The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-14 00:00:00

Ai( Y SF Ai i; ilwayv. wol., and Str. Vat wythe and Tyne. ;loot.,Sleat.,andlnidAA, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn v. , 11 I 8 8i 86 68 115} 115 61 7i 1 70 4, (A gets no „iv Do tUllfpe.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. G 1 asg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. et k , Ditto A stock 41 13 13 14 FOl 105 107 45,E VI 42 44 24 25 Ditto East An,glian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do Bdo 128 129 133 131 136 138 Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # 5hare5........ Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning:. & Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do. f shares Mid Kent 104 CO5 671. (71 1101 110] 72 73 118 119 18 89 971 68 1024 103 i 414 42 9i Of [VI 1291 1 1p 07 99 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire 53 531 251 261 100 100, 57 58 891 891 128 130 108 10 1 PI 16 161 1 It 11 118 120 47i 48i 104 106 IN. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpooi !Shropshire Union South Devon ;South Eastern 47 49 33* 34* 59 594 (84 594 100 103 7 8 39 40 10 10 7 1 7 ! to 148 150 21 Sz p 55* no* 26 :14 p *d * p 87 90 140 145 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun j Staines, Wok. , an d Wok. Stockton & Darlington I Do __ Do New, 1860_, Taff Vale: I Do 8... Do C (Ulster D Bo o : Vale of Neath jVictoria sta. and Pim IWaterford & Kilkenny , West Cornwall 29 31 Vv. Hartlepool Har. &R. , West Midland Oxtord Do Newport Do Hereford SHARE MARKETS—This Day. eaid I Closing ; Busines Price. I 1101,1"; 42 44 35 37 94 26 BRITISH P The chairman, in moving the adoptio❑ of the report, reviewed the operations of the Bank, which he described to be satisfactorily progressive, as evidenced by the large increase in the assets. He alluded to the numerous additions that were being made to the number of joint-stock banks, which fact, he averred, necessitated on the part of the executive a greater degree of caution in the ad ministration of their affairs. The directors had contributed £l,00') to the relief fund for the Lan cashire distress, which gift had been induced not so much as an act of charity as of sympathy for the poor operatives in their hour of tribulation. The resolution for the adoption of the report, &c., was carried by acclamation, and a vote of thanks was also rendered to the directors. There is no alteration to report in the English Stock Market to-day, Consols being 921 for transfer, and 921 I for the account, or about the same as they closed at yesterday afternoon. Speculation is dull, and affairs present a heavy appearance, owing to the unsettled state of the Money-market and the general impression that the rate of discount will be advanced tomorrow. The New Threes have de clined to 92,1 s k, and the Reduc , dto 921 ; Bank Stock has improved to 237; and Red Sea Telegraph Annuities have been dealt in at 21 15.16; India Stock has receded to 226, and the 5 per Cent. ditto remains at 1081 y ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firm at 106 1; and the Debentures are marked 10041 ; India Bonds are depressed at 265.; and Exchequer Bills are 12s. and 16s. prem. Very few transactions have been reported in the Foreign Securities, and prices show no material change. Egyptian are 951 ; Greek, 161; ditto Coupons 68; Mexican, 31k ; New Grenada 2 per Cents., 281; ditto ex all, 12;1 ; Portuguese New Loan, 471. Russian ditto has improved to 96/ ; Spanish Passive, 24/ a ; ditto Certificates, 91-; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, 671 4 ; Italian, 691 2 ; and Venezuelan New Scrip, 11 dis. The operations in the Railway Share Market are limited, and principally connected with the arrange ments for the settlement. Prices generally remained steady. Great Northerns, North-Westerns, and South-Westerns improved ss. ; while Great Wes terns and North•Easterns declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines were dull and in some instances were a shade flatter. Great Luxem bourg brought 14,1; San Paulo at 23! e ; East Indian 1071 108; and Great Indian Peninsula 1061; and Grand Trunk of Canada 211 22. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares exhibited no material alteration in values. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 237 2 per Cent. Reduced Annuities _Ter Cent. Consols Annuities 921 / New 3 per Cent. An nu iti es Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 1-16 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l 15.16 2 India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent lO5l / 1 Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 96 Ditto 5 per Centlo6/ Ditto 5} per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 1001 1 D , Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account, Feb. 5 921 1 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent l3 12 16 Ditto £500 Ditto Small l6 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Egpptian 7 pet Cent 951 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms l6/ 1 i Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent - Ditto Account 3ll New Granada 2 per Cent 2Bl 7/ Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 128 1 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St -- Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 91 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1832 Ditto Account. Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cents., 1862 (Scrip), £53 pd 11 die Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Es. 25f 691 A Ditto Acc0unt........, 691 9 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. LANCASHIRE RELIEF FUND. An amateur performance was given at the above rooms last evening, under the direction of Messrs. Alfred Abraham, Clarence Courtauld, Nettlefold, Hickson, and John and Edward Warren, as the first of a series in aid of the Lancashire Relief Fund. The entertainment consisted of the farces of the " Blighted Being" and the "Bonny Fish Wife," and Mr. Byron's burlesque of " Aladdin." We have rarely seen a performance of the kind which exhibited more talent. The acting of the Burlesque, especially, was quite up to high water mark. Mr. Simpson, in the Widow Twanke ; Mr. C. Hickson, in Aladdin ; and Mr. Alfred Abraham, in Prince Pekoe, were clever enough to have commanded an engagement at the Stra- d. - - - A NEGRO'S OPINION OF THE WAR.—The negroes have a curious idea of this war. I met a very intel ligent ones few days ago, I said to him, " Well, Downing, what is your opinion about this war, and what will be the result " Well, I tell you what I tinks about it. I fink it be berry much like a cu"e I hear of for the toothache." " What is that ?" " You must jist take cold water in yer rnouf, and sit on a red• hot stove till de water boil in de mouf, and dat will cure de toothache. I tink the cure is debblish site worse dela de disease." S'W,SSIONS. 11... £2,982 17 9 1 Closin, .nd- Share gailways Patd.i Price. Business dont ting due 100 Atlantic &St Lawrenct all 67 69 s 011 etlr c in Bo Gu. 5 per cent..,Baroda&.Cent Inc, 100 105 106 106 ( .... 67,239 3 1 20 Do. New 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 54 54 £70,222 010 10 Do. Preference .... . all 71 84 adoption of the Bufralo,BranteGodriCil it , 77 so the Bank, which t t o m e i '61)141. ct. d b o d . 8" Aug.t ltl l I,' rig. Mt , 71 76 7 io progressive, as tost: c l lie . atta fi . ° a: S . i' l , a u S i t i ; . 2 r . 1 I' ‘1 10 0 0 n 17 3 4 1 7 0 g n the assets. He stocket , ( F . , , 'ape'rown & Dock Scrii 100 118 i (gi 1 that were being stock E'as st t n itt ß d e l n ar, l ;'u 'u :s s p l) ..e c . 1 1? - o c' , 101 Il 1074 874 )ck banks, which 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 1 lAp 20 Do. do. H do. 2 4 ip the part of the stock Grand Trunk of Canads Int 214 224 214 2 Lation in the ad- 1000 8 0 0 . . 