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

r i'' _.- -.... ! ivi bit March 3. ;his morning ise also went ' March 4 : cess Lol lo, Id, and the lded lle )el. 3ermon. 1 at his B ° l 3 .o abroad os L g. quite till. _—r , •-', )k a c__arrl4 had a dinner ith the Ho?. pel in wait yel norl' ,ight. cfed raar bcsutas th . 6 thing a' k and V l. ' bornugbil no i t [at 311- i t itiou ' 'n Pe 16aS i i Ibtajec ,lishiug 01 1 we du e escu' Pr A I Pri n f . " to t"c to tb o erial 3 " ,i ' f 01111' ;I1 delaY 3 lontb g * do °A Doer hotea s _, en erah cases" n ot be 9 , the icateo HONEY , MARKET AND COMMERCILL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. £B,OOO in gold was taken to the bank on Saturday afternoon. The Money Market is less active, and there is a larger supply of money at the command of the brokers, who appear desirous to negotiate business on easier terms. The rates at present range from 6 1 per cent. for the best bills. The accounts from the manufacturing districts last week are generally of a very satisfactory char acter. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have main tained firmer prices, with a good demand for expor tation. In the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, the operations have been to a fair extent, chiefly in spring goods. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham have also been seasonably active, while at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton an improvement can be reported in most of the principal branches of business. The directors of the Great Laxey Mining Com pany propose to pay a dividend of 10s. per share for the past three months, which is at the rate of about 50 per cent. per annum. The report of the Anglo-lonian Steam Company r ecommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Two O'CLOCK. Continued inactivity has prevailed in the English Government Securities. A decline of i per cent. has taken place in the Funds, sales having princi- Pally predominated. Consols are 86i i for money and the Bth inst., and 87i for April. The New Three per Cents. and Reduced Annuities are 85 * kl• ; Exchequer Bills, 5 to 3 dis. ; India Stock, 21 0 ; and ditto 5 per Cents., 102 .1. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. Bank of Queensland are dealt in at 19i ; English and Swedish at 15i ; and London Bank of Mexico at 14 4 15 ; Joint Stock Discount Company have de clined to ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., r emain steady at 19i i. The shares of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles are quoted 31 a prem. Prices for foreign stocks are not so buoyant as t hey were at the opening. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 37i 38i ; Mexican, 22i 4 ; do. New, 20i i ; G reek, 16i 17 ; Spanish Passive, 27i i ; Certifi cates, 16i a ; Italian, 64 k ; do. New, 76i 77i ; Brazilian Scrip, 1* 2 prem. ; Egyptian Scrip, P r em. ; and the Chilian Scrip, 2* 3* prem. United States 5-20 Bonds are 70* ; Erie Shares, 534 54i ; a nd Illinois , 77i 78i. The speculations in the Railway Share Market have been on a very restricted scale, and prices have re- I llained without change of importance. North Western and Midland, however, have each im proved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is also little variation. Grand Trunk of Canada are modes rate at 36i, 37k. BIaITISE FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. .GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 4 Der Cent. Consols tDo. A ccount, M arch 6 B6l ePer Cent. Reduced Bs} ± x d W 3 per Cent B5l 1 x d Nr 2 f per Ce n t. J an . 1894 A Isl O. 5 per Cent. J an . 1873 d'ut.,uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ),.., (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —l - 'eaequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 5 3 dig Do. £5OO , D o £lOO and £2OO 'auk of England Stock, 5 per Cent 6,4I:HUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -m :,, u ian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lO -,JO Account P O. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 "„ o ). 4 pe r C en t ., O ct . 1888 -u. Certificates — De. E n f aced P aper 4 per C en t — P l °. per Cent., Jan. 1872 710. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — •-'O. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 O. Bonds, £l,OOO — no• under Xl,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pin Brazilian ser Cent — Do. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account 731 Ixd D o • - • /3 • Scrip, £35 paid 11 , e lloa Ayres 6 per Cent 4".„0. Account ~.,4 )0 XICO Bonds C ° I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 0 1 1 1 4 n 6 per Cent — Cubonabian sr Cent. — b ah a 2,6 Per Cent. DO4 3 per Cent., 1825 — h . 4 per Cent., 1863 — D --°' 5 Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — atubiati Principalities ador Ne w C onso lid ate d , 1 per C ent l2l '"°•, Provisional Land Warrant YP t ian 7 per Cent — 0 ., Second D o £lOO Bonds •,-, Do. 1864 93 ~.