The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-19 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL iNTELLIGEN:i4,-; Two o'CLocic. According to Reuter's telegram, the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 12c. Heavy, Little business. The Money Market shows signs of additional ease, and the expectation of extended facilities tends - to a comparative limitation of business. The latest prices on Saturday afternoon showed a decline of about + in Consols, owing to alltuerous speculative sales. The depreciation having b rought forward buyers, there is now a recovery to the extent of f, the quotations at the present mo olent being 87+ for money, and 87+ 1 for account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87+ +; Exche q u er Bill s , 6 s. 3 s. di s. ; B an k Stock, 6 ; India Stock, 208 ; do. 5 per Cents., 1021 f ; do. 4 per Cent., 971 ; do. 4 per Cent. Bonds, 10s. Prena• ; do. under 1,000, 15s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market quotations are firmer. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 38+ i ; Mexi can, 221 23 ; ditto New, 20f 4 ; Greek, 131 14 ; Spanish Passive, 27+ ; the Certificates, 16 I ; the Confederate Loan, 46; Brazilian Scrip, 14 2 Prem.; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 68 it ; Erie Shares, 52} ; and Illinois, 76 f. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued steady, and prices generally are well sup ported. Great Western, North Western, South Eri e stern, and Midland h ave eac h improved Sc., ghton 10s., and South Eastern 11. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without c hange of i m p or t ance, w i t h t h e exception of Grand T r ook of Canada, which has receded to 411. B ank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and exhibit little change as regards values. Alliance 7e dealt in at 27 29; ; London and County at j 7 71; London and W es t m i ns t er a t 96 ; H u d son '''ay Company at 17+ 17f ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 19+ +. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. " Der Cent. C onsols 87 1 - 1 i 8 130. Account, March 6 B7l 1 kiPer Cont. Reduced B7l i x r `' e w 3 per Cent B 7l i 1 i ND 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A ' CI % 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — --Inanities, 30 r expire sth Jan., 1880 Do D. for 30 y Y rs, s' expire sth April, 1885 — E, (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — . `elmquer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 3 6 (Its Do. £5OO — La ... Do £lOO and £2OO 246 - DN of England Stock, 5 per Cent India GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1- ,`" 4 0 Stock, ioi per Cent., AprillB74 2OB --0 Account ""r ) °. 5 por Cent. Oct 1870 • 1 -; ° . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 '',-,°. Certificate .„4-10. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7 " I ,°. 5 per Cent Jan. 1872 ~ -°' 5 f per Cent., May 1879 lO9 981 DO ' 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 10 1)0. Bonds, £l,OOO 15 1)0 under £l,OOO A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. "'rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — I,4lstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 erazilian 5 per Cent 951 bO. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 i , Do. 1865 E4,,,,0 Account 75/ i Iluo• Scrip, £35 paid Dehos Ayres 6 per Cent o. Account r, qiDo 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) lian 6 per Cent pubs 6 per Cent. , Üba., 6 per Cent. ba.nish 3 per Cent., 1825 — D,O. 4 per Cent., 1863 — b . ". per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid anubian Principalities D 0 Account 75/ 'cleador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t De., P rovisional Land Warrant — ~egian 7 per Cent 93} , Second Issue — °-L-1 £IOU Bonds _ Do 1864 931 D o • 93i tire XlOO Bonds ~neok. AocepoeuraCt ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do — A ccount ital, e Mala 5 per Cent. 1) 14 ' 4 5 Per Cent, 1865 lai„0 Account ~, A r qs. '-aremmana Railway — 'eat ' 3 Pe c t u o. A c r en ..... .ount Do c 1) 0 6 1864 2O/ tioot Per Cent. Anglo-French — 0 evidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid O_ ori sh , Ne , i mperial 5 per Cent k..Tranada — b ° ..,, 2 Per Cent t, e rifelTed D e. -6-" Md Warrants (Hectares) PeNvl-llaranteed, 4 per Cent — D -all 6 per Cent., 1865 Dtoe- Account o 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Po, tti 41 per Cent., 1862 D n"se 3 per Cent., 1853 h oa -.- Account r e lart 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St — b o 41 Per Cent. 1850 . Bo li per Cent., 1860 Do 5 Pes Cent. 1859 —Do . Per Cent. 1862 1 4r ( ii °, Per Cent. 1864 931 b ll .p l ir ti 5 Per Cent p --•0 Bands — ci- 11 paoi sh Per Cent — Do ' Per Cent .00 Account 0 0 I\lew Deferred 361 D o - " . b e e o unt b_ ,aive S ' Ac t etiallißi.punt 971 t o 4 Cert. of Coup not funded — T •tvl h 161 16 i lio, 4 Per Cent. line 0 11 ,4(4 6 - r Cent. 1864 uo A Per Cent. 1854 —D u 6 Ac 91 rio AP" Cent • 1858 D o -,ccount • , 100 T) Per Cent s 1) 0 ° 6 Cent 1862 to Account • 661 6 i D o X,l°o Bond s .1), ,' Per Cent., 1863 _ b o u, Per Cent. 1865, paid up Scrip — Ub 4ke ount , ... ... 38 i i V3„zl‘sPier,,Cent. Guaranteed it o ' ' Per Cent Dobo aec euut . . 'APer Cent.: . 18.62 ............. h e e o unt .... 0. ficdi 3 - 8 - sti,soist.l.l.4/illivside,nds on the above payable in London. eq-r1a0, 7 4 , P-r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Fllteh i Per cent., Ex 25f. 1 1) (:) 1 Per 'e et. eont., Ex. 12 Guil _ i t e ech It o ent. Certificates — 4.4, rites 3 per Cent. Do 4eolnt ent., 1861, Ex. 25f. e I Co L icl ie f 0 THREE O'CLOCK. Do, A r . 871 1 eco ,_ nt . money .. Li ........................... ..................................... 87 1 1 A 8, Ptaios PPlenlent to the London Gazette of Saturday con elgiatilo! le,ial account of the investiture of the King of the 'Apo already the Order of the Garter. The proceedings "uY aPpearod in The Sun. TWELVE O'CLOCK Business in the discount market has been mode• rately active. The capital afloat is not large although it is sufficient for present requirements First-class short-dated paper is negotiable at 7i and 7i per cent. The gold taken into the Bank of England on Saturday afternoon amounted to £57,000. The directors of the Opera Company have notified an intended issue of debentures for £lO and up wards, at 10 per cent. for six months, to replace those falling due, and to provide capital for the openin g of Drury Lane Theatre on Easter Monday next• The debentures will also carry a bonus in the shape of admissions to the theatre, to the extent of 2 5 per cent., and will be secured on the whole stock in trade of the company. In the manfacturing districts during the past Week there has been a moderate amount of business transacted in most departments at steady rates. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have generally ' maintained previous prices. In the woollen districts 1 of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield seasonable 1 operations have been entered into in spring goods. hosiery and lace at Leicester and Nottingham have been dull, while in the hardware districts of Bir mingham, Sheffield, &c., there has been no material Chan ge. The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining Company (Limited) have received, per Navarre, the following report, dated Morro Velho, Jan. 17, 186 6 :----Produce to December, 60,229 oitavas ; cost for do., £10,961; profit for do., £12,240; produce 12 days of January, 16,725 oitavas ; yield, 8,582 per ton. Short supply of stone in consequence o: the holidays. police alwart nveyed locked not be in erica rce ived ; from ; shops/ (stance ere de d irhood )eak to of the wading trange a got- .t two 11Uni" 313 S in 611 ," ;, and Dt less bred of SHARE 'his Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share ) R a il ways. Paid.) Closing I Businees Price. done. 'bristol anu Exeter 10 St Caledonian lO st Cambrian 60 Cork and Bandon al 20 Cornwall al st Dublin & Belfast June 101 st Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. 