The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-07 00:00:00

NE Y IVIARKETI SHARE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market still shows a tendency to wards increasing easiness, and the demand is moderate. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £459,000, and the exports £300,000. The report to be preented at the half-yearly meeting of the Victoria Station and Pimlico Rail way recommends the distribution of 2 per cent. for Silt months, making 4,1- per cent. for the year 1862, On the Ottoman Railway the traffic receipts for the week ending the 25th inst., amounted to £290 on 481 miles, against £l9B last year on 40 miles. The City Discount Company has been. announced with a nominal capital of £1,000,000, the first issue to consist of 10,000 shares of £5O each. The direc tors are influential, and the object of the under taking, as its title indicates, is to afford increased loan and discount facilities to the commercial com munity. Arrangements have been made for the purchase of an established business, and the direc tors refer to the profits attending this description of enterprise, and the success which kindred in stitutions have acquired. The following, with regard to the Hide Market, is from Messrs. Culverwell, Brooks, and Co's. cir cular :—ln the hide market less business has been done. Salted horse hides have been in good re.- quest. East India kips advanced id. to Id. per lb. English market hides have fluctuated very slightly. The leather market las been steady without any material alteration in value. Two O'CLOCK. The English Funds have shown a slight down ward movement to-day, owing to some speculative sales. Consuls are 92 , for money, and 924 a for the account. The New Three per Cents. and the Re duced are rather flatter at 92f; ; Exchequer Bills at ls. dis. to 2s. pm.; Bank Stock is 227 ; and the 5 per Cent. Loan remains at 1081. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been larger than usual on Saturday, but prices have shown no material fluctuation. Greek Bonds have shown increased heaviness, dealings being recorded at 191 to 20*, and the Coupons have receded to Si Egyptian have improved to 99 100, and the 2d issue to 991; Mexican Stock is 321 33k; Peru vian New Loan, 8 Bfr; Portuguese ditto, 461 ; Russian ditto, 941; Spanish Passive 271 a ; ditto Certificates 101; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, 891 901 ; ditto, 1858, 721; ditto, 1862, 671 681,7 and Venezuelan 3 per Cents., 23:- In the Railway Share Market the dealings were not very extensive. Bristol and Exeter, London and Brighton, and South Eastern have advanced £1 ; Great Northern A stock, 10s.; and North Western, ss. Lancashire and Yorkshire and Midlands, however, declined 55., and Great Westerns 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show no materia variation. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares, in some instances, were at slightly reduced quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. I 2 per C e nt. R e d uce d A nnu i t i es 3 per C en t. C onso l s A nnu i t i es a i New 3 per C ent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lOB/ Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto bonds 111,000 Consols for Account, March. 5 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 2 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES Chilian 6 per Cent. Equador New Consolidated Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ins.. 20i 194 20} 19k 201 Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent .... 11 to Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada 2 per Cent Ditto Land Warrants Ditto Deferred, Ex H ec t ares P ruvilli 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1353 Ditto Account 474 Ditto 1862 4 p 4 m Ditto Scrip, £25 paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent,, 1850 Ditto 4 , . per Cent ~1860 Ditto 5 - per Cent. 1862 S Ditto Scrip, £.56 Bs. paid -1 pin an 5 per Cent. S p a nish 3 per Cent D itto New Deferred EY . - 4 o Passi e S panish Cert.v of Coup not funded Turkish 6 p er Cent. 1854 lO - nitto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Dit to Account 72,1 4 4 D itto 6 pe r C ent. 1862 Venezuela, Account v 68/ 74 enezuel a , 3 per Cent Ditto Account ..... 11 per Cent ........ ....... , Dividends on th e a b ove payable in London. I talian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 f — Ditto Account Consols, M TWO O'CLOCK. oitto A oney ,i -ccount ......... 'his Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. p aid. Closing Business Price. 1 done. 13.14 hir., Wol., and Str. Val all 8 81 I 25 ;Blythe and Tyne. ... all 1 10 I Bcst.,Sleat.,andMid.k.:o. ail fi 7 st ;Bristol and Exeter lOO 86 18 87 8 st Caledonian I 100 115 116 1154 d iJ 60 Cork anandon all -- -- 20 ,Cornw:ll I . all 64 7 10 ;Do A 4.8 no div. ) all 10 IDo. B it II 6 p e.p an. ha — "l i bee 50 (Dublin & Be n lf p ast aid June. all 41 43 25 IDun.,Perth,&A.b. June. all 13 14 at !Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 80 57 st Glasg. and S. West ern : 100 105 107 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 48 49 484 7; 84 st Ditto A stock st Ditto East An , lian st , 100 23 24 st IGreatNorthof Scotlandl I 100 at !Great Northe rn ... • 100 1246 1274 st Do A stock lOO 130/ 1311 1314 1 at Do Bdo 5 , Do. £5 shares all st IGt. S. and W. of Ireland 100 st ;Great Western st I Do St r Val gua. stock e 100 104 (14 (160 16 664 4 7 et Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 at London and hlackwall 100 1 7 0 4 04 1093 76 109 4 st (Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 111 112 111 12 xd st Lou.l, Chat., as Dover 10 0 42 ._ 44 ._ 9 i at 'Lon. '& North Western 100 li9 4 tin at Lon. & South Western 100 103 104 5 s o t 31 M a a r y n . , p S o h r l e f. and , & Carlisle.Liue ol n. l aa o ll o ll _ 4_ll 424 = 42 34 121 Do t shares a n 13 131 13 12.1 13 124 10 Metropolitan st Midland 6.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 10 0 96 98 96 4 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee, 100 254 261 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick I 160 1014 101 1004 4 25 Do, G.N. E. purchase 16.13.4 d d st Do Lecds I 100 57 68 571 st Do York at Do Carlisle lOO 128 130 130 at North London 10 Do New 5 1 1 p ?.15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 11 11/ st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 47 48 at Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO 104 106 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon ...... st South Eastern at South Wales st S. York. and River D un 100 102 104 20 1 5taines,Wok.,andW o k all 51 7 1 25 Stockton & Darlingto n all 384 394 4 25 Do l5 10 104 p 2.51 2:, Do New, 1860 8 74 8 p 151 st Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 41 54 r, 1 0 Do C 3 24 34 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 1.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 140 145 st Waterford & Rilkeliny 100 st West Cornwall j 100 29 31 st W. Hartlepool Har.&R / 100 st West Midland -Oictordj 100 41 43 43 st Do Newport 100 34 36 at Do Hereford, 100 95 27 9.18.4 12.10 RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Right Hon. Charlotte Susanna Dowager Countess of Albemarle, formerly of Quidenham Hall, Nor folk, and late of Park-road, Twickenham, was proved in the London Court, on the 19th ult., by the Right Hon. Phillip Sydney Ponlis, Baron de L'lsle and Dudley, the sole executor. The personalty was sworn under £14,000. The testatrix was the second wife and relict of the Earl of Al bemarle. Her ladyship executed her will, together with a codicil, on the same day, June 3, 1862. Reference is mad to a pre v i ous d ee d of assignment in favour of her ladyship's e two sons, by a former marriage, to which conveyance her 4 . l adyship has added a further sum of £6,000 upon the same trusts. Many specific bequests are left to personal friends, and several articles and family relics are to be held as heir looms. Legacies are left to her servants. The residue of her property she bequeaths to three ladies- . —the Hon. Adele. Pitzclarence, the Hon. Ernestine Sidney, a n d th e H on. Philippa Sidney, in e qua l proportions.