The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-28 00:00:00

THE NAVY. VALETTA, April 19,—H:1-N. / l.'s ship Himalaya, Capt. I. Seccombe, arrived here on Monday even ing last from Toulon, having onboard Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., and Mr. S. Whit bread, M.P., Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and Mr. H. Dundas, secretary to Admiral Grey. Mr. Scamp, Admiralty engineer, arrived here the same euening by the packet from Marseilles, for the purpose of offering professional advice to their lord ships, whose principal object was to obtaininfor mation on the subject of a proposed dock for the repair of the large iron vessels now being intro duced into the navy, and for the reception of which the existing docks are unfit, owing to the great draught of water of the new class of ships. Another object was the examination of the great works now in progress for the extension of the harbour, the re sponsibility of the construct:on of which is to be borne by the Admiralty, although the expense is partly to be defrayed by the local treasury. Mr. Gabriell, the contractor for the dredging, and Mr. Tredwell, contractor for the wharves, also arrived in the same packet from Marseilles. Sir F. Grey and Mr. Whitbread landed from the Himalaya on Tuesday morning. Immediately afterwards they proceeded with the Governor and the naval autho rities (under salutes from Fort St. Angelo and the flagship), on a tour of inspection of the Great Har bour, and examined the sites proposed for the pro jected dock, about which some difference of opinion exists, and the harbour works. The local civil autho - - rities, it appears, are anxious that the dock should be excavated in connection with the harbour works, on a spot about a mile distant from the present naval dock, while the dockyard authorities, on the other hand, consider that the basin of the French Creek, lying contiguous to the arsenal, and formed by nature, as it were, for a dock, is the proper place for this purpose. Greater facility and economy of construction are urged by the friends of both schemes for their own project. Without offering an opinion on the relative merits of the two propo sals, it is quite clear that, supposing other advan tages equal, it would be advantageous to have the naval docks and arsenal as close together as possible. On Wednesday their lordships witnessed the simul taneous firing of all the forts at two steamers which had been ordered to steam into the harbours and run past the batteries, and the afternoon visited the naval hospital at Bighi, and the Marsamuscetto. Thursday was devoted to an inspection of the naval arsenals, dockyard, bakery, &c. Their lordships re-embarked on Friday on board the Himalaya to return home, via Gibraltar, where they intend pay ing a similar official visit. It was intended, if time permitted, to disembark on the Malta coast to visit the Castle of Selmone, to see if it would serve as a prison for seamen, until the naval prison, about to be built, is ready. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel despatch boat Banshee, Commander Madden, having on board his Excellency, Lord Canning, lately Governor-General of India, who is on his way to England via France, arrived last night from Alex andria, and Her Majesty's screw ship f Neptune, 86, Captain Hornby, left this morning for Naples to relieve the Tames Watt. The only line-of-battle ship now in port is the Marlborough, 131. The Medina, 4, the Trident, 3, Boxer, 3, and Growler, 3, are also here. The Himalaya arrived yesterday (Sunday morn ing) in Plymouth Sound. She arrived at Gibraltar at 830 p.m. on Monday, the 21st, and left that place at 4 p.m. on the 23d, and arrived off the Sound at 6 a.m. on the 27th. The Confederate war steamer Sumter, the crew of which have been paid off, remained in the bay in charge of six hands only. Many of the crew of the Federal war steamer Tus carora were on leave at Gibraltar. She continued at Algesiras, where there were also a Spanish line of-battle ship and three gunboats. The Himalaya spoke on Thursday, the 24th, at 3 10 p.m. off Cape Espechil, the Peninsular and Oriental mail steam ship Ripon, bound to Gibraltar ; and at 4 10 p.m. off Cape Roca, the brig Constantine, beating to the southward. Admiral Grey, Mr. Whitbread, and Mr. Dundas remain at Plymouth to inspect the Devonport dock yard and Keyham steamyard to-day. The Hima laya may be retained to convey their lordships to Portsmouth. The screw steamship Revenge, 73, Capt. Charles Fellowes, flag of Rear Admiral Robert Smart, hav ing all defects made good, went on Saturday from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound, where she re ceived her provisions. She was ready to sail for Ireland, where the Admiral will join her. The artisans of Keyham steamyard have been working extra hours on the iron-cased screw steam ship Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, at Plymouth. She has received a shorter bowsprit, which does not extend beyond the figurehead. It is probable that the foretopmast will be displaced by a lighter spar. By decreasing the bowsprit and foretopmast, and by placing her anchors further aft, it is expected that the Warrior will not plunge so much when at sea. Excepting on the iron-plated ship Ocean, 50, all ship-building is suspended at Devonport. There are altogether 1,000 shipwrights employed in this arsenal, and of these about 600 are engaged in com pleting, repairing, and making good defects on various ships in Keyham Steamyard and in Ha a:maze. The remaining 400 are occupied in finish ing the Ocean, which will probably be launched in October. The ship waswell forwarded when instruc tions were issued by the Admiralty to prepare her for plating. Among other contingencies involved by this order it became necessary to lengthen and reconstruct her bow, for which purpose the dock had to be made longer. The new bo cv protrudes below the water line, and then risesperpendicularly all the .ray. In cor.sequ;:nee of the nece.sary the building slip the stem appears now to retreat. Four feet below the water line the planks of the Ocean are 121 inches thick, thence they decrease gradually down to the keel, where they are only five inches thick. Upwards they commence at eight inches and decrease to five inches. The iron plates, which are uniformly 41 inches thick, com mence at 4 feet below the water-line, and continue up the sides. The plates will be fitted in Keyham steamyard, whither the Ocean will be towed imme diately after launching. She measures 4,045 tons, and will be supplied with engines of 1,000 horse power. According to present arrangements, when the Ocean is launched, her shipwrights will be placed for the same purpose on the Robust, 89, of 3,716 tons. She is well forward, but must be ripped right down, cut in two, and lengthened for plating. The steem-frigate Ister, 36, 2,478 tons, is merely in frame. The Ocean, Robust, and Ister are the only ships on the stocks at Devonport. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Stephen V. Bull, in the Chanticleer, confirmed us second-class assist.-engi neer; and A. I. Tout, second-class assist-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary. 71IE Al 11.1 A very important artillery review or experiment On a scale of unus ua l magnitude, took place on Thursday last in th© presence of his H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge and a large number of general and other officers. The o v en _ J t was to ascertain the probable effect of ordinary field batteries of 12- pounder Armrtrong guns in resisting th e l an di ng of an invading fo rce. For thispu rvuect __ a large num ber of floating targ ets, re p resen ting boats, were at towed out to sea by a stea mer, and fired upon various distances from 3 , 003 to 1,000 yards. Five field batteries of Armstrong gu ns opened fi re with shell from the beach, and presented a magnificent spectacle. The accuracy with which the shells burst and their shattering effects on the targets Nverere garded with general astonishment and admiration. Hardly a vestige of any of the targets was left. It was agreed on all hands that not a man could have reached the shore alive, and that the protection af forded by our present field artillery is of the most satisfactory nature. The guns fired 50 rounds apiece and not the smallest accident occurred. