The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-26 00:00:00

;-,~ aced under . Hope, to t, the regl d at Ports ith inst. for jinent pre- Some years LS been 1 1 1 3- a the room White has He serv ed eser, unde r the Duke n Flanders the Duke red the war m edal for Royal En" olvvich, has nd escaping' tion of this eatley, e m ounted )rd, noW in pora rrylor orking Pay 3ity of par 3charge the Leglected to .sraen that r the par )ccuse. On ) be absen t was assail' made at the rooks to be ,rd Service, lose period ;myth, so' r has been iam Neal the Prin ce o the Fie art Madge , vice in Abe per, to the ;wood, vice chief eng i ' Foxhound; , erg to the ary and Pu ll : the 1313°` ~~r. SundaP ss Lotii°' 11. ived at the ttliority lth of Sir u• appointedq pl. i ns t., to i t o f the othe o Y h ale ' ilee b• March 14 . lay, gal ;e d to the recently dis° ndsor. 01Tb h e town aplatedlo,c)' ;cientifio on of Wh ich itution, 18 t° site ill the mcenient ,en this d a d„ sty's Fl eet. d from serf" loubt, bead ps the lent. —A succeed to the death of Mr. Wr ie r ; ,era to or with . 0 , or lijestY ma re"' Panay' te a ,i v ed that bee n ti ' latter °'y s ie cor°: bad fleet, e lt d 4 gto s '„, a r 'd o rs to , tcir ° h sq u ' h ails I Sl' d ' n— i sr a nd 0 . :0 1 . goad, j a g() 01-1 ;: i ; Chili aa dr 1 by Fr® I. of .1.10 lop )0 '0 1 4 3 v tgli aria) fit itr the 134 lONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL iz4TELLWksi•i, TWELVE o'CLocK. There is no very active demand for monetary a ccommodation, and the quotations for the best a ccommodatiOn paper continue at about 6i and 6i per cent. The supply of floating capital is not so abundant as it was during the latter days of the past week. Notice has been given that Exchequer Bills, dated March, will be renewed at 3 per cent. A capital of £1,600,000 is required by the Im perial Land Company of Marseilles. The project is introduced by the Credit Foncier and Mobilicr of England, Agra and Masterman's Bank, and the National Bank. It is proposed to acquire various portions of building land and properties in the city Of Marseilles, and to deal with them on a general Plan for the improvement of that important and in cr"sing port. The total purchase money is tc be £ 3 , 3 25,163, but a proportion of this, amounting to 4,2,668,640, ispayable by instalments spread over 50 years, so that the sum required in cash is limited to £ 65 6,523. The scheme is of a striking character, and one section of the property is already stated to have been resold by the company to an association of builders at a profit of about £600,000, to be Paid in annuities extending over 30 years, while all the remainder is expected to be disposed of in lots at Constantly improving rates during the next five Years. The brokers are Messrs. Mullens, Marshall, and Daniell ; Hill, Fawcett, and Hill ; and Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. n The Africa, from America, has arrived w ith £2,257. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 30c. Rather firm. The English Stock Market has been very inactive, and quotations are fractionally lower. Speculators are evidently waiting for cheaper money before they operate to any large extent, and for the moment great inanimation prevails. Consols are 871 1 for Money, and 871 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87. i 1 ; Exchequer Bills, s s. to 2s. dis. ; India Stock, 210 ; and ditto Bonds, 1(13 . prem. Foreign Stocks indicate heaviness. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 4 ; Mexican, 23 1 ; do. New, 20 a ; Greek, 131 14 ; Spanish Passive, 27+ 1 ; Italian, 604 61; Certificates, 16a 4 ; Confederate Loa n, 3i 44 ; Brazilian Scrip, 2+ prem. ; and Egyptian Scrip, 1 1 prem. United States 5-20 Bonds are 69+ 70 ; Erie Shares, 534 544 ; and Illinois, 77 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has been to about an average extent. North Western and North Eastern have eaeh improved 155., and M etropolitan ss. ; while Great Eastern, Great Western, and Midland have each declined +. In the Foreign and Colonial lines South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have receded to 15i, Grand Trunk of Canada to 40k, and Great Western of Canad a 16+. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull but with out materal alteration in prices. Alliance are dealt la at 28+ ; London and County, at 771 78 ; Joint Stock Discount, at 34 4 ; and Overend, Gurney, and CO., at 191. A large business has been done in the s h ares of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles introduced this morning. The shares are quoted 21 and 21 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK , G OVERNMENT FUNDS. o'Der Cent. Consols , Do. A ccount, March 6 874 4 N''Per Cent. R e d uce d 874 e vir 3 Per Cent 874 1.7 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A --°' per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -411mities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 P, 0 . for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — t x ' h ° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -cuequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. • Do Do £5OO 5 , £lOO and £2OO Ban k cp; En g land Stock, 5 per Cent /.,,1 0 , Lis GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- `- r \ u •arl Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 2lO " 1 ,0 Accoun r-, 1 : ) . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ° I I ". 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ''-',,°. Certificates ''',o. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — ° •• 1) `" 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 -- I) ° ' 5 i Per Cent., May 1879 _ ;,' 0 • 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 .. — ii ° ' c' ll €l2, £l,OOO -0- under £l,OOO . lO A FOREIGN FUNDS—ONI O'CLOCK. - A rgentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — anA.:ash, 13— Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Doan 5 per Cent _ LoPer Cent., 1852-58-60 .l 1863 — P Do. 1865 ~0 Account 76 8 4 "0. Scrip, .£33 paid 1 -I.Taos Ayres 6 per Cent .uo. + , .r, ki.(,count c ll - '„? 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - - "tan 6 per Cent .. Do. 4). per Cent Uolombian 6 per Cent. -, 1 ' 1) a) 6 per Cent. - a,rtialt 3 per Cent, 1825 -10 . 4 per Cent., 1863 • 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do Accou n t 472 3 2 E , quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant...,,, tgyptian 7 per Cent 93 Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 93 Do £lOO Bonds 33 , 0 . Government Railway Debenture s — -u o• £l5 paid o. A ° eC P :u enr nt Dreek - C ts" 1824-5, ex Coupons - Do. Coupons A Account - Imaternala. 5 per Cent. Italia n 5 p ,er Cent 1865 DO Account ktexo . b Ai • a remmana Railway — ican 3 per Cent 1864 2oi 4 ti o : t i o 6 vi DA Pe ci oec e r: t Ce 6 nt. Alo-French — pe ng r Cent., £3O paid sb- Imperial 5 per Cent eW Granada Po Do Defe 2 per Cent rred 1: 2 , I)13 Land Warrants (Hectares) 0• 6per Cent, 1864 pe,° kiavia - u aranteed, 4 per Cent 80, 4 Accounto per C0nt.,1865 66 .0 121 ° 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) p ° 4 4 Per Cent., 1862 ort. 4 _ p guese 3 per Cent., 1853 D 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '60, '62,'3, 4 5 4 Ru 0. Account 0 88 „ ta jt 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St I ) " :9 per Cent. 1850 • B O ',l Per Cent., 1860 LO ", Per Cent. 1859 )2 1 , ‘ " ` J r Per Cent. 1862 9O 4 N, r d. u. Per Cent. 1864 — Do allan Bper Cent XlCoands — ' 1 1 Per Cent Dallish A U • t , n per en B 0 "ccount IN ew Deferred 37 -,(2, Account ,u 0 Passive st'-'ao Account e i sh Cert. of Coup not funded 164 4 vi, e () ccount 164 B c , Bll 4 per Cent. Tu r ia 4 ,1 Per Cent. 1864 B O s n 6 per Cent. 1854 13 0 6 „ t _& -coun per Cent. 1858 Accou n t D o 4 . 