—The will of the late Sir George Bowyer, of Radley House, Barks, has only just been proved. The testator, who died at Dresden, in Saxony, executed his will in 1858, which was attested by Mr. Hugh Fraser, attache to her Majesty's Legation, and Mr. G. C. Sawyer, Severn House, Henbury, Gloucestershire. The late Sir George, who attained to the age of 77, had repre sented in Parliament the respective seats of Malmesbury and Abingdon, and his son and heir, the present baronet, is M.P. for Dundalk, to whom the testator has bequeathed the whole of his di-p osa bl e property, real and personal. Sir The deceased George Bowyer, Bart., by his second wife, Henrietta, the daughter of Admiral Sir P. Brett, M.P. ItIA7--------TED PRINTER.--." Com- ADVICE TO AN lISFU pose" yourself. We regret to state that Captain Gladstone,_. who, for some years, has represented Devizes inParliament expired this morning at Chippenham. , TER REGISTRY OF DEEDS IN MIDDLESEX.. -A d commission of inquiry is tobe registry y d forof deeds in the t b is liouse of Commons M iddlesex. By the New resp ecting Transfe r the Act, required to t, whereprope b r e ty is e gistered under the new law, it is no re gistered in Middlesex or Yorkshire. A better registration of Property is in contemplation. - A SWIMMING CORPS.—One of tho Confederate re gimeuts in the battle of Murfreesbor B. Clarke. r aised in Mi ssour i b y a son of ex-Governor John Col onel Clarke, wh en recru i t i ng his regiment, was obliged t o conceal hi mself by day and work at night. After filling 11 1) his co r p s h e swam the whole, 1,080, across the full of river—a m il e an d a quarter wide, and at the time of drift ice II I MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL—TiIe quarterly court 01 this charity was held on Thursday last, the Hon. Captain Maude, R.N., in the chair. Prayers having been read by Dr. Hare, the chaplain, the usual business was pro ceeded with. Among the legacies bequeathed during the Past quarter there was one which is deserving of special notice, inasmuch as the donor, Mr. Cropper, exhibited a singular instance of rigid economy his personal expen diture, combined with a bountiful and almost princely bene volence towards the poor. Mr. Cropper, who was near 90 Years old when he died, had, it appears, survived all his relations. He was a barrister, and lived in the most fru gal manner in his chambers at Gray's-inn. The amount of his property at the time of his death is about £4,000 per annum and £lO,OOO in money, the wh estimated at ole of which he has bestowed upon the charities of London, se lecting the Middlesex Hospital as his residuary legatee. T his has bee n a great b oon to this institution, as it appears Pure t han its i fr om the re p or t t h at its expenditure is consid era bl y greater ncome. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing i Share Railways Paid.! Pre.Business done _ic g fir f Born" Barodatc.Cent Ind 100 104 k 105 k ( Gu.s per er•nt. 20 Do. New . 2 - 20+} Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5 51 10 Do. Preference .... . all 7.1 8i 100 I , Buffalo,Brant,ALGodric:ll 100 77 80 16 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 100 Do. do. July 1, 1879 100 78 76 100 Do. do. Juu:!l V-. , 74 100 73 76 st Clcutta.&S.Easto. (lil, ) 100 103 105 st Cape Town J. 7: Dock Scrii 100 108 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gli.s p. c 100 105 i It 64 Ir 6 stock East Indian. v,nu. sp. c. 100 106 1064 1061 4 a. 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 4 1113 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 I a) stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 21 22 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 73 75 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. all 63 65 1 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 32 34 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 47 50 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 32 24 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 32 7.4 stock Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c. 100 105 1054 1054 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 t 7, p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 i 4po Stock , Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 105 I 20k ',Gt. W. of Canada nareB all 121 13 13 205 I Do. New 100 ;Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 99 101 100 ,Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 92 24 10 ;Indian Branch Limited Z 14 lap 3 i stock (Madras ITuar., 5 P. c. .. 105 102, tO:4 104 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 06 98 stock De. 4+ d 0........ 100 92 lr4 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Coro. sp. c. Bud- 100 —5O 31elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7p. c. alortg. Bds. alt 20 Newßrunnwick at (land- N.III.C'da 6 p c l st pi Class A Capita/ Sbar, all 5 3 2 0 Do. do. B Capital do. . all 3 1, Do. stock Seinde ... bda 100 83 85 •••.• • - ) (100 105 103 at -' De1hi.,....,. 1 d 1 100 103 104 Do. do ..... . .... .Fs z 1 2 I ip 20 Do. Punjaub .... rZ't' 1 15 4 i P st !Do. Do. ........ , T„g .100 103 104 Stock i Do. indus.St.. Flo.) 0 . 1 ) 98 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Citn.tkin. p.c.Ja &July. 1877-Sit Do. 6 p. c. Feb.& A u 1.4. Do. 6 p. Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.Bz.luly.' Do. 5 Inscribed stockl Cape G. Hope, 6 p C,1873 Do.Ap dD Oct. 1880 Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Octi N. S.W. U ov. 5 p c., 1866, Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876, Do. d0.,1888 3zupwde, New Zealand 6p. ceuti Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c s. Aus G6p.c.1878.it up I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jr...tJuly Do. to a n.e. AutitOet BRTTI SE 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold pthiord Amalgamated Devon G. Conb. (Tavist ) East B as sett (IlloR'au). • 1 East Clog - au Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) iGreat South 'Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Elingaton Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant` 31arke Valley.. 4 )lyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' New Setun • • - North Downs' —V. Wh 'I Basset (1110 4 - an north Wheal Croity Par Consols (St. Blazey, 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 'Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park 6 Tamar Silv.,k Lead Min 10 Tin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Carzdon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (iledruth) Wheal Kitt y (U.Lelant) ?ThealLud , ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton . . Wheal 'Prelawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 471 1 5 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 581 7 3.13 8 1 I PREFERENCE SHARES. Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua., 21i Great Kastern, E. Anglian A stock, 5 per cent., 108 Manchester, Sneffield, and Lincoln, rd. 6 per cent., 5} f North Eastern, York. H. and Selby purchase, 91 10f PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, ere., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 11 Metropolitan, N. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 7; I Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Great Luxembourg, 151 a Recite ant Sa n Francisco 4 (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 191 184 19 1 Royal Swedish, 7 per cent 11 y San Paulo ;lira ), gua. 7 percent, 91 Ditto (a 3), 2:31 Turin and Savona, 21 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 2 Dun Mount. Copper Min. Co. (11m.), JOINT-STOCK IiANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 233 Australasia, 78} 7} 8i Bank of London, 105 Eng, Sew., and Australian Chartered, 21 t l, ) o r t o e d . : n a Jupal nntkkbutoorcpko, Lonoon and Colonial (lim.), London and County, 3.i 40 Union of London, on, 55) London and W estminster, 77i 7 Ottoman fla 38, Ditto, new, 10! 10 don, 33t 3 Victoria, 98 DOCKS. WEISCELLANEOTJS. Australian .4:Menltural,Co2l English and Australian Coppr, II Mediterranean Extension Telegraph (lirn.), 37, Peel River Land and Mineral, tio THE OIL SPRINGS. danir p apers s t ate that owing to the sudden and almost universal cessation of the flowing wells, there is quite a panic among the dealers, and until the result of putting down pumps has been ascertained contracts cannot be negotiated. THE FEDERAL ARMY.