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, ac companied by Major-Gen. W. F. Forster, K.H., military secretary, Col. C. Bingham, deputy-adju tant - general, Royal Artillery; Lieut.-Col. T. H. Clifton, aide-de-camp, and other officers, proceeded to Chatham, on Saturday, for the purpose of review ing the forces at that garrison. The announcement of the intended review of the troops was or ly pro mulgated a few hours before. Immediately on re ceipt of the intelligence the various corps were under arms, each man being furn .ched with 10 rounds of blank cartridge. Sher y after one o'clock the officers and troops who were to take part in the afternoon's proceedings had taken up their position on Chatham great lines, under their respec tive commanding officers, to await the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief. The force assembled on the ground consisted of the mounted D battery, 13th brigade, Royal Artillery, the companies of Royal and Royal and Indian Engineers at head-quarters, including the 17th, 22d, 26th, 35th, 36th, 37th, and 38th companies; three battalions of infantry; and the division of Royal Marines Light Infantry,which on this occasion was formed into two battalions; the whole numbering little short of 3,000 men of all ranks, with neatly 200 officers. The Duke, at tended by a numerous retinue of officers composing the staff, rode on to the lines, which he reached about 3 o'clock. The troops, who were all in heavy marching order, were formed in line, the field bat tery of Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers forming the right, and the two battalions of Royal Marines the extreme left, with the infantry in the centre. The Duke passed along the front and rear lines, and minutely inspected the battalions, making frequent remarks on the appearance of the men. At the termination of this part of the day's proceedings he took up his position at the flagstaff in the centre of the lines, when the entire body was formed in quarter-distance columns in rear of right divisions, and wheeling to the right marched past in quick time. In accordance with the new arrangements recently introduced at reviews the troops marched past in grand divisions, two companies together, thus making this part of the ceremony one of greater display. First in order trotted past the battery of Royal Artillery, under the command of Major N. M. Mackay, with their six 12-pounder Armstrong guns, which from the excellent condition in which they are kept glistonNi in tho oun as if new yester day ; they were accompanied by their ammunition waggons. Next followed the Royal Engineers, under Lieut.-Col. J. F. M. Browne, C.B. The manner in which the several companies of this corps came to the saluting-flag and marched past elicited well-deserved praise. The Royal Engineers were followed by the Ist battalion of infantry, com manded by Col. H. Jervis, consisting of the depots of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 4th King's Own, 35th, 43d Light Infantry, 77th, 94th, and the St. Helena Regiments; the 2d battalion, under the command of Col. R. N. Phillips, including the de pot companies of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 12th Regiment, Ist and 2d battalions of the 20th Regiment, 31st, 53d Light Infantry, and 83d Regi- Ments : and the 3d battalion, which was commanded by Col. C. E. Fairtlough, and consisted of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 19th Regiment, 51st King's Own Light Infantry, 75th, 81st, and 91st depots. The two battalions of Royal Marines, numbering nearly 1,000 bayonets, followed last. The Ist bat talion was under the command of Lieut.-Col. W. F. Foote, and the 2d battalion commanded by Lieut.- Col. W. R. Searle. Nothing could exceed their steadiness and precision. The force then faced to the right and again marched past in quick time, on this occasion in single companies. After the march ing past the troops moved off at quarter-distance column to form line at full distance, and a highly interesting series of manoeuvres followed. After some volley firing the troops gave a general salute, which terminated the proceedings. His Royal Highness then said that he could not allow that opportunity to pass without expressing his great satisfaction at the result of his visit of inspec tion. The Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers had acquitted themselves remarkably well, and the same remark applied to the Royal Marines, who had fully sustained their high reputation. He was much gratified to observe the excellent manner in which the depot battalions had acquitted themselves, espe cially when it was considered that many of the men were very young soldiers. After a few further re marks his Royal Highness proceeded direct to the building, recently erected at the rear of Chatham barracks for the purposes of a soldiers' institute or home. Here the Duke, accompanied by a number of officers, spent about half an hour, during which he was shown over nearly every part of the interior of the edifice, which is now being fitted up and fur nished. The men whose time had expired and invalid troops from the cavalry and infantry regiments serv ing in the Bombay Presidency, brought home in the chartered troop ship Windsor Castle, the arrival of which vessel at Gravesend has already been reported in The Sun, were medically inspected at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, on Saturday. The number of troops who embarked at Canamore in the Windsor Castle was 254 of all ranks, belonging to the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), Royal Artillery, Bombay Artillery, 4th (King's Own), 55th, 66th, and 72d (Highlanders) Regi ments, with 30 women and children. The following officers arrived with the troops :—Capt. J. V. Ellis, Lieut. W. F. Anderson, Lieut. R. K. Gibb, and En sign F. A. Wright, Major-Gen. J. M. Madden, of the Madras Infantry ; Major Gen. J. Mascall, of the Indian army ; ()gat. H. Williams, 56th Regt., and Quartermaster 0. Vialls, 3d Dragoon Guards, also arrived home in the same vessel. The troops who, after medical inspection on Saturday, were found unfit for further service, will be inspected by a Chelsea Board,after which they will be discharged. By a general regimental order of the Roy al Artil lery, signed by Col. Chls. Bingham, Deputy-Adjt.- General, the following removals have been sanc tioned, •eiz. :—Alfijor Irvine, from Alderney to ; Capt. - V,Talrond, from Canada to Gibraltar ; and Lieut, Robertson, from. 