The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL MTELLICIF;Nn'E TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is quiet, hardly any busi ness having been negotiated. The expectation is very general that the rate of discount will be re duced to-morrow, and people are consequently holding over their bills. An amount representing £93,000 was taken to the Bank yesterday. It is stated that the directors of the Commercial Union Assurance Company have decided upon de claring a dividend of 71 per cent., free of income tax, for the year ending the 31st December last. [he report of the committee of investigation ap pointed by the shareholders of the Joint-Stock Discount Company has been issued. The commit tee recommend the retirement of the present board of directors, and that the call of £5 per share be rescinded, and £2 10s. be made in its stead. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, the French Three per Cent. Rentes . were quoted at 69f. 12c. The English Stock Market has been rather in active to-day, and quotations have indicated a degree of heaviness. Consols are 87Z- for money, " an d 87 11 for account. Other descriptions, such a s foreign bonds, and the different classes of share propertyl show a slight and general depreciation., Tile New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87,1 a ; Annuities (1885), 13 11-16ths 13-16ths ; Exche quer Bills, 6s. 2a. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., 4 • In the Foreign Stock Market prices are generally lower. Turkish 5 per Cents., are 38/ s ; Mexican, 22 4 23 ; ditto New, 20 / ; Greek, 131 141 ; Spa nish Passive, 27 1 ; the Certificates, 138 / ; Italian, 60/ ; the Confederate Loan, 45; Brazilian Scrip, 4 2 prem.; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, 11 , 4 prem. U n it e d St a t es G overnmen t 5-20 Bonds are 68/ j. ; Erie Shares, 53 ; and Illinois, 76i i. B usiness in the Railway Share Market has been inacti ve, and prices generally are depressed. Great Western have declined 10s. ; Great Northern, ; Caledonian, Great Eastern, and Midland, each 153 . ; and North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North Eastern (Berwick), each 10s. , The Forei gn an d C o l on i a l li nes are a l so a s h a d e low er. Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to 42 i ; and Great Western of Canada to 17/. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. Alliance are dealt in at 29 4 ; European at 12/ ; London and Westminster at 96 ; Joint Stock Dis count at 41s ; London Financial at 13 ; N a ti ona l -uls'eetint Company at 144 j and Overend, Gur ney, and Co., at 19/ /. Charles Lafitte and Co.'s sh ares are quoted 31 38 p rem . ; an d M ont C en i s i lailway Company, 4 4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GOVERNMENT FUNDS. u l'er„ Cent. Consols 3 L'o• Account, March 6 - * A,Per Cent Reduced B7i i 1 ,,."w 3 per' C "ew 21. per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4 1) °- 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilABBs l3 13-16 11-16 , Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — .'xcliequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent, 6 3 Do, Do £3OO 2 £lOO and £2OO abb. of -' England Stock, 5 per Cent nuy ri • GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 1O per Cent., AprillB74 — DeAccount D , i i n °. • o per Cent. Jul 1870 4 per Cent., Oct. y , 1888 o. Certificat e s — 1) De. B nfaced Paper 4 per Cent — n e 5 , Per Cent., Jan. 1872 DO e ' I per Cent., May 1879 — Do ' Bonds, per Cent., Aug. 1866 — o. Bo n d s, £l,O 00 _ "0 under £l,OOO A, . FOREIGN FUNDS—ONI9 O'CLOCK. Oahu° Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — ii r l utriilia an Bonds 5 per Cent, 1859 — n az _o 5 per , Cent — —v• Loper Cent., 1852 -5 8 - 6 0 . 1863 , *Do. 1865 ~u ll _ . Bi le ,• allP, £3‘.) paid I?)o:,s4cAeyrouenst 6 per Cent 2 pm Chi t . 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) t lao 6 per Cent Cent Colo ° 4 i . P er C u b ni b per Cent. — ta a, 6 per Cent. . 1 1 . 1 , 1i sh 3 per Cent., 1825 — D°— ta.oll l b 4 . t e l: P e ep r r ri C cu e e n cni t t .., 1 1 8 7 6 7 3 3_77, Palities £2s paid Equ _,A. count 7s} D o aue p r New . . Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E , rovisional Land Warrant 7Ptia 7 por Cent 93f i• „°., Second Issue —' D 0 £lOO Bonds Do £11:1000.Bonds 1864 93- 1 931 D o , , • Government Railway Debentures. , -.Jo. £l5 , aid 1 } pm , zreek r 5 per Cents , 1824-5, ex Coupons 100 Account . De. Coupons . Do. Account ;/11o.ternala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 1 :),0 Account 76i ~vo. Maremm ana R a i1 way ,......... , K; e xican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 2ot 14 1) 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — N•"-ontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid erisli Imperial 5 per Cent ew Granada Do 2 p er C ent ..... o Deferred D 0 1)0 Land Warrants (Hectares) ~• 6 per Cent 186. , _ _ Do ci. , pe uaranteecl, 4 per Cent Dvi an. 5 per Cent., 1863 DoAccount D 0 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) — ? or , 4 } per Cent., 1862 ir i gliese 3 per Cent., 1853 0 0. 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4114. Accou n t D j ail 5 per C en t ., 182 2, £ St — ]:, e 4 i Per Cent. 1850 tin l i Per Ce n t ., 1860 L— , Pel Cent. 1859 `' per Cent. 1862 9O f E3 a ;,,°, 0. per Cent. 18 64 — e i nlan 5 Per Cent 610 ° £1(00 Bands . 14 gp • 4 Per Cent — atush 3 D DoCent 6 A-a aoll t -D e I , re n , iv Deferred -&-H0 A.ccou 37 D nt Do p assive Sna n iteount e7i i ) e A C C er t. of Coup not funded — I Wedi g .,„aolint lsf - 1 -,_ •-•'-, 4 Per Cent. — 41`'o• 41 • , tiri r i o ,- , Per Cent. 1864 B o '" 6 per Cent. 1854 — I, taeount — D o Par Cent. 1858 ° ~ -Account 691 } ,-.,'£100 Bonds -Lio 6 D ° Per Cent 1862 , _ _Account 661 6 '`.6.1 -1.00 Bonds D o . 6 Per t Cent., 1863 63 D o ° A Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — o.l e aoun - 1 Veoozil P e r Cent. G uarantee d bitt o 6l4 3 Per Cent. /).,`-' ~ a ccount — bo.'A A c count t' ' ccount Cent' 1862 — Do, 61 •A-nat r i A Dividends on the above payable in London. I. c elq-Cf," ll, 5 Par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins I ~,,,,. 4, peer . th 4 cent.Ex.,2of. Gull 62 P re ° 1 p er C. 1 1t., Ex. 12Gull 97 Dllta!leh It e , 3.t _ e _a,t• CertificaLes 69f. 5 Per ~%0 per Cent. ~ ° Ac oonil li ot., 1861, Ex. 2af. 61 601 C o v. -Lsols TW O O'CLOCK. De, ' far m o 87i 1 0. ACc ollut "y 87i 1 ........._____—......... tTI/ Akt ctr ilek. 0 0 AT BIRMINGIII3I.—This artiste has The firatu„t,a new path for th e exc it em ent o f sensa ti ona li s t s. 'oe dire-PPe a rance at Birmi ng ham was a p er f ec t success. 1e a , , , 0 fo eters of the Crystal Palace have extended his Paar , at l'4 few days longer, but ho must positively reap entire seas Pleohan o early in March, as he engaged for the , irzz on. ter:, RAL MI SADVENTURE AT MILE END.—Yes uav ia , afternoon g its as a, on as a funeral procession was wend at t ow, _ li .r e long the Mile End-road towards the cemetery 8 •11 two % .i ef the carriages, containing three gentlemen !It . tir l fr 0 2 1.. , fairly broke down, the hind wheels sepa -14 i rte ro ad. ' A th e e vehicle and retreating some distance along :1 i843 d tho 't rowd Presently surrounded the carriage and eso ot disco„o,,,.oLtifited inmates to emerge from their un hurt, ao( f ; as "' n• One of the ladies appeared very much br6 ha PPY to s' conveyed to a neighbouring hotel ; but we coodfedt, The teaatielitahgaet insothseerious consequences are appre property of Mr. Quarterman. °MO Southernouh Post Offices, 2,000 have b4-°ll re t .. e 6 olith °l34leci. TO 360 Postmistresses . tresses In the ~~ I' fa . !sday. J. High o, drove aval in- iVed at rith her 'es. d Lords Wales, 1 Major le Duke en will ingbaln !esenta- tleinen• e num' . Golub !es Irawing , s e Ivllo under vill also ajesty's of the [ o f the D'clock? iitehall. iscount nny, 111 inty of , f Kent, e Hon' • Geo .