6 2ci pe llr e er t 6 per .Pr c et- t . .. a * al l 6 all 75 7 6g 77 7 he directors had 100 Do. 6 per Ct. Debentr. all 34 36 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all 48 52 'und for the Lan- 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 34 36 been induced not 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 34 26 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1054 1061' 1065 4 sympathy for the 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 I If p tribulation. The sto 2o ck GPL j urorl y n ' di cB6 ( t i;ii . 4 1 Jip 104 106 105 report, BLc., was 204 G na y ..ra o n t t a e n d a s d p a l'a r T „ . lc 0 all 124 124 121 'te of thanks was 20 Do. New 100 ,Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 98 100 100 i Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 91 93 10 ;Indian Branch Limited Z 5 4p 2i stock !Madras guar., sp.a. .. 100 1034 lul4 1044 35 Two o'CLooK. stock I Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 98 10 tin the English 8 2 13 k 1 1; c o.. 4 Fifth Extension. " 2 "4 6 95 921 for transfer, stock Melb.Cort, ap. o. Bnci-. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 3at the same as 100 I Do. 7p. c. dlortg. Bds. alt . Speculation is 20 r‘Te CTa ß se a l is C w a l p e g 6 l C STi n a li rC all 3 5 20 1 41,1% ., B Capital do. .. alt 3 5 ?pearance, owing d pc lst pi bds 100 83 65 , '-market and the stock Scinde _......... (100 1055 1064 108 discount will be st flit. Delhi . • 1 ) tg • too 1035 tip rhrees have de- 20 Do. Punjaub tA 4 t c i 15 1 1 p I, to 922- 7 -• Bank it, B ) t ek go o. . I p ti o dusi..iii . o ) 'l'4 11401' 104 105 .. _ 4, s, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEt, Lan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July, 1877-S1 ....i 100 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & A u2*.l 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sent. 100 Do. sp. e. Jan.&July. 10 , Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c. 1873 100 Do.Ap dz Oct 1880, 100 Do. 1890 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c 100 N.l.i.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G or. 5 p C., 18061 100 Do. 5 p. e.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1858 & upwds 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus G1ip.c.1876.& up Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July „ n.c. kn.cto,t, 105 106 'lO6 108 106 Ir•S 16 97 05 07 ioi 110 , 111 113 112 114 111 113 1041 ICsal 99} ICOt 99} ICO4 99 99.) 109 111 'CO 100 100 100 100 113 12} 011 110 [O5 106 1) 114 09 111 [O7 109 [lO 110 i 1101 nok peabu barous inter- ife, the )3 , cli ied be which sngues othing it is a .sh, to I twice esionere )ersons, nt mode Formant iware is I nature Le great ip tim- At pre.- lie shot/ in. It ,:netrat. )owed to f bullet nfantry .oved * ion of 6 ie ball. that if sistanee by the ,r steel. !d by au ould not u short, be cased them armour sea, and . a short y, and i t one weep fitter was shortly plating Tow the A some how far a then. y freely Monday adopted incore7 : baronet WAY. --° tartirg L mmer" ructiorir m by ll ' stimatea rday' $ t Ira• WS. I year °, to ber 0 seiZea gulSbe d GuY's are 0 0° ;e-roads Claivero inque° t h a t the )tion of revioilf Is, ana to suP' to the Anson' )rtun e r )re tile. MAri e T eX i i ie .ositeut wort.. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 'nue is a very active dem=and for money to-day, and some pressure is felt at the Bank of England, as well as in the open market, An advt,nce in the minimum is expected to-morrow. Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. cheaper in London than in Paris, and about 2-10ths per cent. dearer here than in Hamburg. The Etna, from New York, has brought £67,000 in specie. No material change was reported in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The half year's interest is announced for pay ment on the shares of the Turin and Savona Rail- Way, The twenty-ninth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Union Bank of London took place to-day, Mr. P. N. Laurie, presiding. The follow ing report and balance was submitted to the share holders by the directors : The Directors have the pleasure to report that the net pro fits for the six months ending 31st December last, after pay ment of a 1 charges (including the sum of £19,091 14s. sd. for interest paid and due to customers on their Current and Deposit Accounts), and making ample pruvision for all bad and doubtful debts, amount to £67,239 3s. ld., which, with the sum of £2,982 17s. 9d., brought forward from the 30th June last, make together £70,'42 Os. 10d. The Directors now declare a dividend of 15s. per share, clear of Income-tax, f r the six months ending 31st December last. After payment as above, amounting to £45,000, there will rzmain a balance of £25,222 Os. 10d. for appropriation at the end of the financial year in July next. GENERAL BALANCE. LIABILITIES. Paid-up capital of the bank £720,000 0 0 Due by the bank on current accounts, deposit receipts (including interest accrued), and ther obligations Reserved k und, invested in Consols, as per Contra Rebate on bills not due Balance at credit of profit and loss £13,731,283 6 4 ASSETS. ash in the bank Li 1,370 6 11 Cash in Bank of England 514,713 5 0 Cash lent at call £2,101,083 11 11 liivestments in Government Stock, Exche quer Bills, Debentures, &c. £53,727 6s. Bd. Consols (taken at 93) Reserved Fund . 50,000 0 0 Bank premises, consisting of freehold build ings in Princes-street, Mansion- house street, Argyll-place, and Fleet-street ; and lease and fixtures of go. 4, Pall-mall East 108,775 4 5 Moans, bills discounted, &c. £13,731,283 6 4 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Amount of dividend of 15s. per share £45,000 0 0 Balance, being undivided profit carried for ward to next halt -year 25,222 0 10 £70,222 0 10 Profit unappropriated on 30th June, 186? Amount of net profit for the half-year end ing 31st December, 162, after deducting all expenses, and interest paid and due (£49,091 14s. 5d.), allowed to customers on their current and deposit accounts .. 13.14 i. 4.0 19.1&4 12.10 RIUTISTI NIIN )Cambrian Consol. Gold iClitiord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk. Gs.m.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ; Great South Tolgus Wheal Vor (Holston Grenville Elerod's- Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Wargaret (tiny Lelant Tarke Valley.. Niyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs , ;.Wh'l Basset (111o 4 an north Wheal Crotty Par Consols (s,t. Blazey' Providence (Uny Lelnt. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard !West Seton ))Vheal Basset (Illogan? Wheal Buller(ltedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant, WhealLnd ott iv heal 11 ar yAnn (Men ) Wheal Seton ......... kv heal Tre is wney (Lis ) Wheal Union 3.0.0 7.19.0, 6.15. 4. . 7.0 2.0.6 ?, 1.3.0 191 2.4.9 1 1 10.0.; I 5.15. f. 18.1 -.9' 28.9. 474 54 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 58i 7 113 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Uuion 4 per cent. guaranteed, 85i London and Brighton, 5 per cent. tiva. Stock, No. 1, 118 PREFEYtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton ac., 4i percent., 1855, 10;1 LINES LEASED At' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 93 24 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gu4. 7 per cent., 21i Paris and Orleans, 434 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 23/ FOREIGN MINES. Fortuna (lira.), 4i United Mexican (11m.), 5 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia, 74 3 British North American, 51 Imperial Bank (Hm.), 10q Lonaon and Colonial (lira.), 41 3; London and County, 39 London Joint Stock, 36 Ottoman Bank, 63 I—Ditto, new, 7; MISCEL LANEOUS. Electric Telegraph, 99 Great Ship (lira.), 17i per cent. pref., ; London Gem ral Omnibus Company (lim.), lj Madras Irrigation and Canal, 3i National Discount Company, 8 Royal Mail Steam, 55 Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 51 THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—We are sorry to hear that our prison accommodation for military offenders establishments priso have deemed it h n y ec e e e s n s v ar e y rtin to g add the t l o ate th d e eh n te u rie mbaerndofthesebank rupts np,ritsoontheinusSeeoufthouwrasrokl,diberetctreirmkinnaors.nTahsiths conversione Queen' is Queen's courseof newui buildingpro posed 15at R 1863 ATTEMPTED WIFE edhill.