1. to OO Bonds — D o A') Pee ount r Cent. 1862 , t;'? .6 410 0 Bond s D O D O per Cent, 1863 B 0 ° Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 384 4 B 0 Account V''''oe.zl Per Cent. Gu aran t ee d — Dit t e a 3 per Cont. 4 D,) (?. accoun t — k ' Account Cent., 1862 — Do ' -_ 1864 — Atis, . 44 videncis on the above payable in London. C 11eP,,„ 4 114 4 11 , 5 Par Cent. Ex. 10 Florins h, A , 1 -u -tteh ,-,' Per cent., E x . 25f. B 1 pero `I PeCent. ' Cent., ertific Ex. 12 G s uil — _ aie efl THREE O'CLOCK. ...0,,,„ , T‘ '‘-'lO for money - 4- ""°. Account T R2 1 ,- it is N-EEPER OF TIIE PRIVY PURSE. —We hear It_ Probable that either Sir John C. Cowell, K.C.8., or 9or. General . appoi Sir Thomas M. Biddulph, K.C.8., will be k eot :ted to the post vacant in consequence of the la w: death of Sir Charles Phipps, K.C.B. km , are sorry to announce that a serious accident tio„,pened to the Rev. Dr. Whewell, Master of Trinity tto"%e7 Ca mbridge. W hile riding on Saturday his horse in away w ith him, an d he was thrown, and brought home '''"sibl e but hi s 8 • Ire was more conscious yesterday afternoon, e011:6' anti e is still s uc h as to cause great anxiety in the in the University generally, SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. --e---- • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. I Paid.! Closing i Business Price. done. 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian lan - ,brian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun „Perth, & E. London, ecrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern A stock • • 93 95 13L i 32 65 70 13 15 41 51 68 70 70 72 115 117 38 4U 61 7a Do. B stock Do. .New. is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Uri ina} D S. V.V. Rail gua. 129 131 148 199 Do. South \Vales . Do. W. Mid.— (Won Do. Newport 'Lane ishire & York:Thus L..ndon 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 90 02 59 5:)! 59 6 4'l 14 35 37 tOl , 03 123 ;24 *9 91 17 99 35 37 95 5 127 1274 05 I 6 61 65 139 135 3 , 11 - ) 1 111.1 97 19 3311 Do Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. arid t. John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, liirmin Derby %lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (i.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 127 127, 2 21 96 18 f 2 64 7 28 112 114 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south E.stern its.ines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale ol Neath 'Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 'West Cornwall 'OSSK 100 100 all 100 100 129} 48, 8 129 j 591 8/ CO 1222 3 88f 974 7 12$ II 65 4 k 971 i 62 1i 1121 13 73 21 77 4 61 The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was very quiet. All good and fine samples, how ever, were hold at and commanded full prices, but inferior produce was difficult of disposal. Barley ruled firm, and the value of good and fine malting produce had an upward tendency. For other articles there was only a moderate inquiry, at late rates. On the Continent the wheat trade is quiet, at late prices. Oats are in request, and sell at full quotations ; but for these articles the trade is quiet. The export demand for wheat, flour, and maize at Now York is very moderate nevertheless, prices have slightly improved. The lead ing feature in the New York export trade in br eadstuffs is a demand for oats for shipment to Great Britain. Fresh up to our market to-day the receipts of wheat from Essex was very moderate, but there was a fair show of Kent produce on the stands. The condition of the pro duce exhibited no improvement. The bulk of the supply being of very poor quality. The few dry samples on offer changed hands at fully last Monday's currency ; other wise, the English wheat trade was dull, and a clearance of the supply was with difficulty effected. The prices of in ferior English wheat were irregular, but were without change from this day se'nnight. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. Dry samples were in request, and realised fully late rates. For other kinds the trade was firm, at quite last Monday's 1278 87f I currency. There was a steady demand for floating cargoes of grain, and prices ruled firm. • The supply of barley on sale was but moderate. Good and fine malting qualities were in demand, and prices were rather on the advance. For other kinds of barley the trade was steady, at full quotations. The malt trade was firm, and prices had an upward tendency. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old 46s 51s Do, white, old s2s 5'43 Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do., ner Talavera, new 528 608 Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 32s 405 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk ' sss 65s Brown Kingstown and Wars Chevalier 66s 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Fending 20s 26s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 205 26s Cork, white 22a 27s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons w 46s 50s Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel , itITISEI P. Atlantic ct St. Lawrence Born., Ilaroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. 1' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff' Brant & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim.. al e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. Fr East. Ben_:al, gu., 5 do East L.dian, gu. 5 p.e. Do J Extcnslou Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds l 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred ...• Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deterred • Do. Sd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred ...• Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Goa. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0.. Gt. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent D . 4 per cent Do IGreat Wcs. of Canada.. D..). New .. Do. 6 p. 0. Bds. pay. 1873 1)o. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4t do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's say.. N. If 1. C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs. Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do cti Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a good supply of foreign stock on sale hero to-day, for tho time of year, in but middling condition. The trade ruled firm at enhanced quotations. Several of the railway companies having refused to for ward stock to London, the supply of home-fed beasts on offer this morning was limited. The demand for all breeds was therefore active, at Gd per 81b above the rates current on Monday last. Primo Scots, &c., readily produced 5s Gd per 81b. The general quality of the stock exhibited was good. Last evening there were between 2,000 and 3,000 beasts ready at the different stations in the agricul tural counties for this market, but the whole of them were drawn back to the various farms. The number of English beasts on offer was about 400, of Scotch 370, and of Irish 50. With sheep we were again rather scantilysupplied. All breeds moved off froely at fully last week's currency. Downs and half-breds in the wool sold at 6s 6d to 6s 10d ; out of the wool, 5s 4d per 81b. The quality of the sheep was good. We were fairly supplied with lambs, which commanded a ready sale at from 7s 6d to 8s per 81b. The supply of calves was limited, and the veal trade was firm at from 5s 8d per 81b. Thero was a steady sale for pigs at full quotations, viz., from 4s to 5s per 81b. Per 81b to sink the offal. sdsd a d s d Crse. do inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 to 6 4 Second quality do ..4 6 4 10 Prime b'fildoWil 00.6 6 6 10 Prime large oxen ..5 u 5 2 La - ge coarse calvcs.s 8 6 2 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 4 5 o Prime small d0......6 4 6 8 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 2 4 10 Large hugs .4 u 4 6 Second quality do ..5 0 5 8 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Od to 0; Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 228 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 29s t) 32s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. 