The Express. — London, England, 1866-04-16 00:00:00

*porting EnteUtgtnct• TEE FIEIST SPRING MEETING AT NEWMARKET. TO THE EDITOR OF TIM EXPZIOE. Sill,—Sportaig news of the last few days has been dreadfully sensational, the death of Salamander at Crewkerne and the more serious accident to the Lord Lyon jockey Custance, whilst riding in a paltry 501. plate at Epsom, being wound up by a great catastrophe at Cheltenham. This latter was the more appalling because there is no doubt it should not have happened had onli nary care been taken in the erection of the temporary stand which fell, and it is to be hoped the " celebrated contractors " who dill the " job " will, if really to blame, be taught a lesson in economy by the injured parties. The fall of Salamander, and subsequent destruction, is a matter easily got over, for the horse earned twenty times his value during his brief sojourn in the steeplechase world ; far more easily can he be replaced in the hunting field, where he has many a time and oft carried Mrs. Studd in the first flight with out ever making a mistake, than Custance can on the turf, there being quite a lack of Set 71b artists just now. His first words after recovering consciousness had reference to who would get his mount, Lord Lyon, for the Two Thou sand, of whom he is even more fond than he was of Delight, who carried his "pony" for the City and Suburban. It was only an hour before he lay crippled on the ground that I heard him giving little Kenyon advice as to how he I should tool the son of Ellington and Placid to victory ' • but the little man required no other instructions than to keep out of danger, for the colt had a stone in hand if not more and his heart being in the right place, he justified the opinion I expressed last week that he could not lose, and at the same time oanfirmlnee my statemeut that he had been tried a Derby horse. He is not unlikely to prove the St. Albans of his year, so far as merits e eo ; and perhaps recollections of the latter's rate for the Blue Riband will deter Delight's owner from run ning him at Chester, where the son of Stockwell and Bribery ran for and won the Cup, but at the same time, so hard was the e e round , destroyed his Derby chance. Another good home unheard of Lest year, Treasure Trove, ran away with the Metropolitan, beating a highy-tried and good looking one in Lucifer • but his backers may, perlara, thank the bolting of E akring for their victory, as sir. Barite's grey looks like doing anything over a distance of ground, anti she is almost as likely to prove a second Virago as Delight is a second St. Al ba ns. There is nothing to prevent Treasure Trove cutting in for the Ches ter Cup, as he is not in the Derby, and must be dangerous even with 61b more on his back than he carried for the Metropolitan. Sandal, beaten four lengths from him, will also have to be taken care of, " if the money's right; as she meets the Treasure on 171 b better terms ; and we are certain to have a good Chester Cup race after all, though the field may be limited to less than a score, if they are really in earnest with Redcap, Delight, Treasure Trove, Bengali, Gong, Dalby, Sandal, and any one of T. Dawson lot, which must not be quite despised because Harry Brailsford, the Czar, and Rococo were all beaten last week. Previously, however, we have other important events to get over, at the First Spring Meeting (Let us hope it will be a spring one, for if so, it w il l be the fi rst this year) at Newmarket, where the Two Thousand and its sister race, with a rich handicap and an interesting two-year-old race, will be decided this week. The bulk of the races to come off have yet to be completed, and there are very few in the list worth noticing, the four-year-old Stakes being all certainties, as the majority of those entered for them are either used up or broken down. The Princess of Wales's Stakes is only a question of the Moutiulina filly having form enough left to beat Salliet, who would be sorely troubled to gallop the whole mile and seven furlongs ; Mr. Pill will win the Spring Stakes unless there is abetter two- par-old than Hippie in the background ; and Monday's 20 sons Sweepstakes may be safely reduced to s match be- , tweenVerulam and Problem, of whom thelatter is the safest to trust. The Prince of Wales's Handicap has a large ac ceptance, and is worth some money ; still an extensive field is not to be expected, only Custaloga , (sst 121 b), and ' the Raven (list 101 b), or Plutus (Get 111 b), of the throe fir;-olds 'appearing worthy of notice, and if Vandervelde re r , Teti can get the mile he will do for them. Pintail S list 121 b) is another of the medium weights worthy of pa, notice, but I would rather trust in one of Mr. Chap lin's heavy weights, whether he pins his faith to Breadnlbane (4 yre, fist 101 b), or Broomielaw (4yrs, Bat), and as the latter betrayed as much improvement as his 1 companion when I saw him in the Craven week, he may prove the Simon Pure. On Tuesday we have the Two Thousand, a sweepstakes amounting to about 5,000 e, which three-year-olds have to contend for over the Rowley mile; and it is remarkable that with 86 entries there are so few expected to start. Beelzebub, Dalesman, Westwick, Mount Palatine, Magician, the Czar, Mephistopheles, the Rector, the Primate, Duke of York, the Peer, and Crown Prince, all esteemed once, have performed so badly this season already that their chances are nil, and they will be absentees, with scarcely au exception. Then, again, Young Monarque end Esca are amiss, whilst the vaunted Auguste is believed to have been tried and found sadly wanting— no better, in fact, than his two-year-oil performances made out 6, that the eel,' will have to be mainly com posed of the following : —3lr. Sutton's Lord Lyon (ridden by T. French) ; Janitor (Wells), with another of Baron Rothe child's to help him, probably Robin Hoed ; Lord Stamford's Freedom (A. Edwards), and perhaps Chibisa (Martin) ; Mr. Kerry's :Student (Daley) ; Lord Glasgow's colt by Y. Mel bonnie, dam by Teddington (Osborne), and colt by Brother to Birdon-the-Wing ; Mr. Savile's Sealskin (J. Mann), or Ley bourne ; the Duke of Beaufort's Jack-in-the-Green (Can non); Leel Exeter's Knight of the Crescent (Ashmell); Mr. Padwick's Apsley (J. Goatee) ; and Mr. Naylor's Mo narch of the Glen (Chalonere Auguate's starting is not a certainty, anti his absence would deprive H. Grimshaw of a mount, unless they have not actually closed with French for the creek, when his services would be invaluable. There may he an extra one or two, unheard of as yet, spring up at the last moment to swell the field ; but the brunt of the battle, whateverhappens, will have to be borne by Lord Lyon, Janitor, Student, and Jack-in-the-Green, on the one hand, as the representatives of public form, and by the Y. Melbourne colt, Freedom, and Knight of the Crescent on the part of the dark division. The latter and Apsley have never been out yet, so that they cannot be accused of having ever disgraced themselves, like the two Earls' colts ; but still we have only hear say to enlighten us on the merits possessed by the Knight, Naiad ocular proof has been afforded that Free dom and the unit tined colt are at least good-looking, badly as they performed. The fact, too, of the Young Melbourne colt being better than his roan companion that beat Duke of York and Ambition, and Freedom than Chibisa, says much for them, but not more than the defeat of Crown Prince and Beelzebub by Leybourne says for Sealskin, who has never been hacked yet. However, it is not often that we get such a brilliant performer as Lord Lyon to stand on for the Two Thousand ; and as Student (who never did better than he. and often worse) is not up to the mark, and Jack-in-the-Green not at all fancied by his own party, there is everything to indicate most plainly that his lord ship has only Janitor to fear. The Coffee-Room Stakes will be as much as Student can get through, for he has a fair horse to heat in Sealskin. The only other closed events in the grand day's list are the 200 nova sweep, wherein Marksman looks like coming off beat. and a 300 sons. " ditto " that Kla rinska may walk over for, the latter also