The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

MONEY AIiKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE• - CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is an active demand for discount acorn• modation in the open market and at the Bank of England, and full rates are everywhere required. Business is expected to continue on an extensive scale until after the 4th of the month. During the last few days there has not been much animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. The unfavo urable and foggy weather has prevented the inspection of samples of most of the principal staples. Sugar, however, is held for full rates, while fine qualities of colonial coffee are in demand, in consequence of the small quantity on offer. Rice has been at steady rates, while a more cheerful tone has prevailed in the tallow market, quotations generally exhibiting an upward ten- Share' dency. The directors of the Auction Mart attended yes terday to receive and open the tenders of the pro perty, the highest amount being £115,255 10s. 6d., which was accepted. At the first general me etin g to -day of the share holders of the International Financial Society the report presented by the directors was unanimously adopted, and a dividend equal to 25 per cent. per annum declared, The accounts embrace the opera tions of the society to the end of December last, and the profit realised, after deducting all expenses amounted to £199,950 18s. lid. This sum was applied as follows :-Ist, £19,931 108. id. to pay ment of interest at 5 per cent. per annum on the called-up capital, in conformity with clause N 0.154 of the articles of the association ; 2d, L 77,568 9s. 11d. to bonus, to make, together with the above interest, a dividend of 13s. per share, free of income tax; equal in all to 2 5 per cent. p er annum ; 3d, LlB,O 19s. sd. to reserve fund, in conformity with clause No. 25 of said articles. This, after deducting the necessary amounts for directors' commission, and income tax on the dividend, will leave a balance of £76,680 19s. sd. to be carried forward to new ac count, which balance, together with the amount o a f £ lB,OOO 19s. sd. placed to reserve fund, leaves total of £94,681 18s. 10d. undivided. The Queensland Sheep Investment Company has been introduced under the auspices of the Mercan tile Credit Association. The capital is £400,000 in 10,000 shares of £4O each. The directors are highly respectable, and the undertaking is formed with the object of enabling English capitalists to avail them- selves of the eligible opportunities which arc offered for investment in the colony of Queensland by sheep farming operations. Arrangements have been made for the purchase of stations on the Darling Downs, s l ; now in full operation, comprising an area of up wards of 1,500 square miles, with the sheep and cattle thereon ; the vendors taking payment for a considerable portion of the purchase in the shares , of the company. Business, which can at once be I commenced, is calculated to pay an early and satis factory dividend, irrespective of the accumulated 8, profit to be derived from the increase of the breed- . 1 ing flocks, which , in o rdinar y seasons, may be esti mated at 80 per cent. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Recites were 66f. 25c. to 66f. 20c. Very fiat. A further decline of per cent. has taken place i n the market for Consols , which are now quoted 81 90k 91 for money, and 911 for the account. This . 1 progressive depreciation is attributable to specula tive sales, consequent upon the unfavourable feeling relative to the Danish war, an the complications Threes t o which it may yet give rise. d The New and Reduced Annuities are 901 91 ; Exchequer Bills, ss. to ls. dis. ; and Bank Stock is firm at 8\ 237 238 1 -. India Stock is 217 218 ; ditto 5 per et, Cents. are steady at 104 ; I; a nd Enfaeed 5 p er Cents. at 10& 106. A general downward movement has taken place in the value of the principal speculations. Foreign Securities are on sale on Continental account, and business is not very acti ve. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69 ; do. Consolides , 501 ; Mexican, 421 ; Greek, 22k a ; Spanish Passive, 351 d ; do. Cer tificates, 131 14 ; Portugu ese, 471 481 ; Italian, 664 a ; and the Confederate Loan, 42 44 ex. div. and drawing. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been very limited,and prices in some instances have been a shade flatter. Bristol and Exeter and Metropolitan have receded 55., and Great Midland rthern A stock, Brighton, North-Western and 10s. The Foreign and colonial lines show little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares continue in fair request, and generally support former rates. Im perial Financial shares are quoted 41 5 prem. ; Mauritius Credit A A prem. ; National Shipping par tot prem., and Australian Shipping 81 9} prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FIJNDS. 91 901 11 3 per Cent. Consols .................. Ditto Account, March 5 .......... 91 911 9 1 1 3 per Cent. Reduce d .................. 0 91 90 New 3 per Cent. ...................... 1 1 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 . . ............ Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, & 3 per Cent. 5 1 die Lank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr. 237 81 INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... 218 17 Ditto Account .................... Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .......... Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent ...... Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .......... 1051 6 Ditto 61 per Cent., May, 1879 ........ Ditto under £l,000 —.... — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditt o ditto Aug., 1866 FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Aus t r i an Bonds, 6 per Cent............ Ditto 1859 .............. Brazilian 5 per C ent ................... Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ............ Ditto 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent .............. Ditto 2 per Cent ................... Ditto Account ...................... Ditto Deferred ...................... Colombian 6 Scrip £65 pd ............ uhilian 6 per Cent ..................... Ditto 44 pea Cent. .................. Danish 3 per Cent., 1826 .............. Equador New Consolidated, • 1 per Cent.. 131 Egyptian; per Cent ,dated . 99 I Ditto, S'econd Issue . . .............. per Cent., 18 Greek 5 p 24-6, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account ...................... 221 Ditto Coupons ...................... Ditto Account ...................... Guatemala 6 per Cent. ................ Italianib per Cent.( Railway) Mexican 3 per Ce nt .................. Ditto Account ...••r 421 11 M oor i s h Imperial 5 per Cent .......... Granada ....................... New New 21 per Cent. ..... 1894... ..... — Peruvian 41 per Cent ................. Ditto Acc0unt........ ............. Ditto 3 per Cent. .................. Ditto 41 per Cent. , 1862 ........ Ditto Account ...................... Ditto 11 per Cent .................. Piedmontsse, 5 pe r Cent.. Ex. 25f...... Ditto Scrip (186 3 ) £ 42 Bs. 3d. paid.... pm Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... D it to Accowat .................. .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, ' 7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 —1 71 Ditto Account ...................... 48 Russian 6 per Cent., 1822,:£ St ........ 90 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 .............. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 .............. 881 Sardinian 5 per Cent .................. —52 Ditto Account .................... Spanish 3 per Cent .................. 1 Ditto Account ...................... -- Ditto New Deferred ................ Ditto Account ...................... lAv tto Passive ...................... Ditto Account ....... . ...... 36 of Spanish Cert. of Coup not ." . funded ...... Ditto Account .. . .............. 1.11 14 T u rkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .............. Ditto Account ........ 914 Data per Cent. 185 S Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds., 72 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 D i tto Account Ditto, £lOO Bond s 69 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 24 1862 Ditto 6 per Cent. , Ditto Account ~ Di v id en ds on the above payable in Loud u Belgian 4 per Cent. , Ex. 25f Ditto Land Warrants (llectares) Dutch .4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gu Ex. ll . French Rentes, 41 per Cent., 251 — Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Account ..................... 