1(1 100 .London, scrip Certi. 21 Do. li st Glasgow &S. Western 101 s t Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. 101 st Do. E. Ang,l. st. No. 2 101 at Great North of Scotland 101 at Great Northern lOl st Do. A stock . 10( at Do. B stock 10( at Do. New, is. at 25 pm 10 at Gt S. and W. of Irelan • 101 at Gt. Western -Origina lcl at D.. S. Val. Hail gua. 101 at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 10( at Do. Newport 10( at Do. Hereford 10( st Lanmtshire &Yorkshire 101 at London and Blackwall 101 st Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 10( at Lon., Chat., and Dover 101 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOl at Lon. & North Western 10 , at Lon. & South Western 10 at Man., Shet., & Lincoln 10 at 31etropolitan al 10 Do. New 10 Do. Extension Metropolitan District al )0 Do do. do. 1 10 Do. and St. John's W'd it Midland 9 Do. L 9 Share it Do, Birmiu.. & Derby 10 15 it id Kent it North British it Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun 10 it Nth. Eastern—Berwic - 10 5 Do. G.INI•E purchase 16.: it Do. Leeds it Do. York it Do. Carlisle .. Ju 93 95 )0 131 33 0 GS 70 11 13 15 11 44 5i 10 68 70 0 70 72 1321 65 )0 114 116 - )0 39 40 )0 6i ri )0 - - 10 1 129 131 10 148 119 90 92 611 63, 59 8 41 43 35 87 101 , 03 123 124 89 91 97 98 35 37 45 59 127 1271 94 45 65 65} 34 135 8 lip 1 98 10, li-pj )0 1271) 128 5 1i If 1 /0 96 98 60 62 7 28 112 114 10 I 72 73 10 108 109 25 Do. Stock. & Darling. Si: 25 Do. do. 1860-61 ll st North London lO 10 Do. do. 1864 ..... : 10 Do. do. 1865 st North Staffordshire 10 N. &S. W. Junction st Scottish Central st Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 104 at [Jo. Scot, Mid. stack lo' st Shropshire Union 10 st South Devon lO st South Eastern :0 Staines, Wok., & Wok al it Taff Vale ll Do. C ;t Vale of Neat's ;t Waterford & Kilkenny 0 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 it West Cornwall... 11 37 38 6 104 Dip /') 124 126 5 1} 2p 5 141 2p 00 - 75 77 - 1 1 11 12 ,47 149 BRIT'S FOS; )0 Atlantic & st. Lawrence a, , t J Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. /0 , gu. 5 per cent :0 Do. F shares .0i Buffalo & Lake Huron al LO Do Preference al 0 Buff.,Brant, & Goderich " 1 6 p.c. 872-3- 101 st Calcutta •Iz IS. E., lim 101 st a;.e Town dt Dock, gu. 101 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi al it East. Ben_al, gu., sdo 101 t East 'Alan gu. 5 p.c. 101 .1.) Do J Extension 11 et Grand Trunk of Canad 4 101 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bond 1 charge 6 p.c al 00 Do. Ist vief. Bonds al, DO Do. do. deferred DO Do. 2d Pr.J. Bonds all )0 Do. do. deferred all JO Do. F d Pref. stock all JO Do. do. deferred .. • • al D, 4th I'rei. stock al )0 Do. do. deterred .. • • all it Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 101 10 0. Gua. 5 per cent 1 !O Do. New gua. 5 p. c it Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent it D .41 per cent lO, it Do 40} Great W. s. of Canada a 204 D. New .. 00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 a OC 1 , 0. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 ,al 10 Indian Branch, limited et Madras, gua. 5 p.c 10 st Do. 41 do 0 st Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extensio. Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. • ,0 Mel. & Hudson's tray.. a , st N.lll.C'da,6pcletptbs. st Scinde . I( st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do c. st Do. l'unjaub 1 st Do.lndus 1' 39} I 1291 118} 62 si COLONIAL GOVERN. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1572 101 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 101 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 101 Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 101 , 1890-1900 101 Do. do: 1 80-9 101 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 101 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOl Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. t lOl Do. 1878, do lOl Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 188?, Mayi 5, Nov. l 0 10( Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug la Natal Gov. 6 per cent lO N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July le N. S. W. Gov. 5 pv.,1868 If Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187., 11 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 10 New Zealand, 6p. cent 10 , Do. 5 per cent.... lO Nova Sc,,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l 9, Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOl S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-8 101 1)0. 1878 Az upwards 1(1 ' Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja Sr July 101 Do. do, epril dc Oct lOl BRITIS MINES. 7 4 P 4 94 10 14 16 1 570 590 1.0 It 194 19 21 14.6 64 74 31 4* 41, 14.0 34 4 3.6 1 9.0 11 12, 43.5 3 3; 66 Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3l - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist - Drake walls 2.1 - East Bassett (Illoganr 2! - East Caraoon 2.1 - East Cam Brea - ii.ast Grenville 2. - East Gunnislake 8.3 - East Love,l 3 ., - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.1 - Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 6 4 Great L ocey, limited., a. - Great South Tolgus O.l - Great Wheal Busy l4. - G. Wheal Vor (11elstin 41 - Grenville B.l - Herod's Foot .... 8.1 - Hingston Downs ...... 5.1 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.1 - Marke Valley 4.1 4 Viwyndy Iron Ore, lin, - New Se ton - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4 North Wheal Crofty 2.1; - Prosper 7.1, - Pr videnee tiny L.lant 10. , - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) - South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. tillogan 18.1 stray Park 35.1 - Tin Croft 5 Vigra and Cl,gan, lim.. a - West Itassett(lllogan - Caradon (L‘skeard - West Chiverton 1 - West Seton. 4' - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan - Wheal Buller (Redrutli - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. - Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5 t i 1 20 21 [4.6 14 2 .9.6 34 t As 3C 32 18.0 3} 3/ 10.0 40 42 10.6 51 51 17.8 5 7 10.6 4 44 21 2i 14c1 40 50 , [Bl 13 15 1.0 I 3.t 1 I .11.7 37 39 1i 410 930 2.0 2 ti 18.9 18 22 15.6 9 11 9 19 20 tll 4 6 19 3 4 9 8 10 11 774 82 174 183 195 8 k 81 95 [8 25 276 8 3 5 2•io 23 7 164 174 r REFERENCE bliAttES. Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1291 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 921 Victoria Station and Pimlico, 171 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 221 Great Luxembourg, 16} Sambre and Meuse, 8/ San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 16/ FOREIGN MINIM Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4 Scottish Australian, lira., 2- United Mexican, lira. , 211 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, 11M., 541 5 Albion, 9 Alliance, lirn.. 294 9 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 124 4 I Bank of New Zealand, 18 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 24 Chartered ?tier. of India, London, and China, 474 City, 2 Consolidated Bank, lim., 93 4 I Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 101 94 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 194 European Bank, Um.. 12 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto. new, 184 Imperial Bank, lira., 20 Imperial Ottoman, 134 London Bank of ,V 1 exit.° and S. America. lim., 143 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 774 7 London and South African, 164 London and South-Western, lira., 194 London and %% estminster, 96 National Provincial of England. 182 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lim., 1 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 74 7 Union of Australia, 51 Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOITR. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 24 1 4 Berlin Water Works, Um., 1 0 1 Canada Company, 60 Ceylon Company, CI City of Lon :on Real Property, Urn., 4 City (Allem Um, 7 64 Credit 1• oncier and NI °biller of England, 84 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 5j East India Irrigation and Canal. 