1 Beasts I 348 Cows. Sheep 7 3BO Beasts _ 2,020 Cows. Sheep 15,640 Calves .04 ICa yes lt4 rigs 330 jPigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 8,469 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 3,501; in 1864, 3,580; in 1863, 3,438; in 1862, 639 ; and in 1861, 2,636. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. .&alborg Antwerp — 1186 ... 23 ... Boulogne 7O 1077 60 Bremen 000 - ••• ••• -- Gothenburg...... 169 Cadiz lO6 ... Calais — Dordt. Dunkirk ••• Delfzyh. Hamburg 7B 706 ..- - Harlingen 498 ... Oporto Ostend Rotterdam 832 1988 215 385 Tonning ... - ~. 31 ..... .II• .... 416* ...... ••• .. ••• ...... 50 ... --- ... --- .. 109 '''. ••• ..--.. ••• ••• - -- ... - ... - ... 21 --- .--" ... --. es.. --- 3 ... - Total 1,790 5,826 244 609 Tho yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows: — Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1865 1864 lll4 1764 ... 328 ... 375 18G3 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Feb. 27, 1865, and this day, Monday, Feb. 26, 1866. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. Feb. 27, Feb. 26, 1865. 1866. s d sd sd sd. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 2 4 oto 4 4 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4lO 5 0 5 0 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6 4 6 6 6 6 610 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 5 8 6 2 Prime small do. Largo hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 4 8 5 0 Beasts 3,940 2,020 Sheep 13,600 19,640 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 29, 1864.—Beasts, 4,430 — sheep, 17,840—calves, 163—pigs, 460. March 2, 1863—Beasts, 3,l2o—sheep, 17,740—calves, 47—pigs, 310. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair supplies of moat are on salo at these markets. The. trade for most descriptions is steady at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d s d s d Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Inferior mutton.... 3 8 4 2 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Middling mutton.. 4 4 4 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do 5 0 5 4 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 5 4 Large pork 310 4 4 Small pork 46 5 0 Lamb, Os Od to Os Od, BOROUGH HOP. A very moderate business is passing in all kinds of hops. No material change has taken place in prices, and the market, on the whole, may be considered firm. Last week's imports were 9 bales from Bremen, 20 Hamburg, 107 Rotterdam, 27 Antwerp, 27 Boulogne, 20 Dunkirk, and 10 Konigsberg. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings" —s to —s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are well supplied with home-gown potatoes; but scarcely any foreign produce is on offer. The trade is dull, but without material change in prices. from last week. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do 6os to 958 , „ Flukes 7Cs to 100 s „ Rocks 45s to 65s TALLOW. The tallow trade is firmer, and prices have impro ved P.Y.C. is quoted at 48s per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow, 46s nett cash. Rough fat, 2s 41d per 81bs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 45,588 58,828 45,376 38,227 144 s Od to 40s 9d 40s Gd 48 s Od t o Price of Y.C. —s Od —s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 1,258 2,061 1,975 2,171 Ditto from June 1 65,051 59,222 73,347 86,438 Arrival last week 998 950 45 Ditto from Juno 1 72,360 80.203 73,702 92,182 Price of Town SEEDS. Linseed moved off freely, at Gd to 11 per quarter more money, but rapeseed mot a slow sale, on rather easier terms In agricultural seeds very few transactions took place 72 73 108 110 37 38 106 Il6p 125 )28 1► 2p 16 2p 75 77 11 32 148 149 69 71 112 114 t. 3 55 76i 77, 8 9 194 148 3 11 103 104 51 53 ssION ~. 51 64 999 1004 id ip 7e 8 10 11 74 78 06 93 65 7° WO 102 100 101 102 103 45 49 87 90 68 70 60 63 62 64 53 56 48 51 44 47 38 40 ?A 38 103 104 1 . 2 1' 99 100 91 93 171 171 3 3}, fa #4 84 t 6 1 l,d 99 101 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 981 1 99i 98 99 93 99 59i 1001 I 1021 1! 21 4lt 101 00S 60 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECCIR British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1572. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do; 1830-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. e Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 ... Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov.:: Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal ~ ov. 1) per cent N.B.Gov. p.c.Ja. uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p.c., 1866 Do. 5 p c. 18:1 to 187 t, • Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent—. Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 queensland Gov. 6 p. c i. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards rVic,Grov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct 190 100 100 1' 0 100 100 04 06 93 06 95 97 1-0 82 73 80 101 103 104 100 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1 8 102 104 103 tOS 103 105 11,4 106 93 tot 93 95 93 95 87& fiBj 100 102 84 84 S 8 10) 98 100 104 106 Ii M 108 i 1076 BRITI Cam. Consol. Cold, lim Chiverton clifford A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. l Drakewalls.. East Bassett (Illo t gan) Kast Caraoon East. Cam Brea... p.ast Grenville ... East Gunnislake.. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk am. AL StA übyn(G wen. Gr. at L xey, limited.. Great South Tolgus.... Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist , E, Grenvihe Ilcrod's Foot H in„ston iJowns liar;;Aret (Uny Lelant narke Valley ,iwyody Iron Ore, lit, Ncw 8e r.on North Itoskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Whe,.l Crotty Prosper United Pr .vidence Uny L4lant S. Caradon (St.. Cleer) South Condurrow i.Wheal Fran. (11Iogan itray Park Tin Croft Ivigra and Cl, gan, West I tassett (Mogan W. Caradon (I, , skeard West Chi verton West Setoff Wheal Bassett Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary A.nn (Alen. Wheal Setou Wheal Trelawney (Lis ti 94 14 16 570 590 )9 2k 64 74 4 14 3i n 12} 3 31 5 7 20 21 1i 2 34 4 3C 31 3} 31 33 40 4) 6 57 4 4} 21 14d 35 4 I 1S 15 32 34 300 410 2 `.:4 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 75 tO 165 175 80 95 25 274 3 b 2 5 215 16 176 t'ffEYERENCE StiAltlGs. Great Northern, 4 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pin g 1021 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock. 1281 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 80 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4t .F 0 RE IGN RAIL WAYS. Great Luxembourg, 101 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 81 Sambre and Meuse, 8i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 'si FOILICIGN MINED. Cape Copper, lim., 111 Chontales Gold and Sliver Mining, it BANIth. Agra and Illasterman•s, lim., Alliance, lira., 28 Anglo Austrian, 61 Anglo Egyptian, lim.. 121 Anglo-Italian, lira., 151 Australasia, 73 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira.. 01 Chartered tier. of India, London, and China,:47l City, 2 Eng ish Joint Stock, Ilm., C 32 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 194 European Bank, Um., 121 Imperial Ottoman, 13 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Itm., 41 London Joint Stock, 481 1 London and v% estminster, 96 51 London and River Plate. Ditto, issued at 11 pm, 3 1 London:and County, :8:71 London and South-Western, Rm. 191 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, urn., RI Midland Bank, Rm., 20 Oriental Bans: Corporation. 