664 Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per ....... 45 . THREE O'CLOCK , onsols Money ...................... 91 Ditt o Acco un t ................. 911 ISEARE MARKET S,---This day, -w--- - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC itailways. Clos i ng Busineo Paid., Price. done. 1.14. 1 Wol., and Str. Val.! '45 1 Blythe and Tyne. ... , 10 Iliost,Sleat,andMid.j . 0.1 at I Bristol and Exeter st ;Caledonian ......... 60 'Cork and 13andon ...... 1 20 Cornwall .............. 10 IDo. B Agets no div 10 Do A till op e.p an.has, been paid to 11.1, 50 I Dublin & Belfast Junc.l 25 Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. at Edinburgh & Glasgow.' at Glasg. and S. Westerr ; at Great Eastern, Ord. stkl at Ditto A stock et Ditto East Anglian st at GreatNorthot Scotland at Great Northern at Do A stock at Do Bdo .• ••••• at Gt. S. and W. of Ireland at. 'Great Western .• •• •• • • at j Do Str Val gas. stock st •Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and 13lackwall at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat, aid Dover at Lou. & North W estern at !Lou. & So,4th Western at ;Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 IMaryport and Carlisle. 125 Do = shares... .....•• at Metropolitan et Midland 6.4.0 Do New •.......... at Do Binning. & Derby 50 Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. 6 shares 25 Mid Kent ......... 10 Do Cray Lin e at North British .•• •• at EMIL, Perth, & at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase at Do Leeds at Do York at Do Carlisle.. •• • • st INarth • London 10 1 Do New L 9.15.4 North Staffordshire .. 10 N. and S. W. Junction at Soottish Central at Scot N. K, Aber. stook st Do Scot Mid. stock I 10 Shrews. and Welohpool at Shropshire Union .• • • at South Devon ...... • • at South Eastern at 'South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 20 6taines,Wok.,andW ok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do Do New, 188 G it Taft Vale. ,0 Do B .0 Do C A Ulster 25 Do ...... .......... 110 Do ;t Vale of Meath t Waterford Ki l t It t nny it West Cornwall it W. Hartlepool Har.dai 1 It West Midland --Oxford It Do Newport It Do Hereford 8 8 Si 9 83 151 120 121 64 74 37 39 16 17 94} 95 106 108 47{ 4 4 47 49 7 8 IfB 128 13 , 13! 132 184 95 97 84i 65 Ic9o 11011 72 72 104 106; ;79 41 110 114 99i 1 04 4 5L b2j 109 110 130 1301, liP 99 101 536 646 24 t 6 103} 104 --d 58 59 911 82} 125 130 16 24 p 771 786 11 116 123 126 gt 44 98 100 634 644 34 36 84i .154 100 102 31 91 38 39 91 101 o 7. 8 4 165 170 61 6 31 41P - -P 92 £6 22 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 83i I 48 71 65} 41 5 1 1091 10 414 40 1084 i 621 ItBl 71 1 127 i 1011 .1 35 92 If Closing than Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 t.t land° &St Lawrenc. all 59 41 59 flom.,Barodatt.Cent I no 100 103 104 1 03 1 Sk Gu. 5 per Gent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 201 Buffalo and LAKC HUM!) all 51 51 10 Do. Preterance ~ a ll 74 84 ,„„ Buil alo,Brant, , tGodrl r l i “'" 1 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 100 Do. do. July 1, 181, 100 Do. do. Jun ,. 1, 18; ; 100 st CleuttaAS.Eastn.(l,2i. 100 101 103 03 st Cape Town Dock Seri! 100 101 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c. 100 100 10 104 1( 5 10 5 1011 s tack East Indian. gu. 5 p. 20 Do. do. (4 Ext l5 1 p 20 Do. do. H do. 15 stock Grand Trunk of Canada Wu 191 201 74 100 ' Do. Ist Pre f . Bonds all 73 - 1$ 100 Do. do. deferred...— all 57 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bon ds all 66 6i 100 Do. do. deferred--all 49 52 50 53 100 Do. 3d P. et. stock all 100 Do. do. deferred--all 38 ft 6 28 100 Do. 4th fret. stook all 2 100 Do. do. deterred-- all 22 e 5 stook GLlndlaPenin.g-ua.bp.o 100 1031 1041 1031 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 I 20 Do. January , 1862 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim gua ranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 201 Gt. W. oreanada Share*. all 91 10 201 Do. New ... . . .... . . 18 11 3015' 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt.. all 92 94 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '774.. all 85 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p lip stock Madras. guar., sp. c. stock Do. 41 p. a Extension 100 97 99 stock De. d 0...• 100 02 96 20 Do. Fifth Extens i o n. 2 r— stock Alelb.Corp. p. o. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's B a y . all 58 GO 100 Do. 7p. c. !dor tg. Bds. all Newßr urswictit a Candi. Class A and B. all , 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist bds 100 ' 82 14 stock IScinde ........ •• (100 103 104 stock Do. Delhi. ....... 100 1021 1034 1 0 3 ' 20 Do. do 2 1 1p st Do. Punjaub a all 1024 1034 Do. Do. ........ yam'ico amok Do. Indus. St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,uari.Mov. 9 p.c.Js. tic./ 1877-94 100 101 103 1 01 4 I Do. p.c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102 Do. dp. c.3far. , 4 Sept. 100 102 104 —Da sp. c. JanAJuly. lOC 80 11 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 108 110 I Do. 189 t 100 110 112 Do. Jan. &July. July, 1891.. 100 1 0 8 109 Ceylon, N0v.1 878, 6 p c 100 111 108 113 M a uritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 Natal Gov. 8 per cent. 100 108 110 IN.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.dzJuly 100 101 103 Do 6p. o•Ap. & Oot 100 100 - ,N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 180. 100 99 I Du. sp. c., 18 t 1 to 18'ir 100 99 101 99 1 Do. d0.,1888 Acupwds 100 lOO 99 1 1 -.-New Zealand 6p cent 100 9 9 80 110 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875........ 100 104 106 Queensland Gcv. Bp. a 100 100 109 111 S. Aus G6p.0.187&& up.. - iVic.Gov. p.a Ja. , tJu l y 100 Do. in Sp.°. An..tOnts. 100 HO 111 mg 11 log 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 1c ambrian Consol. Gold 1 35 f id Ama l ga mated..l 1 561 Devon G. Con. gay lst.)l 1 670 680 East B as sett (Illogan).. 30 82 1 674 - lEast Clogau Gold Ltd. 331 East Caradon 2.14.0 31 33 East Caraßrea... ... . 7 W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 44 41 I 'Gam' .tStA u byn(Gwen.) 581 td 11 Great South Tolgus l7a 4 44 G. Wheal Vor(Helston, 40 26 38 314 431 6 !Grenville 'Herod's-Foot ....... 8.12 35 37 - llingston Downs 4.18.0 4 44 'Lady Bertha ..... . g 7 1 1 [Margaret (Uny Lelant 91 19 Mame Valley.. .. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (11m ) 21 11 95 1 New Setun —• N or th Downs ... .... S.Wh'l Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 2 24 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) - rroviclenee(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 44 16 'South Caradon(St.Clee; 11 440 f6O S. Cam Brea (Illogan).r. S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.16.9 85 80 - !Stray Park ...... . famar Lea . d . Min. - fin Croft .... . . West Basset (Illogan) 'll 11 12 —IW C' radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 ;West Sot= ....•••••••• 471 83 86 844 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5* 8 190 200 1 - !Wheal B u ller(Redruth) 10 , 71 92 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 31 37 WhcalLtulcott 13 21 141 3 Wh e al Mary Ann ;Men.) 8 i Wheal 3eton ...... ... . 581 175 185 4 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 21 !Wheal Union. . ••• • • PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 - per cent. pm., 1081 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. pd., 102 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1351 61 North Eastern. York, 11. and Selby purchase, 101 North Staffordshire, 22a PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, die., 41 per cent., 1858, 101 LINES LEASED Al' FLIED RENTALS. null and Selby, 1101 L on don and Chatham , 41 per Cent., —' Ditto, Corn. Fund stock. 5 per cent., 100 London, Tilbury, and Southend. 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 Bahia and San Francisco (Um.) gua. 7 per oent., 171 Sambre and Meuse, 71 San Paulo (Um.). gua- 7 per cent. Si Ditto (all), 211 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 a West Flanders, 5 per cent. pi., 101 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limilimted, 10 3: C a pe Copper, ~ Fortuna (lira.), 4J Linares, Um., 7 Mariquita, I Port Philipoll St. John del Rey (lim. ),"51 United Mexican (liins„ 3 5 Yudananiutana of S. Australia, Ilm., 21 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lira.), 1231 Allianceßatik o f Lon ..an and Liverp ool (Um.), 481 75 9 Ditto ß , new, 341 31 Australasia, Ditto, new, 471 7 B a nk of Egypt , 261 1 Bank of London. 