having the Prince of Wales's Stokes to walk away with on Wednes day, when a trio of three-year-old sweeps have to be settled that may not provoke contests, and will certainly not be worth looking at, supposing Strathconan does not come upon the scene for the 200 f. at his bidding. A T.Y.C. sweep might excite some interest, as the Duke and Bread albane are in the lists, and it must be a near thing between _them, for the latter has improved more than his grace, who was not much the superior last season. The Two yea.r-old Plate, which affords a profit to the fund of 761., rung to the numerous entries, is certain to be well con- Started Hippie, the Lady Mary colt, and Knight of the Garter having uo penalties to carry, and being very close together on the Northampton running. But the Knight *declined to cut in for 600/. at Epsom, and may leave this 2001. to his stable companion, Problem, whose 51b penalty will et and in the way of her beating either the Lady Mary colt or Hippie. The One Thousand, forthree-year-old fillies, D.M. , aci Il he worth 4,0001. ; anti yet we shall not have many in the field beyond the Duke of Beaufort's Ischia (ridden by Cannon), Lord Hastings's Repulse (H. Day), Count F. de Lagrange's Bayonette (IL Grunshsw), Mr. Johnstone 's Illfeta (Morris), one of Lord Glasgow's (Osborne), Sir R. Bulkeley'a Pamunkey (J. Goater) or Potomac ; Lord Falmouth's Penelope Plotwell (T. French), Lord Stam ford's l'aleria (A. Edwards), and Mr. Merry's Mirelle or Gong fteevey). The contest appears to rest entirely be tween the four first - named , although I do not pretend to know aught unfavourable of the " dark" Gong and Pene lope Plot well, who might be first-raters • and the Dane bury stable should not be beaten with I schia and Repulse to represeet it, the former having done a great thing when else beat Stratliconan and Vespasian so easily at York last August. The whip must be won by Sydmonton, and Friday's long race by Breadalbane ; bus whether Robin Hood is to be troubled in the Newmarket Stakes, the pre vious doings of Jack-in-the-Green, Sealskin, Magician, King must show. The only interesting match af the week is the new one between Aft. Pitt and Velma elan, the former having to g ye Blb away over six furlongs, which he may just succeed in doing.—l am, Sc. MEI'EOR. TATTERSALVS.—SeruiMAT. The tone of the market at Knightahridge this afternoon, In emaexion with certain horses both for the Cheater Cup and the Two Thousand, was anticipated after the transac tions at the Victoria club earlier In the day. Redcap was wain u red-hot favourite for the former, haring been sup ported right down to the chose of business at 1 to 1, gils of .C 750 being lavested at that price, nor did we hear say money having been "got on "at the veriest fraction kayoed. Delight declined slightly the Got bet recorded in his t 'Your beluga:OM 100, but despite the ' • caution" which the power- Cul oy :don he received ors Wellington-street might have con hts intend I ng backers they were still operate take Ho to 15. Sbe gentlemen who usually immure Dalby's again are gee& Tony distinguished by a naive unobtrusivenees in market Roca, and ever since this horse has come into the bettiagli a Zt Cray sustained the same reserve, almost amounting to reticence. lad yesr'e winner Mai "put up" several times this afternoon, bat sot an offer even could be extorted until the large majority of the members had left, when we saw 8 " Mies" booked shout the mysterious horse. After 1,000 to 100 had bean accepted about 'Treasure Trove, 9to 1 only was procurable. There were frequent Inquiries after Bengali at 20 to 1, and MI to 10 warn laid twice against Buckfout ; almost at the same meat 1.060 to '2O, and r.OO to 10 (the latter " tvrice" l were noted in L.i our of The Lion. The Two Thousand Is generally looked upon as such a hollow affair for the favourite that but little intermit attaches to the price current thereon, and were it not for the reoiwitatian of Janitor, it is more tliau likely that nothing under Y to I on Mr. Sutton's crack would satisfy the backers of the field. The baron's hone was in great force here to-day, and at 6 to 1 he was supported for upwards of VW, layers being the find to cry off. Quite a fresh candidate for honours over the Rowley Mile was introduced in Freedom a few days ago at the Victoria Club, where 1000 to 40 was laid several times; but the very favourable accounts of his recent doings" brought him to-day to 12 to 1, taken to a little mouey. The Derby was limited to four animals, Lord Lyon hating the decided call of Rustic, for after 450 to 110 had been recorded in favour of the former, only 4 to 1 was offered on the field. Last Monday's list of quotations contained a specific transaction of 1700 to SOO against the Duke of Beaufort's hone, and singularly enough, a like bet was repeated to-day from the same source, both being doubtless hedging bets 11 to 2 was eagerly sought for subsequently, bat falling that price, half a point less was taken, though finally offered. Delight was backed once—towards tho close of business—at 1000 to 65, and after 1000 to uu had been, after considerable haggling, laid against Student, any number of the Runley horse's devotees, who fondly believed in the efficacy of Turkish baths," could have been accommodated at the same long shots. Closing prices: CiIiNTEZt CUT. 9to 2 agat Redcap (off, sto I 100 to 0 agat Haragah (off, t2O 1 taken freely) to 1) 6to 1 Delight off, t 100 to 6 Sandal (off t2O 100 to 15) to 1) Bto 1 Dolby ~t) 50 to 1 Buckfoot 9to 1 Treasure Trove I 50 to 1 The Lion (t ) (off, t 10 to 1' 20 to 10 apt Treasure Trove starting (off, t 30 to 10) TWO THOUSAND. sto 4on Lord Lyon (L6OO 11 to 2 apt Janitor (off, 6 to 400 laid at Jolt!) first) 12 to 1 Freedom t) 100 to 7 Student 'off) 50 even agat Janitor being placed ft, 50 to 40 laid at tint.) 100 to 10 agat Student with a start DERBY. 4 to 1 agat Lord Lyon (oft, 11000 to 55 agat Delight (t) 9to 2 tt, 1000 to 20 Student t and 5 to 1 Httatic ,t dc off, off) BETTING AT THE VICTORIA CLUB.-SATURDAY. The preliminary to a settling at Tatterson's Is always evaded hero, no matter whether on the regular or exceptional days. Members began to assemble from an early hour, and before midday the subscription room, capacious though it Is, was crowded. The lipiont accounts were by no means so "easy' as bookmakers would have wished, although it must be ad mitted that, despite the hard knocks they received over both the peat events of the meeting, they faced fortune with a pluckiness worthy of their order. After the bulk of burbles& in the way of adjusting accounts had been got through attention was turned to the Chester cup, on which some animated betting took place. It waist one period doubtful whether Redcap was a better favourite than Delight, but "the Leviathan" having accommodated a hacker of the Suburban with 2,400 to 400 (which the former wished to repeat , the adherents of Danbury were jubilant, and offered to take 5 to 1, which, however, they were unable to procure to the extent they wished. Yet, notwith standing the stentorian demonstration against Mr. Carew's horse, almost et the same instant large commimioners took 800 to 100 quietly in another corner of the room. The Two Thousand being almost reckoned a foregone conchulon for the favourite, is divested of special interest to layers, and were if not for the renewed support awarded to Baron Rothschild's horse, the chance of the "fielders" would be all but ertinguished, Freedom and Lord Glasgow's lot notwithstanding. Scarcely anything was done on the Derby. Lord Lyon had just the "call" of Rustic, but we did not bear of a single transaction about either, and the usual " return " would bare been a blank, as far as the "blue 'Mend" Is concerned, hut for an outlay of 18 fifties on Delight. Clueing prime at 2.30 p.m. : CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 egg, Redcap (off, sto 10 to 1 agst Dslby ;oft, 12 to 1 t freely) 1 wanted; Bto 1 Delight 1; 20 to 1 Sandal Off, !Stet 10 to 1 Treasure Trove taken to g 25) :off, 13 to 1 w ; 400 even that Redcap beats Delight, both to run (t). 200 to 100 that Delight beats Treasure Trove the beet of 1,2, 3, both to run (t ) . 