The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-19 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England minimum rate of discount r emains at 6 per cent., the directors not having con sidered it necessary at their meeting this morning t° make any alteration. The inquiry in the open market is moderate, and the charges for the best bills remain at 5i and 6 per Cent. No gold operations of importance took place at the Bank yesterday. The biddings for £350,000 in bills on India took Place Yesterday at the Bank of England. The Proportions allotted were, to Calcutta £245,500, to Madras £4,500, and to Bombay £lOO,OOO. The Inini minn price w as as b e f ore , l s. 110. on Calcutta and Madras, and ls. 114 d. on Bombay. Tenders On Calcutta and Madras at ls. Hid. will receive about 41 per cent., and on Bombay at 2s. about 57 Per cent. Above these prices in full. The last week ' s railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as und er: - 1866. 1865. aio.eat Western • £70,093 £6,610 rth Western 111,338 109,250 ghto••• ••• bc'uth Western •'• 26 , 603 27,410 22.242 24,886 E ;.. *** ••• 47,402 48,634 23666 25,701 reat E 37,317 33,995 b!l?icashire and 'iorkshire 43,870 40,360 rorattiel alaxl Exeter ... 6,714 6,585 u Eastern 66,228 64,911 Llichester, Sheffield, and Linc▪ oln 19,134 18,516 reat Eastern 34,833 36,455 ChathaniTand Dover ••• 9,022 10,132 o neSe return s , w h en compare d w i t h t h ose o f t h e f orres p o nding period of last year, exhibit some very avourable features. On the Great Western there la no increase of £1,483, on the North-Western th e £2,088, on the Great Northern of £3,322, on JorLancashire and Yorkshire of £3,510, on the stol and Exeter of £129, on the North-Eastern Lin 1- 7 31 7, and on th e M anc h ester, Sh e ffi e ld , an d t he peri o d of £548; while, owing to the lariation in , r ? Period of t h e Easter holidays, several of the incipal pleasure lines show a decrease, viz., the t i ) . ll th-We s t ern, £807; the Brighton, £2,644; the Great £1,232 ; th e S out h-E astern, £2 , 035 ; t h e Easteru, £1,62 and Dover, £1,1102 ; and the London, Chatham, Two O'CLOCK. t , 44 tecor d ine,' to Reuter's telegram, this morning, 4 , 1, 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 20c. Firm. %, h e English Stock Market has shown increased p a l3a rt l4 : B 4. , L and numerous bona fide dealings on the 87 oft and public have taken place. Consols are 86i :_ f °r money, and at 87 for the account. The t'ew Th rees and Red uce d A nnu iti es are 85* ; 1 , ( 1 4 1 k of Engl an d Stock, 243 ; India 5 per Cents., ' nf —1 I ° s ; ditto 4 per Cents., 104 i ; and ditto aced 5 per Cents., 102. No particular change is shown in the prices for I , c)rei gn Stocks, b u t th ey are never th e less firm. ( T urki sh 5 per C en t s. are 34k f ; M ex i can , 20! 21 ; 25 ,18k INTew, 18 / 1. 19 ; Greek, 1311; Spanish Passive, ; the Certificates, 15-a j-; 53i ; Chi li'„u„l-4°an) par 1 pre m . ; B raz ili a n Scrip, 2/1 dis. ; Eri e States G overnment 5- 20 B on d s, 69! 70 ; -411 e Shares, 541 ; and Illinois, 81 I. 14 the Rail way Sh are M ar k et there has not b een ~ .;.'ech animation, but a firmer tone has prevailed. '4oncashire and Yorkshire have advanced 10s. ; and M 1 ? - t re at East ern , G reat W estern, Metropolitan, ' id iom], and So u th E as t ern , eac h 5 5.; w hil e Great Ir or th ern, Brighton, and North Western have each declined s s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about Previous rates. For Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there is only a moderate enquiry. London Joint Stock have declined to 77 ; English and Swedish to 12} ; Al it,auce 23k. Credit Foncier and M o bili er o f ' l , ll gland are dealt in at ; London Financial at ' 1 .,, 6 1i - ; National Discount Co. at 13 ; and Overe n d, Gur ney, and Co., at 13i 14k; the Pasha of E g ypt' s N .m il d" Loan Scrip is quoted 1 1i prem. ; and Lon (1') Chatham, and Dover Scrip, par 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, 407ER.N.MENT FUNDS. a Der Cent. Consols 871 a 1)0. Account, May 9 851 i i , K,Per Cent. Reduced 851 * 1 t isi":,w 3 „ Per Cent -,.'' 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 " 0 . per Cent. Jan. 1873 1880 Annuities, 30 yr expire sth Jan., - „ _ Do. for 30 yrs,s'expire sth April, 188 ., 1) ° (Red Sea, Telegraph), Aug., 19 ° March. lellequer Bills Do, ' £1,000,-0 X° 0 Do Da, £lOO and .£2OO 243 41 ' of England Stock, 5 per Cent D , 0 Accortunt .......................... __. klib i , ‘ , 11di n ""' ,TO PERNNIENT SEciatiTiEs ...... C l l Stok 10i per Cont., April 1874 Do, A ccount 1041 5 o`, -) : 6 Per Cent. July, 1870 104/ b y •l per Cent., Oct. 1888 t,°. Certificates — D°.PlacedEnl Paper 4 per Cent — D °. 102 b o . 6 Cet., Jan. 1872 5 1 . Per Cent., May 1879 — o bbeb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ I) '°11(18, £l,OOO Pm 0. under Xl,OOO O'CLOCK. 4*, , POREIGN FUNDS—ONE _, — pm tn.,'""'ine Republic 6 per Cent., £l5 Pu _ )3;riau onds, 5 p ' er Cent, 1859 rian 5 Per Cent D 67 ' It Per Cont., 1852-58-60 ci. 1863 1 , D o "° ai d Ac 1865 D 0 eennt _ 7l i dis ad 1511e0'h e PP, .0 45 p ND o l Ayres 6 per Cent — u b all Cent ' Per (Deferred 3 per Cent ) - - . er Cent Pm p , D o 4 e , rl P, .£25 paid u 010 h .,. 1 .`t Per Cent . 41 :16 144 6per Cent. •tttii) Per ti h 4 S ent. -4148 b. P,e Cent., 1825 tn , Do. teneorrincipalities 63i 2 t1,41°,1' NetlilwtCon C onsolidated 1 per Cent L tgarterisionsisLand Warrant 89/ K 4 ,, 4 7 Per Cent bol k'ecoe.ci Issue 92} 1,,00 Bonds D -I'°. 1864 BB 9 o 4., 11.,.4.40 Bonds 9Ol Do, Governtrent Railway Debentures 3 21 dis (lreoi,s paid Do. 6 Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons _— , o, A°llPons ", ntiteLslcennt 4taliah-lia 5 Cent ent — _ D o - '-' Per 1865 71 691 ~I),,,,lletount D neki,4,,%'erntnana Railway _ 1)0, .k"eseopulrteent 21 1) `) 1864 oli ° f: Per Cent• Anglo-French . Soo"'ldeatt Per Cent., £3O paid 41,,;k4,11. Itnperial 5 per Cent Do‘Nada _ . - Der Cent o w. ,bo cotred ue. alld Warrants (Hectares) ,Do e r . Cent, 1864 'e Npi„ ar anteecL 4 per Cent D r , --4 6 Per Cent., 1865 , Iceo n t bs Da Per Cent (Uribarren) r ort x ,„, 4 / Per Cent., 1862 Don," 3 per Cent., 1853 , D o Amr Cent., 1856, '7, 446 : :n e olbat '9, '6O, '62, '3, 451 1),:-" 4 Per Cent 1822 £St BBl ~ , b o lt Per Cent 18 . 50 I), ~ Per Cent., 1860 bo per Cent 1859 — 9bl 90 D ° Per Cent. 1862 1 34 1 . 4; '!"Per Cent. 1864 — 51)044a4 5 Per Cent ItIll • CC() t i 1 Ull ....................... I) S f l 3 Per Cent eenttnt 4 - 2 I) s e 7, ew neferred p, a h e couxit .. N-re°Do' ' A 4sive 141 t t fill Cert. of C 0.1 1 . 10 ... n0t funded — Do l l'v ° Aee ennt .. - chsli 4 ,_ r de..u..t... ............ 4,, . 1 t'e Atirki ,syer Cent 1861 I), SP '5 Per Cent. 1854 — Do 'econnt . ................. bo Pel Cent. 1858 6-71 _ , J , .(..teCitillt ',), lOU Bonds ° 'l''! b per Cent. 1862 - 6(51 ;,:) tccount ..ii .f.lOO Bonds ....... 6 * /4, , 6 Per Cent., 1863 vDo Per Cent, 1865 paid up Scrip.- 341. 1 1) f eeGu n c ,t• .... ~........ ~ , . t o ° . - Per k. , en .. Gu..aranteeci r,,Ztiela 3 per Cent. )itle aeeontit . . boAPer Coilt, . 1 . 8 . 6”2 . ...... -- - heeOnnt ....... I), ,-". 1864.. . Iper Ceut. 1 t„,. Per ou the above payable in London. .., 4 ,„ , _ ti o ',° Per cent, 1 861. EL 2of. .... 4,kee,..utt June. k i v, thCls f o kIR A ar r tiOn©y TWO O'CLOCK. .......... 86- 1 IP 14 SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share] Railways. Bristol and Jxeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall . Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc: &London, berip Certi. 89 91 127 ,29 55 65 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow ,t S. Western' Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 20 15d ' 114 116 40 4! 