-'0 £lOO Bonds ~,t.i.,(0).. Government Clpttid Railway Debentures — 1 pin ureek per C *ents , 1824-5, ex Coupons D o. Coupo ns Do. Account Do. Account ,rua temala 5 per Cent. It alian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account .... ... . I d -Oilcan 3 per Cent Do. Account 22i Do 1864 ~Do 6 per C en t . A nglo-French T :ont evidean 6 per Cent. £.30 paid N o orish Im per i al 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred D 330 Land Warrants (Hectares) r ; Glier Cent, 1864 — p iJ(I Guarand, 4 per Cent — r " i az 5 per Cent 1865 bo " 67 Da •Account ° 8 per Cent. (Uribarren 1 / 4+ ) Q 4 1. per Cent., 1862 08 11 ese 3 per Cent., 1853 DO° 8 Per Cent 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, ~ 44• Account alai). 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St b o li Per Cent. 1850 . 0 0 '",i - Per Cent., 1860 D o ') pet Cent. 1859 b„ '-', Per Cent. 1862 B9l 90 ta l i ''. Per Cent. 1864 4 1 ! I an 5 per Cent 441811 3 (rent _ . ce per n e A. ount /0 ° New Deferred Da Account - 0 a B tt () „ACe ss o l u v n e t 2 7 1 ,Doh Cert. of Coup not funded - liw -.ccourit l Bl i 1 1 13 (11 5,h 4 per Cent. — T,, r ;:,;: . .j Per Cent. 1864 I) A c 6 Per Cent. 1854 — ID count 92 )3" 6 Per Cent. 1858 D c, Account — D 0 £l.oo Bonds 72 31 D o per Per Cent. 1862 4•cco unt — D°o £lOO Bonds .0 0 6 Per Cent., 1863 V )s_ D o 5, 4 Peount er Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — 41c ene ‘-'• - z , Per Cent. Guaranteed — Dit t , o el a 3 per Cent. to account Do. )APer Cent., 1862 — ecount 1) 0.1 t °. 1864 — I,per Cent — . 4 4 , ividends on the above payable in London. ~,algil la tr ' '3 4, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 'llt, h , 4 per cent., Ex. 2sf. . 1\ 24.' Fl. - Q o iCent., Ex. 12 Guil — r e4o, per Cent. Certificates — Iterates 3 per Cent. — no eoi TWO O'CLOCK. 8 for in".. 861 i Ac eoltnt "'Y 871 1 001 Mo re )1) WISHES ANSWERED.—There was no sight Ny ai P i cturesqu e during the recent visit of their n „, highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to Art o l l.- ' a il than thegroup,of which they were the prinbcei tgur , es, gathered on a wooden platform 1,800 feet - el l , - a n d and sea, their flannel dresses and pleased faces till : l4 h b l Y til e glimmer of a few miners' candles. Two or thei:l,-"a'-captains, whom they had never seen before, were t 4, recl — f (15r- guard, but they were as tenderly and loyally l 'arnA,i ut as if at castle or court. And when they had re- e - A froill the inspection of the long, dark, tortuous tun tipht4.lled 4 level, and their position and surroundings . were dra 4 , 1 . 11 ! ,1 , ,it Was in the:heartiest way Prince and Princess 14 a bumpe r of champagne, prosperity to Botallack, l'ildeeil)eisciallY success to the mine in its search after a lode fe et. . 441 gone down somewhere under the royal visitors' te ach e i P li tlas of patient toil have passed, and the lode is toke, Within the last few days a splendid lode of grey hag • t has been Cut, worth £lOO per fathom, and this value l od e ode fo r to 4200 a fathom. May it prove a right royal 1/ 11 , 4e4 r Bet is doing, like many Cornish mines, an C'er 44 . 4Beraerouut of work, with but scant remuneration.— egraph. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Paid.! Railways. done. ShareClosing rrice I Business Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. E. London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. et. No. _ Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, Is. at 25 pn Gt S, and W. of frelan. Gt. Westeln -Origina. Do. S. Vs!. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. NV. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newpoi t Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshir London and Blackwal Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dave Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Wester Lon. & South Wester' Man., She!., & Metropolitan.... Do. New Do Extension... Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid 'and Do. L 9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Hid Kent .... 93 95 131 :32 65 70 13 15 4 87 70 70 72 117 119 381 39. 61 7i 121 126 14 , 14. 83 90 60 60i 60 6 39 4! 3i 33 I(2 1 04 119 i 12. 87 8) 96 98 38 40 44 48 122 123 92 /3 64 65 133 134 3 Xi p 1 97 891 123 i 231 2 21 97 09 North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun, Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. U.N•E purcham. , Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ...... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do, do. 1864 61 63 7 28 109 110 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon 4outh E,stern Staines, Wok., & Wok ray' Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenn: Waterloo & Whiteha Weat Cornwall BRIT'S EI Atlantic & St.Lawrence l Born., Baroda, .t Cen.ln. • _ gu. 5 per cent... Do. I' shares Buffalo Lake Huron Do. Preference -- Buff.,Brant, Zz Go derich 6 p.c. .872-3- a Calcutta & 8. E., Pun Cape Town tt Dock, gu 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p! East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6p.0 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock— Do. do. deferred DO: 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. p. cl i Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great W,14. of Canada..' Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. o. Bds. pay. 1873 to. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 • • Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. Itl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus St. Flo, COLONIAL GO VER, British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872. - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.d4 July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. D.). 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept, Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Ap 1. & Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: Do. Jan.&July, 1800-91 Do. syer cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov 15 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. Natal qov. o per cent.. N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.Bo al) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,18t16 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1871, Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 189 z New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, epril & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. bold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon Last Carn 8rea....,,, P.:ast Grenville.,,,,, East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk' Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great LAxey, limited. Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist, q ) Grenville llerod's Foot H •••• ingston Downs ...... Margaret (Uny Lelant slarke Va11ey...,,,,,.. nwyndy Iron Ore, li 11 New Se ton ........ North R . oskear ........ N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Providence Unylmant S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. South Condurrow ..... S.Wheal Fran. (11logn Stray Park ............ Tin Cr0ft...... Vigra and Clugan, lira.. West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (L.skeard West C hi verton ....... . ....... . West Seton. ..... . .... an Wheal Bassett 'Mog 'Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton .......... Wheal Tz elawney (Lis. 70 72 10d 108 35 57 VA S I,} p! 122 125 It 2p 1i 2p 75 77 it 12 148 149 60 71 112 114 St 13 76 77 8 9 141 114 3 Ipl 102 104 51 63 lESSIONS, Si 60 99i 100 i id tp 74 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 101 102 101 35 38 87 90 68 70 60 63 62 04 53 56 48 51 44 47 38 40 36 88 107 ICB 1 PI 99 100 91 93 171 171 3 31, 4.2 #4 81 66 1 ya 99 101 90 92 66 881 64 66 8 82 981 991 98 99 98 91) 1012 i 1031 2 Sf 361 7} IT SECUR 94 £'6 93 94 95 97 r 0 82 7S 80 101 103 104 100 104 105 101 103, 90 92 101 103 106 1.8 102 104 103 105 103 105 1(4 100 93 101 93 95 93 95 87& SNB 100 10! 8Z 84 C£3 100 98 100 104 106 104 107 i SII MINES. 8 0 15 17 560 18) t 1 19 21 8 9 31 41 3) 23 104 1 3 31 5 7 20 21 14 2 34 4. 3C 3t Si St 33 40 41 5 5 7 4 44 24 10 35 40 13 15 32 34 390 410 2 11 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 75 80 165 175 80 95 25 274 3 5' 2 5 215 101 174 ritEFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent irred , 8 2 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London Tilbury, and Southend, 91 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 5 FOREIGN HAIL WAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 111 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Si Sambre and Dicuse, FOItICIGN MINKS. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4 31 Yudanau.utana of S. Australia, BANK& Alliance, lira., 29. Bank of Egypt, 3U Bank of Queensland, lim, 10/ Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 9} English and Swedish, Jim.. 15/ Ilindustan, China, and Japan, 11m., 19 Imperial Ottoman. 13: Ditto, new, 12 / I London B:ink of nexizo and S. America, lief., 15 111 London and County, 78 Oriental Bank Corporation, 53/ Oriental Commercial Bank, lira., late 0. 0 .1 5 i Union of London, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 10k Australian Mort. Lard and Finance, lim., 51 City of Moscow Gas, lim , 41 Credit Foncler and Mobilier of England, si Ebbw Vale, 18} Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 10/ Gen. Credit and Finance of L moon, Jim., 5 Hudson's Bay, 17k London and Caledonian lkrarine, lim., 3 London Financial Association, lim , 13} National Discount l ortipany. 14k I north British and Mercantile Insurance, 20k Overend, Gurney, and Co., Um., 19 MUNIFICENT DONATION.