The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-05 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL N i cIovxBRITISII FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ILNMIINT Forme. II b i e,r cent. Consols 8,0. c count, Feb. 8 tl t e — ,,, r , Ce illt. Reduced 'B6f I Isz •• . per Cent B6f 7 e b W O 3 l Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A • 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — D o , lililitie s, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 D o for 30 yrs expire sth April, 1885 — 4c, e d Sea Telegraph), - Aug., 1208— 7 - 3 4equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. D o . £5OO — e ID ° ank •• £lOO and £200 247 England Stock, 5 per Cent ixt,,,„, „... ib, l „ ----, kxO VERNIIENT SECURITIES. -1 3 4 0 115 . t° C., l- 10i per Cent., April 1874 2lo} 00 ..9,ccount D • 0 per Cent. July, 1870 _ DO, 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 _ D o Certificates b°. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do° 3 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ij o ' 5 1 Per Cent., May 1879 — Do • 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 —i. Bonds, £l,OOO — *"0 Under £l,OOO kUsh.: FO REIGN FUNDS—ONN O'CLOCK. 4 Zili a , 8 ' per br al l Bond 5 Cent, 1859 Do, 4, 5 per D Per C en t ., 18 5 2 - 58 - 60 1863 — Do Do 1865 — Do74} . 4 ,.,cee . unt £35 . 134 1 4 c 3r ou re n s t 6 Per Cent iiileklen,p, paid Do'— N B 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) z l ' 4ll per Cent 001, ° ' 4 1 Per Cent e' - ' kbi all 6 per Cent. t ) q a °a, 6 per Cent. Do h 3 per Cent. 1825 Do,°. ,1 per Cent., 1863 — D 0 per Cent 1773-77, £25 paid — Do4llUbian P rinci " alities tcl Account P ilad or Newt Consolidated, 1 per Cent b e w t, .) Provisional Land Warrant — I)o',pfau 7 per Cent 93 1:) Second Issue — ° XlOO Bonds 1 ., D o 93 -.. 0 .... • 1864 44,1,4100 Bonds I' •-) per Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons c-- A count " D ° ' ,°. Coupons 4,1,'0. Account itZternala 5 per C en t. — Do Ac3count at ' per Cent, 1865 1) lex. M arenama na R a il way Doc lall A.ocou 3 per Cent 20 1 nt tiZn D o 1864 lB , 6 per Cent. Anglo-French .d kn,evidean 6 per Cent" .£3O pai 'c °ll6l =l Imperial 5 per Cent _ Z Granada ,0 2 per Cent Do Deferred bo ° Land Warrants (llectai•es) • 6 _ D o Per Cent, 1864 pe Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — 13 1\r ian 5 per Cent — 0. Accou n t Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) , D ° 4 i Per Cent., 1862 _ Port° Ac count 1) 11g-11 " a 3 per Cent., 1853 . Do per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 7 _ it4 se .' Ae eount 1)- 144 5 Per Cent., 1822, .£ St 9l Bu 9 Per Cent 1850 Dol,l Per Cent., 1860 b e '', Pex Cent. 1859 Do ', Per Cent. 1862 ktrdi,'. Per Cent. 1864 b e ' 4l ao 5 per Cent D o 41(0 Bands , t `q3ah ° : l i Per Cent -.ash . i be. 0 per Cent - •i'ecuunt .130 - “evc• D e f erred 401 bo passive .60 A 3s} rib — h; leco uu , ice'Bo Cert. of Coup not funded N‘,,,d.'keeount , De.l 4 Per Cent. — .1.'(0.ki„,..s Per Cent. 1864 c , ' A " 6 per Cent. 1854 — ° 'l-ceount Do 6 per Cent. 1858 bo Ace°unt Dor, .ClOO 80ad.5............. '? per Cent. 1862 1 Accoun 0 410, Bonds ........................... 00 , ~ .. 541 .. 911 1 ____ ............... ir,30,. s:rie:, Cent. ~p l a B i ( 6 1 3 i l l ° 6 per Cent. 1865 _ 39i 8i ~..,0 Account LC.. A --. V, -t per Cent. Guaranteed Di:Tzliela 3 per Cent. tto account ° 6 per Cent., 1864 Lividenne on the above Alls+ • po 'flan, per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 981-- Riau, 44 r cent.,,Ex. 25f. bilte ll 'i' el'e* C.nt Ex. 12 Guil t P ~ _ payable in London. ° i per Cent. Certificates — TWO O'CLOCK 86i 7 1 e°llB 1 s for money .............................. ___ ,„ 1)°. lccouta .................................... r 4 it D o 1.- ERttrell ...................... • ...... . TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues quiet, and there la a perceptible falling off of capital at the command of brokers and others. The inquiry, however, is m oderate, and the quotations remain at 7}, and 7/ per cent. for the best short-dated paper. ...The accounts from the various manufacturing districts for the past week hare not been of quite .8.0 favo urable a ch arac t er . Cl o th s an d yarns a t Manchester have slightly declined in value, while Jean activity has prevailed in the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham, how ever, have remained seasonably active, while most departments of business at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton have continued moderately bu sy. The annual meeting of the London Tavern Com pany Was held to-day, at which a dividend at the rate o f 1 0 per c en t. per annum, toget h er w ith - a "' OIIII EI Of is. per ehare both free of income tax, was declar e d . At the second ordinary general meeting to-day 0 the sharehold ers o f t h e P rov i nc i a l B an ki ng Cor poration r a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 P e t Cent a nnum. '-/ , 4 t the half- year l y meet i ng of sharehol d ers of the gi ,eneral Credit and Fi nance C o . h e ld t o -d ay , th e frecters recomme n d e d th a t an a dditi ona l di v id en d o I ° B . per s h are, free of income tax, be declared, mo unting to £125,000, an d ma ki ng w ith th e 2s. Yea in petal August a total dividend of £150,000 for the c , or at t h e rate of 15 per cent. on the paid-up of £1,000,000. A . t . the half yearly meeting of the Telegraph to dia orapway, held to-day, the directors reported the d ue paym en t b y t h e l essees o f t h e E gyptian eof Z 1,250 for the y ear en di ng 31st December, 18n60 ' out of which th e y recommen d th a t a div i de n d be Paid at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum free of 41e°tae-tax. Acc Two o'CLocK. Thording to Reuter's telegram the French re e F lat per C ent. R entes were quoted at 68 f . 77 c. With a r e l uctance to transact b us i ness i n th e shares of new companies, after the indifferent re ii,)°llB issued, more attention is paid to the English a Fund s and other Government Securities. Investors making th e i r appearance in the market, and ' °l3 3Pared with t h e latest price of Saturday, 1 per pent' has b een added to the value of Consols, the 81esent quotations being 861 87* for transfer, and for March settlement. The New Threes and a echi ced Ann u iti es are 86+ 87 ; Exchequer Bills' 8 . to 2 s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 247; India Stock, 210+ ; nd ditto 5 per Cents, 1021 1. Fo reign Stocks show a general improvement. : I ;kigh 5 per Ce n ts. are 39* 1 ; M ex i can , 201 21 ; ' t ° New, 181 4; Greek, 12+ 131 ; Spanish Pas ,;l°e, 24+ 25 ; th e C er tifi ca t es, 13+ ; Brazilian + 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Sc r ip, I p rem . 0 ni ted States 5-20 Bonds are 6 71 ; Erie Shar es , 31 , j and Illinois, 75* 8. mer e in the R a il wa y Sh are M ar k e t h as b een animated, and several of the principal lines Eat en h anced rates. Lancashire and Yorkshire E Al etropolitan have ea c h i m p rove d 5 5 ., an d G reat i l azt ern and N or th W estern eac k 15s. M i dland, f !e u at W es t ern, and South Eastern fully sustain rtner rates. 