The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-05 00:00:00

h 3. ,rning , w ent h 4. J ouise, d the )ivine Boys' ►ad oil M nn- ~.. image d i nn er Hon• L wait -3,031, urt of of the f eral." 01 the shape, [ whe ll ill, w e lic at': er and :owPa being l it, re' ea the I war as tha i g incl. - li d Pr. ougbhl ice oe ill, Bv° ) of 0° F l o re opor- r .00 0 ,0 prO tried XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 1 8,000 in gold was taken to the bank on Saturday afternoon. The Money Market is less active, and there is a b lar ger supply o f mone y a t th e comm and of the l ' z 'kera, who appear desirous to negotiate business ( 2 1 1 easier terms. The rates at present range from per cent. for the best bills. The accounts from the manufacturing districts week are generally of a very satisfactory char -4,r. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have main tain ed firme r pr i ces, w ith a goo d d eman d f or expor tation. In the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, an d Fluddersfield, the operations have been to a ai r extent, chiefly in spring goods. The hosiery 4 , 114 lace trad es o f L e i ces t er an d N o tti ng h am h av e also 0 bee n seasonably active, wh i le at B i rm i ng h am, T l efaeld, and Wolverhampton an improvement can be reported in most of the principal branches of bu s i ness. The directors of the Great Laxey Mining Corn- Pan Y Propose to pay a dividend of 10s. per share for t he Past th ree mont h s, w hi c h i s a t th e ra t e o f a b ou t 6 ° Per cent. per annum. T he repo r t o f th e A ng l o -l on i an St eam C om pany r ee ° ll l/nends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. 13r annum. Two o'CLomc. Continued inactivity has prevailed in the English Government Securities. A decline of 1 per cent. taken place in the Funds, sales having princi- P a llY predominated. Consols ar© 86/ 4 for money a / 1 4 the Bth inst., and 87* 1 for April. The New Th ree, Per Cents. and Reduced Annuities are 85 * ; Exchequer Bills, 5 to 3 dis. ; India Stock, 2 •" () ; and ditto S per Cents., 102 /. 13 ank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. B ank of Queensland are dealt in at 19+ ; English and Swe dish,,, at 15/ ; and London Bank of Mexico at 1 .? 15 ; Joint Stock Discount Company have de reed to 2i ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., amain steady at 191 /. I ,rhe shar es o f th e I m p er i a l L an d Company of 44Larseilles are quoted 34 I prem. ,Prlees for f ore i gn s t oc k s are n ot so buoyant as t 'eY Were at the opening. Turkish 5 per Cents. a j e 37 / 38* ; Mexican, 22/ ; do. New, 201 1 ; catrek) 16+ 17 ; Spanish Passive, 271 ; Certifi es, 16 i / ; Italian, 61* ; do. New, 76/ 771 ; Br azilian S cr i p , 1/ 2 prem. ; E gyp ti an S cr i p , / Staten; and the Chilia n Scrip, 2/ 3* prem. United 5-20 Bonds are 741 ; Erie Shares, 53/ 541 ; and Illinois, 77/ 781. The speculations in the Railway Share Market have be l e4 ° ll a very restricted scale, and prices have re rtalned without change of importance. North western and Midland, howeVer, have each im proved s s. I n the Foreign and Colonial lines there is also tittle variation. Grand Trunk of Canada are mode late at 36/ 37k. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. I. OC VERNMENT FUNDS. ' bet Cent. Consols 8 e• Account, March 6 8 8 6 51 i N e e r Cent. R e d uce d x d New e w 3 per Cent B5/ 1- 5 x d 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A b° • 5 per C en t. J an . 1873 — tilmities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 bo. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — E ::1 —" „ (Red Sea T e l egrap h), A ug ., 1908 — D e Bills, 41,000,3 per Cent, 5 3 dig Do, .£5OO 11 8 , 1 . 13 ° £ lOO and £2OO /1 ' of England Stock, 5 per Cent , ,--' uvi,,, , OVERNMENT SECURITIES. f o itl 4 S e te co ek, uu l t o4 per Cent., April 1874 2lO I)°,* 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 0' 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ,e• Certificates 1'21% Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D°. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 _ neb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ~,e• Bonds, £l,OOO — " 0, under £l,OOO •A,r VOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 Rentinc Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — pin li,_llBtrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 4 ilu 5 per Cent — Do ' 4 1 per Cent 1852-58-60 ~ Do. 1863 1., () Do ount 18 65 ao A . 73 1 i i xd T ., Btreo Acc • Scrip, 435 paid Do . ° A.cc y 4S ount Ares 6 per Cent — D° „ s o £1(0 Bonds — thp° 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Coltia, a ", ,u Per Cent — e tib r iletan 6 per Cent. — L a ' 6 Per Cent. 0 0• a.n Lq . b 3 -` C t 1825 ,per en ~ Do 1 per Cent., 1863 — 1% 1 , Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — an - '''' Principalities or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 124 D o ._ wE...y,,,piiarzirovisional Land Warrant per Cent 1,)°,',, Second Issue — a-10 £lOO Bonds Do 4100 Bonds b Do. 1864 93 4 91 to. Government Railway Debentures. (i re % 415 paid n e k 6 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons D O . Coupons o• Account ." 80. A ccount 61 7 61 74 Tian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account 14.1s)o• Marem mana R a i lway - '`Vcan 3 per Cent uo• Account D Do 1864 le ° 6 per C en t . A ng l o -F renc h k ette videan 6 per Cent., £ 3O paid 4: ° rish Im per i al 5 per C en t Iv Granada — -1, 13° 2 Per Cent _ 410 11., , o , - --.lerreci 0 0. c'-i-,and Warrants (Hectares) D oyer Cent, 1864 — p,,,,2 V uaranteed, 4 per Cent — ;.,141ian per Cent., 1865 Ve• Account b ° 8 Per Cent. (Uribarren) — Po rt °, 4 i per Cent., 1862 0 0 -611 Q e so 3 per Cent., 1853 $ b ' Per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, is°. Account .1)„ 4 ,, 5 Per Cent, 1822, £ St — D°" ' a t per Cent. 1850 0 0 'it Per Cent., 1860 D o Per Cent. 1859 t Per Cent. 1862 13i ti . u. Per Cent. 1864 — 4audT h ari , 5 per Cent 0o Ac cou Pernt Cent — D o N ee' Deferred — n" 0 n Accou t 0 Pass ive — 13 / I °. A ccount 271 1 Oh Cert. of C oup no t f un ded — I Sar e ci d ,kccount 1 64 4 I 4 b o Ts l ti, 4 per Cent. — T tirk . 1 ,1- Per Cent. 1864 DolB4 6 per Cent. 1854 — Account 92 0 0 6 Per Cent. 1858 A Accou n t — to £lOO Bonds 0° ) 6 Per Ce n t. 1862 0 Account — Do 4100 Bonds 674 . 0 0 , 6 Per Cent., 1863 — Do u, Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — A•CeOlnit t r o. 4 'eu e ,,, Per, Cent. Guaranteed — bit " e 'a 3 per Cent. Do to a ccount — 0 0. 6 Ape Cent., 1862 — ` ac count I) I) 0. i °- 1864 39 81 tor Cent 4 44 . Ividencts on the aboVe payable in London. N4 1.1 ,,, 411 , 5 p.n. Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 994 Fie per cent. Ex. 25f. I) 9 - Per Cent Ex 12 Guil 0 t •I • • 61 4n, Pe en Cent. Certificates '4 tes 3 per Cent. — 0n%.., 0 , THREE O'CLOCK. if , 8 for mono • 864 c). Account y 864 k Q °01 ) WISHES ANSWERED.—There was no sight re , Picturesque during the recent visit of their ewl4l Ifighnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to ilt.l llW ail th an the group, of which they were the princi . b gathered on a wooden platform 1,300 feet e -411eW"4 4/4 a nd sea, th e ir flannel dresses and pleased faces t hre e ll b b ,Y the glimm er o f a f ew m i n ers' candles. Two or the. b? C aPtains, w h om th ey h a d never seen b e f o r e , were fired i (IY- guard, but they were as tenderly and loyally tares as as if at castle or court. And when they had re ael eall ' r ° l7 Ll the i nspect i on of t h e l ong, d ar k , t or t uous tun . - txpe i„, a lev e l , and their position and surroundings wei are a d, it was i n th e ;h eart i est way Prince and Princess 151 4 e ; 4 " a bumpe r o f c h ampagne, prosperity to Botallack, I lhi e h l)e b ei allY success t o th e m i ne i n it s searc h a ft er a lode feet. ; a d gone d own somewhere under the royal visitors' t each s ,7 °llt hs of patient t o il h ave passe d, an d th e l o d e is cep pe ". Withi n th e last few days a splendid lode of grey has h as been cu t , worth £lOO per fathom, andthisvalue lod e f erea sed to £2OO a fathom. May it prove a right royal 1 / 11.4e 2r Botall ac k i s doing, like many Cornish mines, an CAA 'e rei knlollll t rap4 of work, with but catit. remuneration.