--A benevolent lady , residing at Wivenhoe, has just forwarded, through Mr. Henry Wittey, of Colchester, a munificent donation Of £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, Mundesloy, Bacton, Pall ing, Winterton, Caistor, and Yarmouth (two boats). Life boats are also about to be placed by the Society at Gorle stone and Hasborough. 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 been 19/ per pound. The latest advices from New York quote cotton at 45c in green backs, equivalent to 16d English money. 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 ye are as wife and widow, retaining her faculties till within a few months of her decease. 125 41 59) 1 122} 91} 61-1 1331 2} 123} f 1091 74 POSS: 107} 8 71 8} 71 - MEN' ITI ES. 2.1.0 29i 2.14.6 1 3t 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.01 4.4.5 2.13.( 7.1.6 10.6.7 1} 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 9 all 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 infericr 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 the wheat trade is quiet, at about late rates. For oats there 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. Tho arrivals of English grain, &c., up to our market last week were very moderate. The imports from abroad consisted of 8,663 quarters of wheat, 5,494 barley, 81,316 oats, 55 beans, 475 pass, 507 tares, 1,731 linseed, 2,393 rape and oilseeds, 630 maize, 1,138 sacks and 1,683 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day 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 tho 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. Tho total amount of business transacted, however, was but moderate. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Tho supply of barley on sale was very moderato. 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 late rates. Beans were in but moderato 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. Sydney; 44,322, Victoria; 11,090, South Australia; 809 Swan River ; 196, Tasmania ; 384, New Zealand ; and 22,943 bales from the 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 Id. per lb. In Port Philip Wool the advance is 2d. por lb. Privately, the market is firm, at fully late rates. REGENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News) 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, 1861, 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 art 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 Fieedmen. —O-- 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. The 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-operative 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 also 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, JOHN C. HOLBROOK. 11, Queen-square, London, W.C., Feb. 27. The following is the letter referred to : " Beaufort, North Carolina, Jan. 25,1866. "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 I 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 yero blankets,' said the choking voice of the old man, will warm soul and body.' "Twenty-three of the freedmen were 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 aro 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." "Jr. S. BEALS. THE PRESIDENT MASTER OF THE SITUATION.— The New York 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 the 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 Congtess 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 hini 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. Ile loses the rank and emoluments of a Major-General of i Volunteers, 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 tipon by their superiors. The Fenians. DUBLIN, Sunday Evening. 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 in 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. 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 less than their present establishment, but giving a mean increase of £45, to commence a twelvemonth hence. m lt en i which we trust the Parlia mentary will not allow to t s ar a y n friends e al of these gentlemen be played upon them with impunity. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Da, VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.-(THIS A A %) CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 89s to 46s Do., old 46s 51s Do., white, old s2s 5 s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do., new Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 32, 40, Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 675 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 21s 28. Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2ls 27s Cork, white 235 28s Scotch, Feeding 22a 275 Beans—Tick Pigeons ..., 46s 50s Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b - 433 46s Suffolk 328 345 Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s 31s 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 6d per 81bs. The extreme quotation was 5s 8d per 81bs. Between 300 and 400 foreign beasts were seized at the wharf this morning by the Customs' authorities. Tho 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. 