6 7 Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Da. A stock Do. B stock 121 123 137 239 Do. New, is. at 25 pmt GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Originall Do. S. Val. Rail gua., Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxtortf Gs 53 57 59 39 f 34 33 10' X O2 12( 121 i Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lanclshire &Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension.... Metropolitan District Do.' do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derb3 1 1 NI id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds 1 1 Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 18434 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ctntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union South Devon South E.. stern Staines, Wok., d: Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale or . Neat!' Waterford & Kilkenny, Waterloo & Whiteha IWest Cornwall ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 40i 1 6 1212 2! 12 i f 951 5 i 29, 3U 212 } '3 91 10 1231 1091 I P P a id] Closing I Business i Price. I done. BRITISH Atlantic & St.Lawrenee Born., Baroda, ic Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares . . Buffalo .t Lake Aaron Do. i'reference Buir.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. .872-3-1......•• Calcutta & B. E., lim tape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prif. Bonds Do. do. deferred ... • Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred ...• Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c *o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. Net* . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited. Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4i do Do. 4i dq Do. Piith Extension "Nlelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. Hudson's Bay.. N. Rl.C'da, 6pc Ist pi. bs. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun laub 1 Do.lndus St.Floi 95 07 20 :12 120} :211 ire 93 61 63 1331 134 i 21 3 I , 1* 11 ' 92 123 1231 t 92 e 4 57 58 8 27 ICBi 1006 71 72 10 110 35i 34 10 11 1, 1 122 12t 1 2p 1 2p 74 70 108 112 119 151 66 68 49 51 74 75 8 9 140 143 2i 3b 100 103 51 53 pESSIONS. 55 57 102 103 P iP 51 61 9i 10i 76 80 96 98 6S 70 100 102 101 102 102 103 i 9 31 85 87 63 66 55 60 57 59 50 55 45 49 42 45 30 33 20 33 108 1(6 14 2 1i 2pl 09 100 91 93 151 16 5 9* 96 83 c 5 1 99 100 90 $2 86 88 82 84 8 , 82 99 100 98 99 it 97 99 COLONIAL GOVERNAIENT SECUR British Columbia l 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1672.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & D. , . 5 p. C. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed BSI Cape G.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.ezOct • 1890-190G 1 Do. do; 1830-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1800-0 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 0 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, mayls, Nov. it. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal , ;ov. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 roc., 1886 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187; Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... . Nova Scjtia Gov. 6 p. a sterling", 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lim 1 ..... Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 540 58) Drake walls 2.1.0 / 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 291 21 23 East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9 East Carn Brea 3l 31 41 East Grenville East Gunnislake 8 . 3 .6 East Lovell 3.0.0 8 9 E. Vri Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 ()arm& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L ixey, limited., all 20 21 Great South Tolg us G rea t Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 11 G. Wheal Vor (Heist 40 25 26 Grenvilie 8.18.0 3} 3f Elerod's Foot .. 8.10.0 33 40 .—El i ngs t o n Downs ...... 5.10.6 41 5 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley £10.6 4 41 4 51wyndy Iron Ore, lin, 2/ 21 1/d New Se ton ........ 43} 35 40 - North Roskear 381 13 15 N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... • Pruifid e nce •Uny L e lant 10.6.7 3 2 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 375 400 South Condurrow 3.2.0 If 2 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 35 20 I -- Stray Park 35.15.6 4 6 Tin Croft 9 13 15 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 3 5 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 9 8 9 'Vest Chiverton ll 721 771 West Seton 471 135 145 Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 20 22 Wheal Mary Mtn (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton -- Wheal Trelawney (1,/s. 7 13 15 rttn:r•Elta:Nct4: btiAKEb. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 85 Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 991 8i Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 105 Ditto, 5 per cent., redeemable at to per cent., 168 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 4) per cent. irred., PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 64 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Sambre and Meuse, 8 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15 i FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 14i 0...) oho del Bey, Hm., 54 5 Wor.hing (limited), 11 BAN KB. Alliance, lien.. 22 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 11 Australasia, 70 Bank of London. 27if Charles Laffitte and Co., Sf Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 20f European Bank, lira., 9 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 15 Imperial Ottoman, llf I Ditto. new, 10f Land Mortgage Bank of India, Lim., 4 London and County. 77 London Joint Stock. 461 New South Wales, 44 f Oriental Bum Corporation. 471 Oriental Commercial Bank, lim., late Q. C., 4 Standard of British South Africa, Ditto, issued at 6 pm., 2 Union of Australia. 51} Union of London, 51/ 2a DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 72 MISCELLANICOIIB. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua.. 21 B. and I. Mivinetic Telegraph, lira., 81 City Offices, lim., 5 Credit Foncler and Illobilier of England, 71 61 Ditto, new. 6f Ebbw Vale, 74 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lfm., 3f E. glish and Australian Copper, 14 Fairb urn Engineering,, 61 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim.; 41 f Hudson's Bay, 161 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., International Financial ;society, lim., 41 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued E 0 London Financial Association, Bin , 151 National Discount t. ompany, 134 3 Ditto, issued at 5 prem . of whioh 34 is to pay, 5 1 1 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 141 f Peninsula and Oriental steam, 73 Royal Mail Steam, 1!31 Warrant Finance, lim., 5 MR. LAYARD AND " THE CORRUPTORS."—Five Liberal members have been unseated by petition up to the present time—Sir John Acton; Mr. Parry, Mr. Fender, Mr. Young, and Mr. Leveson Gower, representing re spectively Bridgenorth, Boston, Totnes, Helston, and Reigate —on the ground of bribery, &c. Only one Con servative member has lost his seat—Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., who was disqualified as holder of an office under the 92 94 90 1:4 90 94 7s tiO 77 SO 10L IC4 103 107 105 107 102 DA 90 n 101 100 1 8 102 104 104 106 101 (06 1( 2 104 100 102 93 95 90 95 871 PB,, 91. 95 79 81 98 100 98 100 105 107 104 104 FOSS: 09f :CO ITI ES. 931 4 100 100 100 100 100 100 190 100 100 110 100 100 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENGE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Blackburn, Shee, and Lush.) BUCK Y. HOWARD-RIGHT OF WAY. Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., on behalf of the plaintiff, moved for a rule calling on the defendant to show cause why a verdict, which he obtained at the last assizes at Leicester, in the case which was tried before Baron Martin, should not be set aside on the ground of misdirection by the learned judge. The action was brought by the plaintiff for a trespass in going through his ground to the injury of his cornfield. The pleas on record were a right of public highway for all persons to go and return. It was proved by plaintiff that the first entrance through the ground in question was made by one of the previous occupiers for faro purposes. The defendant, in addi tion to his other plea, also alleged leave and licence to the public to go through the ground by the former occupiers, which alone was proved. Rule granted. REDHEAD Y. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Manisty, Q.C., on the part of the plaintiff, moved for a rule calling on the defendants to show cause against a new trial in this case, which was tried at the last Durham assizes, one of the principal grounds being the discovery of new evidence since the trial. The plaintiff was an en gineer living at South Shields, and the action was brought for injuries received in travelling from Nottingham to his own place, by the defendants' line, by an acci dent caused through the alleged negligence of the com pany's servants. The train was going at the time at high speed, and oscillated to an extent that alarmed everybody in the carriage with the plaintiff. When the train reached a certain point one of the vans in the rear got off the line, and the carriage was thrown over an embankment. A correspondence took place between the plaintiff and the solicitors of the defendants, and ho was under the impres sion that the only question between them was one of the amount of compensation, but the defendants denied their liability. Since the trial a lady named Sharp communi cated with the plaintiff, and stated that she travelled from London to Trent in the carriage in question, which was on fire when it arrived at the station, and one of the guards had to throw water on the wheel to extinguish the flames. tained. The whole of the carriages in question A gentleman who had been travelling on the same line at the time of the accident; had obtained £l,OOO as compensation for the injuries he had sus were examined, and one of them was found very old and defective in the welding of the tire. The defendants al leged that they had obtained the carriage from the North- Western Company for the occasion, and though they did not deny their responsibility in the use of the proper carriages, they contended that the particular defect was latent and of a nature that might reasonably be expected to have escaped detection. The court granted a rule fora new trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBORO U Gill-STREET. THE MARQUIS TOWNSIIEND AND THE BEGGARS.—IM PUDENT ATTEMPTED IMPOSITION.—Harriett Callaghan was charged before Mr. Knox with begging of the Marquis Townshand in Charles-street, St. James's. The Marquis Townshend said that about 12 o'clock last night the prisoner begged of him the whole length of Charles-street, her excuse for doing so being that she had a daughter 14 years of age in great distress. As the pri soner would not cease to beg of him he gave her into cus tody. and then found that her alleged daughter was 16 years old, and as well as the prisoner was the worse for drink, so that there had been an attempt to impose upon him. Peskett, 143 C, said that on taking the prisoner into cus tody ho found her as well as the girl under the influence of drink. The prisoner said that some one had given her and her daughter some ale, and it had affected them, and she was trying to get her daughter home by coaxing her, but could not. Mr. Knox said he considered there was something hor rible in the prisoner going about with her daughter begging, and both of them being drunk. The streets must be kept clear of such a thing, and he should commit the prisoner for a month with hard labour. BunoLAuy.—John Brown was charged with being con cerned with others not in custody in breaking and entering the shop of Mr. Cornelius Collins, 142, Dudley-street, and stealing a quantity of boots. The prisoner was seen by Firth, 156 F, on the step of the door helping another man to wrap up boots. Prisoner and his companion managed to get away, the prisoner in his flight dropping a bundle of boots. The prosecutor having proved properly securing his prisoner, and having identified the boots produced. John Dowdell, 173 F, said he apprehended the prisoner, and on telling him the charge he said, " All right, you have got it up well for me; why don't you get the others?" The prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES. STEALING TEA IN A DOCK.—William Jones, aged 44, with no settled home, labourer, was brought before Mr. Puget, charged with stealing 3 ounces of tea, the property of the East and West India Dock Company. The prisoner was seen by a day watchman, named Ber ridge, to enter a warehouse where teas were deposited, and raise the lid of a chest, from which he took a handful of tea and put it in hispocket. Ile was immediately secured. In answer to Mr. Paget, Douglas, a dock-officer, said the warehouse was in the East India Dock, and that the dock companies were exposed to depredations of this nature. The prisoner pleaded guilty ; and Mr. Paget said the merchandise in the docks must be protected against this petty pilfering. Ho sentenced the prisoner to be impri soned and kept to hard labour for one month. ABSCONDING PROM A WORKHOUSE.—Mary Driscoll, a wretched-looking woman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with absconding from the Mile-end Old-town Workhouse with the clothes of the establishment. Robert Holmes, porter of the workhouse, said that the prisoner absconded on the 12th of the present month with the clothes given to her by the guardians to wear in the house. Last night the prisoner returned to the workhouse, with an order from the police for the casual ward, and in the clothes she was then wearing. The value of the clothes with which she left the workhouse was 18s. The Prisoner.—They aro not worth so much. 18s. for workhouse clothes, indeed ! Mr. Paget.—The value makes no difference at all. You (tre sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS.---This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Although the supply of beasts on sale here to-day was limited all breeds moved off slowly at 2d per 81bs. less money than on Monday. The top figure was 58 per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was moderate, were heavy and rather cheaper. Tho best Downs and half-breds, in the wool, sold at Gs 8d to 7s, out of the wool 5s 4d per Blbs. The demand for lambs was very inactive at from 75 to 8s per Blbs. Tho few calves in the market were disposed of at from 5s to 6s per 81bs. Pigs were a dull inquiry, and 2d per 81bs. lower. Per 81b to sink tho offal. s de d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 4 2 Second quality do —1 4 4 6 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c.... 4 10 5 0 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 2 4 8 Second quality do 10 5 6 sded Powers-Wool sheep 6 0 6 4 Prime b'thdown 00.6 8 7 0 Large coarse calves.s 0 5 6 Prime small d0......5 8 6 0 Large hogs .4 0 4 0 Small porkers 1 8 4 16 _ . Lamb....7s Od to 8, Od. Suckling calves, —s to —8 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 32s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 550 Beasts . _ Cows. — Cows • Sheep Calves CO Calves B6 gigs 450 rigs 210 ELECTION COMMITTEES—This Day. HORSHAM. The members of this committee resumed, but the oppo sition was withdrawn and the sitting member (Mr. Hurst) was accordingly declared dul y elected. MA IDSiONE. The hearing of this enquiry was resumed this morning. and the case for the petitones was closed. The evidence in favour of the sitting members was then proceeded with. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are by no means extensive, yet the trade is heavy at depressed currencies. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, Bs Bd. to 4s 8d ; lamb, 6s to 7s ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.-31000W hay, £4 4s to £sl2s Od; clove; £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. Supply moderate. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Trade inactive. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. _ s. d. R. d. Buddle'sWestllartley 17 0 South Keno() Braddyell's Hetton.... 17 9 Heugh Hall N.Staffordshiro 17 0 Wharncliffe FramYtellgate l6 6 South Hetton Ships at market, 17 ; sold, 17. Nearly 300 convicts were shipped last week from Portland for "West Australia. Roupell was one of them, but, for some reason or other, he was relanded, and was not sent off. ME DUKE OF HAMILTON'S WINES.---Th e fi ne old wines, the property of the late Duke of Hamilton, comprising about 900 dozen, partly sold on Tuesday, at the rooms of Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, in London. For the best vintages the following prices were obtained :-4 dozen of port of the vintage of 1820, 45 years in bottle, £7 ss. per dozen ; 15 dozen of genuine Lafitte, of the vintage of 1848, £6 2s. per dozen ; 21 dozen of Lafitte, of the vintage of 1847 (Cruse at PHs), £6 14s. per dozen ; 21 dozen of Chateau Y'quem, £lO per dozen ; 3 dozen of the same wine, from different bin, £6 p er dozen ; 11 dozen of Sillery, 1846 (Girard), from 90s. to 108 s. per dozen ; 2 dozen of hock, of the vintage of 1811, 55 years in bottle, £7 2s. per dozen. The sale was to be continued yesterday. BRI DGEW.A.T ER. The evidence in support of the case of the sitting mem ber was opened this day, and several witnesses were examined. NOT TINGII A.M. Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., closod his arguments on the part of tho petition against the return of Mr. Morley. The room was then cleared, but the committee had not given their decision when we went to press. RUMOURS OF THE LOBBIES. (Prom the Owl.) Thursday.—BßAND is sure of five-and-thirty. Ho can count on three hundred and forty. Friday.—BßAND thinks it may be five-and-twenty. Saturday Evening (at Sir RonEuwit's).—Several Scotch members are recalcitrant. BRAND can only positively count on fifteen. Sunday.—(Belgravia generally)—ANDOTEß and BRECK NOCK dead against. DUNKELLIN has entrapped three men at BROOKS'S to vote for GROSVENOR; DICK GROSVENOR touting for his brother. BRAND thinks fourteen about the mark. Monday, 5 p.m.—Fourteen still about the mark. Tuesday, 1 a.m.—BRAND can't count on more than eight. LAYARD has sent over at least six. Liverpocl Cotton Market. —TLis Day. Market very flat, and prices are id. lower. Sales probably 5,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LONDON, April 19.—Wind this day at noon—South. Westerly ; moderate breeze,.-and fine weather, but a little cloudy. FALMOUTH, April 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hugh Black, from Monte Video. LIVERPOOL, April 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Warrior, from Jamaica. Pm., April 17.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Crimea, for Montreal. PLYMOUTH, April 18.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Eliza, for Quebec. NEWPORT, April 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Barlow, from Havre for Sagua la Grande. Sailed- Bonne Union, for Montreal. CARDIFF, April 18.—Wind S.W—Sailed- Follen, for Singapore ; British Empire, for Bombay ; Royal Tar, for Martinique. SHIELDS, April 19.—Wind W.—Sailed—Polican, for Montreal. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 ~.. __ GRATESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 18.—Grace Langstaff, from Alexandria. Sailed.—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne ; Chanticleer steamer, for Stettin. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed.—lndepenza, from Trieste; Bablin, screw steamer from Bordeaux—both for London ; Roseau, from London, for St. Vincent. The stoppage has been announced of Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Balguy, sugar refiners, whose liabilities are stated to amount to £150,000, and the assets to £30,000. The books have been placed in the hands of Messrs. Coleman, Tarquand, and Co., the accountants. Advices from Liverpool announce the stoppage of Barned's Banking Company, which was established last year. The embarrassments, it is said, have been precipitated through the fall in the value of cotton. The capital of the company is £2,000,000, in shares of £5O each, upon which £lO has been paid. At the ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Bank of British Columbia a dividend of 10 per cent. and a bonus of ss. per share was recommended. At the annual meeting to-day of the Land Mort gage Bank of India the directors proposed a divi dend of 3s. 3d. The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining Company (Limited) have received, per Estrama dura, the following report, dated Morro Velbo, March 17, 1866 : —Produce for February, 46,588 oitavas ; cost for February, £10,842; profit for February, £7,104 ; produce 11 days of March, 18,887 oitavas ; yield, 10,287 oitavas per ton. THE MURDER AND SUICIDE IN DRURY-LANE.— The coroner's inquiry will take place to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock at King's College Hospital. A CANTERBURY DEGREE.—The Archbishop of Canterbury has conferred the degree of master of arts on the Rev. William Foster Elliott, of St. Bees Divinity Col lege, Cumberland, minister of East Dulwich Chapel, Surrey. FINSBURY PREBEND.—Mr. Ayrton's Bill pro poses that one-half of the net rental of the great prebendal estate, now about to come into the possession of the Eccle siastical Commissioners by the expiration of the lease, shall be applied in payment of stipends of £2OO a year to curates in the poorer metropolitan parishes where they are required, according to a scheme to be framed by the Bishop of London. The incumbent of the parish is to nominate the curate fo: the approval of the Bishop, and the curate is to be removable at the discretion of the incumbent or of the Bishop. The st'pend is not to be paid unless the curate produces annually a certificate from the Bishop that such curate has faithfully discharged his duty. PETITIONS IN FAVOUR OF THE REFORM BILL.— From the report upon public petitions which has just been issued, it appears that up to Friday last 610 petitions had been presented to Parliament in favour of the Govera ment bill, and the signatures which they contained num bered 440,941. Sixteen petitions, baying altogether 2,895 signatures, has been presented against the bill, seven against clause 16, and one in favour of Earl Grosvenor's amendment. The largest petition for the bill is that of Mr. Bazley presented Lora Manchester and Salford, containing 71,817 signatures. From Glasgow came one signed by 28,017 persons, and the next largest were, respectively, Edinburgh, Bradford, and Sheffield. Of the whole num ber of petitions 172 were signed officially or under seal. GERMAN TAILORS.—By the Hamburg steamer which arrived on Saturday afternoon there were brought to Leith 23 journeymen Gorman tailors for masters in Edinburgh. On being landed they proceeded to the Shipping Company's office, where they signed an agree ment under which they will be required to work. They will be entitled to the current rate of wages, and be subject to such rules as the masters may agree to. The next steamer from Hamburg will bring a second company of 30 tailors. A number of constables were in attendance in the docks on Saturday to prevent the men being molested, but so far as could be seen their presence was unnecessary.— Scotsman. VALUE OF PROPERTY AT ST. JOHN'S-WOOD.-- Compensation was awarded yesterday, by a jury at the Sheriffs' Court, Rod Lion-square, illustrating the value of property at St. John's -wood. The Metropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway Company had occasion to take a portion of ground belonging to Elizabeth Villa, Finchley road. The owner of the property served them with a notice to take the whole. The lease of the place was purchased ten years ago for 4 1,500, and the owner had expended about £l,OOO more on it. He now claimed £4,000, and proved a great increase in the value of pro perty in St. John's-wood. The jury assessed the compen sation at £3,000. ABD-EL-KAD ER AND M. RENAN.