165 4; Bank of ,tago, lim., 31 4 Bunk of Queensland (11m), 15 111 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 8 71 Chartered Bank of India, Anstcalla. and China, 4 4 5 4 Ditto, new, i ss ued at £lO pm, 31. City, 116 151 Conso lid a ted Bank, Urn., 105 Continental, lim., '93 Illnclustan, china, and Japan (11m.), 311 1 Imperial Bank (Rm.), 261 Imperial Ottoman, 181 3 Lan d Mortgage Bank of India, lim., Loudon Chartered Bank of Australia, 263 London and County, 5r3 London Joint Stock, London and Westminster, 801 791 Merchant Bank, lim., 113 Metrop• and p rov. Bank (Urn.). 25 3 New South AN ales, I Oriental Baplc Corporation. 65 45 6 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, 11m., 73 Sidon of .Loudon, 473 61 73 8 63 8 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin 'Water Works, Dm., 9 1 Bombay Gas, limited, 41 British Indian Tea, lim., 51 Ceylon, Company, 911 Commercial Union k lnsurance% 95 East India Irrigation and Canal, 33 }],yptian Commercial and Trading, Lim., 43 ; I 1 Ci"ti:. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 71 4 IHudson's Bay, 19_1 183 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, MU. MISCELLANEOUS —Continued. International Financial Society, 13 121 ; I / Intercoloniat Itoyal Mail Steam, Bin., 71 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 4 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 00, 84 Joint•stock Discount, Um., 61 London and Caledonian Marine, lien, 3; London Financial Association, lim., 261 6 London Provincial Marine, 31 4 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim., 21 M e rcantile Credit Association, lim., 141 131 14 N a ti on al Discount Company, lim., 12; Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lim., 1 Ocean M arine (Insurance), 181 Oriental Inland Steam, lira, 21 Ottoman Gas lim.) 2; Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 78 DisiiDitto, new, 48/ Rhymney Iron, 29 Ditto, new, 71 Scottish Australian Investment, lira., 140 South A Wean Mortgage and Investment, 5! 7-- LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) _ —,— COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. TILE 12REAT WILL CASE. This morning the Lord Chief Justice commenced his summing up in this case, first remarking on the importance of the issue joined, and then proceeding to read the evidence. It is uncertain at what hour the verdict may be delivered. If possible, we shall give the result in a later edition. CRIMINAL COURT,—(This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) FORGING TRAME MARKS. This case, in which a person named Howlett, was in dicted, under a recent statute, passed in 1862, of forging trade marks. This case was postponed until next session. John Langworth, aged 33, a respectable•looking man, pleaded guilty to robbing his employer, Mr. John Thomas Johnson, a wholesale stationer, of Cheapside, of various sums of money and 37,000 envelopes. The Recorder sentenced him to five years' penal servitude. Michael Mahoney, 23, a soldier, pleaded guilty to steal ing a coat and other articles, the property of Andrew Knox, his master, and was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. E. Sutton, packer, and W. Weatherell, carman, were indicted, Sutton for stealing, and \Veatherell receiving, 561 b of copper nails, the property of Messrs. Mumford and Co. Sutton pleaded guilty, and the jury found the other pri soners guilty. The Recorder sentenced Sutton to 12 months and Weatherell to 9 months' imprisonment. The case of John Ogden, a soldier in the Royal Artillery, charged with absconding with Rebecca Cox, the wife of the prosecutor, was postponed until next sessions. Louis Kean, aged 18, a foreigner, described as a shopman, was found guilty of feloniously uttering a forged request for the delivery of a quantity of black silk taffeta, and sen tenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour. Charles Wiseman, a German, pleaded guilty to stealing a large quantity of furniture, the property of a police. con stable, with whose wife he had absconded,—Sentence deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. STREET OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE.—William Jefferson, cabinetmaker, of 41, Bloomsbury, and George llulberte, and Alfred hall, printers, of 6, Golden-place, Golden square, were charged before Mr. T}rwhitt with disorderly conduct in Glasshouse-street, Regent-street; Hall was further charged with assaulting Mr. Edward Lucas, of 26, King-street, Regent-street, and Hulberte with assaulting a young female named Rosina Perry, living in Oxford terrace, Chelsea. Morris Robinson, 163 C, said that about a quarter past one this morning he saw Jefferson and Hulberte fighting together in Glasshouse•street, both of them being on the ground, and he then, as there was a great crowd round them and a good deal of disorder, took them into custody. After getting to the station a young woman charged Hul bert() with assaulting her. Rosins Perry said that while passing Hulberte in Glass house-street, having a female in her company, Hulbert° made use of a disgusting expression, and on her asking him why he did so, he struck her on the cheek, and then gave her a severe blow on the nose, smothering her with blood. She was insensible for a moment from the blow, and after wards went to the station, where she heard Hulberte had been taken, and made the charge against him. In answer to Hulberte, The young woman said that she had not given him the slightest provocation whatever. Mr. Edward Lucas said that while on his way home through Glasshouse-street, he heard a female crying mur der and police, and this attracted his attention to the com plainant and the defendants, and he saw Hulberte strike the young woman and cause her to stagger. He heard Jefferson say to Hulberte that " it was unmanly to strike a female like that," and then Hulberte and Jefferson got fighting and went down, and before Jefferson could get on his legs again Hulberte knocked him down again. The police then came up and took Hulberte and Jefferson into custody, and while they were doing so Hall walked up to him and struck him (Mr, Lucas) in the face, and the con stable having seen him do it at once to ek him into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, Mr. Lucas said he had given Hall no provocation, without ho was offended at his saying " Dont kick the roan when he is down," Hall being in Hulberte's company, and assisting him while the fighting was going on. A constable proved seeing Hall strike Mr. Lucas, and the female who was in company with Perry corroborated his statement. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was clear that Jefferson was an in jured person, and he should at once discharge him. Hulberte entered into a long defence, the effect of it being only to make the case clearer against him than before. He admitted that he struck Jefferson, but not till after he was struck by him, and wished everybody to know that his motto was "Nemo me impune lacessit." Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Hulberte £3 for the assault on the female and Hall. and £1 for assaulting Mr. Lucas. THAMES. DRUNKENNESS AND FELONT.—John Fitzgerald, a man of respectable exterior, aged 33 years, of No. 3, Western Cottages, Millwall, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a chimney-glass with a mahogany frame and gilt ornaments, valued at lls. Gd., the property of Mr. William Nathan, pawnbroker, jeweller, and sales man, of No. 9, Waterloo-terrace, Commercial-road. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, defended the prisoner. Mr. John Day, assistant to the prosecutor, stated that yesterday evening ha saw the prisoner drag a looking- glass, now produced, from the doorway. He looked at the pri soner, who quickly left the glass. A few seconds after wards he looked again, and the glass was gone. He ran out of the shop, and saw the prisoner crossing the road with the glass on his shoulder. Ho seized the prisoner and gave him into custody. Mr. Stoddard—Was the prisoner drunk? Witness—lle was drunk, sir. Michael Hughes, 251 K, who took the prisoner into cus tody, on cross-examination by the solicitor, said the prisoner was very drunk, and stated to him that he was at work at Mares factory, Millwall. Mr. Stoddard said the prisoner was a very respectable working man, an engineer, who had been employed at the Millwall iron work at 335. per week for eight or ten years, and was out with his shopmates yesterday on the spree and became intoxicated. The prisoner was unconscious of having committed any felony, and was very sorry for what he had done. The prisoner had never been in custody before and had hitherto maintained an irreproachable character. He hoped the magistrate would, under the circumstances, deal leniently with the prisoner. Mr. Paget said drunkenness was no excuse for crime, and the case must go for trial. Mr. Stoddart hoped the magistrate would dispose of the case summarily. Mr. Paget--No. The case must go before a jury—that is the proper tribunal. It is quite clear the prisoner took the glass. Mr. Stoddart—Yes, sir; but it was a drunken spree. He was so very much intoxicated that he oast up his accounts —(loud laughter)—to use a vulgar phrase. Mr. Paget—What do yo mean ? Mr. Stoddart—He was very siok and vomited—he had been drinking a good deal of liquor and was ill from the effects of it. Mr. Paget—This is a question for a jury, not for me. The prisoner—l was very drunk. I know nothing about it. Mr. Paget—You are committed to take your trial at the sessions. Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam ])itto Rotterdam -- 12 0 12 0; Antwerp • • 25 621 25 671 Brussels — 2.5 621 2.5 671 llamburgh — 13 7/ 13 8; Parts Ditto Nlarseilles Frankfort on Maine — 110; 1 1191 0 Vienna 'friesto l'etersburgh Berlin Madrid o • • • Cadiz Leghoru M lan G enoa Naples Palerino M essina Lisbon 471 481 476 48 25 82f 2.5 Si 25 85 25 8; 25 85 2.5 81 2.5 85 25 81 25 85 25 81 25 85 25 81 52 b2i 52f b2f Oporto... - Foreign Gold in Bars (Standarl), per 0z.... £3 10 0 7 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) THE MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWlB.—The Oxford Journal states that tho design sent in by Mr. John Gibbs, architect, of Oxford, for the monument about to be erected at New Radnor to the memory of the late Sir George Cornewall Lewis, has been selected by the committee from among twiny others. Mr. Gibbs is the architect of the new Banbury Cross, erected to commemorate the marriage of tho Princess ltoyal, and of the memorial to the late Prince Consort, now in course of erection at Abingdon. NOTIFICATION OF BLOCKADE. - - - ♦- 'From a Second Supplenzen! to the London Gazette of Friday, the 26th of Febraary.-- Monday, .February 29.) FOREIGN- OFFICE, Feb. 29. It is hereby notified that Earl Russell, her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Danmark at this Court a notification, dated the 26th of February, 1864, of the blockade by the Danish naval forces of all ports and inlets on the east coast of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from the 25th of this month (February), with the exception of Neustadt, the Islands of Ale and Aeree, and such other places as are actually under th 3 au thority of his Majesty the King of Denmark; and further notifying that the blockade will succes sively be raised for every place that comes again into the power of the Royal Government, and public notice thereof be given. The following is the official communication re ceived by Earl Russell:— Legation of Denmark, Feb, 26. My Lord, —I am directed by my Government to inform your Excellency that, according to an official notice issued on the 18th inst. by the Danish Ministry of Marine : " All ports and inlets on the coasts of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein will be blockaded from the 25th of this month, with the exception of Neustadt, the Islands of Ala and A eroe, and such other places as are actually under the authority of his Majesty the King. "The blockade will successively be raised for every place that comes again into the power of the Royal Government, and public notice thereof be given."—l have, &c., TORIIEN BILLE. The Right lion. Earl Russell, &0., Foreign-office. Lord Russell has also received the following de spatch from Sir Augustus Paget, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Copenhagen, forwarding a copy of a note which had been addressed to him by the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, notifying the establishment of the blockade, and stating that neutral vessels will be allowed to the Ist of April to clear out of the blockaded ports : Copenhagen, Feb. 22, My Lord—l have the honour to enclose herewith oopy of a note which I have received from M. Quaade, enclosing the notification by the Minister of Marine that after the 25th of this month a blockade cf the east coast of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein is to be established with the exception of certain places therein specially named. M. Quaado also states that any neutral ship then lying in a blockaded harbour will be allowed till April Ito leave it, either in ballast or with cargo; and if in any special ease it should happen that this delay is not sufficient for the clear ing out of the neutral ships, the officer in command of the blockading force is authorised to grant, on demand of the consular agent, a further delay for their free departure. I have sent copies of this note and its enclosures to Mr. Consul Taylor, and Nava instructed him to inform the Vice-Consuls in his district of the intentions of the Danish Government.—l have, Sic„ A, PAGET. The Earl Russell, K.G., &C. (Translation.) Copenhagen, Feb. 20: . _ . Sir—l have the honour to inform you that from the 25th of this month all the ports and inlets of the east coast of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein will be in a state of blockade, with the exception of Noustadt, the IslandS of Ala and Aeroe, and other pieces actually under the autho rity of the King. While transmitting to you herewith some copies of the publication in which the Minister of Marine notifies the blockade, I venture to have recourse to your kind interven tion to request you to be good enough to give notice to the consular agents of your Government resident at the block aded places, notifying to them at the same time that all neutral ships which at the commencement of the blockade are in a blockaded port will, u 2 to the Ist of April, have the right of leaving either with cargo or in ballast. If, from special circumstances, the delay fixed for free exit is not found sufficient in any particular case, thaoffioer charged with the blockade is authorised to arrange for a longer term with the Consular agent, on receiving an appli cation from him to that effect. Receive, &c., G. QUAADE. A Curious Case, An application was made last week to the Civil Tribunal of the Saine under the following circum- stances : A widow lady named Hautefeuille, whose hus band died in 1844, became insane some years after wards, and was finally declared, by a judgment of the Tribunal of the Seine, in July, 1862, in. capable of managing her affairs. Previously to this judgment, Madame Hautefeuille had confided to her confessor, the Abbe Caubert, manager of the School of St. Genevieve, a con siderable part of her fortune. In August, 1862, the Abbe Beaurain, who had succeeded the Abbe Gaubert as manager of the school above-men tioned, restored to M. 