0 wing to the high prices demanded, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state. However, 2d per Blbs more money was occasionally made. The general top price was Gs 101, the extreme 7s per 81bs. Shorn Downs sold at 5s 4d to 5s 6d per 81bs. The few lambs on offer sold at fully late rates, namely, from 7s Gd to 8d per 81bs. The supply of calves was wholly composed of foreign, which moved off freely, at from 5s 8d to 6s 8d per 81bs. Pigs were in fair supply, and moderate request, at late rates. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s ds d Crae. dr inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4 Pme ors-wool. sheep 5 i 0 6 4 Second quality do ..1 6 4 10 Prime o'thdown u 0.6 6 6 10 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 Large coarse calves.s 8 6 2 Prime Scuts, ezc....5 4 5 6 Prime small do.-- 6 4 6 8 Crse. and int. stieep.4 24 10 Large hogs ..4 4 6 Seeond quality do ..5 0 5 8 small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb....os Od to Oi Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s t 34s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 540 Beasts 450 Cows. 4O Cows --- - Sheep 2,E00 Sheep .2,1 0 Calves l4O Ca ves ifu 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 rocoivod 5,465 ; in 1861, 6,539 ; in 18631 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 • "' lB Bremen-- lO ... Gothenburg 169 Cadiz lO6 Calais.. Corunna 358 Dordt. Dunkirk ••• Delfzyh. Hamburg BB 488 _ Harlingen ..... 566 „.• 2 ... Oporto ..• ••• ••• ••• Ostend — ••• 881 _ 5 ... Rotterdam 1340 3071 301 _ 260 Tonning - ... - ... - ... 31 -- ••• - ... -- ... 30 '''• • ea ....'' •II• ... 21 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 compar i son of the supplies and prices . of fat stock exhibit e d an d so ld i n the Ureat Metro.eohtan 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. sdada d s 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. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Primo Southdo wn d o 6 4 6 4 6 6 6 6 610 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 5 8 6 2 Prime small do. Large 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, 359. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets aro heavily supplied with boof and mut ton from Scotland and various parts of the country. The supply of veal is very limited—of pork, sontewhat larger. The trade, generally, is firm at our quotations, Per 81b by the carcase. s d is d Inferior beef 3 2 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 3 1C Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large pork 1 10 4 4 gd s d Inferior MUttOn 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton 4 4 4 10 Prime do 5 0 5 4 Veal 5 0 6 0 Small pork. 4 6 5 0 - - Lamb, Os dd to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business passing in hops is very mode rate. Tho market, however, is decidedly firm, and all descriptions of hops fully supported late rates. Last week's imports were 153 balm from Antwerp ; 61, Boulogne ; 107 Harlingen ; 42, Dunkirk; 57, Hamburg ; and 6 bales from Rotterdam. Now Mid and East Keuts Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of gents Now Sussex . /1 Yearling i —s to a s, BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. These markets are well supplied with potatoes. Gene rally speaking, the demand rulos inactive, but without leading to any material change in pricos from last week. The quotations are as :under: Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do 6os to 90s „ „ Flukes 7os to 100 s „ „ Rocks 40s to 60s SEEDS. Linseed moved off freely at Lull prices. In rapeseed rather more business was passing, and last week's quota tions were well supported. Agricultural seeds were in but moderate request, on former terms. Cakes were steady. WOOL The public sales of Colonial Wool are now in progress. The arrivals amount to 86,362 bales, viz., 6,618 bales from Current prices of English wool per lb. sd o d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 81 1 9i Half-bred d o lll 2 0 Kent fleeces - 2 01 South Down owes an d we th ers 1 7 - 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing TALLOW. The trade is firm, on higher terms. P.Y.C. is quoted at 49s per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow, 47s Gd net cash. Rough fat, 2s .5 -d per 81bs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 186 G. Stock this day 45,770 57,049 44,438 37,146 Price of Y C 1 - 435 9d to 41s Od 40s Gd 49s Od to ''''''''' —s Od —s Od —s 0 , 1 —s 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 ...... 1,132 373 1051 731 Ditto frt in Juno 1. 73462 80.576 74,753 92,916 Price of Town ... 