'Woolwich to Canada; Lieut. H. A. Barker, let Brigade, vice Maule, pro moted, end Lieut. if. W. L. Hirne, 11th Brigade, vice Walrond, promoted, have been raised to in creased pay; Lieut. H. AL Robertson is transferred from No. 5 Battery, 12th Brigade, to F Battery, 4th Brigade ; an exchange of batteries has been sanc tioned between Lieut. Barrington, of F Battery, 9th Brigade, and Lieut. Campbell, of No. 1 Battery, 13th Brigade. Major-General Bloomfield has been making an inspection of the coast defences at Yarmouth, Lowes toft, Harwich, and one or two other points on the eastern side of the county. On Saturday he visited Harwich. Various alterations are to be made in the batteries at Yarmouth, for instance, rooms for cupolas to melt iron required for liquid shells aro to be provided. BURGLARY AND ATTE UPTED NUR- DER OF A POLICE CONSTABLE. On Saturday morning considerable excitement was created in the parish of Bow, owing to the fol lowing desperate attempt to commit a burglary, at the Bow Railway station :—From the particulars obtained it appears that some man, at present un known, broke open the window of the station, and after entering the building had tried the drawers, expecting to find a valuable booty, in the shape of money therein ; but, as is always the case, the cash taken for the passenger traffic had been removed the overnight. As he left the premises Joseph Nichols, 450 of the K division, espied him standing at the side of the line, and judging from his appearance that all was net right, he approached him for the purpose of taking him into custody. Upon reach ing the fellow the latter gave him a violent blow over the head with a crowbar, or some other heavy weapon, which felled him to the ground. Having to some extent recovered his senses, he ran after the fellow, and as he proceeded continued springing his rattle. The nun made a turn down Hadford street, Mary-street, and by getting into some gar dens he stood at the edge and again committed a fe arful onslaught on the polic e con s t a bl e , caus i n g the blood to flew from wounds in his head and face, from th e etrect3 of which the poor constable was rendered insensible, and being unable to pursue the illain any f arther, he managed to ge t c l ear o ff. v Th e wounded tl t a l i) os man was attended by D r . C annon , hut he remains in a state of great sufferFng, and if erysipelas supervene in consequence of the ir • ' • ittesi,sshoulds e to t e ll w h at may be the re sult. No accurate account is ibl can at present be given of the offender, THE SIN, . LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1862, IV O.RTB ITALY. (From the Cornsponclog of the Times.) TURIN, APRIL 23. In the hurried correspondence I very lately sent you from Parma anti Modena I had frequent occa sion to mention several cases of desertion among the Italian troops, especially among those quartered on the Austrian frontier. The number of soldiers quitting their standards begins to be rather con siderable, and their defection can scarcely fail to have a demoralising effect on their comrades and to cause some alarm in the country. An instance of this evil practice occurred, however, lately at Lodi ; a brief account of which will afford to English readers the means of fairly estimating the evil, re ferring it to its true causes, and appreciating its probable results, On the night between the 16th and 17th of this month 29 troopers of the Royal Piedmont Cavalry, the finest horse regiment in the kingdom, left Lodi ; they were all Neapolitans, Lodi is, as you know, a considerable way from the Minch), and upon the alarm being given to the Gendarmes or Caribineers' station at Creme, the two pickets, both of Lodi and Crema, set out in pursuit of the fugitives, searching the country on the right banks of the Adda, which the deserters must needs strike across if they wished to reach the Mantuan or the Venetian terri tory. After a good deal of trouble they found the 29 runaways hid in a thicket near the hamlet of Caseletto Ceredano, in the district of Crema. They had still their military dress on and their broad swords by their side. They were bidden to sur render, but drew their weapons and put themselves in an attitude of defence, when the non-commis sioned officer (a mareeltal de logis), who commanded the Carabineers, by name Nannetti, wishing to avoid a useless effusion of blood, bethought himself, by way of stratagem, of setting up the cry of " Viva Garibaldi!" This redoubted name had its usual spell ; the deserters sheathed their sabres and gave themselves up, It is important that T Plinnla state the snare the rural population of these Lombard districts took in the pursuit and capture of these prisoners. Some of the peasants, to whom the fugitives applied for help and guidance to be enabled to gain the Aus trian frontier, pretending readiness to comply with their wishes, led them about the country till they had tired them out, then induced them to take shelter and rest in the bush, where, they said, no one was likely to fall in with them. The peasants having thus made sure of their whereabouts, carried their information to the authorities, by whom the carabineei s' steps were turned in the right direction. When the two small Carabineers' patrols had met at Caselto Ceredan they asked for the support of the friendly peasants, and although most of them were scattered about in the fields, intent upon their work, they succeeded in collecting about a dozen of them, and armed them with the muskets of the National Guards. The parish priest of the place named Gio vanni Ragazzi, showed great zeal and activity, both in supplying information and enlisting his parishioners in the auxiliary service required by the public force,—a proof that the lower clergy, especi ally in Lombardy, is sound and well disposed at the core. The Carabineers and their 12 rustic allies would, however, have been no xnatch numerically for the 29 outlaws. Yet the untutored boors be haved with gallantry, and would have stood their ground creditably, had not the strife been averted by the little:ruse before described. When the fugi tives had been secured and were being marched to Crema they were met by the batallion of the Na tional Guard of that little town, which, assembling in great haste, was proceeding to the spot. An equal stir was instantly visible in all the surround ing minor communities—a satisfactory evidence of the good spirit and unanimous readiness of those good Lombard provinces. The runaways had 122 f. in their pockets, a larger sum, than could in the ordinary course of things, be expected to be in pos session of mere troopers, and suspicions are natu rally entertained that the would-be deserters had found secret abettors of their projected flight. The soldiers of all corps and arms who have hitherto achieved, or attempted desertion, are mostly and, indeed, almost exclusively Neapolitans, Of late, however, the evil example has been fol lowed by natives of other provinces, and especially by Venetian emigrants. These, who were induced to quit their country out of invincible antipathy to the Austrian rule, and who, from a laudable im pulse on their first arrival, enlisted in the national army, with a view to bear a hand in the deliverance of their own province, fall victims, it would seem, to home-sickness and hope deferred, and grow weary of a military restraint to which they had only sub mitted in the expectation of instant hostilities, and which becomes intolerable to them in this long protracted inaction. It is freely asserted, and it is by no means unlikely, that these discontented per sons are not bona fide exiled patriots, but Austrian emissaries, crossing the frontier on false pretences, to foster and spread ill-will among their unwary companions, and, by precept and practice, to encou rage dereliction of duty. The Neapolitans, at least many of them, require no seduction. No doubt the Southern people will, in the long run, be made into as dutiful and efficient soldiers as their brethren of the North ; some of them, however, especially among the half-reclaimed Bourbon veterans, are incorri gible; and, as they are great dissemblers, they can not be trusted even when they affect great defer ence to their superiors, cordiality towards their com rades, and contentment with their lot. They are the mcst " artful dodgers" that ever were seen, and the work is incessant. The soldier's life is a severe trial, and several even of the new and young re• cruits break, as it were, in the trainer's hands, pt:e eit-21y as flawed or sort-tempered bkdes under the armourer's hammer. The final result will, no doubt, be satisfactory, but there must