The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

two üßt S Mr. 13 hiS MONEY. MARKET AND COMME RC lAL INTELLIGE NCB, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The stock markets show but little animation, and rxeept in the English Funds, which are steady, the tendency is rather unfavourable. Railways have receded in some cases a point or two, with the excep tion of Great Eastern, which have advanced. In Foreign Stocks the two features have been a further decline in United States' Five-Twenty Bonds, and a relapse of /in Spanish New Three per Cents. The latter arises from the contingency of a rupture be tween the Bank of Spain and the Government on the application proposed to be made of the Bank's reserve. 11.Ioney in the open market remains at about 1# per cent. on first-class commercial bills, and supplies are as full .as ever. Consols aro without change, at 93k to 934, for money and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 931 to 93- ; India Five per Cents., 111/ to 114 ; Bank Stock, 248 to 250 ; Exchequer Sills, 20s to 25s prem. The,chief feature in Foreign Securities is the de pression of Spanish New Three per Cents. upon the Ministerial difficulty at Madrid. At 36k to 36i there is a reduction of 4 ; otherwise there is not much change. Mexican, 15/ to 164; Greek, 12k to 13 ; Turkish, 32g. to 32/ ; Italian, 43/ to 44k ; Portuguese Scrip, 14 to 1g prem. ; Egyptian Nine per Cents., 924 to 92/; ditto (1862), 89 to 91 ; and Railway Loan, 922 to 93k. The New Honduras Loan is steady, at /, 14 prem. Colonial Bonds are s t ea dy ; C ana d a Si x per Cents., are enquired for at 99 to 101 ; Mauritius Six per Cents., 103 to 105 • N ew S ou th Wales Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; New Zealand Six per Cent., 108 to 110 ; Queensland Six per Cents., 103 k to 104 k ; Victoria Six per Cents., 110 to 111. In American Securities, United States 5-20 Bongs are lower, at 71k to 714. Erie Railroad k better, at 47k to 48k. Illinois steady, at 87k to 88k. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain firm at 26 to 28, and the Consolidated Mort sage Bonds have risen k to 24 to 25. English Railways are rather flat. Midland have Fallen k at 105/ to 1064 ; Great Northern, at 109 to 110, ; and Caledonian ' at 76/ to 76/, Metropolitan, at 1081 to 1081, Great Western, at 46 to 46k, and London and North Western, at 117/ to 118 i, k each. On the other hand, Great Eastern are g higher, at 30k to 31 ; Great Northern A at 110 to 111 ; and Lancashire a n d Y or k s hi re k, a t 1264 to 1261. There is no change in South Eastern, at 71k to 71/ Sheffield, 43 t o 43k ; an d B r i g ht on at 451 to 46k. Bank shares are generally firm, but the transactions are limited. Chartered Mercantile is quoted k better, at 28 to 29 ; Imperial Bank -4, at 'l7k to 18 ; and Imperial Ottoman k at 17k to 18. Agra (A shares) steady, at 11 to 11;; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Ang,lo -Austrian, 3i to 31 prem. ; London and Westminster, 52 to 54; London and County, 52 to 54 ; London Joint Stock Union of London, 33k to 34k. Miscellaneous securities are without feature, the only movement being in Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, and Hudson's Bay Company, the former being better, while the latter is k lower. Anglo-American Telegraph Company, 19i to 19g ex div. ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., 5 to 5k ; ditto Ten per Cent., par to i prem. ; National Dis count, 11 to Hi ; Egyptian Trading, 4/ to 4k dis. ; General Credit, 2g to 2i dis. ex div. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Taff Vale Waggon CornoanY has been called for the 25th inst. The annual general meeting of the Gray's Chalk Quarries Company will be held on the 28th inst. he sum of £86,000 in bar gold was taken from the Bank yesterday for export. The Humboldt has arrived at Liverpool with £23,000 in specie from the River Plate. The fortnightly settlement - On the Stock Exchange commences on Wednesday and closes on Friday. The latest political advices from Portugal state that order has not yet been folly re-established, inasmuch as a serious oncute has just broken out at Braga with .reference to the movement of some. breadstuffs that were being carried to Oporto. The military escort of the grain and the people came to blows, and a con siderable number of the latter were wounded. The MI 'in Metropolitan Railway Stock yesterday was attributed to a statement that Mr. Parsons, the chairm an , had been summoned before the Court of Chancery to show cause why he should not be com mitted for contempt of court in having declared a dividend at the rate of 5i per cent. per annum, in Lace of the injunction granted by Vice-Chancellor Wood. A combination is said to have been effected by which the Credit Mobilier of Paris, the" Credit Mobilier of Spain, arid the Northern Railway of Spain are likely to b e liberated from some portion of the engagements by which their activity is now paralysed. The obligations of the Northern of Spain are to be withdrawn, and 326,000 new obligations emitted. The proposal is now before the Spanish Government, and, if it is approved and adopted by the present holders, it will enable du Northern of Spain to relieve itself from the Credit Mobilier of Spain, which, in turn, will disengage itself from the Credit Mobilier of Paris, by buying back the 57,000 of its shares held by the latter. The following is from Messrs. Jackson and Till's Monthly Rice Circular :-- "Since the issue of our January Circular, we have expe rienced a steady demand, and a gradually hardening market, the value of soft grain descriptions having increased lid to 3d per cwt. With one or two.exceptions, where the Parcels bought were for export, the whole of the business has been on cleaner's account, the demand for cleaned rice having considerably revived, both for export and the home trade. For floating carges full prices have been paid, n otwithstanding the lateness of the shipment, when the inality is usually inferior, and for spring shipment fully 6d Per cwt. advance has been realised in one or two cases for moderate size cargoes. The latest telegrams from the rice Ports give the opening prices for the new crop as follows— liarcmg 4s 9d, Necransie 5s 3d, Rangoon 5s 10d to 6s per c wt., f.0.b . . Freights ruling at £4 5s to £4 lOs per ton. At these rates Necransie would stand in about 10a 9d to 11s Per cwt., and Rangoon lle 6d to lle 9d per cwt., Continental terms. Should the Abyssinian e xpedition not terminate bef o re th e summer , we do not anticipate any decline in these figures, as the sc arcity of tonnage will operate materially against excessiv e supplies of rice coming forward to Europe. A cargo of 1,400 tons of Saigon rice has been sold at lle 6d for Bremen, without guarantee of quality. In fine white Bengal further sales have been made at from 16s to 17s per .?wt- ; but, ow i ng t o th e i n f er i or i ty of th i s season ' s crops, judging from the samples already to hand, buyers have lately abstained from further operations until actual over land samples of each parcel are shown. Madras rice has alig ht!), declined, there being sellers now a t ll e 7401 to lls 9 d per cwt. The quantity now afloat for Europe is 50,499 to ns, against 11,527 tons last year, and the stock here is 4 1.471 tons against 26,150 tons. The followi ng i s M essrs . L ayton ' s c i rcular, dated last night, in ref erence t o th