- •f Car' t pro -833, i friends or, and )lelllol, The largest lember dle iiro of the ip port" 'ortull e pis zeal Lscoull t :pencl i " thulCl e ly de a arried rinoUrt priollr , and 3 B, born unlui°' ,ed th e Iced b 9 b r ain a COn• s light in the ended LOU' a SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I p aid. / Closing ir i Business Ice I clone. Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & Ab. June 1 &London, t alp Certi 1 93 95 132 33 65 70 13 15 4i 51 68 70 70 72 93 1311 Do. Glasgow (4 S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 115 117 38 40 6) Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A s took ...... Do. B stock :29 131 148 549 Do. mew, is. at 25 p. Gt S. and W. of Irelau Gt. Western -Origina S. Val. Rail gus. Do. South Vales Do. W. 31h1.—Oxiord Do. Newport 00 92 6'.j C 3 59 6 4t 93 35 37 101 103 123 :24 89 91 97 99 35 37 95 5) 127 327 i 95 16 65 65i 131 135 3 HP 1 97 179 Do. Bel L an c ishire dz Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Davt r Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & orth Wester I Lon. & South Western Mau., Shet., d; Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do do. do. Do. and Ft. John'sW'd llid'and Do. £9 Share 127/ 128 21 96 08 Do, Birmin.. & Derby slid Kent North British ...... Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchast Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... C 2 64 7 28 112 114 n 73 108 110 Do. gtock.& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 37 S 8 101 Ilk) 124 126 1i 2p 14 2p 75 77 11 12 147 149 68 70 112 114 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ccntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union iouth Devon south E., stern IStaines, Wok., & Wok "raff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West CornwAll 53 55 77 77.; 8 9 194 118 3 I 1 102 IC4 51 53 85 d 3 8 i i it 62 1 43 i 37 61 127 6; 94 -5 1341 I 128 I 71 8} 7 1 i 9s e2} 1.3 721 BRITISH POSSE Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. }' shares 1 Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff Brant,&Goderich '4oi 10 too 6 p.c. :872-3- 1 .—•••• • Calcutta & S. E., lim ai e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p; East. Benv al, gu., 5 do cast ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.O Do. Ist ?ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred ...• Do. 2d Pr( f. Bonds Do. do. deferred • Do. Pref. stock... • Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred .. • • Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. • o. Gus, 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. 0 Gt. South of India .•••• • gua. 5 per cent D . 4/ per cent... • Do Great Wva. of Canada.. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds- pay. 1872 $0.51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do .._ ISSIONS. 51 69 9ai 1004 id ip 74 8 10 11 100 100 100 all 100 100 74 78 96 98 6S 70 100 102 100 101 102 103 45 49 87 90 68 70 60 63 62 61 53 50 48 51 44 47 38 40 '36 38 103 101 e!. P co' 100 91 03 17a 13 1 3 1 , 2 *4 84 e 6 1 4d 93 101 90 92 86 88 Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Meth. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay N. It I. C'da, 6pc Ist pt. bs Seinde . Do. Delhi Do. do ts' 4 Do. Puniaub..• • , 0 Do.lndus 1021 } 421 Nil 5 41 10f 64 66 8 82 981 99 98 99 99 } 93 99 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l6O 93 86 969 D. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 101 95 97 1 30.5 p. c. Jan. & July 100 0 82 Do. sp. r. Inscribed sk 100 7i sO ' Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 187.?. 100 101 103 00.Ap1.& Oct 1890-190 e 100 164 106 Do. do; IS3O-9, , 100 104 105 Do. Jan. &July, 1890.91 100 101 103 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. t 100 101 103 Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1 8 Mauritius. 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1i , 78 .)o. 1882, Mayls, Nov.:' 10) 103 105 Do. 1805, Feb. & Auz l2O 1(4 106 Natal ')1ov. 6 per cent lOO 9) 101 N. B.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 100 93 95 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: 100 879 88, New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 100 101 Do.— va s scpetia G percent.... ...gi c l.OO 81 84 so sterling, 1875 l9O 18 103 99 i. u A e c u ll s s . G 1 a o n v d . 6 G p o . v e . 1 6 8 p 68 . 1 1 0 0 0 0 _9B_ 10_0 994 Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 104 106 Vie,Gov. 6 p.C. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 105 106 107 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. U old, lira. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 30 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 870 59u Drake walls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Mogan,— 299 19 21 East Caradon 2.14.6 69 74 East Cam Brea 39 •44 41 ast Grenville 2.14.0 39 4 East Gunnislake 8.3.0 4 9 East Love.l 3.9.0 11 129 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.9 3 31 Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L orey, limited all 20 21 209 Great South Tolgus..., 0.14.6 19 2 Great Wheal Busy-- 14.9.6 39 4 G. Wheal Vor (Heist 'u 40 3C 32 Grenville 8.18.0 34 39 Herod's Foot 8.10.0 40 42 llingston Downs ...... 5.10.6 54 59 Margaret tiny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 Starke Valley 4.10.6 4 49 4 lwyndy Iron Ore, Urn 21 29 ltd New Se ton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 9 North Wheal Croity 2.13. , 1 • - Prosper United... ... . 7.1.6 Pr 0w 3.2.0 2 S. vSoutahhiredacaedionir Fran. . Clcer) r c Uny I..cant 10. 6. 7 37 39 du(Stl4 410 930 (Illogan -- 18 18 9 18 22 -- Stray Park . 35 15.6 9 11 Tin Croft . . 5 Vigra and Clogan, lint all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard 9 8 10 West Chi rerton ll 779 82 West 5et0n.. .. ..474 183 105 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 59 81 e 5 Whcal Buller (Redruth 16 25 279 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Setou -- Wheal Treiawney (Lis 7 164 179 rILEFERENCE SHARES London and N.Wcstern, Bedford and Cambridge 90 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di , to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 41 per cent. stook rd., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London Tilbury, and Southend, 96 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 1611 I Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidm), Si Sambre and Meuse, 9 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, !el FOREIGN MINES. United Mexican, lien., 2i Yutlanan.utana of S. Australia, lim., DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 73 i BANK 8. Agra and Masterman's, lim., (.51 5 Alliam e, lira., 291 9 Anglo Austrian, 7 Australasia. 72 / Bank of British Columbia, 211 Bank of Egypt, 31 1 3 1 Bank of London. 138 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 431 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 24 1 English and American, lim., 51 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 91 European Bank, 1110., 12 a Lard Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 41 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Ilm., 141 London and Brazilian (limb Ditto, new. 71 London and County, i 7 London and Westminster, 961 6 Provincial Banking Corporation, 1110., Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, Jim., 6 4 Union of A ustralia, 53 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 16) Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., Bombay Gas, lim., 51 Canada Company, 82 Credit Foncler and Ilobilier of England, 81 Electric Telegraph, 139 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., ICI Gen. Credit and Finance of L mdon, lira., 5 Hudson's Bay, 171 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit A ego., Um.. 51 International Financial:society, lim., 51 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 41 4 1 Land Securities, 1.m., 31 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 31 London Financial Association, lim , 13 National Discount Company, 141 1 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 191 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lira : , -- D (itt0.i1.2),81 Universal Marine. Insurance, Um., 31 Warrant Finance, lim., 61 ROBBERY OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S VAULT.