94 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lint., 44 Electric Telegraph, 135 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 104 Gen. Credit and Finance of Lonaon. lim.. 5 44 Home and C' lonia' A ssurance, lira, 34 Hudson's Bay, 17; Humber Iron Works, j Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 6 fj International Financial:Society, lint. , t Joint Stock Discount, lint., 442 j Land Securities, lint., 3} London Financial Association, inn., 13 j ; London General Omnibus Company, lint, :4 M idras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 174 National Discount Company. 144 National Provincial Marine, lint , 14 Northern Assam Tea, lim , Ditto, B, 4) Overend, Gurney, and Co., Urn., 194 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, —N Ditto, new, 5,4 Royal Mail Steam, 1134 Telegraph Constru O tlWl and Blaintenance,llm., Ditto (412)48 10 1 68 70 10 112 114 )0 83 55 )0 76 76i 11 8 9 10 147 150 3 3 4r 10 102 104 51 53 ;SESSIONS. 5s 60 10 99i 1004 8 id ip ll 7t 8 1 10 11 74 78 96 98 10 65 70 11 100 102 )0 100 101 )0 102 103 l 5 - - )0 I 15 49 .1 87 90 11 68 70 11 60 C 3 11 62 64 ,1 53 56 Li 48 51 I 44 47 .1 38 40 .11 ;16 38 00 - 103 104 16 I 6 i )0 99 100 ),./ 91 93 2 - Li 171 li 8 3t 3}•' 11 62 - 11 81 e 6 2 1 od )0 9J 101 )0 9O 92 )0 86 88 11 64 66 10 8 82 [OO 986 996 100 98 99 2 i a 1 LOO 98 99 00 .ENT SECUR. )0 94 96 '0 93 96 1) 95 97 r 0 82 )0 73 90 O 101 103 O 104 106 )0 104 103 '0 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 L 8 10 103 1 0 103 0 IC4 93 95 87i 88 ; 100 102 82 84 1 0 98 100 10 98 100 0 1 104 100 105 106 48i 7 124 7f 9.} t 816 5 134 f I I I 5 1278 p 7.3 10S 11 1 7 6 11 10 6 • S 4 761 i 7i 1021 f 41k If n 8 1031 171 i 944 1 4 104 91, 87y IT' ES, Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, A.,alborg ttttttt ...• - 400 Antwerp 2245 - Boulogne 66 ... 977 Bremen ..... . Gothenburg...., Cadiz •.• Calais.. Dordt. •.• Dunkirk es• Delfzyh. Hamburg 175 305 Harlingen,,....., 349 1 15 ... Oporto ..• •.• ••• Ostend — 876 4 ... Rotterdam 629 1630 149 150 Tonning ee• se, '''''. et., ---. ••• ." .., 18 ... - • • • ..... • Il• ..... • •• 81 ~. - ~. -- .., 29 -- ••• —. . Total 1,119 ... 6 , 115 ... -- ... 186 ... 186 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 779 ... 1725 ... . 335 ~. 26 1863 A statement and compar i son of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Groat Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Feb. 20, 1865, and this day, Monday, Feb. 19, 1866. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. Feb. 20, Feb. 19, 1865. 1866. ad ad ad ed. Coarse and inferior beasts... 3 Bto 4 2 3 6t03 10 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 5 0 5 2 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6 2 6 4 6 6 610 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 5 8 6 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat email porkers 4 4 410 410 5 2 Beasts 4,210 5,340 Sheep 11,860 20,930 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES oic SALE, Fob. 22, 1864.—Beasts, 15,970 — sheep, 18 , 7 60—calves, 108—pigs, 388. Feb. 23, 18 63—Beast; 3,36 o—sheep, 16,240—calves, 143 —pigs, 510. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are wellsupplied with town and country killed meat. For most descriptions there is a fair demand, and prices rule tolerably firm. Per 81b by the carcase. ■ d 5 d s d a d inferior beef 2 10 3 2 Inferior Mutt011....3 8 4 0 Middling do. 3 4 3 10 Middling mutton..l 2 4 8 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do 4 10 5 2 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 o a 4 Large pork $ 10 4 4 Small pork. 4 G 50 Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business passing in our market is very moderate. The market, however, presents a steady ap pearance, and prices of most descriptions of hops rule firm. Last week's report was 135 bales from Antwerp, 15 Hamburg, 17 Harburg, 17 Bremen, 82 Rotterdam, 107 Harlingen, and 8 bales from Boulogne. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Woald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings' BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoos on sale are large. In newest descriptions salos progress slowly at barely late rates. Tho arrivals are almost entirely confined to home-grown produce. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do GOs to 938 71 Flukes 7) Rocks 45s to COs „ TALLOW. The tallow trade is firm to-day, and P.Y.C. is quoted at 47s 9d per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow, 46s net cash. Rough fat, 2s 4id per 81b. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 45,845 60,889 46,401 40,353 Price of Y.C. 1 —s Od —s Od —s Od Od Delivery last wee k 1,384 2,085 1,638 2 , 290, Ditto from June 1 63,796 57,161 71,372 84,267 Arrival last week Ditto from June 1 71,332 80,205 72,752 90,137 Price of Town. ... 46s 6d 43s Od 4433 d 48s Ga SEEDS. Linseed has moved off freely at full prices, but the de mand for rapeseed has ruled heavy. Agricultural seeds THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1866. MARKETS.—This Day. MARK LANE. Tho trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was very inactive. The sale of good and fine dry samples, however, was steadily supported ; but damp wheats sold at higher quotations. For barley the trade was firm, at fully late rates. Other articles met a slow sale at previous quotations. On the Continent the wheat trade is quiet, and, in some instances, prices are rather drooping. Oats are firm ; but other articles are a slow sale. At New York the export de mand for wheat and flour is very limited. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of :home grown wheat were very small. The condition of the pro duce was very bad ; consequently, the trade—notwith standing the short supply--was in a most inactive state. The saleable parcels on the stands found buyers at quite previous rates, and the least damp quality changed hands in the course of the day at about late prices, but the re maining portion was very difficult of disposal, and remain unsold at the close of business. The supply of foreign wheat on sale was moderately good. Dry parcels wore in request, and sold at very full prices. For other qualities thole was a fair average de mand, and the quotations ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate demand, at full currencies. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. Tho trade for malting descriptions was very firm, and rather higher prices were obtained. Grinding and distilling pro duce moved off steadily, at quite late rates. The malt trade was decidedly firm, and last Monday's currency was well supported. The supply of beans on sale was but moderate. Most descriptions commanded more attention, at full prices. The market was but moderately supplied with oats. The demand, however, ruled quiet, but without loading to any quotable change in prices from Monday last. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEABVIRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39. to 46s Do, old 46s 515 Do., white, old sto s's Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —e Do., now Talavera, new s2s 604 Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 3os 38s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67. Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s 265 Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2os 26s Cork, white 224 27s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 26, Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32, 84s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel have commanded but little attention, and iho quotations are almost nominal. Linseed cakes have changed hands steadily at full quotations. Cottonseed cakes, however, have mot a slow sale. The amount of b us iness WOOL passing in all kinds of wool is very moderate. Tho demand both for home-grown and colonial qualities is much restricted. Nevertheless, prices rule tolerably firm. Advices from Australia are more satisfactory as regards the new clip. Current prices of English wool per lb. Fleeces—South D own h ogets s d sdl 81 1 91 half-bred do 1 111 201 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 110 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing PJLIC.E INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. MARYLEBONE. Mn. SOTIIERN AND THE SPIRITUALISTS.