200 to 100 apt Delight being placed t.ofE. TWO THOUSAND. to • on Lord Lyon it & off? I 12 to 1 agst Freedom !t) Bto 1 .get Janitor (od, 7to 10 to 1 Lord Glasgow's 1 t freely) lot (t) 5 to 1 apt Lord Lyon ;w; BETTING AT MANI 1 iti to I agst Delight (t to LBO) CUP. .-SATVBDAY. sto 1 agst Redcap ft hoedr 10031,17 apt Treasure Trove (1) to 1 Delight (t =doff' 25 to 1 Sandal and off) 100 to 8 Daley .0, t 14 SS to 1 Lon it , to 1) 40 to 1 Honesty (t) TWO THOUSAND. - • -- 5 to 4 on Lord Lyon 74, n --- 12 to 1 apt Young Melbourne to 4 t freely) colt (off) 9 to 1 apt Janitor t 20 to 1 Augusta (t) 12 to 1 'freedom (t and Si to 1 Kalght of the off; Crescent (off) DERI 5 to 1 agnt Lord Lyon (ti 5 to 1 Bustin ,off, t 11 to 2; 96 to 1 agst Stabber (off) 40 to I Freedom (t dt off) 45 to 1 Ceylon (off) THE PARIS RACES. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, APRIL 15, Evtalgo. The Paris races were run to-day, with the following result: PRIX D'AVIRTM.. Scudo. TRUK DNS CAW. Colombo (amity) Victortome .... LA COUP& Glad'stew eaally by two lengths) Atantbuin Gontran PRIX BuMum Irteuroite 'by a neck, RUIWn Etelle Mix im Smasmrs. Anglo liabal anli illititarv. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 14. —APPO/NIMENTR.—CODI - G. 1). Bevan, to command the Barracouta, 6, at Spithead, vice W. B. Unuston, promoted ; H. E. G. Earle, to command the Royalist, 11, sloop, at Port Royal, vice Hon. M. H. Nelson, promoted • J. R. Bushnell, to com mand the Dasher, 2, paddle, Channel Islands, vice G. J. Malcolm, promoted ; B. S. De Roo Hall, from the Active to the Fawn, 17, at Bermuda, vice Hon. W. C. Talbot, promoted ; A. It. Owen, to command the Falcon, 17, Australia, vice G. H. Perlin, promoted • T. E. Smith, to the Shearwater, 4, in Paci fi c, vice R. G. Douglas, promoted. Lieutenants M. B. Medlycott, late of the Galatea, to command the Minstrel, gunboat, at Portsmouth; S. R. Huntley, from the Duke of Wellington, to the oommand of the Cherub, gunboat, at Portsmouth ; W. F. L. Elwyn, from the Princess Royal, to the command of the Slaney, gunboat, in China, vice J. S. Keats, promoted ; C. E. Domvile, late of the Meeanee, to command the Algerinc, gun-vessel, in China, vice J. C. Tucker, promoted ; W. St. John S. liornby, of the Excellent, J. M'Neill Boyd, late of the Meeanee, and L A. Bell, late of the Rattle snake, to the Challenger, IS, at Sheerness. Clerks E. R. Brown, C. C. Wilson, and S. J. Davis, to be additional of the Challenger, for disposal. Clerks' Assistants F. H. M. Whitfeld, to be additional ' of the Challenger, for disposal ; H. A. Lapidge, to the Formidable. CHATHAM, ApRIT.IS. REINFORCEMENTS FOR BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. —Orders from the Horse Guards werebesterday received at this garrison, by Major-GeneralSir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., commanding the district, directing the following troops to embark from Government-quay, Gravesend, ta-morrow, on board the hired troop-ship Ottawa, for the purpose of reinforcing the various corps serving in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. viz.:—Twelve non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers, selected from the depot companies at headquarters, Brampton ; Captain W. F. Blake, Lieutenant F. R. Sandys, Lieutenant G. A. Sweny, Ensign K W. Stokes, 53 non-connuisaioned officers and men, two women, and four children, of the 2nd battalion 4th King's wn Royals ; Captain E. Mason, 2nd battalion 17th Regiment ; Captain A. P. O'Malley, Captain A. Gardner, Captain E. M. Cookealey, Lieutenant F. W. B. Parry, Ensign W. K. Matterson, one of wife, 114 non-commissioned officers and men, and three women of the Ist battalion 22nd Regiment, the whole un der the medical charg e of Assistant-Surgeon S. Robertson, Royal Canad ian Rifles. The whole of the officers and troops have been inapected by Major-General Sirßobert Walpole. -- • • • TROOPS FOR THE MEDTTERRLNEAS.—Yesterday an order was received at the garrison, directing the following de tachments to proceed from this garrison, on Wednesday, to Gravesend, for the purpose of embarking on board the screw-steamer Lady Jocelyn, for:Gibraltar and Malta—via.: 4 officers and 69 men of the Royal Artillery, 2 officers, 88 men, 10 women, and 12 children of the 2nd battalion 15th Regiment, and 4 officers, 68 men, one officer's wife, and two women of the 29th Regiment, for Malta. THE NORTAIIMBERLAND.—A numerous party of shipwrights from the dockyards of Woolwich end Deptford were employed during yesterday in the preparations for the 1 attempted launch of the Northumberland, iron-clad steam- vessel, from the premises of thellwall Ironworks this day. Four large camels, or pontoons, have been attached by means of strong chains—two on either side of the stern of the vessel—the chains passing under her keeL Each of these camels is 50 feet long, 21 feet deep, and 20 feet ex treme width. The four united are expected to have a lifting power of 2,000 tons, and this will be in addition to the six smaller pontoons previously used, and the other appliances of steam-tugs, hawsers, capstans, and teams of horses. During the past week herways have been taken up and relaid to the extent of about 200 feet at the mid-ship section and bow, and her sliding timben have been con siderably widened, which it is considered will teed to prevent the ship from hanging should she once make a etart. With this object new foundations and timbers of great strength to support the hydraulic rams have been placed under her bows, and the hydraulic pressure will on this occasion be nearly doubled. Lord Clarence Paget and several °Sands from the Admiralty have been watching the operations during the past week, and at Deptford Dockyard be& were made up in the joiners' shop, and the schoolroom was converted into a meesroom for about 150 shipwrights brought up from Chatham and Sheerness. The attempt to launch the ship will take place about half wit two o'clock. THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL. The reform agitation has been prosecuted with great vigour in the eastern oounties during the past week. A meeting at Ipswich was addressed by Mr. IL W. West, who contested the borough in the liberal interest at the late general election.—A meeting held at Harwich—Mr. it. J. Bagshaw, formerly M.P. for the town, in the chair — has adopted a petition in favour of the bill, and has for warded it to Sir T. Western, M.P. for North Ennis, for presentation to the House of Commons.— A meeting held at Lynn is considered to have been one of the most suc cessful demonstrations organised by the local liberal party for many years past ; regret was expressed at the course taken by Lord Stanley (who site for this borough).—A meeting at Wisbech was addressed by Mr. R. Young, the new liberal member for Cambridgeshire ; Mr. Young said he did not fear the result of the impending division, but hi would recommend the government, in the event of their being defeated, not to resign ; he advocated rather a dissolution, which would, he thought, have the effect of "disfranchising" Mr. Lowe. A meeting at Peterborough has been addressed by Mr. Whalley, M.P., who expressed his opinion that with judicious support the bill would be carried. Mr. Hankey, M.P., also spoke, and remarked that although the proposed bi ll was not so good as it ought to have been, still it was a safe and judicious step in the right direction. A large meeting has been held at Boston, composed principally of nnenfranchised working men. The Rev. A. Goalen has made a successful tour in Essex, having addressed meetings at Chelmsford, Hal stead, &o. From Staffordshire we learn that a meeting of the inhabitants of Twistall was held on Friday evening to support the government Fran chise Bill. The meeting was called by the Chief Bailiff (Mr. W. Emberton), who presided, in reply to a requisition, and was addressed by several gentle men of local influence, all of whom warmly supported the bill, although they all expressed a wish that a still lower franchise had been adopted. A resolution was passed alanimously, in which the meeting, believing the Fran chise Bill to be an equitable and moderate measure, pledged itself to use every effort to secure its adop tion by parliament. It was also decided to petition parliament in favour of the bill. The petitions sent to parliament from Stoke-on-Trent in favour of the govern ment bill from the four principal towns in this parliamen tary borough contained an aggregate of 11,500 signatures. Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P., writing to one of his consti tuent* at Bradford, in referenceo the Reform Bill, says : "The feeling shown by the country has already produced a great effect, and if it continue (as 1 doubt not it will do) equally strong and moderate in its expression, I am san guine for the success of the government in paaang this measure in spite of all opposition. he manner in which so moderate a measure has been adopted and supported by non-electors is a strong proof of their fitness for the franchise.—A public meet ing was held at Freemantle, near Southampton, last week, in favour of the government reform bill, Sir J. C. Jerrone, Bart., one of the members for South Hants, was invited to be present, who sent the fol lowing reply to the invitation:—" April 11, 184i6.—Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 16th has just been delivered to me at the house. You will well understand how it is that I am unable to attend the meeting of which you give me notice, and to which you invite me, when I remind you that we shall both be supporting the People's Representation Bill at the same time, faith fully yours, J. CLARICE JERVOTEM H. Ashby, Eec."— On the evening of Thursday a public meeting was he ld in the Corn Exchange, Mansfield, to take into consideration the above bill. Mr. J. Mande, iron -founder, presided on the occasion. The following resolution was pained : " That the meeting approves of the bill now introduced by her Majesty's government into the House of Commons for the extension of the franchise in the counties and boroughs as an honest, substantial, and valuable instalment of re form, and therefore worthy the support of every true liberal. Ma. H. W. WICKHA.M.—Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., lately dangerously ill, in writing to Mr. Robert Kell, at Bradford, saps :—" I am thankful to say I am now well enough to go down to the House of Oommons, from whenoe I now write, and you may rely upon my giving all the support in my power to the government franchise bill." THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1866. SHOCKING MURDER AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS. A shocking murder has taken place at Tunbridge Wells. The woman who is charged with the crime is named Ann Lawrenoe, twenty-nine years of age, and lives at 2, Ebury-cottages, London-road. She has been living for some time with a man named Walter Higham, who obtains a livelihood by hawking vegetables. On Saturday morning the man and woman and two young children were in bed together, and about five o'clock the woman got out of bed, went down stairs, and got a billhook, with which i she set upon the man, striking him over the bead several times. He made his escape into an adjoining house. The woman then seems to have got a razor and cut the throat :of a boy about four years of age. Dr. Davy, who was the house surgeon to the Infirmary, was called in, and the man was removed to that institution. He was found on examination to have four large wounds on his head, and about a dozen ants on his back. His right arm was quite cleft through, while on his left hand there was a large wound, and his left wrist was dislocated. When taken into custody the woman denied the charge, and imputed it to the man Higham. It is said that the man has a wife and the woman a husband, though they have been living from them for a considerable time. The prisoner was brought before the magistrates on Saturday, and remanded till to-day. The first wit ness called was a woman named Mary Taylor, wife of a bricklayer's labourer, living at No. 3, Ebury-cottages, who said—At about half-past five o'clock this morning I heard a noise of " tio..lling " in the bedroom of No. 2, occupied by the prisoner and the man with whom she was living. I don't know the man's name. There were two children living in the house also—a baby and a little boy. At about twenty minutes before 6 o'clock I heard a great screaming of " Murder." There were two voices screaming—a man's and a woman's. I took no notice of the screaming for a minute or two, and then I heard the man calling out, " Missus ! minus ! come in and assist me. Go fora doctor, or I shall die." I then got up and came downstairs, and went into the back yard. There I saw the man at Mrs. Mowcumber's, of 1 Ebury Cot tages. I went to the front of the house, and saw prisoner outside. When I went round the house she said, " I want you to come in." When I went in there was a policeman there.l There was blood all over the house. The prisoner was covered with blood. Prisoner spoke to me, and said, "Will you take my baby, Mrs. Taylor ? " I took the child, and washed it and dressed it. The child was spotted with blood. The prisoner said, "He has killed my child ; it was not his, and be never liked it." She said, "The man has killed my child." I supposed she meant the man she was living with when she said, " The man." I heard her say to some body. " You dirty I said I would do it, and you have driven me to it. See what it has brought you too. Live like this I won't." That was about half-past five o'clock. This was said before I heard the cries, " Mims ! minus ! come in," and before the cries of " Murder." The man was in Mrs. Mowcumber's wash-house when I went into the prisoner's house. I think ho went out of the front door of the prisoner's house into Mrs. Mowcumber's house, but I did not see him. When I washed and dressed the baby the prisoner was in the room, just going to wash and dream herself. The baby was in her arms when I went into the house, in its night-gown. During the time I was doing this the prisoner was washing herself and taking off her things, which were covered with blood. The pri soner had a dark staff dress and an apron on. Both these things were saturated with blood. Her sleeves were stripped up, and her arms and face were covered with blood. I was in the house altogether about an hour. Prisoner did not speak either to me or the pollee man. I did not see the child. I did not go up-stairs. Police-constable May said he went to the prisoner's house, at about 6 o'clock that morning, and in a bedroom he found the body of a child with its throat cut, and the razor, which he produced, remaining in the wound. Police-con stable Henley corroborated the evidence of the previous witness, and produced a billhook, which he found behind a portion of a faggot in the the house. He asked the prisoner if she had wounded the man Walter, and she said, " Yes, I did." He showed her the billhook, and she said " That is what I did it with. I meant to do for him, for he has brought me into all this trouble." She said it was all through another woman coining to see him who lived at Mailing. Superintendent Emery, who took the pri soner into custody, deposed to the following state ment made by her. He said after he had been upstairs and seen the dead body of the child he asked her the name of it, and she said, His name is Jeremiah Lawrence, and he was four years old last March. It is my husband's child." He then went and saw theman Higham. On his return he told the prisoner he must take her into custody for the murder of her child,and attempting to murder Higham. She said, " All the man got I gave to him ; I meant to kill him, and am sorry that I did not. I did not kill the child." Just before this a man named Holland came in, and asked for a shirt forHigham, and prisoner said, "Don't let that man come in here. He shan't come in. He has been the cause of all this. He has gone with my husband to the woman's house who has caused all this mischief." After prisoner had been locked up for some hours she called the superintendent, and asked him if she should have an opportunity of saying anything before the magistrates, and expressed her determination to tell the truth, provided it was taken down in writing. He told her she would be able to say what she pleased then, but advised her to say nothing about the crime to him. MR. HOBBS, OF READING. NEW CUSTOMS' MINUTE. At a general meeting of the members of the Wholesale Drapers and Grocers' Society, to take into con sideration a minute of H. 51. Board of Customs, recorded at the instance of the Lords' of H.M. Treasury, directing a revised list of goods for export, and requiring a specifica tion of weights, measurements, and quantities, in addition to the value to be hereafter supplied on the custom's entries of such goods for shipment—the following resolutions were carried unanimously, Mr. Robert Slater (Fore-street Warehouse Company, Limited) in the chair. 