The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-27 00:00:00

thu'. in. 26. oon, ac- Beatrice. y walked BAST. the brief catastro ithin the place is insula of • of Gla wcd with ie of this cdnesday igantines, ental and ceedingly of beat here was ng half a )usly, the ' over the was not As across, tons exer > took the mercy of ier partial he oppo th of the are cast let extent certained. ly on the se vessels others are lands are I the ves- he vessels of wreck. ions of tin ds, so far e. Other d nothing .nd totally ,his disas sensation the adja -eath, &c. ;ed to the [aces, and own homes renders it and look unning so sibly have leis. from vari- .ny vessels onging to sty, Capt. ino, Capt. ad. Both ) wreck of :.ted. She )re rescued , has foun- rew aban nch vessel, n brought Nipper, of eboat sta rifting on ;off shore, 3 . it for the r days pre- :Y FOR bar of the e his trial • Elizabeth George's, ce Magee, ed at New ica, being ned to pro- min. Mr. n the de- ble interest adapt, and ie charge• that on the de-__ married York, and time after n the first of the de- le marriage ame aware married a T, he at daughter, year upon ie title by ve induced ith his wife , id in Sept., d marriage e's Churebo lvertised in dant's first nt prosecv a American t the mar- ceremony• oss-exauli - 6w of Mae' ceremony in a church, to render 1 3cond war' ss the jury answer his behalf th e second urine W iot binding considers' wife, vilb ° thing to a° nothing ted by ra . d xnarriage.: ,e of opin l° _,, l ' that he lof married tllO. acquitting cas e to t il t : Y a nswer la that NO ° i i on that O ea ace icaPlit on, rotorliea enda nt ha a r n e ? d tha t h e Le or' Inn the o r ed uP°l3 :ter. that a uin t c he e ire"l l3 o n arriag e t it ;ase 33 0 0- c bat rs oue t to th e P P' did .°" a oa adilett 10 o n hira .o cii : boar 101' XONEY MARKET AND - i I ONBIEROIAL TNT XLMGENIIII, CITT, Two o'CLocK. Business in public securities is somewhat inac tive, but the tone is nevertheless firm. The super abundance of money is again producing a demand for the Funds, and Consols and New and Reduced have rallied k per cent. The limits to sell at this price are still understood to be numerous, and the maintenance of this advance is therefore dependent upon a continuance of purchases for investment. Foreign stocks are steady, and rather better. Rail ways are without particular change. The settle ment commences on Wednesday ; and, by all ac counts, the scarcity of stock will be more observ able than before. The Discount Market is quiet. The best short dated commercial paper continues to be taken at 11 to 11 per cent. In the Stock Exchange there is no demand for money at 1 per cent. The Corn Market is quiet at previous prices. Consols are firm at an improvement of *, at 931t0 93 i for money and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 936 to 931 ; India Five per Cents., 1111 to 1121 ; Bank Stock, 243 to 245 ; Exchequer Bills ; 235. to 275. prem. Iu Foreign Stocks, New Spanish and Italian aro Sather firmer, and the quotations are * per cent. better, at 351 to 35*, and 421 to 426 respectively. Mexican Bonds are steady at 154 to 161; Greek, 124 to 124 ; Turkish (1865), 314 to 31* ; and Por tugese 28 to 21 prem. Egyptian 9 per Cent. Bonds are steady at 89} to 94. The New Honduras Loan is f to 1 prem ex Coupon. In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds are steady, at 71i to 721. Erie Railway and Illinois are each / higher, being quoted at 49 to 50, and 86 to 87 respectively. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures, 24 to 25, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have receded 1, to 22 to 23. Railways are without average change. Sheffield ahares are 1 lower, at 43; to 44 ; Great Northern A, at 1081 to 1091 ; Metropolitan, at 117 to 117} ; and Great Eastern, at 301 to 30; ; South Eastern, at 681 to 691. On the other Land, there is an advance of in Great Northern. at 1071 to 1081 ; and Brighton, at 47 to 471; and of Tk i❑ North British, at 341 to 351 ; in Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1251 to 126 ; Midland Shares are 105 to 1051 ; Loudon and North Western, 1171 to 1 18 ; Great Western, 461 to 47 ; Caledonian, 761 to 764 ; and Chatham, 18 to 181. Loudon and County Bank shares are 54 to 55 ; London and Westminster, 71 to 72 ; and London Joint Stock, 341 to 251. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. *.ren thousand sovereigns were taken from the Bank on Saturday for export to Alexandria by the Poonah. The steamers which left New York on Saturday for Europe took £200,000 in specie. The Douro has arrived from the West Indies with 5300,000 in specie ; the Uyanza, from Alexandria, 14ith £11,574 ; and the Cuba and Hammonia, from New York, with £51,000. The report of the National Bank of Liverpool, for the year 1867, states that the balance to the credit of Profit and loss is £11,593 163 10d, out of which the directors propose to declare a dividend for the half-year eli ding 31st December last at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum free of income-tax, which will absorb £11,250 ; th° balance, £348 163 10d, will be transferred to th e reserve fund, which will then stand at 7 2,292 5 s 7 d. These results, they add, would have o be en more favourable but for an unexpected loss of about r 5,000, w hi c h h as, h owever, b een fu ll y prov i ded in the accounts. The general business of the bank, hP e eiall as re ards the number of new accounts, Y g` ars a satisfact oryincrease ; and some debts pre 'vinnsly written off as bad have been recovered. (Li q The lint uidator of the Eastern Exchange Bank • ho ti ed), announces a fu r th er repaymen t t o th e share iders of 10s per share, making £4 5s paid of the called up, and a further distribution is e x pe c t e d. The directors of the Scinde Railway C om p an y are is The £250,000, in 12,500 share s of £2O each, bear et a guaranteed interest a t th e rate o f 5 per cent. r an num. ', T he directors of the C um b er l an d U n i on B an k ktAinited) recommend a dividend of 153 per share, 14a king the distribution for the year 14 per cent. r The rep or t o f t h e di rec t ors o f t h e Li no l eum Mann :tet,llring Company (Limited) recommends a dividend j` 44 per share, ma ki ng , w ith th e 5 s p a id i n A ugust t t) a tot a l di s t r ib ut i on of 121- per cent. for the elve months. The following is Layton and Co.'s " Tea Circular :" " Transactions in the Tea Market have continued of fair "te nt durin g th e pas t f or t n i g h t, an d pr i ces realised for 1')1,11non qualities of Congott may be quoted a shade higher, tit the recent arrivals from Shanghae have afforded a large assortment of fair to medium kinds of black leaf, which have met only a moderate competition from the trade, and nies of these descriptions have been for the most part effected at rates in favour of the buyer. Good to fine Monings are firm held, and the quantity in first hands is now small : the t l P e rt demand h as no t h owever b een at a ll active, and the "in ess reported is of comparati ve ly littl e moment. D usty 4 t : 1 14 broken teas sell readily at full prices, but good common to fair red-leaf, even of recent import, brought only ls 04d 1 , 1 , 182 i4 per lb. 