— "4eu. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Sharer Railways. Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian ... Cambrian 0.. • • • Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June E.London, r,erip Certi 93 95 30 32 65 70 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock 117 119 381 39, 6j Ti 121 126 14) 211 Do. New, is. at 25 pm; G t S. and W. of Irelandj Gt. Western -Original,' Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 88 00 59i 59 80 61 39 41 33 38 102 104 119 i /20 87 8) 95 97 38 40 44 48 122 123 92 ,3 64 65 133 134 8 Sip 1 }0 97 99 Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire' Landon and Blackwell Lon., Brig - h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Doves Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Aetropolitan.... Do. New ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 39} i 125 41 1 59( t Paid.l Closing Business Price. done. 1224 If 2 024 64f 4 1334 2i Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby' viid Kent , North British ...... Do. Ed., Pth , & Dung Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N'E purchase+ Do. Leeds ..... Do. York DG. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & KilkennyA Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITIS II Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. P shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. Calcutta & S. E., Hrn.., tape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p!, East. Bengal, gu., 5 do, East Indian, gu.s Do. J Eitensioxi Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.e ...... Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred .... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred ... • Do. Sd Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred . • .. Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred .. • • Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. t . o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0. • Gt. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent..• • Do Great Wt-a. of Canada.. DJ. New .. ..... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extensiou nelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. ez Hudson's Bay N. I. C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde ...... . Do. Delhi Do. do dl Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St .Flo 123 /23 2 2}i 97 99 61 63 7 28 109 110 70 72 106 108 35 37 106 Ilhpi 122 125 14 2p , 16 2p 75 27 11 12 148 149 69 71 112 114 51 53 76 77 8 9 141 144 3 4p 102 104 51 53 ;ESSIONS. 63 60 99i 1006 id kp 76 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 85 70 100 102 100 101 102 101 35 38 87 90 68 70 60 63 62 64 53 60 48 61 44 47 38 40 56 68 107 ICB 2P 99 100 91 93 17i 3 4 92 94 84 A 6 1 4d 99 101 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 981 99i 98 99 98 09 1012 I 1031 21 31 361 71 361 1071 8 71 81 POSS - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-64 - Do. 6r, . Feb. & Aug 1..0 93 16 - D sp. 0. Mar. & Sept 10't 95 97 - 1)o. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 r 0 82 814 - Do. sp. Inscribed sk 100 76 49 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 163 ,)o.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 100 104 106 - Do. do: 1880-9 100 104 106 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 100 101 103 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.‘, 100 101 103 - Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1,8 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1178 100 103 (05 - Do. I 88?, May 15, Nov. :! 101 103 105 - Do. 1805, Feb. & Ana l9O 1(•4 106 - Natal Llov. 6 per cent lOO 99 101 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 95 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 93 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: 100 874 881 874 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 100 102 - Nova Sc. o p e t a G c enot Gov. 6. .. 100 81 84 v 190 I 8 100 sterling, 1875 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 98 100 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-0 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 104 100 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1064 1074 107 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lim 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 15 17 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 560 68.1 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 19 21 - East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9 - East Carn Brea 3l 31 41 - East Grenville 2.14.0 34 4 - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 - East Loved 3.9.0 24 106 E. WI Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.0 3 34 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L axey, limited., all 20 21 204 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 - Great Wheal Busy 14,9,6 3i - G. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 SC 31 30 - Grenville 8.18.0 34 3/ - Herod's Foot Hingston Downs - 51argaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 - Mare Va11ey........,. 4.10.6 4 44 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim 2! 24 14d - New Se ton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty -- Prosper United 7 . 1 .6 - Pruvidence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 32 34 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 390 410 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 21 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 -. Stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 - Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clogan, Um all 4 6 - West Bassett (Mogan 14 3 4 - W. Caradon (Lkskeard 9 8 10 - West Chiverton ll 75 80 - West ...... 474 165 175 - Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 54 80 95 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 274 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 - Wheal Setou -- Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 164 174 P111+31e1 , 111141 N SHAKES_ Great Western, 4 per cent irred.. 8 2 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 1031 North Eastern, G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref:, Stockton and Darlingrton,B, 5 per cent., 31 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Hail., 79a LINES LEASED AT FIXED ILENTA.I.O. Chester and Holyhead, 54 Ditto, 5 p,-r cent., IC9I London Tilbury, and Southend, 98 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 5 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS• Antwerp and Rotterdam, I Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent., 1511 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldin), Sambre and Meuse, 81 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4 3* Don Pedro, North Del Rey, * St. John del Rey, lira., 54 Yudanan.utana of S. Australia, lira., II BANKS. Alliance, lim., 29 Bank of Egypt, 31k Bank of Queensland, Um, 19i Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 9} English and Swedish. Rm., 151- Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 19 Imperial Ottoman, in Ditto, new, 12 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Um., 15 141 London and County, 78 Oriental Banx Corporation. 53} Oriental Commercial Bank, lira., late 0. C.,15i Union of London, 531 MISCELLANEOtre. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 16} Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 51 City of Moscow Gas, lira , 4; Credit F'oncler and nobilier of England, 8.1 Ebbw Vale, ll} Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 01 Gen. Credit and Finance of Lana'on, lira., s:k Hudson's Bay, in London and Caledonian Marine, lira., 3 k London Financial Association, lim , 13,1 National Discount l ompany, North British and Mercantile Insurance, 20i Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.--On the 20th ult., at Dunstan Bank, near Gateshead, Mrs. Betty Taylor, aged 100 years. She lived in the same house for upwards of 40 years as wife and widow, retaining her faculties till within a few months of her decease. MUNIFICENT D ONATION.—A benevolent lady residing at Wivenhoe, has just forwarded, through Mr. Henry Wittey, of Colchester, a munificent donation o £5OO to the National Lifeboat Institution in aid of its general purposes, but particularly for the support of its lifeboats on the Suffolk and Norfolk Coasts. On that line of coast it has now 14 lifeboats stationed at the following places :—Lowestoft, Pakefield, Southwold, Thorpness, Aldborough, Blakeney, Cromer, Mundesley, Bacton, Pall ing, Winterton, Caistor, and Yarmouth (two boats). Life boats are also about to bo placed by the Society at CiOrlo - and ila§lnrogil, 1231 f 1091 1 70i THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1866. MARKETS.—This Day. MARK LANE. Scarcely any change took place in the value of wheat in the country markets held on Saturday. Good and fine qualities sold steadily, at full prices, but inferior produce was a slow sale. Barley was firm, and changed hands at fully late rates. For other articles the trade was quiet, at about stationary prices. On the continent tho wheat trade is quiet, at about lato rates. For oats thorn is a steady export demand ; but other articles are a slow sale. At New York the business doing in wheat, flour, and maize, for export is very moderate. The arrivals of English grain, &c., up to our market last week were very moderate. The imports from abroad consisted of 8,666 quarters of wheat, 5,494 barley, 84,316 oats, 55 beaus, 475 peas, 507 tares, 1,734 linseed, 2,393 raps and oilseeds, 630 maize, 1,138 sacks and 1,683 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day a moderate supply of wheat was received both from Essex and Kent, and, owing to the more favourable state of the weather, there was a decided improvement in the condition of the produce. There was no activity, however, in the demand either for red or white qualities of English wheat ; nevertheless, factors were firm in their demands, and last Monday's currency was well supported. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. The trade for all qualities was firm, and the prices realised were quite equal to Monday last. The total amount of business transacted, however, was but moderate. Sydney; 44,322, Victoria; 11,090, South Australia ; 809 S wan liver ; 196, Tasmania ; 384, New Zealand ; and 22,943 bales from flue Cape of Good Hope. The attendance of buyers has been large, and the biddings have ruled active for all descriptions, both on home and foreign account. As compared with last sales prices show an average improve ment of ld. per lb. In Port Philip Wool the advance is 2d. per lb. Privately, the market is firm, at fully late rates. Current prices of English wool per lb. ts d s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 81 1 9,1• Half-bred do 1 11 2 0 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. Malt ing descriptions were in steady request at fully late rates: In grinding and distilling barley only a moderate business was transacted, but at quite previous quotations. Malt was in fair demand at fully last Monday's cur rency. There was a good supply of oats on the stands. On the whole, the trade was steady at lato rates. Beans were in but moderate supply, and the trade was steady on former terms. The trade fur peas was quiet at late rates. The market was very moderately supplied. Most descriptions of flour moved off slowly at previous quotations. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old 46s 51s Do., white, old 5Zs 5 s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do., new Tafavera, new s2s 605 ..... Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 32, 408 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66. 671 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 21, 285 Potato .. 285 328 Youghal and Cork, black 215 275 Cork, white 235 285 Scotch, Feeding 22. 27, Beans—Tick - Pigeons .. 46s 50s Peas—Grey, nsw Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk U2s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of English beasts on sale here to-day was very limited, and it was chiefly composed of a few Scots from Norfolk, shipped at Yarmouth. From Scotland we received 185 Scots and crosses, and from Ireland 50 oxen and heifers. The quality of most breeds was good, and there were some remarkably fine French beasts on offer, and which commanded high rates. The beef trade ruled firm, at prices fully equal to Monday last. In some instances they advanced 2d per 81bs. The best Scots and crosses sold at 5s Gd per Blbs. The extreme quotation was 5s 85 per 81bs. Between 300 and 400 foreign beasts were seized at the wharf this morning by the Customs' authorities. The show of foreign beasts was large, and good prices wore realised for them by the salesmen. There was a full average number of sheep in the pens, in, for the most part, excellent condition. Owing to the high prices demanded, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state. However, 25 per 81bs more money was occasionally made. The general top price was Gs 105, the extreme 7s per 81bs. Shorn Downs sold at 6s 45 to be Gd per 81bs. The few lambs on offer sold at fully late rates, namely, from 7s Gd to 8d per Sibs. The supply of calves was wholly composed of foreign, which moved off freely, at from 5s 85 to 6s 8d per 81bs. Pigs were iu fair supply, and moderate request, at late rates. Por 81b to sink the offal. s de d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts...l 0 4 4 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 tu 6 4 Second quality do ..4 6 4 10 Prime n'thdown .0.6 6 6 10 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 Large coarse calvca.s 8 6 2 Prime Scuts, ttc....5 4 5 6 Prime small do 6 4 6 8 Ore., and in./. slaccp, 2 4 10 Ling, liugts .4 6 Second quality do ..5 0 5 8 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb....os 0d to oi Od. Suckling calves, COs to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30. t) 31s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 540 Beasts 450 Cows. 4O Cows Sheep Calves l4O Ca ves Pigs 390 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week amounted to 10,158 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 5,465 ; in 1864, 6,539 ; in 18637 3,961; in 1862, 1,398 ; and in 1861, 1,964. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp Boulogne 154 ... 934 ... ... ... 18 Bremen.. . . Gothenburg 169 Cadiz lO6 ... Calais.. -- ••• Corunna 358 Dordt. Dunkirk — ••• Delfzyh. - .•• Hamburg BB ... 488 ... ... ... Harlingen ...... Oporto -- ... -- ... Ostend — ... 881 ... Rotterdam 1340 ... 3071 ... Tonning ... - ... - ... 31 ..---.' ... - ••• -- •.• - - ... - ... 30 '-"' rt.. '''''' •e• ••• •.. •.• 21 ::: 301 - 260 - Total 1,790 5,826 244 ••• 609 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 lOlO 4648 8 328 545 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in tho Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, March 6, 1865, and this day, Monday, March 5, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. - - March 6, March 5, 1865. 