—In answer to a call from Congress for information as to the numbers now constituting the army, the Secretary of War has presented a report containing a let:er from the Adjutant-General, who says that a statement of the men in service would in volve the examination of muster rolls of about a thousand regiments, and that in his opinion the publication of such a statement " would not be compatible with the public interest." o THE CAPE MAILS.--PLYMOTJTH, Feb. 6.—Th e Union Company's mail steamship Briton left Ply mouth this evening for the Cape with the mails, cons istin g olis, of 17 ba gs o f l e tt ers , 96 bags of papers, 11 bags of b and nearly 50 passengers, including the Hon. J. Patterson, Captain and Mrs. Maule, Captain Rorke, Capt. Harwood, the Rev. D r. Steere, Dr. A r li ng t on , and Dr. Borr ows . The neat shi p h ome, the Dane, Comman d e r Hoffman, l e ft the Cape probably on the 21st of January, and may be ex pected here on the 27th or 28th Wet. 100 105 106 100 'lOO 108 100 106 108 100 I's 96 100 1 , 3 95 100 10 4 110 100 'll2 114 100 1112 .114 1(5 106 100 101 991 1001 99 100 109 11l Ilefi 107 lug 11: 109 111 107 109 IC9/ llO / TES. 105 i 951 I 1121 100 99,4 100 100 100 100 100 3.0.0 7.19.0, 17i 40 x 15.6, 8.12 4.17.0 2.0,6 14 4.3.0 , 1 16/ 21 2.17.6 2.4.9 11 10.6.7 5.15.61 28.9. 41 I THE SUN. LONDON, LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) KELLETT V. KELLET AND DICKINSON. This was a suit instituted by the husband against the wife for diss)lution of marriage. The petitioner, it appeared, was an assistant staff surgeon in her Majesty's service, and was married to the respondent in the year 1855 at Warrenpoint, in the county Down, Ire land. On the outbreak of the war in Russia the petitioner left this country for that part of the world, but on leaving the Crimea he took up his residence in the lonian Islands. In 18G2 he was stationed at the Army Hospital, Fermoy,and while there the circumstances that led to the present applica occurred. The respondent had some time previously fallen into the habits of intemperance, and become acquainted with the co-respondent, who was a private in the Army Hospital Corps. On the state of affairs becoming known the respondent separated from her husband, and went to live with some friends of hers residing at Waterloo, near Liverpool, who afterwards sent her to Australia. Witnesses were examined who proved that the respondent was constantly in a state of intoxication, while two sergeants in the Army Hospital Corps proved the material allegation contained in the petition. The Judge Ordinary granted a decree nisi. COURT OF PROBATE. COOK AND CRAPNELL V. LAMBERT AND OTHERS. This was an application for granting probate in solemn form to the will of the testator. The motion was opposed on the ground that the will was not made in conformity with the act. The will in question, it appeared, was made on a sheet of foolscap, and afterwards, as there was a doubt whether there would be room enough for the usual signatures, an other piece of paper was pasted to the original sheet, upon which the necessary signatures were placed. The Judge •Ordinary said the only point in dispute was, whether that which purposed to be the mark of the testa tor was upon the paper upon which the will was written. _ . Mr. Lawrence said he had received his instructions only that morning, and he should like a little time to make him self familiar with some cases in point. The Judge-Ordinary said it was astonishing what trouble people took to make confusion in a will. Ile had given pro bate in a case where the will was written on parchment,; where the parties to the instrument to make themselves, he supposed, doubly sure, had upon the skin of parchment pasted one of the usual slips of paper, upon which half-a-crown bill stamp was impressed, upon which the signatures to the will were written. He would not press the learned gentleman to proceed at that moment, but he could address the court on Tuesday next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE---This Day. WESTMINSTER. IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT AN HOTEL.—Deborah Church, a dissipated looking woman, about forty years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with the following impudent robbery : Frederick Gardner, waiter at the King's Arms Hotel, Palace-yard, said that last night, at a quarter to nine, he was crossing Bridge-street to enter the hotel, when, ob serving the prisoner and a man lurking about in a very sus picious way near the door, he determined to watch them. After a few minutes the prisoner entered the hall of the hotel, when, falling down on her hands and knees, so as to escape observation, she crawled to where there was a large door mat, and rolling it up, crawled back to the door with it, and then getting up from the ground walked away with the mat, the man who had been with her going in a con trary direction. Witness followed and seized her, when she dropped the mat, and said she had taken it by mistake. Henry Courtain, a policeman, proved that the prisoner was given into his custody and said nothing. Mr. Paynter—ls there anything known .of her ? Police •sergeant—l think she is known; she is one of our Westminster women. Prisoner—l never was in trouble before. lam a respect able married woman, and live at 30, St. George's -place. A police-constable—That is her address. I have known her for years. I never remember her in custody for felony, but she is a notorious drunkard. Mr. Paynter (to prisoner)—Are you willing to be tried here ? Prisoner —Yes, your worship. lam very sorry. I did through distress. Mr. Paynter—Brought on by your intemperate habits. Going into the public hall of an hotel like this is committing a daring robbery. You are convicted and sentenced to two months' hard labour in the House of Correction. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EMBEZZLEMENT.—Joseph Ellen, cleric to Mr. Tsrael Solomon, fruiterer, of 70, Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Knox with embezzling money, received for and on account of his master. Charles Gauntlet, valet to Mr. Freak. Cooper, of 131, Piccadilly, proved paying the prisoner the sum of £1 3s. on the 26th of January on Mr. Cooper's account. The prisoner gave a receipt for the same; Mr. Solomon said the prisoner hal been in his employ between three and four years. It was the prisoner's duty to pay over and account for all money received from customers, but he had not accounted for the sum received from the last witness. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner for a week and refused bail, SHIPPING—This Day. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 6—Pirate, from Alexandria. Arrived, Feb. 7—Atlas, from Akyab; Brieso Morray, from Stettin. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Black Friar, of Shields, from the West, for the North ; Arbutus, of Southampton, from the North, for the West. Anchored —Adelaide and St George, from London, for Barbados. GOING TO EXTREMES.—The three points on which, according to a Saturday Reviewer, the middle classes more eminently set their affections are, the destruction of negro slavery, the downfall of great military despotisms, and Protestantism. They hate nigger drivers and the Czar, and Popish priests. Educated men see that none of these points or persons can be dealt with rightly if they are dealt with simply. They see that unconditional and hasty emancipation means anarchy, and degradation of white and black: They can see that a young empire of barbarians like Russia is licked into shape by a Czar, where a milder ruler would only perpetuate barbarism. They can see that Latin Catholicism is intimately bound up with the history of Europe, and that it has satisfied as a creed some of the acutest minds that have appeared in the world. A high wall, part of a building which was re cently gutted by fire, fell upon a cottage at Gloucester, on Wednesday night, and killed a woman and her child. _ _ ----- The rising in Poland, there is reason to believe, is of a far more serious character than the offioial telegrams that have reached this country would have us to think it is. There are upwards of fifty thousand insurgents, many of whom are well armed. A meeting of the friends of Polish freedom, in Newcastle, has been held, and assist ance is to be given to all refugees wishful to return to Poland. Arrangements are also being made for holding a public meeting to send an address of sympathy to the bravo men now fighting for their country's independence.