1. Proposed by Mr. Elstob of the fi rm Georgeßrettle and Co., seconded by Mr. Hughes, of the firm of Copestake, Moore, Crampton and Co., " That this minute, recorded by her Majesty's Board of Customs, has not yet been o ffi cially issued for the informa tion of the trade ; while exporters of goods are called upon to supply details of such goods not hitherto required, and which they are quite unable to furnish." 2. Proposed by Mr. Adam Murray, of the firm J. and R. Morley, seconded by Mr. Charles Candy, of the firm Charles Candy and Co., " That while it will be attended with little inconvenience to manufacturers in Bradford or elsewhere, who produce specific articles, to furnish a return of weights or measure ments of the contentsofpny package forshipment, it will be impracticable tothe wholesale dealer to supply such details, as each of his packages for shipment usually contains u great variety of different articles ; and that such a regula tion, if carried into effect, would occasion great delay in forwarding goods to the port of ship ment (in many cases involving the goods being shut out of the vessel), as well as increased expense in labour." 3. Proposed by Mr. Thirkell, of the firm Vise, Sons and Co., seconded by Mr. Ellington, of the firm Ellington and Ridley, " That whilst this meeting acknowledge statistical information to be of great importance to the public, as re gards the imports and exports of the country, it appears to them that it would be an evil much to be deprecated if any unnecessary obstruction were thrown in the way of the most perfect freedom of trade, which they believe this minute of the Board of Customs would certainly create. If carried out at all, it could only be so by a system of evasion ; by guessing as to the weight or measurement of the multifarious contents of goods for shipment, and ought, therefore, to be discouraged by government." 4. Proposed by Mr. Spreckley, of the firm Beloe and Spreckley, seconded by , Mr. Harvey, of the firm Bar trum, Harvey, and Co., • That the principle already pur sued, of furnishing the value of particular manufactures, appears to supply all that is really wanted for the informa tion of the public. Weights, measurements, or quantities of sundry articles of cotton manufacture—of cotton or silk lace—of silk, cotton, or woollen hosiery—of silk, woollen, and mixed fabrics of numerous descriptions, a .4 required by the 'revised list' of British and Irish manufactures for export, would convey no reliable information as to these particular branches, when the many distinctive qualities made from the same raw material is considered." 5. Proposed by Mr. Ponsford, of the firm Ponsford, Southall, and Co., seconded by Mr. J. E. PlllllOl4 of the firm J. F. Dawson and Co. " That under all the circum stances it would be best to continue the present regula tions, as to descriptions and values of goods exported, unchanged ; and to prevent the minute of the Beard of Customs, before referred to, being carried into effect." 6. Proposed by Mr. Ellington, of the firm Ellington, Ridley, and Co., seconded by Mr. Hughes, of the firm Copestake, Moore, Crampton, and Co. " That Messrs. Slater, Murray, and Elstob be requested to act as a com mittee to carry these ressolu.ions into effect." It was proposed by Mr. Candy, seconded by Mr. Elstob, and carried unanimously, '• That the thanks of this meeting be given to R. Slater, Esq., for so ably bringing this important matter before the wholesale houses, who bad not only to thank him for his services on this occasion, but also on many others in which the interests of the trade had been advanced through his instrumentality." THE SICK POOR OF LONDON. DEPUTATION TO TEE POOR-LAW BOARD. On Saturday afternoon a large and influential body of noblemen and gentlemen, headed by the Arch bishop of York, the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl of Shaf tesbury, the Earl of Airlie, Earl Grosvenor, M.P., and formed principally of members of the House of Commons, of both the great parties, waited upon the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, the President of the Poor-law Board, to confer . with bun respect to the condition of the ilia poor in the metropolitan workhouses. With the president were Viscount Enfield, M.P., Mr. Fleming, Mr. H. B. Farnall, C. 11., and other gentlemen. The Right Hon. the PRESIDENT replied to the state ments, and, in the course of a long speech, acknowledged the great work which the gentlemen who had taken up this question had set themselves to do. The very com prehensive measures proposed by those who had come before him were adequate to meet the evils complained of, but on the question of their adoption by her Majesty's government it was quite impossible for him to answer. He felt deeply indebted to the association for the inquiry which bad been made with respect to this subject, and in his opinion there was no work in this city more humane than the one being carried out by those present He as sured the deputation that the inquiry being instituted by Dr. Smith and Mr. Fantail into the present condition of the London infirmaries should be full and open, and the purpose of their inquiry was to have official information on the subject, and not to question the good faith or the capacity of the qentlemen who had acted as tie Lancet Commissioners, in whose reports he mid he had yet to learn that there was any exaggeration. In conclusion, he assured the deputation of the anxious consideration the Poor-law Board was giving to this subject, and their desire to carry out the administration of the poor-law in the moat effective manner. Freer DAY OF TERM.—TO-CilAy &ORR Term com mences, and the Lord Chancellor will hear tenkruptcy jain=which circumstance has not occurred befsee. The 15 ;rfil assemble at his lordabip's mansion at 12 o'clock to breakfast, and will proceed to Westminster, beaded by the Lord Chancellor, where they will arrive about 2 o'clock. TO THE EDITOR Or THE EXPRESS. SIR,—I notice in a late impression of your paper a paragraph drawing attention to the sudden disappear ance of Mr. Hobbs from Reading, coupled with a state ment that Mr . Hobbs is now a member of the firm of " Hobbs and Collins." This statement is incorrect. I purchased the whole of Mr. Hobbs's business, ineludim all his land agencies, when I commenced practice in Reading, in June, 1862, and from that time I am personally and solely responsible for all transactions connected with the firm of " Hobbs and Collins," the retention of Mr. Hobbs's name in the firm from the before-mentiond date being nominal only. I shall be obliged by your publishing tii letter in your next impreeeion.—l am, kc. HENRY COLLINS, Solicitor. Reading, April 13. ATROCIOUS MURDER NEAR GATZSREAD.