—From the Wellington Gazette of J anuary MURDER A r T o u PLYMOUTH.- - h L t Y u M p O U o T: r .— e. Joseph Fennell w as on mand before the magist ra t e at Sdtoaybne the charge of attempting to murderhilir" Plymouth, on wife cutting her an, who is attributes throat while she was asleep in bed. Th e in a fair way of recover y , g ave her husband excellent character for kindness and attention to h er, n the outrage on herself to insanit y —an ex p lan ation ri w b h u i t c a t was sttongly borne out by the rambling incoherent tale the man told when called on for his defence. The prisoner was committed for trial. It has been decided for the future strictly to con fine the half-yearly competitive examinations for admissions to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, to the object for which they are intended; and henceforth none of the competitors will be regarded as qualified for commissions in the Line on account of the examination they may have undergone in endeavouring to obtain ad mission to the Royal Military Academy. The same rule will also apply to the competitive examinations for admis sion to the 1it;.,", 1 >I 4! tary Academy, Sandhurst —horse guards, Jan. 13. ) all i all 133/ 1101 724 I 118} 171 181 971 I 5 9 i a 161 i 84 8i THE SCN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MINTING, JANUARY 14, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BAIL COURT (Before air. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.) MERRITT V. SUMMERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, for the ac curacy of the amount he had paid for the maintenance and wearing apparel supplied to defendant's wife. The defen dant did not appear. Mrs. Simmons, the defendants' wife, said she was mar ried in 1855, in February, and remained with the defendant until December in the same year, when she was compelled to leave him through ill-treatment. She afterwards went back and remained with him till 1860. He continued his ill-usage till Dec. 8, when he returned home, and because she had not got in his supper-beer, he knocked her down, when she fell across the fender, which was broken. She was hurt very much, and as he said he should continue to beat her she went before Mr. Beadon to take out a summons. When she got home she found her husband had locked her out, and a constable went with her, but as she could not gain admission she went to her husband's brother's house, and ultimately she took out another summons in December. The defendant before the hearing came to where she was stopping, and agreed to give her 10s. a week, and he signed an agreement to that effect before the magistrate. The defendant kept the original and gave him a copy of it, which was to the effect stated. She received this money for a short time, when he reduced the sum to 55., ultimately he made it 3s. 6d. He paid that amount till within the last two months, Finding it impossible to maintain herself out of the allow ance she went to her father's house, when he made such advances as were actually necessary. Her husband was in the employ of Messrs. Burton, the ironmongers, and re ceived about £2 10s, a week. She had known him to earn £5 a week. William Merritt, tke plaintiff, said he had heard tho de fendant say he had earned as much as £3 a week. Mr. Smart, the manager of Messrs. Burton's, was called upon his subpoena, but did not appear. Mr. Justice Blackburn told the jury that it would be for them to say how much the defendant ought to allow his wife, as she could not be allowed to become destitute. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, at the rate of 10a. for 39 weeks, deducting the 3s. 6d. he had already paid. The Judge—Well, how much is that. Will any one do the figures. (Laughter.) Considerable amusement was excited in court by the different sums, the counsel, thejury, and other persons made the amount. The amount was, after some difficulty, ascertained to be £l2 14s. 6d. Execution was ordered within four days. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) POOLE V. PITT. This was a suit to propound the will of the deceased by his executor, the defendant. His Lordship asked whether the will was in Court? It was stated by the counsel for the petitioner that Mr. Holt, of Gloucester, declined to send the will by post, or to bring it himself, alleging the rules framed under the sta tute as his authority for refusing. The learned Judge said the mere refusing only affected the registrars in London, and had no reference to district registrars. Under the circumstances, as it was a misap prehension, he would allow the case to stand over. CONVOCATION--(This Day). This morning a peculiar st , p was made in reference to the meeting of convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury, which has not been rendered neces sary for many years. In consequence of the dea' hof the Archbishop of Canter. bury occurring as it did, the Convocation of the I rovince ceased ; and this morning a new writ was issued by the Crown to the new Archbishop, commanding the attendance of the bishops, deans, and clergy of his province (as repre sented by their proctors) to meet him in St, Paul's Cathe dral on Tuesday, the 10th of February. It appears that this step would not have been necessary had the death of the Archbishop occurred during the meet ing of Parliament, but Parliament being prorogued at the time of his grace's decease, the present form was absolutely necessary. With regard to York no writ has been issu?d, there being at present no Archbishop in the province. MARKETS—This Day. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 61X O'CLOCK. GERMANY. I In the last sitting of the Frankfort Diet M. de Sydow, the new Prussian Envoy, took his seat. The following persons were appointed as commissioners for the delibera tions which are to take place at Dresden, relative to the establishment of a general tax on shares in industrial un dertakings—Dr. S , ebenhaar for Saxony, Dr. Luder for Hanover, and Dr, Gwinner for Frankfort. Saxe-Alten burg declared that she was prepared to adopt the proposal of the committee relative to a uniform system of weights and measures. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. For the Two Thousand Guineas, 100 to 30 was offered on the field. 4to 1 was offered against Saccharometer, but 9to 2 would have been taken about him. For the Derby, 6 to 1 was declined about the favourite, but offers were made to take 100 to 15. The only horses we saw backed were Carnival, Early Purl, and the Glenochty colt. The prices quoted as taken at Tattersall's could have been readily obtained here against anything. 