e F e b ruary i ndigo sales :-- "The first p er i o di ca l sa l e o f t h e year, comprising 4,854 chests, commenced this morning. There was a fair attend !nee of buyers from the country, but scarcely any from the Continent. Compared with the auctions of October, prices may be quoted as follows :---Bengal, 8d to 10d advance ; Oude and Plant Oudes, 6(1 to 8d ditto ; ;Madras, 4d ditto ; Eurpab, 8d to 10d ditto. Of the 1,140 cheats which Passed the sale today, 585 chests were sold, 193 bought and 362 chests withdrawn." Mr. Effingham Wilson, of the Royal Exchange, nab Published an exceedingly valuable work under the designation of "A Comprehensive Analysis of the Capital and Revenue of the Railways of the United 1 i3gdorn." The author is Mr. H. E. Bird, accoun tant, of Gresham-b u ildi ngs, B as i nghall-street,who has brought to this subject the benefit of a wide Practical experience, the result being a series of tables Which afford a complete view of the position of every _ r ailway in the United Kingdom, down to the half year ending June last. We commend the work to favourable attention, as indispensable to every class ....i d v every interest desirous of ascertaining for them-. .ea the true conditions of a property in which v2pital is invested equal to more than half the princi pal of the National Debt. bo:,ll.e_ total quantity of r i ce a fl oa t f or E urope is Leriiu9 tons aminst 11,527 tons in the corresponding o a d . of last year. During the past month soft grain advanced lid to 3d per cwt. the indigo sales now in progress, as compared with th e October sales, show an advance of 8d to 10d in p u ,_Price of Bengal, 6d to 8d in Oude and Plant ,;,r e s, 4d in Madras, and 8d to 10d in Kurpah. itit'_u deliveries of tea in London for the past week 6 canted to 2,690,4341b5, being a decrease of T he i6sl hs as compared with the previous week. evit..present stock of tallow in London is 33,729 1,42, against 36,652 cwts. for the corresponding 444 0 of last ye 1864.ar ; 42,593 in 1866 ; 48,039 i n 1 865 ;, 01 2,845 i n BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 GOV ERNMENT FUNDS. 139 ()b tu. Consols Isiatiel l: ver . 3 . CApe Per O . o n tnt Reduced March 931 + It 93 i I i it e r , w 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ A '''°. 5 per Cent. d an. 1873 — tbiluities,' 80 vrs, expire sth Jain. 188 P — Do fo r 30 yrs, expire sth April 'lBBs 0 2 (Rod Sea Televaph), "e'qu er Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &2i per Ct 2O 24 pm Do 1)0. .£5OO 2O 24 pm )3 £lOO 24 pin IL*. o f England Stock, 41 per Cent 248 50 O. Account 15t,..... India n vtOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , 7 tock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — Do. 4'o. Accou t " 5 0 ' Per Cent. July 1880 4 , p er C o, t _ _ _ Dl. . •.... uent., Oct. 1888 101 l io Certificates — rio• Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent B7/ is, 1031 12, °. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872 1). . lost , r ,-• 01 per Cent.. May 1879 '" . ° ls 5 per Cent., Rup , Deb., 187 - 2 — Do. do. 1877 lo3} I, Do. do. 1882 lO3l 4 '''c'; Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ...., 105} FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING, PRIOFS. Brazlia,n 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 18• - 38.,.. Do. do., 1860 — Do. do., 1863 67 1 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 76} k Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Ceihan 6 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent — Uo. 6 per Cent., B . -- Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 • Do., Scrip £32 paid C )I..mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 p3r Cent, 1825 , — Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 67} Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equador New Oonsolidated, 1 par Ceul — elgyptian, 7 per Cent 90 - 154:1 SeCon - d Issue — D ~ £5OO Bonds Do. .£lO6 Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. £s'io Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 921 Government Railway Debentures ..... 93 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824 1 5, ea Coups. — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., .£2sp Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account .) . Do. Maremmana Raiway nexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Montevideau 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada Do 3 per Cent, — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account 7 61 1 4 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent. ; 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Do. do., 1.?67 — Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid l4 pm Russian 5 per gent., 1822, £ Si Do 44 por Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds BB 4 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 894 Do. do. £84155. do — Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Oen . — Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Accannt Do Com. Cert. of Coul . not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. - - Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account . 631 Do £lOO Bonds 7O Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 631 4 Do. 1863 534 24 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 521 44 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 • Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends.on the above payable in Lonclun. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,, Do Account 69f 124 c Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 44 4 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 934 i Do. Account, March ... 934 4 LAW AND POLICE.—Th's Lay. SINGULAR CASE.—In the Court of Probate and Divorce an application was made by Alice Phillipson with regard to the will of a person named Seed, for the purpose of obtaining a grant ad litem, and to be able to receive certain dividends. The facts appeared to be these. The testator died within the Palatinate of Lancaster in 1849, and left a will by which he bequeathed his property to a William Wilson and to- his wife, both of whom had since lied. At their death the property was to go in two moieties—one to a Mr. Stretch and the other to Mary Ann Wilson ; the former was dead, a n d the- latter was in Peru with ht r husband. Between the executors, Thornborough and Phillipson, there had been a suit instituted in the County Palatine of. Lancaster, but in October last Phillipson died, and there was no one to represent him, or to administer the estate, or to continue the, suit. There were several mortgages on the estate which ought to be taken up, and it would be to the advau• tape of Mary Ann Wilson that there should be a receives to dibtribute the dividends and to continue the suit.— The learned Judge-Ordinary said his difficulty wa3 as to the question of a receiver. He would grant a rule ad Nen?, but he would consult the Registrar as to - a receiver being appointed. EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON CITY MERCHANTS.