—Tho family vault of the Duke of Buckingham, at Wotton, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has been broken into, and a silver-hilted sword, with an embossed scabbard, stolen, together with a quantity of silver and other coffin ornaments. The interior of the dome of the Capitol at Wash ington is completed, and the scaffolding has been remcvod, disclosing the frescoes upon which, for 1.8 months past, Constance Bramsby has been engaged. 77j 7 i f THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1360. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. _- -~-- COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE WOLYSORN. The bankrupt was described as an umbrella maker, of Portland-place. To-day an application was made to annul the bankruptcy. It appeared that there had been an ar rangement under which a compromise was to have been paid. Certain costs, however, were not paid; and his Honour remarked that to-day was fixed for the last exami nation and order of discharge, and as certain forms had not been complied with, the case must be adjourned. The debts were £14,700, and a meeting of creditors had been held, but the accounts were not properly on the filo. Mr. Linklater contended that the bankrupt had done all in his power, and therefore he was entitled to his orders. His Honour said ho should adjourn the case. P3LICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A WRETCHED PAIL— Jane Elizabeth Chard, of No. 2, Cross-street, Carnaby-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting her husband. The Complainant said—My wife having been out all Monday night, I spoke to her last night on her coming home, and this morning the threw a shell at my head, cut ting it as you see, and the took up a knife to me. The Prisoner—Were you not blind drunk last night ? Complainant—No. You had boon drinking. The Chief Clerk (Mr. Nokes)—Has she ever struck you before ? The Complainant—Oh, yes; sho stabbed me in the shoulder once, four years ago. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Have you any family ? The Complainant—We lost ono child through her drunkenness. 11r. Tyrwhitt (to the prisoner)—You appear to have cut your husband a good deal. The Prisoner—That was with a potato I threw at him yesterday. He's a beast. The Complainant—She cut my head with the shell. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Tho prisoner will have to find one bail to keep the peace towards her husband for three months. THAMES. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—James King, a youth, well known to the police, and who has boon convicted several times, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with steal ing a bottle of port wine, valued at 4s. Gd., the property of Mr. Christopher Hall, wine and spirit merchant, of No. 47, High-street, Aldgate. William Jarvis, a porter in the employ of the prose cutor, stated that yesterday evening he was on his way to the St. Peter's-road, Stepney, and carrying a wino cooper's basket containing six bottles of port wino and a bottle of pale brandy on his back. Ho suddenly felt the basket was lighter, and on turning round saw the prisoner with a bottle of port in his hand, and :running away as fast as he was able. Ho asked a gentleman to look after the basket and its remaining contents, and pursued the pri soner, who dodged him up and down several courts and alleys in the Mile-end-road until he was stopped by a young man named George Nadur, who turned him back, and he was detained. James Strand, a police constable, No. 656 A, Reserve, stated that the prisoner was a notorious thief, and had been convicted twice, once for stealing goods from a cart in the Whitechapel-road, and upon another occasion for steal ing a piece of beef from a butcher's shop. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial, and directed that the judge should be informed of the prisoner's con victions after the trial. . _ Stroud said the prisoner had been in custody at other times, and stole his mother's bed linen off her bed and sold it. The lad was ono of the most audacious thieves in the district. SAVAGE ASSAULT. —Kerry Warr and Stephen Fitzgerald, Irish labourers, were charged with violently assaulting John Pales, a police-constable, No. 99 11, in Upper East Smithfield, last night. The prisoners wore passing along the street intoxicated, and meeting the police-constable they attacked him with out the semblance of provocation. Ono pulled off his coat and knocked down the constable, and the other fell upon him and beat him. Both prisoners and the wife of one of them kicked him, and when he got up to defend himself with his staff the woman took it from him. The constable, who received 20 blows and kicks, was quite exhausted, and some bystanders interfered and secured the ruffians. Mr. John Hayden, of No. 1, Agnes-villas, Hibernia-road, Hounslow, Middlesex, saw the outrage, which was a most savage one. The constable was kicked and beaten for nothing at all. He felt it his duty to come forward in the cause of law and order. The prisoners were each sentenced to one month's im prisonment and hard labour. Liverpool Cotton Market, —Tlis Day. The market opens with a fair inquiry. Sales probably 8,000 bales or more. - . Launch of the Boss Winans Cigar-ship. On Monday last the remarkable structure known to tra vellers up and down the Thames as the cigar-ship was launched from the yard of Mr, Hepworth, at Cubitt Town. This singular-looking craft has beet built for Messrs. T. and W. L. Winans, from designs for which they aro the patentee s , b e i ng t h e f our th w hi c h they have constructed upon th e same principle. One was built several years sin ce f or th em a t Baltimore, and from this, which was propelled b y a l arge screw i n th e cen t r e of the ship, they obtained a speed of fifteen knots per hour. Two smaller ones, eleia about 70 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth and height, have lately been launched at St. Petersburg and Havre. The present ship is 256 feet in length and 16 feet in breadth, being of the same breadth as that built in America, and 26ft. longer. Her shape along the sides and bottom is that of two arcs of a circle, the screw shaft running from end to end along the centre, being the chord d both arcs, and she floats exactly up to her centre in tee water, as was proved on her being launched. Up to the water lino she is con structed of the finestiron plates sin, thick ; and above this she is of steel plates 5-16 in. is thickness. She is divided into twenty water-tight compartments, and 18ft. at each end is fixed to the screw shaft and revolves with it. This shaft is 71in. in thickness in the centre, but near the screws is 15in. thick. It is worked by three upright cylinder high-pressure condensing engines, supplied with superheated steam by four boilers, of a construction similar to those of locomotive engines. A fourth cylinder is added, whose work is to shift 20 tons of lead to counteract the tendency to roll from the motion of the screw. The engine -room is in the centre of the vessel, and the boiler -room and furnaces are below—the first being 20ft. in length and the other 25ft. In front of the engine-room is a smoking