50 to 1 was cur rently offered against anything of John Scott's. Closing prices:— TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 30 agst Hospodar (offered) 4to 1 agst Saccharometer (offered) 100 to 8 bar two (offered) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord Clifden (offered) 10 to 1 aget Saccharometer (offered) 100 to 8 aget Hospodar (offered) 1000 to 45 apt Carnival (taken) 50 to 1 agst Early Purl (taken and offered) 66 to 1 apt Giles the First (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Glenochty colt (taken) WATERLOO COURSING CUP. 100 to 7 agst Mr Spinks' Nomination (offered) 100 to 6 agst Mr Blackstock's Nomination (offered) 100 to 5 agst Mr Ingleby's Nomination (offered) 100 to 4 agst Mr Gregson's Nomination (taken) 100 to 4 agst Mr Worrall's Nomination (offered) 30 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Nomination (offered) 30 to 1 agst Mr Bake's Somination (offered) 100 to 3 agst Mr Jardine's Nomination (taken) 100 to 3 agst Mr Campbell, sen.'s Nomination (t) 100 to 3 agst Mr Brundrett's Nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr Brocklebank's Nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr Clondesdale's Nomination (taken) HAINES V. GREY. This was an administration suit to enable the plaintiff, a widow and a minor, to administer to the estate of her hus band, an ironmaster, at Tipton, near Birmingham. The defendant is the daughter of the testator by a former mar riage. The amount of the estates was valued at £7,000. Dr. Spinks appeared for the plaintiff; Dr. Dean and Dr. Swaby for the defendants. Dr. Spinks said that the testator left his estate to his widow, who was a minor, with certain benefits to the chil dren of a former marriage. The contention was whether any of the circumstances of the case disentitled the widow to her rights. In the first place she was a minor, but that circumstance would not be held sufficient to dis• turb the practice. It was insinuated that immorality had taken place previous to the marriage, but that ceremony should be taken as condonation. Such an insinuation was an argument for costs against the defendant. Dr. Dean contended that the estate was of a nature to require supervision, which the widow would be supposed not to be able to give it. That it was much involved, and might be greatly depreciated, if not loeked after. The father of the widow was hardly the fittest person to have control. 1 here were contentious proceedings in Chancery which would decide some of the claims arising out of the case. His Lordship reserved his judgment. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Chief Justice Erle, and Justices Keating, Williams, and Willes.) HEMMING V. THEW. Mr. Powell moved for a rule in this action, which was tried last term, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff for X t 18, with leave to move to enter it for the defendant. It was an action brought by the endorser of a bill of ex change against the acceptor. The Court refused the application. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL FOR A MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A FEMALE EY A FOREIGNER.—Theodore Vincent, a Frenchman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following assault on a female named Annie Williams. Prosecutrix (who had received some severe injuries about the head and face) said—l have lived with the prisoner, who is a tailor, about six years. I went out about one o'clock this morning to see whether I could find him, and on my return home to 10, Hopkins-street, about two o'clock, he followed me into the room. He was tipsy, and as he had been out from 4 o'clock the previous day, I asked where he had been. He said with a lady over the water. I asked him why he had not remained there, when he blew out the candle, and struck me with his fist on the head, but there must have been something hard in his hand, as I have got a fearful cut on my head. He threw me down, and while I was on the ground I felt the blood running over my face, and I then called " Murder." Chief Clerk—When did he use these tongs (a pair pro duced) ? Prosecutrix—He struck me several times after the candle was blown out, but I can't say what with. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did those injuries on your face arise from any of his blows ? Prosecutrix—Yes, sir, all of them ; and it is not the first time he has assaulted me. Mr. Tyrwhitt—You don't know what he gave you the blows on the face with, do you? Proeecutrix—No, sir. Mr. Ty`rwhitt—Did the blood come from the wound on the top of your head or those on your face ? Prosecutrix—lt was not from those on my face. I went down to the street door, and called " Police" and "Mur der," and on two constables coming I gave the prisoner in charge. Prisoner—What did it all arise from ? Prosecutrix—you r drunkenness. James Weeks, 155 C, said—Hearing cries of "Police" and " Murder" this moi ning, I went to No. 10, Hopkins • street, and saw the prosecutrix standing at the door, bleed ing very much from a wound on the head. She said a man upstairs had done it. On entering the room I found the tongs produced just at the door. I took the prisoner, who tried to prevent me entering the room, into custody. He said he had struck the woman with his fist and not with the tongs. The prisoner had been drinking, but the woman was sober. Prisoner—l came in late and was tipsy. She flew at me and seized my shirt front, and I gave her a blow, but did not use the tongs. Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt appears to me in cases like these where great violence has been used, and where the tongs were found lying at the room door, that it is a fit case for a jury to decide whether the tongs were used or not. Persons were not satisfied with the decisions of the magistrates in these cases, and the best thing was to send them to juries, as no one knew who were on the juries, and they could not be abused. _ _ The prisoner, who, it is stated, has already suffered twelvemonths' imprisonment for felony, was then committed for trial. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—Th, members of this scciety held one of their usual meetings last evening, at their rooms, 4, St. Martin's• place, when three papers were read. The first was by Mr. Craw ford on " The Commixture of the races of man as affecting the progress of civilisation." Mr. Crawford being in the chair, the paper was read by Mr. Spottiswoode. The second paper was on " The human skull found at Kellet, in Lan cashire," presented to the society by Mr. Bailie. The third was on "Some ancient Indian antiquities from Ecua dor," by M. Ballaert. These relics were exhibited, and had all the appearance of idols made of a coarse pottery ware. Each of the subjects presented many very interest ing features to those who have directed their attention to ethnological inquiries, and provoked considerable discus sion, in which Sir C. Nicholson, Sir H. Davis, Messrs. Crawford, Wright, Christie, and other gentlemen took part. army, but LOVE, MURDER, AND SIIICIDE,—At Mareuil, the young day, a most tragic occurrence took place. A suddenly appearelbehfeo himself from marie g F m o a r n, who is called X, was engaged to a young girl, union. The young but the parents would not consent to their Yousig man made arrangements to enter the becoming Marie , desperate at the thought of separating to swear eternal appears to have lost his reason. He fident re her one evening and wished her pulled a pistol from hiss ; she hesitated, and he instantly gloom over the quiet little town of the spot. lle then rushed out W u h t a o t f the house and, apparently Pt and shot her. She died on overcon:e with horror athimself.he had done, he took a This double crime and second pistol and shot double death has cast a laareviill MARK LANE There was a small supply of English wheat on sale here to-day. Dry samples changed hands freely, at extreme rates ; otherwise, the trade ruled quiet, on former terms. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was large; generally speaking, sales progressed slowly, yet prices were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at late quotations. Malting barley was in demand, at fully previous rates. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off slowly but at full currencies. Malt sold steadily, and its value was well maintained. Oats, the supply of which was moderate, ruled firm at full quotations. Beans and peas were in slow request at late rates. In the value of flour no change took place. Most de scriptions were in fair consumptive demand. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. %Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English.— 340 I 1,290 I 1,140 7O 1,310 sack [risk — I _ i 100 •- Foreig - n.... 11,650 1 2,210 1 12,350 960 sacks BOROUGH HOP. A steady business is doing in all kinds of hops, and the quotations are well supported. WHTTECHAPEL. Fair supplies of meat are on sale, and the trade rules steady as follows : Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81b. Le Pays, we regret to observe, announces that the news received in regard to the health of M. Horace Vernet, are again of the most alarming character. He has had a relapse. Inflammation has made fresh pro gress, and his medical attendants appear to despair of his recovery. DR. COLENSO.