—New castle Chronicle. A SHARPER'S methods of ascertaining and recog nising cards, according to Robert Houdin, are ex ceedingly various. Perhaps the simplest is the employment of a confederate, with whom a code of signals, which it is impossible to detect, are easily arranged. For it is by no means necessary to call a spade "a spade." If the confe derate but looks at his associate, he means a king; if at his adversary's muds, a queen; if at the stakes, a knave; if at the opposite side, an ace. Again, the mouth slightly open means a heart; shut, a diamond; the upper lip pro jetting, a club; the lower, a spade. There are plenty of resources in the absence of a confederate. Sometimes a light ning glance is darted into the pack down a chink kept open by the little finger, while the player talks and gesticulates with the hand which is disengaged. Some- Times a small sprin4.- mirror, fitted in a snuff-box lid, re flects the bottom card of the pack during a deal. Then the modes of marking cards are infinite. A single spot on the back may be made tc tell its tale at once by its distance from the top or side. For making such a spot some sharpers actually wear a ring containing ink, which, on pre sure, is allowed to escape at a small opening. A dent with the nail, or the alteration of the surface by a slight bend, is often Sufficient for the required object. The less expert have packs regularly prepared beforehand, and concealed about the person, which are dexterously substituted for the furnished pack before the play begins; but the more The sense they both of accomplished are e na bl e d, by practice and constant obser vation, to disti ngu i s h cards b y the s li g ht var i a tions of tint e n the card-bo ar d o f wh i ch they are manu f ac t ure d. Th us , when not f re s s i e g r h ve t abnyd alwaysto touch hi s wearing often required. gloves playing ying at cards;rub the end of their some of them even fingers with acids, which givpumice atone, or dip them in certain are often enabled to extremet sensibility to the akin. They which prevents their ca r t he court cards by a slight sticking, Sometimes the secret marks so easily as the plain ones, accord with this refin ement s e o f n a prepared pack are made to SUICIDE OF A YOUNG NtBfie senses. inquest was held yeaterd ° MAN.—An adjourned Humphreys, on the body of saray morning by Mr. floating dead in the Thames a few d ßush, 22, who was found in evidence at the former meeting. 0771;a18.°? and who, it was been seen alive for about a fortnight p r e ! 4( luest, had not young man, of whom she had been previous, when her who had seduced her, denied all knowledgel fond, and young man referred to denied having seduCeetter. The ceased, with whom he admitted be w as acquainted the de he had resolved not to have anything more to do , :nd said on account of her being frequently intoxicated. Theith her cal evidence, however, showed that she had been recently seduced, and her master said she was never intoxic a t ed. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity," and stigmatised the conduct of the young man as disgraceful throughout. MANCHESTER, Feb. 6,--The spirit of the market to-day has been one of marked depression, the immediate cause of which is due to the dulleess and decline of the Liverpool cotton market; but beyond that sellers have professed themselves at a loss to account for it. They say that everything that has lately come from America points to a pro longed continuance of the war, and that if this is so they should have expected rising prices and more confidence among buyers. Yarns have been remarkably quiet to-day,and some kinds might have been bought at ld. per lb. decline upon the rates of this day week; but even at this serious decline there has not been much disposition for buying. There appears to be little or no demand for any market, home or foreign, and buyers seem to have no confidence in the present high range of prices being maintained. The c!oth market has also been decidedly flat. Manufacturers are asking the same prices as on Tuesday, but buyers are evidently dis trustful and less inclined to operate than for some time past. Where business has beer, proposed it has been accompanied with offers of lower prices than were asked on Tuesday ; but we do not hear that in any case they have been acceded to; so that the business has been very limited indeed. Some people attribute additional flatness and de pression which have come over the market to what fell from Mr. Disraeli in the House of Commons last night, or rather what did not fall from his lips. His reticence hitherto on the American ques- tion is thought to have encouraged hopes which have been disappointed now teat the oracle has spoken. Supposed Loss of the Bussorah Steamship. A shocking catastrophe, it is feared, has befallen the Bussorah steamer, Captain Gray, belonging to the British India Steam Navigation Company. She left the Clyde on the 16th of last month, for Cal cutta and Bombay, and there is too much reason to believe that daring the recent heavy gales she was lost off Islay, one of the islands on the extreme north-west coast of Scotland, and that not a soul on board has been spared to tell her fate, The Bus sorah was quite a new vessel. She was built at Port Glasgow last year, under special survey, and was 620 tons register, fitted with four water-tight bulk heads, and classed A 1 for 12 years. Her crew, including engineer and firemen, numbered about 30, and she was loaded with a general cargo. It would seem that on leaving the Clyde she took the north passage out of the Channel. Nothing was heard of her until last Tuesday, when a notice was received at Lloyd's, to the effect that a quantity of wreck, with a board bearing the name of " Bussorah, Gray," had been washed ashore near Islay, and the owners at Glasgow telegraphed to Lloyd's, intimating their appre hensions for the safety of the vessel, and that they had despatched a special messenger to Islay to examine the fragment of wreck, particularly a cask of oil which had been cast up, as the party about proceeding to the spot had an intimate knowledge of what the cargo comprised. Lat er accounts which have come to hand leave little doubt as to the fate of the ship. The lighthouse keeper at Rhu Vaal, on the north end of Islay, has made the following report to the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners relative to the wreck which has been washed ashore :—" It is strewed along shore a distance of ten miles from this station. Four miles distant a large lifeboat came on shore—name broken away. She has the appearance of having belonged to a large steam boat. Four and a half miles farther west there was a large boat came on shore, bearing the name Bus- Borah, Glasgow;' has also the appearance of having belonged to a large steamer. Both boats have been first class articles, wholly built of teakwood, and varnished. There was a considerable quantity of what, appears to have belonged in the deck-room of a steamer come on shore. It is reported that a great quantity of wreck has come on shore on the island of Colonsay, similar to what I have men tioned. From the direction of the wind and the places where the wreckage has come ashore, I am led to suppose that a wreck muEt have occurred somewhere between Is/ay and Omsay Point." The steamer and cargo are insured for £30,000. LORD LLANOVER AND MR. HERBERT OF CLYTECA. —At the meeting of the Usk Fishing Association, in Jan. last, on the name of Mr. Reginald Herbert being pro posed as a 'member of the association, the chairman, Lord Llanover, stated " that it was impossible for him to acknow ledge Mr. Reginald Junes under that name, and conse quently, if such were persisted in, he could not lend his signature to the minutes of the proceedings, and would re sign his position as chairman." It was unanimously re solved, " That with a view to the interests of the associa tion, and not wishing to prejudge a matter which must soon be brought under public consideration, the question be postponed for the present."