'Moulin, the husband of one of the lunatic's daughters, recently appointed her guardian by the tribunal, 22 Roman bonds, and an inscription of Piedmontese mute producing a yearly dividend of 200 fr. These securities represented a total of about 28,000 fr. The Abbe Beaurain also gave M. Moulin a note of hand for 8,000 fr., which was paid in the October following, and received from him a receipt in full of all demands. In July, 1863, how ever, M. Moulin commenced proceedings against the Abbes Caubert and Beaurain, to recover a fur ther sum of 12,000 fr., on the ground that Mme. Hautefeuille had not confided to M. Caubert secu rities worth only 28,000 fr., but a sum of 48,000 fr. in cash, and he demanded to be allowed to prove 1, That Mme. Hautefeuille had frequently expressed to third persons her intention of leaving her pro perty away from her two daughters ; 2, that she had borrowed money and given it to the Jesuits ; 3, that she had led a miserable life, as if she had no resources whatever; 4, that the Abbe Beaurain admitted that ho had received from her 48,060 fr. in each; and 6, that the Jesuits had a quantity of furniture be longing to the lunatic which they had not paid for, as they pretended. The applicant's counsel stated that Mme, Hautefeuille had been under the influence of her Jesuit confessors ever since 1844, and had confided to them whatever money came into her possession, and had received little or no interest for it. His client was therefore justified in taking measures to recover the full amount of the principal. The application was opposed by the Abbes Caubert and Beaurain, whose counsel sti gmatised the present proceed ings as an attempt to extort money from his eients by charging them with scandalous dishonesty. All the money duo to the lunatic's estate had been re stored, and the applicant himself had gave a receipt in full of all demands. The Tribunal, after hearing the Public Prosecutor, who strongly reprobated the applicant's conduct, rejected all Moulin's demands, and condemned him to pay all costs. Dr.PUSEYhas evidently got a profound conviction that true unity of spirit is engendered by common repulsion rather than common attracCon. " Any one," ho confides to the _Record, "who knows anything of human nature, knows in what countless cases the fear of Hell first drove men to their forgotten God and Saviour," and there fore he calls the Lord Chancellor's recent judgment in the case of "Essays and Reviews" soul-destroying, and, on exactly the same principle, he offers to ally himself with the Record, on the ground of a strong common repulsion to that judgment—an offer which the Record, recognising in the most cordial spirit that common hatreds imply a truly Christian unity of spirit, gladly accepts, calls Dr, Pusey's letter "admirable and faithful," and sounds the call to common action on the part of all who think with the new Puseyite and the old Evangelical party that, as Dr. Pusey naively remind us, "Good when He revealed Hell, knew the creatures which ho had made better than these people," This, then, is to be the basis of the new coalition between the dregs of the Fuseyito and the dregs of the Evangelical party—for common belief, the assertion of the verbal inspiration of the Bible, and the Gospel of Hell everlasting ; for common action the subver sion of the Privy Council's judgment. Dr. Pusey writes, and the _Record receives what he says, exactly as if our Lord had come preaching and revealing not Himself and the Kingdom of God, but the Devil and the Kingdom of Hell, in order that the scared human race might walk back wards from the hottoniless pit, and so recoil into their Saviour's arms. It is a curious example of a great spiritual engine with the wheels reversed.—Spectator. " We have received accounts," says the Toulon - nais, " of the Iphigenie frigate, which left this port on the Gth 4anuary, having on board a number of convicts for New Caledonia. She touched at St. Vincent's (Cape de Verd Islands) on the 27th of that month. Some cases of scurvy had appeared among the passengers, but, owing to the precautionary measures adopted, the disease was soon checked. The conduct of the convicts on board was very satisfactory, A number of them, under the direction of the Abbe Renouard, the chaplain, had learned religious choruses, which they sang during the perforanance of mass on Sundays,''_ SECO NI) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NOTTINGHAM RACES—Trns DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) TRIAL STAKES. Twilight The C10wn.... .. 2 Partesan Eight ran. STAND PLATE. Gipsy Girl Mother Bunch Seven ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Ossian Danaus Four ran. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. Tourist Revolver Trojanus Eleven ran. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 1 agst Ocean Witch (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT - HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on woolsack at Ave o'clock. AMERICAN RECRUITING IN IRELAND. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for copies of any reports that may have been received by her Majesty's Government respecting recruiting in Ireland for the North American army, and asked whether any remenstrance against such proceedings had been addressed to the Federal Government. The noble marquis said ho felt the subject of such importance as to bring it under the notice of Parlia ment, and he did not think a graver offence against enter national law could be committed than the endeavour of a foreign country to enlist solders for its army in the terri tories of ono with which it desired to be at peace. The offence at one time was considered so great that ft was punishable with death, and he found in 1749 three men were actually executed for the com mission of the crime, and it was not until 1819 that the act was abolished. It was a notorious fact that recruit ing had been going on in Ireland for the Federal Govern ment for the last two years, and es far as he knew no steps had been taken to atop the illegal proceeding. He hold it to be a disgrace to the country such a state of things should be permitted. (Hear, hear, from the Oppo sition.) There was no doubt the Irish Government know what was going on, and it was not to be supposed that the Irish Government had not reported the fact to the Go vernment on this side of the water. The only conclusion that could be drawn from the statistics published by the Emigration Committee was that numbers of the able bodied young men emigrating to America were intended for the Federallarmy. lie would give their lordships one instance, which he thought would illustrate the manner in which the system was worked. An Irishman arrived in Galway, and put about that he wished to secure the services of A number of young men for a contractor in America. He (the Marquis of Clanricarde) took such steps with regard to the person that when found, although he had set out under the pretence that ho wished to secure the services of 2,000 men, he had barely sufficient to pay his own expenses. He told him his opinion of the matter, and instead of referring him to any subject of her Majesty, the person re ferred him to the American consul at either Liverpool or Dublin, who would testify he was a person of solvent cir cumstances, and quite able to carry out all he proposed to do Why, it was perfectly clear that the object this person had in view was neither more nor loss than to secure the services of young men for the American army. The noble lord then referred to the case of the six men who had been enlisted in Cork Harbour for the Federal frigate Kersage. These mon were in the most paltry man ner prosecuted for offenccs,instead of any eteps being taken to remonstrate against such proceedings on the part of the American Government. (Hear, hear.) That ho consi dered was the proper course for her Majesty's Government, yet, instead of doing that, they preferred to press heav►ly upon the six poor men. Ho considered the neu trality of this country had been most partial, and not at all in consonance with the honour and dignity of the country. The noble marquis concluded his observations by repeating his question. Earl RUSSELL said ho did not think it necessary to refer to, or discuss many of the subjects brought forward by the noble lord. He admitted that such an offence as the noble lord had described was undoubtedly a breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act, and that it was the duty of the Government to take steps to put a stop to such proceedings. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening, The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. POOR-LAW STATUTES. Mr. HIBBERT asked the President of the Poor•law Board whether, with a view to simplify and render more easy of reference the very numerous statutes relating; to the relief of the poor, any effort is being made by the Poor Law Board to procure the consolidation of such statutes. Mr. VILLIERS said that the Poor Law Board had no intextion of taking any steps on the direction which the hon. member referred. THE BARK SCIENCE. Mr. HASSARD asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if it was true that, upon the last day ap pointed for the adjudication at New Orleans upon the case of the bark Science, seized at Matamoros, viz., the 23d of January last, no appearance was made on the part of the captors, nor was any future day appointed for the hearing of the case; and, in the event of these facts being true, if her Majesty's Government would demand the immediate elesee of said vessel ? Mr. LAYARD said that the Government was not in possession of any information on the subject. MR. WHITWORTH'S GUNS. In reply to Mr. GREGOUY, Mr. C. FORTESCUE said that Mr. Whitworth had not, supplied guns of an adequate calibre to enable the Govern ment to test them effectually. DESPATCHES ON DANISII AFFAIRS. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether there is not in the papers on Danish affairs a despatch from himself to Sir A. Paget, of date of the 30th November, 1863, to which an answer is returned by Sir A. Paget from Copenhagen, dated the Ist December, 1863, and how he accounts for so rapid an answer if the transmission of the first despatch was not by telegraph. Mr. LAYARD said that as it was impossible to travel from London to Copenhagen in 24 hours, the communica tion referred to must have been made by the medium of the telegraph. THE EASTER RECESS. In reply to Mr. MILLS, Lord ISALMERSTO N said the adjournment of the house for the Easter recess would be regulated by the state of business. (Laughter.) THE CRAWLEY COURT MARTIAL. Lord lIOTHAM gave notice that on a future he would draw the attention of the house to this subject. RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION BILL. Sir J. FERGUSSON asked the President of the Board of Trade whether ho would postpone the second reading of the Railways Construction Bill and Railways Facilities 13111 for one week. Mr. M. GIBSON answered in the affirmative. CIVIL SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. _ _ Mr. MARSH drew the attention of the house to the fact that the civil and miscellaneous estimates had been for many years increasing, and contended that they ought, with a due regard to economy, to be reduced. He ridiculed the idea of paying an increased amount for the support of our convict population, when the circumstances of the country were improved. Labour being more abundant and more adequately remunerated, the temptations to crime were diminished. Mr. F. PEEL then rose, and was LLEFT SPEAKING.] LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. At the Court at Windsor, the Ist day of March, 1864. Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint Thomas Thorueycrott, of Tottenhall Wood, Wolverhamp ton, Esquire, to be Sheriff of the County of Stafford, in the room of George Briscoe, of Elmhurst Ilall, Lichfield, Esquire; and Boscawen Trevor Griffith, at Trevalyn Hall, Wrkahatu, Esq., to be Sheriff of the County of Denbigh, in the room of John Lloyd Wynne, of Coedcoch, Abergele, Esquik o. FOREIGN OFFICE, Fun. 2J. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edmond do Lays as Consul at Edinburgh fur his Majesty the Em peror of the French. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. G. Harris as Consul at Brisbane for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The '4ueen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Geo. Newenhank Harvey as Vice-Consul at cork for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 29. MEMBERS 113ITIMNSD TO SERVE IN THR rIiESENT PAR LIAMENT. County of Dorset—John Floyer, of West Stafford, in the said county, Esq., in the room of Henry Ker Seymer, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Hempholme. CWAit OFFICE, PALL MALL, MARCH 1. Ist Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet Charted Rainier Jones, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Robert Burlton Bennett, transferred to 7th Hussars. 2d Dragoons—Captain Townley Patten Humo Marartney Filgate, from 18th Hussars, to be Gaptain, vice S te wart, who exchanges. 6th Dragoons—Major Theodore Wirgroan, from half 6th Unattached, to 'Do Major, vioe John Edward Swiudley, who retires upon half-pay. 7th liussara—Cornot Jelin Robert Barna Bennett, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice William For fescue Armstrong, who retires. ISth Husears—Lieut. Harold Esdaile Malet to be Captain, by purchase, vice George Harmer Pering, who retires— Captain Joh n Lorn Stewart, from 2d Draooons, to be Captain, vice Fi'gate, who exchanges—Cornet 1. rederic Louis Brandreth to be LiPutenant, by purchase, vice Malet—Gentleman Cadet Robert Stevenson, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brandr,,t h. 19th Hussars—Henry Octavitie Currie, Gent., late Lieu tenant in her Majesty's Indian Forces, to be Paymaster. 2lst Hussars—James Clarke Hicks, Esq„ late Captain 18th Hussars, to be Paymaster. Royal Artillery—Second Captain Frederick Cockburn Griffin to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Richard King Freeth, removed to the Supernumerary List; Second Captain John Henry Peile to bo Captain, vice Henry Mercer, died of wounds received in action; Lieutenant George Murray Lyon Campbell, to be Second Captain. vice Griffin ; Lieutenant George Edwin Maule to ho Second Captain, vice Pelle; Gentleman Cadet John Mit chell Salmend to be Lieutenant, vice Campbell ; Gentle man Cadet Henry Samuel Spitler Watkin to be Lieu tenant, vice Mania. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieut.- Colonel and Brevet- Colonel William Charles Hadden to be Colonel, vice Nelson, retired on full pay—Captain and Brevet-Major Millington Henry Synge to be Lieuto.Colonel, vice , Brevet-Colonel Haddon—Second Captain Edmund Fre derick Du Cane, en the Seconded List, to be Captain— Second Captain William Craftsman to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Synge—Lieutenant Edward Mitchell to be Second Captain, vice Crossman—Gentleman Cadet John Lawrence Macpherson to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Mitchell. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis Roach Gubbins to bo Captain, by purchase, vice John Leslie Toke, who retires—Ensign Charles Fairbanks Lawson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Gubbins—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Thomas Mudge, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lawson. sth Foot—Lieutenant Charles Langford Oliver, from the 102 d Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Beasley, who ex changes. 7th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Prescod Holmes, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Charles Tayleur , who retires. Bth Foot—Captain Angus William Hall, from Adjutant of a Depot Battalion, to be Captain, vice John M'Queen, appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion. 11th Foot—Lieutenant Christopher Samuel Bailey, from 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Boyce, who exchanges. 15th Foot—Captain Andrew John Cowper tolbe Major, by purchase, vice Williaru Cairnea Armstrong, who retires —Captain William Wood, from 74th Foot, to be Cap tain, vice Low, who exchanges—Lieutenant Francis Ironeide Rawlins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cowper —Ensign Henry John Lancaster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rawlins—Ensign Arthur Fishe, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lancaster. th Foot—Lieutenant John Boyce, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bailey, who exchanges. th Foot—Ensign Henry Gordon Heath to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant John Wily, who has re signed the appointment. th Foot—Lieutenant George Douglas Harris to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Edward Robert Ward Bayley, who retires—Ensign Henry Stokes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harris—Gentleman Cadet John Francis James Miller, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stokes. th Feet—Ensign Francis Edward Carleton to bo Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice . Charles Bassett Lewis, who re tires—Gentleman Cadet Henry Hartley Prior, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carleton. 31st Foot—Ensign Richard Horatio Townsend to be In structor of Musketry, vice Captain George Nicholson Pepper, who resigns the appointment. 34th k oot—Captain Irving Francis Kennedy, from half pay, late 41st Foot, to be Captain, vice Julius Dyson Laurie, seconded on appointment as District Inspector of Musketry. 37th Foot—Ensign Russell Skinner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Michael Andrews Borthwick, who retires —Gentleman Cadet Edward Jodrell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skinner. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Frank Grieve to be Adjutant, vice Ensign John Dwyer, who resigns the appointment— Ensign John Dwyer to be Lieutenant, without pur chase. 