—Robert Cooper, 11, Newman-street, Oxford-street, was brought up on a warrant charged with publishing a defamatory libel upon Ur. Sothern, the actor. The libel was published in a weekly periodical called the Spiritual Times. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Montague Williams ap peared to prosecute, and Mr. Lewis, sen., defended the prisoner. Mr. Ballantine, having opened the case, called Mr. Sothern, who most emphatically denied all that was stated in the paper alluded to. _ __ ..... Mr. Lewis now wished, on behalf of his client, to tender an apology. Mr. Knox said it was too late to do so. It came with bad grace when tendered after the accused had been dragged to the bar of justice for trial. The depositions wore taken, and the prisoner was fully committed to the Old Baily for trial. Mr. Lewis applied that prisoner be admitted to bail. Mr. Knox consented to take bail. The prisoner in the sum of £5OO, and two sureties in .£250 each. SPaRTING INTELLIGENCE..--This Day. ----.►-- VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAL LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Copenhagen (taken freely) sto 1 agst Valiant (taken) 9to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 100 to 7 agst Saccharometor (taken) 15 to 1 agst Provisor (taken) 15 to 1 agst East Lynn (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gamma (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 20 to I.agst Skirmish (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken) No betting on any other race. SPORTING NOTES. Turf topics have been very dull during the winter months. Several of the sporting writers have announced that " Harkaway," the late talented prophet of the Standard and Herald had retired as a sporting predictor. I am happy to give a flat contradiction to this assertion. Re continues his valuable prophecies in other papers, and I believe he has had more engagements offered him than he can accept. The Lincoln Meeting has always been regarded as the opening of the legitimate racing reason. There are five races to be decided to-morrow—viz., the Trial Stakes, the Brocklesby Stakes, the Lincolnshire Handicap, a Handicap Hurdle Race, and an All-aged Selling Stakes, the four former of which have closed with perhaps the most satis factory list of entries known since the establishment of the meeting in 1851, when it took place as early as Feb. 6, with only one flat race a day—the Trial Stakes and a Handicap, the former of which was won by the celebrated Nancy, an earnest of her future glorious career; and the latter by Post-tempore, who ran second to her. Oddly enough there were that year exactly the same number of horses entered in the Trial Stakes as on this occasion, viz., 14, and the conditions were much alike to what they now are, except that the course was a mile and a distance in stead of a mile. The penalties and allowances almost re duce the race to the character of a handicap, and tho weights of the 14 horses entered are as follows , yrs st lb yrs st lb Saccharometer 6lO 6 Wild B o y 4 8 133 Donnybrook 6 10 6 Alberta 3 7 0 Saladin 4 9 6 Cracksman 3 6 13 Sidewind 4 9 3 Killarney 3 6 13 Rufford 4 8 3 Wise Mau 3 6 13 Scarborough 4 8 3 Opposition 3 6 13 Old Warden 4 8 3 John of the Isles... 3 6 13 With Scarborough at the post I should look no further for the winner, but, with several more important handicaps in view, he will in all probability be an absentee. Saccharometer will be reserved for the Lincoln Handicap. The race will be a match between Saladin and Alberta —the former for choice. There is a very large entry for the Brocklesby Stakes. Among the horses nominated are the following ten engaged in the Derby ;—Viscount St. Albans, by St. Albans out of Garnish; Whirligig, by St. Albans, out of Maypole ; Charles 11., by Monarque out of Frolic (bought at the Middle Park sale by Sir F. John stone for 650 gs) ; Regentess, by St. Albans out of sister to Little Lady (bought at the Royal sale by Mr. G. Jones for 300 gs) ; Littleport„ by Newcastle or Van Galen out of Eastern Princess ; Verulam, by St. Albans out of Theo dora ; Fitzwilliam, by Mildew out of Wentworth's dam ; Politician, by St. Albans out of Marionette's dam; Liber tine, by Newminster, out of Licence ; and the colt by Vedette out of Firmament's dam. And there aro also the following Oaks fillies engaged : —Filly by Dundee, out of Sacrifice ; filly by Oxford, dam by Mountain Deer out of Isis ; filly by Dundee out of Blanche of Middlebie ; Re gentess (also in the Derby, as above) ; Miss gateman, by Marsyas out of Curse Royal; Phantom Sail, by Zudyer Zee out of Helia ; Amour Propre, by Lord of the Isles out of Savoir Faire ; Bounceaway, by Zuyder Zee out of Press Forward ; Laverne, by Chevalier d'lndustrie out of Lizzie (bought at the Deans Hill sale by Mr. Thellusson for 300 gs) ; Jessie of Dunblane, by High Treason, out of Sweet Jessie's dam; and Confessional, by Sur plice out of Smut. To give an opinion of the probable winner would only tend to mislead intending speculators, as, at this early period of the season, it is im possible to tell the probable starters. The acceptances for the Lincolnshire Handicap is the largest ever known, no fewer than 54 out of the 80 nominated having cried " con tent." There is no doubt but a large field will face the starter, for the stables are all reported to be remarkably healthy, and the open winter has admitted of the horses being got more forward than they ever were previously so early in the year. The entry, it will be seen, includes re presentatives from all the great stables with the exception of John Scott's, Drewitt's Godding's, and Baron Roths child's. Goodwin has two in—Saccharometer, 6 yrs, 9st and Delight, 3 yrs, 6st. The former has always been a great horse this distance, proof of which we had last year by the style in which, carrying 9st 81b, he cut down Gamma, 9st 121 b, Lytham, 9st 51b, and eight others for the Queen's Stand Plate at Ascot ; and though he was subsequently " on the shelf" until Shrewsbury, he then proved that he still retained his former speed, and but for the way he was bullied at the post owing to false starts, might have finished nearer to Money Spinner, to whom he was giving throe stone five pounds, a pretty good guaran tee of his abilit) to now not only dispose of his stable companion, Delight (better known as the Placid colt), but all the other three year olds engaged. Mr A. Heathcote has accepted with Donnybrook, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b; Skirmish, 4 yrs, 7st 61b; and Inheritress 3 yrs, sst 91b, and of this trio Skirmish is entitled to the preference, as he has remarkably good speed. Lord Stam ford has two in—Gemma, aged, Bst 91b, and Thalassius, 4 yrs, Tat 51b. The former ran in 12 races in 1864, of which she won five, and 19 times last year, when she only got her head first on three occasions, her best performance being the win of the Craven Stakes at Epsom, beating Breeze and Sidewind, giving the former 61b, and Lord Westmorland's filly 251 b; but she showed in good form at the Liverpool Autumn Meeting, when she won the Sefton Handicap, beating a large field. The Chilton stable accepted with Stockinger and Wild Bee, for the latter of whom I have the most fancy, but as he only runs on4lb better terms than Skirmish, they are bound to finish close together. Twi light, trained on Wroughton Downs, by T. Brown, is too old to win a race of this kind. William Day's His torian, 5 yrs, Bst, is also well in, and if any demonstra tion is made in his favour he ought to be kept harmless. Lucky Star, 4 yrs, Bst, trained by Bless at Newmarket, is not out of the fray. Joseph Dawson has Knight of Snow don, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b, and Musician, 3 