The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Money Market continues quiet and steady,
the supply of bills on offer being moderate.
The biddings for 40,00,000 rupees in bills on
India took place yesterday at the Bank of Eng-
land. The proportions allotted were—To Calcutta,
18,90,000 Rs. ; to Bombay, 19,50,000 Rs.; and to
Madras, 1,60,000 Rs, The declared minimum price
was as before—ls. 11?-,,d. per rupee on Calcutta, and
2s. on Bombay and Madras. The applications,
within the limits, were for about 140 laes. Tenders
on Calcutta, at 25., will receive about 85 per cent.(;
on Bombay, at 25., about 14 per cent., and above
that price in full ; and on Madras, at 2s. in full.
The Yorkshire, from Australia, has arrived, with
£303,636 in specie. _ _

At the forthcoming meeting of the Scottish Aus-
tralian Investment Company, a dividend at the rate
of 10 per cent. per annum will be proposed.
The Bank of WTales is a new monetary establish-
ment, instituted with a view of supplying more
accommodation to the mercantile and agricultural
classes of the principality, whose continuous and
increasing development of native wealth demands a
corresponding expansion of financial facilities. The
means of the present banks in North and South
Wales are said to be restricted, and the directors
believe that withn larger capital at their command,
and the influence of their connection, success must
attend their efforts. The directors have, moreover,en-
tered into negotiations for the purchase of private
banking establishents, so that they will in all proba-
bility be enabled not only to commence operations
immediately, but also to promise a dividend at no
very distant date. The chief officer for the manage-
ment of the undertaking will be in London, and
branches are to be established in all the principal
towns of Wales. The nominal capital of the bank
is to be £1,000,000, one-half of which is to form
the first issue in shares of £lOO each. The project
has been favourably received on the Stock Exchange,
and the shares are 11 to 2 prem.

Notice has been given by the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad (Eastern Division) Company that the pay-
ment of interest on the Trustees' Mortgage Certifi-
cates of the company will be commenced on the Ist
proximo. It will, no doubt, be highly satisfactory
to the shareholders to learn from this announce-
ment that the long-continued embarrassments of
the undertaking are so far overcome, and it will be
an additional gratification to know that the suc-
cess attending the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway will materially assist in the attainment of
the same object.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures txs under :

1863. 1862.
Great Western
North-Western
South-Western
I;righton
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
I aneashire and Yorkshire 31,120 30,595
Bristol and Exeter
North- Eastern
Great Southern and Western of Ireland 7,324 7,035
Edinburgh and Glasgow
These returns are generally of a satisfactory
character. On the Great Western there is an in-
crease of £2,039 ; on the North-Western, £4,482 ;
on the South-Western, £1,264; on the Brighton,
£965 ; on the Midland, 2,388 ; on the South-
Eastern, £1,673 ; on the Great Northern, £2,423 ;
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £525; and on the
North• Eastern, £1,364. The Edinburgh and
Glasgow, however, shows a decrease of £437.

Two O'CLOCK.

The Liverpool cotton market to-day was steady.
Sales about 5,000 bales, at nominally unchanged
rates.

The Three per Cent. Rentes opened to-day, at
Paris, at 70f.10c. being 5 per cent. better than yes-
terday.
Taere has been a quiet market to-day for the
English Funds, and the small amount of business
negotiated has not occasioned the slightest altera-
tion in prices, Consols being 921 a for transfer, and
928 I for the account. The New 3 per Cents. and
the Reduced remain at 924 4 ; Exchequer Bills are
rather firmer at ss. to Bs. prem. ; Bank Stock is
235; and India 5 per Cents. remain at 1081 t•
In the Foreign department no material alteration
has occurred, and business continues rather quiet.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are lilt at 708 s ; do.,
1862, at 668 ; and the :7onsolides,4ol 3-; EgyptiPn
have improved to 951 96 ; do., 2d issue, to 951 ;
Greek to 164 17; Italian to 691- 70; Peruvian, 1862,
is heavy at 871; Portuguese, do., at 461; Russian,
do., firm at 96; Spanish Passive are 248; do., Cer-
tificates, 91; and Venezuelan 6 per Cents., 604.