1 , Th e lForeign and Colonial lines are in moderate e st, and sh ow li tt l e c h ange o f i mportance. Ani a tik and Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares are b uoyan t. t o :non have improved to 26+ 27 ; Imperial Bank w47i-; English Joint-Stock to 101; London and 16tIninster to 94; Hudson's Bay Company to 11, 2 ,..; J oint -Sto c k Di scoun t are d ea lt i n a t 4+ 5 ; 41 Discount Co. at 15* 1 ; and Overend, 'j Y, and Company, at 191 1. London Steam 44:1,11,g Company Shar es are quo t e d 1+ 2 p rem . ; Ch Company Latlitte and Co., 3 3+ prem. 1. 3. g and -dney, aiding ), and Aand ied by Blac- for of of the he in- ly flat a step , r ey of 1798, Now been ;ssion igan .aging l been which in the to w hich ins ill treaty 1802) t that re peal ;aderS lara oned the I ce Of C was lying [ holly y did r e the b Was rloo), w ind Lord make to aion )irect d e s of But righ t sub -1011311 [ogee SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share' ttailways. 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun„Perth, & A b.June. E.London, cerip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great. Eastern, Ord. s tk. 93 N 129 $0 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 - -d 114 116 38 30 7 8 Jo. E. Angl: st No. 2 [Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock . • Do. B stock _ _ 127 123 145 146 Do. New, Is. at 25 pn GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original . S. V. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid. —Oxt ord Do. Newpo:t Do. Ile' rford Lane 'shire & Yorkshire. L.:ndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. dz South Wester❑ Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New 92 91 58 59} 39 41 34 37 101 .03 120 t2l b 9 Al 9 , i 98 3r, 37 1251 )2611 93 95 58i1 136 137 21 S p I lip 99 101 Do Extension Metropolitan District Do du. do. Do. and :-t.John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share—. 100 5 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 123 124 14 lt , 92 94 in.. (IL Derb. , lid Kent North British 68 59 ..-. Do. Ed., Pth , di Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick 7 28 111 tl2 Do. (T.N•E purchaßt Do. Leeds Do. York D&. Carli6le 72 73 105 106 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. ►B6O-(i1 North London 36 38 to 1i p 121 126 2 24p 2 2ip 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 Do. do. 1864 Do. to. 1865 (North Staffordshire N. c't S. W. Junction . Scottish C. ntral cot. N E Aber. stock o. Scot, stJoIE Shropshire Union South Devon south E stern Staines, Wok., dr Wok Taff Vale 55 57 74 741 Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West CornwAll `;RITISH POSSE, lon -I Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen. In. gu. .5 per cent.. Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference • . Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lira al e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben _al, gu., 5 do East ludiau, go. 5 p.c.l toi l to too Do J Itottension Grand Trunk of Canads l Do. Equip. Mort,Bonds l 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist "ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prt f. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. 3d Pref. stock— . Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Fret. stook .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent 1 Do. New gua. 5 p. 0 Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent I) . 41 per cent Do , ;rest Wt's. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 10. 53 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do 100 100 100 all 100 100 51 6') 99 10 id 19, 64 62 10 11 75 so 96 9 8 60 70 100 102 100 101 10i 103 38 39 87 89 66 68 57 62 57 5 9 52 67 , 46 50 42 46 35 3 6 31 35 101 IC3 1 sig 100 91 93 161 6 i 4} 4 92 04 84 46 1 ho 93 100 90 92 86 88 Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extensiou Nlelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. It 1. C' da, 6pc let pf. ha Scinde Do. Delhi d Do. do cti Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo 100 10v 2 100 100 64 66 8 82 98 99 98 99 98 99 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 96 7 7 1 1 :29f f 722 1061 551 74 i 9 661 51 37 61 341 1021 } Paidi Closing I Business I Price. i done. 40 39] 40i 126 1 51 61 1376} } 7 61 i(2l 424 1 2 40/ 11 , 'OLONIAL GOVER, British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31,1872... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.ez July 1877-rI Do. 6 p. a Feb. & Au 4. D. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. sp. inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&ocl , 1890-1900 Do. do: It,Bo-9 Do. Jan. &J uly, 1890-91 Do. sper cent. 15 April _ _ and Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c. Do. 1878, do , Alauritium, A p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, May, 5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug fatal ' , ov. a per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.luly N. s.W. Gov. 5 Irc.,lBet Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 187., Do. 5 P.a. 1888 to 189: 1 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... 'ova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling . , 1875 queensland Gov. 6 p. c s. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Oov. 6 p.c. Ja July Do. do, A pril Az Oct BRITI (Am. Consul. Gold, liw Chiverton Clifford amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caration East Cam Brea vast Grenville East G unnislake East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. Great L ocey, Great South Tolgus Great %%Theta susy G. Wheal Vor {Heist Grenville lierod's Foot Elingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, New Sewn . North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Whe(tl Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Uny Ltdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. t illogan stray Park Tin Croft 7igra and CP,gan, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon tskeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Tielawney kids 8 i 145 150 3 101 iO3 51 53 iSION T SECUIL 93 95 93 96 93 96 79 61 78 SO 101 103 104 106 104 105 101 103 00 92 101 103 106 1 8 102 104 103 .05 103 105 104 06 95 101 93 05 92 94 87 89 100 102 82 84 97 99 ggi too, 104 IC 0 - - 105 106 9 10 15 17 57 ,, 69J i t 18 2) 8 7 qi 4; 3 . 36 it i 14 12i 3 3# 5 7 20 21 4 2 34 4 3C 32 n 31 40 42 51 51 5 7 4 li 2i Itd 40 60 13 15 1 ! 37 39 410 430 2 If 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 95 lf 27 30 3 5 220 23 17 18 rktEMEILEN(III; SIIARIGs Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 102; North Eastern, Wet Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 80 FORE.; (I N RAILWAYS. A ntwerp and Rotterdam, I Rails, and San Francisco gun. 7 per cent., 151 Belgian Eastern Junction, Dutch Rhenish, 23 reat Luxembourg, 15 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., Sambre and Meuse, 9} San Paulo, lim., &us. 6 per cent., 161 FM3EIGN *TIN Kt 4. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 41 Don Pedro, Nunn i 'el Rey, par die St. John del Key, lien„ 63i 4i DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 731 BAN ft 6. Agra and Mastermsn's, Um., 151 Alliance, 26) 7 Anglo Austrian, 61 Anglo Egyptian, Um., 121 . Australapaa. 721 / Bank of London, X3.l} 40 Chartered 'ler. of India, London, and China, 451 East London, lim., 4} 1 Eng ish Joint Stock, Urn., 101 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 191 Imperial Bank, 1im..,271 Imperial Ottoman, Ditto, new, 121 Laud Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 4/ London B ‘nk of oexizo and S. America, Um., 121 London and Brazilian tlim.). 45 1 London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at i pm., 3k London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23k London and County, 76! London Joint Stock, 474 London and %.% estminster, 94 Oriental Bank Corporation. 514 Provincial Bankioi.; Corporation, lim., 7 I Union of Australia, 51 fdISCELLANIGODI3. Berlin Water Works, Lim., 104 Bowbay Gas, lira., Ditto. 3d irsue, 3} Canada Company 79 Credit Fowler and kfobilier of England, Sf Crystal Palace, Ditto, Preference, 103 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 109 Discount Corporation, 10 English and Foreign Credit, 4f Gen. Credit and Finance of LJudon. 11 111 -4 5 ; I Hudson's Bay, 164 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., tif Indian Carrying, I'm., k International Financial Society, lira., 5} Interational Land Credit. Um., 6} Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, IS per cent. Bonds, redem. 1r370, issued 90, 7:4 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 4} 5 London Financial Association, lim , 15} Lon oa and Provincial Marine, 2k National Discount Company, 16f Northern Assam Tea, Um., Ditto, B, 3 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 19i Oriental Financial, lira., 10 oriental Gas, lira., 51 .itto, new, 1 Overeud, Gurney, and Co., lira., 19} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 74 70 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, Um., 4 Universal Marine, Lusurance, IT! ES, 2.1.0 294 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1866. MARKETS,—This Day. MARK LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Sa turday was very quiet. Dry samples fairly supported pre vious rates, but damp samples, being i'ery difficult of sale, changed hands at lower prices. Good and fine malting barley ruled firm at full currencies, but inferior barley, including all other spring corn, sold slowly, at late prices. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. On the Continent the corn trade generally is quiet, at about previous quotations. At New York the trade for wheat, flour, and maize is dull, at further reduced rates. The export demand is still very limited. _ . Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate, The condition of the samples was most unsatisfactory, and the trade in consequence was in a very inactive state. Dry samples, however, were dis posed of at the full prices of Monday last; but damp pro duce was very dull, and changed hands at irregular quotations. The whole of the supply had not been dis posed of at the close of business. There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands. For most descriptions there was a steady but by no means active demand, and prices ruled firm. . _ Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. For good and fine malting qualities there was a fair demand, at full currencies. Inferior malting barley was a dull inquiry, on former terms. Grinding and distilling barley was in moderate request, at late rates. Malt changed hands slowly. In prices no change took place. The supply of oats on sale was but moderate. There was no activity, however, in the demand; nevertheless, previous quotations were supported. The supply of beans on sale was moderately large. The trade for nearly all qualities ruled quiet, at late rates. Peas were in moderate supply, yet the demand for them ruled inactive, on former terms. There was a moderate demand for flour, at last Mon day's currency. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASJRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, now, per qr. 39s to 465 Do.. old 46s 51e Do., white, old sis 5 s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —e . . Do., nev.- Talavera, new s2s 60• Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 3os 388 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 678 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 208 26s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2os 26s Cork, white 22s 27. Scotch, Feeding 2lB 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons ..„ 46s 508 Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 34. Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s 31s but the demand for rapeseed is inactive. Agricultural seeds command but little attention. Cakes have changed hands io a fair extent, on former terms. WOOL. Both for home-grown and colonial wool the trade is very quiet. Very little change has taken place in prices since Monday last, but in some instances the market presents a drooping appearance. Last week's imports were only about 3,000 bales, about a moiety of which was from the Cape of Good Hope. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT Both houses met to-day and proceeded with the cere mony of swearing in members. after which they adjourned until to-morrow, when the regular business of the session will commeuco. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, VICTORIA CLUB:BETTING-THIS DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 100 to 6 agst Gemma (taken) 100 to 6 agst Saccharometer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken) 20 to 1 agst Grapeshot (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Creole (taken and offered)) 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 33 to 1 agst Light Heart (taken) 33 to 1 agst Magenta (taken) 33 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ace of Hearts (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 100 to 8 agst Mail Train (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 33 to l agst Merry Heart (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 1100 to 400 agst Lord Lyon (taken twice) 1200 to 300 agst Student (taken) 550 to 50 agst Janitor (taken) 100 to 7 agst Auguste (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Artesian (taken) CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Redcap 40 to 1 agat Ackworth 40 to 1 agst Czar 40 to 1 agst Baragh 40 to 1 agst Blithfield 40 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 40_to 1 agst Surrey DERBY. 7to 1 agst Rustic (taken and offered,) Bto 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 4000 to 200 agst Janitor (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Blue Riband (taken) BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASE MEETING, FEBRUARY 12. Acceptances for the Birmingham Grand Annual Steeple chase of 15 sous each, with 100 added. About four miles. Age at lb Age st lb Reporter ... ... al2 7 Roadster ... ... all 1 Marble Hill ... a 12 4 Agag ... ... a 11 1 Light Heart ... al2 4 Rossington ... all 1 Cortolvin ... ... a 12 2 Jack o' Newbury ... 