531 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 71 64 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 51 i it o, issued at 2 pro., 1 4 Standard of British South Africa, Is} Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 16k Ati -.win Telegraph, 8 per cant. gua.. VI 4 Australian Mort. Lard and Finance, lim,, 51 Berlin Water Works, lim., 1( Canada Company, ti 2 City of Lon , :on. Real Property, lim., 4 Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 81 Ditto, issued at a prem . of which £2 is to pay, q Crystal Palace, 35} D.scount Corporation, 111 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint., 6 Electric Telegraph, i3Bl English and Foreign Credit, 41 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., 41 lien. Credit and Finan,:e of London. 11.111., 5 41 Hudson's Bay, 171 Home and lonial A ssurance, lim, 4 Invert:a Mercantile Credit Asso., iim., 5 i International Financial society, lim., Italian Irrigation (Canal Casour), Ditto, r; per cent. Bonds, redem. 1 , 70, issued 90, 80 Joint Stock )scount, Urn., 3; London Financial Association. lim, 13} 12} National Discount Company. 141 - North British A ustralasian, 20 x d from Ist Jan. crthern A seam Tea, lim., o. B, it North British and Mercantile Insurance, 191 20 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Rm., 191 Royal Mail Stearn, 11Si L:verpool Cotton Market —This:Day. The market opens with a fair demand. Sales probably 10,000 bales. MARKETS.--This Day. MARK LANE. THEIFSUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1866. The trade for linseed cakes ruled firm, at full prices. Cot tonseed cakes, however, changed hands slowly, WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool will bo commenced on Thursday next, the Ist pros. The arrivals since last sales amount to 75,892 bales, comprising 4,283 bales from Syd ney, 40,113 Port Philip, 128 Van Diemen's Land, 7,205 Adelaide, 425 New Zealand, 813 Swan River, and 22,925 bales from the Cape of Good Hope. The trade for all kinds of wool rules quiet ; nevertheless previous quota tions aro supported. THE UNION PACIFIC RAILP,OAD. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Brl- tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, Tia Cork RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. In pursuance of a call issued in December last by the Secretary of the Interior, a board consisting of the Government Commissioners, directors, and engineers of the Union Pacific Railroad, convened in Washington in the Interior Department, for the purpose of adopting some uniform standard of road to which the several companies organised under the Act of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864, shall con form. The following named gentlemen are Government Directors :—George Ashmun, of Massachusetts ; Jesse L. Williams, of Indiana ; Charles T. Sherman, of Ohio ; Springer llarbaugh, of Pennyslvania ; T. J. Carter, of Illinois. The commissioners are as follows : Col. J. IL Simpson, of Indiana, United States Engineer ; Major-General S. J. Curtis, of lowa ; Dr. Wm. White, of Connecticut ; and Wm. Prescott Smith, Esq. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION—This Day. The election of a member for the City of London to the Commons' House of Parliament took place in the Guildhall this day. The election became necessary in consequence of the acceptance of the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by George Joachim Goschen, one of the gentlemen re turned for the City of London at the last election. The writ having been read, Mr. K. HUDSON, M.P., came forward to nomi nate the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen. He said he had frequently had the happiness to appear before the Livery, but as it had always been on the winning side he had no cause to regret his appearance before his fellow -citizens. (Hear, hear.) When they first i selected Mr. Goschen to represent them in Parliament they were accused of selecting a b o y an d f ore i gner to represent th em, b ut lie thought they would be of opinion that their boy had turned out a very re markable man, and a thorough Englishman. (Hear, hear). He would not occupy their time, but simply propose George Joachim Goschen, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament. Mr. GAsscorr seconded the motion. It was the third time he had had the pleasure of taking part in the election of Mr. Goschen, and the opinion that was entertained of the ability of that gentleman in Parliament was evident by the position to which he had been advanced. Mr. Goschen had neither in nor out of Parliament violated the pledges he had given when he first made his appearance before the citizens of London. The citizens were quite convinced that Reform would have to be considered this session, and it was a great satisfaction to know that Earl Russell and his Government would stand or fall by the bill they intended to introduce. Mr. GOSCLIEN then came forward and was received with loud cheers. He said that that was the third time he had stood before them to ask them to grant him the privilege of being their representative in Parliament. The ancient law required that any member of Parliament who accepted office should vacate his seat. By this important rule the consti tuencies were taken, as it were, into the councils of the administration. (Hear, hear.) It now rested with the electors to determine whether his acceptance of office was in harmony with the duty he owed his constituents. He had taken office because his views were in accord with those of the men who composed her Majesty's present Government, and for whom he had the highest regard. He was prepared, once for all, to accept a political career ; and he was quite convinced that those who entered on political life need not confine themselves to any particular department. A man in the House of Commons might easily End employment for 24 hours every day of his life. The duties of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster were not onerous, but he did not speculate on the pleasure of being a sinecurist. He knew that there were duties to be performed, and he never could believe that Earl Russell had given him a seat in the Government without he intended to get some work out of him. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The hon. gentleman, after referring to the various topics of the day, thanked the electors for the honour they had conferred on him by again return ing him to Parliament as their representative, and that he should exert himself to the utmost to further the interests and prosperity of the city of London. No other candidate having been named, the sheriffs declared Mr. Goschen duly elected. The Secretary of the Interior was present, also representatives of the various connecting roads. The convention organised in the Washington Aqueduct building by the election of Colonel Simpson as President, and Mr. John R. Gibbs, United States Assistant Engineer, was appointed Secretary. The representatives of connecting roads present were : Hon. Oakes. Ames, of Sioux City and Pacific Road ; Hon. C. P. Huntington, Vice-President of the Central Pacific Railroad ; Hon. B. M. Shoemaker, Chief Engineer of Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division ; Hon. George McCook, Attorney of the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division ; Hon. Hugh 11. Jewett, Director of the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division ; Hon. S. C. Pomeroy, President of the Atchison Branch, Union Pacific Railroad ; Hon. Mr. Allison, of Sioux City and Pacific Railroad. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1866. 1865. 1866 18E5 .£ t Belfast and N, Counties 93 90/ 1,705 1.622 Belfast and County Down 44} 4Ji 560 687 Blyth and Tyne 35 30 1,970 1,721 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 1214 1214 5,4.11 4,062 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 408 25,377 23,823 Cambrian __ _. l3O 121 20 4 1 830 __ . .___ . • Cockermouth K & Penrlth 3ll - 310 _ Cockermouth and Workin 9 9 3 82 3 0 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 3 41 322 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l F 5 145 lig Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 651 1,476 1.338 Deeside . 17 17 235 269 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast J unction.... 63 63 1,260 1.230 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,552 1.429 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 914 2,637 2,285 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 59 3,803 2.808 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 404 401 23, 19 31,7u3 Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,481 1,410 Do Branches 42 4! 1,067 906 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) B3 711 570 413 ILS° uthn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3B7} 387} 7,623 7.31 G Great Western 1292 1270 63,311 60,311 DWI & ilornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 1,613 1,439 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 1 , ),842 35,235 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 455 175 Limerick and Foynes 26} 264 112 100 Llanelly 461 461 494 Sll Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2674 15.931 14,152 London, Chatham, & Dover; i 134 127 1 7,705 5,931 all Metropolitan Extension 112 114 j 1,855 1,345 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend alan.,Shetheld, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 91 1,423 1,175 Haryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,390 1.287 Metropolitan Midland (inch N.- Western) 6771 6511 48,212 44,035 Midland G t.Westn. of hind 2601 2604 4,635 4,3 8 nonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,810 2,620 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 1160} 61,631 56,4, 6 North London ll 9 4,423 2 956 North Staffordshire 258 258 7,795 6.717 Pembroke and Tenby lll 111 10i 37 Rhymney l9l 191 I,' 65 913 Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 - - Somerset and Dorset 66 68 1,148 738 South Devon South-Eastern 315 308 17,713 15,553 Taff Vale 6l GI 5,4e8 5,496 Ulster _ .... . Vale of Clwyd - 10 119 142 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 477 ::20 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,155 1,005 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrnant lO 10 Gil 551 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 825 32,"97 27,708 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction— 261 26& 3it 3 9 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 305 1851 10,8 , 7 4,393 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 4,t. 93 3,811 Dutch Rhenish __. . . . Eastern 01 'ranee 1 5 ,1 14.: , 3 60,7c6 61,012 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1177 1377 24,831 20,654 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. An ELECTOR trusted that before Mr. Goschen quitted the hall he would answer one question. _ _ Mr. GOSCIIEN—What is it ? Lorrnoiv, Fob. 26.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderato breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. MARYPORT, Fob. 23.—Wind. SW.—Arrived—Franklin, from Belfast, with loss of jibboom, cutwater, and fore mast, and other damage. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 23.—Wind N.E.—Anived—Princeton, from New York. ABERDEEN,IFeb. 23.—Wind W.—Arrived—Tho Warner, from Leith.l KINGROAD, Feb. 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—John Bench/Iy, from Demerara. CARDIFF, Feb. 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed.—F. H. Coch rane, for Monte Video. BRISTOL, Feb. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Amabile, from Mazagan. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived—Antonetta, !rem Rotterdam for Buenos Ayres. IBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 23—Edward, from Manilla; Lord Clyde, from Shanghai. Sailed, Feb. 24—Neptune, steamer, from Krageroo ; Zoo, steamer, for Mazagan. DEAL, Monday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 24—Jessica, from London for Adelaide; Centaur, from London for Calcutta ; Investigator, from London for Bermuda. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.....lirar. 22 Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Dim 6. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. China. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 5. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb• 27 Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton . Feb. 23. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Mar. 5 Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 28 Ditto, via Marseilles ' Mar. 10 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via MarseiLe3 Mar. 10 Newfoundland Portugal An ELECTOR—Do you approve and will you vote for a lodger franchise being in the new Reform Bill ? - - . . . Feb. 28 Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Mar. 2. West Ccabt of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 12 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico ............ Ftb. 28 Mr. GOSCIIEN said it was no doubt a very proper question to put, but he thought the meeting would agree with him that it was a very improper one for him to answer. Cuba and Mexico Feb. 28. A vote of thanks was awarded the Sheriffs, and the proceedings terminated. RESOURCES OF AmERICA.—IVhen a loyal Ameri can speaks truly and earnestly of the actual re sources of his country there is a tendency in Europe at once to accuse him of " spread eagleism." If he is not told, in what is curtly called " plain English," that his statements are Bahamas, via New York. Mar. R. Bermuda, ditto Mar. 14 not believed, it is pointedly hinted to him that they are greatly exaggerated. Nevertheless the truth remains. The extent of the territory of the United States, the mineral wealth of the country, its lakes and rivers, its prairies, its varied climates and productions, still stand, and must remain for all time. We have only room in the present number to refer to the silver treasures of one part of the American Union—the State of Nevada. These are among the vast stores of wealth in America to which President LINCOLN referred, in almost his last words, addressed to the Honourable SCHUYLER COLFAX, the present speaker of the United States House of Representatives. On parting with Mr. COLFAX, just before his own tragical death, as the great and goad statesman-martyr of American liberty, Mr. LiNcoui expressed his firm conviction that the mines of her Western territory would make America the treasury of the world. Subse quent events are fully justifying the opinions of this distinguished man. Letters just received from the interior of Nevada inform us that the average of the silver ore now being taken from the mines is equal to £2O per ton, of two thousand pounds weight. This single State of Nevada is now adding three tons of pure silver per day to the wealth of the world. This great addition of wealth is continuous. Coal-fields may be exhausted, the oil wells may give out, even the placers of gold may be emptied, but the silver-bearing quartz mountains of Nevada, and other States of the American. Union, are capable of being productively worked for centuries to come. With capital and industry, therefore, and the con tinuance of peace, the resources of America will pay off all her national debt in 20 years.