—About a quarter to 9 o'clock on Friday night, a man, named Joseph Burns, was proceeding from Carr's Hill to the High Felling, Gateshead, in company with his wife. Shortly after they had passed the farmstead of Mr. Rowell, which doting the autumn of last year was the scene of so many supposed incendiary conflagrations, they discovered a little girl, apparently about five years of age,lying by the roadside motionless. They attempted to lift the little creature ; but in doing so found that the child was dead. Its little hands were bound tightly together, while around its neck a cord was tightly drawn. On making a close examination, they found that the person of the girl had been violated in a most shocking and horrible manner. The lower part of the body had been cut with a knife, and the child was com pletely covered with blood. Mr. Burns and his wife lost no time in communicating with the police. Police-consta ble Kemp, on being informed of the dreadful occurrence, immediately proceeded to the spot; and having removed the body of the child to the house of Mr. Harvey, Gardeners' Arms,Cares-hill, be proceeded to theGateshead Police-sta tion. As soon as he arrived on the spot the chief-constable despatched the detective for Dr. liarkus, while he lost no time in making every investigation in the neighbourhood. The doctor soon arrived, but of course his services were of no avail, life having been extinct for some time. The body of the child, who has been the victim of this atrocious outrage, has been identified as that of Sarah Mel vin, between five and six years of age, and the daughter of Michael Melvin, hawker, who lives at the Blue Quarries. She was last seen alive about five o'clock on Friday night, when she was at the High Felling, crying for her mother. Melvin and his wife had been separated for some time, but are now living together,• and on Friday night they passed on their way home from the High Felling by a road, not far from the scene of the murder, and about the time at which it is supposed that the heartless crime wax committed. Mr. Superintendent Elliott examined every inch of the ground to obtain a clue to the perpetrator of the dreadful outrage, but so far nothing has transpired to lead to the discovery of the villainous fellow.—Newersak Chronicle. Tne CATTLE PLAGUE.—NEW ORDER nrCorNcIL. —A. supplement to the London Gazette, published on Saturday night, contains an Order in Council that no cattle shall be brought by land into the district bounded by the outer boundary of the counties of South Wales and Monmouth, by which that district is separated from the rest of Wales and England. No cattle brought by sea into any part of that distnct shall leave the place at which they are lauded alive, but all such cattle shall be slaughtered within 4$ hoursfrom the time they are placed on shore. South Wales, in this order, shall signify the counties of Pembroke, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Breoon, Radnor, and Cardigan. THE NEW LUNATIC ASYLUM OF THE CITY OF LINDON. —The practical opening of the new Pauper Lunatic Asylum of the City of London, at Stone, near Dartford, takes place today, the Commissioners in Lunacy having certified that It is fit for the reception of patients. The first patients received will be those chargeable to the City through being found wandering in the City, or by arriving from abroad in a destitute condition. Of these six came recently from France. The asylum is capable of accommo dating 2.50. and the bulk of these will be contributed by the City Unions, the expense falling upon the ratepayers. The cost has bee n 64,711 M., added to which there is • sum of 3,3951. for the site and surrounding grounds, altogether covering an area of 33 acres. HOSPITAL FOE DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VIC TORIA-PARC—The number of patients relieved at this in stitution during last week was 1,490, of which 351 were new oases. _ . [Advertisement.)--HoLLowey's OINTMINT AND MIA have over and over again proved the best friend to per sons afflicted with ulcerations, had lop, mores, lb fistulas, and other painful and complicated complainte.= and very plain directions for the application of this ointment are wrapped round each poi. Holloway's alterative pills should be taken throughout the progress of the cure, to maintain the blood In a state of perfect purity, and to prevent the health of the whole body being leopardhNed by the local ailment Bad legs, old age's great grievance are thus readily cared, without confining the patient to bed, or withdrawing him from the nutri tious diet and generous support so imperatively demanded when weakening diseases attack advanced year., or constitutions evincing premature decrepitude. Xittu Intelligente. METROPOLITAN COUNTY COrRTS. (Sitting days apse dated for the present week.' WEsTgistrtrn, St. Martin's-lane.—Wednesday, AprlllB ; Thurs day, 19. ilLoowsitrar, PortLunt-med.—Wednesday, April 18 ; Thursday, 19 ; Friday, 20 BicomPros, Whitehead'sgrove.—Tueeday, April 17; Widnes day, IS. DRENTVORD.—FrIday, April SO. Curassiorscc, Inmesn-terrace.—Tuesday, April 17; Wednes day, 18 ; Thursday, 19. NHORIDITcH, 014-greet-road. Tuesday, April 17; Thurs day, 19. Bow, Bow-mad—Monday, April 16; EMILY, ES. WErnienaPn, Great Presoot-street.—Wednesday, April 18; Thursday, 19; Yrkisy, 20. 8ouTHW•111, Swaustreet.—Monday, April le; Tuesday, 17; Friday, 20. CITY or LONDON, Guildhall-bullanga—Wednesday, April 18; Saturday, EL COURT OP PROBATE \ NRCOURT POR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUtik'A Sittings in and ilie;7ast4;; • TertZCOurt of Probate: For causes without juries—Wednesday, April 18: Thursday, IS Friday, 20 ; Saturday, D. Full court for Divorce and 31strhnonial Causer—Thureday, April 2a Court for Divorce and Matrimo nial Causes :.-14 itbout Juries. —Wednesday, April 25; Friday, r 7: Saturday, 28: Wednesday Ilay 2; Thursday, S: Friday, 4 ; Saturday, 5 , The Judge will sit In chambers at 11 to hear sum monses, and in court at 12 to hear motions, on Tuesday, April 17, and on every succeeding Tandy till Tuesday, May 8, inclusive. The papers for the motions must be left with the clerk of the papers before 2 o'clock on the preceding Thursday. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) CRAWL OF PIEJUET. Ellen Connell, 21, ill:lookinglriirhvcoman, was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Collins (with whom was Mr. E. P. Wood) appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoner was undefended. The facts were peculiar. The prosecutor, a married man, kept a coffee shop in Seymour-street, Euston-square, and it appeared that on the 28th March last the prisoner, who described herself as aservant out of place, enteredthe house and asked to be accommodated with a bed. This was afforded her in the basement story, to which she was con ducted by one of the female attendants to whom the prisoner paid a shilling. At the time the prosecutor was from home, but on the following morning at 9 o'clock the prisoner, on leaving the bed-room, she had occupied, charged the prosecutor with having entered the bedroom and committed a rape upon her. She gave the prosecutor into custody, and on his examination before Mr. Mansfield, the magistrate of the Marylebone police-court, it was proved that he had never been out of the view of his servants from six to half-past eight o'clock that morning, and, therefore, could not have committed the offence imputed to him by the present prisoner. On this and other evidence, Mr. Mansfield directed the present indictment to be preferred against the prisoner. The prisoner, in her defence, reiterated that an assault had been committed upon her, but, as the room was dark, she could not identify her assailant, but believed it was the prosecutor. Mr. Commissioner Kerr, without summing up the evi dence, left the mac to the Jury, who, after some delibe ration, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The verdict was received with manifest surprise by all the other persons in court. _ _ _ — Mr. Alderman Copeland, who was on the bench as second commissioner, said he had during the progress of the trial been looking over the depositions which had been returned in this case from the pohce court. Those depositions con tained interlineations and mis-spelt words, and after 38 years' experience in this court he never saw any more disgracefully returned depositions. The subject ought, in his judgment, to be brought under the notice of the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, as this neglect caused great confusion and difficulty, and tended to defeat the ends of justice. The court at its rising adjourned to Monday, the 7th • . ..f May next. THE POLICE COURTS. MARLBOROUGH-f3TREET. A young woman applied for iiiii;e:Slia;i;aid she saw an advertisement in the papers for a " companion to a lady," applications to the "Cavendish Institution," 12, Mortimer street. On going there she saw two men, and se. was de