6 11 1 Jerry ... ... al2 0 The Scrub... ... alO 13 Church Militant ... a 11 7 King of Hearts ... 6 10 13 Lord George ... all 5 Sprite ... ... alO 11 The Rogue... ... all 3 Acolyte ... ... 510 11 Ibex ... ... 611 3 Jacob ... ... alO 9 Rhosbus ... ... 611 3 Ace of Hearts ... 610 9 Ivanhoff ... ... all 2 Overton ... ... alO 7 Gamecock... ... all 1 Stella ... ... alO 7 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. FEBRUARY. Lincoln MARCH. Derby Spring 1 Croxton Park l6 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring , l5 Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge ➢ianchester Ascot Summer 29 JU. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester JU . Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Radcliffe • 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCT( Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Carragh NOVE: Lincoln Liverpool York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter 2B Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O METROPOLITAN CATTLE. For the time of year the supply of foreign stock on offer in our market to-day was good. The trade was inactive, and prices were with difficulty supported. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were on the increase, and in fair average condition. The supply from Scotland was good, and of prime quality. From Ireland the receipts were again limited. Compared with Monday last the beef trade was inactive, at a decline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. A few very superior Scots and crosses sold at 5s 2d, but the general top figure was 5s per 81bs. Beasts can now be forwarded in Surrey and Middlesex only within the radius of four miles from Charing-cross. A few inferior beasts were left unsold at the close of business. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,500 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from other parts of England, including Lincolnshire, 1,200 various breeds; from Scotland, 560 Scots and crosses; and, from Ireland, 150 oxen, &c. Although the supply of sheep was very moderate, the demand for all breeds was quiet, at prices barely equal to this day se'nnight. Prime Downs and half-breds sold at from 6s 4d to Os 8d per 81bs. There were a few lambs on offer. They realised 8s per 81bs. The few calves on sale were readily disposed of at high rates—viz., from 5s 6d to 6s 6d per 81bs. Prime small pigs were quite as dear as last week, but large hogs were much neglected. Per 81b to sink the offal. s dad, s d s d Crse. 3z inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10 Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Second quality do ..4 0 4 4 Prime s'thdowo 00 6 4 6 8 Prime large oxeu ..4 6 4 .5 La ge coarse calves 5 6 6 0 Prime Scots, ac.... 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 0 2 6 6 Crse. and inf. sheep.i 0 4 8 Large hugs .4 • 4 6 Second quality do ..4 AO 5 6 Small porkers 4 8 5 2 Lamb....os Od to 0. Od. Suckling calves, 203 to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 33s each. ---- Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4 16 ) I Beasts 1473 Cows ' Cows Sheep Calves 127 Ca yes 1 8 Plgs 470 rigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 7,059 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 6,573; in 1864, 2,024; in 1863, 2,142 ; in 1862, 821; and in 1861, 1,221. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam Antwerp — ... 1810 ... ... 45 ... Boulogne 34 ... 644 ... ... ... 118 Bremen 143 ... Copenhagen — ••• Cadiz lBO ... ••• '''''' ••• "'"" 97 ... - ... .:. 11 Calais.. — Dordt. Dunkirk — .•• Delfzyh. Hamburg 56 ... 1275 ... ... ... Harlingen 133 ... 5 ... ... 11 ... Oporto Ostend 6 ... 340 ... ... 2 ... Rotterdam 212 ... 1581 ... ... 262 ... 94 Tonning ......'' ••• Total 764 _ 5,752 ... 320 ... 223 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 589 ... 962 ~. ... 156 ... 317 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Feb. 6, 1865, and this day, Monday, Feb. 5, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Feb. 6, Feb. 5, 1865. 1866. s d ad ad U. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 4 3 6t03 10 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 5 2 5 4 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, ctc. 5 4 5 6 410 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheepi 4 4 410 4 0 4 8 Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6 0 6 2 6 4 6 8 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 4 5 0 5 6 6 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 0 4 6 4 8 5 2 Beasts 3,410 4,340 Sheep 1,4420 20,130 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 8, 1864.—Beasts, 4,530 — sheep, 16,680—calves, 218—pigs, 420. Feb. 9, 1863—Beasts, 4,o2o—sheep, 15,870—calves, 149 —pigs, 410. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. Beef and mutton MOTO off slowly at our quotations. Veal and pork rule firm. Per 81b by the caroase. sd s d Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large pork 4 0 4 10 Lamb, Os 0, g d s d Inferior mutton 3 6 4 0 Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do 4 8 5 0 Veal 4 10 5 8 Small pork. 5 0 5 6 Id to Os Oct. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is but moderate. :For all qualities the trade is firm, and late rates aro wall supported. Last week's imports were 74 Ws. from Dunkirk, 20 Boulogne, 5 Bremen, 29 Antwerp, 95 Hamburg, 5 Rotterdam, and 3 bags from Hamburg. New Mid and East gents 80s to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Dents 1, New Sussex Yearlings loos to 140 s ;; BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale are tolerably large. The demand for most qualities rules inactive at our quotations. Last week's import was very small. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. 77 Yorkshire do 6os to 1008 ~ „ Flukes Bos to 110 s II „ Rocks 4os to 60s 77 TALLOW. P.Y.C. is firmer, at 47s per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow is quoted at 45s 3d net cash. Rough fat is worth 2s 3d per 81bs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 48,619 64,410 50,025 45, 326 Price of Y.C. Od —s Od —s Od - 8 Od Delivery last week 2,225 1,774 2,359 2,377 Ditto from June 1 60,837 53,446 67,729 79,452 Arrival last week 77 560 204 594 Ditto from June 1 71,147 80,009 72,733 90,495 Price of Town SEEDS. Linseed has been in improved request, at onloaced rates' Current prices of English wool per lb. .... s (I 8 cl Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 8 1 91 Half-bred do lll 2 01 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and Nvethers 1 7 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing Liverpool Cotton Market. —TI 14 r ay, Market opens with a fair demand. Sales probably 7,000 bales. Repeal of the Malt Tax.