--Anglo- American Times. FREE LABOUR IN MISSISSIPPI.-Mr. B. C. Truman writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to the New York Times, dated January 20 :—" I do not see much indolence in this section at any rate. The fact is, prices for labour are advancing, and the negroes are holding back. The negroes on many of the plantations are getting very high wages. Thousands have made contracts for $l5 a month, and lodged, clothed, and fed, and the owners of the planta- tions all around here are offering $2O and cannot get takers. I went out about two miles to a plantation this morning, and saw about thirty negroes ploughing up the ground for cotton in good earnest. The proprietor, Mr. Taylor, is most sanguine of the success of the free-labour question, and remarked to me that the negroes, would work well enough if they were only paid for it. Mr. Taylor pays his hands $l6 a month, gives them a suit of clothes, and gives them all they want to eat and has it booked for them. Ho agrees to pay them 10 dollars each every month, and reserve the balance, to be paid at tke end of the year. He has also hired two strong white men, one to plough and the other to hoe. He pays the white men well to work hard, and tells the negroes that all he wants of them is to work when the whito men do, and ho also tells them that they may rest as long and as much l as k the o white men do. Now this is a very g t o h o a d t p_la e n, and h plough -nw enough about the negroes to plantation negroes have never . as much and hoe as much as tkhsneeoewwnhaitewmhtaitneymwaivlul. work k ele t been the lash. Heretofore they, t w o h d e o n , must be remembered. Their onlylikinctehnetwivheittoomwanorkoohualds not see the dig whipped. Dignifyni t rab o o f ur l , ab as our k r a . n T de ay onl lor y p w ro o p r o k s e e d s , and the blackman will do being as much work as the white. Th er e are several plantations run by the negroes themselves, the proprietors agreeing to give them one half over and above all expenses. Help is so scarce, many of them who thought to make as much out of the negro as in days gone by aro now often getting discouraged in their grinding way of doing business, in the market having precisely such terms as the above. Many of the first plantations in the country are being worked by part white and part black men. In fact, everybody wants to make cotton, and all methods of free labour are being tried. The negroes are wanted more in this State than in any other, partially on account of its being the greatest cotton-growing State in the Union. The negroes are being paid higher wages than in any other State, and the people themselves aro treating them with more conside ration and liberality. It is hoped by all classes that the Legislature at its next session may declare by law that the nogroes shall be put on the same footing as the whites. They must be allowed to sue and be sued in all the courts of justice, and to testify therein ; they must bo allowed to buy out, run, and hold property like other citizens ; all their loyal obligations as regards contracts, &c., must be as generous and binding as on the whites. And this service will elevate every section of the country which they inhabit." 'TINS. 881 71 Current prices of English wool per lb. sd s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 81 1 91 llalf-bred do lll 2 0 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing Central Criminal Court.---This Day. .).- - Tho February session of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning, and although there are 90 priso ners for trial, there is no charge of wilful murder in the calendar, but there are several aggravated cases of wound ing with intent to commit that offence. There is a case of a singular character, in which Mr. Sothern, the cele brated representative of " Lord Duudreary," is 'the pro secutor, and the defendants—three in number —are, respectively, members of a highly respectable publish ing firm in Paternoster-row, the proprietor of a local newspaper published in Marylebone, and the Editor of a publication called the Spiritual 1114azine. Tho greater part of the remaining cases in tho calendar are of the ordi nary character ; but it is a remarkable fact that there are a much larger number of prisoners charged with uttering counterfeit coin than usual there being no less than twenty to bo tried for that offence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISTURBANCE AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATItE.—J. Mitchell letter-carrier, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting Sergeant Wart, 14 A, and damaging his coat, in the Princess's Theatre. Sergeant Wart said he was on duty on Saturiay night in the theatre, and bad repeatedly to speak to the defen dant (who was in the gallery) in consequence of his hal boring and causing a great disturbance. The defendant continued his noise, till at last the secretary and prompter came and insisted on his ejecting him. He attempted to do so, when the defendant threw himself on his back on the seat, and called on the persons round him to assist him, and tried to seize him by the legs, but he prevented him. The defendant then said that, if he would let go of him, he would go away, but, instead of doing so, ho placed himself in a fighting attitude, and swore ho would not leave. With the assistance of another constable ho got the defendant to the first door, when ho said that he would takci his " --- stripes off his arm," and kept his word by tearing a portion of them off. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether the defendant was drunk ? The Sergeant said he had been drinking enough to make him annoying and violent. The defendant said he had no questions to aslc. He had taken some drink before he wont into the theatre, and it got over him, and ho did not afterwards know what happened. The Sergeant said the performances wore delayed some minutes through the disturbance. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that if the defendant had gone away quietly when requested that was all that was wanted. Ile would havo to pay a fine of 10s., and ls. the amount of damage to tho sergeant's coat. MR. COSSHAM ON AMERICA.