—AIexander Hannah, 23, and William Patterson, 34, were 1 ring-lit up at the Mansion House, on the charge of fraudulently obtaining gooc's to a large amount within three months of their bankruptcy. The prisoners had carried on business on a very • extraordinary system of fraud. It appeared that in the year 1866 they opened a groctr's shop in New North-road, Islington, and exchanged names—Patterson, who took the principal part in the business, taking the name of Hannah, and Hannah adopting that of Patterson. For some time their transactions with the wholesale merchants in the City from whom they obtained their goods were conducted with great regularity, the payments being in cash. Latterly, however, they obtained large quantities of teas on credit, and it was shewn that the teas were immediately trans mitted to Glasgow, where" they were sold by a firm of auctioneers. In this manner £1,200 worth of goods were disposed of within a period of three months, of which the prisoners had netted between £7OO and £BOO, and at the close of the year the shop in the New North-road was shut up, and the prisoners disappeared. On the pe'it'on of one of their creditors they were then declared bank rupts, and shortly afterwards they were apprehended at a village in the West of Scotland, and brought to London by Detective Bull. Some additional evidence was now ad duced on the part of the prosecution, and the prisoners were again remanded. UTTERING COUNTERFEIT MONEY AT THE " ALITAMW PALACE."—Richard Cronin and Edward Charles Jackson, two young men, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, with uttering two counterfeit half-crowns at the " Alhambra Palace," Leices ter-square.—Laura Crouch, a barmaid .at the Alhambra, said that on the previous night the prisoner Cronin came to the bar she was at and called for a glass of ale, and in payment tendered her half-a-crown. Thinking it was light, she asked the lad who acted as money-taker at the bar whether it was bad, and he said it was, and bent it. Cronin then paid her with a good half-sovereign, and on the lad giving back the bad half-crown he left the bar.— Mr. John Reeves, superintendent of the Alhambra Palace, said that for the last fortnight a considerablenumtbheermof, bad half-crowns had been taken by the ba rma id s, and the prisoner and two others were suspected of passing and last night Cronin was caught in the act of passing a bad half-crown. Cronin then left that part of the bar, and went. to another part, where another half-crown had been passed during the evening, and on his (Mr. Reeves) giving Cronin into custody, a bad half. crown was found upon him.—Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged Jackson. but remanded Cronin on bail. HIGH TIDES AND FLOODS.—The remarkably high tide of Saturday last has :caused much damage along the northern coast. Early in the morning the Water in the river Tyne rose to an extraordinary height, in consequence of the vast volumes of water rushing from the upper reaches of the river. Be tween three and four o'clock the water rose to its highest pitch, and all houses, workshops, shipbuilding-yards, and quays contiguous to the river were overflowed and sub merged for several hours. Serious damage is reported to have occurred to property on both sides of the river. The cause of the flood is assigned to the recent heavy rains we have lAA, and a sudden rise of the sea in consequence of the prevalence of north-east winds in the German Ocean. The freshet and the flow of the sea meeting, the water was thereby forced out of its current into other channels. The people living in houses in the immediate neighbourhood of Wilmington were startled out of their sleep by hearing the watsr rushing into their bed rooms through the crevices of the door and windows. Considerable conster nation was at first created, and no little amount of con fusion and alarm prevailed on the removal of the furniture, &c., of the occupants. At Jarrow and the Tyne Dock, as in higher parts of the river, the water rose to an extraor dinary height, and overflowed the banks and quays. At Jarrow portions of the quay walls were washed away. Shortly after three o'clock the tide in the river Wear rose to a tremendous height, such as has not been experienced during the last 25 years. Considerable damage has been done in several places in the vicinity of the river. At Stockton the Tees overflowed its banks oa both sides, consequent on tbo spring tides and the " fresh." A sheet of water surrounded the dwellings, and flooded the pig geries belonging to the poorer class. DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM BATTY.--After a long and suffering illness from asthma this well-known eques trian traveller and proprietor of Astley's Theatre died on Friday last at 2.30 p.m., in the 68th year of his age. The mournful event took place at his own pretty villa, Neville Lodge, St. John's-wood.—Era. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 11, 1868. SIJARE LlST.—This Day. ORDINARY SIIA.RES AND STOCKS. Railways. I Paid. i.Bristol an a Exeter .... 'aledonian Cambrian E 5 67 76 77 20 36 Cork and Bandon...— Cornwall.. .4. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„rerth, & Ab.Junc. E.London, Scrip Co:ti. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock 3 4 74 75i 70 7 103 102 30/1 Gi 7.1 15 109 111 11) 111 1221 1.3 Do. New, is. at g 5 pra GtS. and W. or Ireland Gt. Western —Original, Do. S. Val. Rail. guF.' Do. South Wales Do. W. Idid.—Oxiord Do. Newport 1 .:6 03 413 Di 45 47 25 3u 2? 31 Do. Hereford........ Lancashire& Yorkshire Loudon and Bls.ckwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dove' Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. Lon. & ;North Western Lon. & South Wester!, Man., Shel., & Lincoln 126 126 46 461 18} IEI 11 14 114 )lE} 87 E 9 43 14 (8; 104 Do. New Do. Extension , Aetropolitan District 1.)o. do. do. Do. and St. John's W'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, ktirmin.. & Durb) Mid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun N th. Eastern—Berwiok Do. GGG.N•L purohast Do. Leeds ..... Do. York D. Carlisle Do. Stook. tic Darling. Do. do. 1860-51 North London Do. do. 1854 5 . . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central scot. N. E Aber. stock Uo. Soot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union south Devon south Eastern Staines, Wok., Wok raff Vale 1)0.0 Vale of Neath Waterford dz Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha t. West Cornwall Closing i Business Price. dine. I 1 78 I i 2 30j 3) f 11 :00 0 ilu i 10 4,;1 i a 4,11 1;t I 118 17/ 88 7 431 1081 8 1 71 91 101 1001 932 Iwo 5f 615i6 100 l i 100 101 106 106; 75 77 35 36 105 107 63 64 .06 . 130 134 134 136 - P LH 116 1 lip 58 60 100 111 58 69 14 16 7.9 711 _ 9 lu 146 150 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIE,S, ißritish Columbia, 6 per' • cent., Deo. 31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug IA 100 102 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102 Uo. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 86 87 851 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 85 ts 7 Cape G.liope, 6 p.c.1873 100 103 105 00.Ap1.&001,1890-1900 100 107 1(9 Do. do 1880-9 u 100 106 108 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 115 107 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO CO 07 Ceylon, Nov. 107?, "p., 100 :1) 111 Do. 1872, do. 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... lOO 106 108 1882, Mayls, No h 100 105 107 Do. 1895, Feb. & AUZ lOO 107 10) Natal ciov. 6 per cent lOO 1(4 106 N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 103 105 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•o.,181e 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1878 100 98 99 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 18)5 100 97i 9.3 i 91 1 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So,tia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 l9O 102 101 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1888-9 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1(0 110' 11 Vio,liov. 6 p.o.Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, .April SZ Oct lOO 110 112 I 111 i 1; 1111 121 Ili BRITISH. YOSSESSIONS. 1 , 9 Atlantic & St. Lawrence all 14 66 ,t gu. 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda, .1; Cen.ln 100 1(3 IC4 10P4 20 Do. 1' shares 10 p iP all 5 6 &Goderich 1004 Buff r o a . l o Preference a 100 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 kenuron all 3 4 4 100 68 7 1 at Calcutta &S. E., Jim lOO 119 110 1044 1 .06 8 0 : aa s e t Bengal, Demerara, r e w n g n a 7: p:goDock,.o per.. 5 do 1 1 a0 0 10 0 1 1( : , 39 8 1100 5 24 2 Canada 100 15 16 et 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds s 4ao t t W ir 4l ut Extension i'°snP.ll. 11050 1 charge 6 p.o all 73 62 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 41 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 Do Do.. 2 d d o r d r e t. fe t. rr i f o d nd . s all 33 35 100 Do. do. deferred all • - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pre!. stock 100 Do. do. deferred 9 s 3 t tit ; l o n . d G i uL a re B n p . ua. 5p .c 1 0 8 0 11 1 9 4 1 2 10 1 1094 1 a 40 1)0. New gua. sp. a 6 14 2 g erce s n. c at ut. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D 44 per cent lov 1.1 16 at Do • 2 201 .3reat Wes. 01 Canada all 161 161 161 201 Do. New.., - 100 Do. 6p. 0 1.3i.5. pay. 187:, all 1 8 100 100 1 )0, 54 do. pay. 1877-8_ all 91 91 at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 Ir 3 et Do. 44 do at Do. 41 do lOO 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 50 Mel. & Dobson's Bay all at N. Rl.C'dx,tlpo letpf.ba 100 83 85 at Gude & Rhiik'nd, g. 5 p.o 100 1 , )11 1151 105 et bcinde .100 100 iut 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do ti 4. 15 P at Do. runiaub =•‘:, 100 10) 101 10(4 1 at Do. Indus St.Flot be lOO t 7 89 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated /10 54 04 Devon G. Cons. (TaVlßt 1 44u 430 orake walls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 291 lo 12 East Caradon 2.14.; 6 6 East Carn Brea B4 2 24 East Grenville 2.14.0 11 2 East Gunnislake .. 8.3.0 1 East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 11 2 lam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited all 17 18 18 Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 -_— Great Wheal Busy 14.14,6 - - G. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 20 21 201 - Grenville 9.0.6 1/ 16 Elerod's Foot .... 8.10.0 35 37 Elingston Downs 5.10.6 24 24 Margaret (Uny Lelant 12.17.6 6 s Starke Valley 4.10.0 4 51 Awyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 24 14 New S ton ........ 564 60 70 _ North toskear . N.Wh Bassett(llloga n 4.4 .0 _ North Wheal Crofty Vrosper 8.14.; 2 21 _ Providence k Uny Lelant 10.6.7 29 31 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 390 410 _ South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illog an 18.18.9 371 424 Stray Park . 35.16.6 4 6 fin Croft 9 13 14 _ Vigra and Clogan, all Piest Bassett (Illogan 14 II Caradon (Liskeard 1) West Chiverton • 11 67 69 West 47i 185 205 Wheal Bassett !Mogan 51 95 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 16 1 11-* Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 18 20 Wheal SetOn 584 85 90 Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 6 8 _ PREFERENCE sHARE s. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1101 Great Northern, 5 percent. rd. at 5 per Cent. pm., 1051 Pr, 104 L anc aster and Carlisle, 4 i per cent. :FOREJGNILAILWArr. Bahia and San Francisco, gas. 7 per cent., 151 Great Luxembourg, 8 15-16 San Paulo, lion ., gua. 6 per cent.,ll3l. FOREIGN MINN S,: Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lim ,, 4} lion Pedro, Norih Del Rey, 21 Scottish Australian, I'm., 1 1-16 St. John del Rey, urn , 22 24 DOCKS. London and Si. Katharine, Ditto, Debenture Stock, 88 BANAL Agra. lint. A. 111 j Ditto, B, 9 Alliance, lim., 121 Australasia, 66k City, 1t Consolidated, lira., 4i English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 17 Imperial Ottoman, 91 London and County, 53i London Joint Stock, 34 London and Westminster ; 8} 71 Ditto, Scrip, 4 39i Union of Australia, 5 if Union of London, 34 MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo American Telegraph, 191 , ' Atlantic Telegraph, Ditio, 8 par zent., 102 f 100 Berlin Water Works, Urn., 14 Continental Union Gas, lira.. 13} Corporation of London Bonds, 81, 4i per cent., 1011 Credit Foncier ot Eny,lanu, 11w., 31 3-i6 Crystal Palace, 23 Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 100 Egyptian 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua by Egypt. Govt., 921 Ditto Scrip, 2} 3 Home andivolonial d ssurance, liudson's Bay, 14} Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1.70, issued 90, 38 40; New Consolidated Discount, lim , 21 Oriental Gas, lim., Of t'euinsu a and Orlt.ntal Steam, 56f Royal Mai Steam, 67 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage: Loan, 761 A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing -street. The Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon. Gathorno Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duko of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of tho Exchequer, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, the Earl of Mayo, and the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole. The Earl and Countess of Fife and Lady Agnes Duff have arrived at the Hotel Bristol, Paris, from Nice. The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., will arrive at their residence in Carlton-gardens to-morrow from the Priory, Chewton, Somersetshire. 7.7.) 'N= s -L Cart --- Zlalfitar h 1 ER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 10 Iler Majesty went out this morning, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice. COURT ARRANGEMENTS.—We are authorised to state that her Majesty's stay at Osborne being unavoida bly prolonged in consequence of the late illness of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, the Court which was announced for Tuesday, March 3, is postponed till Fri day, March 6. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol and Lady M. Hervey aro expected to arrive at their residence in St. James's-square to• morrow fro►u Ickworth Park, Suffolk. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings have during the past week been entertaining the following guests at Donington Park : —Mr. Story, Mrs. Story, and Miss Story, of Lockington Hall ; Lady Charles Innes Ker, Mr. Wilkinson, Captain Johnstone, Mr. nonage, Lady Rossmore, Major Green, &c. The Marquis and Marchioness Townahend enter tained at dinner last evening, in Dover-street, Mr. and Lady Ida Hope, Lady Gardiner and Miss Stephens, Mr. Augustus Savile Lumley, Captain Ward, Mr. Francis Gor don, and Mr. Praed. The Earl and Countess Russell and family leave Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, on Thursday, for their town residence in Chesham-place. Viscount and Viscoun tess Amberley come to town the same day. The Earl and Countess of Dunmore have arrived at Dunmore Castle, Stirlingshire, after a series of visits to their friends in the South. THE MARRIAGE OF EARL BEAUCHAMP AND LADY MARY STANHOPE.