'New district' Congous of old season, I in half chests at is 3d per lb. Scented Orange Pekoes, la"°h Canton and Foochow, meet with some enquiry, the e tter at lower rates. Capers, on the other hand, have been ;,( 1 to some extent at from is 4d to is lid per lb. have consisted chiefly of Ping Suey kinds. About 1,500 , 44 ,1 k, ages printed without reserve' were disposed of in sale :---No. 1 Gunpowder at 3s 9d and Nos. 2 to 4 itl4lll boxes at 2s 100 to 3s 4d. The small auctions of 21st It'Comprised only 13,167 packages, of which 11,709 were Printednii without reserve. The arrivals to this port since last are :—January 11th, Maiden Queen from Foo junvl 13th, Chanticleer from Macao, Invincible and otlee from Shanghae ; 14th, Queen of the Age from Pegasus and Isles of the South from Shanghae f r o th ' Wild Deer and Anglo Saxon from Shanghae, Niphon s°l4, Canton, Caranjah from Foochow ; 16th, Sooloo from p“apaae ; 17th, Sir W. Wallace from Shanghae ; 18th, /41!Yarna from Shanghae ; 221, Cymbeline from Foochow. Tea. —Public sales of 10,544 packages were com qn c ed on th e 14th an d extended over five days. This ti; e ant itY being in excess o f t h e requ i rements of the dealers, '' a les passed of flatly, an d w i t h f ew exceptions, at a considerable decline. Pekoes sold in some cases fully 2d to ` l Per lb. under valuations." BRITISH FUNDS—TWO OVLOCK. a ,40 VintNMENT FUNDS. Per L ent. Console a D O . Account, Fob. 6 1 93 93 1 „Per Cent. Reduced 93i 3 f i: T _W per Cent 751 "w 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 13 An u• 5 per Cent. dan. 1873 unities 30 vrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 1) ,,o. for ' 3O yrs, ' expire sth April 1885 — . ~'",() (Red Sea Televaph), Au„, 1908 — -etlequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2& 21 per CL D o £5OO — pm h., , Do. £lOO & £2OO — Pin ",., tI K of England Stock, 4} per Cent 246 -1-10. Account Iod• INIII IAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIEN. 14t1 tocl -- 101 per Cent., April 1874 — 1)0 . Acc '' 13_ ount 1121 12 1 ) ". per Cent. July, 1880 101 1) 13 ' 4 Per Cent, Oct. 1888 ~n. Certificates Liu. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7l 103 Do, 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do . , 5 i Per Cent., May 1879 — -* ° Per C t Rup. D b 1872 en ~ up. e ~ Do. do. 1877 — 1- 1 Do 1882 — — O . n ; 'do. —D o 14 G U., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Pm I) ' ' - ' 134 c18, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO °. Under £l,000 4 rge 1140RCIGN FUNDS—TWO ()LOOK. 44 4 tine Republic, 6 per Gent 521 Ilrkzi,l4l. 13 onds, 5 per Cent. 1859 u 3 .111 5 per Cent.. .i per Ce n t. , 18 52-58-60 1), 1:1 0 , °' 1863 Do- Per Cent. 1865 _ 4 eeetuat ' 771 hti‘,.. 8 10 0 Bond s _ iit:3l°,, A yres 6 per C en t 0, 1 1, 4 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 0 • 'S 6 Per Cent , u 1143 6 . Do per Cent _ ..._ ti e : 4 1 Per Cent 1 ). , 6 per Cent. 13 . ___ bu o ., .., 1867 _ b o ') per ,Cent., 1866 0 , .' 'eriP £32 paid !),,aiTbftn, 6 per Cent. D I ,Z 3 Mr Cent., 1825 Dao'ala Pr incipalities, 7 per Cent — N al ° Per Cent., 1867 _ t: g. 3 ,,, + 9r New uonsolidated 1 per Cent — , roa n 7 Cent — , ,,,, per I), i old Issue BBl • SSO O B on d ß b 90 N. 4 5 , ,. D , 64 11.. 0 Bonds — (.I'4 £lOO Bonds •••• 91 4 re Z ri nlint Railway Debentured.... 91 / lj j. x per cent., 1824 . Cou ps -5, •ex Cou ,4,.). f;ecount , 12i /) 0 ua uPons . • gliat,l Account ._ 1 :10 1 , (1 44 ' la 0 per Cent .. — Italia ta r a,s Gov. Rail. L oan., 7 p. Ct., Xl5 pd Pm Do ) 4 ' ) Peu Cent., 1865 .. 6 91 ID % 11 11 t• 6 o ........................ ar "42alui liit iWAYsiostiquesistolos "I" I.l..xicaL. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — lontevidc.ar, C per Cent. lloorish imperial 5 por Cent . New Granada — Do 3 poi- Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account - 5 1 q 51 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Du 41 per Cent., 18C2 Do Account Portsguose 3 per Ct. ; 1853, 'O, '7, '9,'60,'2,% , Rtlisian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 - Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1.f 62 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 186 I, £lOO Bonds 894 Do. do. £SI 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sa - ..huian, 5 per Cert Span;sh 3 per Con . . Do Acc , ..,unt ... . — Do New D. ferr,...i Do Account Do Possive Do Ace. ant Do Corm. Cert. of Con. nut ftr:ded Do Account Tu lish 6 per Cent. 00 Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £l6O Bonds 6O 1 601 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do' £IOC Bonds Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 _ •Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 494 504 Do 4 por Cont., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 por Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian o par Cent. Lx 10 .Florins Belgian. 44 per cent., Lx. 25f. Dutch *is'!„ per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... 854 French 'lentos,. 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — DO Account.... 'Winn 5 per Cont. 1851, Ex. zof. • Do. Account 42} 4- T Wt) d'OLOCK: Consols, Money Do. Account SHARE Llbt—This Day. ;lI.D.LNAKY SEARES AND STOCKS. tiailways. , hare I ra ,,, Clos ing . I Business •"• 1 Price. done. st IBristolanciExeter .... 100 8486 61 'Caledonian ..... 100 75 4 76 76 4 1 t st camurian Cork and Bandon.... • • : 0 Cornwall all 3 st Dublin & Belfast Junc lOO 741 751 at Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc iuo 70 7:4 1 00 E.London, bcrip C O O ll all Do. . 100 d , t Glasgow &S. Western 100 95 07 st I Great Eastern, Ord.stk. lou 301 Al 30 1 1 st Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 100 6 8 st Great North of Sootlane 100 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 1071 AOBl 1071 81 it Do. A stock ...... st Do. B stock.... lOO 1 22 4 " 3 st Do. New, is. at 25 pro 100 st (RS, and W. of Ireland 100 st Gt. Western —Original 100 461 47 at Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. 100 st Do. South Wales 25 30 st Do. W. Mid.—Oarord IGO st Do. Newport lOO 2 9 31 st Do. Hereford IGO et Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1254 126 1254 I. st Landon and Blackwall 100 et Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast 100 47/ 48 171 st I-on., Chat., and Dover 105 18 19 18 1 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO st Lon. & North Western 100 1174 1172 1174 at Lon. 4 South Western iOu 77 79 81 et 'Man., She!., a Lincoln 100 44 15 434 434 st Metropolitan. st Do. New lO st Do. Extension ..... st. Metropolitan District all 73 20 ( Do. do. do. 10 10 Do. and St. John's W'd 6 st Midland Do. £9 Share 7 st Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 73 7 5 Mid Kent st North British at Do. Ed., rth., & Dun lOO st Nth. Eastern—Berwics 100 103 105 104. 5 25 Do. lit.N•E purohas. 16.13.4 st Do. Leeds st Do. York lOO 93 95 et Do. Carlisle st Do. Stook. & Darling all 129 131 45 Do. do. 1860-61 lB —•— st North London st Do. do. 1861 5 Do. do. 1866 10 North Staffordshire st N. &S. W. Junction st Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 Do. Scot, Mid. stook lOO Shropshire Union st South Devon lOO 42 44 st South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., a Wok all 85 9 4 st Taff' Vale 10 Do. C - - Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkenny lOu 10 Waterloo & Whitelia ; 6 West Cornwall lou • COLONIAL GO VEF NMENT SECURITIES. - iritish Columbia, 6 per) cent.,Deo.3l, 1572... I 100 Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July .l 1877-81 - 13.0. 6p. 0. Feb. &Aug l.O 100 1021 - Do. sp. O. Mar. & Sept lOU 100 102 ID°. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 86 88 164 6 ;Do. sp. c. Inscribed sir 100 85 87 Cape G.llope, 6p.c.1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl.2kOot , 1890-1900 100 1(6 108 Do. do 1880-90 100 104 106 Do. Jam&July, 18904, 100 107 iO9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO £ 5 •-• Ceylon, Nov. 1 86 8, 6 p.t 100 - - Do. 1878, do lOO 110 1104 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ;5 100 105 107 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 107 109 Natal , lov. 6 per cent.. 10u 10 . 4 106 NN..Bs..Gwo.vG.6opv..cs.Jpa.o&„Jiuselyt, 1 10 0 0 U. 0 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 100 98 99 — 3 1 - 05 994 100 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1895 100 974 981 9454 64 New Zealand, 6p. cent 1 100 Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 98 99 971 4 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 yiueensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 1(5 1031 Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1808-0 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards lto 110 111 I Vic,Uov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - Do. do, April & Oct , 100 110 112 1114 12 BRITISH rossEssroNs. Ov Atlantic& St.Lawrenoe all 53 t 5 ' Born.,Baroda,.t Cen.ln. 100 1(4 1(5 10_1 I gu. 5 per cent.. 40 Do. 1' shares lO p 204 hullalo dt Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference 100 ; Buil. Brantok Goderich 5 b p.c. 1872-3-i IOU 68 71 at Calcutta di S. E., lira lOO at ,;a; e Town 2v Duck, gu lOO l 8 52 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 99 102 3t mast. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 •03 104 st East I adiau, gu. 5 p.c. 100 110 1104 Ic9l 9 .!t) Do. J Extension . 15 q 1 •_irand Trunk of Call:lti4 10 17 18 151 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bundt 1 charge 6 p.c ali b 3 85 iOO Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 60 52 100 Do. do deferred ail 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 40 45 100 Du. do. deterred - tOO Do. 3d Pref. stook all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Du. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred st Gt. ludiaPen.gua. sp.c lOO 107 108 1081 1 o. Gua. 5 per cent lB 2 p 110. New gua. 6p. o 6 2 C at i t. South of India gua. 5 per cent st 41 per cent lov 92 Pi 204 , :rcat Wes. of Canada all 151 154 Hi 201 D. New all - - _ 100 Do. 6p. o Bile. pay. 1873 all 95 97 100 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 all 85 67 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 1 4 1 at Madras, gua. 5 p.c 100 100 102 102 1 at Do. 41 do at Do. 13 do lOO 89 91 21 Do. Filth Extension 5 at Alelb. Cor 6p. 0. finds. 100 50 Mel. di Hobson's Bay all st N. itl.C'da,6pc latpt.bs: 100 83 tO at Boinde 100 100 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do ti 4, 15 P at Do. Punjaub.... .a 100 99 100 1001 at Do.lndus St.Flui 100 85 87 10.1tE1GN /LAIL WA Yf'. Rhenish, Ditto, all, in (great Luxembourg, 91 Bluth Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 13/ 100111411GN NUN „ Chontalee Gold and Silver Mining, lim., 4k Unn Pedro, Nor, h Del Rey, 2 13-16 Panulcillo Copper, lim., Port Phillip, 11, St John del Key, 11m, 34 5 l'udanamutana of, South Australia, lim.. 1 1-16 BANlib. Anglo Egyptian, lira., 17 Australasia, 643 Imperial Ottoman, Si 0 London and River l'iate, Ditto, new, 10i London Uharterea Bang of Australia, 231 Loudon and t 1 estminster, 72 11 Ditto, Scrip, 4) 391 Union 01 Loudon, 341 MISCELLANEOLIb. Atlantic Telegraph, nit o, is per cent., 100 Crystal Palace, 2:4 mist India Irrigation and Canal. 16 Ebbw Vale, 1l 4 Gen. Credit and Discount, lira.. 51 Hudson's Bay, 15 Loudon Financial Association, lira.. 8} ,onaon Gen e r a l O mn ib u s Company, lim,ll National Discount ,ompany. llf North British and Mercantile Insurance, 181 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. IS Telegraph Construct. and Maintei,auce, llm., 11 SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.--Hatida'S " Israe l in Egypt" will bo performed by this society at Exeter Hall on Friday next, the 31st inst., with the following prin cipal vocalists :—Madamo Lemmens Sherrington, Miss R. Henderson, Madame Sainton Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Montoya Smith, Mr. Lewis Thomas, and Signor Dutc THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1868. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-'-This kay. EQUITY. THE CHILDEEN Or Tom SAYERS. - Mr. Marshall, the chief clerk of the Master of the Rolls, had before him the case of Sayers v. Stent. This was an application made by Mr. Edward Johnson, of Clifford's Inn, for an issue to be directed to a court of law to try who were the legitimate children of Tom Sayers living at the time of his death. About £3,000 was collected shortly after the fight with Heenan and settled on Tom Sayers for his life, and at his death the fund was to be divided amongst his children then living. Mr. Edward Johnson now appeared for three children born after the marriage with his wife, and there were other children born of the wife before her marriage with Tom Sayers. The Chief Clerk perused an affidavit of the facts, and intimated his intention to refer the matter to the Master of the Rolls. Mr. Gay, who appeared for the trustees, said he had no objection to the course pro posed. The question would be whether there should be an issue at common law or in Chancery. Mr. Edward Johnson said the Master of the Rolls would decide whether it should be with or without a jury. The matter was accordingly referred to the court. CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION IN BRISTOL. On Thursday evening a meeting, convened by the Bristol Working Men's Association, Was held in the large hail of the Rifle Club, in order that the operatives of the city might hear addresses from Mr. W. Ferrand, Mr. Cecil Raikes, and Mr. R. N. Fowler. There were about 5,000 persons present. The proceedings, which oommenced in an orderly manner, grew, before the meeting had lasted long, very tumultuous, and concluded amid a perfect uproar. Mr. W. Kearsey presided. The CHAIRMAN said that Lord Stanley had re marked of the banquet held there the night previous that he had attended many demonstrations, but he never saw one more powerful or loyal than that of Wednesday in their ancient city of Bristol. (Cheers.) He regretted the absence of Lord Stanley on this occasion, and read a letter he had received from him. Mr. OWEN proposed the first resolution : " That this meeting desires to express its full confidence in the home and foreign policy of her Majesty's Ministers, and at the same to record its deep gratitude to them for having, under circum stances of great difficulty, restored the franchise to a large number of their fellow countrymen." (Cheers.) _ _ Mr. W. FERRAND, who was well received, se conded the resolution. lie said that it was now 40 years since he first took a part in public affairs, and during the whole of that period he had never hesi tated to appear before his fellow countrymen to stand by the political truths which he professed, and it was a high compliment paid to him that evening by those he saw before him who were assembled there—(ironical laughter, and cheers) — to hear an address from him in defence of those principles which had been dear to his heart from early youth, and he deeply regretted that Lord J Manners had not appeared that evening along with him. It was now 26 years sincehe became acquainted with -that nobleman, noble in nature and noble in heart—(cheers)—whose political life had been spent in trying to exalt the character, the social snd religious position of the working men of this country. (Cheers.) It would have done his heart good to have been present there that evening, and to receive a greeting by their hearty cheers. (Ap plause.) Official duty alone prevented him being present, duty to the country and duty to his Sove reign. Now, he stood there that night a Tory— (cheers) —and he would tell them why he was a Tory. (Cheers.) Toryism was political Freema sonry—(cheers)—it united every rank and every class in one common bond of amity, cementing the whole in mutual interests, and it was on account of Toryism working that principle and that action throughout the country that he was a Tory— (cheers)—and that night he stood there to defend Toryism. And why ? Because for the last 40 years Toryism had been calumniated and abused—(confu sion, and a voice, "Justly")—falsehoods had been propagated against it by the Liberals and by the Liberal press. (" No, no," and " Yes, yes.") The Tories had treated these attacks with con tempt, but no principle was worth having un less it was worth defending. What did he see there that night? (A. Voice—" A lot of Liberals.") A number of persons came there to listen and not to abuse, to see fair play, and not to shout, and groan, and hoot down. (Cheers.) The days for blubber and noise had gone by ; the people were exalted ; they were determined to judge for themselves ; they took no man's word ; they listened, they studied, they argued, and having formed their opinions they acted up to them. (A Voice—" The Liberals taught then to do it," and confusion.) A great mistake that bad been made by the Tories was that they had neglected the Conservative press. The Conservative press bad fought their