—Swansea and Glamorgan Herald. A SCENE IN A HOTEL AT TROWBRIDGE.—At the County Court, Trowbridge, on Tuesday, before Mr. C. F. D. Caillard, judge, a case, Dent v. Ingerson, was hoard, and caused the most intense excitement, the court Lail being crammed to excess throughout the hearing. An action was brought by a barmaid, Jane Dent, against Philip Ingerson, the landlord of the Woolpack Hotel, Marketplace, for £ll lls, 6d., wages due, including a month's wages for wrongful dismissal. On the 14th of January a commercial traveller entered the Woolpack, and, finding no fire in the room set apart for gentlemen of his profession, he inquired the reason. `Jane,' said the worthy Boniface to the plaintiff, how is this ; no fire in the com mercial room ?" Missus told me never to light one there, sir, unless it's occupied, was the rejoinder. I never told you any such thing,' was the response of the mistress. ' You did, ma'am,' said Jane, I'm sure you did.' An altercation ensued, during which the unfortunate CRUS3 0 it, the comm erc i a l , called for dinner. What's all this about ?' inquired the landlord, who was attracted to the kitchen, where the contending parties were engaged in a ' passage of tongues.' Missus says she did tell me always to light the fire in the commercial room,' explained Jane, and I'm sure she didn't.' And I believe you,' said the landlord. Well, you seem to be both well agreed,' ejacu lated the enraged mistress, then d--- it, get the dinner yourself l' The quarrel was continued with vigour for some time, but was at length abruptly terminated by the land lady calling Jane a liar and something worse, touching her character, and delivering her two blows in the face with her fists, taking her by the shoulders, turning her out of the kitchen, and ordering her out of the house at a moment's notice. The landlord, it appears, who was very busy, peremptorily said, ' Jane shall not go ;' but the weaker vessel proved the stronger, and Jane did go. Her mistress, according to plaintiff's statement, then overhauled 1 1 Jane's boxes, insinuating that she had not all her own things. However the lug gage was removed, but next day the landlord sought the intervention of a Mr. Charles Lansdale, chemist, to assist him in asserting his authority in his own household. Mr. Lansdale made certain offers to plaintiff to return to her service, as Mr. Ingerson had a house full of company, and went to the Woolpack, when Mr. Ingerson gave him a cheque for the amount of the plaintiff's bill, which she had sent in, but her mistress dis puted the item for a month's wages. Mr. Lansdale, be it known, stands head and shoulders over his fellows, and as he was leaving the hotel with the cheque the mistress, more enraged than ever his busy interference,' flew at him, and, to use witness's own words, collared him as a butcher would a bullock, tore his vest, abstracted his watch from his pocket, and broke the guard in her endeavours to get the cheque from him, which she succeeded in doing, and then triumphantly tore it into pieces. His Honour gave judgment for the plaintiff for the full amount. The decision was received with loud applause, Which was instantly checked.—Somerset _Herald. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A GlRL.—Yesterday morning Mr. John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, received information respecting the death of a fine newly-born male child, the illegitimate offspring of a girl named Caroline Burns, aged 15, a domestic in the service of Mr, James Hills, a Custom-house officer, residing in Beau mont-square, Mile. end-road, Stepney. It appears that the girl had been unwell for the last two days, when her mis tress, thinking that she had a cold, requested her to keep her bed. 6.h0 did so, and the mistress gave her nourishing food and medicine, but on Thursday, when the bedroom was cleared, a bundle was discovered in a cupboard, and upon the covering being removed the dead body of a child was found. The mistress at once sent for Dr. Atkins, of the Mile-end-road, who promptly attended, and pronounced life extinct, but deceased had net been fully developed. The mistress interrogated the girl in the presence of a police constable, and she stated that one night, about nine months since, she was sent out on an errand, W h en she was sc• costed by a gentleman, who took her, after giving her some refreshment, to a house in the vicinity of Al ile-end, where he seduced her, Yesterday morning at eleven o'clock the coroner opened an inquiry at the Ki ng ' s Arms Tavern, Beaumont-street, Mile-end, on view of the body of the de ceased child, when some evidence was taken, but as the girl Burns was unable at present to be removed, the inves tigation was adjourned for a fortnight, to give time for her attendance, under the authority of the Secretary of State, as eke ia in charge of tt..o Police. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1863, 9 . ~:~;_ .a -- REIGATE ELECTION, The official declaration of the poll was made yes terday in the public hall by the returning officer es follows : Leveson Gower WiLinson Majority for Gower. -12 The announcement was received with great ap• plause. Mr. GOWER, amidst the loud cheers of his friends, made a short speech, in which he sincerely thanked his friends for the honour they had conferred upon him by placing him at the head of the poll—(cheers) —and he said he trusted that the connection thus formed might exist for many years. Mr. WILKINSON also addressed the electors, and owned that he had been beaten, although with honour, and he thanked his supporters for the zeal which they had displayed on his behalf. Mr. GOWER then proposed a vote of thanks to the returning officer, which was seconded by Mr, SEARLE (Mr. Wilkinson's proposer), and the pro ceedings ended in a most quiet and peaceful manner. The Alleged Murder by Poison at Batley. Emma Walker and Samuel Fox were yesterday brought up at Dewsbury, under a writ of habeas corpus, charged with the wilful murder of George Walker on the 9th Dec. last. It will be remembered that the accused were removed under the coroner's warrant to York, and this course led to the application for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. John Walker, brother of the deceased, said :—About a week before deceased's death, he called upon me, and we proceeded together to Dewsbury. On our way I noticed something peculiar in his manner, and he said he was weak. I said to him, " If I were thee I would not let Samuel Fox come to thy house. There are all sorts of tales about him and thy wife, the prisoner Emma Walker." Deceased replied, " I don't want to believe it, but if I catch them I will kill them both." On the Sunday following (Dec. 7) I went to my brother's house and I found him very ill. The deceased's wife and Fox were sitting close together, and they were laughing. I was so disgusted at seeing Fox there that I went away without saying a word. On the Tuesday following I went again and saw Fox and the prisoner, Emma Walker, seated together. I took hold of my brother's hand, which felt cold and clammy. I then went out, but in a few minutes, being informed of his death, I returned. Two women were washing the body of the deceased on the hearthstone. Fox stood by, and watched their movements. I said, "Wha have you done at my brother ; you've murdered ° : —he is a murdered man, and I'll have him opened in the morn ing." Fox grew very pale, and he turned his face to wards the window. My brother's furniture was sold by auction on the day previous to the adjourned inquest. Sarah Hemingway said—l went to the house of the de ceased on the day of his death. I said to the prisoner Walker, " You must give him something to keep his lips moist and open." She gave him a liquid out of a cup twice, and then she said, " I believe he is dying." In a few minutes