-At Worcester, as well as at Malvern, the preparations for celebrating the marriage of Earl Beau champ and Lady Mary Stanhope, on the 18th inst.; are being rapidly pushed forward.' At Malvern the subscrip tions announced already amounted to about £250 ; and it has been decided to present the future countess with a bracelet, valued at 120 guineas, as well as some other ornament. The school children are to be feasted. Many of the inhabitants of Worcester will illuminate their houses on the night of the wedding. MR. CHARLES DICKENS. Mr. Charles Dickens (says a letter from New York, dated January SO), is still received every where he goes in America with the most gratifying proofs of esteem, and his readings continue to attract crowded and appreciative audiences. Last night he read in Baltimore, and he gives his second reading there to-night. Later in the week he gives two readings in Philadelphia, and next week he visits Washington. The sales of seats in the vari ous cities continue to attract large competing crowds, and Mr. Dickens is coining money, though, like every one else here, he is suffering the penalty and will have to pay a heavy tax—probably $20,000 —to the Inland Revenue Collectors on the money given to hear his readings. He constantly receives the most polite attentions from the American people. Jn Philadelphia the mayor tendered him the hospitalities of the city, but he has made it a rule to decline all proffered hospitalities, though they have been made on every side. He walks about all the places he visits, and says of the Amt..- rican cities that he could never have recognised them from his recollections of their appearance at the time of his former visit to this country. In Philadelphia he has . taken great interest in the thousands of small but neat houses which are the homes of the working people ; and his visit to the Public Ledger building in this city was commemo rated by Mr. Childs, the proprietor, by christening a large new Hoe printing machine, first put in motion in Mr. Dickens' presence, the " Dickens' Press." LAUNCH OF THE HERCULES. - Yesterday afternoon one of the most powerfully armed and one of the most strongly built ships ever sent afloat was turned into the Thames from Chatham Dockyard. It was not properly sp ea ki ng what is termed a launch. There was none of the slap-dash business into.the " native element," as it is most inaccurately termed. It was simply a floating out at high tide from a dry dock of what is at present the moot powerful iron ship added to our navy, or that of any navy in the world. How long she will maintain this pre-eminence for strength it is perhaps difficult to say, for the Prussian frigate, the King William, building at the Thames Iron Works, and to be launched in a few weeks, is larger than the Hercules—is nearly as strong as her, and beyond all doubt has twice her battery power. It is just now a nice subject of discussion among artillerists and naval captains as to which of the two would sink the other first, and opinions are very equally divided on this point, though a by no means small majority maintain that each would infallibly sink the other, and that no matter which went first, the unhappy victor would not float more than a minute or two after her fatal conquest. The Hercules , which was sent afloat yesterday, may be regarded as a representative vessel of what will probably soon be a numerous class. Her form and sit upon the water is as graceful as that of a China clipper, and when full-rigged she will be one of the handsomest ships in the navy, and bear com parison even with the beautiful lines of the Warrior and Black Prince themselves. In spite of all the expedition that has been used upon her, she has been just 20 months building, and another year will cer tainly elapse before she is fitted with her engines and ready for sea. The Hercules is structurally very much the same principle as all our great ironclads, only very much stronger. She has a double or cellular bottom, one three feet from the other, and enormously strengthened between by water-tight longitudinal and transverse girders. Counting these she is altogether divided into no less than 70 water-tight compartments. Her main deck is of iron, planked over, and her upper deck of steel. Yet, the most ample ventilation is provided everywhere. Though both ends of the ship, stem and stern, are covered with armour, yet a further protection is given to the great main deck battery by two transverse bulkheads, which enclose it at either end, and which are of the most massive de scription. These are built of 12 inches of teak and plated with six inches of iron. All the plates are of the most splendid kind, both as to manufac ture and to fitting. The great fault of the Hercules is that she only carries coals enough for little over three days' steaming, and, to make this steaming still more difficult, she is hampered with the tremendous masts and spars of a line-of battle ship. The sooner the Admiralty recognises the fact that it is no good building these ponderous hulls and then trust to the wind to blow them where they are wanted, the b e tt er. N o i ronc l a d should require sails or top-hamper of any kind, but depend on her steam alone. There is scarcely an officer of the iron fleet who will not back this assertion that there is not a vessel in the w h o l e o f our i ron squadron, whether old or new, which in a gale could beat off a lee shore under canvas only. Miss Corry, in the presence of a large number of the Admiralty officials, named the ship yesterday, and she was quietly warped out to her moorings in the river by ropes. So well was this rather difficult manoeuvre performed th a t s h e never even in the most trifling manner touched the side of the long dock, through which she was pulled by hand capstans. Bishop Goss, of Liverpool, presid e d yes t er d ay a t the annual meeting of the friends and supporters of the Catholic reformatory ship Akbar, moored iu the Mersey. It was stated that the average number of boys on board last year was 200, and that daring the year six absconded. A letter was read from Mr. RAllos, stipendiary magistrate, suggesting a laud reformatory in connection with the Akbar. Bishop Goss said he highly approved of the sub gestion, and it was resolved that efforts should be made to carry it out. THE PORT OF WISBECIL—Annexed is a state ment of the foreign trade of the port of Wisbeeh during the last five years:-1 863 , 124 vessels, of the aggregate burden of 22,015 tons ; 1864, 158 vessels, 28,542 tons 1865, 217 vessels, 36,514 tons; 1866, 122 vessels, 22,973 tons; and 1867, 133 vessels, 24,615 tons. The figures given refer to vessels entering inwards with cargoes from foreign countries; and, upon tho whole, the foreign trade of the port would appear to have made some slight pro gross of late. THE CLERKENWELL UUTRAGE.,. BOW-STREET-THIS DAY. ANOTHER REMAND -FURTHER IMPORTANT INFOR MAT I ON. To. day ; William and Timothy Desmond, Jere miah Allen, Nicholas English, John O'Keefe, William Barrett, James O'Neill, and Anne Justice, were again placed before Sir Thomas Henry charged with wilful murder. The interest that has attached to the examina tion during the last two months still continues, the court being crowded to excess. Mr. Giffard, addressing the magistrate, said that since the last examination of the prisoners some very import.tnt information had