battles for years, and had not received that support at the hands of the Tory party it ought to have had ; but the Tories sawnow that it was th e i r duty to support the Conservative press, and he rejoiced to find they had papers in that , city of every shade of politics, so that they ' could judge both sides, and that was all he asked of the Liberal party—freedom of co nscien ce , freedom of action. Well, then, let them have that, and if there was any one there standing on the outside— for he always found the lurkers in that part-- (laughter)—if there were any there who thought they could put him down by n oise and vulgar clap trap, they made a great mistake. (Laughter and confusion.) Aye, let them recollect that the insult was not offered to him, but to the intelligence and respectability of that great meeting, and he warned the disturbers that if they continued iu their dis turbance it would recoil against them at the next general election. He had told them they had been charged and calumniated as being the enemies and oppressors of the people. (A. voice—" Three cheers for Bright," and uproar.) But if they were the opponents of the people he challenged their oppo nents to prove it. Mr. Berkeley, in a speech he made in November last, charged the Tories with all sorts of crimes, and he finished his harangue with " Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Gladstone our hearts we fix." (Cheers and laughter.) Now, during that speech Mr. Berkeley told them nothing in his opinion could save the country except the ballot, or words to that effect. (Cheers.) Well, it was an extraordinary thing that Mr. Berkeley should say he had fixed his heart on Gl a d s t one and t h e h ear ts of his friends, when Gladstone had always voted against the ballot and spoken against it too. (Laughter.) Now, he stood there to prove the charges against the Tories to be false. Previous to the year 1830 they had been in office for a period of about 40 years, and during that time the trade and commerce of the country had increased in a marvellous manner, and the working population had also increased in an equal ratio in prosperity, in happiness, and in con tentment; but in the year 1830 the Duke of Wel lington made the great mistake of his life. He then, in the House of Lords, declared that he was opposed to all reform. From that- time young as he (the speaker) was he protested against that declara tion, s and it was made against the feelings, the wishes, and the opinions of the great majority of the Tory party. (Confusion.) Well, the Liberal party, which was then the Whigs, took advantage of that declaration of the Duke of Wellington, and commenced a violent agitation throughout the country. They roused the passions of the ignorant, of the roughs, and rowdies, and dangerous classes then, as they were attempting to do now. (Con fusion.) The Tories, who had for centuries been the natural leaders of the working population of the country—(shouts of laughter) —were denounced as their enemies, and the cry raised against them became so strong throughout the country that at a general election there was a majority of 350 Whigs returned to the House of Commons. When the Reform Bill was under discussion, the working population were urged to call out for the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill. They well knew that in that bill, if he mi g ht use t h e ex pression, there was their political " death in the pot," that they were determined to be politically extinct. (Confusion.) He might tell them that there were people sent to that meeting to disturb it, and they were afraid of free discus sion. He trusted, for the character of that city, they would conduct themselves with propriety, and if they did not he would appeal to the others to pro tect him from insult. (Cheers and uproar.) Be fore 1831, when the Whigs came into office, the working men of the country returned to the House of Commons, entirely or through their material inflence as voters, nearly 150 members. Now, the Reform Bill which was introduced by the Whigs was concocted to destroy the influence of the work ing men—that was, their votes to return these 150 members. That was a statement, which, being made by him, he was boundto prove, and he would prove it by quoting Lord J. Russell himself, and let them recollect the Tories resisted the attempt of the Whigs to rob the working men of the franchise. Let those recollect who did not feel inclined to listen to him that he was going to show them facts which they ought to know, and expose the treatment they had received at the hands of those who had for so long professed to be their friends, Ile then quoted from Lord John Rumen, speech in the House of Commons on the introduc tion of the Reform Bill in 1831, with respect to the gross venality and corruption among the electors of Bristol, and his assertion that he wished to give the franchise to the real respectability of the coun try. lie (the speaker) would ask him to point out a more respectable man on the face of the earth than the honest working man. (Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel's defence of the operatives and a quota tion froftt a speech of Mr. Baines, member for Leeds, who he said was a Whig and Radical combined, were given, and then the speaker proceeded to re mark on the benefits conferred by Sir C. Wetherell, but his observations were received with derisive shouts. He called on them to listen to what Sir Charles did, and then let his enemies blush for very shame. Passing on to speak of the measures introduced by the Whigs, he Said that they introduced the new Poor Law. (Confusion.) He would open the eyes of the working man that night—(laughter) —and he challenged his opponents to disprove what he said either in the public press or anywhere else. Who were the chief advisers of the new PoJr Law but the Manchester party ? They proposed that it should be directly enforced, in order that the work ing population of the south of England should be driven down into Lancashire to keep down the wages of the factory operatives. Letters bearing on that had been published and quoted by men in the House of Commons, and no man had power to deny them. Who bad been the leader for the last twenty-five years of that Manchester party, and instructed the Poor Law Commissioners to send down the working men of the south into Lancashire to keep down wages, but Mr. Bright? (Cheers and hisses.) Now, who was it resisted the. new Poor Law but Lord Eldon and the. Bishop of Exeter? The Whig Government, frotn.lB3o to 1841, pursued a course of gross extravagance in the ware in China and India, the people of which coun tries were unoffending, and they organised a system of jobbery and robbery unparalleled in the history of the country, and so disgusted did tile people' :at length become with the Whigs that their majority dwindled down from 350 to one. (Confusion.) He a g I n a ; cs said d thatat the their G member, Mr. Philip Sir ARioilbcse,rtherlpeeed to strengthen his hands. l, The Tories then tried to raise the social position of the peop l e , to r edress their wrongs and restore to them the franchise. ( A Voice—" All gammon.") As to the present pße form Bill, be remarked that in 1867 Mr. Gladstone assembled his supporters in the House and im plored bill, and Mr. Bright said if they did not throw it out on t h a t occa sion them to throw out the it. (Cheers.) they would never be able to do had taken one of the people since 1841, and he He would tell them what the Tories had do ne for the most active parts in achieving the bene fi ts which they had rendered. They repealed t he harsh clauses of the Ten Hours Bill, and the * Times newspaper proclaimed that he had been the chief the chief cause of the repeal. They car Fac tory Bill ; they abolished the truck system and enforced the payment of wages in the current coin of the realm, and he was the man who brought the question before the House of Commons. (Cheers.) He was the man who moved that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the system ; and the committee was granted, and on their report the bill prohibiting the payment of wages in any thing but the current coin of the realm was passed. They stopped the working of women and children in coal mines, and introduced the free allotment system. If Mr. Berkeley were there he would tell him that those were the knavish tricks of the Tories, and no honest working man would confound their politics as long as they supported such interests. It was the TorieSwho frustrated the knavish tricks of the Whigs when they wanted to dispossess the freemen of the franchise. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Bright had charged the Tories with being the enemies of the working man. He was a large manufacturer, and bitterly opposed their interests. In factories formerly women worked fifteen hours a day, and had occasionally to be carried from the factories in the pangs of labour, and children were brutally treated by over lookers; but Mr. Bright protested against any fac tory legislation, and said that the masters had a right to do what they liked with their own work people, as long as the workpeople consented to work for them. (Uproar.) As to Mr. Gladstone, who had charged the Tories with deserting their prin ciples, there was not a greater political renegade in Great Britain and Ireland than Mr. Gladstone. (Confusion.) He had not represented one con stituency which he had not betrayed. (Great uproar.) He would give them a slight history of Mr. Gladstone's political career ; it was short and sweet, and they and the country ought to be reminded of it, and thoroughly understand it. (A Voice " Cheers for Gladstone," and great tumult.) In 1832 he took his first seat in Parliament, and commenced his political life as the Tory nominee of the Tory Duke of Newcastle, and for three years he represented the borough of Newark. In 1835 the Duke turned him out for deserting his principles. In 1837 he went to a great meeting at Glasgow and urged the Whigs and Tories there to defend the institutions which were threatened with destruction by the extreme Radi cals, and to unite on a neutral ground to meet the attacks of the common enemy. Then he subse quently made a speech in the House of Commons in favour of Tom Paine's " Rights of Man." He had been the supporter of the Corn Laws. (Laugh ter and great confusion.) Ah, they might be annoyed; the flesh would quiver where the pincers pierced. (Laughter.) In 1815 he deserted his principles and became a Free-trader. In 1847 he became member for the Oxford University. (Cheers.) In 1854 he accepted the leadership of the political dissenters, whose chief labour was to destroy the State Church. In 1852 the Tory Glad stone joined the Whigs for office, and then after wards he joined the Radicals to keep the Whig Lord Russell out of office. (Great confusion.) Let those who made the noise go home and tell the poli tical fools who sent them there that they were not going to fool the meeting. (Further uproar.) They might go home and be fried in their own frying pan. (Laughter.) In May, 1864, Mr. Gladstone spoke in savour of trades' unions. (Great uproar.) Let thern,Toar, he had a good pair of bellows„ Thosa. who made 'that uproar were the men who boasted of the liUrti of their political principles, who asserted they ought to have a right to exercise their own judgment, and yet they came there to prevent a fair hearing. They did that because they knew Toryism was founded on truth and justice, and he was proving it to demonstration. (Confusion.) In 1867 Mr. Gladstone published a letter stating that trades' unions were an evil. (Great tumult, with cheers for Gladstone.) Let the men of Bristol re collect that they wanted their trade and commerce protected, and Lord Derby's Government was a safe standing-ground for every loyal man to take his stand upon—(confusion)—and he firmly believed that loyalty to their Sovereign and love to their fa therland would unite the whole country in defence, at the next general election, of the altar, the throne, and the cottage. (Cheers and great up roar.) The resolution was pat by the chairman, and de clared to be carried. The Councilof the Zoological Society have elected Mr. Jesse as their zoologist to accompany the Abyssinian expedition, which appointment has:been approved by the Government. Mr. Jesse will join tho head-quarters of Sir It. Napier. FLOODS AT OXFORD.—The recent heavy rains have submerged the low lands in and near Oxford ; the lower part of Port Meadow is nowhere to be seen, and Christ Church Meadow, the land towards Iffiey and Sand ford, and the meadows near Hincksey, are also inundated. The floods are not, however, higher than they have fre quently been at this time of year, and certainly not of sufficient consequence to cause any alarm, more especially as they have, within the last day or so, subsided several inches. The Athenceum underp.,talids that the authorities of the National Gallery, lamenting the probable cessation of the most valuable annual exhibition of pictures by the old masters and deceased British artists at the British Institution, are in treaty with the proprietors of the last named gallery for the further hiring of their premises in Pall Mall, in order to the carrying on of the gatherings of pictures on loan from the best, furnished English private collections. RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPANIES. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE. The report of the directors of this company states that the total revenue for the half year ending Dec. 31, from all sources, amounted to £591,158, the total expenditure to £267,697, and the net profit to £323,460, which, with the balance brought forward from the previous half year, amounted to £323,958 available for interest and dividend. The debenture and other interest chargeable against the revenue of the half year amounted to £79,370, the canal annui ties to £14,148, the dividends on the various classes of preference stock and shares to £114,794, and the South Yorkshire interest and dividends to £70,581, making a total charge against the above net ba lance of £278,892, leaving a balance of £45,065, out of which the directors recommend that a dividend be paid at the rate of £2 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the company, carrying forward a balance of £1,139 to the next ac count. The tonnage in and out of the Grimsby Docks was 503,327, against 421,913 tons in the same half of 1866, showing an increase of 78,414 tons ; and the receipts for dues and wharfage amounted to £6,436, against £6,138, showing an increase of £298. The quantity of coal shipped in the past half-year was 149,199 tons, against 122,392 tons in the same half year of 1866, show ing an increase of 26,807 tons. The company's share of the net profits of the South Junction Rail way amounted to £9,185, as against £9,496 in the corresponding period of last year. The rolling stock, permanent way, and works had been effi ciently maintained and rene e d during the half-year. The working expenses of the railway during the half-year amounted to £239,468, against £227,499, showing an increase of £11,969. An increase of £4,921 had taken place in the item of compensa , tion, and of £2,683 in rates and taxes, an. increase of outlay over which the directors could exercise little control in the present state of the law. The directors thought it right to explain to the proprie tors that they had an unsettled claim against the Great Northern Company, under the agreement of 1857, for interest upon capital expended by the com pany for the accommodation of the through traffic exchanged between the two companies. The direc tors trusted that the Great Northern Board would meet the claim in a fair spirit. The expenditure on capital account during the half-year amounted to £277,274, of which £97,729 was for contributions to joint lines, £78,066 for works and stations, and £88,078 for additional rolling stock. The general depression of trade iu all branches, combined with the deficient harvest of last year, had led to a reduc tion in the usual rate of increase of the company's traffic. It