60th Foot—Major Randal Joseph Feilden to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Webbe Butler, who retires—Captain Henry Edward Warren to be Major, by purchase, vice Fielden—Lieutenant Edward Campbell Ainslie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Warren—Ensign Charles Louis Constantine de itobeck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ainslie—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Ambrose Worewick, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, ley purchase, vice do Itobock, 67th Foot—Lieutenant George Thomson to he Captain, without purchase, vice Edward Cozen, deceased—En sign William Mascall Kenrick to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Thomson—Gentleman Cadet Charles Christian Pearson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur Fishe, transferred to 15th Foot. 74th Foot—Captain John Low, from 15th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wood, who exchanges. 79th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Angus from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur Lenon, who retires. 82d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Mangin Waters to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Niven, who resigns. 100th Foot—Ensign Bethel Martin Dawes to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Reginald Blewitt Dowling, who retiree —Ensign Alexander Webster M'Kenzie, from 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Joseph Dooley, who retires on temporary halt pay—Gentleman Cadet John Hart from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Dawes. 101st Foot—Lieutenant John Campbell Partridge to bo Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Henry Howard Chapman, killed in action. 1024 Foot—Lieutenant George Todderick Beasley, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Oliver, who ex changes. 104th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Campbell Richardson to be Paymaster. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Charles Edward Buckley to be Captain, wtthout purchase, vice Frederic Carl Playne, deceased. 4th West India Regiment—Captain Meyrick William Bid well Edwardes has been permitted to retire from the ser vice by the sale of his commission. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Major Oliver Barker D'Arcy has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission; Captain and Brevet-Major Froderich Campbell has been permitted to retire frotn the service by the sale o 1 his commission. DErOT BATTALlONS.—Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. Gil bert Elliot, from half pay, late Rifle Brigade, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Frederick Green Wilkinson, who retires upon temporary half pay—Capt. John M'Clucon, from Bth Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Captain Angus William Ilall, transferred to the Bth Foot. PURVEYORS' DEPARTMENT.—Purveyor's Clerk Frede rick William Page to be Deputy Purveyor, vice George Ward, deceased—Purveyor.s Clerk Robert Duport to be Deputy Purveyor, vice Thomas Rogers Vioary, deceased. BREVET. Colonel Richard John Nelson, retired fall-pay, Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only. Major and Brevet Lieutanant-Colonel Robert Carey, C. 8., 11. P., 40th Foot, Deputy Adjutant-General, New Zealand, to be Colonel. Captain and Brevet Major John Carstairs 107th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. TO BE MAJORS. Captains John Inman, 18th Foot—James Tarrant Ring, 18th Foot—Arthur Saltmarshe 70th Foot—Geo. Richards Greaves, 70th Foot—William Henry Gresson. 65th Foot-- William Aldersey James Shortt, 67th Foot--Hickman Rosa Russell, 67th Foot, and Second Captain Edward Thomas Brooke, Royal Engineers. The undermentioned Officers having completed the qua lifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, October , , 1858, to bo Colonels : Lieutenant-Colonel William James Loftus, half-pay, late 38th Foot. Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Horace William Montagu, Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Wilson Austen, 14th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bird, Military Train, The following promotion to take plane in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, oonaequent on the death of Major- General Robert Thorpe, Madras Infantry, on January 17, 1864:—Colonel William Couporus Macleod, Madras In fantry, to be Major. General. The undermentioned officers who have retired upon full pay to have a step of ordinary rank as follows : Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Stephenson • Finday, Madras Infantry, to be Colonel. Major William Frederick Newton Wallace, Bengal In fantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain William Robert Wallace, Bengal Infantry, to its Major. FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALP-PAST 7 o'CLocri. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial Im portance in the tiatette : Thomas Springbett, licensed 'victualler, Stoke Newington John L. Armstrong, fishmonger, Mount-street, Grosve nor-square. John Bland, gardener, Durham John Thornton, greengrocer, Bradford John Thomas Milner, painter, Sheffield Wm. Cornish, grocer, Liverpool Geo. Barnes, corn dealer, Macclesfield Wm. Heat+, grooer, Salford John Wheatcroft, surgeon, Cannock, Staffordshire • Thomas Nash, builder, Stourbridge Thomas Bate, hatter, Birmingham John Cullen, corn dealer, Lincoln Joseph Williams, grocer, Liverpool Robert Williams, farmer, Flint R liapsde obert ruit commiesion agent, Soimhne°lln D , baupertoipronieeeto, io r,rllairfjg: c!wentoadiroad J n i a on-terrace, Robert Salmon, brush tnauutsoturvr , St. John's Wood George Messenger, oorn dealer, i rth ßommt-road, I s li ng t on Alfred Watton, clerk, ra • Jos ph Carpenter, wheelw right., l ' vr i a r h i gt:l°l Bedfordshire t ~o rdeb Middlesex ir James Meager, wim e Alexander M`Lauchlan, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne James Cornish, miller, Stiteka is John Gamma, publican., Durham John Yates, shoemaker, Whitechael-road p tii ,rri e i nrer, 80lt -court, Fl ee t. s t ree t =Ac publisher, id Haveratock-hill li Geo ow rg ar e d T l , N o ' u . Anne Marie Barker and Alfred Barker, metal dealers, Birmingham J o h n Hurlbut, miller, Leicester George Bidgood, builder, Glastonbury, Somorgetshire James Peters, lath render, Exeter G e orge Ppm, cooper, Stratford-upon-Avon John Heater, millwright, Wooburn, Buckinghamshireßuckinghamshi re William R. LKWOR, carpenter, Wycombe Marsh, Buck irgharnsbire William Itarrigon, bookseller, Burglar. Staffordshire Robert Lundy, farmer, Newton Dale, Yorkshire Frederick Edward Rountree, publican, Hackney - road James Simmons Matthews, coal merchant, Newington green Joseph Stafford Frearson, butcher, Islington _ BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Rev, Aaron Roberts, Newehurob, Carmarthershire Aa important and interesting statistical return, showing the trade of the port of Swansea for the year 1863, us compared with that of 1862, has just been issued by the trustees of the harbour. These returns aro divisible into three general heads—viz., vessels windbound and arriving in ballast; secondly, the general imports; and thirdly, the genusd ex ports of the port. Under the first general head we find that the number of windhourtd vessels which entered the port last year was 72, with a registered tonnage of 6,176, as ogainst 97 vessels, of 8,304 tons the previous year. The vessels arriving in ballast last year were 2,261, of a register tonnage of 302,765, while for the year 1862, 2,611 ships,of 3:11,221 tons, arrived, thus showing a falling cff during the past year of nearly 30,000 tons as compared with that of 1862. The falling off in vessels entering the port in ballast is attributable to the very high rates charged as compared with Cardiff. On the first day of the present year, however, a very large re daction of ballast rates came into operation, which has already made a very material difference in the trade of the port in this depa r t men t, a nd will pro bably induce a still larger number of vessels to come to the port in ballast to load with coal, iron, and other staple production of the district. Under the second heading that of imports—there has been a large increase, with the exception of copper, copper ores and regulue, silver ores, &c. The tot. al imports for the past year were 405,300. tons, an 1 for the