—The Evene ment tells the following curious story about Abd-el-Kader: —" M. Renan loft Europe in N ovember, 1864, for Alex andria, after visiting Egypt; he afterwards went to Bey-. rout and Damascus, where Abd-el-Kader received him hospitably. Hero a curious incident occurred. M. Renan, who speaks Arabic, was conversing with the Emir of the past and present. Let us speak of you,' said Abd-el-Kader, and of your " Life of Jesus." You have then read it !' said M. Ronan with surprise. The Emir sent for the volume, and opening it, said See ! not only have I read it, but I have annotated it.' The Life of Jesus,' annotated by Abd-el-Kader, is certainly a curious work, and, what is still more strange, the Emir thinks of publishing it !" FATAL TRESPASS.—OR Tuesday morning one of Which in the vicinity of large towns those shocking accidents was discovered to have taken placenear penalty of their imprudence and rashness at the expense of their lives. A gentlema n 's coachman, named Arthur trespassers Manchester o n b railway property pay the Frederick Copperthwaite, had gone upon the London and North-Western Railway, at Levenshulme, during the night, and had been killed by a train coining behind him. Ho was discovered by the driver of an early train into Manchester, and was taken to the nearest public-house. He had evidently been dead sonic) time. At an inquest held by Mr. W. S. Rutter yesterday, it was stated that he had been in the habit of walking along the line when going home late, though the distance saved, as eompared with the nearest public read, Is hich runs parallel with the rail way, would be very slight. There was reason to believe that be was in a state of intoxication. Verdict—" Acci dental death." The ovum of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1061 to 106, per cent. At these rates there is no on the importation of god from the United States IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. Mr. DODSON, the Deputy Speaker, took the chair at twelve o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time :—Kingston and Epsom Railway, Talacre Pier and Harbour (Railway). ABERDARE (NORTHERN) RAILWAY BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed till the 24th of April. LANCASTER, RYE, AND NEW WINDSOR ELEC- TIONS. Mr. WALPOLE, Chairman of the General Committee of Elections, reported the appointment of select committees to try the petitions complaining of undue returns for Lan caster, Eye, and New Windsor. PETITION. Mr. FEIMAND gave notice that to-morrow, on the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply, he should call the attention of the house to a petition that was presented on Thursday. PUBLIC COMPANIES' BILL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH, in moving the second reading of this bill, explained that the measure was practically the same as ono which had passed through several stages in a former session, and had been amended and reduced to the simplest form in committee. In these circumstances, had there not been a large amount of pew members in the present Parlia ment, ho would have moved its second reading without adding a single observation. The object of the bill was the regulation of voting in large public companies. It was a simple proposal to extend their powers so as to enable them to know what they were voting about. (A laugh). lts operation was restricted to those companies which were under the Companies Consolidation Act of the year 1815, under which there were two ways of vcting-- personally and by proxy. Those companies consisted of such an enormous amount of individuals—five, ten, and fifteen thousand, and in the case of the London and North Western Railway, 22,000 shoreholders—that all could not attend their meetings. In not a few cases ladies were shareholders, and also large manufacturers and others in various parts of the country, who invested their surplu s money in them, and could not be expected to be present. Consequently, if such persons voted at all they had to do so by7proxy, and their votes might be given in favour of an object which, if they had heard the statements made in the course of the discussion, they would not have voted for. The system was, therefore, liable to great abuse by persons gathering in proxies with which to carry any scheme which they might have in view. The hon. gentleman gave some instances of directors of railway companies holding proxies forsuchalarge amount of stock that they were able to carry any measure, notwithstanding the opposition of the share holders present. To remedy this voting :in anticipation he proposed that in the event of a poll being demanded the motion and amendment should be circulated among the shareholders, and their opinions ascertained by means of voting papers to be forwarded by post. Mr. GIBSON said he would make no objection to the bill, as its principle was salutary, and as it was an im provement on the existing law with regard to proxies ; but ho supposed that the hon. gentleman intended that all the existing powers with regard to the proxies should remain untouched, and that this proposal was an addition to, and not a substitution for, the present law. Mr. GRIFFITH—Quite so. The bill was then read a second time. HOP TRADE BILL. A large number of petitions having been presented in favour of this measure, Mr. HUDDLEST ON moved the second reading, and, in doing so, stated that there was no new principle involved in it. The clauses had all been drawn up with a view of carrying out the intentions of the Legislature in repeated acts of Parliament, and the only variations were such as it was necessary to make in order to adapt the measure to the exigencies of the present day. Tho frauds which it was sought to prevent were the substitution and sale of an in ferior quality of hops for a superior quality, and the system of false packing—filling up a bag with an inferior quality of hops, while a small quantity of a good quality was put in the centre, from which the sample was generally drawn. These practices had existed for a very considerable time, and it was, found almost impossible to repress thom. The temptation was very great, and it arose from the different prices which the different qualities of hops would fetch in the market. The superior character of hops grown in East Kent in favourable soil, where there has been a great ex penditure of capital, where the crop was very scanty, were used only for brewing. Some of the very best kinds for ale fetched a price of something like eight or nine guineas per cwt., while the inferior qualities requiring less expenditure of capital and less care, would bring only four or five guineas. The house would, therefore, see that there was a great temptation if there was a facility offered for impos ing upon the consumer and the public an inferior for a superior quality. The Legislature had thought it right to protect the trade from frauds, and he might state that; five Acts had been passed with that view. The first of these measures was introduced in 1710, and one of them had been repealed. The principal object of the present bill was to require that the owner, planter, or dealer should mark the name, weight, year, and place of growth on his bagi instead of the excise, and there could be no hardship in his being compelled to do so, for he had the materials for marking at his hand. There were also clauses render ing liable to a penalty persons who should fraudulently pack, or suffer to be packed, hops of different qualities in the same bag, and giving power to justices of the peace to issue a warrant for the detention of bags improperly marked, while a prosecution was instituted. He had re ceived a suggestion as to the wording of some of the clauses, which might be attended to in committee. Sir B. BRYDGES seconded the motion. Mr. BERESF ORD HOPE objected to the bill as it did not allow a fair competition to growers, but granted a sort of monopoly to those in East Kent. Ho moved that it be read a second time that day six months. The