after that he died. James Hull deposed—l have seen Fox at the deceased's house previous to the latter's death many times. I was in deceased's house on 9th December. The female prisoner left the house, and said she was going for some medicine, and after she had gone out, the deceased asked me to let him drink, and pointed to a basin on a shelf near the bed. I took the basin down, and it appeared to be cold water. After I had given him some of:it, he said, "I'm burned to death, Jem ; I'm scalded to death here," putting his hand on his breast. I was in the house some time, and. I waited until Emma Walker came back, when she poured some of the medi• cine into a cup. I noticed that she poured in another liquid, which caused the mixture to boil. After he had taken a small quantity, he again cried out, "I'm burned, I'm burned; I'm done." He died on the same day. Mr. W. Baildon, surgeon, said—l attended the deceased up to the day of his death. On the 6th December I found him very weak ; his voice was hoarse, and he complained of his throat being hot, dry, and painful. I visited him again on Tuesday, and he was in an exceedingly feeble state, his skin being cold and his pulse almost imperceptible. I, along with Keighley, made a post mortenz examination of the body on the 11th of December. On the 15th of Decem ber a preliminary analysis took place in Leeds, end afterwards, in pursuance of instructions given by the Secretary of State, a complete analysis was made, and various tests were applied by Dr. Scattergood, and arsenic was found in various portions of the stomach and intes tines. lam of opinion that death was caused by arsenic, the finding of which in the bo3y being, I think, conclu sive proof. The symptoms during life were quite con sistent with the effects of arsenic. I prescribed nothing calculated to produce the symptoms exhibited. Mr. Scattergood, lecturer on chemistry at the Leeds School of Medicine, described the result of analysis, which he made, and said he found arsenic in all the viscera. He also found white arsenic in liquid contained in the stomach. It was partly dissolvel and partly undissolved, and por tions of the latter were adhering to the mucous membrane of the stomach. The quantity found in the stomach would be more than sufficient to cause death, irrespective of that found in any other organ. He was of opinion that one dose was given within a few hours of death, but he could not affirm that as a certainty. In his opinion, re peated doses were administerech—Webster Hall, assistant to Mr. Husband, druggist, Batley, proved that on the 28th October the prisoner purchased eight ounces of arsenic, which he said he wanted to kill rats with.—Serjeant Bland deposed to finding a package in the house, containing five ounces of a powder labelled " Arsenic, poison," por tions of which were afterwards analysed.—Several other witnesses were examined, and the case was adjourned until Monday. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Seasonably extensive supplies of fruit and vegetables are on offer, and the trade rules heavy at about previous quo tations. FRUIT. s. d. s. d. 8. d. Pine apples 8 otolo 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 Grapes,per lb 2 6to 5 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 6to 1 Foreign do 1 oto 2 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 oto 3 0 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 3 6to 8 0 j Currants, per tsv 0 oto 0 Lemons, per 120 3 ii to 7 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 Gooseberries hi sveo oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 i Raspberries, pr pt 0 oto 0 VEGETA.BLEs. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0; Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 31 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 Red ditto 2 oto 4 01 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 10 to 1 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 0 0 i Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 Brocoli, per bun. 0 10 to 1 3 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 110 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 New ditto, pr put 1 oto 1 3 3lushrooms.p ptl. 1 oto 1 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 01 Mint and savory.. 0 oto 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 -0 to 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 9to 2 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 6t o 1 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale. per bun. 0 6to 1 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 6s Od to 106 Od; geese, 4s Od to 7s Od each; goslings, Os Od to Os Od; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s each; wild do., 10d to Is 2d ; pigeons, Os 8d to is 6d each; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, Gs Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to Gs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, 5s Od to is Od ; partridges, is Gd to 3s Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os; snipes,Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 3s Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 7s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is Id; English, is ld to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 10s Od to Os Od ; French do., 8s Od to 9s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLING SG ATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Od to Os; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb. ; turbots, 2s Gd to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to 158 Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, Os Od to Os Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair ; common oysters, -- s to ---s ; Itatives, —s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 15s; haddocks, 5s to 20s ; smelts, 2s Od to Os Od flounders, Os Od per dozen; macke re l, 60 8 per 120 ; fresh herrings, 6s per 100; bloaters, Oa to Os per 100; carp and each, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to Os 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7ld to Bd, of household do., 51d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 22d ; 641 b to 721 b, 21d to 3d ; 721 b to 80Ib, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 4 d ; BSlb to 961 b, 3id 40 ; 961 b to 1011 b, 4d to 41d ; 104Ib to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, lOs Od to lls 0d ; half -brads, 8 s 6 d to lOs Od; Downs, 6s 3d to 7s 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. _lo i s os t o t 0 e £ 4 l 4 ; SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 10:03toto£4£148180sds: clover, £2 do., £3 10s to £5 15s; and straw, £llOB to £1 18s pQr load. Supply irs.73c)lZe. Zrwadheasylow. £3 10s to £5 15s Od ; h and straw, £1 dAo slow.- ‘ , 17 3 T i d ic n t t oaAniis; 15s an ne straw, Trade inactive. £l Ws to £1 iti!sp err: clover In order to reduce the dreadful crime of child murder, Mr. Humphrey , the coroner, Las suggested the foundation of a foundling hospital at the East-end, where young women would be received and kept until aftrer their confinement, r -7 - ~~1 '__ -. _r a~ •' • THIRD EDITION. ____ SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING --Tars Day. LINCOLN HANDIcAr. 10 to lon the field (offered) 12 to 1 agst Douche (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to lon the field (offered) 50 to 1 eget Mauehline (offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to lon the field (offered) r`,l to 1 agst. Tien I'Vebete THE DERBY. 2; to 1 asst Automaton (taken freely) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—This DAY LIFCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Lopcateher (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 18 to 1 agst Master Bagot (offered) 22 to 1 agst Avalanche (taken) 30 to 1 agst Medora (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agst Queen of Spain (offered) 100 to 3 agst Misfortune (taken) 40 to 1 agst Polynesia (taken) 50 to 1 Colleen Rhue (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) 4to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Brick (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Stradella (taken) 25 to 1 agst Anfield (taken) 100 to 3 agst Amelia (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Cowley (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Knave (taken) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 10 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 100 to 8 agst Hospodar (taken) 28 to 1 agst National Guard (taken to money) 30 to 1 agst Automaton (taken) WATERLOO (COURSING) RS IN G) Cur. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Spinks' nomination (taken) 15 to 1 agst Mr. Worrall's nomination (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Blackstock's nomination (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Brundrit's nomination (offered) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Lindsay's nomination (wanted) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Hayward's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Croft's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Callon's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Knowles's nominiation (tk and off) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cunningham's nomination (tk and off 40 to 1 agst Mr. John tone's nomination (tk and off ( LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY, FED, 25. Acceptances for the Grand Steeplechase. About four miles. Age st lb Age st lb Maritana Jerusalem a 10 12 Multum in Parvo.. a 10 0 The Dane a 10 10 Pineapple Sinking Fund .... a 10 101 Countess Avalanche a. 10 41 Magician Satellite Ravenstonedale .. a 10 4 Climax Northern Light .. 6 10 4 Discrepancy a 9 2 Heads or Tails .... 6 10 4 Cherokee Light of other Days a 10 2 Birdbolt a 9 2 Cockatoo Cuirassier VICTORIA CROSS. (From the London Gazette of last Evening.) WAR OFFICE, Feb. 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned seaman of the Royal Navy, whose claim to the same has been submitted for her Majesty's approval, for his gallant conduct at the capture of Fung-wha, in China, as recorded against his name; viz. : George Hinckley, able seaman of her Majesty's sloop " Sphinx"—For volunteering, while under the East Gate of the city of Fung-wha, to carry to a joss house, a hundred and fifty yards distant, under a heavy and continuous fire of musketry, gingalls and stink-pots, Mr. Coker, Master's Assistant of the " Sphinx," who had been wounded in the advance to the gate; in which object Hinckley succeeded. Oa his return to the gate, under a similar fire, he again volunteered, and succeeded in carrying to the joss house Mr. Bremen, an officer of Ward's force, who had been also wounded in the advance on the gate; and he again returned to his post under the gate. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17 11 171 Antwerp.. Brussels - 25 45 25 50 Hamburgh _ 13 71 13 71; Paris Ditto 25 52f 25 57 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 119 110$ Vienna Trieste .. 11 85 11 90 Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 65 25 70 Milan — 25 65 25 70 Genoa — 25 65 25 70 Naples Palermo — 25 671 25 72i Messina — 25 67i 25 721 Lisbon — 52 a Oporto Foreign Gold i n Bars ( , Standard) per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars c. Silver in Bars (St an d ar d ) .. South American Do u bl oons 0 0 0 THE FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT PADDINGTON.— Yesterday Dr. Lankester, coroner for Central Mid dlesex, opened an inquest at the Bank of England Tavern, Cambridge -place, Paddington, on the body of Stephen Langston, aged 27, John Stafford, aged 37, and Thomas Down, aged 62, the three unfortunate men killed by the falling of a stage at the depot of the Ituabon Coal Com pany, near the terminus of the Great Western Railway, on Wednesday last. The bodies of the deceased men having been identified, the ; ,Coroner said it would be desirable to view the spot where the accident happened, and he proposed then to adjourn the inquest, as it would be necessary that some competent persons should be employed to inspect and I give an opinion as to the stability of the building upon Iwhich it appeared such immense ,weights had to be sus tained. He did not know that the fourth and injured man, now lying in the hospital, could throw any light upon the matter. He understood from the character of his injuries, some weeks were likely to elapse before his recovery. Should he have a relapse, he (the Coroner) would come up and take his evidence. He wished to knew if it had been ascertained who was responsible for the construction of the building which had fallen. The inspector of police said he believed it had been erected under the direction of the manager of the Ruabon Coal Company. The Court having been formally adjourned till that day fortnight, the jury, accompanied by the coroner, proceeded to the Coal Depot of the Great Western Railway to view the fallen debris, and to judge for themselves, if possible, the cause of the accident. It is stated that a brother of one of the deceased men had repeatedly warned him and others that the erection was dangerous. LETTER OF JOHN MITCHELL.—When the Fede rals captured Mr. Sanders they found in his posses sion a letter from the well known John Mitchell, addressed to the Dublin Nation. It tells how he made his way into Virginia, crossing the Potomac, in company wdituhnt.we two Confederate officers, " close by four gunboats and the bows of a Yankee revenue cutter." no low, and he says that north of the Potomac there he is :as in America, was in doubt all the time whether ho finds very little or Poland, or Venetia. Richmondis itizens are giving a changed, and that the hearty support to the Gareov:erransmlentl.earnT,he abo ut l etter 40,c000n0- eludes thus :—" There h rn army, but theyarea.ndiastariii Irishmen in the Southern through all regiments buted, as they ought to be, arms of the service, and have never been formed into an Irish brigade. They do not pretend to fight this American quarrel as Irishmen, nor do they desecr a t e th e name or pros titute the flag of Ireland at all. A e f or the Northern Irish, who seem to have got themselves persuaded that the enfran chisement of Ireland is somehow to result from the subjuga tion of the South, and that the repeal of one Union in Europe depends on the enforcement of another Union in America, our friends here do not well and erstand the process of reasoning which leads to that conclusion, nor do I. They call those Northern Irish, as m ell as all the other Northern forces, by the one general name, Yankees, and indignantly protest that the green bunting under which ' Irish' brigades have chosen to march to the invasion and subjugation of the South is not the banner of Ireland at all—merely one of the Yankee insignia. In all this I agree with them entirely. Nobody has the right to unfurl the colours of Ireland in a war of invasion and plunder and coercion. These Irish at the South have never pretended to mix up their native country in the struggle ; they indulge in no Fontenoyism, they flaunt no sunbursts, they display on their banners no round towers, wolf dogs, or crownlesa harps, but go ahead quite simply, und er th e s t ars an d b ars of their adopted country, to defend th e i r own h omes an d hearties from a host red of greedy invad ers . If th ey s h ou ld be ever overpowered and defeated, Ireland, at l eas t, w ill not be dishonoured defeated; and their persons. Bat they have no thought of being . and I will sum up my impression by declaring my con'FlC tion that this Confederacy can never be conquered," THE KINGDOM OP ITALY. A letter from Genoa, dated Feb. 1, sage :—"De cidedly the habit lately indulged in by the French and Italian Parliaments of talking at each other, might lead to serious camplications were it not that Italian reeentment must needs be smothered by a feeling of the great debt under which the events of 11859 placed them, and also by the consciousness of their embarrassed and helpless situation. The Address of the French Senate could not have been couched in a language more studiously calculated to wound Italian feelings and injure Italian inte reste. If France only said that, as a Catholic Power, she actually and absolutely engages to secure and perpetuate the temporal power of the Pope at Rome, and if she