Business in the Railway Share Market continued
dull, and prices, in most instances, have shown less
firmness. Great Western, Lancashire and York-
shire, North Western, South Western, and North
Eastern (Berwick) have declined 55.; while South
Eastern improved 10s. ; and London and
Brighton, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial lines were without
change of importance as regards prices.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
remain dull, at about forme/ quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 92/ i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
8. umuties, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15 346
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2li x d
India Stock —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95,
•Itto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 k g
D ft. Bonds £l,000
Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, Feb. 5 923
Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 7 5 8

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Egpptian 7 pet Cent 96 54 4 4
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ins.. 164 17
Ditto Coupons 6l
Mexican 3 per Cent -
Ditto Account 324
New Granada 2 per Cent
Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 121
Peruvian 41 per Cent. ..
Ditto 1862
Ditto Account..
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Ac3ouut 47
Ditto 1862
Ditto Scrip, £25 paid 2l 1 pm
Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 44 per Cent., 1850
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 ..
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred --
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account. 704 4 I
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Accoutre .
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
ZDitto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f —
Ditto Account.
70 694
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An influential meeting, representing all parties,
unanimity, was held
service
g sc o
and distinguished by ear nest un
in the Mansion. house yesterday, for the
ing and urging the claims of the Galway Mail stef upport-
asmpa cke t
Company to a restoration of the subsidy for postal
between Galway and America.
The custom of firing cannon at St. Petersburg
on the anniversary of the retreat of the French from
Moscow in 1812 is henceforth abolished. The
Emperor Alexander is said to have remarked that the anni-
versary having been celebrated fifty times, it should now
cease.
The Minister of the Interior has accorded to the
department of the Gars a sum of 35,770 fr., chargeable on
the credit of 3,5' o,ooofr. opened in the Budget of 1863, for
grants to facilitate the completion of vicinal roads.
The health of the King of Prussia continues to
improve. His Majesty was engaged on the morn-
ing of the 18th with the Count de Bismark, and afterwards
received Baron de Wrangel and M. Illaire, Cabinet
Councillor,

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 95
London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 97i 8

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern, 5 per cent. pref., 116 f 7
London, Chatham, &c , Metrop. rat., B 6 per cent., 101
Metropolitan, 5i

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
London and Chatham 4J per Cent., 92b
Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 984
Wilts and Somerset, 93
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco (Ihn.) gua. 7 per cent., 211
Dutch Rhenish, 14 I
N. Rail of Buenos ayres, gua. 7 per cent. (Rm.),
San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., gi—Ditto (all), 23i
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231

FOREIGN MINES.
East del Rey (11m.), II
Fortuna (lim.), 41
Mariquita, ; I
Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.),
Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lim.),lf ; 1
United Mexican (Urn.), 51
Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lira.),
DOCKS.
East and West India, 1361
JOIN T-STOCK BANKS.
Agra and United Service (lim.), 94 51
Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 24; 5
Australasia, 781 8
Bank of Egypt, 26 51
British North American, 51
Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 9; 10
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chins, 211 1
Eng., Scot., and Australian Chartered, 21*
Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 81 % 8;
London and Brazilian (lim.), 311
London and Colonial (lim.), 3
London and County, 39 *
London and South African, 25,1
London and Westminster, 80 1
Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), Reserved iss. at L 2 pm., 8} I
Oriental Bank Corporation, 56 i 6
Ottoman Bank, 3' 4—Ditto, new, 81 7;
Standard of British South Africa (lira ), 9/
Union of Australia, 4 .1 50
Union of England and France (lim
Union of London, 3211

MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18
Crystal Palace, 311
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ItaNational Discount Company, 8}
Peninsular and 0 iental Steam, 74)
Scottish Australianl 7
Investment (lim.), 140 394

Mazzinian
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Another paper,
for an article on Mexi-
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been visited with,
affairs, and for repeamtiandgnegaa
; there
Oonnlythe events in
Minister in Paris had
the general
specific charge is stated
objectNtoo
allegation that the article contains
throw discredit on the Government," and that the
Mexico " calumnious allegations, hay n
i of the Italian Minister's visit to Turin Was attributed
riorioue diplomatic diffiQuitiee, '

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, Jan. 21.