necessarily be some thing distressing and heart wearing in the progress of the arduous experiment. This plague of desertion is, in the meanwhile, rather disquieting. The Italian army has of late reached its complement of 300,000 combatants, bet elements have been introduced into its ranks which will certainly not add to its strength, and which must be either better assimilated or carefully weeded out. The excellent spirit and better dis cipline of the Piedmonteso army had created so full a security, just before the annexations, that all the military codes and institutions had been reformed with a view to adapt them to the humane dews now prevalent. Where the offences of desertion and resistance to the law of conscription had be come very rare occurrences, it was thought that the mildest penalties were sufficient to meet all exigen cies. This was done precisely in the year previous to the outbreak of the Lombard campaign of 1859. The military authorities have good reason now to repent their reasonable, yet, as it turned out, im provident resolutions; and I hear a general outcry that the army can no longer be kept together with out severe, and more or less exceptional measures, strengthening the power of the law, and charging courts martial with its execution. The press begins to speak loudly and resolutely about it. The King left Turin yesterday morning at half past eight o'clock for Genoa, where he arrived at a quarter past twelve. He embarked at eleven in the evening on board the Adelaide, bound to Leghorn. A crowd of cheering people accompanied him tothe Turin station, and he was greeted at Genoa with the greatest enthusiasm. His Majesty will stay three days in Tuscany, and re-embark for Naples on the 27th. He has with him the President of the Council of Ministers, Rattazzi ; the Minister of Grace and Justice, Conforti—the only Neapoli tan in the Cf..‘bim t ; and the Minister of the Marine, Admiral Persano. Two of the Neapolitan deputies, Lazzaro and Pallotto, both of the Left, embarked with the King, but at their own request, and with out any official invitation. The Deputy Mandri Albanese, who was said to have been asked to join the King's retinue, is still at Turin; the Deputy Sandonato preceded the King. The Prince of Capus, brother of the late King Ferdinand IL of Naples, died at the Hotel Trom betta, in this city, yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. Ho had been suffering from an excruciating com plaint for several weeks. He was in his 51st year. H e is the Prince, as you know, who in 1836 mar ried a young 1ri4,11 lady, Miss Penelope Smith, thereby incurring the displeasure of his brother, who banished him from Court, and deprived him of the income of his appanage. He lived for many years in France, England, Belgium, and Malta, where he often 3ourted the acquaintance of Italians abroad, and mule a certain display of liberal and patriotic tendencies. For several months he had been a suitor with the Italian King and Parliament for the recovery of that property of which he had been deprived by his brother. His family were with him to thelast hour, and they are now at the Royal Hunting-box at Stupinigi, where King Victor Emmanuel oared them a quiet home, and where they will remain for some weeks. APRIL 24. All the political interest , :onnected with Italian matters is now removed -fr)m Turin, and concen trated in Naples, whither tle King and his Prime Minister will soon betake demselves from Tuscany. Ii was always lamented as a great misfortune for Naples, and for ail Italy, that Cavour never had leisure to visit the Southern provinces, and to con sult their wishes by personal inspection ; and M. Rattazzi deserves great praise for his determination to proceed to the South at the very outset of his administration. How he will employ his time at Naples, what means he will find to put himself into direct communication with that dissatisfied and never-to-be-satisfied people, is what remains to be seen. He has taken with aim hardly any of the Neapolitans, for the good reason I have already told you, that it is difficult to find one man there who numbers less than a hundred enemies in his own country for one friend that he may boast, He is accompanied by Count Alfieri, a Piedmontese De puty, a man of great name, a descendant of the well•known tragic writer, the son of the amiable and accomplished Marquis Alfieri, the husband of Count Cavour's sprightly and gifted niece, but a rather dull, pompous, stiff, indifferent sort of man, both as a politician, and cotrtier, for what concerns his own person ; Prati, de poet, also goes with Rattazzi, and if he hopes to renew at Naples the miracle of the Orpheus, the choice of that one member of his retinue deserves praise. himself, however, puoatzze* tact, and address, subtlety, and a great variety of clever devices. I should not be surprised if great results attended his present move. It is difficult to say how Neapolitans should be handled. Nothing hqs been done since the annexa tion to concilitate them ; nothing but blunders have been committed by the Italian Government, be it under Count Cavour, be it tinder Ricasoli's auspices. It is already something in the way of success that the man who reigns instead of those two statesmen will be received as one who was thought to oppose their views, and that, moreover, he, at any rate, takes the trouble to go to Naples in person and see things for himself. The Deputies Crispi, Mordini, Lazzaro, and Marceli, in their own name and in that of 15 others of their Neapolitan colleagues of the Left, presented, the day before yesterday. to the Secretary of the Home-office, Capriolo, a rcemorandum intended for Rattazzi, in which, after dwelling on the errors committed by the past Ministers, and proposing a now system of instruction and education, new ad ministrative institutions, the confiscation of church —at least, monastic—property, the armament of mobilised battalions of the National Guard, rail ways, harbours, roads, and public works of every description, reforms in the magistracy and the ad ministration of justice, and the division of domainal or national lands among the people, giving them in lots either in fee simple or in long leases, and add ing a supply of means for cultivation, they wind up by recommending Garibaldi's presence in those Southern provinces, the emancipation of which was due mainly to him. I know not whether Rattazzi's actions are likely to be greatly or at all induenced by these sugges tions; but that Garibaldi contemplates a move to the South, in spite of the gout, which still keeps him at Brescia, is a positive fact, and if he goes it will be for Rattazzi to consider whether the popular hero when there is to be for him or against him. LAW INT ELLIGENCE.-April 26. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, at Westminster, before Mr, Justice Crompton and Mr. Justice Mellor.) BIGGS (APPELLANT) V. MITCHELL (RESPONDENT) GUNPOWDER IN TRANSITU. This came before the court on an appeal from a conviction by the Lord Mayor, under the statute of the 12th Geo. 111., chap 61, sec. 11, relative to hav ing and keeping a larger stock of gunpowder at one time on premises within the city of London than that statute allowed. The respondent, a London City police inspector, laid an information against the appellant, who was a licensed carman, carrier, and warehouseman, of Swan-yard, Bishopsgate street Without, for unlawfully keeping at one time in his warehouse more than 501bs weight of gunpowder, he not being a dealer therein. The appellant was convicted in the penalty of £lO and costs. On the 15th March, 1861, the appel lant had 'six packages of gunpowder, weighing 3001b5., for transmission to different parts of the country, at what was found by the Lord Mayor to be a temporary halting place for gunpowder in transit. Against this decision there was this appeal. Mr. Hannen, in support of the conviction, said that it was a case of great importance as regarded the public safety, as there was a belief that the railway companies were contravening the act con tinually. By the 11th section of the act, dealers in gunpowder were not to keep more then 2 cwt. at any one time, but persons who were not dealers in the article were restricted to 501bs. weight. The mode of packing and conveying gunpowder was particu larly specified in tle 18th and 21st sections of the act, but no complaint was made against the appel lant on those heads, but merely for warehousing, and the latter was the particular object of the act, to prevent large quantities of gunpowder being kept together in one building. _ _ The court observed that tlie case found that the gunpowder was in transitu, and it would appear that the conviction should have been under the carrying rather than the warehousing clauses. Mr. Ifannen said that parties receiving gnn powder in transitu contravened the act, if they had more than Nibs. at one time. Mr. Justice Mellor said that unless temporary halts were permitted the trade could no t b e carried' on unless a railway ran through London. Mr. Hansen contended that such halts should not be made in London or crowded places; the halts should be at other places. If this conviction should be quashed any quantity of powder might be kept in London, and it would be impossible to imagine the danger that might ensue. Mr. M. Smith, QC., and Mr. Sleigh, for the appellant, urged that if the appellant had commit ted any offence at all it was under the carrying clauses. The object of the statute was relative to dealers in gunpowder, not to those who were carry ing it from one place to another, but found it neces sary to have a halting-place ; this could not be considered a " having and keeping" within the statute. Mr. Justice Crompton said that the observations as to the damage that might arise from keeping large quantities of gunpowder were very important, but he did not think this was a "keeping" within the act, as that meant a "storing." The appellant's object was to convey the powder from one place to another, and it was more a shed than a warehouse. The conviction must therefore be quashed. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Wrightman and Common Juries.) BALLS V. BOURNER. This was an action brought to recover £B5 10s., the amount of a bill of exchange accepted by the defendant, and other sums, money lent by the plaintiff to the defendant. The defendant pleaded that he received no consideration for the bill, and that when the other sums were advanced he was a co-partner with the plaintiff, Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Beresford were coun sel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Toyce and Mr. Cutbill represented the defendant. The plaintiff was an omnibus proprietor, living at Brixton, and the defendant formerly kept the Tem ple Bar Hotel in Fleet-street. The parties had been friends for many years, and tte defendant applied to the plaintiff for various low, and also requested him to become security to Messrs. Symonds and Sharphurst, wine merchants, for goods he wanted. The plaintiff having agreed to this proposition, the bill in question was given to Nlessrs. Symonds and Cox, but it was not met whendue. In April, 1861, the defendant entered into a deed of composition with . his creditors, whereby t)ey agreed to accept a composition of ss, in the pound. In that deed only one of the loans from the plaintiff was entered, viz., a bill for £5O, upon which the plaintiff agreed to accept 58. in the pound, the defendant undertaking to pay him the rest of his demand (over £200) in full. Since that time the pttintiff had been com pelled to pay the balance of Messrs. Symonds's bill, 15.3. in the pound on £B5 10s. For these sums this action was brought. The plaintiff, in cross-examination, swore he was not a partner with the defendant in the busincss. He had signed the composition deed, which was a generalrelease for£so only,although at that time the defendant really owed him £344 15s. He had never ordered goods to be sent to the Temple Bar Hotel in his name. He might have appointed a young lady to be a barmaid there in joke, but had never done so seriously. For the defence it was stated that the plaintiff agreed with the defendant to take the Temple Bar Hotel between them, the plaintiff to find the money, and the defendant to do the work. The plaintiff was anxious that his name should not appear in the business, as he had been lately bankrupt, and his father objected to his having anything to do with publichouses. The defendant accordingly carried on the business, the plaintiff furnishing the money, ordering the goods and directing the defendant as ; to the manner in which he should carry on the busi ness. When it was discovered that the business did not pay, the plaintiff told the defendant he had better assign everything to him, and go through the Bankruptcy Court ; and on the defendant refusing this, he asked him to dissolve the partnership and to take care that it did not come to light. The de fendant agreed to this, and subsequently sold the business, And divided the proceeds among the cre ditors. His Lordship left it to the jury to say whether or not in their opinion there had been a partnership between the plaintiff and defendant. The jury, after some consultation, found that no partnership had been proved. His Lordship said in that case he must ask them to say whether the 15s. in the pound paid by the plaintiff on the £B5 bill was paid before or after the plaintiff signed the deed of composition. Any debt that was due from the defendant to the plain tiff before the signing of the deed of composition was satisfied by that deed, and therefore the plaintiff could only recover the 15s. in the pound in case it was paid by him after the signing of the deed. A conversation ensued between the judge,thejury, the counsel, the w tnesses, and the attorneys en gaged in the case, at the end of which it was disco vered that nobody knew either when the deed was signed by the plaintiff or when the money was paid by him. The jury found that the plaintiff paid the 15s. in the pound on the bill after he had signed the deed. His lordship said that would be a verdict for the plaintiff for £64 2s. 6d., with leave to the plaintiff to move to increase it by £2OO in case the court above should be of opinion that the deed of compo sion did not release the defendant from any debt due before it was signed. Tll2 YELYERTON DIARRIAGE CASE. TEIELWALL V. YELVERTON. The arguments of counsel on this motion, opened on Wednesday last, to amend the bill of exceptions, were resumed at the sitting of the court, at Dub lin, on Friday. Mr. Sergeant Sullivan was heard against the mo tion on the part of the plaintiff. He said if the motion were granted it would lead to the most dis astrous consequences, and that there was no pre cedent for any such application, which, he said,was, substantially, for a mandamus, as it were, to the judge who tried the case to alter his bill of excep tions. There was no precedent for any such appli cation on motion in all the books. The Chief Justice—Supposing this motion were complied with my charge should be altered. Judge Keogh said he expected at first that there would be a preliminary objection to the motion. Sergeant Sullivan said he would have made a preliminary objection, but that tae gave Dr. Ball credit for making the motion upon some authority which, he contended, he did not produce. Judge Christian also observed that he thought a preliminary objection would have been taken to the motion. _ . Dr. Ball contended that the case of the trustees of the Evans Charity v. the Bank of Ireland was an authority for the motion. Judge Christian asked if