—At a public meeting in Bristol the following remarks were made by Mr. H. COSSHAM :—"I feel that, after visiting America, and having had opportunities of investigation and inspection that are rarely enjoyed by travellers, I am able to give information that may be useful, and I freely admit that you are entitled to receive all the facts that I have been able to obtain, and to know all I can tell you, as to the present position and future prospects of America. One thing, at any rate the war has done : it has obliged the people of this country and Europe to look at America. We now know more of the Great Western Republic than we did up to the commencement of the war, and manifestly during its progress there was in this country a guilty ignorance as to the strength, resources, patriotism, and power of the New World. I feel bound in all honesty to say that I did not find in America the same ignorance as to this country. They understand England better than we understand America. One reason of this is that they travel more here than we do there. I was in formed, on what I believe to be good authority, that there are usually at least 50,000 Americans travelling in Europe, whereas I do not think that there are more than one-fourth of that number of Englishmen travelling in America. I take this opportunity of most earnestly counselling the rublic and commercial men of this country to make a tour to America, and if the aristocratic section of our coun try, the landed interest, would also take the trouble to cross the Atlantic, it would marvellously tend to open their eyes and brush away the dust of aristo cratic prejudices and ancient traditions. I venture to say that in the future America will play so im portant a part in the history of the world that no man will be fit to take a position as a statesman and a public political teacher who does not keep himself informed as to the policy and progress of America. It is important, too, that America should be visited by the right kind of men. They do not want the kid-gloved and mere drawing-room men, who believe in nothing but scented handkerchiefs and themselves. America does not want snobs' to visit her; she wants men who can look beyond their noses, and see without prejudice the growth of a country that in 75 years has sprung from three millions of pe o pl e t o 30, and th a t i n wea l t h , intelligence, respect for law, patriotism, and religious feeling is the equal, to say the least, of any of the nations of Europe, not excepting our own. lam bound to say that in returning from America I am a little proud to be able to say that the opinions I had formed of that country, and especially those which during the last four years I had ventured to express as to the causes and probable results of the terrible war, now happily at an end, have been more than co nfirmed, ,, —Anglo-American Times. THE PENNYSLVANIA COAL TRADE. The an thracite gold product of Eastern Pennyslvania for the year 1865 foots up an aggregate of 9,488,396 tons, against 9,998,046 ton s i n 1864—showing a decrease of 509,656 tons. Of this p ro d uction, 3,835,916 tons were from the Schuylkill r eg i on , of which 2,813,176 tons came to market by the Reading R ailroad, and 1,022,740 tons by th e Schuylkill Canal. Prom the Lehigh region the production was 2,291;017 t ons , of which 1,402,277 tons came to mar ket over the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and 888,740 tons on the Lehi g h C anal. The Pinegrove production is 157,840 tons, an d that of the Shamokin 457,162 tons. Of the several r eg i ons named, the Schuylkill showed an in increase on l as t year ' s production of 72,042 tons, and Lehigh 237,511 tons, and the Shamokin 123,684 tons. Tho Pinegrove production was less than the previous year by 127,160 tons. The Wyoming and Lackawanna region produced in the aggregate 3,341,158 tons, against 4,083,503 in 1864, bein g a loss of 742,315 tons. Of this production 812,093 tons came to market through the Delaware and Hudson Canal, being a loss on the last year's shipment of 35,982 tons; the Pennyslvania Coal Company carried 517,482 tons, a loss of 182,962 tons ; g B6 C 4 tons ; and the Delaware and theW N y v o it m h in l n of a 2 s o h 6 : psBp2od 329,506 t ons , a l oss , as com pared Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1,007,074 tons, a de crease of 295,383 tons. Thus it will be seen that the loss of production in the Wyomin g and Lackwanna region was shared by all the carrying companies, but most largely by the Wyoming and the Delaware and Lackawanna and Western Railroad, while the increase from the more southern anthracite regions was shared by all the carrying companies but one, the Pinegrove. The praises of cotton, as a civiliser, have been much and deservedly vaunted, but in substantial and lastin g value a half dozen of the richest cotton States in the. Union might be irretrievably swept into the Mexican Gulf, and be scarcely felt in con sequence to the other States, in comparison to the suffer ing and loss to the country from the closing of the coal mines and iron factories of Pennsylvania for a single year. In 1820, the annual coal trade was but 365 tons— one ton a day. Now, 01?0 singl e company, the Reading, has brought to market its hundred thousand tons in a single week. And but for the want of cars during the past year the entire productio n of anthracite coal in Eastern Pennsylvania would have considerably exceeded ten millions of tons. Should the present prosperous con dition of the country continue, the trade, stimulated by the present high prices of fuel and i ron , ma y, an d pro bably will, reach eleven millions of tons. GREAT FALL OF SNOW IN TILE WEST OF SCOTLAND. —Along the west coast the fall of snow has been very great. Between West Kilbride and Fairlio, in some parts of the road the snow lay ton feet deep ; and the large mail gig, which should have been at Groonock at'4 30 on Thursday afternoon, got stuck about West Kiibride. The gig had to be left behind, and the driver pushed on with the mail bags, riding the rest of the way, but ho did not arrive till ten o'clock, being five and a half hours behind time. The proprietors of the New York hotels had a meeting lately, and adopted resolutions to exclude hereafter all " deadheads " from their respective establish ments. Said deadheads, it is intimated, wore connected chiefly with the railroad and steamboat i4terests. United States Postal Arrangements. Mails for the United States are made up in London every Saturday evening, Wednesday morning, and Wednesday evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening mails must reach the General Post-office by 6 o'clock Pm., and those of the Wednesday morning mails by 6 o'clock a.m. that day. Newspapers must always be posted half an hour earlier. The Wednesday and Saturday's mails are taken up at Queenstown, on the following day, by the Liverpool steamers. The Wednesday morning mails are taken by the Southampton steamers. Mails from the United States are due in London on Mondays and Thursdays of each week. Periodical works not of daily publication, issued in the shape of pamphlets, may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon, by packet, at the following rates : —Not exceeding 2 oz., Id. ; above 2 oz., but not exceeding 3 oz., 6d.; above 3 oz., but not exceeding 4 oz., Bd. ; with an addition of 2d. for every additional ounce up to 16 ounces, above which the privilege does not extend. At the same rate of postage, any pamphlet not weighing more than 8 oz (even though it be not a periodical publication) may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon. This postage is only the British portion, a further sum being charged on delivery. The periodical works or pamphlets must always be sent in a cover open at the ends (not more than one being sent in a single cover), and the postage must be prepaid. Other printed papers or books (except those specified above), addressed to the places above named, are liable to letter rate of postage. There must be no writing, or other marks upon such periodical works, pamphlets, &c., or upon the covers, ex cept the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent; nor upon the covers must there be any printing, except the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent and the names and addresses of the senders. Any other writing, &c., will render the packets liable to letter rates of postage. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Da. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING —Tints DAY, LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken freely) 10 to 1 aget Laura (offered) 12 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 100 to 8 agst Alcibiade 14 to 1 agst La, Africaine 15 to 1 agst Mistake 20 to 1 agst Merrimac 25 to 1 agst Effenburg 28 to 1 agst Garotter (taken) 33 to 1 agst Inn°Hart (taken) 33 to 1 agst King of Hearts (taken) NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 7to 1 agst Shakespeare (taken) 8 to 1 agst any other (offered) TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. 5 to 2 Sacrifice filly 4to 1 agst Problem (offered) 6 to 1 agst any other (offered) SPORTING NOTES. The Lincoln Meeting witnessed the overthrow a Copenhagen and Valiant, the two favourites for the handicap. One drawback to the thorough en joyment of the racing, however, was in connection with the starting, which was as bad as ever—long delays taking place at the post, and horses finally despatched in straggling order. Complaints were,, as usual, heard on all sides, and one of the most crin spicuous offenders—Barker, the rider of Treasure Trove—was ordered to appear before the Stewards, and he was suspended till after the Epsom Meet ing. Severe as this sentence at first sight ap pears, obedience must be enforced. The fielders began their labours auspiciously, as Wise Man, backed for a mere trifle by those who saw his fitness and remembered he claimed important allowances, beat Old Warden and Alberta—two very moderate animals —in easy style. Notwithstand ing the defeat, however, of Alberta, Copenhagen maintained the pride of place with wonderful firm ness for the Lincolnshire Handicap, and the £2,000 invested on him by the followers of the Danebury stable was considered as good as won. But Mr. Hill's colt—who was the same flat-sided badly shaped horse we saw disgracefully beaten for the Two Thousand Guineas in 1864—only secured the third position, Treasure Trove and Saceharometer fighting out the battle for winning honours, which the young one won by a neck. Though beaten, Saccharometer—Lord Strathmore's pet, and nearly as sweet-looking a horse as The Doctor—was not disgraced, and the gallant fight the speedy scion of Sweetmeat, when conceding nearly 4st. to his juve nile opponent, made was a sight worth witnessing. For Copenhagen John Day candidly admitted he had no excuse. Valiant ran badly, but what chance Caithness had cannot be estimated, as his prospects were extinguished at the onset, through running against a post, as were also those of Nizam, who broke away in the false starts, and eventually got away indifferently. Twenty-two youngsters went down to the post for the Brocklesby Stakes, the majority of them being remarkably fit, considering the early period of the year. Those possessing most quality were Problem, Miss Bateman, Bounceaway, Vicious, Phantom Sail, Narine, the filly by Dundee from Sacrifice, and the filly by Dundee from Blanche of Middlebie, all of whom have racing points of no mean order. On the second day, in the City Handicap, a three year-old was again victorious, as Indian Star easily beat East Lynn, Gemma, Elastic, Musician, and several others. Had the start, however, been evenly effected, I question if Indian Star would have won, as Musician, who was one of the last horses away from the post, ran very fast, but had too much ground to make up to beat Indian Star, who was in the front division when the flags fell. The decision of the Steeplechase, which was a second time secured by Bridegroom, threw no light on the fast approaching Grand National, as Cortolvin, one of the leading favourites for the Liverpool prize, was an absentee, and Green's stable was unrepresented. The principal appointments for this week are Not tingham and Derby, the meeting on Sherwood Forest being fixed for Tuesday and Wednesday ; and the supplemental one at Derby for Thursday. The closed races for Tuesday are the Spring Handi cap, the Trial Stakes, the Stand Plate, the Inn keepers' Plate, and the Maccaroni Stakes. To the Nottingham Spring Handicap, the distance for which is now one mile and a quarter, there are 53 entries, only four of which—Lytham, Pelios, Signalman, and the Lizard—have up to the present time paid the minor forfeit. TREASURE TROVE, if amongst the starters, is worth standing against the field. His most dangerous opponents being EMPRESS OF INDIA and LORD CONYNGIIAM. The Half Mile Stakes should be won by TROUBLESOME or POLLY PERKINS, as Saladiu will be reserved for Chester. SACRIFICE filly, from her short head race with Problem at Lincoln, can scarcely lose the Little John Stakes ; the result of which will point out the winner of the Harrington Stakes at Derby, which meeting immediately follows Nottingham. The other races to be decided are of no particular importance. A FRESHMAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR RACES-SATURDAY. GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. Meerschaum (Capt. Tempest) 1 . Ironsides (Capt. Johnstone) 2 "lunge' ford (Mr. Atkins) 3 Sir Stephen (Mr Atkins) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Ironsides, 4to 1 agst Meerschaum, 4 to 1 agst Hunger:ord. Won by 20 lengths. CASTLE STEEPLECHASE PLATE. Banker (Mr. Barry) 1 Agnes (Boyce) 2 The following also ran:—Rochester, Strike, Douglass, Rosalie, and Simpleton. Betting-5 to 2 agst Rosalie, 3to 1 agst Banker, sto 1 agst Agnes. Won by 10 lengths. MATCH. Bravo (Capt. Shaw) 1 Arrow (Capt. Tempest) 2 WINDSOR OPEN HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Bristles (Mr. Owen) 1 Doubloon (B. Land) 2 Navarino (Mr. Barry) 3 Old Squire, Oscar, Dewdrop, and Scrub also ran. Betting -7 to 2 agst Navarino, 6to 1 agst Bristles. Won by a neck; a length between second and third. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MARCH. Derby Spring 1 Croxton Park l6 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewos Spring AP tiL. Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath Ot Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge AbergavennY 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool ilunt Cup,,.,., 211 Chester Curragh :AY. Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden York Spring Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge Manchester Ascot Summer Windsor Summ er JU Newton 5 6 Hampton 7 Odiham l2 Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester JU: Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG .Y. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon 31 26 Goodwood Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lowes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPTI UST. York August... L D F lie3ev'llionfluoculadtuhd Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Suzumer 29 Weymouth 3O _ Warwick September _ 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster ll Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCT( Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Cum Eh ;ItBER. Richmond 18 Hendon Monmouth ...... 20 Manchester Autumn,,,,,, 21 Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. • Newmarket Houghton 22 'Worcester Share, kOi to too 1 2.1.0 214 2.14.0 31 2.4.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.. 1071