The Queen walked out yesterday afternoon ac-
companied by Princess Helena and Princess Louise.
Lady Napier arrived at Osborne yesterday.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale arrived at Orleans House, Twickenham, a few
days since, from a tour of visits.

His Excellency the Belgian Minister has taken a
mansion in Grosvenor- square for a term of years.
The Earl of Chesterfield and Lord Huntingfield
have left the St. George's Hotel.
The Earl of Dartmouth left town yesterday for
his seat, Patshull House, Wolverhampton.
Lord de Lisle, Lord Methuen, Mr. and the Hon.
Mrs. Hughes, and the Hon Mr. and Mrs. Mines have ar-
rived at the St. George's Hotel.

Lord and Lady Norreys will leave town in a few
days for Wytham Abbey, Berks, the seat of the Earl of
Abingdon.

The Baron and Baroness Khan have left the
Brunswick Hotel, Jerniyn-street, for Vienna.
The Right Hon. B, Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
have left Grosvenor-gate for Hatfield House, Hats, on a
visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury.

The Rid de Grey and Ripon, Under Secretary
of State for War, accompanied by Colonel Jervoise,
Deputy-Inspector-General of Fortifications, with Mr.
Bruce, Under Secretary of State for the Home-office, also
Mr. Loch, Private Secretary to Sir George Grey, visited
Portland on Tuesday, the 20th inst. They inspected the
fortifications on the Verne, and were shown everything
there by Major Nugent, Commanding Royal Engineers.
They afterwards proceeded to inspect the Convict Estab-
lishment, over which they were conducted by Captain Clay,
the governor, and Captain Buller, the deputy-governor.
On leaving the prison, they visited the Portland Break-
water, and returned to Weymouth.
A letter from Munich states that three days
back the King and Queen of Bavaria honoured a
ball given by the battalion of National Guards with their
presence, and joined in a quadrille with some non-commis-
sioned officers and privates of the Line as well as of the
National Guard. Before leaving, his Majesty, in expres-
sing his satisfaction, remarked that he was convinced, if
any new crisis should occur, that the citizens of Bavaria
would display the same patrio'ie, sentiments with which
they had formerly been animated, and which were recorded
in the inscriptions adorning the ball-room.

FRENCH CRITICISMS UPON CHARLES DICKENS.—
The Siecle of yesterday contains a highly eulogistic
article, by M. Legouve, upon the reading recently given by
Mr. Dickens, in Paris. M. Legouve says :—" Charles
Dickens is in our opinion one of the most remarkable
authors of the present day; our sympathy for him is pro-
found ; he seems to us at least equal to Balzac. The same
penetrating observer, and sometimes as pitiless as our
novelist, endowed like him with the faculty of breathing
life into the most obscure beings, and of explaining the most
complex emotions, he appeals more directly to the heart
than Balzac. General questions touch him; the misery of
the humble moves him ; he always endeavours to combat
some injustice, to vanquish some prejudice; his scalpel is
not that of the anatomist who dissects, but of the physician
who would cure ; he is a great writer, an excellent man."—
Galignani says :—" It is with the greatest pleasure that we
are enabled to announce that this favourite writer, at the
earnest solicitations of his numerous friends and admirers,
has consented to read, gratuitously, two evenings more,
at the British Embassy. The readings will be for the joint
benefit of the British Charitable Fund and of the Paris
Fund in aid of the Lancashire operatives. The selections
on each occasion will be from the most popular works of
our illustrious countryman. They will take place on Thurs-
day, the 29th, and Friday, the 30th inst., and full parti-
culars of the programme will be speedily publi -lied. We
have reason to believe that in order to afford the public at
large an opportunity of attending these interesting re-
unions, the price of admission will be considerably reduced."
THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—The following
letter has been sent round to the Conservative
members of the House of Commons :—" Sir,—l have the
honour to inform you that Parliament will meet on the sth
of February, and to express my hope that you may find it
convenient to be in your place on that day, as business of
importance will probably be brought forward.—l remain,
sir, your faithful servant, B. DISRAELI, Hughenden Mane',
Jan. 15."