saloon, handsomely fitted up beside, 12ft. in length, and behind which aro sundry state rooms, with berths &c. Further forward is the cook's galley, and yet f urther is the forecastle, where aro the berths of the firemen and engineers. Abaft the engine room are the saloon, 26ft. in length, and several state rooms. There is accommodation on board for 30 passengers. Pro ceeding further aft you come to the sleeping apartments of the crew, where is the windlass, a long crank to be worked by hand, and here also are the anchors, which are like two great clock weights suspended in a couple of canisters, which rise from the bottom of the ship, and aro open below. Through these tubes the anchors, weighing a ton each, are lowered, and are supposed to be quite strong enough to hold a vessel giving so little resistance to the water as this vessel is expected to offer. The engines are in all of at out 250-horse power, nominal, but it :s intended to work them to from 1,500 to 1,800-horse power. The screws will pro trude beyond the widest part of the vessel 3ft. on each side, being 22ft. in diameter, and are constructed with 9 blades. Near the screws and Oft. in towards the centre of the ship aro the rudders, which are worked by machinery placed between the funnels. The deck is 130 ft. in length by 101 ft. in width, and from it rise two telescope masts. She was launched just at 4 o'clock yesterday, and being built level on the cradle she went into the water so that the centre of the vessel touched the water first. Mrs. W. L. Winans broke the bottle on her point, for it can hardly be called a bow, and naming her the Ross Winans wished her success. Tho idea of her inventors is that such vessels would be of the utmost value for carrying' mails and passengers ; would travel with great speed and steadiness ; and that, were we might h ave d a ily ma ils to America. justify these gentlemen's ex p ec t a tions, they have so far comme nce d an ex p er i men t upon an almost unexampl ed s cale, and with an amount of such vessels we vemployed, events may spirit and judgment wo rth y of American citizens, and which will insure them th e h earty good wishes of all. However Palestine Exploiation Fund. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have received a third, report from C aptain Wilson, Royal Engineers, in charge of the first ex ploring party of this association. The pai dy ar rived at Tell Hum (N.E. end of the Lake of Cralilee) on January 20, moved to Khan Minyeh on the 25th, and to Mejdel (centre of west side - of lake) on 27th, at which date the report was despatched. Your obedient servant, GEORQE GROVE, Hon. Soc. Sydenham, Feb. 20. " Topography.—Astronomical observations have been made at Tel el Lady, Hunin, Kedeg, Safed, Tel Hum, and Khan Minyeh. A reconnoissance sketch has been made of the district around Banias down to the junction of the Banias and Hasbany rivers, across the valley to Mtelleh, and thence fol lowing the dividing ridge between the waters of the Litany and Mediterranean and those of the Jordan down to Safed, embracing also a large por tion of the country on either side. The bad state of the weather, cold and wet, drove the party from Kefr Birim, but they have to return to investigate the ruins there and at Meiron and Yarun, and other places not previously described, and willhave an opportunity of getting in the topography of Jebel Jurmuk, and connecting it with the former work. A reconnoissance has been commenced of the coun try bordering on the lake, and this Captain Wilson hopes to carry right round, and also to trace out the whole of the wadys running into the western side of the lake. Archaeology.—A sketch has been made of the Castle of Hunin, the northern portion of which is surrounded by a ditch cut in the solid rock to a depth of, in some places, 20ft., a work apparently of great antiquity. At Kedes some excavations were made on the site of the ruins ; the western building is a tomb containing 11 loculi ; the eastern one is a temple of the sun, of about the same date as Baalbeck ; the richly-worked lintel over the main entrance was dug up. Close to the temple, and evidently belonging to it, an altar with a Greek in scription was found, which has been squeezed and copied ; a finely-worked buried sarcophagus was • dug up, in better repair than those exposed to the air. Detailed plans have been made of the mould ings, &c., on both the buildings and the sarcophagi sufficient to reconstruct the former with great ac curacy. On the same hill some curious tombs were found, of one of which a plan was made. A little more than two miles south-east of Kedes, on an isolated hill called Ter Harah, were found the re mains of a large of very ancient date ; the walls of the citadel and a portion of the city wall could be traced. This Captain Wilson regards as the long sought-for Hazor, in preference to Tel Khureibeh. At Tel Hum the White Synagogue had been so far excavated and its plan and ornaments carefully re corded, but nothing else had been found. The ruins of Chorazin at Kerazeh turn out to be far more im portant than was suspected ; they cover a much larger extent of ground than Tel Hum, and many of the private houses are almost perfect with the exception of the roofs, the opening for doors and windows remaining in some cases. All the buildings, including a synagogue or church, are of basalt, and it is not till one is right in amongst them that one sees clearly what they are ; 50 or 100 yards off they look nothing more than the rough heaps of basaltic stones so common in this country, Drawings have been made of the mouldings, &c., and a plan of the large building as far as can be made out. " Photographs—Two views of niches and foun tain of Banias, seven views of castle of Banias, three views of town and citadel of Banias, one view of Hazor, Oak Grove, three views of sarcophagi at Kedes, one view of large tomb at Kedes, seven views of temple at Kedes, four views of rains at Kerazeh, and five views of ruins at Tel Hum. The broad cutting in the rock above Ain et Tin proves to be a portion of a large aqueduct which formerly conveyed the whole of the fountain at Tabighah into the plain of Gennesareth for irriga tion. The water was raised in a tank and carried round the contour of the Tabighah valley to the plain. The aqueduct still stands in small portions at several points, and can be easily traced the whole way by the number of stones with cement adhering to them lying on the surface of the ploughed fields. Specimens of the waters of the fountains have been kept, and their temperatures taken. 1 i 4 At Irbid some progress had been made in ex cavating the synagogue. Two additional photo graphs had been taken, one of an aqueduct hewn in rock, and one of the plain from above Khan Minyeh. The reconnoissance had been advanced to Mejdel, and observations made at Khan Minyeh. The maps are greatly in error in this district. The whole of the ancient system for irrigating the Ghuweir has been traced—though on a smaller scale, it was as perfect as that of the Damascus plain. The mounds at Khan Minyeh had been ex cavated for two days, but without much result. The pottery and masonry appear to be compa ratively modern. The maps promise to be a valu able addition to the topography of Palestine." election Petitions. The list of disputed returns has been augmented by the following petitions recently presented to the 'House of Commons : BARNSTAPLE.—The return of Mr. Cave for this borough has been petitioned against by two elec tors, who impute bribery, corruption, treating, and intimidation as having been practised by Mr. Cave and his agents and friends, upon which grounds the petitioners pray that the return of that gentleman may be declared null and void. CARLOW BOROUGII.