mended before any particulars could be given. Complain ant paid 55., and the address " Mrs. Ablett, care of Mr. Shearing, Herne Bay," was handed to her. She re ceived a receipt for 55., at the bottom of which was written, "No situation guaranteed." She wrote to Mrs. Ablett, and received no reply, but subsequently re ceived a letter signed "J. L Banks," stating that Mr. Shearing was a baker, and knew nothing whatever of such a party as Mrs. Ablett, although he bad letters continually being addressed in that name. She called at the institution that morning, and, seeing a young woman about to " re gister," she advised her not to pay any money, and called upon the parties to return the ss. She was asked by one of the men to walk into a private room, but she refused to do so, stating her intention to make the matter public, and came direct to the court, and was followed by one of the men, who offered her the ss. in the passage, but she refused it. lirr.llox expressed regret that he could not assist the applicant. This was not the first application by many respecting the same " institution." He instanced some cases, and cautioned the public, and a person came forward and returned the fn. to the applicant. An officer from the Institution for the Protection of Women and Children said if any persona who had com plaints against servants' registry offices would call there and make them, every assistance free of costa would be afforded them for obtaining redress. MARKETS. HARDWARE.—Butisumnan, APRIL 14.—The trade of this town continues in a most satisfactory state, and has been universally steady forthe last three months. During the whole of that time manufacturers have bad an ample supply of orders to keep their establishments in full work, the in stances having been exceptional and comparatively unim portant in which goods have been made up for stock even for a temporary period. The factors are now doing a good average amount of business notwithstanding the dulness; which undoubtedly prevails in the agricultural districts. In the metal trades generally business is active ; the rol ling mills are in full work, and there is a good demand for material. In the foreign department business is healthy; in the course of the week a good number of orders have been given out on account of the north of Europe, and in other respects there is a fair amount of business being done with some of the principal continental markets. The American trade is moderately good ; with regard to the South Ame rican markets generally it is steady ; the Canadian trade has been better than usual this spring, and that with the West India is pretty good. In the adjoining district of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire activity is experienced in all the principal branches at the foundries— they are well engaged, and for every article classed amongst railway fittings there are very large orders in hand. The ironmasters' meetings for the quarter closed this evening at Dudley. COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14. Market very flat, at a further decline of ,d. per lb. Sales to-day, 5,000 bake, including 1,000 bales speculation and export. 2,000 Ameri can, 121 d. to 17d. ; 300 Perham , &c., - 15h1.t0 171 ; 300 Maceio and Bahia, 120. to 14,id. ; 200 Egyptian, 10id. to 24d. ; 20 !Smyrna, 12d. ; 2,180 Surat, lOd. to 13d Madras, 12d. to 13d. ; Bengal, Scinde, &c., Bid. to 9id. COTTON GOODS.—Mssenzsrrn, APRIL 14.—The flat ness and depression in this market, which has been gra dually augmenting during the last few weeks, has been more marked during the last few days, and since Tuesday a feeling somethinglike panic has existed. Prices have lost about 3d. to 3ad. since Tuesday, and the decline on 32's twist within a few weeks is at least 70. per lb. Some reports place the decline since Tuesday at only 2d. per lb. on 40's mule, Id. to lid. on 16's to 32's water twist, lid. on twist and pincers below 60's, and 2d. on doubled yarns from 100's downwards, without tempting buyers to ope rate. Both single and doubled fine counts, from 120's upwards, 2d. cheaper. It may be remarked, however, that at this decline there is scarcely any business, and it is only rather lower prices that will tempt buyers at all. Manufacturers who hold unfinished contracts for cloth are among the few chief buyers who are now operating. The cloth market is affected much in the same way as that for yarn, and to about the same extent. Many manufacturers hold heavy unfinished contracts, which keep them from seeking new contracts in such an unfavourable state of the market. There is but little business, however, at the command of those who are willing to accept the full decline, and buyers are quietly holding aloof, or only making offers which for the present sellers are unwilling to accept, and which consequently lead to no business. r Among sellers of yarn and cloth the number of those who show anxiety to sell is on the increase. WOOLLEN.—Lew Amt. 14.—The markets this morning have been moderately attended, but the business transacted has been limited. A few parcels of coatings and tweeds have been transferred in the coloured hall, though not to any large extent; the inquiries for plain cloths have also been smalL The transactions in the white market have been restricted to the transfer of hairlirts, which have changed hands only sparingly. Rates are fully maintained. CORN.—Cemmes, Aran 14.—We had a very dull market for all omit. Barley le. to 2e. lower. Wheat, 42e. to 455. ; barley, 34e. to 36e. ; oats, Ms. to 30e. ; beaus, 42e. to 44e. _ _ CARLISLE, APRIL 14.—There was a, small supply of oat• and barley at our market to-day, selling at last week's prices. Wheat realised an advance of 6d. per Carlisle busheL Prices :—White whist, 18a. 6d. to 20s. 6d. ; red wheat, 17a. to 19s. ; barley, 14e. to 15e. ; oats, potato, 9a. 6d. to 11. 6d. per Carlisle bushel ; boar, is. 9d. to 2a. ; ostrasel, ls. 10d. to 2s. ; rye meal sad berlaymesl, U. 4d. per atone. CoLcHaerrzu, Aram 14.—A fair show of wheat at fully last week's quotations, and in some instances 1.. per qr. more. A limited supply of barley, with a slow trade, at a decline of la. per qr. Bemis and peas searce lad ha y dear. GOILDPORD, APRIL 14.—There was a go ar h vo wheat at to-day's market, for which time was a r demand, and in some few instances a little {al was obtained. Barley met a dull inquiry, but ins aIM change in rain& Wheat, 28 t• to Ws. • Imlay. 425. ; oats, 20s. to 29*. ; You, 38 L to 'Ha.% beans, 40 4 , 475. Hansom), APRIL 14.—A limited suP9l; of alb it Trade firm, and rather dearer for best qualifi es . scant 'apply, and good grinding in re q uest. rather heavy trade. Oats and beans as before. V. red, per load, 28a. to 30s. ; ditto, fins, 32 1 . • dittoa wjr 30 a . to 32 a . ; ditto fine, 345. Barley, main % 38e. to 402. ; ditto, grin ding, 30s. to 345. Ots, eat 16s. to 20e. ; ditto old fine, 32a. Be ans , per k e d , to 31a. LUCLB7IIII, APRIL 14.—At to-day's eorn market Sa n . not much wheat showing ; condition o f samples - varied. The young wheats are looking healthy aloud Business was firm, and a rime of la per quart er in , rally made. Old red, 495. to 525. ' • old white, si g , i s now red, 465. to 495. ; new white 50a. to 525. NIX The show of barley was fair for the season. Ike was quiet and prices were in some cases war. 355. to 39e. per qr. ; grinding, 275. to 30a. per 3. There was a short supply of oats, •which command o l late currencies ; new, 275. to 32a. per 24 dam. Of there were not many o ff ering, and previous rats 'g ig supported ; old, 50s. to 52a. ; new, 445. to 45L pa stone. Fine flour, 375. to 38s. ; seconds, 34a. pee% NNWCASTLS-0214 . 711E, APEIL 14.—At our Mad - morning we had a pretty fair show of wheat barn growers, foe which a ready sale was experliniid, st advance of la per qr.; south country at the sfia s • participating in the improvement. Upon nevi, raise our quotations fully 6d. per qr.; fias D Holstein making 49a. per 5041b5., whereas far Spanish white 565. per 5041b5. was paid. Fleur hi demand, and rather dearer. Within the peat frtzt considerable inroads have been made upon t he stocks of south country descriptions, and 6watt/ ft held is within more manaceable compass, for malting barley ; gnnding descriptions speriaity il t in. Little stirring in malt, beans, or pees. Oft s i a sale at rather more money. The arrivals this mak nu. Wheat, coastwise, 937 qrs.,. foreign, 3,7%; bark % oft wise, 85 ; foreign 665 ; waft, coastwise, 70 ; mi, wise, 876 ; peas, foreign, 239 ; beans, foreign le ; °waterier, 1,334 sacks ; Indian corn Sour, 560M61.