Sergeant Sullivan's pro• position was that, no matter what the judge who tried the case chose to put upon the bill of excep tions—no matter how irrelevant and wide of the case—the full court had no power to amend it ? Sergeant Sullivan replied that he contended it could not be done on motion. Judge Christian—Suppose, for argument sake, that the jury said " We find the defendant should pay the costs of the case, and we find that he should be sent to penal servitude for the ter in of his na tural life," and supposing that the judge put that finding on the bill of exceptions ; and refused on motion to expunge it, would this court be bound to set its own record right by expunging these find ings ? Sergeant Sullivan said it was not a record in the sense of a record, ordinarily speaking. He contended that the court would have no jurisdiction to ex punge it upon motion. Judge Christian said it looked a very large pro position to say that, no matter how irrelevant might be what the judge might think proper to put upon the record, the court in banco had no power on mo tion to interfere with it. Sergeant Sullivan said he would go that length. Judge Keogh said if the judge contumaciously refused to take a bill of exceptions, was there to be a motion to this court to compel him Judge Christian said the act provided for that. In such a case, however, there was nothing wrong on the record ; but it was a different thing if he put on the face of it what was irrelevant and absurd. Sergeant Sullivan said the court should allow it to remain on, but they could deal with it when the bill of exceptions came on for argument. The Chief Justice said when the matter was be fore him settling the bill of exceptions, it was ad mitted by the counsel for the defendant that, if the case went to the House of Lords, and the Lords were of opinion that these matters should not be on it, they should get judgment, if they were entitled to it the same as if it was not there. It occurred to him that if he struck these matters out he would prevent the parties arguing the point, and there would be no appeal from what he did, but that by leaving them there, both parties would have an op portunity of arguing the ease. Judge Christian asked Sergeant Sullivan, sup- posing there was no bill of exceptions, but the or dinary postsa, and that in it the judge put the opinion of the jury on these o collateral ques• lions, did he think the court would have no juris :lietha to amend the postea. Sergeant Sullivan said he would go the length of saying that the court had no right to interfere with the postea, which was the judge's sole duty. Judge Keogh said in an application of this kind, there should be direct authority that such jurisdic tion had been exercised by the court upon motion. Sergeant Sullivan said, if the exceptions settled by the judge who tried the case could be afterwards cut up by the court, it would lead to the greatest hardship and injustice. It appeared to him that this motion was made for the purpose of confusing the record and of blinding any court before which it came, and which was not cognisant of the facts connected with the case. What was wanted was to leave the judge's charge standing, to leave his questions to the jury standing, and to strike their answers to those questions out. What would the House of Lords say to such a record as that ? It w Paid be the greatest injustice to strike out these answers. The question at the trial was, were the goods sold to the defendant's wife; and, of course, in that issue was involved the question, was she his wife. There were two marriages—a Scotch and an Irish one—the first being prior in point of time. The judge asked two questions, and got two answers, and then suppose the case went before a tribunal which had no cognisance of the fact con nected with it at all, it might be said at the other side, "We have an exception to the Irish marriage, and we sustain it. How are we to know but that the jury were divided—six for the Irish marriage and six for the Scotch marriage ?" Judge Christian said the extreme reasonableness of what the Chief Justice did was shown by this consideration. If the court should be of opinion, on the argument of the exceptions, that the excep tions as to the Scotch marriage should be overruled, but that those as to the Irish marriage should be allowed, the plaintiff, if these answers were suffered to remain on the record, could say there was still enough to enable him to have judgment, but if they were struck out, it would be impossible to say on what they found that the lady was the wife of the defendant. His lordship, however, said that the ease of Davis v. Lownes was his difficulty in the matter. When the jury found that the Scotch mar riage was a valid one, it became apparent that the Isiah marriage was invalid, and yet the jury went. on, and found that the Irish marriage was a valid one. Sergeant Sullivan said if this was a motion to strike out all about the Irish marriage, he could understand it. Judge Keogh said the finding as to the Irish marriage was, as to there being a good and valid marriage in Ireland, without considering the pre vious circumstances of the parties. Sergeant Sullivan, in conclusion, said the justice of the case and the merits were with the that if the motion were granted the judge and the counsel in the case would be exposed to observations of the greatest severity, and that the application was made for the purpose of endeavouring to creep out of the case. Mr. "Whiteside followed on the same side. He said he addressed the full court under protest, as he submitted that be should only address the Chief Justice. He had the highest respect for the three other members of the Court, but he should protest against them interfering on th e present occasion with the Chief Justice. (Laug‘ater.) The Chief Justice said there was no application to the court to send back the bill of exceptions to him, but to order the officer to award the record. Mr. Whiteside said that was worse. He con tended that the motion was unparalleled and illegal. Counsel for the defendant did not like the record of the exceptions or of the case, and when the books were delivered and the briefs out to argue tho case, this moti,ut was made at the end of ten months to upset the exceptions. The attempt was to get up a venire de novo, contrary to fact, and to the finding of the jury. He contended that the answers of the jury were not irrelevant matter, for the question from the beginning to the end of the case was, whether the lady was the wife of the defendant, and he submitted that the case of Davies v. Lownes was not applicable. After the defendant had got an opportunity of raising serious questions on the record, he came to the court and asked to have the whole record altered for him, so that he might here after say that the jury might have been divided on the marriages. Lf st term there was an application to force the defendant to an argument of the excep tions, and then began an undertaking to do so, and now, after the lapse of time, an application was made, the record vague, indeterminate, and con fused. He submitted that the motion should be refused with costs as untenable and unprecedented —that the Chief Justice had signed the exceptions, according to truth and justice, and that nothing could be more unjust, under the peculiar circum stances of the case, than to alter these exceptions. Mr. Jellett replied generally, on the part of the defendant, in support of the motion, He stated, in answer to an observation of Mr. Whiteside, that the case which they considered bore on the question in volved had been mentioned to the Chief Justice at the settlement of the bill of exceptions. He pro ceeded to argue that the motion was supported by precedent, and that these findings of the jury were on collateral matters, as they