—A petition has been pre sented by two electors, who pray the house to annul the return of Mr. Stock, to whom by himself and agents they impute bribery, corruption, treating, intimidation, abduction of voters, undue influence, and other illegal practices. DEVONPORT.—SeveraI electors have presented a petition against the return of Mr. Ferrand and Mr. Fleming, whose majorities over the competing can didates at the general election—Mr. Phinn, Q.C., and Mr. Brassey, jun., they declare to be but col ourable, and consisting of the votes of disqualified persons. They also allege that many good votes were tendered for Messrs. Phinn and Brassey which were not received, which, if duly counted, would give those gentlemen the highest positions on the poll. It is also alleged that the sitting members by themselves and agents were guilty of bribery, treat ing, and undue influence, and the petitioners con clude by praying that the return may be amended by substituting tho names of Mr. Phinn and Mr. Brassey for those of Mr. Ferrand and Mr. Fleming. HEREFORD CITY.—In the cam of this city a second and, we presume, a counter petition has been pre sented, impugning the return of Mr. G. Clive, who, with Mr. Baggallay, also petitioned against, was returned at the general election. The petitioners allege against Mr. Clive the usual charges of bribery, corruption, and intimidation, which they submit make the return of that gentleman illegal, where fore they pray that it may be annulled. SANDWICH.—Two members of the Government, Lord C. Paget and Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, are attacked by a petition from two electors, who allege that the return of the sitting members is invalid, such return having been obtained by corrupt and illegal practices. It is averred in the petition that Lord C. Paget and Mr. Kuatchbull-Hugessen, by themselves and agents, made promises of money and other valuable considerations in order to induce electors to vote for them, and not for the opposing candidate, Mr. C. Capper. WAREHA.II.—The return of Mr. Caleraft for this borough is disputed by two electors, who in their petition declare that the sitting member owes his ma jority over Mr. Drax, his opponent, to the use of illegal means, and therefore they pray the House of Commons to annul such return. THE IRISH SECRETARY. —At the last moment a petition has been presented, the requisite recognisances being entered into, against the return of Mr. Chichester Fortescue for Louth. It is not believed that there are the slightest grounds for this proceeding, the object of which is to prevent the immediate issue of a new writ consequent upon Mr. Fortescue's acceptance of the appointment of Irish Secretary,' and so keep him ottt of the houso for soy oral was, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—This DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BARNETT took the oaths and his seat for Woodstock. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Mr. 'WATKINS moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. lie said the bill sought to upset the deliberate opinion of a committee of that house, as it proposed to remove one of the fixed bridges of the railway with which he was connected and in its place erect a swing bridge, which he thought was fraught with the most dangerous consequences. After a short discussion, the amendment was carried and the bill thrown out. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (ADDITIONAL POWERS) BILL. This bill was read a second time. DOUBLE RETURN. Mr. G. HARDY informed the Speaker that ho, having been elected for the University of Ox:ord and Leo 'Muster elected to sit for the University of Oxford. :NEW WRITS. New writs were ordered to issue for the election of mem bers for Tiverton, Brecknock, Lancashire (Northern Divi sion), London, Limerick, Sunderland, Ripon, and Leo minster. GAS COMPANIES. Captain GRIDLEY moved for return or statement from every gas company established by Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, stating the several Acts of Parlia ment under which established ; the rates per 1,000 cubic feet at which such company have supplied gas in the years 1864 and 1865, and the average price of the coal used by the company in each year for the same period; also stating the:amount of fxed capital invested by each gas company, and the rate per cent. of dividend to the shareholders or proprietors on their shares iu each year. The return was ordered. NATIONAL FAST. Sir B. BRIDGES asked the Secretary of State for the Homo Department whether it was the intention of tho Government to recommend the appointment of a day for national fast and humiliation, in consequence of the national calamity of the cattle plague ? Sir G. GREY said the opinion of the Government was clearly expressed in the letter he had addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He thought it much better to trust in the voluntary means now in progress rather than to issue an order in Council. Days of fast were now being set apart in certain places by the clergy, on which God's blessing was asked on the measures which had been taken to stop the cattle plague. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Sir R. PEEL asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention had been directed by the Govern ment inspectors of railways to the alarming condition of several of the arches of the viaduct spanning the Tame Valley, near Tamworth, on the Midland line of Railway, and inquired what steps had been taken by the Board of Trade is the matter, with a view to the protection of life and property 7 Mr. M. GIBSON said ho had not been able to obtain so much information as he desired. The accident alluded to took place on that part of Midland Railway opened in 1839, at which time the Board of Trade had no power of inspection. Ho would look into the matter more closely, and let the right hon. baronet know the result. JURIES IN CRIMINAL CASES BILL. Sir C. O'LOUGHLEN moved the second reading of his bill, which was meant to remedy soma of the great incon veniences which at present existed in the jury laws. Ms bill had nothing to do with cases already decided ; it re lated to the keeping of juries, and to tho discharge of juries. Now, for his part, ho could not see why any difference should be made between juries summoned in misdemean our cases and those called together to dispose of felony cases. The jury in misdemeanour were allowed to go to their homes, supposing the case lasted over the day, and he thought it unjust that juries in felony cases should not be allowed the same privilege. That matter had been dealt with in his bill ; and another hardship, which had long been complained of he had attempted to deal with. Where it became necessary to lock up a jury for the night, his bill directed that they should be taken to au hotel and be supplied with beds, instead of continuing the inhuman practice of locking them up in the court house, the judge by the present law having no power to direct their removal to an hotel. Ho also proposed that the judge should have the power of ordering jurors re freshment. The bill laid down most distinctly that the judge should not have the power of discharging juries ex cept in the several instances specified in the bill, and then followed the directions with respect to juries, in cases of illness either of the judge, the witness, or the accused. The measure would prevent a repetition of the scandal that had occurred in Charlotte Winsor's case, as it directed that the judge should have the power of dis charging the jury after they have been kept in confinement a reasonable time, which time he (the judge) shall decide, and from his decision there should be no appeal. (Hear.) He begged attention to the 13th clause of the bill, by which it was distinctly enacted that it should be legal on the part of a jury to return a verdict on Sundays. (Hear.) He hoped the house would allow the bill to be read a second time, when any amendments hon. members might think it advisable to make could be settled in committee. Mr. NEAT T supported the second reading of the bill. He thought it was a very good bill, and calculated to remedy an evil in the present state of the law which had toe long existed. Mr. S. B. MILLER objected to many of the provisions of the bill as altogether unnecessary. Mr. WATKINS thought the bill ought to bo allowed to go to a committee, because, in his opinion, the hon. mem ber had made out a complete case, showing the necessity that existed for an alteration in the law with respect to the locking up and discharging of juries. . . Mr. G. HARDY said he had no objection to that part of the bill giving the judge power to order the jury refresh ment. He, however, did not think it would be wise in the house to pledge itself to the proposal in the bill with re spect to the discharge of juries until the case of Charlotte Winsor had been decided in the Exchequer Chambers. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said ho should not have opposed the measure if the hon. baronet had confined it to the giving of rofeeshments to jurors after they had retired to consider their verdict. With respect to the provisions relative to the discharge of jurors, ho could not give his assent to the measure now before she house. The case of Charlotte Windsor had been alluded to dur ing the discussion on the bill, but if the Exchequer Chamber, in the case about to bo submitted to it, con firmed the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, the law with respect to juries will be settled as clearly as it could possibly be. He thought the bill, at present at all events, ought not to be allowed to proceed. Ho did not think, in nine cases out of ten, the verdict would be satisfactory to the public, if the jury were to be allowed to separate during the trial, and before giving their verdict. If his hon. and learned friend would limit the object of his bill to giving refreshment to juries he would not oppose it, but if the other provisions wore passed then he should feel it his duty to object to its second reading. The hon. and learned gentleman then postponed the mo tion for the second reading of the bill until the 18th of April. TELEGRAPHS (ILELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. The house then adjourned. MARKETS,--This Day. MARK LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were but moderate. The condition of the produce was very middling, and all good and fine dry samples moved off steadily, at full quotations. Inferior qualities, however, wore a dull inquiry, on former terms. With foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied. On the whole the trade was firm, and a fair amount of business was transacted, at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. The trade in consequence ruled firm, and the value of good and fine malting produce had an upward tendency. The malt trade was firm, at fully late rates. The market was but moderately supplied with oats. The demand ruled far from active, at late rates. Both beans and peas met a slGw sale, without leading to any change in prices from last week. There was a moderate demand for flour, at late prices. bIITP ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 2050 1120 1970 2380 880 Iri;11 Foreign 2670 26350 120 sks. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Feb. I For the corresponding week 17, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. (Its. Aver. Wheat 61,055-45s 9d Wheat 67,929-38s 4d Barley .........6:3,364-33s 9cl Barley 60,089-29 s 2d Oats BOROUGH HOP. Our market is quiet; nevertheless, all descriptions of hops support late rates, WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat on sale arc tolerably large. Most descriptions are in fair demand, as follows: Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 48 to os 4d per 81bs by the carcase. A BODY WASHED ASHORE.—BEEST, Feb. 17._ Tho body of a woman, apparently that of an Englishwoman, of about 28 to 30 years of ago, was washed ashore on the south-oast coast of the island of Iloeclic on the 12th inst. There wore three rings on ono of the fingers, the inscrip tion on which could not be read ; on a remnant of a shift round tho Ina: aro the words "Emily do Bonham." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. 1 . 13 Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GR AvEsE ND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 2 1— Pr ide of I pswich, Three Anna, Secret, ; Augusta, from Dantzic. for Calais ; Belgium, screw steamer, for Ostend; Earl of Southesk, for Adelaide. an s cl a i i i l o o p d, ei r ve e l b l : f2rio_mvDiug.nilakuirtk, screw steamer, DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, Feb. 20—Adonse, for Guernsey ; Modora, for Cardiff ; Rio Grande, for Jamaica. —all from London. Passed, Feb. 21-I:ms, screw steamer, from London, for Caen. Anchored--Patricia, from London, for America. The Price of Gold. -- ®--___ The quotation of gold at Paris is about i per mille pm., and gold, it appe,,rs that gold is the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On c r o s m . pioarid. per theseing ratesouncefor standard with the English Mint price of L 3 nearly 3-IGths per cent. dearer i n London than in Paris. By advic:s from Hamburg,*the price of g o ld i s 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4 i per £1 st(rlin.2. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, at about the same price in London and liamburg. The eouree of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1171 per cent. At these rates Oleic is no profit on the importation of go'd from the United States, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LINCOLN RACES.-THIS DAY. BY XLECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Juvenile Stakes. About half a mile. Run 1.30.-- Seringapatam, Fitzroyal, Butterfly, Satyr, Speaker's dam. Polly Perkins, Pneumatic, Slap Bang, and Rambling Katie are here. City Handicap. Six furlongs. Run at 2.—Gemma, Historian, Pantaloon, Reindeer, Vixen, Skirmish. East Lynn, La Mechante, Inca, Advance, Benanoar, William Pitt, Elastic, Alberta, Lady Sophie, Pi n k , O pposition, Musician, Caithness, Caustic, Inheritress filly, Treasure Trove, and Actor are here. Lady Abbess and Shrapnell paid forfeit. Innkeepers' Selling Stakes. About half a mile. Run at 2 . 3o .—Munchausen, Credulity, Madame Cleopatra, Novice, Bessie, Alberta, Game Pullet colt, and Benanoar are here. To be sold for £3O each. Grand Steeplechase. Four miles. Run at B.—Acrobat, _Patience, The Rogue, Rook the Gardener, West-End, Tt.'o Beau, and Contralto are here. Lincolnshire Hunt Steeplechase. About four miles. R un tv," 3.45. —All the horses are &tares?, in the immediate neighbourhood. BLANKNEY HANDICAP. Tragedy (Loates) 1 Venturesome (Heartfield) 2 Actor ((Hustable) 3 La Itechante (Parry) 0 Knight of the Whistle (Carroll) 0 Elastic Credulity (Elphick) 0 (Stone) 0 Cleopatra ................................................ ( Kenyon) 0 Advance o Won by half a length; a length between second and third. Betting —2 to 1 agst Cleopatra, 2 to 1 agst Venturesome 5 to 1 agst La Mechante, and 8 to 1 agst Tragedy. HENDON RACES. -THIS DAY. The Cricklewood Plate. About two miles. Run at 2. Balleycasey, Strike, Ascot, Done Brown, Polly Hopkins, Blondin, Sinite, Rapture, Simpleton, Oscar, Snaggs,White Stocking, Almeric, and Conjuror are horo. Middlesex Handicap. Two miles. Run at 3.3o.—lron sides, Strike, Polly Hopkins, Sinite, Rapture, Oscar, Con juror, Bessie, Snaggs, and Almeric aro here. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN RACES-YESTERDAY. The following appeared in a late edition of The San of last evening : The TRIAL S TAKES of 5 sous each , with 30 added; three- yr-olds 7st 31b, four Bst 101 b, five 9st 51b, six and aged 9st 101 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b, and maiden three-yr-olds 41b, four and upwards 71b; winners of 100 sovs in any ono year to carry 51b, twice, or 200 sovs, 101 b extra ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses. Mr. Fobert's Wise Man (Cameron) 1 Marquis of Hastings's Alberta (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Bayly's Old Warden (Challoner) 3 Mr. Herbert's Opposition Lord Westmorland's Wild Boy (Morris) 0 Betling-7 to 4 agst Old Warden, 5 to 2 agst Alberta, 6 to 1 agst Wise Man. Won by a length ; a neck between second and third. The -BROCKLESBY STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib, fillies and geldings Bst 71b; winners, 31b extra; the second to save 12;3 stake, and the winner to pay 5 sous towards expenses. Straight run in, about half a mile. Mr. Chaplin's Problem (Custanco) 1 Captain Christie's Sacrifice (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Jackson's Nerina (Morris) 3 The following also ran ;—Festival (Whiteley), Offing ton (J. Goater), Dixie's Land (Lynch), Nonchalance (Scorey), Stapenh:ll(Doolan), Pneumatic (Loates), Blanche of Middlebie filly (Covey), Vicious (Heartfield), Charles the Second (S. Adams), Regentess (Carroll), Ariel (H. Grimshaw), Phantom Sail (Perry), Betsy Carr filly (Chal loner), Sister to Knighton (Day), Bounceaway (Mann), Libertine (Edwards), Miss Bateman (Cannon), Ibis filly (Gray), Monmouthshire Lass (Payne). Betting-3 to 1 agst Sacrifice, 7to 1 agst Problem, 12 to 1 agst Nerina. Won by a short head ; three lengths between second and third. ALL-AGED STAKES. No race. The LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner of any race after Jan. 23, at noon, 71b, twice, or a handicap amounting to 100 sovs, 101 b extra; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the sakes, and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards expenses One mile. 80 subs, 26 of whom declared. Mr. Kirby's Treasure Trove (Barker) 1 Mr. Godwin's Saccharometer (Custance) 2 Mr. Hill's Copenhagen (Cannon) 3 Valiant (Heartfield) 4 East Lynn (Carroll) 5 Gemma (Edwards) 0 Stockinger (Payne) 0 Twilight (H. Grimshaw) 0 Lucky Star (J. Grirashaw) 0 Historian Skirmish (J. Anson) 0 Provisor (Kenyon) 0 Filbert (Storey) 0 Grapeshot (Hibbard) 0 Wolbeck (Elphick) 0 Advance (Covey) 0 Elastic (Mordan) 0 Minette Miss Williams (Cameron) 0 Dulcimer (lluxtable) 0 Caithness (Peace) 0 Miss Haworth (Platt) 0 Wellesley (Goodwin) 0 Heliotrope inheritress (Clarke) 0 Nizam (A. Foster) 0 Sebum (Stone) 0 Won by a neck. Betting-2 to 1 agst Copenhagen, 15 to 1 agst Saccha rometer, and 20 to 1 egst Treasure Trove. The HURDLE RACE (handicap) of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 50 added; free for any horse; the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses ; the second to save his stake. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. 31 subs. Clairvoyants (White) 1 Queen of Trumps ......(Kn0tt) 2 Ace of Hearts (Page) 3 Tho following also ran :—Church Militant, Ilawkshaw, Foxholes, Dermot Asthore, Benanoar, Fly by Night, Lovo Letter, Patience, and Contralto. Betting-5 to 2 agst Ace of Hearts, 3to 1 agst Clair voyants, 10 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps, and 10 to 1 agst Ilawkshaw. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. FEBRUARY. Lincoln MA. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Nottingham Spring ,CII. Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B AP. Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridgo Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring TaL. T hirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring .Y. 15 Epsom Summer 21 Uxbridge 23 Manchester A sc ot Summer JU. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 &E. Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester ',Y. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB I AUG I Brighton Brighton Club Lewes Egha,m Wolverhampton Stockton ..................... 15 Oxford ........................ 16 H as tings ..................... 21 SEPTE Warwick September 44 Curragh Leicester Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury 18 UST. York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Dovon and Exeter 2B Tunbridgo 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O OCTO Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE Lincoln Liverpool LONDON GAZETTE —Last Evenin_.,......"...., g. WHITEHALL, FEE. 20. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., G.C.8., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Halifax, of Monk Bretton, in the West Riding of the county of York. INDIA OFFICE, FEB. 12. Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and. appoint—Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere K.C.8., Gover nor of the Presidency of B om b ay ; his Highness' the Ma harajah of Joudhpore ; Sir Robert Montgomery, K.C.8., late Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab ; his Highness the Maharajah of Travancore ; General Sir 'William Rose Mansfield, K.C.8., Commander-in -Chief of her Majesty's Forces in the East Indies ; and his Highness the Mahara ah of Kerowlee ; to be Knights of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint William Campbell, Esq., now British Vice-Consul a t Memel, to bo Her 3fajesty's Consul at Helsingfors. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Wolde mar Nissen as Consul at Hong Kong for the Free Han seatic City of Hamburg. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Wol deinar Nissen as Consul at Hong Kong for the Free Han seatic City of Bremen. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan. Arellanosy Hall as Consul at Liverpool for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Johann Otto Lietke as Vice-Consul at Glasgow for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, Schwerin. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 17. The Queen h as b een p l eased to appoint James Meade, Es t q., o be a member of the Executive Council of the Island of Montserrat ; Kruger Fran; Esq., to be a member of the Executive Council of the Island of Heligoland; Thomas Turner, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of St. Christopher ; the Rev. John M'Kechnie Collins, and Walter Henry Bucke, to be mem bers of the Legislative Council of the Island of Nevis; and John Shaw, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the colony of Sierra Leone. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 20. Bth Regiment of Foot—Captain John Campbell, from half pay, 26th Foot, to bt Captain, vice John Whiteside, pro moted, without purchase, to a half-pay majority; Lieu tenant William James Watson to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Campbell, wh o re ti res ; Ensig ,a Thomas Blake Humtrey to be Lieutenant, by pureha" vice Watson; Gentleman Cadet John Parry Hatner, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Humfrey. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Edward W. Evans to be Captain, without purchase, vice James Robert Dalton, deceased ; Ensign Alexander Bredin to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Evans •, Gentleman Cadet James Butler, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bredin. 28th Foot—Ensign Francis Henry Palmer Duncan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Samuel Forbes Frederic Auchmuty, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet James John stone, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, ol t .. ted to re 41bstyFpouroct—haSsIvgirolaDJuanmeresnieitch, M.D., having completed 45th 20 Foot -p t. a j y a s m er e v s l isi ce . . service, to ebaehSausrbgeeeonn-p3ieramij tire from, the by the sale of his commission. 