—Tte London Stereoscopic and ' Photographic Company have just added to their interesting list of cartes a'e visite a portrait of Dr. Colenso the Bishop of Natal, whose recent work on the Pentateuch has occasioned so much discussion. It is a striking and effective likeness, and got up with the company's usual care and skill. THE RE-OPENING OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, PLYMOUTH.—Owing to the unbroken spirit and energy of Mr. Newcombe, the reopening of the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, as early as Monday last, has been accom plished. At seven o'clock, with a crowded gallery, a good upper circle, a brilliant dress, and a full pit, the curtain rose, disclosing Mr. Newcombe and the whole of his com pany in dress. Then an enthusiastic cheer, rising from the pit, spreading to boxes, circle, and and gallery, filled the building, and, loud and long continued, made the walls ring again. Not since the reopening of the theatre in August, 1861, have the walls re-echoed with such applause. For a time there seem e d t o b e no boundary to the enthusiasm of the assembly. Mr' Newcombe came forward again and again in acknow ledgment, and at length the band commenced playing the National Anthem, everyone in the house rising at once. The first verse was well sung by Miss Everard, and the chorus heartily taken up by the assembly. The second verse was excellently given by Miss Rosina Ranee, and once more the audience joined in the chorus. The curtain then dropped, and instantly deafening calls were made for the lessee, which resounded from gallery to pit, and in a few seconds Mr. Newcombe appeared before the curtain, where he was again received with the loudest applause. He re peatedly acknowledged his hearty reception, and, when silence had been restored, in a voice broken with emotion, he merely said he was so overcome that he could not speak, and retired from the stage. Captain Holloway then made his appearance, and made an appropriate address. The interesting and most appropriate drama of " Sunshine through the Clouds" was then put upon the boards, It will be sufficient to say that it was well put upon the stage, and that actors and actresses, all animated by the applause of a crowded house, gave satisfaction in the performance of their respective parts. The unmistakeable safety of the theatre was clomon.A...L.a U J tliu cayc.icucc of Monday night. Every day will add to the improvements and the completion of what was so hastily thrown up in the main entrance. The strictest precautions were taken to guard against alarms. All admirers of enterprise and industry cannot but wish that a deserving man like Mr. Newcombe may be supported. He has refused to receive a public sub scription, and has returned the cheques sent to him, rely ing with confidence on the patronage of the inhabitants of the two counties, whom year after year he has made such efforts to please.— Western Morning News. THE ARSENICAL POISONINGS IN LINCOLN SHIRE.—On Monday John Garner and Elizabeth, his wife, were brought up, on remand, before the magis trate at Horncastle,on a charge of having poisoned Hannah Garner, a former wife of the male prisoner. Several wit nesses were examined, and testified to the unhappy manner in which the prisoner and his first wife lived, and his in difference at the time of her death; but the only evidence in relation to the poisoning consisted in hints and insinua tions, related at second- hand,which the female prisoner had dropped before she was married. At the close the prisoners were again remanded. THE RUINS OF BABYLON.—A letter from Bagdad in the Moniteur, says :—" The excavations carried on among the ruins of Babylon, under the direction of the French Consul at Bagdad, have resulted in some interest ing diseoveries. In the Nimroud Mound, which was visited by Mr. Layard in 1840, were found four bas-reliefs of colossal dimensions, each sculptured on a large slab of stone, and representing allegorical figures. The greater part of these bas-reliefs bear long inscriptions in cuneiform cha racters, and are remarkable for their state of preservation. A certain number of other sculptures of smaller dimensions, representing scenes of Assyrian life or warlike episodes, have also been discovered. Those artistic treasures are on their way to Fiance." SECESSION FROM DISSENT.—On Sunday evening, the Rev. G. Crowther Smith, Congregational minister of Folkestone, announced from his pulpit his retirement from the Congregational body, and his return to communion wirh the Church of England. It is understood that Mr. Smith has received promise of episcopal ordination, and that meanwhile he will be engaged in subordinate clerical work in a metropolitan parish, MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—On Sunday last (as re ported in the Sussex Advertiser) the governor of the gaol at Lewes was assaulted by a Frenchman named Frau yois a prisoner convicted on the 14th Oct. last, at Hailsham, of robbery, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, and who was at the time of the assault un • dergoing punishment in one of the refractory cells. The Governor, Mr. Sanders, was going the round of the cells on Sunday morning, asking each prisoner if he had any thing to ray, but had no sooner done so to the prisoner than the latter sprang forward instantaneously, and gave Mr. Sanders what he first thought a slight blow on the face, but proved to be a wound in the jaw, with a kind of rude knife, which caused a great loss of blood. The weapon consisted of a piece of tin, shaped and sharpened like the blade of a knife, and fastened into a wooden handle, and tied round with a piece of twine. Pri soner, ever since his imprisonment, had been a continual pest, causing more trouble than 50 prisoners, and had fro. quently threatened to take the life of some one. Three months ago be made an inf ffectual attempt to escape from prison. He was examined before the magistrates at the prison yesterday, and alleged that Mr. Sanders had kept back money and clothing that had been sent him ; that the food with which he had been supplied was deficient in quantity and of bad quality; that he had been treated with great cruelty by the governor and the prison officials; and that he had been repeatedly charged falsely with improper conduct and punished for it. He was fully committed for trial. REMARKABLE CASE OF DROWNING AT ROCH DALE.—Miss Sarah Ann Hoyland, milliner, met with her death on Sunday evening under very painful cir cumstances. It seems that she and her sweetheart, a young man named Levi Crossley, a clerk in one of the newspaper offices, were walking arm in arm along the banks of the Roach, at a point near Hamer-lane, she being next the river. The evening being densely foggy, they erperienced some difficulty in finding the turnstile through which it is necessary to pass, when Crossley, thinking they were too much to the right, diverged a little to the other side, on which the ) oung woman slipped into the river, drawing him in after her. After struggling for some time they both succeeded in getting out, but seriously fatigued. Crossley sat down on a stone close to the edge, taking her ~n his knee. This stone (such is his statement) toppled over, precipitating them both into the river again, and this time the young woman was taken down by the stream. Crossley managed again to get out, and, unable to render any as:istance himself, made the best of his way for help. It was a long time, however, before the body could be found, and when at last discovered, it was fifty yards from where the accident occurred, and life, of course, was q uite extinct. We believe an i nquest w i l l b e h e ld to day. The path, we may add, where the accident took place, is notorio4sly dangerous, even in daylight,—Leeds gerol4q. FRENCH GUNNERY EXPERIMENTS. The report which we were r -cently enabled to furnish of the gunnery experiments in France, and