—This Day. A public meeting of the farmers of England and others desirous of promoting the repeal of the malt tax was held to-day at the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen's-street. Lord Berners presided. The CHAIRMAN said it was a source of great gratification for him, who had been an advocate for the last 30 years to see so large and influential an assemblage. The great object they had in view had, UD to the present time, been delayed in con sequence of disunion and want of funds, but he re joiced on the present occasion to see the farmers of England were now united and determined to press a reluctant Government to the considera tion of a question which was not a political one, but one mixed up with the social condition of the labour ing class. (Hear, hear.) He felt the time had come when the most vigourous attempt should be made to carry into effect the object they had in view, be cause the greatest good would be done to all classes. The national beverage of England would be cheapened, and who would say that was not a boon to the honest hard-working artisan. (Hear, hear.) The tax on malt was a a most unjust and oppressive one, and he hoped the time had come when it would be swept away, or such an alteration made in it that would prove a sensible relief to those so greatly interested in the matter. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that when the gentlemen he saw before him went home they would press the consideration of the question on all their friends—that they would press their represen tatives in Parliament to the consideration of that which was just and right. (Hear, hear. They sought no exclusive immunity or privilge, but they demanded that which was theirs by right and justice. (Cheers.) He would call on a gentleman who had done great service to their cause to move the first resolution. Mr. PUNNETT, of Kent, the chairman of the Cen tral Malt Tax Association, then came forward. He said his opinions had so often been before them that he regretted he could not on the present occa sion say anything new. They were met there to tell the Government the malt tax was wrong from begining to end, that they had always considered it so, and that they did not intend to put up with it any longer. (Hear.) Their determination was to rouse public opinion to this unjust tax. We say the time has come for our cause to be considered, and we don't intend to wait any longer. We intend to go in deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednes day and urge the matter in the strongest manner, and he felt that such arguments would be placed before the right hon. gentlaman that would be unanswerable. He thought they stood a better chance with the new Parliament than the old became it was composed of men who he felt would not slide into the same groove that their predecessors had done. We intended to go to the Ministerial side of the house, and say to them, apply the acknowledged axioms of free trade to our case, and we have no fear for the result. (Hear, hear.) We shall go to that portion of the house known as the great country party, and ask them to consult the interests of those who had sent them to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) We also mean to tell them that they have not shown that united front sufficient to command respect and attention, although he knew ther' were gentleman amongst them who had rendered them very great service ; and none more than the gentleman who now occupied a seat near him— Sir F. Kelly. (Cheers.) He believed if they now stuck close to the object they had in view they would ultimately succeed. He did not say this year or the next but ultimately success would be certain. He concluded by moving the first resolution, which was to the effect—that the excise duty on malt was a great injustice to the growers of barley, a grievous burden on the national beverage of England, and a tax at variance with the free trade policy of the country. Mr. REED, M.P., said he had the greatest plea sure in seconding the resolution, because he felt a repeal of the malt tax would result in great and good results to a large body of the community. If the tax was repealed, malt, which was now selling at Bs. a bushel could be sold for 4s. 6d., and surely that would lead to a cheapening of a beverage which was the honest drink of Englishmen. Again, if the malt tax was repealed, adulteration of that article would be next to impossible, because the cheapest article they could get to effect the object would be malt. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone had taken one leaf out of Mr. Disraeli's budget of 1852 in reducing the tea duties. Let him now now take another, and repeal the malt tax by at least one half. (Rear, hear.) The result would show that he had acted with wisdom. Sir FITZROY KELLY, who was most cordially re ceived, supported the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Various other gentlemen addressed the meeting in support of other resolutions in conformity with the first. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to Lord Berners for his conduct in the chair. THE IRREPRESSIBLE " FINNIGANS. " - The Chicago Tribune declares that the American people thus far have enjoyed the Fenian movement as an excellent farce, and have laughed immoderately at it, and that is the only reason the whole thing has not been suppressed by the Government. The Irish Republic, with the O'Mahony for. President, O'Roberts for Vice-President, O'Killian for Trea surer, Sweeney for Lieut.-General, and Michael Scanlan and other Mikies for Senators, has been regarded as a light Irish comedy for the amusement of the public, in which those gentlemen were play ing their mimic parts, and the whole thing was as funny and laughable as any of the side-splitting performances of Barney Williams and his accom plished wife. The only thing about the affair that is to be much deprecated is, the pilfering of the pockets of poor Irish girls and labouring men of their hard earnings, to maintain i n idl eness an d style a parcel of confidence men, who have so im posed on the credulity of their ignorant countrymen as to make them believe that they were really going to liberate Ireland in a short time ! It is all wrong, says the Tribune, indeed it is wicked t o th us i m p ose on the generous feeling of the Irish for their kin dred across the tt bi g water." How infinitely better and more useful it would be to employ the three or four millions of dollars said to be collected by the leaders from their dupes, in aiding e m i gra ti on f rom Ireland. This money, judiciously used, would bring over several hundred thousand of the " op pressed" Celts to a free land, flowing with milk and whisky punch, where there is plenty of work at high wages, abundance of white bread and nutritious meat, free schools, cheap lands, an d a c h ance t o become citizens, voters, and office-holders in a short time. Ireland is a poor, cramped-up, foggy, boggy country at best ; and even if freed from the rule of Great Britain, the Celts would be vastly better off in the great, grand, glorious Republic. A PRESENT TO 1\ RS. GENERAL LEE.