1866. lid s d 5 ,1 a d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 4 0 4 oto 4 4 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 8 410 5 0 5 2 Prime Scots &c. 2 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Primo Southdown do 6 4 6 6 6 6 610 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 5 8 6 2 Prime small do. Largo hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 410 4 8 5 0 Beasts 4,250 2,210 Sheep 18,790 20,690 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 7, 1864.—Beasts, 4,210 — sheep, 16,890—calves, 174—pigs, 290. March 9, 1863—Beasts, 3,47 o—sheep, 16,570—calves, 131—pigs, 350. NEViTGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are heavily supplied with beef and mut ton from Scotland and various parts of the country. The supply of veal is very limited—of pork, somewhat larger . The trado, generally, is firm at our quotations. rer 81b by the carcase. s d a cl a d a d Inferior beef 3 2 3 4 Inferior mutton.... 3 8 4 2 Middling do. 3 8 310 Middling mutton.. 4 4 4 10 Prime large do 1 0 4 2 Prime do 5 0 6 4 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 5 0 6 0 Largo pork 310 4 4 Small pork 4 6 5 0 Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business passing in hops is very mode rate. The market, however, is decidedly firm, and all descriptions of hops fully supported late rates. Last week's imports were 153 bales horn Antwerp ; 64, Boulogne ; 107 Harlingen ; 42, Dunkirk ; 57, Hamburg ; and 6 bales from Rotterdam. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. Now Weald of Kents New Sussex 17 Yearling 6 —s to —Ej 17 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Theso markets aro well supplied with potatoes. Gene rally speaking, the demand rules inactive, but withciut loading to any material chango in prices from last week. The quotations are asunder: Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshiro do 6os to 90s 17 Flukes 7 Cs to 10 0 s „ „ Rocks 40s to 60s „ SEEDS. Linseed moved off freelyat full prices. In rapeseed rather more business was passing, and last week's quota tions were well supported. Agricultural soeds were in but moderate request, on former terms. Cakes were steady. WOOL. The public sales of Colonial Wool aro now in progress. The arrivals amount to 86,362 bales, viz., 6,618 bales from Mr. Tyrwhitt said he doubted what the defendant said very much, as he did not drive horses of the kind he de scribed. He believed what the constable had said, and should find the defendant 20s. It is well known that the defendant is in the habit of driving about town with high-spirited horses. The will of the Hon. William George Grey, her Majesty's Secretary of Embassy at the Court of the Tuileries, formerly Secretary of Legation at Berlin, was proved in London, on January 31, by his relict, the Hon. Theresa Grey, daughter of Major-General Count Stedingk, of Sweden. The personalty in this country was sworn under £5,000. The testator was a son of the second Earl Grey, K.G., and died at Paris, on Dec. 19, 1865, at the age of 46. The will of Mr. Thomas Gardiner, of Newgate street, wholesale stationer, and of Highbury-crescent, was proved in London, on the 17th February, under £lBO,OOO personalty, the executors being his nephews, Mr. Augustus Gardiner and Mr. Joseph Gardiner Findlay. The will is dated September 15, 1864, and the signature is written in a bold charac ter. The testator died Jan. 30, at the age of 88. The will of William Darling (father of the cele brated Grace Darling), formerly keeper of the Long stone Lighthouse, Fern Island, Northumberland, but lately residing at Bamburgh, following no occu pation, was proved, in London on February 12, under £4BO. The executors and trustees are the Rev. Charles Thorp, of University College, (only son of the late Archdeacon of Durham) ; William Dickson, clerk of the peace for Northumberland ; and the Rev. W. N. Darnell, Rector of Stanhope, Durham. The will was made in 1847, and a codicil in 1850 ; the testator's signatures thereto are very good. To his wife he had bequeathed by his will all his property, but she did not survive him, and after her decease he executed a codicil, and has left to his only surviving daughter, Thomasine, who was living with him, all the furniture and effects about his house, directing the rest of his property to be divided into seven parts amongst the following members of his family—namely, his daughter Thomasine ; William Darling, lighthouse-keeper at Coquet Island ; W. B. Darling, lighthouse-keeper at Longstone ; Robert Darling, of Alnwick ; Geo. A. Darling, of North Sunderland ; his granddaugh ter, Georgina Dixon Carr, each an equal share, and the remaining share between his grandsons :James Walter and John Maude. The American Fieeclmen. TALLOW. The trade is firm, on higher terms. P.Y.C. is quoted at 49s per cwt. ou the spot. Town tallow, 47s 6d net cash. Bough fat, 2s 51d per 81bs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 45,770 57,049 44,438 37,146 Price of Y.C. —s Od —s Od —s Od —5 Od Delivery last week 9ll 2,152 1,989 1,815 Ditto from Juno 1 65,962 61,374 75,337 88,253 Arrival last week Ditto fa in Juno 1 73,462 80.576 74,753 92,916 Price of Town POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. ALLEGED WATCH ROBBERY ON PRETENCE OF BEGGING.— Margaret Finn, a woman of the town, was charged with stealing a watch from Mr. Gray, a solicitor's clerk, and Mary Mason was charged on suspicion of being concerned Alr , ith her. The prosecutor said he was going along Bloomsbury street, on his way home on Saturday night, when he met the prisoner Finn. She had a bundle in her arms, and from the way she carried it he thought it was a child. She approached him as if to beg of him, but instead of doing so she shoved the parcel up against his chest. At the same moment ho heard a snap, and found that his watch was gone and the chain hanging loose. He seized the prisoner and detained her. He perceived that sho made a movement towards a young man, who was standing near, and suspecting that she had passed the contents to the young man, he seized the latter. The prisoner got away. The youg man satis fied witness that his suspicions were unfounded, and wit ness let him go. The prisoner had by this time come back and a bystander pointed her out to him. He again seized her and gavo her into custody. While he was detaining her the other prisoner (Mason) whom he had not seen be fore, came up and pulled him about, saying, " Let her go; she has not got your watch." Mason was intoxicated. George Pollard, a carpenter, living in Cirencester-place, said he was ;passing at the time and saw the prosecutor struggling with the prisoner Finn, who fell to the ground, The prosecutor then seized upon a young man, and Finn went away down Museum-street. The prosecutor let the young man go, and on the prisoner's return gave her into custody. When he first saw her a piece of glass fell from her, and was smashed on the flagstones. The prosecutor said he did not think Mason had any thing to do with the robbery. Mr. Vaughan remanded Finn and discharged Mason. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING.— Mr. Robert Claverley Savage, better known as Captain Savage, of No. 66, Bolsover-street, gentleman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk, and incapable of driving his horse and brougham. Police-constable Langham, 108 C, said that about a quarter to ono o'clock on Sunday morning he saw the de fendant driving a horse and brougham in a reckless manner —first on ono side of the road and then on the other—in Castle-street, Leicester-square. He saw the defendant stop in the middle of the road, heard a shout, and directly after saw the defendant standing against a lamp-post. On getting up the defendant, who was drunk, seized him by coat, and said " What the is it to do with you ?" and with the assistance of another constable ho took the de fendant to the station. The defendant said that ho had been driving round the Regent's Park, and afterwards called at a refreshment house in Castle-street to see if ho could get a glass of sherry, and while waiting to see if ho could do so some low blackguard set his horse —ono of the quietest creatures in the world—going, and it walked into the middle of the road. Ho followed the fellow, and while doing so the constable came up and told him that he had left his horse without any one to take caro of it. As for saying that he was drunk, that was not the ease, as he did not drink. He only took port and sherry. Ho felt sure if some one had not played a trick with his horse, it would stand quiet for six hours at a time. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT BY A HUSBAND ON MS WIFE.— John Sweeney, an Irishman, about 35 years old, a strong, broad-shouldered fellow was brought before Mr. Paget charged with violenty assalting Ellen Sweeney his wife. The complainant, a slender, delicate,. pale, and consump tive-looking woman, forming a striking contrast to the burley frame of her husband, said she had been married to him 13 years, and he had been very cruel to her. Ho could earn plenty of money, but ho spent it in the indul gence of bis own sensual participations, The burthen of supporting his children principally fell on her. When sho was well she did a little washing and charing. She Ml ill a month ago, and he left her. She was compelled to sell many of her things to procure bread, and for the last fort night sho had obtained assistance from the parish. On Saturday night her husband returned home drunk, and ho swore at her, and struck her on the side of the head, caus ing the blood to flow. Ho then seized her by the throat, and attempted to strangle her. He compressed her throat, and she was growing faint and insensible when assistance arrived. S. Nichols, 433 K, said that he took the prisoner into custody on Sat ur d ay night. The woman was bl eed i ng copiously from a wound on the head, and was very weak and faint. Mrs. Sweeney was recalled,: and said that her husband had often beaten her before ; he left her a month ago. Mr. Paget said the prisoner had committed a very sa vage assault on his poor wife. It was a dastardly thing to beat a sickly woman, who could not defend herself. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon had a dinner party on Saturday at their residence in Grosvenor street. MISS BATEMAN.---An action has been brought in the New York law courts against Miss Kate Jose phine Bateman by Mr. Augustus Daly, the author of "Leah the Forsaken," for $4lO, for literary services rendered. The defendant pl ea d e d that she was under age when the alleged services were rendered. The plaintiff was accord ingly non-suited. TRAFFICKING WITH pmsONEßS.—Another in stance of the disreputable system of " trafficking" between the warders and the convicts imprisoned at Port land, which, however, is happily of unfrequent occur rence, has just been brought to light. A warder, named John Walker, who had only been employed in that capa city about seven months, was brought before M. R. H. 0. Swaffield, at the Portland prison, on Friday last, charged with being in unlawful communication with a convict named Thompson, for whom, it appears, Walker had been tempted to convey certain letters with a view of obtaining money. It seems that suspicion had rested on the prisoner for some time past, and a watch was set over him, which led to his being searched on Thursday last, and one of the letters in question was found in the prisoner's left stock ing. 'Walker pleaded guilty to the charge, but in conside ration of his having borne an excellent character while a soldier, as well as hitherto during his employment as a warder, he was sentenced to the mitigated penalty of only two months' imprisonment with hard labour. This is the second case within the past few months. Not long ago a man named Turner was sentenced to six months' hard labour for similarly trafficking with the renowned convict Roupell. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — C onsu mption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description. but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring _Revslents Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual c3nstipation, diarr licea, all gastric derangements, hceinorrhoids, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness' fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism , gout, impurities. eruptions, hysteria, tati on:neuralgia, spasms, nausea end sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, headache, p debility, dropsy, cramps, Birthing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, heartburn, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, pal pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few.—Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frintley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting, of blood, liver derangement, and partial deaf - ness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieu tenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No.49,B32. Fit ty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, const 'nation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting—Maria Jolly.- Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. — In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4w 61; 51b, lls ; 121 b, 22s ; 241 b, 40s.—Berry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Cracechurch-street; 4, Chcapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, )50, and 208, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, 'Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stabbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and ohs mists.—Beware 91 spurious imitations. "Dear Brother,—With nine packages of clothing I re ceived that splendid lot of English blankets. God bless the donors of that rich gift, which will very soon warm the bodies of two or three hundred shivering freemen. It will do more than this. These gifts, in many instances, inspire the most grateful devotion to God, as well as love to men. Last evening L hurried away to a distant portion of the city with three of these blankets under my arm. One old man, crippled in the cotton field, two aged women and three children, lived in the shed to which I directed my steps ; the little girl was reading the Testament by the fire-light to the rest of the family. I knew how they shivered and huddled together these cold nights, for I had often been there. Dese yere blankets,' said the choking voice of the old man, ' will warm soul and body.' ‘‘ rrig-etity- throe of thA frAsclmon woro carried to the, pesthouse with the smallpox within the last ten days. These blankets will cover all that survive of them when their few rags they now possess are committed to the flames. " Every one of these blankets will go into cheerless cabins, where slavery has robbed and war desolated. " Let me repeat the oft-repeated expression of the freed men, ' God bras dese yere men dat come to open our prison doors, and cover our nakedness.' "Rev. George Whipple." "H. S. Bps. THE PRESIDENT MASTER OF THE SITUATION.