yrs, 6st, engaged. The former, though fancied at Newmarket after the pub lication of the weights, never has showed form good enough to win a race of this kind. Danebury accepted with three, viz., Copenhagen, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b; Pantaloon, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b; and William Pitt, 3 yrs, Est 71b. Tho latter has not been very well treated by the handicapper, but neither he nor the others have much to complain of, particularly Copenhagen, who has to be only half as good as repre sented to win easily enough. On his public form he is no more than fairly treated, for when three years old he ran wretchedly for the Two Thousand and the Derby, the only two races for which he started, and last year he was beaten easily for the Stockbridge Cup by Attache. His defeat for the Two Thousand and Derby was attributed to the hardness of the ground. If the mony is all right he will be hard to beat, as John Day makes few mistakes. Claxton, 5 yrs, 7st 81b, has not sufficient speed, though he is remarkably well in. The Findon stable accepted with four, viz., Idler, 5 yrs, 7st 51b ; Provisor, 5 yrs, 7st 51b ; Sidewind, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; and Lady Sophie, 3 yrs, Est 41b. The first and last named have but a very remote chance, but should the stable back either of the others, it will be worth rowing in the same boat, particularly should it be Provisor. Henry Goater has three in —Filbert, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ; Junius, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ; and Mephistopheles, 3 yrs, sst 91b, of whom tho last is to be preferred ; but there must be something wrong, as he has been nearly knocked out of the market. The principal Epsom stable is represented by Valiant, 5 yrs, 7st, who is well enough in to win, if in form. Fobert stands with East Lynn, 4 yrs, 7st, but though that is not a back-breaking weight, it must be remembered that he is a roarer, and never distinguished himself on any course longer than the T.Y.C., his best performance being at the Liverpool Autumn, where he beat Skylark at 161 b for the year, after having been defeated a day or two before by both Queen of Trumps and The Clown, who gave him respectively three stone fivepounds and two stone two pounds. Welbeck is only a plater. Papoose, 4 years, Est 121 b, has as yet shown no more than plating form. Advance, 6st 121 b, is trained by Blanton, and ran tolerably on the only two occasions he was out last year. Of Caith ness I hear good accounts, as also Miss Williams, Treasure Trove, and Oracle. The race, in my opinion, will go to Danebury with the aid of COPENHAGEN, his most danger- ous opponents being Saccharometer and Miss Williams. Skiff and Aco of Hearts ars the two most trustworthy in the Hurdle Race. The Steeplaces° I expect will be won by The Rogue or Rook the Gardener. A FRESH MAN. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. FEBRUARY. Nottingham Spring ;CFI. Crox ton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Lincoln T D A e v r e b i y ,po S o p l rg 1 iSpringn 6 Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Newmarket Craven Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Cattorick Bridge Aborgavonny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring tIL. Thirsk lO Epsinn Spring dill 12 Newmarket Ist Spring... 16 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 The Cashier of the United States Sub-Treasury at San Francisco is a defaulter to the amount of $30,000. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. ror the time of year, our market to-day well sup plied with foreign stock. The demand both for beasts and sheep was steady, and prices ruled firm. Calves sold at high quotations. Fresh up from our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts were moderately extensive, and the quality of the stock was good. The receipts from Scotland wore to a full average extent, and in prime condition. Owing to the more favourable weather the beof trade was decidedly more active than on Monday last, but enhanced prices wore with difficulty obtained. However, the quotations were 2d per 81bs higher than on this day week, the primest Scots and crosses having realised 4s 10d to 5s per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,900 Scotts, crosses, ecc. ; from other parts of England, 1,000 of various breeds; from Scotland, 800 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 200 oxen and heifers. The supply of English sheep on sale was but moderate. Most breeds, however, came to hand in good condition. The mutton trade was firm, and, in most instances, an ad vance, as compared with Monday last, of 2d per Blbs took place in prices. Prime Downs and half-breds, in the wool sold at Gs 8d to 6s 10d, and prime Downs, out of the wool, at quite 5s 4d per 81bs. There were ;few lambs on offer, and they changed hands at fully late prices, viz., 8s per 81bs. Calves were in short supply, and the quotations ruled high, the top price being 6s 8d per 81bs. There was a fair demand for pigs, at fully late rates. Per 81b to sink the offal. sde d a d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10 Pme on-wool sheep 5 10 6 4 Second quality do ..4 0 4 4 Prime b'th down cto 6 6 6 10 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 8 Large coarse calves.s 8 6 2 Prime Scuts, &c.... 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 64 6 8 Crse. and inf. sheep.t 2 4 8 Large hogs .4 4 8 Second quality do ..5 0 5 8 Small porkers ...4:10 5 2 Lamb....os Od to 0 Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, 30a to 33s each. Read of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beast■ 4,520 Beasts 1 720 Cows. — Cows Sheep 17,200 Sheep 5 620 Calves l4d Ca yes Pigs 485 Pl,gs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week amounted to 7,606 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 4,507; in 1864, `2,865; in 1863 2,889 ; in 1862, 1,282 ; and in 1861, 3,059. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. WESTMINSTER, DASTARDLY REVENGE.—A tespectable-looking woman, who appeared overwhelmed with grief, came to the court this morning and entreated the magistrate to help her to recover hor child. Mr. Self©—Who has got it ? Applicant—My husband. Mr. Solfe—What objection is there to your husband having the child? You are not living together, sup pose ? Applicant—No, sir, we are not. He was brought here in May last and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for cruelly ill-treating me. Since that time we have not lived together. He then swore that he would have his re venge of me, and he has now had it. He has got posses sion of my child, which will break my heart. Mr. Selfe—What is the child's age ? Applicant—Six years. He is unfit to have the child, and has only taken it for revenge. Mr. Selfe—Have you any more children ? Applicant -None alive ; all the others are dead. He knows how fond lam of th© little boy, and that makes his cruelty the greater. Mr. Selfe—How did he get possession of the child ? Applicant—The child and I were taken in with fever to the Fever Hospital at Islington, and finding myself a great deal better I asked permission to leave yesterday ; and when I was ready I asked for my child, and then found my husband had had his revenge ; he had taken it out in the state it then was the previous day. I shall never see my child again. The woman hero broke out into such a paroxysm of grief that the worthy magistrate endeavoured to comfort her, and told one of the summoning officers to see to the matter immediately. THAMES. CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—Edward Barton, late a carman in the employ of Mr. Thomas Morrison, Farnlough, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with cruely ill treating, abusing, and torturing a valuable horse, the pro perfy of his employer. Mr. William Love, the chief officer of the Royal Society for the Preventio n of Cruelty to Animals, stated that the prosecutor was a town: c arman and contractor in an ex tensive way of business, and the