—A lot of handsome furniture, twenty-one pieces in all, arrived in Richmond lately for Mrs. Geu. R. E. Lee. This, says a Richmond paper, is a gift to that distinguished Virginian lady from the ladies of Baltimore, and is to be considered as an evidence of their high appreciation of the character of her distinguished husband. UST. ;MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester MBER. I Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, M.P., on America. Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, M.P., delivered an address at Stirling, on Tuesday night, upon the position and pros pects of the United States, whence he has just returned. He said that England wished to see the principles of liberty and constitutional freedom spread far and wide over the earth in every form ; and, as far as his experience of men and nationalities went, in point of religious liberty and education the Americans were ahead of us and the whole world. Such being the case, if there was anything that could be con ceived more deplorable than another for the interests of humanity, it would be a war between these two coun tries. Any Government which allowed fixed questions of law or honour to remain unsettled between the American people and ourselves incurred a very serious responsibi lity. If the proposal made some years ago by the American Government, at Paris, were adopted—that all commerce upon the high seas, even though sailing under the belligerent flag, should be sacred ; in fact, that men of-war should only attack men-of-war and not merchant ships—we, as the largest carriers in the world, should be the chief gainers. One of the most important measures for the securing of our peaceful relations with America would be the Confederation of the British North American provinces. He felt assured that if the Alabama and fishery questions were satisfactorily disposed of, and the North American provinces confederated, we might look forward without apprehension to an uninterrupted period of friendly intercourse with America; and, on the other hand, he could not disguise the apprehension that so long as these three measures remained in abeyance the duration of peaceful relations hung upon a slender thread, which the slightest strain might snap. DECLINE IN PRICES.—Though the prices of most of the necessaries of life are sill high, it is certain that they have considerably declined within the last year. The following table was compiled for Iluni's Merchants' Magazine : Breadstuffs Jan. 'GO. Jan. '63. Jan. 65. Dec. 16., '65. $ $ W Flour, bbl 430 6 $ $0516 00 720t0 7 65 Rye Flour, bbl Corn Meal Wh't., W. Meh, bu 150 153 270 235 265 Wh't., Chi., Spring 133 222 160— 1 85 Rye Northern o..ts, State, bu Corn, Western Cotton, Mid. up ll 63k 120 49 Hops, per lb Naval Stores. Spr. Turp. gal Coin, Rosin, N C., per bbl 165 10 50 28 00 675 700 Provisions Pork Mess. Fol. ... 16 37} 14 50 43 00 28 621-29 25 Beef, rep'kd, bbl ... 950 13 00 20 50 14 00 —l6 50 Lard, per lb lo} 10 23 17 —17 f Butter, Ohio, Butter, State Cheese, per lb ll 12 20 17 19 Tallow lo} 10f 18 131— 14 44; 260 210 105 - 108 Wool. corn. fleece, per lb The average fall is about fifty per cent.—Tribune. Dr. Kinkaid, of the American Baptist Missionary Society, after a residence of thirty-five years in India, is compelled to leave his field of labour, and is on his way to America. BARNUM IN PARIS.—Mr. Phineas T. Barnum, the "Prince of Humbugs," is in Paris, evidently on the look-out for curiosities to astonish the Western world. It is stated that his recent work " Humbugs of the World" is to be translated into French by M. Bernard Derosne, a late believer in the Davenport Brothers. IMPORTANT CIRCUL A R. —Copies of Circular No. 6 from the United States Surgeon-General's Office, con taining important information relative to the treatment of diseases, amputations, and gun-shot wounds by the sur geons of the•national army during the rebellion, have been sent to eminent professors of medical colleges and promi nent medical men in the United States and Europe. It is stated by competent judges that this is a more valuable and elaborate work than the surgical history of the famous Crimean war. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Lieut.-General Sir John Bennett Hearsey, K.C.8., lately residing at Boulogne-sur- Mer, was proved in the London Court, on Jan. 26, by his daughter, Amelia Charlotte Hearsey, and his nephew, Colonel Bradshawe, the executors and trustees ; and they are also appointed guardians of his infant children. The personalty in this country was sworn under £9,000. The gallant general was a native of Midnapore, East Indies, and entered the Bengal army at the age of 15 ; served in Bundel cund, Rewah, Pindaree, and Bhurtpore ; com manded a brigade of cavalry in the Punjaub ; re ceived the medal for Goojerat ; and was made K.C.B. for his zeal in suppressing the mutiny of the 19th Bengal Native Infantry at Barrackpore, in 1857. He died Oct. 23 last, at the age of 72, hav ing executed his will on the 24th of June preceding, which is attested by A. J. Robinson, her Majesty's Consul at Boulogne-sur-Mer, and John Brough, clerk to Consulate. Sir John leaves to his son Charles his swords, revolvers, pistols, arms of all kinds, including the long native Indian sword, called in Hindostanee " a sife," and with which he was wounded at the taking and bom barding of Sekilbulde Nayore, and also leaves him his uniform, medals, decorations, and orders To his daughter Amelia he leaves one-fifth of his Indian Government securities. The rest of his pro perty in India, England, and elsewhere, is to be divided amongst all his children according to the terms specified in the will, appointing them resi duary legatees. The will of Thomas Ovington Harrison, Esq., of Gloucaster-terrace, Regent's Park, shipowner, was proved in London, on the 18th ult., by the execu tors and trustees, William Henry Carrington, a member of the firm of Lachlan, Macleod, and Co. ; John Watson Knight, the testator's son-in-law ; and George Robert Booth. The personalty was sworn under £120,000. The will .is dated Oct. 20, 1865, and a codicil on the 24th of November following. The testator died on the 29th of December, at the age of 53. He bequeaths to his wife an annuity of £2,500, leaving her an immediate legacy of £5OO and his household furniture, plate, pictures, books, car riage, and horses absolutely. Bequeaths a sum of £60,000 in trust for his daughter, Mary Knight, wife of his executor, J. W. Knight, the interest for her sole and separate use, and upon her decease to her husband and children ; and leaves the residue of his property to his daughter in like man ner. There are contingent interests to some of his family in the event of his daughter dying with out issue. He has left legacies to his cousins and other relatives, and annuities to his sisters-in-law; to each of his executors £500; to Mr. Booth a fur ther sum of £3OO by the codicil ; to one male ser vant £150; to his coachman £lOO, and to all his other servants one year's wages and mourning. There are the following charitable bequests :—To the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society, £3OO ; the Seamen's Orphan Asylum, Sunderland, £2OO ; the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum and the New Infirmary, Sunderland, each £5OO ; and to the Belvedere Hospital for disabled and worn-out seamen, 50 guineas, in addition to former gifts. The will of William Castellaw Drysdale, Esq., late of Dunbar, Haddington, North Britain, and of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, was proved in London under £50,000. The executors and trustees ap pointed are Crawford Davison Kerr, Esq., and James Tennant Simpson, Esq., both of 62, Moore gate-street, together with William Wallace, Esq., of Austinfriars. The will is in the nature of a trust-settlement made in conformity with the laws and constitution of Scotland, bearing date June 9, 1858. The testator died, on the Ist of May last, at Dunbar. He has left liberal bequests to his cousins and other relatives and friends. To his executor, Mr. Wallace, £5OO, and to his other executors £l,OOO each. The residue of his property, real and personal, he leaves to Alexander Drysdale, of Guarafraxa, Upper Canada. American Cotton Manufacture. -4.