insisted, with the knife at her neighbour's throat, that Italy must fall in with her vie wa and accept her terms, no doubt she would carry her point, and she would only be guilty of inconsistency with her previous conduct, and of wanton, unprovoked violence. But in her cold, plausible, half doctrinaire, half sarcastic spirit, France chooses to sneer at those she opposes in their most natural and legitimate aspirations. The Ad dress affirms that 'at Turin Rome is no longer spoken of,' and the Minister, M. Billault, observes ' that the non possunius which hampered France at Rome now meets her at Turin.' Surely neither the Minister nor the framer of the Address earnestly meant what they said. Not only has the subject of Rome been dropped at Turin, but the attempt of the Deputy Cairoli to start a discussion on the sub ject the ot'eer day was met with impatient cries for the ' order of the day.' The Italians, however, think of Rome the more the less they talk of it; and if the Farini Cabinet wisely declined to make any propo sals, or to carry on unprofitable negotiation on the subject, it was precisely because they knew that nothing would be more embarrassing for France than to make the next step ; it was precisely this embarrassment which soured the men at the head of the French Government, and called forth those out bursts'of French insolence which the long-suffering behaviour of Italy had certainly not deserved. It is impossible to say on what ground the French rest their charge that the non possumus of the Italians baffles their endeavours to solve the Roman ques tion. The Italians have proclaimed Rome as their capital; but they have not gone one step further towards gaining possession of it. The Pope and his French protectors could well afford to ignore the resolution of the Turin Parliament. So far as Italy is concerned, there is nothing to prevent Pius IX. coming to a satisfactory arrangement with his subjects, nothing to prevent the French per suading or compelling His Holiness to do so. The quarrel lies not between the Pope and the .Italians, but between the Pope and the Romans, and the non possums which so nettles and plagues French statesmen arises from the fact that they, in violation of all principles of non-interven tion, tread upon the neck of a people—of a portion of that people whom they three years ago called upon to be men and freemen. The religious feeling of France may entitle her to mete out with different measures the fate of the Romans and that of the Mexicans. The French may, if they choose, strengthen themselves atßome and abide there to all eternity. But why they should lash themselves into a fury to have a pretext to quarrel with the Italians, who are, after all, only guilty of silence, of an ob servant, expectant policy, is more than any man in this country has power to conceive. Aft er a ll, th e , . . only act by which Italy may have incurred the dis- 1 pleasure of France was the Parliamentary vote by which two years ago Rome was chosen as. the seat of government. One could understand France if, sword in hand, she would venture to bid the Italian representatives to rescind that vote; but there seems, indeed, to be little sense in quarrelling with them simply because they paused after that first declaration, and are now doing nothing to reveal an intention on their part to act up to it. They are doing nothing, be it understood, partly because there is at present nothing that they can do, and because their inaction is precisely that condact which can best puzzle and nonplus French states- men End drive them to those fits of powerless ill temper of which they give even now such a pitiful exhibition. According to an interesting recent semi-official publication, the Italian available navy at the present day only consists of two iron-plated cor vettes of 40 guns ; of a ship of the line of the third class an of 64 guns; of saven frigates of the first class, 342 guns; of one frigate, second class, 36 guns ; and three corvettes, 52 guns ;—altogether 14 vessels, with 534 guns—not reckoning, of course, the sailing vessels nor even the paddle-wheel steamers. The author thinks that neither England nor France ever exceeded, in the Mediterranean, a force equiva lent to 14 ships of the line and as many great screw frigates of the present time, or altogether a fleet of 28 vessels, armed with about 1,100 guns. He contends that Italy, in the only sea which she may call her own, ought to muster a force at least not inferior to either of the two great Powers. Italy, according to the author of this pamphlet, spends for her navy, 74,000,000 f. yearly. The French expenditure for the same service does not exceed 143,000,000 f. The Italian navy costs more than half that of the French, and, in its present condition, boasts hardly as much as one-third of its strength. The want of great reforms both in the present organiza- tion and in the whole administration of the naval department is sorely felt in high quarters ; and it is understood that Government will first promote a Parliamentary inquiry on the subject, then propose the foundation of a permanent maritime council, somewhat on the footing of the English Board of Admiralty. TURIN, FEB. 5. In to-day's sitti ng of the Chamber of Deputies Signor Miceli put a question to the Ministry in re ference to the dissolution of a political club at Palermo. The Minister of the Interior replied that the judicial authorities had opened an inquiry into the matter. The Minister also said he reserved the statement of his own views on the subject until the bill on political associations had been discussed He considered that in the meantime the circular of Signor Rattazzi, relative to political societies, should settle the question. A Turin letter of the 3d, in the Debats Nays : " The clauses of the treaty of commerce between France and Italy have at last been made known to the public. The following are t he p rinci p al p oints : —With respect to navigation, Italy obtains for h er vessels the exemption from goods sent direct from Italian ports to French; she obtains also the right of coasting in the French h ports o f the Mediterranean and Alg er i a . O n the oter hand, she concedes to F rance the right of trading on all her coasts both in the Med iterranean and t Adriatic. antclseau ' s Wh respect to t h e . in tariff, the most are'Kith with reference to silk tissues, oil, and sulphur. French silk staffs will enter at the moderate duty of 3f. per kilogramme.. The reduction will be 1868. in made gradually, terminating Velvets alone are excepted. This is a concession to the industry of Genoa. The export duty on oil, which was 9f. per quintal in Naples, and 30e. only in Piedmont, is fixed at lf. France reduces the import duty to 3f. This clause is very advantageous to the Southern provinces. Lastly, the export duty on sulphur is fixed at If. the quintal. Italy, besides, obtains a reduction on fruits, such as oranges, lemons, &c., and upon some other second'ary articles. The Sardinian treaty is maintained with respect to wines. This treaty of commerce appears likely to be warmly criticised ; some consider it as dangerous to the Italian silk manufacture, w hile others look upon it as politically inopportune. It will nevertheless be voted. The sittings of the Chamber aro quite devoid of interest. The Budget is being quietly discussed. On the sth will be elected two Vice-Presidents, in the room of MM. Minghetti, who has been appointed a Minister, and Scutera, named President, and 'who had not been replaced. MM. Cassinis and Lafarina will be chosen by a common understanding. The selection of these two persons is excellent, and the more so Us it is made in a spirit of conciliation." EXPORT OF COAL. --Return of the quantity of coal exported from the port of Great Grimsby dur ing the month of January, 1863 :—To France, 3,618 tons; to Hanseatic Towns, 2,485 tons; to Spain, 438 tons; to Biazil, 198 tons; to Channel Islands, 194 tons—total _foreign, 6,933 tons ; coastwise, 1,270 tons ;- grand total, 8,203 to ns; correspon di ng m onth last year, total foreign, 5,812 tons; coastwise, 1,888 tons; grand total, 7,000 tons. Increase, 1,203 tons, :s -id of ur ]g )y he Lis is ;11. is "'.w, ~