was hoped that the improvement in the cotton trade will be followed by a revival in the other staple trades of the country, and that thus the accommodation provided by the outlay of capital, which was adequate to work a large increase of traffic, might soon be profitably utilized. The capital account showed that £12,530,329 had been received, and £12,403,054 expended, leaving a balance of £127,275. The revenue account for the half-year ending 31st of December last showed that £591,158 had been received, and £262,555, or 46.41 per cent., expended in working the railway and canals ; the company's proportion of loss on work ing the Cheshire lines, the Garston and Liverpool, and the Oldham Guide-bridge Railways was £5,142, leaving the balance of net profit £323,460. COMMON LAW. SAWN FISHERY APPEAL—In the Court of Queen's Bench, I , efore the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Black burn, Mellor, and Lush, the case of Waite (appellant) v. George (respondent) was heard. This was an appeal from an order of the English Fisheries Commissioners directing the removal of certain ranks of " putchers," used by the appellant in the River Severn for catching salmon. The - commissioners held a court of inquiry, at which the appellant was heard ; but he produced no documents, and relied on evidence of user for at least sixty years. The case was part heard on Saturday, the 18th, and again on the 25th, when it was stated that no deeds were produced on that inquiry, and none asked for, because the mode of fishing only was under investigation. The claimant, however, had deeds going back to the 17th century, spewing the conveyance of a fishery at this place, whereupon the Lord Chief Justice said it would strengthen the case, by showing the existence of an ancient fishery at that place, and suggested that the case should be sot back to be re-stated by the Fishery Commissioners.—The Attorney-General and Mr. Hannen appeared in support of the order of the commissioners ; Mr. Manisty, - Q.C., and Mr. H. James for the appellant, the owner of the fishery.—This morning the Attorney. General said his learned friend (Mr. Manisty)-wished the case to be sent back to the commissioners, to take further evidence, and re-state the case, to which he had no objee tion.—Case remitted accordingly. .7,• • . COMPENSATION CASE.—In the Sheriff'S'Conit; Iced Lion square, before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchcll and a special jury, the case of Gupillis v. the Midland Railway Com pany was heard. It was a question of compensa tion affecting property at Kentish-town. A. sum of £750 had been offered, and after a long conversation as to the value of the property, in which the surveyors, as usual, differed very considerably, the jury gave £750 for the land and £l7 for the kerb, which will carry costs being beyond the offer made. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. — This Day. GUILDHALL. A STRANGE CONFESSION OF A MARINER.—Thomas Towning, a master of a sloop, a few days ago gave himself up charging himself with having robbed his owner of £l7. He was brought before the alderman at the Guildhall, and remanded. He was now placed at the bar before Alderman Lusk, M.P., for further examination. The prisoner had been drinking very heavily, and was under the delusion that some men were following him about to murder him, and under that impression, he thought, if he got into prison they could not get at him there.— Alderman Lusk asked him if lie still had the feeling that the men were following him.—The pri soner said he had not.—Alderman Lusk said he had com municated with the owner of the sloop, and he had replied that he was not aware that the prisoner had robbed him of anything. Under those circumstances he would be dis charged.—The prisoner said he worked the sloop on the principle of shares with the owner, and two-thirds of the 317 belonged to him (Towning).—He was then dis charged. MANSION HOUSE. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—John M`Carthy and James Knowles were charged at the Mansion House with robbery and assault, under the following circumstances : Francis Scott, a seaman, stated that on Saturday night, shortly after eleven o'clock, he was walking along Tower-. street, when the prisoners and another man came up be hind, and two of them caught him by the arms while Knowles took some money out of his pockets. They then threw him down on his hack and ran off.— Jas. Fox, 144 H, said that at a quarter-past eleven he was crossing Towe-hill, and heard cries of "Stop thief." He saw the prosecutor rising up and the prisoners running away. He caught M`Carthy, and a gentleman seized hold of Knowles, who knocked him down, but he did not suc ceed in making his escape. The third man got off. 11`Carthy's real name was O'Brien, and he was known as a notorious character in Rosemary-lane, which was one of the worst places with which the metropolitan police had to do.—The prisoners were remanded till Wednesday. THAMES-STREET. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.-At the Thames Police-court Frederick Skiffington, 21, a servant of No. 3, Upper Grafton•street, was charged before Mr. Paget with unlaw fully possessit , a key, the property of Mr. Charles Sterry. The prisoner had formerly been in the prosecutor's service, having left about three months ago. During the time he employed him prosecutor had missed money from a daven port, in which Mrs. Sterry was in the habit of keeping money. The prisoner, when he left, took away the key of the wine -cellar, with which he had been entrusted. He was indiscreet enough to tell another man, named Cart wright, that he had it, and also tl) , key of the davenport. He said he would get Mr. Sterry's cook to take some 'wine from the cellar, and also to steal money from the daven port, and suggested that they might enjoy themselves together. Cartwright, however, informed the police, and the prisbner was apprehended.—Mr. Paget remanded him. CLERKENWELL. SINGING SEDITIOUS SONGS.--,Tohn Henry Sullivan, aged 28, described as a ballad-singer, living at No. 2, Queen street, Southwark, was brought before Mr. Knox, at Clerkenwell, charged with causing a crowd of persons to assemble and obstruct the public thoroughfare of Leather-lane, St. Andrew's, by singing seditious sos, to the annoyance of th e i n h a bit ants an d passengers. —E viuence having been given to establish the charge, the prisoner said he did not know there was anything wrong about the song, as there was nothing about Fenianism in it. —Mr. Knox . remanded the p r i soner f or a wee k , i n or d er th a t th e police might make inquiries concerning him. WESTMINSTER. WILFUL DAMAGE AT CREMORNE GARDENS.—At the Westminste r P o li ce - court John Smith was charged with wilfully damaging the fence at Cremorne Gardens. A police-constable proved having seen the prisoner tear up a fence. Prisoner said that a nail caught in his coat and tore it, and he pulled up the fence in a moment of irrita, tion. Mr. Ingham sentenced him to pay a fine of 10s. penalty, or 14 days' imprisonment.—Two boys were also charged with breaking down a summer-house. They were caught by a constable who was set to watch. The father paying the amount of the damage, &c., the prisoners were released. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The January session of the Central Criminal Court was opened this morning by the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sirß. Carden' Alderman Sir 'B. S. Phillips, Alderman and Sheriff Stone, Mr. Sheriff M'Arthur, the under-sheriffs (Messrs. Davidson and Roche), &c., &c. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 83 prisoners. Of this number 20 are committed from the City of London, 4G from Middlesex, 2 from Essex, 3 from Kent, and 12 from the county of Surrey. The offences are thus classified : Arson 4, concealing bankrupt's estate 1, bigamy 1, burglary 11, uttering counterfeit coin 23, em bezzlement 4, feloniously casting corrosive fluid 1, forcible entry 1, forgery 2, horse stealing 3, housebreaking and lar ceny 2, larceny from the person, &c., 2, stealing a post letter 1, misdemeanour 13, murder 2, receiving stolen goods 1, rape 1, robbery 5, and feloniously wounding 1. —The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said the first case to which he would refer was an indictment for wilful murder against James Con ning, a seaman, and they would be under the disadvantage of not seeing the witnesses on whose evidence the crime was to be made out. The depositions were taken before a consul at a foreign port, and if the witnesses were not in this country the depositions would be taken as evidence. It appeared that the deceased and a companion bad been on shore and returned drunk, some quarrelling taking place after they came on-b oar d, which resulted in 'the prrsoner stabbing the deceased. The statement he made was that he did so in self-de fence, and under the whole circumstances he (the Recorder) did not think the crime would amount to more than manslaughter. There was also a charge of murder against an Italian named Morelli. In this case there was no pretence that the prisoner's own life was in danger, but it might be considered whether, the crime being committed in the heat of blood, there was sufficient evidence to support the capital charge. The learned Recorder next alluded to a charge against a woman by the name of Eliza Collins, for the murder of her child by leaving it exposed in a field, and stated that the question for the jury to consider was whether there was any intention that the child should die. There was a charge preferred under extraordinary circum s t ances against Thomas Wagstaffe and his wife. The charge was to the effect that the parents caused the death of their child by neglect, and it appeared they were members of a sect who called themselves " The Peculiar People." One of their tenets was that it was contrary to the teachings of raSctriiopnturoef health, tohav ere a c n ou d rse th t e o m co e u d rs ica e l a t d he v y ice afdoropttheedrewstaso to anoint the child and pray to God for its recovery. The child was suffering from inflammation of the lungs, and the medical testimony was, that if advice had been sought it would have had a fair chance of life. matter the w for ord s regret of Scripture that a any body It was difficult to say that death was caused by the neglect of f d t y of parents,he to neglect the means usually resorted to in cases of illness. The Recorder proceeded to comment on some cases of people should but Nvm so pervert a minor importance, and the jury then retired to their room for deliberation. THE LATE CHMILES KEAN.—In accordance with the wishes of the late Mr. Charles Kean, the funeral, which will take place at Keydell on Thursday next, will be of a strictly private character. Mrs. Charles Kean has received from the Queen a letter which expresses in the most gracious terms the sympathy awakened in her Ma jesty's mind by the terrible loss Mrs. Kean has sustained. ACCIDENT TO MR. CHARLES WARNER.—On Mon day night last Mr. Charles Warner, when acting in the farce "Honey Dove's Troubles," met with a singular and serious accident. In the character he represents Mr. War ner has to drink a glass of wine, and among the bottles on the table had been placed ono containing a strong spirit used in lighting the gas. This mistake was nearly proving fatal to Mr. Charles Warner, who was immediately pre vented from proceeding with his part. The curtain fell, and the performer was taken to the hospital. He is now out of danger, but, as may be imagined, is suffering severely from the effects of the poisonous spirit so incautious) Placed pli the tahle.--,Era. THE LATE DR. FARADAY. A correspondent of the Times writes as follows : —ln the autumn of 1867 died Michael Faraday, a man who by his achievements in science gave glory to England, the land of his birth, and com manded the respect of the world. The story of his life has at this time a peculiar significance. The son of a working man and himself brought up as a bookbinder, Faraday, by the force of intellect alone, acquired not wealth or titular honours, but fame which will endure for ever. He might have secured riches, and have had his name recorded in the roll of knights; but he refused both— not from the cynical pride of affected humility which philosophers have sometimes displayed with so much ostentation. He was a man of large and generous sympathies, and was not contemptu ously indifferent to the good opinion of his fellow men ; but his soul was in his work, and that work was the exploration of the great physical forces of the universe. Blessed with marvellous keenness of penetration, rare sagacity, extraordinary mani pulative skill, indomitable energy, he extorted from Nature some of her sublimest and most recondite secrets. His researches in chemistry, electricity, and magnetism fill volumes. He was content to establish laws, leaving to others the subordinate work of applying those laws to objects of practical utility. It is these applications which meet the public eye, and tell most on the public mind, while the abstract labours of the great discoverer are known only to the initiated few. The former bring substantial gain, but the latter only that pure and inward satisfaction which is its own re ward, and which no money can purchase. Without the lifelong and disinterested efforts of men like Faraday the spirit of invention would languish and the progress of the arts be greatly retarded. Two of the most directly practical and striking results which have proceeded from Faraday's discoveries are the brilliant illumination of lighthouses by means of the magneto-electric current, and the process of electro-plating by means of the same current. The author of this letter was present when Mr. Faraday and his wife first saw the latter process in opera tion, and well remembers what pleasure he mani fested at seeing others reap a golden harvest from his labours. One of the most distinguished living chemists, a foreigner, traces the discovery of all the magnificent coal-tar colours now so extensively employed in dyeing to the discoverer of the sub stance termed benzol. " And who," says he, " dis covered benzol ?" "England may well be proud of the answer—Michael Faraday. This history teaches us another and nobler lesson still ; for it is apt to be forgotten in a great industrial country like England, where fortune ever tempts the che mist from the hard mountain path of pure scientific re search to the smiling slopes of lucrative industrial appli cation. That lesson, based on the discovery of benzol, and pointing to the name of its illustrious discoverer, Faraday, bids us, if wo would reach the noblest heights of fame, to seek pure truth, careless of industrial advan tages to ourselves, yet sure that, from our labours, practi cal good will in due season flow for the benefit of all mankind." Faraday was often consulted by the Government, and was ever ready to give his counsel and assistance regardless of pecuniary remuneration. Faraday was of the people of England, and the people of England will honour his memory. They owe him much, and they will gladly acknowledge their obligation. His widow survives, and to the tender devotion of that excellent lady during more than 40 years Faraday, if he could speak from his grave, would be the foremost to ascribe the success of his life. Faraday died poor, and his widow is a sacred charge upon the nation. He was in receipt of a pension of £ 3OO a-year from the national ex chequer, and assuredly if ever a pension should be continued to the widow of one of England's greatest men Mrs. Faraday is that widow. What ever arrangements may be . proposed by the Trea sury in regard to another female relative of Fara day, the whole British public would receive with unqualified satisfaction the announcement that a pension of not less than £3OO a year has been con ferred on his widow. There is not a working man in the kingdom who would not feel himself honoured by such a grant. Let there be no higgling over the value of an annuity to the extent of a thousand pounds or so more or less, but let the