- The people of England have so long been ac customed to regard the United States as a cottun growing rather than a cotton-manufacturing coun try, that they will be surprised to learn the importance and extent of the manufacturing inte rest. Lowell and Lawrence in America rank only second to Manchester in cotton manufacturing. The largest cotton mill in the world is an American one. Statistics of the United States Interior De partment show the total number of cotton manu facturing establishments in the United States, in 1860, to have been 1,891. The aggregate amount of capital invested was ninety-seven million, five hundred and eighty-five thousand, two hundred and sixty-nine dollars, being an increase of twenty-two million, five hundred and fifty-two thousand, six hundred and flinty-one dollars, or 29.6 per cent. over the total capital of 1859. The quantity of cotton consumed (exclusive of fifteen million, two hundred thousand and sixty-one pounds wrought into mixed fabrics of cotton and wool) was four hundred and twenty-two million, seven hundred and four thousand, nine hundred and seventy-five pounds, equivalent to one thousand, six hundred and fifty-six bales of four hundred pounds each, which was four hundred and fifty million, one hun dred and seventy-seven thousand, nine hundred and seventy-five pounds, or 55.5 per cent. in excess of the consumption of 1850. The total cost of raw material was fifty-seven million, two-hundred and eighty-five thousand, five hundred and thirty-four dollars, and of labour, twenty-three million, nine hundred and forty-nine thousand, one hundred and eight dollars. The average number of male hands employed throughout the year was forty-six thou sand eight hundred and fifty-nine ; of females, seventy-five thousand, one hundred and sixty-nine. The aggregate number of spindles in operation was five million, two hundred and thirty-five thousand, seven hundred and twenty-seven, and of looms, one hundred and twenty-six thousand, three hun dred and thirteen. The total value of all kinds of cotton goods manufactured was one hundred and fifteen million, six hundred and eighty-one thou sand, seven hundred and seventy-four dollars. The product of cotton cloth, including two hun dred and seventy-one million, eight hundred and fifty-nine thousand yards of printed cloth, amounted to one billion, one hundred and forty eight million, two hundred and fifty-t w o thousand, four hundred and six yards, the quantity of yarn and thread to forty-seven million, two hundred and forty-one thousand, six hundred and three pounds, and of bats, wicking and wadding, to twelve million, nine hundred and sixty-seven thousand, nine hundred and fifty-six pounds. In addition to the fore going , the produce embraces a large a ggregate of miscel laneous articles and fabrics, among which were the following—Coverlets, eleven thousand five hun dred; table-cloths and counterpanes, eleven thou sand six hundred ; quilts, o ne hundred and twenty two thousand ; mosquito netting, one million, five hundred and eighty-two thousand, _four hundred yards; cotton, cordage, lines, &c., four million, eight hundred and seventy six thousand , two hun dred and seventy-seven pounds ; webbing, four hundred and fifty thousand pounds ; quilts, one hundred and ninety-five , v thousand, three h un d re d and ninety-one pounds eseamless bags, six million, two nu mber of .yards of sheen'? gs, s i hirtngs, printed cloth, &c., amou nted to thirty-sixthousand. e The number hundred and thirty-five I and a quarter yards per cap ita for the total population of the Union. The decision, says the independence Beige, by which the Prussian Court of Cassation has sent be fore the Tribunals two members of the Chamber for speeches delivered in that Assembly in the course of last session, has made a considerable impression in the Liberal world at Berlin, and the more pain ful that the judicial bench, by so doing, has reversed its own jurisprudence consecrated by two judgments given in 1853 and 1854, on the same question, in favour of the constitutional interpretation. Frequent confirmations are received of the re ports of a gold discovery in Montana, wonderful even in this age of gold. A reliable citizen of St. Paul, Mr. Jchn Hassell, writes from Montana :—" There was a very rich :ode struck here a few days ago. It beats anything that was ever found in any mining country. It is guarded day and night, and the owner alone works in it. He takes out with his own hands thousands of dollars per day. The ore is at least one-third gold." Reconstruction of the Southern States. - The New York Herald continues the discussion, of the political question of reconstruction. That the South made war on the Government and attempted to destroy the country is not a matter of opinion but of fact. This is the Northern view of the war, and the fact that the North prevailed establishes that it is the legal view of the war. By the fact of attempting the life of the nation the South put its own political existence in jeopardy, and, in fact, as determined by the result, forfeited that political existence. And this, to go aside from the argument, was the light in which the whole South saw the result at the first glance when the war was over. The South at the close of the war had no political rights that the Government could be required to respect, and the best it could claim for its position was that it stood under the law of nations, as a conquered enemy. But the South could not justly complain of this, for it had itself invited the State that suspended all civil rights, and it must be content with the position in which it was found when the war powers once more gave way and the nation returned to the Government of civil law. One of the asserted principles in the war was that the slaves should be made free. That was declared by proclamation, and, lest a proclamation made during war should not hold good for peace, steps were taken to put that part of the Northern war platform into the Constitution. Thus it was positively determined by the nation that the abolition of slavery should be a result of the nation's victory, and that another result of