad used improper language with regard to a governess residing in the house. He knew a man named Hearne ,at Windsor, but ho had no dispute with him. He had leant Hearne a pony and he injured it, for which he paid - S2, He had never charged Hearne with Writing the anonymous letter. By Sergeant 13allantino—It was his own Wish that no acquaintances, had been found by his family with the ladies about Windsor. Mr. Johnson, clerical and scholastic agent, provel the circumstances u4cler which Mr. Birch was engaged. Mr. Sharpe brought him the anonymous letter. lie believed it to be in Mr. Birch's handwriting. The Rev. Mr. Sharpe said he received the anonymous letter and showed it to Mr. Johnston. This closed the case for the prosecution. , Mr. Collins p.ddressed the jury for the defence. Theverdict had not been received when we went to press. STATISTICS OF BRITISH LITERATURE; -- The number of titles for 1863 present a remarkable similarity to those of 1862—in the former year 4,291, and the past year 4,286. THE SOAITE MUSEUM, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, will be open this season on the Wednesday in each week in the months of February, March, July, and August ; and on the Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays in April, May, and June. A. BRONZE STATUE OF ROSSINI, by Baron Maro chetti, has been presented to the town of Pesaro, in Italy, the composer's birthplace, by tie Marquis de Ia Salamanca and M. do Ia Haute, directors of tho Roman railways. ROSSINI, MEYERBEER, AND AUBER. —A dinner was given two days back, says the Paris Presse, at the re sidence of M. Rossini, there being present the three greatest composers of the day—the host himself, M. Meyerbeer, and M. Ateber. The "Africaine" was spoken of, and, the authot declared that he had not yet found the female singer he had been so long in search of to suit that work. lie added that another opera of his , " Judith," would most probably be brought out before the" Africaine." DANIEL MACLISE, R,A., is painting a picture representing the scene described by Sir Walter Scott, in " Ivanhoe," of the meeting of King Richard the First with Robin Hood and the outlaws. This will probably appear at the forthcoming Royal Academy Exhil?itiou. 1241 136 110 1 704 1031 41 1061 71 61 100 i 100 1291 1 991 p 52 i 59 91 i 94} & Business done LAW INTELLIGENCE —(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOlllbUrn.) COSTS UNDER DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENTS. His Honour gave judgment on an application for costs under a deed of arrangement. The petition was presented in July, 1861, but the Court thought the demand was not "just, reasonable, and proper," and the matter was brought into bankruptcy, and the solicitors, Messrs. Sole and Turner, now applied for payment of their costs of preparing the deed. His Honour said that looking at the fact of the lapse of time before the application was made—the Court had refused to sanction the deed, and also in the absence of any provision in the last act—ho did not consider that he ought to grant the application, which would therefore be refusal. RE THOMAS G. WILLIAMS.-JUDGMENT. . His Honour gave judmateut in tbis case, which has been frequently before the Court on an application for adjudica tion against Mr. 'Williams, who was a shareholder in the Professional Life Assurance Company, and the question was whether he was liable, he being a non-trader; and it being alleged that the debt w as not contracted until after the passing of the Bankruptcy Law Consolidation Act of 1 . 867. The claim was on calls in respect of the above company, which was formed and the deed executed in Feb., 1849, but was wound up under the Winding-up Act, but it was not until July, 1863, that an order was made by the Master of the Rolls calling upon the debtor to pay the sum of £1,921 13s sd, and there was the debt on which the petition in bankruptcy was founded. His Honour held principally on the case of Pw - bury, 30 Law of Chancery, 514, and quoted by Mr. C. E. Lewis, for the debtor, that the debt was con tracted at the time of the execution, and not at the time the order was made, and therefore refused to adjudicate in the case. IN RE VAUGIIAN. An application was made a few days since for an adjudi cation in bankruptcy against this debtor, formerly in Croy don, but now residing in France, and the only question in this case was whether the debt had been contracted since the passing of the Bankruptcy Law Consolidation Act. The ground of the claim was on calls under the Waterloo Assurance Company. In this case Mr. Roxburgh urged that the liability did not arise until after the registration of the company, which was not until atter the passing of the act. Mr. Chidley appeared for the debtor, but his Honour did not consider it necessary for him to argue the point, but said that, as in the last case, he should decline to adju dicate. Nr. Chidlay— Then the petition will be dismissed ? His Honour—No. I only decline to adjudicate. BE BRYANT. This bankrupt was a farmer at Stradbrooke, Suffolk. The accounts had been prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles, bat as they had only been filed this morning an adjournment was ordered. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. I DAMAGING THE ACHILLES STATUE IN HYDE PARR. — Wm. Merchant, described as a porter, of Hanover-court, Long-acre, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing two of the letters forming part of the inscription on the Achilles statue in Hyde Park. Mr. Swanson, inspector of the A division, attended to watch the case on the part of the police. From the evidence of police-constable Chick, 171 A, it appeared that about 7 o'clock the previous (Sunday) even ing he saw the prisoner on the stone work of the Achilles statue in Hyde Park. He watched the prisoner for about two minutes, and then heard a piece of metal fall—the letter M. On making towards the spot the prisoner saw him coming, and jumped down and ran off. He pursued the prisoner for about 200 yards, and on taking him back to the statue and asking him what he had been about, he made no reply. He then took the prisoner to the station-house. Subsequently the letter A was found by a police-constable, and a jemmy which had been used in getting the letters off was this morning picked up by a workman. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a felony, and remanded the pri soner. SINGULAR CI LARGE OE ROBBERY.—Charles Gooding, porter, in the employ of Messrs. Kirk and Co., lace manu facturers, of No. 2, Little Argyle-street, was charged with stealing the sum of £37 35., the property of his employers, and Wm. Brannen, another lad, was charged with being concerned in the robbery. The evidence of Mr. Tom Kirk, one of the firm, showed that on Friday afternoon he gave Gooding £37 3s. to take to Mr. Dobles, of 20, Bread-street, City. He afterwards ascertained that Gooding had never been there, and ab sconded with the money. Lazarus Howes, of 95 C, proved going with Mr. Kirk yesterday to Enfield, having ascertained the prisoner Good. ing had a relative there. They met the prisoners, and on taking them into ;custody and searching them he found on Gooding £6 Bs., and a new knife and two cambric handkerchiefs. Gooding said he had given Brannen some of the money, and that he slept under a haystack with a man the previous night, who had robbed him of a £lO note and £5 note, and that he had bought some new clothes for himself, and Brannen with the other. At the station Gooding maid that this was not true, and that if he went to Mrs. Williams, in the Enfield-road, she would give him up the £lO and £5 note, as he had left them in her charge. On going to Mrs. Williams she, said she had burnt the notes, being frightened to keep them. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoners, offering to take bail for Brannen. THAMES. DASTARDLY ASSAULT ON A LICENSED VICTUALLER.— Frederick Callender, a young man, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with assaulting and wounding Mr. Henry Puzey, the landlord of a large tavern, called the George, in the Commercial-road. Mr. Thomas Puzey, the son of the landlord, said the pri soner and a few friends were in the house on Saturday night at 12 o'clock, while it was being closed. His father re quested the prisoner and his friends to make haste, and said it was 12 o'clock, and if they did not finish their pot of porter, he should be under the necessity of taking it away from them. The beer was then drank, and the prisoner's friend turned the pot upside down to prove that all the beer was drank. His father was showing the party out when the prisoner threw the remains of a broken glass in his face. Mr. Paget—Where did he get the broken glass. Witness—l must tell you that a glass had been a dentally broken. My father was very seriously injul He was struck between the eyes, and thirteen or fourt fragments of glass have been taken out of his head. has been in bed ever since and cannot attend the court present." Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner until Fridayrnext WESTMINSTER. GROSS OUTRAGE UPON A TRADESMAN.—AIice Ja son, a respectably dressed woman, was brought before magistrate charged with being drunk and grossly misc ducting herself at the shop of Mr, Edward Jones, gro 87, Fulham .road. Mr. Jones said' that on Saturday night the defend came to his shop and made a trifling purchase. She atter this, she said that she had dropped sixpence, wl although his shop was full of customers, he directed floor to be swept and diligent search to be made for it. was not however found, and complainant then told defendant that when business was over and the shop clear ho would have a thorough search made for the pence, and if it were found she should have it if she c again on Monday. This did not satisfy the defendant, sitting down on a chair, declared that she would re] there until she rotted,• unless she got her sixpence. created a great confusion and hindrance on a Satui night's business, and a policeman was called, who used best exertions to get rid of the defendant, who was dri and wanted Mrs. Jones to give her another sixpence, w she, of course declined to do, t s tricks of that sort often tried upon tradespeople. Defendant went away few minutes, and upon complainant going to his shop before he closed it, she came towards him and struck a violent blow near the ear. He thought from severity of the blow that she must have had 51 thing in her hand, for he shortly after ha swelling as large as a walnut. The constable, who say fendant commit the assault, took her