the successful piercing of iron plates,having excited considerable discussion in naval and military circles, we now subjoin some further details, which may be of interest. The gun used is built entirely of steel, and composed of several tubes os that metal put together in the method introduced in France by Colonel Tienille de Beaulieu, but better known in England as " Blakeley's" plan, and which secures the simultaneous action of all the tubes in resisting the bursting force of the powder. The gun weighs only four tons, three-quarters, and a few pounds, or nearly three tons less than the Arm stroflg gun, rifled on the Whitworth plan. The French gun is rifled with three grooves, less than a quarter of an inch deep. The twist of the rifling is uniform, one turn in 30 calibres, being a slightly quicker turn than that used by Armstrong, and a little slower than that used by Cavalli and Whitworth. The gun, when last heard of, had been fired 830 times without injury. The shell weighs 45 kilo grammes, or between 991 b. and 100 lb. The service charge of powder is 12 3 / 4 kilogrammes, or about 281 b., although in some cases 16 kilogrammes, or 331 b. of powder were fired. With reference to the question of the introduction of flat headed projectiles, it is scarcely perhaps necessary to mention that they were first brought into public notice by Captain Norton in 1852, and were describel by him as "punch-headed iron shells." The gallant Captain, with more modesty than other inventors, did not, however, claim for his shell the advantage of novelty, but only the merit of endering it a pplicable to modern artillery. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 14.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. 14.—Arrived—Seine, steamer, from the West Indies. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 14.--Arrived—Etna, screw steamer, from New York. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 13.—Wind S.W.—Sailcd—George and Ann, for Havannah. FouTsmou'rn, Jan. 13. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nico las, from Santa de Pilau. Sailed— Her Majesty's ship Pylades, for Not th America. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind S,W.—Arrived—Flens burg, from London for Rio Joneiro, leaky; Three Sistcrg, from London for St John's, Newfoundland. Sailed— Rival, for Santander. LOUGH FOYLE, Jan. 15 .—Arrived—Bohemia, screw steamer, from Portland, U.S. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Dispatch, from Cowes; Seine, steamer, from St. Thomas. Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; Guiding Star, or Fareham; Paquebot No. 1, for St. Malo. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning, Arrived—Bonheur, from Stockholm ; William and Martha, from Larache ; Sea Witch, from Hakodade ; Pursuit, from Newport , Adelaide, from Seville. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored--Storm Bird, of Guernsey, from Azores, for London. Passed—Celerne, for Cette; Maid of Athens, for Car diff; Fanchor, for Constantinople; Chaaze, for ShanghLi —all from London. Sailed—All the outward bound, for the West. THE COMING MAN.- - -Th 6 New York Tribune states that a telegram was recently despatched to the Fede ral army directing to whom the command of a brigade was to be intrusted, and that the operator at the teleg . aph station, declared the person selected to be Amjyrdkowasejcw Deabapco?. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.—The Ballymena Observer of Saturday last contains a notice of an " extraordinary and painful" case—the particu lars of which include the alleged violation and poisoning of a young lady at Ballymena. The young lady, Miss Amelia S. E. Cary, was 18 years of age, of great personal attrac tions and most respectable family connections, and died on the 2d inst. at Gracehill, near Ballymena, after an illness of fourteen days. The body was interred, but, in conse quence of rumours of ill-treatment, was exhumed, and a post mortem examination made on Wednesday last. On Thursday an inquest was held at Ballymena, and a woman named Mary Ann M'Atamney, a domestic servant in the employment of Dr. Courtenay, medical officer of the Gal gorm Dispensary, was brought before the Court in custody of the police. Dr. Arthur Ross and Dr, Black, surgeons at Ballymena, agreed that at the post mortem examination they discovered all the organs of the body to be healthy, except the stomach, which was discoloured, and evidently in a state of mortification, the result of previous inflamma tion. They believed these appearances were occasioned by some irritant mineral or vegetable poison. There were no external marks of violence on deceased's body except cup ping, but, though deceased was not pregnant, there was evidence that improper liberties had been taken with her with or without her consent. At the close the inquiry was adjourned, that the analysis of the stomach might be made, and the prisoner was removed in custody, FEDERAL FALSEHOODS.—The lying statements of our generals are so notorious that even dying sol diers allude to it. Not long ago a soldier belonging to one of the regiments that fought under Gene , al Pope at No. 2 Bull Run, where he was badly wounded, was given up. The chaplain of the regiment prayed and read to him. He read from the Bible an account of the slaying by Sam son of so many Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, " What is that you are reading ?" asked the spoke-for man. " The Word of God," replied the clergyman. " Excuse me, but I thought it was one of John Pope's dispatches to Washington." Soon after the soldier died. LEGAL NOTICE. -- The Lord Chancellor has directed the Registrars not to pass any order made under the Trustee Act of 1850, the 16th and 16th Vie., cap. 55 (The Trustee Extension Act), or the 25th and 26th Vic., cap. 53 (Transfer of Land Act), which shall have the effect of a conveyance or assignment of any lands, or a transfer of any such stock as can only be transferred by stamped deed, until the same shall have been duly stampel as required by section 18, of the 15th mad 16th Vic., cap. 55, and section 47 of the 25th and 26th Vic., cap. 53. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue will at any time stamp an order after it is written, and beforo it is passed by the Registrar. CECIL Mown°, Registrar. Registrar's-office, Dec. 19, 1862. A NEW POTATO.—A member of the Belgian Central Society of Agricultu re has reco mmended to the attention of the society a new variety of the potato, which is remarkable in the triple point of gviiuewm.of Its s talk abundance, and facility of preservation. It appe a o r u s t t o m b a e n la , , variety of what is called chardon in Bel graws to the height of 12 inches, and throws branches. The blossom is of a pale violet colour, and pro • d u ces no fruit. A field of 1 ac re of third-c lass quality, lightly manured, pruduced 22,000 kilogrammes of sound potatoes. The neighbuuring farmers were astonished not only at the enormous produce, but at the absence of any unsound potatoes, The orop Was dug out on Oct, 12, HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar General's Report.) roe de,tils iii London in the week that en &d on Saturday wore 1,535, and were nearly the same in number as thoek., of the previous week. The aven)ges, DI: caber of deaths in the second wezk of ten years, 18.53-62, is, with a correction for increasing popu lation, 1,492; and the deaths in last week were, therefore, more by 43 than they would have been if the average rate of mortality had prevailed. The births in last week exceeded the deaths in the same period by 419. There were 24 deaths from smallpox in the week. The complaint appears to prevail chiefly in the east districts. Measles was fatal in 61 cases, 6of which were in the Belgravia sub-district, 6 in Pancras,and 6 in Islington. Eighty-two deaths were referred to scarlatina, and 13 to diphtheria. Scarlatina is comb mon in Marylebone, where 11 deaths from it were returned in the week. It caused 5 deaths in the sub histrict of