that victory should be that Congress should have one more specific power given to it-- the power so to arrange Southern society as to carry out in letter and spirit the intention of the country, that the South should again stand on a level with the North only after its society was re organised by a full revision of the position of the negro. Force is implied in all organisation of society, and just now the force is on the Northern side. It is to carry out the Northern will as ex pressed by that result of the war—the constitu tional amendment. The Northern victor, having put down the enemy by force, offers the two pro positions of the amendment as his will, as the condi tion on which his conquered enemy may have the foot removed from his breast and stand erect again, and even come fairly in as au equal. That is the real force of the constitutional amendment, and the section that gives Congress the power for "appro priate legislation" is not less significant than that which formally abolishes slavery. Since the aboli tion of slavery restores all men to the natural con dition, Congress has to regulate the position of each by the necessary laws. Let it now, therefore, simply pass a law regulating the suffrage, and thus determine what the real position of the negro is. United States Customs Receipts. The receipts from duties on imports at the four principal ports of the United States, during the month of December, 1865, amounted to $9,841,552.76, and it is estimated that when the returns from all the minor ports have been re ceived the amount will reach $11,000,000 for last month. The total receipts from this source during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1865, was a little over eighty-four miliions of dollars, while the re ceipts for the first half of the present fiscal year, ending Dec. 31st, 1865, will be as large as the total receipts for the whole of the fiscal years ending in 1864 and 1865. The following table exhibits the receipts of the four principal ports, by months, since the 30th of June last : NEW YORK. July August September 12,929,615.64 October November ~ 9,993,488.76 Dccemb3r Total for the six months 565,067,223.87 BOSTON. July August September October 131,366,666.21 1,665,893.32 1,367,600.23 1,225,393.80 November December 1,547,681.85 953,048.85 Total for the six months 58,356,193.76 PHILADELPHIA. July August September October.... November. December ~ $471,810.92 456,275.66 534,686.70 496,141.96 435,612.59 379,058.85 Total for the six months $2,743,586.61 BALTistonE. July v $401,850.32 August 356,663.86 September October 190,700.33 November December 190,694.81 Total for the six months $1,683,839.95 Grand total of the receipts at the four principal ports since the 30th of June last, $77,850,811.19 in gold. , SCREW STEAMER " ENGLAND."—The National Steam Navigation Co., Limited, have had another addition made to their already splendid fleet of steamers engaged in the New York trade. The s.s. " England," belonging to this company, arrived at Liverpool last Wednesday, from the Tyne, where she was built by Messrs. Palmer Bros. and Co. She measures 3,308 tons gross tonnage, and 2,596 tons par register. Her length is 357 feet, breadth 42 feet, and depth of hold 28 feet. She has a full poop containing a spacious dining saloon for seventy first-class passengers. Her engines are horizontal and direct acting, and of 450 horse power nominal. The vessel is throughout fitted with every approved appliance for the safety and comfort of the crew and passengers. THE FENIANS.—There are in Dublin, known to the police as strangers—for the most part military Americans—no less than 2,000 persons who have entered the country within the last two months or so. These su spects" have committed no offence, but their pre sence and appearance in the streets keep up apprehen sions and injure business. Under the ordinary opera tions of the law the authorities cannot deal with them, and they may be engaged plotting an insurrectionary riot for St. Patrick's Day, or for any other future date. It is believed, therefore, that the Government will immediately apply to Parliament for a measure authorising them to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act. The Irish public would not object to such a proceeding. The Government have given to the principal officers holding military commands commissions as justices of the peace, to enable them to discharge their duties in an emergency without a warrant from a civil magistrate. Hugh Francis Brophy, now on trial in the Commission Court, was arrested with Stephens in Fairfield House. A letter produced in evidence showed that the prisoner was giving orders for the making of pikes on the 18th of September, three days after the Irish People had been seized, which, the Solicitor-General said, " afforded a remarkable corroboration of the statement made by Stephens on the night of the seizure, that things would go on as " A man named Johnson has been committed to prison in Belfast for having in his possession 12 rifles, and also 12 bayonets, packed in hay, and sewed up in hemp matting. The parcel was in a place of concealment. There have been several other seizures of arms in the same quarter of less importance, an d persons have been arrested for defacing the proclamations. At Hillborough Petty Sessions, in the county of Down, a man named 3/Donald has been arraigned on a charge of "writ ing and publishing a treasonable letter within the last six mouths, and with being a member of the treasonable con spiracy." When arrested he was in the American uniform. After a patient investigation, during which the prisoner, who defended himself, disclaimed Fenianism, he was let out on bail, to appear at the next day's sitting of the court. THE FORTIFICATIONS OF ANTWERP.—For the last fortnight the south side of Antwerp has resembled an im mense ant-hill, nearly 3,000 labourers being employed in levelling the ramparts, either with the spade or b y m ining. The fort of M on t e b e ll o h as a l rea dy near ly disappeared, tf; only a few vestiges of it remain. These Nvorksare carried on with a rapidity really marvellous ; and the population, favoured by the fine weather, collect in vast n umbers to witness the scene. AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN RAILWAY CASE. — The groat railroad case in the Supreme Court of Pennsyl vania, in which the Pennsylvania Central Railroad en deavours to annul various agreements between the Atlan tic and Great Western and other roads, has not yet terminated. Counsel were still arguing the ease, and the trial, one of the most important ever held in Philadel phia, attracts railroadmen from all parts of the country. Arguments from counsel would probably bo heard for a week, and the court would scarcely render a decision before the beginning of February. Sir Morton Peto, and other English shareholders of the Atlantic and Great Western Company, were represented by Mr. J. Walker. Upon the result depends a freight traffic between the East and West ; Talued at $ 20 , 000,000 a year—eonlething to fight for. 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