thing be done nobly, gracefully, and speedily, and n dissen tient voice will be h ear d . The Government a has the rare opportunity of honouring the memory of one of the greatest philosophers the world has yet seen, and, at the same time, of stimulating the intellectual energy of every working man—even the humblest and the poorest in the kingdom. Let them do what ought to be done in this case, and they will never have cause to regret. Another correspondent, in reply to the above, writes as follows :—I read the letter on Faraday, signed " Y.," with great delight. There was one point only where differed front " and that _ . was his appeal to the generosity of Government. Would Faraday have approved that—he who asked and accepted nothing from Government, whether money or titles ? Surely, if Faraday's companion and assistant, if Faraday's widow wants support, there are hundredi in this country who will be proud to place their names and contributions to such a memorial to the memory of one of England's greatest men ? Men of science are plentiful, from dukes down to many a working man. And are there not others, too, to whom Faraday's lectures have opened views, more surprising, more refreshing and elevating than the grandest views of the sea shore or the Alps ? No, no—let the Royal Society start a subscription, and you will see that no appeal is wanted to Govern ment, whose generosity is never without a taint, and that men of Faraday's character —the very salt of the earth—are quietly, but not the less really, appreciated by thousands. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING--THIs DAY. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Shakspere (offered—take 20 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Fan (offered) 25 to 1 agst Tusculanum (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Daisy (taken) 100 to 3 agst The Lamb (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Bolen (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Viridis (taken and offered)' 1000 to 30 agst Weather Star (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Contempt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Seville (taken) 50 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 50 to 1 agst Bandmaster (taken) 2000 to 2000 on Bandmaster agst Stradbroke (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 1100 to 40 agst Losicrucian (taken) Bto 1 agst Formosa (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered) 9 to 1 agst Pace (taken) DERBY. 6to 1 agst LedY Elizabeth (taken) 13 to 2 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 10 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offerep) 100 to 8 agst Typhoeus (offered) 14 to 1 agst Pace (taken). 40 to 1 agst Banditto (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Sunflower colt (taken and offered) 1000 to 20 agst See Saw (taken and offered) A large attendance. Business was mostly confined to the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby. The above quotations will show the principal business done. RES FOR 18Q8. IARY. Nottingham Spring Derby Spring [tell. Margato Epsom. Spring Mooting Croxton Park NorthaniptOn UL. Catterick Bridge Lewes Spring Thirsk Curragh April Newmarket Ist Spring Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton -2' Hampton Newcastle Bibury Club Stockbridge Alexandra Park 23 23 24 30 Odiham, Stamford Radcliff© ..... Huntingdon: Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood 20 21 `2l 23 28 RACING FIXT FEBR Lincoln Spring AI infield liarro w 2O L'verpool Spring M 3 C..clinsford Spring M 10 Shrewsbury Spring lO West Drayton l2 Warwick Spring !AP. Bromley Spring 6 Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Craven Knighton l4 Abergavenny . , 16 Chester 5 Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer 3 Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 Pontefract' Reading Down Royal Corp. l5 Liverpool July M. AUG Brighton Brighton Club Lewes Summer Wolverhampton l l7 i Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egliam lB Hastings York August Dover Oxford Scarborough 24 Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge Margate 3l THE IRISHMAN AND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. At the Court of Queen's Bench, this day, Mr. C 4mpbell Foster applied on behalf of Mr. Richard Pigott, proprietor of the Irishman newspaper, pub lished in Dublin, for a rule nisi for a criminal in formation against Mr. Joseph Ellis, publisher of the Daily Telegraph, for an alleged libel which ap peared in that journal on the 11th of January last severely commenting on certain articles in the columns of the Irishman with reference to Feni anism and the conduct of the English Government in instituting criminal proceedings against Mr. Pigott. The applicant contended that the tendency of the article in question was such as to prevent his having a fair trial. The Court, after hearing the article read, and also those forming the basis of the prosecution against Mr. Pigott, unanimously refused the ap• plication. A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE KING OF PRUSSIA. Gustave Victor and Maxim Fordore were placed at the bar before Mr. Flower charged with conspir ing together for the purpose of obtaining money from his Excellency Barom, the Prussian Ambas sa,lor in London. Mr. Abrams appeared for the Prussian Embassy to prosecute. Herman Reek said, I am clerk in the office of the Prussian Embassy. On the Bth of Januasy the prisoner Victor came to the Embassy and said ho had a secret to tell but that he was in a destitute ondition. I communicated with Baron Schmithals and when the prisoner called again: on the 10th of January he said that a conspiracy was in progress, and that a - man named-- - Emeriek was going to Berlin to assault the King of Prussia, and that he had Orsini bombs in his possession. He said that Emeriek was the head of a conspiracy. As Victor repeated he was much in need I gave him money for the information he had communicated, certainly not as charity. Every time Victor came he asked for money, as he could not be expected to come without being paid, or could he go to the dif ferent gentlemen from whom ho could procure in formation without remuneration. I told Victor that if his information was correct he would receive He lead me t o b e li eve t h at he wasan ad equate enabledreward. togive such information os would lead to the apprehension of Emerick before the plot was put into formation. The prisoner Victor said the money he got from the witness was not for what he had stated, but that in fact it was as charitable relief, and that the wit. ness never gave him any money without his asking for it. Witness continued— I recollect the prisoner Victor coming on the evening of the Bth January. We shall continue the report in a later edition. STEEL FROM CLEVELAND IRON.—The occurrence of sulphur and phosphorus in Cleveland pig • iron has hitherto prevented its being used for conversion into Bes semer steel. For the latter purpose only- the pig iron ob tained from the purest spathic and hematite ores has been employed; and the increasing demand for steel has led to • some apprehension lest the iron trade of Cleveland should eventually suffer from the competition of the Bessemer steel manufacturers, unless somo practical and economical method could be discovered whereby the north country pig iron could be converted into steel. During the past year a considerable number of experimenters have been attempting to solve this important problem, and at length it would seem there is a fair prospect of success. At the last meeting of the Middlesborough iron trade samples o steel made from Cleveland iron were exhibited by Messrs. Pox, dead, and Co. These appeared of superior quality, and excited great interest, as it was stated that by the new process steel rails could be manufactured at from £9 t £l9 per ton, or at about £3 per ton under the price Bessemer steel rails. Should these anticipations be w founded it is certain that a great impetus will be given the iron trade of tide locality. rUST.