reached him, there fore he proposed to-day that the reading of the depositions of the witnesses should be completed, and at its termination he should have to ask for another remand until that day week. Mr. Harper (who appeared for the Desmonds) asked whether it was fresh evidence ? Mr. Giffard was understood to reply that it was not. Mr. Burnaby then commenced reading the depo sitions. On coming to that of Worth, the late warder at the House of Detention, Allen said—l wish to be allowed to ask the wit ness a question. Sir T. Henry—You had better defer it until the whole of the witness's evidence has been read. Allen—l merely wish to ask him if he has never given me the office to follow other people beside— Sir 'l'. Henry—You hear what he says ? Worth—Yes, sir ; but to my recollection I had never seen the prisoner at the House of Detention until the day of the explosion. Allen—l can bring undeniable evidence that he has done so on more than one occasion. I have been engaged by a police Inspector at Bayswater, and also in this (the F) division as well. The reading of the depositions having been com pleted, Mr. Lewis said—l propose to call witnesses on the part of the prisoner O'Keefe, but as I un derstand that the fresher evidence which I have heard has come into the possession of the prosecution will more than likely occupy the whole of next Tuesday, it would be a great inconvenience and expense if I had to keep the witnesses in London until another opportunity was afforded me to call them. What I propose, therefore, is not to call them at the conclusion of the proceedings next Tuesday, but to ask for a further remand for a week, when the witnesses could attend and give their evidence. Mr. Giffard—That is quite reasonable. Sir T. Henry—Very well, let it be so. Allen—May I bring witnesses for my defence on that occasion. I believe some of them are iu court at this moment. Sir T. Henry—You will have an opportunity o doing so when Mr. Lewis calls his wituesses. The prisoners were then removed. SubsequEntly Mullany was placed at the bar and remanded on the charge of treason-felony. GREAT CONFLAGRATION AT THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.-THIS DAY. This (Tuesday) morning, at a few minutes past three o'clock, an alarm was sounded in Oxford street and Tottenham-court-road, and cries of "Fire" and " Help" followed. The brigade engines were immediately pulled out of the stations in Crown-street and Wells-street, when the fire men were informed that the outbreak had taken place iu that splendidly-appointed place of kno p w ub n li es c a t m he us o e x m f e o u rd t, A t i h n e ei p o r i o i p a e l r l. ty A of i .iN t l h r. at A t l i o m r e to n n o , fire could be observed from the outside of the building, but upon the firemen entering the build ing they found that the flames were attacking with a n full d vigour some the oth er roof, partst h e grand o f t balcony, he n o b the stage,structure. Telegraph messages were, therefore, at once despatched to the chief stations of the Metropolitan Brigade, and the London Salvage Corps in Watling-street, and forthwith Captain Shaw and Mr. Superintendent Swanton started to the scene with a body of firemen and salvors, and several laud steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co. By this time the flames had played fearful havoc to those parts of the hall before enumerated, and it was the opinion of the firemen that the whole of the noble building would have been consumed, but the mains of the New River and Grand Junction Companies having yielded copious streams of water, the land, steam, and manual en gines were called into operation, and it was remarkable to see with what execution the water from the steam power flew over the roof and into the balcony, and even deluged the pit, the promenades, and the stage. This immense distri bution of water at the same moment over so many parts of the house enabled the brigade to suddenly stop the flames from lapping round the front of the house, which unquestionably must have fallen a prey to their fury had it not been for the almost super human exertions of the brigade, who, regardless of the danger of falling burning materials, kept on successfully at their posts, and eventually had the satisfaction of seeing the fire palpably diminishing and succumbing beneath the weight of water that was falling, and, before seven o'clock, the fire was pro nounced to be safely extinguished. Mr. Morton's loss will be considerable, amounting to thousands of pounds sterling. The catastrophe could not have taken place at a more unfortunate time, for whilst Maillart's comic opera of " Les Dragons," and Mackney have been drawing crowded houses, so that money has been obliged to be turned away, the tide of prosperity has been suddenly changed. Many of the ancient music scores have escaped the ravages of the flames by being deposited in one of the patent Reliance fireproof safes. The origin of the disaster cannot be accounted for. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. This morning, shortly before four o'clock, this splendid building, which owed its existence to the untiring energy of Mr. Charles Morton, was totally destroyed by fire. The inte rior of the once splendid hall is now one blackened heap of rubbish, and all that re mains of the splendidly decorated ceiling is the remnants of a few charred rafters, which threaten every moment to fall to the ground. The fire seems to have originated in the corner nearest the grand staircase, and it is supposed to have been caused by an uuextinguished fusee burning into the cocoa-nut fibre that formed the stuffing of the seats in the balcony. This supposition is very likely to have caused the calamity, from the fact that those who saw the fire com mence say the stuffing of the seats burnt with the rapidity of gunpowder, and fairly carried the flames from end to end instantaneously. Mr. Morton was, at the outbreak of the fire, sleeping ou the premises, and was one of the first persons to enter the hall before the flames gained the ascendency over the building. Of course, every effort was made to suppress the flames, but all to no purpose, for such was the rapidity of the fire, that within the short space of an hour,.from 25 minutes to 4 to half-past 4, the hall was destroyed, and all the flames extinguished. The artistes' dresses and many valuable instru ments belonging to the members of the band have been destroyed ; but the greater part of the valu able musical library to the hall has been saved. The hall was built during the winter of 1860 by Messrs. Holland and Hammond at a cost of £20,000, and it was arranged as to afford accommodation to 1,800 persons. Mr. Reed, the photographer of Tottenham-court road, has to-day been engaged taking views of the remains of tile building. The building, we are glad to say, is fully in sured in the North British Insurance Office. An index to the 7 blies newspaper is announced fur early publication, by Mr. Palmer, of Catherine-street. It is to appear quarterly, in small quarto, and doubtless will form a very curious and interesting volume. A Glasgow contemporary states that a Catholic hierarchy is about to bo established in Scotland. The archbishop or cardinal is to be Bishop Lynch, now residing at Carstairs ; and Father Parkinson, "an Oxford convert,' will be bishop of Glasgow. Viscount and Viscountess Boyle have arrived in Paris on their wedding tour. MARKETS—(Ihis Day.) COLONIA.L AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. Stoeit.