year 1862 369,700, being an increase in: favour of 1863 of 35,600 tons. Of the total quan tity of goods imported, copper and copper ore, and. regains, silver, ores, &c., amounted to no less than 187,000 tons, the total quantity of timber amounted to 36,000 tons, against 20,400 tons during 1862 ; flour, grains, potatoes, &c., 19,300 tone, as against 13,100 tons in 1862; sundries, 126,800 tons in 1863, and 132,600 tons in 1862. Of the imports, there were 285,000 tons imported coastwise daring the year 1863, as against 273,800 in 1862 ; from the European States 44,600 tons in 1863, as avainst 72,400 in 1862. Under the third general hoad— that of exports—we find that total quantity of coal and patent fuel exported in the year 1863 amounted to 783,000 tons, against 817,000 tons in 186'2 ; cop per, copper ores, regains, silver and zinc ores, 47,000 tons, against 29,300 tons in 1862 ; tin plates 15,900 tons in 1863, as against 12,200 tons in 1862 ; sundries, 47,800 tons in 1863 against 43,900 in 1862—the total exports in 1863 being : 9os,7oo, and in 1862 914,000, being a decrease upon the past year of 1,300 tons ; but as the decrease in tho export of coal and patent fuel was no less than 33,300 tons, there was an increase in the general trade of the port of no less than 25,000 as com pared with 1862. Of the exports we find that there were 362,900 tons sent coastwise, 407,300 to European ports ; and 135,500 tons to foreign ports during the year 1863.1 'SEA. Volcanic Islands. Since the 28th of Jun; 1831. an island, succes sively graced with the names of Ferdinand, Graham, Hotham, Nerita, and Julie., has several times ap peared and disappeared off Palermo, and is now on the point of getting above water again. There is no doubt that this curious phenomenon is attribut able to volcanic agency ; nor is this the only instance of the kind on record. In the neighbourhood of the Philippine Islands, and on other points of the Chinese waters, small islands occasionally rise and make their exit again without attracting much no tice. Of this the Pattie relates the following curious instance :—" A German skipper, Capt. Hilmacher, who had passed many years of his life in those parte, and knew every shoal and sandbank within 100 miles of the Chinese coast, suddenly, about 20 years ago, discovered an island which be was per fectly certain did not exist on that spot before. Ho took his soundings, determined the latitude and lon gitude, sailed round it, and found that it was from 12 to 13 miles in length and breadth. There were several springs of fresh water in it, and it consisted of the richest pasture-ground imaginable. Captain Hilmacher instantly re turned to Europe, recruited a number of German emigrants, bought all kinds of seeds, agricultural implements, poultry, and cattle, setygUt again for this new El Dorado, and in a c ou pl e o f years t h ere might be seen on the desert island a flout ishing village, fields waving with coro 4 meadows peopled with oxen, goats, end sheep; everything in short that might constitute a thrivir,g colony. This happy state of things lasted about tiveyeare,when a British merchant vessel unexpectedly made its appearance. The captain and crew expressed their astonishment at finding a European community in such an out of•the•way place, entered into amicable intercourse with the colonists, and gave them a quantity of brandy in exchange for their produce. This unfor tunate circumstance proved the ruin of the colony ; drunkenness grew into a habit, insubordination was the consequence, and one fine day poor Capt. Hill macher, who had hitherto ruled hie little kingdom with great wisdom, was obliged to make his escape in a boat to avoid being mnrdered. He succeeded in reaching a vessel, which took him home again. There he easily obtained the command of a ship, which he took care to provide with plenty of arms, for the purpose of punishing his unruly subjects and make them repent of their ingratitude. He set but on arriving within the latitude where his ielend had once existed he was astonished to find the place empty; not a vestige of land was to be seen ; the island had gone as it had come. Had the catas- trophe occurred so suddenly as to preclude all pos sibility of -nape? This is what Capt. liilLmacher never learnt."—Gailynam. `POISONING BY ABSonPTION.—On Saturday Mr. B. T., Grose, one of the coroners for Suffolk, con cluded an inquiry into the death of a child named Boatman, the daughter of a small fanner at Wissott, near Haletworth. The case presenting remarkable features, the coroner ap plied to the Home Secretary to enable Professor Taylor to make a more than ordinarily careful and costly analysis. The circumstances are briefly as follows :—The deceased was aged nine years, and lived with her father and stepmother at a small farm house in a lonely situation. The child was taken ill, gradually got worse, and died soon after a medical man was called in. The surgeon (Mr. froward), feeling sa tisfied the child died from poison, refused to certify the cause of death. An inquest was accordingly hold, and when the jury viewed the body the scalp of the head was found to bo in a shocking state fron t ringworm , i a n di I. °°vered Powder w l i tn th l v a erm lit i t n le . p The stepmother said that about tan days before th e d eath of the child she applied some prec poison in the shape of an ointment to the head to kill the saft.oGrmuya,reouthoesrp, i t ta w i, as felt important vermin. The coroner ordered APoet-mortem examination, and the appearance of the Intestines and stomach pointing e i r n t s h o eehtld died from arsenical poison, and t to o arsenical po i son if so, how i t Was ad ministered. The visc e ra were accordingly sent to Professor Tay lor, inan stated and that gentle st the inquest on Saturday that the child died wh ot h from arsenic applied externally and absorbed into thesystem. The co ndition . of the vi scera, i n their appearances, in the nature of the ir contents, and in the minute imponderable lua ntity of arsenic present in the m , was no t cons i s t en t w ith the supposition that arsenic had been given in a solid form. or In a liquid form by the mouth, but it was quite consishmt with the absorption of the poison through the shin of the scalp and its subsequent diffusion by the blood. The scalp of the deceased was found to contain a larer,e quantity of arsenic associated with a quantity of merc'try (white pre cipitate) which had been applied as above stated in the loran of an ointment. The jury returned a t,erdict to the eff,et that the deceased died from the mettles of an ointment con taining arsenic applied to her head b y M rs . B oa t ma n, she being ignorant of the censequeu cos, and intending morctY to heal disease of the scalp; at the seine time the jury de sired the coroner to express to Boatman and his wife their sense of the neglect and gt. treatment of the deceased. DIOCBBS OF SALIABURY.—On the 27th of .Peb. instituted to the irstu t nbency of Liam, mu the Rev. CtArlee Sumner Border, M.A. , was W'ilie, by th e Bisho p of Salisbury, or. th e p rese ntation of the Bishop of Win chester. The, Rectory of Fisherton Anger , Salisbury, haft just becomes vacant by the decease of the liuv. George of whom the Lord Henry Do Starch, wile has held it for a period of 27 years. The livitig is in the gift of trustees, L i2 AC ,4 E 2 . 4_. Tho £ B 3 i o sl2 o a;,: c o r f an C n a u r m lis , le is one, anti is worth between £2OO and REFILESIIDIEN W T i St hArcT Bri dir:e o C f ;it P: r B e PT f ti r Al e tia' ll t h i (; 111 : 0 11 tti a t the contract for the supply Crystal Palace, which during the last three years h as b een held by Mr. Frederick Strange, yesterday passed into the hands of Messrs. Bernina and Roberts. Mr. Bertram was formerly on the staf f of Mr. SAwyer, of the London, in Fleet-street, (luting his joint occup anc y o f th e re freshment department of the Crystal Palace some years since with Mr. Strange, and he su - osequently filled the important pest of manager for Mr. F. E. Morrish at the Itaternatier.tal Exhibition of 1862. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. The Chwila announces that the military school of cadets, which was some years ago transferred from Moscow to Wilna by order of the Emperor Alex ander, and organised in the latter city at an enor mous expense, has been suppressed by General Mouravieff, on suspicion of the inmates entertaining feelings in favour of the Polish revolution. FOR