--" Nonwicii, APRIL 14.—At this market to-day Oa a m of wheat was very fair, and being in is improved Int Lion, it met more ready sale at fully the retard la day se'nnight. The barley trade now benssia a nominal one, the few samples offering brag a late terms. The weather is now milder sad (km ug h very favourable for finishing barley sowing. (weighing 641b5.), 50s. to 545. ; old red what 651ba.), 48a. to 50s. • new red wheat (weitl4 albs.), 42a. to 475. ; 'best malting barley . ( to 53 1 b5.), 365. to 385.; runs ditto (wallas 521 be.), 345. to 36e.; distilling ditto (wean mi tt 52114.), 30s. to 32.5.•, oats, 245. to 265.; beim, - . peas (maple), 36e. to 381. per qr. Flour, 30s. %ta l c sack. Averages :—Wheat, 1,630 qrs., at 425. 603 qrs., at 365. 3d. NOTTINGHAM, APRIL 14.-At our Corn Ex*. Wit y t s h r 3s ere ere .. to pera w s s a l d 7 q s ri a ; ; , n grin in e i w s : ding 7re a l4 3 ; u .l ines t p o l s33 of ; w:tos. which was good, at an advance of la. per qr. Now* to old red, 495. to 52e. per 36 stone. Th era was as. sad n ! sw q , Blll:l 43a m le illik : life in the demand for barley, and sales wire Pasha rather under the currencies of last week. Nalriss,ffss money as heretofore-old, 30a. to 355. ; new, Ile talk; foreign, 29e. to 335. per 24 stone. Beans were leant supply, and very dear ; per 38 atone. Super flour, 365. to 40s. ; fine, ha telh per sack. OXFORD, APRIL 14.-There was a good *oh* this corn exchange today, and a fair of dr For fine dry samples there was a conddeeWatessas s higher prices . White wheat realised from 48s. Is flap quarter ; red wheat, 44e. to 50s. ; barley, of chid; " few samples were o ff ering, 33a. to 34. • oats, 21s. Infra, beans, 43e. to 485.; hog peas, 42a. ; their in great *DC 35e. per sack, for seconds. PETERBOROUGH, APRIL 14.-A fair supply of wheat, ni prices fully Is. per qr. higher ; best red,133118.,5e/d tole) at 48s. per qr. All sorts of spring corn found berms last week's prices, and in some instance, eats sad* made from 6d. to Is. per qr. more money. READING, APRIL 14.-Our market today is ow*. plied with good parcels of wheat, which make from MO SU. per quarter, there being scarcely any dile:saes lei trade. The value of barley remains the NM, and elk descriptions of corn move o ff at late quotations ROCHESTER, APRIL 14.-There was a fair show el le samples of grain brought forward by farmers, but I weather being still unsettled, there was Will a pest ds.W grain damp and out of condition. For extra Sae qualm of both white and red sorts there was a Wady Milli doing, and former prices were readily obtained ; mew* and inferior sorts were the turn cheaper, bat for ere kinds the demand was inactive. The present *ties for best kinds of white wheat are 45e. to 46a ; Wets superior, 48s. to 50s. per qr. ; best red, 40e to 445. ; secondary and inferior sorts, 311. to 40a. f qr. ; secondary and damp parcels of white, 4 to 45e. per qr.. Foreign wheat ruled fan, Id for extra fine North Sea samples an admen of Ix it qr. was established. Flour is rather dull far best parcels , and the operations chiefly in retail at Ad former quotations. Barley was in fair supply, bet ark to the limited demand consequent on the e* of the* ing season, prices are in favour of buyers, snd tbares must be quoted at about is. per qr. dumper. Forty chevalier barley the terms are 36a. to 415., sad pis* 30s. to 325. per qr. ; secondary grinding bailey 11a h 305., and malting 325. to Xs. per qr. Malt dth .d prices barely the same as before. Oats as, Moab NI bad feeds fetch late terms, dump and seceedary being about 6d. per qr. leas. Beans and peas tlar tozdi favour of buyers. WISBECH, APRIL 14.-We continue to he short*, plied with grain of all kinds. Wheat must be *total and for select white 25., per qr. dearer IBM this el 11l All spring corn as before and in fair demand. hoe bib grower:-Wheat, white, old, 50e. to 535., 631 k per halal; red, 465. to 421 e ; new, 478. to 52a. ; red, 46e. Oats, le. ld. to la 2d. per stone. WORCESTER, APRIL 14.-At this day's markelliee a fair supply of wheat, which was cleared o ff stseadese h of eld ful f l o y r 1.. per per m r o ir n . ey, B: . r h l i e c y h n c ear he l e y ke al much saleL loser. Oar firs Odo Peas rather more inquired for. Yortir, APRIL 14.-We had a limited supply rt whet alw a our corn market today, there being a ap and red descriptions. There was a fair *ail. !! farmers realw.l Is. per qr. more money. New oh* * a te bo s u 2e t . th ; e n s e am w cre'as"lase.tthwe4eBke, per rt 36 6 the ete'n deress . wroMs malting, 38a. to 40s. per qr. ; grinding, 32. . to 2 4, - pwft stone. There was a small supply of oats, which met at_te demand, and late rates were easily made-new, 26. t 0351 per 24 stone. The show of beans was short, and the rates of last week were realised-new 44e te 50s. to 53e. per 38 atone. Malt, 645. to ; rye, 310. Pe qr. Flour 3.5 e. to 375. per sack of 2,401b5. lsrfer ness has been transacted this week than for POI WATERFORD, APRIL 14. -Decidedly a much previous ; full, anti in some instances, higkdr imi r i" been readily obtained. Wheit-lrish in i an in d pro fu y ll e y d a ss . dea un r t .. f k r ' o o m r f a o l r l eig th n e , le h a o ai ld ng ers ta tfi k neare d ;is i t E require an enhancement of 6d. per barreL what stiffer. Black oats-Supplies at presmt limited, sellers look fur a further slight advance. corn-The inquiry for this Frain continues to Wrest: we do not alter our quotations of Saturday hat T. unchanged. Imports this week :- Maize, 2, 033 'INT, 200 sacks. Exports this week :-Osts, 4,655 brla ; 80 ; flour, 106 *tacks ; oatmeal, 9. bas . ; arty, 5:711111: -- • =— --- HEALTH AND STRENGTH RESTORED DT DITB OII 2 di DELl vin C e lO or oll th ßiV oo. :t ni ltr uce • A d ß y tEl pe lO psi A . FT: jige.u. whtelt carel l.p= l rito‘ sils ; tatfrS W consumption, debility, conit,patiou, &Affixes,. iy meta, bilious,l/ver, and stomach complaint& It saves its cost In other remedies, and Is the best food R 4 4 0,000 cures annually.—Du Barry and Co., No. 71 . ,/ Bepd London, W. In tins, at is Id. ; Ilb A w a es.. • 24}ba, 40s. also at 61, Ornatchurch•strest ; sad EM, Oxfordatreet : and at all Grocem--(AdvertLaMitaLs BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS• !. j BIRTHS. At I TARDELL—ApriI 13, at Oxford-square. Hyde-Perk. T. Yardell, 110 q., of a daughter HOLDITCH.—ApriI 13. at Surlitton•terrace. Ki•Ndon-un-Thamaa, the wile of IL Holditeh, 01 a •••".„.. Nita mt—April 12, the wile of G name, ot Surrel. Llttlehampton, of • eon •ils oft ILBOADZS —Aprtl 12. at Pembroke-villas, Moe, tba T. Rhoades, Fp., of a daughter . at SAY44. 7 Aprik it at Valley lodge, Saareabrook tite Sarin, Fan., of a son. - MARRIAGES. BARKER—PARKES.—ApriI 12, at Edgbaston Parish CRWI: the Rev. J. C. Miller, the Rev. W. Barker, Incumbent ;eve Trinity, Forest of Dean, to Marla Haines, daught er el 0. Parkes, Req., of Birmingham, HARRIRS—RiNTON.—apriI 12., at St. Matthew's. Hurt by the Rey. C. Smalley, B. Huntley. eon or the late O. s te ;i" rtes, Tao. of Friskily Forest, Pembrokeshire. t 0 .11811 6, To d. Renton. Ater o the late U. Rental. ati e s . ” i o dbe KENNYMY ANNON.—AprII 12, at Trinity ure_.h. by the Rev. Dr. Clarke, W Kennedy. gee.. Ile iu M 01. mind, Thunfrkeeshire, to Mary Cecile, Passion, lima, H& DUFFILLD.—ApriI 12, et DeDyogpli EATouse. Aani4t.ot, *WM 1111 Ann Heger, the wife et Mr. J. E. Ludhold. aged 8. HARRLSON —April 12. G. 'Unison, Egg., Y. it.C.8.11.0. Tenor-street, aged co 1111. VLEETWOOD.—AptiI lf, at Pleesailly, P. H. Fleetwoo' , NMOLD. —April 12. J. 8. Nowefout, ail. Gllt4 aged 74. dl' a ; , a ja 1 OSITI 0 , 24 1 I V. ell EMI Jas i.el Pl42l.ll.omheraretreet,rublishain th bl e W ei 17 111 0 A f ig Lestkle,l"7"MoWillii:blierroll -1214 Mee in Lombard-etreet, in the Precinct a MOSDAT. Anti. 16, 1606. IC f. urn