Hackney. Nearly a half of the deaths of 62—occurr e d i n the from typhus—viz., 28 out East districts. The most fatal of all the diseases in the list was bronchitis, the deaths from which rose to 194; phthisis was fatal in the next degree, and rose to 174. An interpreter, aged 50, who had been brought from 13k, Queen's•road, Chelsea, to St. George's Hospital, is stated to have died on the last day of 1862 from "starvation.'' The son of a widow, aged 3 months, died from want at 27, Cambridge-street, Camden-town. A boy, aged 1 year, died of " scro fula, caused by impure vaccination." A family at 1, Glocester-row, Hoxton Old Town, has suffered very severely from typhoid fever. Of eight nonagenarians, whose deaths are re corded, the oldest was a widow, aged 96 years. Last week the births of 1,024 boys and 930 girls, in all 1,954 children, were registered in London. I❑ the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 1,946. METROPOLITAN WATERS IN DECEMBER, 1862. According to the analyses of Dr. R. D. Thomson, F.R.S., the waters of London are more impure than in the preceding month, as usually happens in win ter, their sources being exposed to impurities which have no means of access to the pastoral waters of Glasgow and Manchester. The impurity of the the New River still continues greater than in the earlier part of the season. The organic impurity of the Kent water was thoroughly oxydised, and therefore not comparatively unwholesome. Total impurity Organicim per gallon. purity. or . Distilled Water o'odeg grs 0' or 0 Loch Katrine water, new supply to Glasgow Manchester water supply Queen-street Well, Edgware-rd lOO4O 12.06 THAMES COMPANIES. Southwark Chelsea Grand Junction West Middlesex 20.48 1'36 Lambeth OTHER COMPANIES. Kent New River East London 21.00 1:60 2 - 28 21 . 56 1'52 The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the gallon 2 . 3 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of which '605 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 258 in. On Mond, , y and Tuesday the mean reading was below 29in. The readings fell from 29.38 in. on Sunday to 28.891 in. on Tuesday, and rose to 29.65 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 40.1 deg., which is 4.2 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter mined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tempe rature was above the average on every day of the week, but the excess was most considerable on the first three days. The highest day temperature was 48 6 deg. on Monday. The lowest night tem perature was 29.9 deg. on Friday. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 18.7 deg. The mean daily range was 9.5 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 2.7 deg. The mean degree of hu midity of the air was 90, complete saturation being represented by 100, which point was nearly ap proached on three days. The wind blew from the south-west. till Tuesday afternoon, when it changed to south•-east, and blew generally from this point during the resi of the week. The amount of rain was 771 n., nearly all of which fell on the first three days. The mean of the highest temperature of the Thames was 43 6 deg.; that of the lowest 41 deg. CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of Lon don assembled yesterday at Guildhall, for the first time this year, for the despatch of public business. The chairman of the Commission, H. de Jersey, Esq. (who has been appointed deputy of the Ward of Aldersgate), presided, and there was a large number of commissioners present. UNFOUNDED CHARGES AGAINST THE CONTRACTORS. A considerable portion of the time of the court was occupied in hearing a number of summonses whica had been taken out at the instance of a Mr. John Williams, of 22, King-street, New North-road, against three of the contractors to the commission, namely Mr. E. Reddin, Mr. Tomkins, and Mr. Baker, for breaches of contract. The whole of the complaints referred to cases of sweeping mud down the gullies by men in the employ of the contractor. The person named Williams above referred to was supported in some of the cases by a man named Mayhew, botfi very positively speaking to the acts of the men as complained of. It was contended by the contractors that the cases had been trumped up for improper purposes, and witnesses were called on their behalf to disprove the assertions. In the course of the examination Williams admitted having pre ferred complaints of this kind against contractors in various parts of the metropolis, and further said that by reason of his so doing he had been called a common informer. He said he preferred the com plaints on behalf of the public, but admitted that he received remuneration for so doing from a pri vate source. In the course of the hearing of the case it was elicited that be had represented him self to a City policeman as an officer con nected with the sewers, and to the same official he observed that if the contractor did not pay him for any trouble that he might be put to, he himself would do so. The evidence given in opposition to the complaints was most conclusive, and the Com mission dismissed all the cases that were heard ; several members of the Court expressing their dis gust at the manner in which the summonses had been brought forward, and their complete disbelief in the statements made by the persons who sup ported them. The CHAIRMAN said the commissioners were of opinion that the whole of the cases which had been brought forward had been disproved, and speaking to Williams he said he would advise him to be cau tious before he again brought forward such charges against the contractors. The two men then left the court, and were fol lowed by a crowd who hooted them all the was ay they departed from Guildhall. In Guildball-yard the hooting was taken up by other persons who be came aware of the proceedings that had taken place in the Court of Sewers, and they finally had to seek protection from the mob in the justice-room of the Guildhall police•court. FINANCE. Mr. DA w, the principal clerk, l a id b efore the Court a re port from the Gen era l P urposes Com mittee, to w hom it was ref erre d to examine the ac counts of the treasurer for the year ending at Mi chaelmas last. The committee stated that, hav'ng so examim.d the accounts, and compared them with the vouchers, they found them correct. They also found that the consolidated account was at that date overdrawn to the amount of £24,830 4s. 10d., that the treasurer had in hand on the sewers account a balance of £9,695 3s. 82d., and that the main drain age account was overdrawn £854 14s. The report was received. SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr. LETHEBY, the medical officer of health, laid before the Court the following report on the sana tory state of the city of London : " To the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. Gentlemen,--The Inspectors' returns which are before you relate to 381 houses that have been inspected since the last meeting of the Commission, and I submit a list of 87 places for sanatory improvements in various particulars, also submit a list of places requiring further proceedings on account of orders already issued, but not yet complied with. " I have likewise to report that the market and slaugh ter-houses of the City have teen dul3 inspected, and the officers have se:ze,d 13,.5941b5. of meat as unfit for hum an food, 11,4351b5. were diseased, 1,6071b5. were putrid, and the rest was from animals that had died fromnatural causes. It consisted of 53 sheep, 32 pizs, 8 calves, Si qrs. of beef, and 201 joints, &c. All of it was destroyed in the usual manner. " The mortality returns for the month are nearly the average for the season; 237 deaths have been registered during the last four weeks, the average number for the cor responding period of the last seven years, being 234. 