need not be unani mous upon both marriages. The Chief Justice asked, if the jury said they had found half and half as to the two marriages, whether any court of justice would allow any such verdict as that Mr. Jellett said they would. Judge Ball said that meant that half of the jury were agreed that there was a valid marriage in Scotland, and the other half that there was a valid marriage in Ireland, and that a compound verdict could be made out of both. Judge Keogh said if he had the misfortune to try the case, and if the jury gave him such a verdict as that, he would not receive it. At the conclusion of Mr. Jellett's argument, The Chief Justice intimated that the court would give judgment on the motion on Monday next. 2HE M&RDER NEAR BEDDITCH. REDDITCH, SATURDAY. The inquest on the body of the ill-fated young woman, Sarah Kirby, who was shot by her fellow servant, George Gardener, on Wednesday last, was held last night at the house where the murder was committed, Outhill Farm, about five miles from this town, before Mr. Poole, coroner for Warwickshire. The accused, Geo. Gardener, was present at the in quiry, and appeared quite unconcerned at his posi tion. The first witness called was— Miss Davis, Mr. Edge's aunt, who deposed to the deceased handing the gun to the prisoner on the day of the murder, and to his taking it into the back kitchen. She asked him what he was going to do with it, and he made some answer which she did not hear. She then said to him, " Remember it is loaded, George," and he replied, " Yes, ma'am, I know it is." She hen came back into the kitchen, thinking all was right. Almost immediately after wards she heard the report of a gun from the back kitchen. Thinking there had been some accident she went towards the back kitchen, and, at the door, met Gardener coming towards her with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw her he pointed the gun towards her. fie was about two yards' dis tance, not more. She desired him to go back with the gun, and he made no reply. She turned to go back into the kitchen, and he persisted in following her, without saying anything. She went directly into the parlour from the kitchen, and locked the door between them. The witness then went on to describe the attempts made by the prisoner to gain access to the room in which she was end her escape. She added that the prisoner had always appeared in his right mind. She did not believe Gardener had ever courted the deceased. dames Dyer, a boy who was employed in weeding Mr. Edge's garden on Wednesday morning, went with his mistress to Mr. Savage's house when she left Mr. Edge's, and on returning to his mas ter's found the deceased lying dead in the back kitchen, and gave the alarm. Had seen Gardiner walk round the house with the gun under his arm just after he had heard the gun fired. Gardener had thrashed witness on one ()melon when at plough because he did not take his horses straight. Martha Holloway, wife of a labourer living near Mr. Edge's, deposed to Miss Davis coming to her on the morning of the murder, and expressing her fears about the deceased, and to her subsequently proceeding to the house and finding her dead, her head resting in a pool of blood. Had previous;y seen Gardener making his way across the field: towards Pool's Wood. _ _ _ Mark Savage, farmer, also a neighbour of Mr. Edge, went to the house on the alarm being given, and corroborated the evidence of the boy and Mrs. Holloway as to the position in which the deceased was found lying. The face of the deceased was quite calm, and there was a smile upon it. Had never heard words between the deceased and the prisoner. Had seen the prisoner going in the di rection of Pool's Wood belore the alarm was given. Mr. Edge deposed as follows :—About eight months ago, deceased came to me and said that George Gardener had made several attempts to kiss her, and she refused, and ho struck her on account of it. I spoke to him that evening about it, and said that if he could not behave himself on my pre mises he must leave. Since that time there have complaints made to me through Miss Davis that he had been disagreable in different little ways to the girl. lam not aware that the deceased had any follower. I had seen both Gardener and the girl on Wednesday morning. Gardener had been out all night, Lot he was not intoxicated. He was locked out that night, as he did not come home. I did not speak to him about it, as I was thinking of turning him away. The girl slept in the next room to that of Gardener, with a passage between them. No one slept in the same room with the girl. The gun now produced is mine, and is generally kept in my bedroom, but sometimes left in the kitchen, and sometimes in the parlour. The last time I had used the gun was about a fortnigt ego, and I believe no one had used it since. The gun is al ways loaded. It was loaded with shot and powder that morning. There were:no angrywords between me and Gardener on the Wednesday morning. Gar dener had never complained to me about the girl. Gardener had the gun occasionally to frighten the rooks. I. think it safe to leave a gun with the caps on when the hammers are down. Gardener has always appeared to me to be perfectly sane. Policeman Oliver next deposed to the apprehen sion of the prisoner about half-past six the same evening at Honey borne station, which was 18 or 20 miles distant. He had 12s. 7-Id. in money on him. When charged with the murder, he said, "Then I suppose I must go." He was quite drunk. There were no marks of blood on his clothes or his hands. George Kendrick and George Beck, of the Strat ford borough police, produced Mr. Edge's gun, with which the prisoner had shot the deceased, and which he bad sold the same afternoon to Mr. Cooper, gunsmith, of Stratford-on-Avon. Miss Cooper proved that the prisoner offered the gun to her father for a sovereign, and that he bought it. Gardener said it was his own gun, and that it was no use to him. Both barrels were loaded. Edwin Podmore, parish constable for Studley, was one of the first persons at Mr. Edge's house, and in the kitchen saw the desk, with the lid smashed, and with a coal hammer on the top of it. There was a mark on the lid of the desk, as though it had been struck with the hammer. All the littis drawers in the desk were partly pulled out, and the papers pulled about. It appeared as if it had been ransacked and turned all over. There was no injury done to anything else but the desk. Examined the brewhouse, and found that two shots had gone through a pane of glass in the window, opposite the head of deceased. There were also one or two shots in the uprights of the window. Charles Russell, the boy who was ploughing with the prisoner on Wednesday morning, proved the threatening expressions made use of by him. He said he would murder somebody. He sharpened his knife and said he would kill witness. H e did not say anything about the girl. Gardener had said such things before, but witness never sa w him sharpen his knife in that way before, and was very much frightened. Two or three other witnesses were examined, la bourers on the farm, who spoke to the behaviour of the prisoner just before the murder, but their evi dence did not carry the case against the prisoner any further, and the, inquiry terminated in a ver dict of wilful murder against George Gardener. [A DVERTI3EMENT.]—HoIIoway's Fills --Health £~r the Many.