-- The New fork Herald rejoices over the late re sponses of President Johnson to the delegations. The great mass of the American people, it declares, cares nothing for obstructions ; they look at the general situation, and act upon sentiment rather than mere special pleadings. To this peculiarity of the people the addresses of the President very effectually applies. They realise, in the first place, that they have just gone through a long war for the preservation of the Union, and that the Presi dent is trying to secure to the country all the benefits of that struggle by cementing the victories gained in battle, and making them permanent and endur ing. They also see that his policy leads to the immediate adjustment of all foreign complications, the debt, the currency, and all tie evils which they now desire corrected, and, at the same time, adding to the glory and increasing the power of the republic. With this picture before them, in all its vivid colours, what will the great mass of the people care for the numerous abstractions daily presented in Congress or elsewhere ? All that kind of talk will be accepted and considered as a mere dodge to delay restoration and prolong difficulties at home and abroad for selfish purposes. Members of Con gress will find that the only question that they will belcalled upon to meet will be, Are you for or against the plan proposed by President Johnson ? All efforts to shirk this direct question by side issues and long essays on some abstract question about the bravery of a negro soldier, the bitterness of this or that Secessionist, will amount to nothing Andrew Johnson has presented to the people stronger and clearer arguments than any that have or can be brought against him. At the best those on the other side cannot rise above the title of special pleading, while his have come in a solid mass. The longer Congress persists in opposing his policy the greater will be the unpopularity of those who com pose that body, and the more sweeping the re action against them which is sure to follow. The President has furnished a practical mode for the solution of the great and vital questions of the day. Now let Congress do its duty as well, and by the return of another anniversary of the birthday of the nation the people, from one corner of the land to the other, can on that day not only celebrate its birth, but the complete and perfect regeneration of the nation. GENERAL WEITZEL'S FALL.—The mustering out of service of Major-General Weitzel, who was in command on the Rio Grande at the time of the foray upon Bagdad, is an evi dence that the United States' Government is dis satisfied with his proceedings. Weitzel has been a good officer. His failure at Fort Fisher is to be as scribed to the interference of Major-Gen. Butler, but otherwise he has done excellent service, and he is specially noted as being a fine engineer. His sympathies were, no doubt, with the Republicans of Mexico, and he has allowed them to run away with his judgment, almost to the point of involving the United States in a war with France. Any officer who permits his private opinions to sway him from the path of duty is unfit to hold a position which re quires fidelity and the exercise of sound judgment. Weitzel is punished for his lack of sense very severely. He loses the rank and emoluments of a Major-General of iVolunteers, and goes back to his rank in the army, which is, probably, no higher than major or captain. The lesson was needed for the benefit of others, who may take notice that they must strictly fulfil the orders of Government, no matter how high the rank they hold, and that they will not be tolerated in the substitution of their own policy for that which has been determined upon by their superiors. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR Y in moving the second reading of these bills, said that a necessity for an alteration in the law of evidence had become necessary, and as regarded the second bill, his attention had been drawn to certain anomalies in the present law of evidence as regarded divorce suits by the able and learned judge who presided over the Probate and Divorce Court. At present the petitionerand respondent could be .examined only so far as related to charges of cruelty, whereas they were excluded from giv ing evidence in respect to adultery. He contended that it was most unjust that parties who were so deeply interested in the result of their suits should not bo allowed to give evidence on their oaths as to the gravest charge, and so enable the Court to take into consideration the relative credibility of the wit nesses. Having referred to the opinion of the late Judge Ordinary as to the necessity of a revision of the existing law, he said that one of the great objections to allowing parties to a suit being • examined was that they might be asked as to whether they had committed adultery, would be obviated by the provision which he had introduced into the bill, which would prevent either party to a suit being called upon to answer a question criminating themselves. He proposed also that parties to a suit should be allowed to give evidence as to the adultery, but that such evidence was not be compellable. He explained that there were technical grounds for introducing both these bills sepa rately ; and he concluded by moving the second reading of the bills respectively. Lord CHELISIFORIS strongly opposed the bill. As re garded the bill relating to the Divorce Court, although it contained only a single clause which appeared to be purely legal, yet it really involved a serious alteration in the present system. He was very much opposed to any relaxation of the existing law, and ho contended that the object which his noble and learned friend (the Lord Chancellor) proposed would not be effected. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The Hon. G. DENMAN and Mr. MONSELL took the oaths and their seats for Tiverton and Limerick. THE LONDON STEAM-SHIP. Mr. CORRY asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in reference to the opinion expressed in the official report of the investigation into the loss of the London, that a great annual loss of life might be avoided if the deep load line were permanently marked on all vessels, he would bring in a bill requiring the deep-load line to be perma nently marked on all vessels carrying passengers and mer chandise. Mr. M. GIBSON said the matter had been under consi deration, but the difficulties would be insurmountable in laying down a rule applicable to all ships. Under such circumstances the Government did not intend to bring in a bill on the subject. _ _ FOREIGN BARLEY. In reply . to Mr. READ, - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not furnish the house with the information of the quantity of foreign barley which is manufactured into malt iu this country. There was no means of distinguishing foreign from British barley in the malt houses. All orders for such a return would be CHILDRENra IN MINES. . _ In answer to Mr. AYItTON, Sir G. GREY said the attention of the Government had been directed to tho matter, and the Government inspector of the district had made a very full report on the subject. The child was not employed contrary to the act, but the employing of a child of such tender years in such labour was highly reprehensible. FALSE LIGHTS AT SEA. - - • -- In reply to Sir H. WILLIAMSON, Mr. M. GIBSON said his attention had been drawn to the matter, and also to the rumour of the exhibition of false lights, but he did not believe there was any truth in that part of the matter. The circumstances under which the vessels came ashore were by no means peculiar. The Trinity had to erect a lighthouse on tho spot under consi deration. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. Sir A. AGNEW asked the Lord Advocate whether the Royal Commissioners on Education in Scotland might soon be expected to report; and, if so, whether her Majesty's Government proposed to introduce a bill this session founded upon the recommendations of their board? The LORD ADVOCATE said the commissioners had not yet reported, so it was not impossible that a bill might be introduced. An ex-policeman was arrested the other day in County Clare. He, however, succeeded in making his escape, and has not been since recaptured. Numerous arrests are mentioned Clonmel, Nenagh, and in Belfast, where a pensioner and an alleged Federal officer have been taken. The 92d Highlanders arrived here to-day in the troop ship Simoom, from Portsmouth. The gunboat Nightingale and the cutter Racer were on duty in the bay Friday and Saturday nights, overhauling vessels for Stephens. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Will you oblige me by publishing the following letter addressed to one of the secretaries of the American Missionary Association of New York, and by him for warded to me. It is, he says, "from one of our most judicious teachers," and it will gratify those who have contributed for the relief of the American freedmen to learn from it the effect of their benevolence. Tho associa- tion alluded to is the oldest of the Freedmen's Aid Societies in America, and I take pleasure in acknow ledging in their behalf the liberal donations which have been made to it by individuals and co-opor&tive societies in Great Britain, especially the Friends' Central Committee the London Freedmen's Aid Society, the Birmingham and Midland, and the Manchester and Liverpool Freedmen's Aid Societies. £l,OOO sterling was remitted to that asso ciation LIU:, last week by Rev. Dr. George Smith, secretary of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, as the first instalment of the avails of a general collection taken by the churches of that denomination in this coun try. An additional £l,OOO will go this week, and more hereafter. In conclusion, allow me to add that at the request of some of the friends of the freedmen in this country, and the earnest solicitation of the secretaries, I have consented to remain in Great Britain until autumn as the representative of the American Missionary Associa tion, and hold myself ready to speak in behalf of the freed men, either at public meetings or in the pulpit, when desired.—Yours very respectfully, Jomi C. HOLBROOK. 11, Queen-square, London, W.C., Feb. 27. The following is the letter referred to : " Beaufort, North Carolina, Jan. 25, 1866. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING,.—(Tars DAY.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECAHASE. 100 to 15 agst Alcibiade (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken and offered)l 10 to 1 agst L'Africain (offered) 12 to 1 agst Mistake (offered) 12 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 15 to 1 agst Creole (taken and offered) 18 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken) 20 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken) 25 to 1 agst Hall Court (taken and offered) 28 to 1 agst Ibex (taken) 30 to 1 agst Turnus gelding (taken) 30 to 1 agst Philosopher (taken) 33 to 1 agst King of Hearts (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Garotter (offered) 40 to 1 agst Hornet (taken) 40 to 1 agst Stella (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Doctor (taken and offered) 50 to • 1 agst Reporter (offered) 66 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken freely) 16 to 1 agst Pepper's Ghost (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Student (taken) MANCHESTER BETTING.—Tnis DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Alcibiado (taken) 9to 1 agst L'Africain (taken) 9to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) 11 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 12 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 16 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken) 16 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken) 22 to 1 agst Emma gelding (taken) 30 to 1 agst Ibex (taken) 100 to 3 agst Hall Court (taken) THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocE. [SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Bay. TAT TERSALL S'—This Evening. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 9 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mistake (taken) 100 to 8 agst Laura (taken) 100 to 7 agst Creole (taken) 1G to 1 agst Merrimac (taken) 20 to 1 agst Real Jam (offered) 25 to 1 agst Hall Court (offered) 28 to 1 agst Ibex (offered) 30 to 1 agst Litmus g (taken) 30 to 1 agst Philosopher (offered) 33 to 1 agst Garotter (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Effenburg (taken) - 40 to 1 agst Stella (taken) 50 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Ace of Hearts (taken) ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL. The following horses have arrived :—Thomastown, Thisbe, Columbia, Frank, Glencairn, Lady Port, Lord George, Salamander, Ibex, Antonette, Queen of Trumps (5 yrs), King of Hearts, Garotter, Hospodar filly, Clown, Little Frank, Ely, Loughrea, Creole, Harrington, Heurlys, L'Africain, Turnus gelding, Vigil, Real Jam, Effenburg, and Laura. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.--THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his soat on the woolsack a' five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The South Essex Estuary anti Reclamation Bill was read a second time, and the Belfast Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. THE CHURCH RITUAL. The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH presented petitions from the clergy of the Church of England, praying their lordships not to sanction any alteration in the liturgy, and generally against any innovation in the religious cere monies of the Church Establishment. LAW OF EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL.- POOR LAWS. In reply to Sir P. BURRELL, !:t er a sc ffected by the fra M ni r e . d llLL is l s E u ß ed S . s l a v id ith ord re e s r i s as o n n t t t h o e mattners hinavtehobereon_ ceipt of small pensions they were n Union Chargeability A JAMAICA. recent trans actions at the Admiralty and all information received. k s asked on n t the behalf of Chancellorth e Government,of the the royal h despatches would Mr. B BRIGHT I uGnlidelr tall ete be d f w or t e ih th t should be laid commis_ qnd the War Department, connected CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Sir 11. The , ' s ion now i n sittingJ an i ai c. t l n , that island ? Storks was the head of the military force in Jamaica,and therefore had all the military documents at his command. :With respect to those in the naval department, Admiral Hope had been directed to give all the information to the Commissioners in his power. The despatches in the naval department had been written by naval officers without knowing they would ever be made use of, and therefore it would be hardly fair to produce them. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that without the whole of the documents were at once produced, either at home or in Jamaica, he should bring forward a motion for their im mediate production. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Mr. W. MILLER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he was aware that the Cattle Plague Royal Commission, in their endeavours to discover the best disinfectant, referred the question only to a single individual, namely Dr. Angus Smith, who reported in favour of corleolits acid, or Macdougall's Powder, of which prepara tion he himself is co-partner with Mr. Macdougall, and which is generally believed by chemists to be no disinfec tant at all. Mr. BARING said he had made inquiries on the matter, and had to inform the hon. member that Dr. Smith was not a partner in the firm for the preparation of the article reforred to, that he did not recommend Macdougall's powder as a disinfectant. That carbolic acid was not a The amount of raw cotton imported into Great Britain, from America, was, in the year 1865, 1,212,790 cwts.; 1864, 126,322 ; 1863, 57,090. The imports of American cotton at Liverpool, since the Ist of January, 1866, have averaged 28,300 bales per week. The average price for Midlands in the same time has boon 19i per pound. The latest advices from New York quote cotton at 45c in green backs, equivalent to 16d English money. ELECTION PETITION.