87 of the deaths were among children of less than five veers old, and 51 were among persons of 60 and upwttr , :!s. the chief erases of death were as follows :—.l`hthisis 30, mesenteric disease 15, pneumonia 8, bronchitis 36, wh: ping cough 7, croup 2, continued fever 13, scarlet fever 9, dysentery 1, small pox 1, and measles 9, making together 45 deaths from tubercular diseases, 44 from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and V from diseases of the zymotic class. 238 births have been registered in the month, namely, 122 males and 116 females.— I remain, gAitlemen, your On tient servant, (Signed) ' !IV, LETHEBY. " Guill l / 1 11, Jar, /3, 1863." THE GAS SUPPLY. _ _ Mr. Wm HAV.vo ,, D, the engil,ca ( the Com mission, at the lest me, i; , it was left with hien to are .uge with the Gie Central Gas Consumers Company to light th• ntlic lamps in their eli:,striet for the next five (At) P. He had corresp.inded with that company, an 4 try declined to supply the gas upon the terms of the present contract, and he had consequently ari .nged with them for such a supply at the rate of 13 10s. per lamp per annum. The CHAIRMAN said he had consn ted Mr. Ray wood upon the subject, and he founi th ey had no alternative but to Sanction the prop( d arrange meut, and he now asked tha Court to so,, The Court sanctioned the arrangemi It was decided to fill up the office of gas examiner for the city of London at the next meeting. The Inspectors' reports were read, and the Court adjourned. The Death from Violence in Belgravia. Last evening Mr. Bedford, the Westminster coroner, resumed an inquest, adjourned from Friday last, at the Board roona of St. Gtorge's Workhouse, Mount-street, Grosvenor -square, touching the death of James Crawley, aged 70, a pensioner, late a pri vate in her Majesty's 20th Regiment of Foot, re siding in Plunitree-court, Shoe-lane, Holborn. The evidence elicited on the first oceasivn went to show that the deceased was found lying in a dying state on the door-step of 51, Pulford-street, Pimlico, early on the moi sing of the 6th inst., with four ribs broken and otherwise injured, and cut in the face and other parts of the body, which led to the opi nion that death had been caused by violence, con sequently an adjournment vras deemed necessary for the production of further evidence. Michael Crawley was now the fi"st witness ex amined, and deposed that the last time he saw the deceased, who was his brother, was on the Sunday previous to his death. Deceased was liable to be free in spending money in drink whenever he re ceived his pension. He knew nothing concerning his death. W. H. Cocks, staff -sergeant at the East London Pension Office, said, deceased was in receipt of a pension of ls. 63d. per day, and received £2 6s. Bd. on the sth ins:. at 2 o'clock p.m., when he was per fectly sober, but very feeble and sickly. He was badly dressed, and presented a very beggarly ap pearance. Several other witnesses proved that deceased was seen standing in front of 51, Pulford-street, holding by the area railings, moaning as if in pain, covered with mud, and a large bruise on his right eye, from 9 till 11 on the night of the sth, and was found lying on the door step as above stated the following morning. He was removed on a stretcher to St. George's Workhouse, where he shortly afterwards expired from the mortal effects of apoplexy, Another witness blamed the policeman on the beat for not having discovered the dying man earlier than he did. Dr. Bloxam repeated his account, already pub lished, of the great violence which the deceased had sustained, He said the death was from apoplexy, very likely to be produced by violence. The number of bruises on the back of his head, and on every limb in the body of deceased, led to the opinion that death must have been the result of wilful violence. The broken ribs appeared to have been trodden on by hob-nailed boots. It was to him exceedingly im probable that the injuries could have been produced by only one act of violence or by accidental means. Mr.W. Drawbridge, a licensed victualler, deposed that deceased had been a tenant of his, and that he had been mixed up with bad company. The nurse at the workhouse said that 188. 11d. in money was found upon his person. The Coroner having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of death by violence, but how the violence was occasioned they were un able to determine. SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS. The ticket-of-leave system has found an apologist in the person of Mr. T. W. Saunders, Recorder of Bath. In charging the grand jury at the Quarter Sessions for the city on Friday Mr. Saunders de clared his belief that the public mind had gone wrong to a great extent on this subject. He relied on the judicial statistics for 1861 as showing that the feeling which oppressed the public that we are drifting into a sea of crime from the substitution of penal servitude for transportation was a mistake. In 1858 there were in round numbers 40,000 known thieves and depredators at large, while in 1861 the number was only 29,000, showing a decrease of 21 per cent. in favour of the latter year. These known depredators did not comprise all the criminal classes of the country. There were besides suspected per- SODS, prostitutes, vagrants, and tramps, with respect to whom the figures stood thus:—ln 1858 there were 134,000 of these people at large, while in 1861 there were only 123,000. These statistics showed that whereas in 1858 one person in 136 belonged to the criminal class, in 1861 there was only one in 163. These returns also showed that, though the number of criminals had become fewer,the numberof crimes had not increased. In 1861 there was an increase of crime, as compared with 1860, of less than 1 per cent.; but there was also an increase of crimes de tected of over 9 per cent. ; so that nearly 10 percent. more persons charged with crime were detected than in the previous year. Then, how stood the fact as to the number of persons committed for trial P In 1857 there were 20,000 committals for indictable offences ; in 1858, 17,000 ; in 1860, i 16,000 ; and 1861, extent, 18,000 ; so that it would app ear that in 1861 there was an increase of 2 year. Crime, how ever, did not in reality in crease , but detec tions t d . overd, to the t already he preceding stated, of ore r n ,0 v as over the pre v i ous year. It was not because of ce i the occ urrence of clim e , a tt en d e d w i t h v i o lence, that it was to be inferred that the sum total of crime was increasing. There was a fashion in crime a s i n everything else. Horsestealing and sheepst ea li ng were almost extinct, and now we heard of garott i ng. He b el i eved, however, that the ingenuity of man would devise means for checking that offence. Referring to the substitution of penal servitude for transportation, the learned Recorder pointed out the proportion of the sentence which every prisoner must serve, whatever might be his conduct, and he adverted to the fact that, while the total number sentenced to penal servitude who were discharged yearly was about 3,000, the number of prisoners discharged after serving out their various terms of imprisonment was 18,000 per annum. While there was much that might be done in the way of improving the 5 3 stem of penal servitude, and much that [bight be hoped for from the . appoint ment of a commission on the subject, he believed that education was the great remedy for crime. Th e re turns of the Registrar of bi r t hs, marria.gas, an d deaths, showed that in 1860, 105,000 signed th e mar izm riage registrar with a cr s,-26 in every 100 men, and 36 in every 100 women: With reg and to cri mina g, 34 per cent. could neither read nor write, 60 could only read or read and write imperfectly, and only 4 per cent, could rea d and write w(111. There w as not 1 per cent. who had received superior edu cation. Attertiou o ug h t , t h ere f ore, to b e d i recte d to improving the education of the people, for when it was found t hat only 4 per cent. of the per sons con y!c led could read and write well, the inference might be fairly drawn, that if all could. read . and Write well very little c r i me would be corn mated. 'once reme /mot s vo r his fated pen -3 vir