— Deliveries have fallen off, and the stock has in creased to 63,710 tons, against 75,170 tons last year. Floating cargoes are still inquired for and further parcels aro iaid to be in treaty. The sales reported yesterday comprised a cargo of Paraiba, 4,000 bags, at 218.3 d.; U.S., one of 3,500 bags, at 21s 3d, `Hamburg; one Bania, 21s 9d, Havre ; one Pernambuco, 225, for Marseilles. - On the spot the market is quiet, but with rather more inquiry. COFFEE.—Deliveries aro active for consumption, and for export steady. The stock has decreased to 16,760 tops against 11,414 tons last year. Coloured qualities continue to find a good market, but pale and inferior qualities are dull. `TEA. — There is more doing in the grades of China teas from is 3d downwards, and for those stiffer rates aro paid. Public sales of Indian tea have opened steadily! Rum.—But little is passing, and rates are unchanged. Stock, 25,570 pns., against 28,300 pns. last year. RICE. —At public sale, 1,917 bags. Ball= sold steadily at 9s Gd, with a lot or two at 10s, per cwt., and 1,000 double bags ditto at 9s 6d to lOs for fine, and 9s to 9s Gd for inferior. Atout . l,ooo double bags white Bengal but rather slow. Dutch sold cheaply, at 13s 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.—The market is flat, and 1,130 kegs at auction, meeting no adequate offers, were bought in. Bengal, 411bs to Olbs, refractions at 19s 9d, and Kurrachee, 39j, refraction at 17s. per cwt. OILS remain without change. TALLOW. The market is steady at 42s 6d to 42s 9d, spot, 42s ; March, 43s 9d, last three months. POTATOES. Supplies both by water and land are light and prices firm at our last quotations. Green stuffs are in good sup ply, and clear off without change in value. COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 11.—Market strong, still advancing Sales probably 15,000 bales. COAL MARKET. Price per Ton at the Close, sd s d Buddle's W. Hartley. 15 6 I Hawthorn l5 0 Haswell lB 0 Bradyell'sHettou... ...16 0 OriginalHardepool lB 0 South Hetton Wylam l5 6 Tunstall l5 0 Hetton )y Hetfon Lyons l5 0 Brancepeth Cannel 18 6 Tees Caradoc l6 6 Eden Main. Thorpe l5 6 ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. STOKE. A Conservative candidate has appeared in the person of Mr. Colin Minton Campbell, of Stoke. Lord Harrowby advised that his son, Lord Saudon, being abroad, should not be brought forward. HE LSTON. The new Solicitor-General arrived at Helstan on Friday evening, where he was warmly received by the leading members of the Conservative party in the borough. OO Saturday morning he issued a brief address, soliciting the continued confidence of the constituency, and immediately commenced an active canvass. Notwithstanding the near approach of a general election, the Liberal party are evidently determined to contest the seat, and have issued a placard calling upon the electors to withhold their pledges. The placard is signed by Mr. H. Rogers, the leader of the party. In the meantime a Mr. Lea, who dates from " 30, Blomfield-terrace, West bourne-terrace, London," ha 3 issued an address, soliciting the suffrages of the constituency on inde pendent Liberal principles, but his chance, of success is considered to be very small. 7IIE INVASION OF THE PAPAL STATES. ROME, Feb. 5. The Giornale di Roma of this day publishes a report addressed to the Pope by General Kanzler, pro-Minister-at-Arms, respecting the invasion of the Pontifical States in the autumn of 1867. This lengthy document fills 20 columns of the journal in question. The general goes a long way back. After a preface addressed to the Holy Father, he commences by a rapid sketch of facts—as the de parture of French troops, the official report of the distribution of the Papal troops, the festivi ties of the 20th of April and of the centenary of St. Peter, as also a history of the cholera and brigandage in the province of Frosinone. Passing these to the preliminaries of the invasion, the author of the report draws a picture of the situation of the Papal troops at the commence ment of the war. We give this passage textually :—" The numerical force of the troops of his Holiness was about 8,000 men towards the end of 1865. At the end of 1867 the sum total of the Papal troops, including all arms, amounted to 12,981 men and 929 horses." After this statement General Kanzler enters into the de tails of the events of October, and of the battle of Mentana. The report concludes by general con siderations and conclusions, from which we take the following passage : c , In laying this report at the feet of your Holi ness the pro-Minister -at-Arms cannot refrain from expressing his sentiments of admiration for those brave soldiers who have been killed or wounded in the actions, fighting in the defence of the most holy and most just of causes." General Kanzler here enumerates a number of officers and men who had more or less distinguished themselves. " When the invasion was at an end we had the satisfaction of finding that there remained in the .hands of the Pontifical troops about 2,000 Garibal dian prisoners, a number of standards, no less than 5,000 rifles (not counting the damaged ones), shells, a large number of side-arms, ammunition, Sze. The causes to which such happy results must be attributed are, in the first place, the constant firm ness and serenity of mind of your Holiness, which has been a striking example for us all ; secondly, the fiedelity and good feeling of the populations ; the provident foresight and care of the authorities ; the valour and self-denial of the troops ; the arri val of the corps of the French expeditionary force in the very moment of the greatest danger, and the numerous mistakes of the enemy, which it is need less to point out at the present moment." The report concludes as follows : " Most Holy Father,—Doubtless the heart of your Holiness has suffered much through so many days of anxiety, but you must have felt some conso lation at beholding the eagerness which all Catholic nations displayed to have themselves represented in the ranks of your soldiers, and the desire of so many families of every class to send their sons to serve in the ranks. These troops have had the hap piness of rendering a solemn homage of devotion and fidelity to the sacred person of your Holiness in your quality as Pontiff and King, and they have had the glory to signalise, by the success of their exploits, the commencement of new triumphs of the great cause of public order. For these reasons the Minister at Arms implores for himself and for the troops of your Holiness the Papal benediction. (Signed) HERUANN KANZLER, Pro-Minister at Arms." MAGIC AND M A GICIANS. —In the City of London Court, on Saturday, a rather singular caso "Morris v. Delight"—was heard. The plaintiff sought to recov er , under very singular circumstances, a guinea and a h a lf , for his own and his wife's services as magicia ns a t a grand entertainment given by the City of Lond on Tem perance- Association , at the Albion Hall, on Boxing - \Ti b' , ht., defendant being a member of the com m itt ee. Mr. I lt 4 lorris proved the engagement of himself and his wife to perform at the fete in question. H e stated that when he got to the hall lie found people behind him on the platform, and refused to perform unless they were re moved, as they would see through his tricks. The de fendant would not remove them, and he di i not perform. The defendant said that they objected to paying the plain tiff, as he did not carry out his engagement. Th last conjuror they had performed with people behind him. Mr. Commissioner Kerr--He might have been a cleverer magician than the plaintiff, who is not to be bound by what other people have done. Tho plaintiff is entitled to object to perform when he is overlookel. The people go to 6CC him and Mrs. Morris for the purpose of being deluded, and if they aro allowed to be on the platform or behind the magician while the tricks are being f. per formed, th ere i s an end of the delusion. Verdict for At a recent meeting of the fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, on the proposal of Sir William Furgusson, Bart., seconded by Dr. Spence, sur geon to her Majesty, and president of the college, Dr. Alexander Marsden, surgeon to the Royal Free and Cancer Hospitals, London, and son of the late respected founder of these institutions, was elected a fellow. 