hon. gen tleman pointed out some objectionable words in the bill and hoped, if the bill went into committee, they would be withdrawn. Sir 31. RIDLEY seconded tho amendment. Mr. LOCKE said the objection raised against the bill was the old objection that the growers of bad hops would not be entitled to sell them as good hops. The measure was practically a revival of an old system, which had fallen into desuetude. What objection could the Weald of Kent have to put on au honest mark. (Hear, hear.) Under the old acts the grower was obliged to put on a mark, but if he did not do it he could not be punished except in a very roundabout way, namely, by actions for penalty. Mr. GREENE was in favour of the bill as it would be a protection to brewers. Mr. Alderman LUSK did not see why there should be special legislation for the hop any more than any other trade. After some observations from Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. Pim, and other members, Mr. GIBSON thought the compulsory marking of any merchandise unadvisable, and said that recent legislation did not go in that direction, but he could not object to a measure for the prevention of fraud. He should not oppose the second reading of the bill, tho clauses of which could be very fairly discussed in committee. Mr. HOPE then withdrew his amendment, and the bill was read a second time. BANK NOTES (IRELAND) BILL). Sir C. O'LOGHLEN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to make Bank of England notes a legal tender in Ireland, and to remove certain restrictions which at present existed with respect to Irish banks of issue. The hon. baronet at some length compared the English, Scotch, and Irish banking systems, and remarked that while in Scotland notes were made payable to the head office in Edinburgh, in Ireland, if a branch office were opened, that branch office could only issue its own notes. The consequence was that in Ireland, whore there were six banks of issue, there were only 191 b:...tneh banks, while in Scotland, with twelve banks of issue, there were 594 branch banks. Another result was this ; banks being compelled to keep a fifth more of gold than the amount issued in notes, every branch bank in Ireland which issued £lOO,OOO in notes had to keep in stock £120,000 in gold. In Scotland, however, branch banks had only to keep in stock an amount equivalent to the amount of notes issued by that office. In conclusion, the hon. member ex pressed his willingness to postpone the bill for a month or six weeks, if further consideration of the subject was re quired. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had carefully considered the provisions of the bill, and if it had been in the power of the Government, consistent with their public duty, to have consented to its second reading they should have dine so. But they had arrived, unhap pily, at a different conclusion. His hon. friend had stated that he was willing to enter into an engagement to drop the first portion of the bill in committee, and confine himself to the second object of it if he were assured of the consent of the Government. It would be a very objectionable proceeding were the Government to consent to the second reading of the bill, with a view of casting out of it in committee that which, on account of its magnitude, might be called the main principle of the bill, namely, making the Bank of England notes a legal tender in Ireland. He could not consent either to the first or second portions of the bill. With regard to making the Bank of England notes a legal tender in Ire land, his hon. friend, in his speech, had cut the ground from under his own feet, for he said that when Irish stock was sold in London and Bank of England stock was re ceived in payment, the disposer of the stock, when be re turned to Ireland, had to submit to a rate of discount in changing the notes. That showed that the Bank of England was not always at par in Ireland. He (Mr. Glad stone) would not attempt to disguise the fact that the banking question with regard to Ireland, and also with re gard to other portions of the kingdom, required revision, but it was not a question that could be approached at all times with advantage. This was a strictly Imperial ques tion. It was quite true that they had three d iffertho n laws in operation, and ho was very far from saying that laws ought not to be made uniform in t he three kingdoms.t.is__ That was not his meaning, but his meaning was h that they could not settle the law of any one of the three m cvaidorixig what Ng) afoot TfOlllCl P on the state of the law in each of the other two ; and that was the ground on which he stood when he said that any proposal with regard to the currency in Ireland must be considered not only with regard to its effect there, but also with regard to its effect on Scotland and England. After giving a careful and concise review of the banking system, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that although the Government were waiting as anxiously as the hon. member himself for the hour when sonic revision of the system might be made, they could not consent to the second reading of the bill. Some observations having been made by Mr: HANKEY, who spoke against the measure, Sir C. O'LOGLILEN said that after the remarks :uncle by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he would not proceed with the bill. The house then adjourned. 103} 2i 291 1081 91 88 72 LETTER FROM DR DEICE. lIALAI, ABYSSINIA, March 13, 1866. Dr. and Mrs. Beko left M. Kulla near Massowah on the 3d of March, and reached !falai, on the edge of tho Abyssinian table-'and, on the 10th. They had previously made an excursion to Zulla, in Annesley Bay, in company with a shooting party of the officers of 11.M.5. Syria, with a view to discover whether an entrance might not be made in that direction, but the attempt was frustrated by cer tain intrigues. On their way up to Halal, the gratifying intelligence reached them that Dedjatz Tekla Georgis, the Emperor Theodore's Lieutenant in Tigre, had completely defeated Derasa, the General of Waagshum Gobazye, at Hauzeyn, about 70 miles south of Ilalai, and that the rebels were retreating in all directions. This important event is likely to materially facilitate Dr. Beke's journey into the interior, and he has d espatched a messenger to Ded j atz Tekla Georgie, asking for an escort for himself and his wife. The change of climate has completely restored the health of the traveller. It was at first reported that the rebels bad been defeated by the Emperor in person , but this i not the fact. It is, however, still believed that ho is c l o ti rr s :ig,t o Tigre. It is not at all unlike l y that arr angement made approachwill be ' ac celerated by the news of t he ar ran e between th e newly-appointed Egyp tian Mudir of the D au k q l ' East and the rebel Gorbaz y e, for thegirxaann)' a grant to the former of Daggira, near Digsa (D other villages along the edge of the hi g h land, wh ich have t always belonged to Abyssinia, though held as fiefs of the empire by the Naibs of Arkiko. This arrangement was only completed whilst Dr. and Mrs. Beke were on their way up to llalai, as they passed the Mudir Ahmed Araye on his way down, and some of the tribute oxen being driven down to the coast. No later news from Mr. Rassam has come to Dr. Beke's knowledge, but before he left Mr. Kulla he heard for certain that when Mr. Rassam wrote on the 4th of January announcing his entry into Abyssinia with an escort sent by the Emperor, he had been stopped between Wekhni and Tjelga by the troops of i esso Gobazye, and that those of the Emperor had gone to attack them and clear the way. DISEASED MEAT.