48th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Carstairs from the 107th Foot, to be Captain, vice F. J. Castle, who exchanges; Lieutenant Benjamin D'Urban Musgrave, from half-pay, late 3rd West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Henry Dun combo' who retires upon temporary h a lf-p a y. 50th Foot—Lieutenan Alfred Lewis to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Vincent Tongue, who retires; Ensig n Her bert Fitz Roy E a t on t o be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lewis; Ensign Ernest Ferdinand Ives, from the 63d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Eaton ; Lieutenant Robert Fitzwilliam do Barry Barry to be Adjutant, vice Lieu tenant Astley Fellowes Terry, who has resigned the ap pointment. 3d Foot—Captain Benjamin Hutchins Edwards from half-pay, late Recruiting District, to be Captain, vice Walter Samuel Marson, deceased ; Lieutenant Richard William Barnardiston Crowther to be Captain, without purchase, vice Benjamin Hutchins Edwards, who retires upon full-pay; Ensign William Bigg to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Crowther; Gentleman Cadet Francis Grenville Doyle, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bigg; Gentleman Cadet Vincent Francis Keppel Lowe, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ernest Ferdinand Ives, transferred to 60th Foot. 79th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Walker to be Captain by purchase, vice George Alexander Harrisson, who re tires ; Farquhar M'Crea, Gent., to be Ensign by pur chase, vice George Campbell, who retires. 83d Foot—Lieut. Littleton Albert Powys to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Henry S. Jones, who retires; En sign Charles Horrocks to be Lieutenant, by purclAase, vice Powys ; Gentleman Cadet George Edward Sk.eward Cartwright, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Horrocks. 107th—Captain Frederick John Castle, from the 48th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel M`Neill, who exchanges. HALF -PAY.—Lieutenant Frederick Rance, from the 28th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon Robert Lewin; M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Staff-Surgeon Major ; and Staff-Surgeon David Stuart Erskine Bain, having completed 20 years' full-pay ser vice, to bo Staff-Surgeon Major. BREVET. Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Percy Robert Basil Fielding, Coldstream Guards, having corn pleted the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel, to be Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858. Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Somerset John Gough Calthorpe, sth Dragoon Guards, having completed the qualifying ser vice in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel, un der the Royal Warrant of Feb. 3, 1866. Capt. John Campbell, Bth Foot, to be Major. Major John Campbell, Bth Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel. Captain Benjamin Hutchins Edwards, retired full-pay, 63d Foot, to have the honorary rank of 3rnjor. Payurtstor Walter Rico Olivey, 12th Foot, to have tho honorary rank of Major. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 13. Lieutenant Robert O'Brien Fitzroy to bo Commander. Sub•Lieutenaut James Andrew Thomas Bruce to Lieu. tenant. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 21. 12 21 Rotterdam ,4e Antwerp — 25 5 7 * 25 62* Brussels Hamburg Paris Ditto 3 Months. 25 55 25 60 Marseilles Frankforl on the Maine 121 1211 Vienna — 10 621 10 70 Trieste — 10 65 10 70 Petersburgh - 291 29 Berlin Madrid —46 f Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples • 25 721 25 7711 Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Mlles Opened. Receipts. Hallways. - ___,,,,--__„....,_, 1860. 1805. 1866 1865 Belfast and N. Counties 4 6 911 991 1,790 1.690 B e lfast and County Down 441 431 002 529 Blyth and Tyne 3G 30 1,957 1,810 Brecon and Merthyr .. Bristol and Exeter 121& 1211 1 5,575 5,103 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4ISD 408 26,101 23,723 Cambrian Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 314 - 351 - Cockermouth and Workin .. C.o 9 26i 761 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 396 306 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 ei 156 125 Cork and Youghal Cornwall Deeside l7 17 253 261 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast J unc ti on .... 63 63 1,277 1.233 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,550 1.103 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c £43 9,629 8,527 Glasgow & South-Western 4 2 0 54_ 4 3 465 :3 06 ; 1 : 3314 3, ; 8 2 83 46 6 2 0 : 62 96 5 1 3311 2 3 ; 2 28 4 8 . 47 5 9 : 99 3 0 77 Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union - 7 27 1 Great Northern Great North of Scotland.. , +:3 41 1,131 850 Do Branches tw /V e e s s fAn re d. " ) 1 1 12:8 7 5 0 171 12 18 1 7 7 5 0 1 6 1 7 1 , : 5 6 7 7 6 6 0 319 : 6 7 1 ! ~ , 3 : 81 4: 1 5 8 Great' 6. 4t t .S k‘ o ° u r t t l itnll. Western 13 13 95 8 i Hull & Hornsea 246 216 2,432 1,815 403 403 49,7;0 35,190 241 211 20 i 112 201 261 106 131 461 461 428 562 20* 20 t 450 456 L L ILIHE :r o ll Limerickialin n nbg: inh d c aheevori North-Western 1 chVok & i rrdaa natels N hlnS:d o dyW r ilE t ' : I : i nsr - Ytkn W nesiresi 1 i r e ns. s . t e e rn. . . 12741 1273 / 104 ,3 0 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast , 17 q 20,797 9 1 8 8:7 2 7 0 0 0 2931 2674 16,923 15,519 London, Chatham, & Dover ; j 134 127 1 7,999 6,322 all Metropolitan .Extension 112 11& j 1,0 450 Do. Kent Coast 0 430 Lou., Tilbury, & South en d Man.,Sheilield, & Linoolnsh .. 246 216 2 ,217 16,735 Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham.. 9& 94 1,3.15 1,238 Slaryport and Carlisle ....... 28 28 1,574 1.186 Metropolitan 41 8/ 3,672 2,4 , 3 . . . Midland (incl. N. - Western).. 6774 6511 48,291 43, 160 Midland G t.Westn. of Irind... 2601 2601 4,130 4,772 Monmouthsh. Hail. & Canal.. 44 44 2,429 2,074 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N N ( - ) l ;_l t a h st i e .,o rn wi a o n n d Stock. & Dark 12 7 1 0 0 2 7) 1160* 651 6 2 :,11 1 . ( 1 5 8 2 3 3 :1 1 7 1 258 258 7,716 5i North Staffordshire lOl Pembroke and Tenby ' l l4 114 957 992 191 1 9 1 .___ lillymney - Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 f, '& 2 728 66 68 8.1 ,1 3, ;77 Somerset and Dorset 18 _ 7 9 19.227 17.t,50 South Devon 315 .r, 4 , 7 ,8 2 , 4 ,0 South-Eastern 61 ''' 2,831 . 8 Taff Vale 1054 1661 Jo 155 Ulster 10 10 5;9 371 Vale of Clwyd. 3l 31 1,421 2,129 Waterford and Kilkenny 77 670 115 ‘ W v a li te a r y f e o u r t d c a ie n a d to l r . , i & m E er g ic r k umt _lO ... Propositions have been made in the New York Le g i s lature to forcibly close a ll the "waiter girl " saloons and dance houses in New York. Governor Fairchild, of Wisconsin, has delivered his message. The State debt is $2,664,550. Wisconsin furnished 91,373 men for the war. A large number of vessels have been chartered to bring bamboo from Jamai c a to New York for the manu f ac t ur e of paper. Paper is so high that b am b oo h as b ee n experimented upon and is found to produce a cheap and excellent article. UMBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 1 Walsall BEII. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester 4BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 General Grant is expected to visit this country in May. Ho will probably be accompanied by General Sherman. THE BRITISH MUSEHM.—It has been erroneously stated that Mr. Layard has boon appointed a trustee of the British Museum. The error probably arose from the fact that Mr. Layard has been appointed a trustee of the Na tional Gallery. .allee. a l l n iol o ter of bt l,e ) f the Da ce, elf an 19 ). iIIOC )f the rictoo - fl‘r° o citti a th° r th e 10 re °' Doo 10" opt ) " liore biog will 014