11,111 RD El)! fiON• SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocE. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Dad•. _, 9 -_. BIRMINGHAM RACES THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HUNT CUP. The Hunt Cup of 60 sovs ; four year olds 10st, five list 411, six and aged 12st ; Winners of 50 sous 71b extra. About three miles. Tottie.. Helico.. Nine ran. SUTTON HANDICAP. The Sutton Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap); winners of any steeplechase after Fob. sat noon, 71b extra. About two miles. Ace of hearts Joker Countess 8010 Eleven ran. MAIDEN lIUNT. The Maiden Hunt Plato of 40 sovs, for horses that have never won a eteeplechase value 20 sovs; 12st each. About three miles. Black Swan .. 1 Needy Misler Come Again _ _ Fifteen ran. ENDINGTON PLATE. Tho Erdington Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap); any winner after Feb. 5 at noon, 71b, twice, or the winner of 100, 101 b extra. About three miles. Highflyer Birdie t Comberton t Fourteen ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst King Charming (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Czar (taken) 13 to 1 agst Purveyor (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Wild Moor (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Leases (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Airsley (Off—take 1000 to 20) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 13 to 1 agst Fan (offered) 13 to 1 agst Tennyson (offered) 20 to 1 agst Thalassius (offered) 25 to 1 agst Despatch (offered) 33 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered) 35 to 1 agst Moose (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 9 to 4 agst Roscruciau (offered, 5 to 2 wanted) Bto 1 agst Pace (taken and wanted) 13 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered) 20 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered) 500 to 15 agst Blue Gown (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst Viridis (offered) 20 to 1 agst Abergeldie (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Treasure Trove (offered—take 40 to 1) DEM3Y. 11 to 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered—take G to 1) 100 to 15 agst Rosicrucian (offered) 100 to 8 agst Pace (taken and wanted) 28 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Franchise (taken) THE ROTUNDA CLUB AND COILMISSION EXCHANGE, THREE Dooms FROM BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE, SURREY SIDE IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual Subscription Fiva Responsible Bookmakers desiring Stands should apply immed;ately (as the number will be limited) to the Secre tary, 3, Blackfriars-road. LONDON GAZETTE.-THIS EVENING. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 3. Notice is hereby given that the Queen will hold Draw ing Rooms at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, the 12th March, on Wednesday, the Ist April, and on Tuesday, the 12th May next, at three o'clock, instead of two o'clock, as previously announced. WHITEHALL, FEB. 8. The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to appoint Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn, Kut., to be a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery, in the room of the Right Honourable Sir John Rolt, lint., resigned. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 11. The Secretary of State for War has appointed E. Pearl, Esq., to be Visiting Surgeon for Windsor, under" The Contagious Diseases Act, 1866." • WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, FEB. 11. The Honourable Artillery Company of L.nidon—Lieut. James Mortimer Garrard to be Captain in the Light Cavalry Troop. - ADMIRALTY, FEB. 8. Thomas Royle, Esq., has beeu this day promoted to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet. Mr. Joseph Connolly has this day been promoted to the rank 'of Acting Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 19th October, 1867. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this afternoon : George A. Huntingford, midshipman, to the Victory ; Henry Piers, staff surgeon, to the Wellesley, additional for Melville Hospital ; Andrew Murray, staff surgeon, to the Wellesley ; Dr. Thomas Browne, assistant-surgeon, t ,- ) the Royal Oak ; Dovoton V. Stoddart, clerk, to the Gladiator; John J. Brown, staff commander, to the Fis gard, for service at Somerset House; Robert Edward L. Bowman, chaplain, to the Trafalgar. SERIOUS RIOTING IN CORK. THE RIOT ACT READ. CORK, Feb. 11. The rioting and attacks on the police continued until after midnight, without cessation for over nine hours. The mob assailed the police with stones, and the constabulary (mounted and on foot) charged them with drawn swords and bayonets. Many of the rioters were wounded. One, named O'Leary, died in the hospital this morning. The Riot Act was read late in the night. OPENING OF THE DUBLIN ASSIZES. TRUE BILLS AGAINST LENNON. DUBLIN, Feb. 11. Patrick Lennon was found guilty for treason felony to-day. He will be put on his trial for firing at the policeman in the morning. IRISH AN7I-FEiVIAN DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRETARY. THIS DAY. This afternoon a deputation, headed by Mr. D. Seymour, M.P., waited on ➢ir. Hardy, at the Home office, topresent to the right hon. gentleman the Lon don Irish address against Fenianism. The address had appended to it 22,603 names. The deputation numbered about 50 persons. The address having been presented, Mr. Hardy said—Mr. Seymour and gentlemen, as you are aware, it is not usual when a n a dd ress is brought to the Home Office for presentation to the Crown, that the deputation should be received by the Minister who takes charge of it. But I felt that an exception might well be made in a case where I was persuaded a great number of Irish residents in London would be glad of an oppor tunity of declaring, under peculiar and trying circumstances, their loyalty to the Crown and in stitutions of the country. It will, of course, be my duty to lay this address at the earliest moment before her Majesty. I cannot doubt of izs favour able reception ; and I will afterwards communi cate her Majesty's gracious answer to Mr. Seymour, whom I presume you wish should be the medium of communication. The deputation then withdrew. COURSE ` 4 OF EXCHANGE.—This Eveniug. 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