THE MARRIAGE OF MARSHAL CANROBERT.—
Marshal Canrobert's marriage with Miss Mac-
donald, of Winatr, was celebrated according to the Roman
Catholic rites at the chapel of the Senate, in Paris, on
Tuesday last. Owing to a recent bereavement in the
family of the bride only a few friends and relations were
present at the ceremony. The witnesses of the Marshal
were Count Randon, War Minister ; M. Rivet and M.
Alfred de Marbot. Those of Miss Macdonald included
Lord Cowley, the Due de Tarente, and Sir James Martin.
EXAMINATION OF ATTORNEYS.—Yesterday a
public examination of persons under articles of
clerkship to attorneys was held in the hall of the Incor-
porated Law Society, Chancery-lane. Papers were de-
livered to each candidate: containing questions to be an-
swered in writing, classed under the several heads of
common law, conveyancing, equity, and book-keeping.
Letters from Italy now require three postage
stamps, instead of two, as formerly. The amount
of postage is, however, the same, the change
having arisen from the following circumstance :—The
tax of a single letter throughout the kingdom of Italy
has been reduced from 20c. to 15c. Accordingly the 20c.
stamp has been abolished, and one of 15c. substituted. The
60c., payable upon a letter for Great Britain, can now be
made up only by a stamp for 40c., and two of 10c., or by
one of 40c., one of 15c., and one of sc.
mIiTHE BANK OF ENGLAND FORGERIES.—The
work of the police in this affair is by no means at
an end. Their labours were facilitated in the first instance
by the disclosures of the young man Henry Brown and by
the general treachery of the gang; but the clue which has
yet to be followed up will be darker and more intricate.
Nearly the whole of the paper intended to be used for
notes of large amounts remains undiscovered, and has
probably been sent- abroad. This portion of the stolen
material, it may bo remembered, was said to have been
given by Brown to a mysterious woman in black, at the
Waterloo Station. It is believed that she was the agent
of some person on the Continent, by whom possibly an
endeavour will be made to use the genuine paper in the
forgery of £5OO and £l,OOO notes, for which it is fitted.
Some further arrests, it is expected, will shortly be made
in connection with the robbery at Laverstoke Mills.

RELICS IN ROCKS.—Among the morsels of a por-
tion of cliff which fell in the neighbourhood of
Havre during the late stormy weather (says Galignani)
were found three bronze hatchets. Referring to that dis-
covery, the Abbe Cochet, in a letter to the journals, states
that those hatchets are found almost all over Europe. They
are common in France, and are generally found in groups.
Some of them have been analyzed, and found to be com-
posed of 14 parts of tin and 86 of copper. The bronze is
the same as that of an antique poinard brought from Egypt
and anal) zed by Vauquelin, from which it would appear
that the composition of ancient Gallic bronze came from
Egypt. Archraologists generally attribute hatchets of this
kind to the ()efts and Gauls, and give them the general
name of Celtic, Those now found are neither pointed nor
polished, but just as they came from the hands of the
founder. One of them had formerly a ring by which it
was suspended.