—The universality, harmless composition, and cheapness of these inestimabl e Pill s h ave won f or them their present fame. They cannot injure the system, no mer curial, mineral, or ot h er po i sonous agent enters into their composition. Their components are finest balsams, extracted with the greatest care, and mixed together with the nicest accuracy. Holloway's Pills are unrivalled for curing headaches, co nstipation, and of appetite, indigestion, flatulency, other disorders of the stomach and bowels. They stimulate, or otherwise regulate the liver. They so thoroughly purify the blood that in its circuit through its vessels and capillaries it diffuses fresh life and vigour throughout the whole frame, and give tone to body and mind, SPORTING INTELLIG.ENCE. THE IMO RACES-SA.TURDAY. The Farmers' Plate of 40 sous; the second to receive 5 sous• Once round (about a mile and a half.) Mr. Bond's Precise, list 71b.. (Mr. James) I. Mr. Ashby's Lucy, 4 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Boynton) 2. Mr. Reid nd Lady Bird, 5 yrs, 12st .. The following also ran :—liemnant, Otho, The Hack, Charley Grey, Queen Bess, Dannyman, Tommy. 6 to 4 agst Otho, 3 to 1 agst .ThelHack, 5 to 1 agst Remnant, 6 to 1 agst Lucy, and 7 to 1 agst Danny man. W on by two lengths, a bad third. The Hack , Charley Grey, anl'i t c mnant were fourth, fifth, a nd sixth . The others tailed off. 10 sovs each, with 25 added, for The Hunters' Stakes of horses the property of n; embers of the Herts Hunt Club which have been regularly hunted with Lord Deere's hounds, &c, ; list 71b each ; winners extra. Once round. (3 subs.) Mr. Layton's Fanscombe, list 121 b (inc 5 ex)..(Owner) 1 Mr. Blake nd Salt Hill, list 71 b Mi. Prime's Wild Drake, 12st 121 b (inc slb ex) (Owner) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Wild Drake, 6to 4 agst Fausconibe- Won by two lengths, a bad third. The Claret Stakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, with 25 added; 3 yr•olds, Ost 12th; four, list 61b; five and upwards, list 121 b ; six and aged, 12st ; the winner to be sold for 200 sow. Once round. (8 subs.) Mr. Bevill's Jack-in-the-Box, 3 yrs, Oat 121 b (Mr. Bevill) 1 Mr. S, Jacobs's The Don, 5 yrs, list 12Ib (Mr. Wood) 2 Betting-4 to lon Jack-.Zu-the - Box. Won by half a length. The winner was sold to Mr. E. Brayley for 205 guineas. The Selling Stakes of 5 sows cact i with 25 added ; for S yr-olds and upwards. Hall a mile. (8 subs.) Mr. Cherry's Enfield, 6 yrs, lOst 711 y WO) •• .. (Owner) Mr. Nightingall's Liberality, 3 yrs, 85t 51b (£5O) (Mr. Erskine) 2 M.. Thomas's Bacchus, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (car bst 101 b) (£5O) (Mr. Wood) 3 Mr. Mellon's Erica, 4 yrs, Oat Illb (£5O) (Mr. W.BeviU) 4 Mr. Fisher's Maid of the Morn f, 3 yrs, Bst2lb (car 9st) Betting-5 to 4 agst Liberality, 2 (4 t 5 o 0 1 ) agstPl r. tto 1 each agst Enfield and Bacchus. Won by a longth anond) and .B r o ic y a n , t a half; a length between the second and third; the fourth well up. The winner was bought in for 54 guineas, and. Bacchus was claimed by Mr. Nightingall, and afterwards sold to Mr. E. Brayley. The Beaten Horses' Stakes, a purse of 10 soya for the be..-de7l horses in the Farmers' Plato. Half a mile. Mr. Archer's Remnant, 6 yrs, 12st 71b .. (Mr. Edwards) I 111r. Hempson's Charley Grey, 108 t 101 b.... (Mr. Wood) 2. Mr. Reid nd Lady Bird, 5 yrs, 12st 51b .... (Mr. Baker) a The Hack and Tommy also rau. Betting-2 to lon Remnant, who won by two lengths; a bad third. Tommy ran against a post, and his shoulder was dislocated. The Scurry Stakes of 5 soya each, 11st 71b each; the winner to be sold for 40 soya. Half a mile. 7 subs. Mr. Nightingall's Griffin, 6 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Lington) 2 Mr. Mellon's Erica, 4 yrs, list 71b.... (Mr. W. Bevill) Mr. Fisher's Maid of the Morn f, list 71b (Mr. Erskine) 3 Mr. Reid nd Queen Bess, aged, list 71b (Mr. Dixon) 4 Betting-2 to lon Griffin, and 3to 1 egg Erica- won by three quarters of a length; a bad third. The winner was not sold. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, SATURDAY• To-day, there was very little business done. For Chester Cup, Agag and Wild Rose appear to have got their quietus• Zodiac was very firm, and 100 to 7 would have been taken about Fairwater. 25 to 1 was taken freely about Sappho , ' and 20 to 1, but not very freely, was taken about Simla. For the Two Thousand Guineas, any advance upon 5 to 1 would have been taken against either Old Calabar or The Marquis. Tho Clarissa colt, although nothing less than 20 to 1 was taken, was the only one in force for this event , For the Derby, 25 to 1 was freely taken about St. Aloxi 6 ' Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Zodiac (taken) 100 to 8 agst Fairwater (offered) 100 to 7 agst Hadji Stavros (offered) 20 to 1 agst Simla (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sappho (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Dalesman (offered) 25 to 1 agst Stampedo (offered) 30 to 1 agst Victrix (offered) 33 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered) 50 to 1 agst Agag (offered) 50 to 1 agst Butterfly (taken) 50 to 1 agst Rubicon (offered) 50 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (offered) 66 to 1 agst Wild Rose (taken) TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS. stolon the field (offered) 7to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 10 to 1 agst Nottingham (taken) 16 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 20 to 1 agst Clarissa colt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Buckenham (offered) 40 to 1 agst Balder (offered) 40 to 1 agst Hubert (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Buckstone (offered) 16 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) 20 to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken) 25 to 1 agst St. Alexis (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zetland (offered) 30 to 1 agst Duke Rollo (taken) 40 to 1 neat N opt unng (taken) 50 to 1 agst Clarissa colt (taken) 100 to 1 agst Hubert (taken) COUNTRY 11.1.A1&KL1 4 , - NOTTINGHAM—APRIL 26. 4 At this Corn Exchange to-day there was a fair show of wheat on offer for the time of the year, the condition of which was tolerable. The demand quiet, at former rates -White, from 61s to 665; red, 42s to 635. Barley was in small show, with a fair trade, and prices rather higher —malting, 37s to 41s •, g, 29s to 31s. Oats wer e steady at 30s to 355, old ; 23s to 27s new. Beans were sold at 38s to 50s per qr. Flour, 38s to 435. GRANTHAM—APRIL 26. The trade to-day was rather dull, but prices were full equal to last week's quotations. A limited supply of w heat- Old, 50s to 5Ss, and 60s to 63s for superior lots. A good demand for barley, supply short—malting sorts 36s to 40 0, grinding 30s to 32s per qr. Oats quoted at 23s to 3 4 s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to 465; peas, 36s to 40s. NORWICH—APRIL 26. Wheat to-day was in rather better supply, and sold 0 the turn in buyers' favour. The quantity of barley show% was seanty, and is to 2s over the prices of last week. Oats' beans, and peas unaltered. Four easier to purchase. White wheat 60s to 63s I Red wheat 58s to 62 1 qn; Malting barley....39s to 40s I Chevalier barley 35e to -,,,,,,- New do.. .... .... —s to —s I Oats.. 25 , to 3u o Flour, 40s 6d to 41s Od per sack from the miller. YORK—APRIL 26. We had again but a limited supply of wheat to-cl!O the demand for which ruled inactive, and late prices mair tained. Barley an improved business, and scarce; forme r prices were exceeded by is. Oats slow. Beans had a ter dency to advance. Wheat, red 56s to 60s I Oats.... White do .60s to 64s Beans Barley .30s to 38s I Peas Malt, 66s to 68s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr . ..; " flour, 2 to 45s per sack. —4 0 2 tt t 00 0 _24)3 LEICESTER—APRIL 26. The supply of wheat to-day at market rather limitoeat at late currences. White, 62s to 665; red, 60 s to 6°B: old red, 52s to 57s per 36 stone. Barley was in short stiP. ply—grinding, 30s to 325; malting, 34s to 38s per oats, 24s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans were a ready sale' new, 36s to 38s ; old, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. 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