owner of a great number of valuable horses. Mr. Fanclough had brought this case under the notice of the Royal Society. The prisoner was in charge of three horses and a van on the 2d of Febru ary, to fetch some hogsheads of sugar from the brandy quay of the Loudon Dock. On arriving at the dock the de fendant was seen making an attempt to back the van under the warehouse where he was to receive the sugars. The pri soner went about the business in a very clumsy manner, standing at the head of the leading horse and bawling out to and flicking his whip at the shaft horses. Some move ment on the part of the near-side horse at the pole dis pleased the defendant, who thereupon gave utteranc e to a volley of fearful oaths and imprecations, and turning the butt end of the whip iu his hand, went up to his horse and deliberately struck it a tremendous blow on the face, which staggered the animal and caused a gash from which the blood flowed copiously for some time. Happily, the horse did not appear to have sustained any permanent injury, though the blow was calculated to crack the bone. The prisoner's employer having a large number of horses was anxious that their waggoners and other servants should be taught that such acts:of violence and cruelty were illegal. Mr. Love then called Mr. A. W. Ashy, clerk to Messrs Bedell and Co., of 37, Mark-lane ; John Wilkinson, a cooper, of No. 7, Gloucester-buildings, Back Church-lane, in support of his statement. George Young, an officer of the Royal Society, saw the prisoner one day last week in the Loudon Dock, and asked him how he came to strike the horse in the way described, to which he replied, " The horse was obstinate, and I lost my temper." The prisoner in dofenee said ho was very sorry for what ho had done. Mr. Partridge—You have committed an act of great cruelty. It is a very bad case indeed. I fine you 40s. and costs. Liverpool Cotton Market. : —.llis Day. The market opens with a depressed tone on ac count of American news. Sales probably 6,000 or 7,000 bales. MR. GLADSTONE AND MR. DISRAELI.—During the course of his remarkable speech on Saturday evening Mr. Bright paid the following noble tribute to the genius of the Leader of the Opposition and the capacity of the Leader of the Government :—Take the Chancellor of the Exchequer (exclaimed the hon. member for Birming ham—in as splendid a burst of eloquence as the House of Commons has for a long time past listened to)—tako the Chancellor of tho Exchequer : is there in the world, in any legislative assembly, a man, as th e wor ld goes, o f more transcendant capa c it y, I say even of a more honest wish to do good to the country in which he occupies so con spicuous a place. Take the right hon. gentleman oppo site—the leader of the OppositiOn—is there any legislative assembly in the world at this moment a man leading an Opposition of more genius for his position, who has given proofs in every way but one in which proof can be given, that he is competent to the highest duties of the high offioes of State. These men, great men whom we on this and on that side can to a large extent admi.o and follow, fight for office, and sit alternately on this side and that—suppose it were possible for these men, with their intellects, with their far-reaching vision, to examine this question thoroughly, and to say for once whether this leads to office and to the miserable notoriety that men call fame, which springs from office, or not, "if it be possible, we will act with loyalty to the sovereign and justice to the people, and if it be possible we will make Ireland a strength, and not a weakness to the British Empire." It is on account of this fighting for party, and the gains which party gives, that there is so little result from the great intellects of such men—they grind, like Samson of old, in brazen fetters at their task, with Heaven-gifted strength, and the country and the world gain little by those gifts which ought to win them the blessings of the world. Mr. Mill's Dead Failure in the House of Com mons—is thus made the best of (and bad is the best) by the Spectator, which remarks that in his maiden speech in the House on the cattle plague debate of Wednesday, " he was not distinctly heard, and the Parlia mentary gossip about the speech was at _first unfavourable His argument, it was said, was thin,' and his manner almost petulant. The truth, no dpubt," says the Spectator with au amusingly left-handed apology, was that he was somewhat nervous, and that this made a style always some what dictatorial seem fretful!" Rather significantly—Mr. J. S. Mill was interrupted during the delivery of his few remarks on Saturday evening by loud calls from the House of Question! Divide! Time! Pretty plain indications that the Philosopher has already earned a recognised position in the House of Commons as a bore ! RAPID LEGISLATION.—The efforts of the Fenians to revolutionise Ireland Will assuredly bo unsuccessful, but they have unintentionally been the means of compelling both Houses of Parliament to depart from their customary mode of proceeding and oven commit a breach of the Sabbath. Through the instrumentality of tho Fonians both houses sat on Sunday morning. .A.nother very unusual if not unprecedented thing has arisou from the same cause: thin ten days fro m a t h b o i I m l e h e a t s i u r g e c o e f i v P e l c i i r Parliament ya l assent ATTEMPT TO UPSET A RAILWAY TRAIN IN IRELAND. —On Friday morning, about three o'clock, as the up mail train from Galway to Dublin was passing uzar the 65th mile post, three miles from the Moat Station, in the parish of Kilmonaghan and county of Westmeath, the engine driver felt a serious shock, which nearly threw the engine off the rails. On the line being examined it was discovered that several large stones had been placed across the rails. Both the engine guards were bent, but no further injury sustained. Tho company have offered a reward of £2OO for such information as may lead to the discovery of the propetrator of this outrage. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TAT TERSALL S'—This Evening - o LINCOLN HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken and offerer 11 to 2 agst Valiant (taken) 9to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 100 to 7 agst Saccharometer (taken) 100 to 7 agst East Lynn (taken) 100 to 6 agst Provisor (offered) 22 to 1 agst Skirmish (taken) 30 to 1 agst Twilight (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken and offered: 33 to 1 agst Advance (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE, 9to 1 agst Laura (taken) 12 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 7 to 2 agst Student (taken) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Rustic (offered) 50 to 1 agst Strathconan (taken) GO to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken: ARRIVALS AT LINCOLN. Old Warden, Alberta, Problem, Ariel, Miss Bateman, Lucky Star, Copenhagen, Pantaloon, Grapeshot, William Pitt, Wellesley, Nizam, Begum, Ace of Hearts, La Me chante, Minnette, Monmouthshire Lass, Stockinger, Helis trope, Blanch of Middlebie f, Reindeer, Actor, Advance, Saccharometer, Hasheton Maid, Bounceaway, Ilawkshaw, Filbert, Opposition, Caithness, Polly Perkins, Treasure Trove, Lady Sophie, Sidewind, Goldfield dam c, Provisor, Patience, Fly by Night, Nonchalance, Maid of Lincoln, Donnybrook, Skirmish, Benanoar, Phantom Sail, Caustic, Oxford dam f, Wild boy, and Munchausen. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—(TIIIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Dagen ham Dock Railways, Flintshire Oil and Canal, Hornsey Gas, Mersey Docks, Pagham Harbour, South Essex Rail way, Titanic Steel and Iron, Downs Dock, Thames Subway, East India Irrigation and Canal, Holderness Em bankment and Reclamation. ART BILL. On the moti on of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, this bill was read a second time. TELEGRAPH ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, [this bill was read a second time, the standing orders 37 and 38 being dispensed with. CATTLE DISEASES BILL Earl GRANVILLE, in moving the second reading o this bill, said that it would bo unnecessary to direct the attention of their lordships to the circumstances that ren dered legislation on the subject of the cattle plague impera tive. He explained the principal points in the bill, which had already been fully discussed in the other house. Ho had no doubt their lordships would see the advantages of the bill, the object of which was to arrest the progress of the calamity, the extent of which was not disputed. He con cluded by formally moving the second reading of the bill, and for that purpose the suspension of the standing orders Nos. 37 and 38. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH complained that their lord ships' house had been called upon to legislate upon this important subject precipitately, and the course which had been adopted was similar to that in the case of the suspen sion of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland last Saturday, without any similar necessity. He thought no case had been made out for the supersed ing, as proposed by this bill, of the local justices of the peace in Scotland, whose jurisdiction in reference to a matter like that before the house. Earl GRANVILLE said that the details of the bill might be considered in committeee, and therefore he thought it was not necessary to do more at present than to road the bill a second time. The clauses could be dis cussed fully in committee. The Earl of DALHOUSIE did not oppose the principle of the bill, but ho objected to the slur which it virtually cast upon the magistracy. The bill was then read a second time. The house then went into committee on the bill. The Earl of DERBY was understood to say that some modifications of the clauses would be desirable. The Marquis of BATH said that the bill would be in operative until another bill on the same subject was in troduced. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to without further dis cussion. On clause 4 there was some discussion, in the course of which Earl GRANVILLE repeated the substance of what he had previously stated, but the clause was ultimately agreed to. On clause 5, The Duke of ARGYLL defended the course which the Government had adopted in reference to the powers they had given to the commissioners of supply in Scotland in levying a rate, and the administration of the same, because, he contended they were the proper parties to be entrusted with such functions. [LEFT SITTING.' HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. HAMPSTEAD, HIGHGATE, AND CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. On the motion for the reading of this bill, Mr. HUGHES moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He said this was another bill of the same sort as that they had thrown out the other evening, and he did not think that he should so soon have had to come beforo the house to ask them again to stand the poor man's friend, and refuse its assent to the proposal ' for the reading of the bill a second time. He should oppose every railway bill that did not compensate or reinstate every person turned out of his house or lodg ing because he did not happen to hold a lease. j Mr. SAMUELSON supported the bill. Mr. LOCKE said he should support the amendment of his hon. friend the member for Lambeth. Lord R. CECIL thought that the object of tho hon. mem ber might be better gained by an alteration in the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act. Mr. WALPOLE thought the course suggested west' very good one. Mr. HUGHES said he had a clause in preparation to the effect suggested by the noble lord opposite, but he was under the impression that he could only effect his object by taking the course of opposing all metropolitan railway bills until the amendment was made. Col. WILSON-PATTEN said that it would be better for the hon. member to allow the bill to pass a second reading. It was quite open to him afterwards to move a resolution with the object he had in view for the consideration of the house. If it was agreed to, it could be introduced into all metropolitan railway bills passed during the present session of Parliament. Mr. HUGHES said he would adopt the suggestion of the hon. and gallant gentleman opposite. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the bill was read a second time. EPPING FOREST. Mr. DOULTON said that on an early day he should ask the Government whether they were aware of the great extent to which Epping Forest was being enclosed, and also whether they were aware that Lord Cowley had en closed a great portion of the forest. He should conclude his questions by asking the Government whether they in tended to introduce any bill on the subject of the enclo sure of open spaces during the present session. RAILWAY DEBENTURES. Mr. HANKEY asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he intended to propose any measure this session for the registration of debentures issued by railway companies, with the view of enabling debenture holders or lenders of money on debentures to ascertain whether the companies are in a position legally to issue such deben tures. Mr. M. GIBSON said a bill was in preparation, and would be brought forward without the smallest delay, the object of which was to prevent railway companies exceed ing the powers given them under their Acts of Parlia ment. NATIONAL GALLERY. Lord H. LENNOX asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Mr. Boxall, R.A., had been appointed to the post of Director of the National Gallery, in the place of the late Sir Charles Eastlake ; and if so, whether any and what alterations had been made in the relations existing between that officer and her Majesty's Government ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Mr. Boxall had been appointed as successor to the office held by the late Sir C. Eastlake, but the relations of that office with the Treasury would remain as heretofore. The object of his noble friend the First Lord of the Treasury had been to secure the services of the most efficient gentleman, especially as there was no positive requirement that the gentleman nominated to such a post should be either a painter or an architect. He knew that the appointment was one that would have met with the approval of the late talented director of the National Gallery. Lord H. LENNOX asked whether the appointment was for five years or for life ? The 6HANCEELOR of the EXCHEQIAR said tLo appointment was made under the usual circumstances, and was for a certain number of years. DEEP SEA FISHERIES. Mr. E. CRAUFURD asked the Lord Advocate whether was his intention to introduce any bill during the pre sent session founded on the recommendations contained in the report of the Sea Fisheries Commission ? The LORD ADVOCATE said in the present state of matters he could not say what course would be adopted.A CATTLE STATISTICS. Colonel WILSON-PATTEN asked the President of the Board of Trade when he would be able to lay upon the table of the house information with respect to the num ber of cattle in the United Kingdom ? Mr. M. GIBSON said the returns of cattle that had been called for would bo made by about the sth of March. No time would be lost in making the aggregate return, which he hoped would b 3 laid on the table after the Easter Recess. The returns, it must be borne in mind, were purely voluntary. Ile could not say that the returns would be continued for the future, as those about to be produced were merely experimental, and until that experi ment had been fully tested, it was impossible to say what would be done in the future. Mr. GREGORY asked whether the Government in tended bringing in a bill with respect to the cattle disease in Ireland. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said-such a bill had been prepared, and immediately it had received the approbation of the Irish Government it would be submitted to the house. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND. Mr. D. GRIFFITH askod if it was legal for a bill to re ceive the royal assent on a Sunday morning? Sir G. GREY said there was no law preventing the house sitting on Sundays. It might, in certain cases of great urgency, become actually necessary. CATTLE PLAGUE BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill Olio one brought forward by Mr. Hunt). ELEFT SITTING .1 CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. ALEXANDRIA ? Feb. 18. The Poonah left at six p.m., and the Mongolia at four p.m. this day. The former may be expected at Manilla on the 24th inst., and the latter at Southampton on the 3d March. The Bengal arrived at Suez on the 14th inst., (three days early.) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Feb. 19.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderato breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. WEYMOUTH, Feb.lB.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Fifeshire, !min Shields for St. Nazaire. FALMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Alonza, !rom Moulmein. HAnwicn, Feb. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived•-The Dido, from London for Seaham. CARDIFF, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed.—Valenti, for Monte Video. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Blazer, from Islay. _ GRIMSBY, Feb. 17.—Wind N.W.—Sailed--Scotland, for Ha vannah. PonTsmounr, Fob. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wini fred, from London for Melbourne. PENZANCE, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Europa, from ----. GLOUCESTER, Feb..l7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nereid, from Sulina. SWANSEA, Feb. 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Viscata, from Hong Kong. A SIGNAL HONOUR TO A YOUNG ENGLISH NOVELIST has just been offered to a well-known London Journalist by one of the greatest organs of literary criticism in Europe—Mr. Edmund Yates's novel, " Broken to Harness," being now in course of translation into French by M. E. D. Forgues, for the Revue des Deux Monde,. We congratulate Mr. Yates upon this new and notable evidence of his widening popularity. THE ARMY IN IRELAND.—The Army in Ireland was reinforced a few weeks since by the 59th and 64th Regiments, more lately the 2d battalion 60th Rifles and 83d have been added, and now the despatch of the 75th and 92d Highlanders will bring the increase up to six battalions. For a time this increase will be somewhat neutralised by the embarkation of the Ist battalion 60th Rifles and Ist battalion Bth for the Mediterranean ; but the battalions they indirectly relieve, the 2d battalion 2d Queen's at Ber muda, and the 2d battalion 3d Buffs at Barbadoes, will land in Ireland on their return home, and be quartered in that country. The troops in Ireland are being distributed more among the small towns, thereby giving a great feel ing of security to the ladies, both old and young.—Aran and Navy Gazette. The number of visitors at the Crystal Palace on Saturday was as follows :—Admissions on payment, 1,431 ; do. by season tickets, 5,287 ; total, 6,718. THE DIVISION OF SATURDAY.—The minority who opposed the bill for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland were Sir G. Bowyer, Mr. Blake, Dr. Brady, Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Mr. J. B. Dillon, Mr. J. D. Roardon, The O'Donoghue, and Mr. J. F. Maguire. The two latter hon. members acted as tellers. Many Irish members belonging to the Liberal party, including Sir John Gray, declined to take part in the division. THE CASE OF RYVES v. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. —This case, in which the petitioner is known as claiming to be Princess of Cumberland and Duchess of Lancaster, now stands fixed for the 28th inst., but we are informed that an application will be made on the part of the Attorney-General, on Tuesday, for an adjournment to the middle of May. The application is stated to be grounded on an affidavit stating that the solicitor to the Treasury found several hundreds of documents at the end of last month which he cannot digest in time for the trial. The application is expected to be opposed on behalf of the petitioner by her counsel, Dr. J. W. Smith and David Mor gan Thomas. Michael L. Sullivan, of Champaign county, Illinois, has the largest farm in the world. It contains 70,000 acres, 23,000 acres of which are under fence and in active cultivation. Much of the work is done by machi nery. He drives his posts by horse power, cultivates his corn by machinery, ditches, sows, and plants by machi nery—so that all his labourers can ride and perform their duties. Mr. Sullivan gives employment to 200 farm hands, 200 horses, and a large number of oxen.—New York paper. The late slave States of America have an area of 928,894 square miles, and their population makes an average of 19 persons to the square mile. In order to have a population of equal density with Massachusetts those States would have to undergo an increase of population to the extent of 108,809,332. The coloured race averages 34 1-3 d of the Southern people. Its distribution is (nearly) as follows :—Alabama, 45 per cent. ; Arkansas, 23 ; Dela ware, 22 ; Florida, 46 ; Georgia, 42 ; Kentucky, 22 ; Louisiana, 51; Maryland, 28 ; Mississippi, 51 ; Missouri 13 ; North Carolina, 36 ; South Carolina, 59 ; Tennessee, 24; Texas, 27 ; Virginia, 37. A Chicago clergyman missed his stockings on Christmas morning, and after a long search found one on each horn of a new milch cow, which had been presented to him by his parishioners, and ornamented in this way to indicate that it was a Christmas gift. The New York Citizen, edited by Miles O'Reilly, asserts that before ten weeks there will be—somewhere —an Irish Republic existing on the face of the earth, with a flag, an army, a port of entry and exit, a navy of priva teers, and the tacit encouragement both of France and the United States in th e p ros ecution of belligerent acts against Great Britain. The New York Post says the report of the sailing of a Fenian privateerfrom that port aros e from t h e movements of the steamship Fort Morga n, formerl y a supply steamer in the naval service. She was bought last September by the well-known firm of Ward and Co., her name changed to Cuba, and she made four trips to Havana, when she was withdrawn and placed in dock for refitting. It was reported two weeks ago by a person who had opportunity of being well informed, that she had been sold to the sail ply they between g en e N r : l 7 Y Fenians. The Cuba, C a pt a i n S undberg, cleared for Bal timore, and, it appears, sailed for th a t port. This is re garded as very s ingu l ar. Vessels of her tonnage do not vesselss y y a o d r v k e r and tis e B f or l t f i m r e o i g r e h , t an a nddwphaosn sengers. This the Cuba did not do. Tables are now in course of preparation at the Treasury Department for transmission to Congress, to show that the average duties upon the various manufac tures of cotton imported into America during the years 1863 and 1864 were 36 per cont. ; upon woollen, 3 8 1 per cent. ; upon silks, 37 per cent. ; on hemp and flax, 33 t f per cent. ; and upon iron and steel, 33f per cent. In 1865 the duties on cotton were raised to 40 . per cent. ; woollen to 52 ; silk 60 ; hemp and flax, ? the . and on iron and steel to 41 pertent. In the last year two Government received loss custom than in any theof previous years on account of the falling of in th li e importa tion total of the articles enumerated, the revenues o of dollars of the imports having fallen off from 35 mill io ns 'overed that in 1864, to 27 millions in 1865. It is also isehy the the protection on these manufactures afforded lcharges of pre sent rate of tariff is reduced quite as low h . y t ie it was before the the effect of duties upon them at home as war. TIIE MANUFACTURE AND TRADE IN . While the woollen manufactures of the United States have doubled since the commencement of the war, it is shown by official figures that in the four years ending June 30, 1865, the wool shoddy and woollens imported make au aggregate of $130,000,000 of which the unmanufactured wool amounts to 287,000,0001b5., costing 845,000,000. 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