—Last night, at a meeting of the Society of Arts, Dr. J. L. W. Thudicum read a paper on the diseases of meat and their effects on man. There is only one disease of a specific nature which can be transplanted to man from the lower animals, and that is the malignant pustule or anthrax, a malady of rare occurrence. The entozoa, or " worm" class of diseases, are more com mon and more dangerous. The lecturer stated that fish introduce into man their own class of worm, veal and beef supply the great hookless tape-worm, whilst pork gives the hooked tapeworm. All of these were shown in a magnified form by the aid of the oxyhydrogen microscope. Most of the worms have flat heads, with a circle of hooks in the centre, and four or five suckers round the circum ference. These hooks are worked and wrenched into the flesh of the sufferer by strong muscles in their rear ; the suckers then hold on firmly, so that the worms can rarely be dislodged without tearing away some of the intestine or other part of the body to which they are attached. The Trichina spiralis, at the root of the pork disease now causing such devastation in Germany, is a worm, which it is believed produces about 1,000 living young in the course of a fortnight. Dr. Theddicum produced a living rabbit full of the disease, and, picking a small piece of flesh out of its back, put it under the microscope ; several of the worms were then observed curling on the screen. They are not killed till boiled a very considerable time, and the best measures to prevent the disease are to give the pigs good food, to examine the flesh under the microscope, and to conk it thoroughly before eating. Mice and rats are much infected by the worms, and the pigs sometimes catch the disease by eating the dead bodies of these animals. After a few remarks from Dr. Cobbold, F.R.S., the chairman, and Professor Owen, the meeting broke up. NATIONAL INSTITUTION AND HOME FOR LADIES. Yesterday the annual meeting of the friends and pro moters of this institution took place at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, Mr. J. B. Talbot in the chair. After a few preliminary observations from the Chairman, the secretary read a report, which stated that the institu tion was established in March, 1864, for the purpose of providing a respectable and comfortable home, at very low charges, for gentlewomen, who, having received a good education, have been cast upon their own resources by bereavement or loss of property. It also undertook to render all possible assistance to thorn in obtaining situa tions, and to guard them against danger and imposition ; and there was, moreover, in connection with it a relief fund, out of which many applicants had received tempo rary assistance. Applications have b een made at the insti tution by upwards of 300 ladies in search for situations, and between 80 and 90 had entered the Home, which they had left on obtaining suitable situations. Others are con stantly applying, and many of them fail to obtain relief for want of funds and sufficient room. During the past year eleven cases of extreme need have been relieved at a cost of £l3 12s. 6d., and the committee only regret that the means at their disposal were not such as to enable them to increase the benefits they conferred. Applications are constantly being made by individuals and by institutions requiring ladies in various capacities, as housekeepers, companions, secretaries, matrons, &c., and the best endeavours aro made to meet their wishes;" but such cases aro few in -comparison with those of persons seeking engagements. Every lady and gentleman who has become acquainted with the home has given it the most umualifiod approbation, and it has received the patronage of many persons of the highest distinction ; but still tho need is great and the contributors are few. The mana gers aro working gratuitously, and they are oppressed by remaining liabilities which they aro most anxious to remove. They therefore look forward to the day when the patrons and subscribers to this work shall be multiplied, all debts liquidated, and a largo number share in the benefits of the institution. The report was adopted, and a resolution was passed to the effect that the meeting consi dered the design and objects of this institution to be most needful and useful, and as such to be wotrhy of publio patronge and support. It has already been determined to raise a memo rial fund in honour of the late Mr. Henry Hoare, whose death was announced on Tuesday, and the scheme has received the full approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It has not been decided to what specific object the fund to be raised shall be applied, but the proposal which at pre sent finds most favour is a suggestion that scholarships shallbe founded for encouraging youngmen to devote their attention to those ecclesiastical and religious subjects which the deceased gentlemen had so much at heart. Mr. Hoare was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1827, when he was fifteenth wrangler. Mr. Hoare was married in 1836 to Lady Mary, the daughter of the second Earl of Romney. COCKB AND CURS.—When Parliament is re formed it is to be hoped that the representatives of the people will do justice to rich folks in the matter of dogs. At present the laws are unjustly in favour of the poor. From the way in which the dog tax is planned and levied, every disreputable fellow in town and country contrives to keep a cur as disreputable in look and in morals as himself, and to shirk the payment of the duty which is half -yearly extracted from more decent dog lovers with rigorous punctuality. But here we have an unfortu nate gentleman at Hammersmith applying to the magis trate, and learning that it is not only in the matter of the dog tax, but in that of dog howlings, that the poor are exempted from the penalties which afflict the rich. It ap pears from the magistrate's statement that if you keep a pack of hounds so near to other people's houses that they are annoyed by their barkings in the kennels which sport ing men call " music" when in the field, you may besoin dicted for a nuisance. But, at the same time, t if e.p_ me wretched little mongrel entertains itself with n f igh 0 137 y: _ ing, to the ruin of your sleep and the discomusort,s of 0 : whole household, you have no remedy, and l i r this the in such silence as your self-control can endure'to his complaint Hammersmith gentlesnan - learnt in reply upon perpetually about a dreadful cock that would insist w to deal with the crowing, to the distress of a sister, ill. Mr. Dayman confessed his in rd of an action successfully matter, saying that he never in such a case, and the com a:iiiotyseems to have been brought against the ow t n h e e r d. Those who have learnt by plainant departed unsoo pass night afternight the neigh. is to bourhood of much hich supposes that cocks crow only experience what superstition w Poultry are aware that it is merely popular also at midnight. withall that there at the case, indeed, This may be an u d ut o i c t ca is si e o u al a l l y veertaiti - assion for crowing is restrained by proper cocks, whose p sunrise and sentiments of deco rum. re do exist other cocks who, like certain m em b ers of Parlia ment, su ffer from a most morbid passi on f or hearing their own voices, and who will crow at short intervals all the n ight through; while the misery these ill-regulated animals inflict upon their human fellow -creatures is a thing not to be laughed at by those persons who, as they think very little by day, are able to sleep soundly by night though all the cocks in a village are crowing in their ears. It is to be hoped that the suffering gentleman will ascertain how the law really stands, both as to cocks and curs.— Gazote, Curragh FRENCH RACI: Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l JU. Vincennes 3 Montaüban ~....... I Abbeville Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Saintes 2B, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31. UST. 16, 17 18 G FIXTURES. Vissembourg 2l Paris (Summer) 26, 27 E. Toulouse 24, 28 JU Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amiens AUG Deauville..... 4, 5, 6 1 Rochefort 5 Bourges .. Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 SEPTE Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 1 Chantilly Le Mans Leon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l. AMBER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 It is not improbable that a vacancy will shortly take place at the Admiralty by the appointment of Rear- Admiral Fanshawe to the command of the Fleet in the Pacific. Admiral Hastings will, in all probability, suc ceed Admiral the Hon. G. J. B. Elliot, C. 8., in the com mand of the Fleet on the South-east coast of America. MR. MARSH AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. --Mr. Marsh, M.P. for Salisbury, has received a letter signed by 99 of his constituents, calling him to account for his conduct in opposing the Franchise Bill. The hon. gentleman, in reply, asserts his claim to independent action on whatever measures may be brought under the consideration of Par tflearemennegcneot t s o an o t h d n e l) oo express e dGi e n oa t vy s . neo: Government mt well-known i t -tk nbh t ihuroeewigcsonacorns pr i ncip l es . etsoi h smt e eyn n t o w w take s thhisin pre viouslyre tmhyerceownsatsitauneyntoscacfatesrioLnofrdorPizlmaseirtstmoing'shtdebaet n ot Mcoin..sMula sea r tin sh g h' pre r s ca um n e n d ot tnet there would be no change in the principles of a Government which consisted almost entirely of the same individuals as before. I think, however, that Lord Palmerston was much too good and wise a statesman to have introduced a Reform Bill into the House of Commons which he, in common with all really thinking people, must have known could never, under any circumstances, have been passed by such a sub stantial majority as to justify for one moment its being attempted to be thrust upon the other house of Parliament. I need scarcely say that I made my speech at the begin ning of the session against lowering the franchise -without consulting any one ; this you will, I think, infer from any general independence. Since that time others have taken the same course, and so far from thinking that they are a small and discontented faction, perhaps the division will prove that they aro not so very small, and they are, I be lieve, only discontented with a Reform Bill which, by beginning to lower the franchise, must in my humble opinion inevitably lead to manhood suffrage and democracy. In fact it is avowedly accepted by its best supporters with this view." FOR BETTER ? OR WORSE ?—Society knows all about Jones, had examined Jones from top to toe, and has decided that it can stand him—he will do. Suddenly the rumour goes forth that Jones is going to be married. So ciety bridles up in a moment, as on the qui tiro directly, and justifiably enough, as you will admit, if you will bear in mind what was said just now on the "other half." For what is this marriage of Jones from Society's point of view ? Jones, a nimble, presentable, useful, and convenient creature, has gone away for a little season, to return pre sently with another human being belonging to him, part and parcel of him, and inseparable from him. Society knew half of Jones and approved. The other half, which ho hasgone to fetch, it does not knew, and waits to examine with eager, and somewhat critical curiosity. What will it turn out to be like ? Can anybody tell us ? Shall we be able to stand it ? Is it like the demi-Jones with whom we have been hitherto acquainted, presentable, initiated? or is it a clumsy and impracticable addition to our old friend ? Is it a better-half or a worse ? The half-Jones originally known to us. Is the complete Jones to be a s o ucce , s s s ot o h r e a r failure ? This is how the matter stands when Jones's half is unknown to the world in which Jones e,s ash a o l the c r o h n a t l i f nu i is lived. But when, on the then indeed already perfectly well known t , o Jones's half has already got all things are di ff erent. Jones's new Jones himself—bette its credentials, it is as well known r more influential, perh ap s. Let known, more popular, business together by all contrary, Jon es's them set up in the s ocial . Means, We liked Mr. venal,' ones and Miss se parately, and Demi-Jones very wel l . a state of uni to countenance them in ow—Dickens' All flia says tho world. Year Round. A SNAKE STORY.--A correspondent of the Uiten hage Times, writing from the Winterhock, says : "An extraordinary snake affair occurred in this neigh bourhood a few Sundays ago. A larg e snake of the cobra t r ibe, about 4ft. 6in. lo ng, got unseen into a farmer's house, it is supposed on the Saturday afternoon, and concealed himself under an harmonium. On the Sunday afternoon, the children b e i ng at scho ol, the farmer and his wife wer e quietly reading, the wife sitting in front of a window. The snake quietly crawled out, got unperceived under the good woman's crinoline, and twisted itself round her from the ankle to the knee, which position it kept for upwards of half an hour. The farmer's wife all the while thinking it was her favourite kitten, took no notice of it, until at length, wishing to eject the intruder, she slightly raised her dress for the purpose. Judge of her surprise on finding so deadly a creature twisted round her leg. She sat perfectly still, not even looking at her hus band lest he should disturb the reptile. At last it uncoiled itself, and then twisted itself about her foot. The shoe fitted loosely, and she softly withdrew her foot, made one bound across the room, and called her husband's attention to the cause of the disturbance. The savage creature now charged the wife, and was only kept off by the hus band with his Sun d a y coat. It soon retreated and got un de r a footstoo l, p uttin g out its head as i f to threaten death to any one wno should approach it. A. stick was broug ht to the farmer, who struck a terrible blow at its head, but hit the stool instead, shivering the stick to pieces. Thi s exasperated the creature, which darted out farmer, and was again kept at bay at the by the coat. It at length retreated into tho Woo; whore A wag killed," --.......,....m0ma SPORTINGINTELLIGLINCE—ThisDay. NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. PLATE OF 100 SOPS. Breadalbane ... 1 Saccharomater 9 Ischia ..._. Five ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Raven Warrior ... 1 ..... 2 Four ran. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. Repu15e................. Bayonette BETTING ON TIIE COURSE. DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Rustic (taken freely) 4to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Knight of the Crescent 1000 to 30 agst Vespasiau 1000 to 30 agst lioaarch of the Glen RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Newmarket Ist Spring 16 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Ascot Spring Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Chester Curragh Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer .. 29 JU Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool . 19 Beverley 2O Ipswich llungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 2G Curragh 2B Worcester X. JUI Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon R ea di ng N ottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l. Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes l- O- Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l E Warwick September SEP T 4 Curragh Leicester Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCTI [JST. York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter .. ..... Tunbridge l4l Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O :MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall BER. Northampton 2 Newmarket 2(I October 8 5 Leamington Ilunt .............. 19 Curragh NOVEkBER. Lincoln 1 1 Shrewsbury ......... 11 Liverpool Newmarket Houghton 24 Worcester IRISH RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Cork MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 I JUNE. Curragli 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curragh OCTOBER. 100 et 1 20 204 10 100 1 WO too 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 1022 98 i