into custody. Defendant denied that she was under the influent liquor, and said that she wanted her sixpence, which had dropped. She denied that she had struck him anything. A policeman proved, that defendant was drunk, and'! he saw her commit the assault, The inspector also pri that she was drunk. She still denied it, and a man saw her an hour after she was locked up said she was fiq then. She was a very respectable woman, an upholstl conducting the business of a Mr. Evans. Mr. Selfe (to defendant) —Whether drunk or not, struck Mr. Jones a severe blow after he had done al could to appease you. You are fined 5s or committed 7 days for the assault. hat •IDNed who 313ber ,i•ess, you he for MR. WALKER M.P. FOR BEVERLEY has lately, announc od his intention of resigning his seat. THE ACCIDENT TO LORD LAIIII3TON.—The yooth tut Lord Larnbton, who sustained a double fracture of the left thigh by a fall in the hunting field lately, is recovering n i ce ly. He has been confined to his room at Lambton Castle since the accident, and on Friday last the splints removed by Mr. W. R. Shields, surgeon, who found hi s patient hal made a mast satisfactory recovery. : hoped that in a week or 10 days his lordship will he at leave his room. wore that t is 19 to THE NEW CIRCUITS.—An arrangement has teen made between the members of tho " late" Northern Circuit and the New Midland Circuit,, which is to continuo for 12 months. The Spring Assizes havo been appointed, and under the New Act of Parliament for altering the circuits, the forthcoming, Northern Circuit will comprise Durham. Newcastle, Carlisle, Appleby, Lancaster, and Liverpool, and the Midland Circuit will embrace Warwick, Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, and York. gECOND EDITION. bUN OFFICE, HA] J-PAST 4 o'CLocK. HOLLAND. The Liberal party in Holland has just gained an advantage. The district of Almelo had to elect a new deputy in the place of M. Van Logchem, who had resigned on account of ill health. M. Vander Linden had also to undergo a fresh election on being nominated to a high Gove :nment post. M. Vander Linden was re elected, am.; M. Limbourg-Brouwer, of known progressive principles, was chosen to fill the second seat. Both th e members for that district are therefore Liberal at present. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) (Per the Africa via Roche's P Ant.) (Per Telegraph to Halifax.) NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (Afternoon). The diplomatic correspondence has been laid before the Congress. Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Adams ;n October last that the United States insist and must continue to insist that the British Government is responsible for the damages which American citizens sustain by the Alabama's depredations, and Mr. Seward cannot instruct Mr. Adams to refrain from pressing the claims he has in his hands referring to Mr. Laird's rams. In September Mr. Seward writes Mr. Adams that the Navy Department has not any vessels which can be spared from Charleston ade quate to resist those rams, which may be expected to attack New York, Boston, Portle.nd, Charleston, or New Orleans. Can the Britist: Government, says Mr. Seward, suppose that such an assault can be made with British-built, armed, and manned vessels without arousing the whole American nation and rendering a retaliatory war inevitable. The political debates throughout the country show that the United States would now accept an unprovoked foreign war with more unanimity and cheerfulness than at any former period. The nation, after two years war, has overco me the sense of fear, whit its temper is highly excitive. It believes there are n 3 limits to its ultimate ability of self-defence. For the interest of both countries, I hope no blow will fall from the hands of British statesmen, which will render peace impossible after the detention of the rams." Mr. Seward requests Mr. Adams to inform Earl Russell that the Federal Government will here after hold itself obliged, with even more cause than heretofore, to endeavour to conduct its inter course with England, so that the civil war, when terminated, will leave to_neither nation any per. ntanent cause for discontent. Mr. Seaward wrote to Mr. Dayton in September last that the United States held in regard to Mexico the same principles as towards all nations. They have, he said, neither the right nor the di's. , position to intervene forcibly in Mexican affairs whether to establish a Republican or domesti c Government, or to overth row an Imperial or foreign Government. The United States practice n regard to Mexico is non-intervention, which ,hey require all foreign powers to ob• serve in regard to the United States. Notwithstanding this self-restraint the United States knows well that the internal normal opinion of Mexico favours Republican Government. The United States do not deny that, in their opinion, their own safety and the destiny to which they aspire are ultimately dependent upon the con tinuance of Republican institutions throughout America. These opinions are submitted as worthy of the Emperor's consideration in determining how he would conduct and close what might prove a successful war in Mexico. If France adopted a policy in Mexico adverse to American opinions and sentiments, that policy