—CAMBRIDGE BMW UG11...... Another petition against the return for Cambridge borough has been presented by four electors, which, after reciting the petition of Mr. R. R. Torrens against the elec tion of Mr. Forsyth, allege that Mr. Torrens himself was disqualified from being returned by reason of his holding at the time of the election the office of Registrar-General of South Australia, an office of profit under the Crown. Tho petitioners, therefore, pray that if the return of ,Mr. For syth be invalid, Mr. W. D. Christie, the fourth candidate, may be declared one of the sitting members. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.—Large crowds assembled yesterday in the Parks, with the view of skating and sliding on the ice on the ornamental waters, but in almost all cases it was found insecure. In St. James'sPark and at the Round Pond, Kensington, however, man y per sons ventured upon the ice, and no serious accident lop penecl. THE NEW SOUTH. —We learn from the New Orleans papers that the demand for la bour there in every department of mechanics is such as to absorb the entire supply. Never since the first settlement of New Orleans ,has it been greater than it now is. One paper says that the mechanics and labouring men are a greater power than ever before, and that they are " edu cating and elevating themselves, and are main taining an unbroken front in their efforts to break down the barriers that have hitherto opposed their rapid progress in social and political position." Those who are so greatly exercised lest things in the South revert to their former condition, and who fear that the old elaveholding aristocracy will again resume their former sway, should consider a fact like this. We hear the same thing of other parts of the South. A new class is coming into power; new ideas are gaining the supremacy. It must be so; for that upon which the old caste was based, and which gave it power, has passed away forever. BELGIANS OPPOSED TO MAXIMILIAN. —The little kingdom of Belgium is one of the most re markable in Europe—so small that its neutrality and exemption from wrong has to be guaranteed by the great Po w e rs o f E ur ope, yet its late King,.. o w v _ was c among the most respected of all the EuroP reigns. Composed of mixed races andh reli gions, Catholics and Protestantssrounde urd by the along in perfect harmony. great monarchies of Prussia and France, it has boldly maintained its ow n liberties and the free dom of the press andavehere get mixed of speech, which is nowhere face o f nd, it has tehlsee hseoaveyomepalpeittealiosnts t o h f e E C n o g n l t a i nent. In , raised up manufactures that successfully compete with those of Great Britain. There are but few ,wh th e e re w o h v o o le ry ea a r o th ro w o h f here e t h lande s population so is closely s a cdsupelnottsis on v e ated, and where manufactures of all kinds arc so successfully carried on. Two-thirds of the whole kingdom is under cultivation, and eight-ninths of it is profitably occupied. Only one-ninth is waste. In the more favoured provinces the whole ground is like a cultivated garden. In 1815 Belgium was united with the kingdom of the Netherlands; but in 1830 they . as serted their independence, fought for it, a nd s ecured it, so th a t th e i r monarc hy is one of the illehs t liberalour the and enlightened in Europe. In an King of the Belgians, to support and secure peace with Napoleon , agreed_hey fought retTue ina furnish kined. troops to Maximilian, and he did se. last year in Mexico, and several evil t a o ll Re cently it was proposed to erect a w a the c c ould not agree Brussels passed a vote th at they set Brus sels to their memory ; but opposed to the principles fori Bwelgium. They sent, fathers fought and die LI to this, as those who perishheidch,diiendliBn3oa, o lt n i tions purpose to that t the moreover, a copy th w e ar ir in Belgium and throughout . Europe felt in t e h d e se States, reso Government of the U of nit they might know how them selvessimilaakrincglasins,el.sietxoico.N regard to the struggle now m wonder the Emperor Napoleon forbids the circula tion of the Independence Beige in France, and iS anxious to withdraw his troops as soon as he con ven,iently cau powder] but a liquid, and that Dr. Smith was not inte rested in its sale. CHURCH RATES. In reply to Mr. WALPOLE, Mr. B. HOPE said he would withdraw his resolution for next Wednesday, and allow a division to be taken on the main question. In the event of its becoming necessary he should move it on going into committee. THE NE W REFORM BILL. In reply to Mr. E. CRAuronn, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the measure he should have the honour of introducing on Monday next would affect England and Wales only. On that day, however, he would say what was intended to be done for Scotland and Ireland. Mr. HUNT asked when it was likely the electoral re .urns would be in the hands of members ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought by Saturday morning at the latest. THE DEVONPORT ELECTION PETITION. LOrdZ.PAGET hoped to be allowed to correct amis take he had made the other evening, when the matter of the election petition was under the notice of the house. He had said that the telegram directing facilities to be given for the service of the Speaker's warrant to the authorities at Devonport dockyard had been issued by direction of the First Lord, the Duke of Somerset. The order, however, issued from the Board of Admiralty, and not from the Duke of Somerset personally. [LEFT SITTING.] The Fenians. DUBLIN, Sunday Evening. THE CUSTOMS SERVICE. We understand that the new scale of classifica tion proposed by Sir Thomas Fremantle for the whole of the customs service has produced in all the higher departments the greatest possible indignation and dissatisfaction. And if the statement of the increase (?) forwarded to us, as proposed for one of the most important offices—the Inspector General of Imports and Exports—be correct, we must in can dour admit that the indignation is justified and the dissatisfaction not unreasonable. These gentlemen, on whom rests the responsibility of preparing all the statistics of the trade and commerce of the country, petitioned for an increase in their salaries on the very sufficient grounds that the expenses of living had greatly increased, and that their pay was very much lower than analogous offices in the In land Revenue department, and at the West End. The answer of Sir Thomas has been a classification, the minimum scale of which is actually £6OO leas than their present establishment, but giving a mean increase of £45, to commence a twelvemonth hence. It is an official juggle, which we trust the Parlia mentary friends of these gentlemen will not allow to be played upon them with impunity. Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. The market remains unchanged. Sales probably 10,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, March 4.—Veritas, from Amsterdam. Arrived, March s.—Smyrna, from Helsingborg ; John Bull, from Hamburg ; Fynoord (screw steamer), from Rotterdam; Dolphin (screw steamer), from Antwerp ; Two Brothers, from Krageroe. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—lsabella Hunter, for Swansea ; Parrock Hall, for St. Kitt's ; Velocity, for Cadiz; Star of England, for Moro ton Bay—all from London. Anchored—Cherub, from Grimsby, for Alicante; John Birtram (in tow), from New York, for London. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough enter tained the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury and a select party at dinner on Saturday, at their residence in St. James's-square. _ _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday evening, at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square. ~~ ~~ 100 et 1 20 204 10 100 I 100 tOO 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 7f I