45s 9d 43s Od 43s0d 50s Od POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -~ -- BOW-STREET. ALLEGED WATCH ROBBERY ON PRETENCE or 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 with 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 ho 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 he 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 she 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. Ho again seized her and gave her into custody. While ho was detaining her the other prisoner (Mason) whom he had not seen be fore, came up and pulled him about, saying, " Lot her go ; she has not got your watch." Mason was intoxicated. George Pollard, a carpenter, living in Cirencester-place, said ho 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 ho 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 one 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-squaro. 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 he took the de fendant to the station. The defendant said that he had been driving round the Regent's Park, and afterwards called at a refreshment house in Castle-street to see if be could get a glass of sherry, and while waiting to soo if he could do so some low blackguard set his horse —one 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 ho had left his horse without any one to take care of it. As for saying that ho was drunk, that was not the ease, as he did not drink. Ho only took port and sherry. He felt sure if some one had not played a trick with his horse, it would stand quiet for six hours at a time. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he doubted what the defendant said very much, as he did not drive horses of the kind he de scribed. Ile believed what the constable had said, and should fine tho defendant 20s. It is well known that tho defendant is in the habit o: driving about town with high-spirited horses. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT BY A HUSBAND ON ms WIFE.-- John Sweeney, an Irishman, about 85 years old, a strong, broad-shouldered fellow was brought beforo 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 ho had been very cruel to her. He could earn plenty of money, but he spent it in the indul gence of his own sensual participations. The burthen of supporting his children principally fell on her. When she was well she did a little washing and charing. She fell 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 she had obtained assistance from the parish. On Saturday night her husband returned home drunk, and he 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 ho took the prisoner into custody on Saturday night. The woman was bleeding 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 ; ho 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 boat a sickly Woman, who could not defend herself. Ho sentenced the pri soner 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 BATEAIAN.—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 pleaded that she was under age when the alleged services were rendered. The plaintiff was accord ingly non-suited. TRAFFICKING WITH PRISONERS.—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 hid only been employed in that capa city about seven months, was brought before M. It. 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 ono 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.]—ConstIMption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravatea and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless ; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual cmstipat.on, diarr hcea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness' fevers, sore - throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, i n fl uenza, no i ses i n the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, i mpur i t i es, erupt i ons, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, pal pitation,heartburn,headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea end sickness even i n pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &o. We quote a few.—Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley 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 Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, const patter), 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 fld ; 21b, 48 6 1 ; 51b, Ils ; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 405. —Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, tea dnlers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Graceehurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49. Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 05, High-street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and che palota.—Beware'Of spurious imitations. Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. The market remains unchanged. Sales probably 10,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I 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 Krageroo. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—lsabella Hunter, for Swansea ; Parrock Hall, for St. Kitt's ; Velocity, for Cadiz; Star of England, for More ton Bay—all from London. Anchored—Cherub, from Grimsby, for Alicante; John Birtram (in tow), from New York, for London. Foreign Mail Packet List ---- MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton..... Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles lrtr. 16 Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet 6. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.— Mar. China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton Mar. 5. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 5. Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ➢lar. 5. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 5 Ditto, via Marseilles . . .....Mar. 16 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Aran 16. Ditto, via Marseilles .. Mar. 10 ilauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. Mar. 10. Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri- tish packet • . Mar. 8. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton . .. Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Mar. 2 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico • . Feb. :8 Cuba and Mexico Feb. 28. Bahamas, via New York. Mar. P. Bermuda. ditto.. Mar. 4 West Ccabt of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe ..Mar. 12 ELECTION PETITION.—CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH.-- 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 tho elec tion of Mr. Forsyth, allege that Mr. Torrens himself was disqualified from being returned byreason of his holding at the time of the election the office of Registrar-General of South Anstralia, an office of profit under the Crown. The petitioners, therefore, pray that if the return of Mr. For syth be in,-alid, 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 tho 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, many per sons ventured upon the ice, and no serious accident hap pened. LONGEVITY IN CAITHNESS.—On the estate of Langwell, belonging to his Grace the Duko of Portland, twelve individuals have recently died in succession, whose united ages were 1,020, or an average of 85 each. LONGEVITY EXTRAORDINARY.—On Sunday last an old pauper woman died at Invergordon at the advanced age of 112 years. Deceased moved about till within about two months of her death. She was a native of Kilmuir.— Elgin Courant. 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 lit 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 slaveholding 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 Powers of Europe, yet its late King was among the most respected of all the European Sove reigns. Composed of mixed races and mixed reli gions, Catholics and Protestants have here got along in perfect harmony. Surrounded by the great monarchies of Prussia and France, it has boldly maintained its own liberties and the free dom of the press and of speech, which is nowhere else so complete 011 the Continent. In face of the heavy capitalists of England, it has raised up manufactures that successfully compete with those of Great Britain. There are but few spots on the whole earth where the population is so dense, where every acre of the land is so closely cultivated, and where manufactures of all kinds are so successfully carried on. Two-thirds of the whole kingdom is under cultivation, and eight-ninths of it i round is is profitably occupied. Only one-ninth is waste. like the more favoured province s the whole g n olum was united with t a h c e u k l t i i n v g a d t e o d i n g o a f r d th e N but in 1830 they as serted their independence, f o ught for it, and secured o it, so that their monarchy is one of the most liberal m ieltibleBrilasnl3desl°; and enlighte ned in Europe. In an evil hour the Ici ng of the Belgians, to support his son-in-law and secure peace with Napoleon, agreed to furnish troops to Maximilian, and he did so. They fought last year in Mexico, and several were killed. Re cently it was proposed to erect a statue iu Brus sels to their memory ; but the civic guard of Brussels passed a vote that they could not agree to this, as those who perished died in a war opposed to the principles for which, in 1830, their fathers fought and died in Belgium. They sent, moreover, a copy of these resolutions to the Government of the United States, on purpose that they might know how similar classes to them selves in Belgium and throughout Europe felt in regard to the struggle now making in Mexico. No wonder the Emperor Napoleon forbids the circula tion of the Independence Belge in France, and is anxious to withdraw his troops as soon as he con veniently can. 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) 6G to 1 ag.tt 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) SPORTING NOTES. "A Freshman's" letter on the Liverpool Steeple chase and the other small events will appear to-morrow. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. 151 ARCH. Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B AP Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Thirsk lO Masora Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup • 20 Chester Curragh Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Epsom Suwmor l5 Uxbridge Manchester Ascot Summer Harpenden lO York Spring Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 ILiverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh I Worcester 'L Y. 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 Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE York August 2l Plymouth 23 Lichfield Devon and Exeter 2B. Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O Lincoln Liverpool UST. :AMER. IRichmond Hendon Monmouth 1 Manchester Autumn ... Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. OCT Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester IMBER. I Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Tralee MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 JUNE. Curragh 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curmgh 4, 5, 6 OCTOBER. Curragh 16, 17 18 CONTINENTAL RAC. 18 , MAT ING FIXTURES FOR , 66. ROIL La Marche 4, 25 AP. Vincennes ll, 18 JL. Vincennes Pau 2, 4 Paris (Spring) 2,8, 15, 22, Bordeaux l9, 22, 26, 28 Bruxelles 26, 26 Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l Vissembourg Ol Paris (Summer) 26, 21 JUNE. Vincennes 3 ..Toulouse . 24, 28 I Montaüban JULY. Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Salutes 2B, 29 Amiens AUG Deauville...... 4, 5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 SEPT Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly 'UST. Le Mans Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l OCT , Paris 7 Chantilly 14, 18 I atBER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 IBER. Vincennes -,8 Jamaica and the United States. We have heard it intimated that the growing in terest now being felt in England with regard to Jamaica will lessen that which has been expressed for the friends of freedom in America. But we apprehend this conclusion is not a correct one. The opposite result will be found to be the fact. The more of a popular movement there is with reference to reform in Jamaica, the more thoroughly will public attention be directed to America, for the simple reason that like causes always produce like effects. It is the remaining influence of the old system o slavery in Jamaica that has produced the dreadful Slaveryevents obfretuhgehtlaesht the we late terrible So Slaver America.y committed the horribl e excesses of bl w e h w ir ic a h n . the bloody record of the conflict gives the details. Slavery glutted Libby prison and Castle Thunder with thousands of groaning and pining Union prisoners ; slavery clotted the ground and smeared the pens of Andersonville with the bleeding and putrid bodies of scores of thousands of the dying and dead defen ders of Freedom; slavery took the sword to smite down Liberty, and by the sword it perished. For the same reason, what remains of its spirit in Ame.. rica continues its unholy work against its late vie. tims. It hunts them on every field where it was so triumphantly conquered by liberty. It seeks to re manacle free limbs, by resorting to every subterfuge of cruel custom and more cruel law. It denies them l a u y c a thet ie n i n a o t re ever y s s y t c h p e o k f o t p h t e p rin p o o g r r p e e s t s u , a t l h a s u t b t i h o e c y . tion. It refuses to pay them fair wages, while it exacts, if possible, a greater amount of labour. It is easy to see that thi s s t a t e of things is exactly. similar to that which, for more than a quarter of a century, has bee n perpetrated on the negro in Jamaica. Surely it is important to show the friends of reform in Jamaica how these things are treated by the Government and people of America. We think, therefore, that instead of the interest in the progress of freedom in that country growing less it must inevitably increase. The workings of the Freedmen's Bureau should not be lost on England. The independent and voluntary efforts in a similar direction, made by other lovers of equal rights-.. efforts promotive of pure and undefiled religion, virtue, the ordinance of marriage, temperance, and other good things—will be found, we should think, cause of lesson well worthy the notice of the C hristians, philan thropists j reformers am:ic a a nd isa world-wide of this co one rtry . the The h and liberty everywher e must be plead throu g h the events connected w ith that lesson, until that cause is triumphant.—Anglo-A"zerican Times. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough enter tained the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury an d a select party at dinner on Saturday, at their residence in St. James's-squaro. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday evening, at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square. 100 tit I 20 20i 10 100 i 100 100 100 all 100 100 95i 6