would scatter seeds fruit. ful of jealousies which might ultimately ripet.. into a collision between France and the United States and other American Republics. In October last, referring to an intimation of M. Drouyn de Lhnys that an early acknowledgment of the Mexican empire by the United States would be cony enient to France, Mr. Seward writes : The United States are of opinion that the permanent establishment of a monarchical government will be found neither desirable nor easy. The United States continue to regard Mexico as the theatre of a war which has not yet ended in the submission of the Government long existing there; therefore the United States are not at liberty to consider the ques tion of recognising a government which in the fur ther chances of war may come into its place. The United States cannot do otherwise than leave the destinies of Mexico in the keeping of her own people, and recognise their sovereignty and independence in whatever form they them selves shall choose that this sovereignty and inde pendence shall be manifested, COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Jan. 21, Evening. A downivard reaction has taken place in gold to day, the price falling to 551, closing at 57. Ex- change on London, 172; Paris, 3.24. There was much excitement ,in stocks yesterday at higher prices. To-day, however, the market closed heavy. New York Central, 1361 ; Illinois, 1291; Erie, 1081 ; 6 per cent U.S. Bonds, 1041. Cotton advancing. Middling Upland, 841, Flour, wheat, and corn declining. Provisions heavy. Coffee, good inquiry. Sugar advancing. Molasses steady. Petroleum inactive. Crude, 31f 32. Refined, 47.48. NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (Evening). It is rumoured that Longstreet is advancing on Knoxville, reinforced by two divisions of Lee's army. SHAKSPERE'S MONUMENTAL BUST IN THE CHANCEL ON STRATFORD CHURCH is known, without much difficulty, to have been executed by` Gerard Johnson in London immediately after Shakspere's death in 1616, and it is probable that Johnson worked from a plaster cast of the features, which now lies in the British Museum, under the custody of Professor Owen. The cast belonged to a collection of art curiosities left by Count von Kessel stadt, who died at. Mayenee in 1843, and whose ancestors, for above 300 years, had been accustomed to preserve such things, and had sometimes phrchased them in London. It is not at all improbable, as Mr. Friswell observes, that , German nobleman, or one of his correspondents, being in cast o e. Thehic h cast, i t it modelled iss ai said, London shortly after Shakspere's death, and fi n di ng that the German sculptor had executed a bust of hi m, which was praised in the contemporary verses of B en J onson and. h fromm and Digger, add itwould tohis collection upthe at agrees very well with the bust, except that in the' bust the upper lip is longer, the nose shorter and thicker, and the checks are fuller than in the cast. There is a rumour, which Will probably turn out to be well founded, that the next Gazette, or one very soon after it, will contain a notice of the distribution of the Kertch prize money to the Royal Navy. Th e flag officers' share will be something under £3,000, to be distributed as follows :—Sir E. Lyons, represented by his son Lord Lyons, now British Minister at Washington, £1,484 ; Admiral Sir :H. Stewart, £371; Admiral Boxer, £371 ; Admiral Grey, £371; Admiral Stopford, £371. Admiral Lyons, it will be remem bered, commanded the naval forces ; Admiral Stewart was his second in command ; Admiral Grey being in charge at Constantinople, and Admiral Stopford, we believe, being at Malta. Each captain will get £248; each commander, £124. The proportions due to each of the ten classes may be esti mated by multiplying £l3s. 6d., the value of each share, by the number of shares due to each class. Better late than never. It is only eight years since Kertch fell into the hands of the Anglo-French expedition, and this celerity is quite refreshing.—Army and Navy Gazette. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—Another fatal occident has occurred at the Bletchley station, on tho London and North-Western Railway, whereby one of the pointsuien, named Henry Wenner, aged 32 3 ears, received such frightful injuries that he only survived a tew minutes after his removal to the in firmary at Bedford. It appears the deceased was crossing the line at a point about 160 yards from the station just the instant a train was approaching on the up-line, and a t instant a train of empty coal-waggons came along on the down lino, and before he could step into the s ir, foot space between the rails he was struck ry the b u ff er of the 25 en gine of the down train and knocked do wn . At the inquest Nearly of the bucks passed over his legs and ann a verdict of held en Saturday before the borough coroner, expressed "Accidental death" was returned, but o vide the b juryy the London an opinion that means oug ht to bo pr and North-Western Railway Company at Bletchley, that any sufferers should receive immediate attention on the oc ca,ion of accidents at that place. .••••'' ree 1 ° jest er .e wit 4 r ine l ' o 0 the o f the itlier l i coder - , E r o" if 0 holigl i At b' 'roll c o , ;a 1 v ,..4 oi ' hi ai lde oft . ob l6 'AO 1031 105 1031 i