BRITISH COLUMBlA.—Yesterday afternoon a me E t-
ing of the British North American association was
held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the pur-
pose of hearing an address from the Hon. Malcom Came-
ron, a member of the Canadian Legislature, and delegate
from British Columbia to this country. The meeting, which
was well attended, was presided over by the Hon. Arthur
Kinnaird, M.P. Mr. Cameron addressed the meeting at
considerable length, pointing out, in the first place, the
great importance of the establishment of a direct line of
communication either by road or railway through British
territory between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and passing
over the eastern range of the Rocky Mountains. From
surveys which had been made along the whole route, it
bad been conclusively proved that such a line of commix.
niet. Hon, was perfectly practicable, and to establish its prac-
ticability he read several extracts from Mr. Paluser's report
on the subject. He was also there to claim on the part of
British Columbia the right to a Constitutional Government,
so as to enable it to manage its own affairs. The privilege
had been granted to Vancouver's Island, and he did not
see how it could be denied to British Columbia. He could
state from personal observation and experience that there
was not a more loyal and well affected race of men in the
British dominions than the inhabitants of British Colum-
bia. He hesitated not to say that in climate, soil, and
mineral wealth it presented as fine a field for the labourer
of Britain as did any other country in the world. If a Con-
stitutional Government were acceded to, whereby its inha-
bitants could take measures for working up its resources, it
would be one of the most prosperous of their colonies, but
if that were denied to its inhabitants it must in a great
measure be allowed to remain the hunting ground of the
savage. He hoped the association would aid them in ob-
taining the assistance of the British Government in form-
ing this important line of communication. It having to
pass through the Hudson Bay territories, some arrange-
ment with that company which the Government alone could
make would, no doubt, be necessary. A resolution was
adopted highly approving the establishment of the line of
communication in question, and pledging the association to
lend its aid in obtaining the sanction and support of the
Government for its formation,

Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre-
vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual
kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always
,good dike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE.

(Before the:Judge Ordinary, Mr. Justice Williams, and

Baron Channell )

CHICHESTER V. MURE FALSELY CALLED CHICHESTER,

This case came before the Court on a demurrer to the
petition of George Augustus Hamilton Chichester, who
prayed that the marriage with the respondent might be
declared null and void.
The Queen's Advocate said the petition of Mr. Chichester
set out that the marriage, which it was now sought to dis-
solve, was celebrated on the 9th of August, 1859, between
George Chichester, and Lucy Virginia Oliver,whose former
husband's name was Mure, and who held the office of
British Vice Consul at New Orleans. The petition also
set out that the lady was incapable of entering into such
contract, because her husband Mure was still alive. A
decree of divorce was granted in this court to Mr. Mare on
the Ist of July, 1859; and the 20 and 21 of Vic. provided
that either party could appeal to the House of Lords, and as
that time had not expired, his marritue with the respon-
dent was invalid. The respondent said the averments in
the petition were bad, because from the date of the pro-
nouncing of the decree—viz., the 9th of August, 1859—she
became a femme sole to all intents and purposes, and there-
fore quite free to contract marriage. The learned gentleman
said the present proceedings would raise the whole question
of the statute, and was of the last importance to every person
in this country who might seek relief in that court. The
55, 56, and 57 sections of 65th chapter of the Act 20 and 21
of Vict, was clear under those circumstances, the marriage
of the petitioner was clearly null and void, and of no effect,
as nothing could be more definite than the meaning of those
provisions, viz., that no marriage could be contracted by
the parties to a decree of divorce before the expiration of
three months from the date of the decree, because until that
period had elapsed the House of Lords had the power of
reversing the decision of the Court of Divorce. The learned
gentleman quoted a number of authorities to surport his
argument.
Dr. Middleton followed on the same side. His observa-
tions were to the effect that the marriage of Mr. Chichester
with the respondent was invalid, and therefore there was
no necessity for the present proceeding.
Dr. Spinks and Mr. Williams appeared for and supported
the petition of Mr. Chichester.

The Judge Ocd.nary, on the part of their lordships sail
although there was no difficulty about the present case,
yet, considering that the decision will be of much import-
ance to others they wou!cl prefer putting their judgment
into waiting before it was delivered.
The peculiarity of the present case is that the marriage
of the respondent was dissolved with Mr. inure, on the
ground of her adultery with the present petitioner.