The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues to show symptoms of increasing ease, although no further alteration has been made in the rates at which the best bills are negotiable. Short-dated bills are readily taken at 74 and 71 per cent. The directors of the Union Bank of Ireland have declared a dividend of 10s. per share, free of income tax. The directors of the Midland Banking Company have declared a dividend at the rate of six per cent, per annum, free of income tax, for the past half-year. .The reports from the various manufacturing dis tricts for the past week represent that business generally has been more animated. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have been in fair request at fully previous rates. In the woollen trade at Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield more animation has prevailed, the chief demand having been for spring fabrics. At Leicester and Nottingham there has been an increased demand for lace and hosiery, while increased activity has been imparted to the hard ware districts by the receipt of considerable export orders from America. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 60c. The English Stock Market opened with a very dull appearance, and the Funds receded * per cent. Subsequently, however, there has been a better feeling, and Consols have returned to their former quotations, viz., 861 87 for money, and 87 for the account. The American news at first caused a despondent feeling, but greater confidence Was afterwards shown, and speculators were desirous to view affairs in a more hopeful light. The New Threes are 861 y ; and Reduced Annui ties, 861 87. Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 3s. dis. Bank of England Stock, 245 ; India Stock, 208 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 102 1 4 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 97k; ditto Debentures, 95i 99 ; and ditto Bonds, 11s. to I- s s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market quotations con tinue to droop. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 39f 1 ; Mexican, 20i a ; ditto New, 181 19 ; Greek, 131 14 ; Spanish Passive, 25i ; Certificates, 131 4 ; Italian, 61i A ; ditto New, 77 771 ; the Confede rate Loan, 51 61 ; Brazilian Scrip, I 1 prem. ; Egyptian Railway Loan Scrip, * f prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 661 1 ; Erie Shares, 55f 4 ; and Illinois, 74f 1. Business in the Railway Share Market remains very inactive, and the few operations reported this Morning were generally at slightly reduced rates. Great Eastern and Great Western have each receded 5 5., North Western 10s., and Lancashire and York shire 155., while Metropolitan have improved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is no material alteration. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in very limited request. Alliance are firm at at 27 / ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China, at 22/ 23 ; Union of Australia are marked 50 50; ; Union of London, 51i 513- ; Joint Stock Discount, 5i 6 ; London Financial, 16/, and Overend, Gurney, and Company, 19i 20. London Steam Towing Com pany's shares are quoted 1 2 prem. ; Charles Laflitte and Co., 2f 2/ prem. ; and Galatz Candle C O., 4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a Der Cent. Consols D O . Account, Feb. 8 ~.per Cent. Reduced B7 '''' v ew 3 per Cent B7 6 i 86 " e ,..,Nv 3 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A -1- ' 0 - 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — " - utilities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ~, nt (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 -- katchequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent, 6 3 Do. £5OO 6 3 , iln" Do £lOO and £2OO ..,a 1,- °f England Stock, 5 per Cent 4DIA,N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 2OB bo Account Do. 5 per Cent. Oct 1870 ,D 0 . 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 lirst• Certificates -1 -',1 3 . Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — ' J 0 . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 DO . 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — DO .. 4 per Cent. Aug. 1866 &it. Bonds, £l,OOO ll 15 .uo. under .£l,000 FOREIGN ast • r ian E Bonds, 5 p er Cent, 1859 FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a,zuj an 5 per Cent — bt. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. . 1863 , Do. 1865 .1,0 Account — D o c • 4eUts Av.: • cry £25 paid - , -tyres 6 per Cent — -uo. Account ID ° 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) e o ll til i o l o i: 6 per C en t — c an e 6 r paeer n Cent. C uba, 6 per Cent. lja n td sh 3 per Cent., 1825 ~, '' - 'e• 4 per Cent., 1863 — - "e• 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities ~, Do A ccount — '''Vador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — p,, -uo., Provisional Land Warrant — ,67ptian 7 per Cent — Issue •u 0 £lOO B on d s -u r , DO. 1864 - tree o k £ s loo Bonds ace p o e u r n C t Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 131 Do. Coupons Do. Ac count r,-uateinala 5 per C en t. Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account .. 80. Marenatnana Railway — 41e all 3 per Cent 1-10. Account Cen t Do 6 Do 1864 lB per Cent. glo-French — ..Do Fr ench Scri, An Ex. 25f 20c — 4'l°lltevidean 6 per p Cent., £3O paid Moorish Impe rial 5 per Cent K ew Gra na d a — Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred B 1) 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) 0 ,.; 6 per Cent, 1864 — 0, D O Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — ' a rvian 5 per Cent — (Uribarren). ,4-'0 41 per Cent., 1862 P D o 1 - ' I : i 8 .. 3 : e Per se u C 3 n e t I 1 t . 45 i per Cent., 1853 1) .,e 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, p t "0. Account —4l „ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O "-..,.;0 41 per Cent. 1850 .1 ,-!3 41 per Cent., 1860 "j -V 3 pet Cent. 1859 Sair odins'iaPtet soi 90 --° '.) Per Cent. 1864 per Cent. 1862 per Cent Do ..£ICO Bands — 130 . 11 per Cent — P,anish 3 per Cent -u o• Account Do Acco New Deuntferred — Do Passive 251 r , Do Account ,512Dalioi.sAhecCoe u r n t. t of Coup not funded 8 — w edish 4 per Cent. — D e T ,_: 4i per Cent. 1864 1 .!-1" 181 1 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do." 0 Accot int 6 per Cent. 1858 DO A Acc ount -... ~ 0 Bonds D o 6 per Cent. 1862 Account D° 4100 Bonds 671 81 0 ° ~ Per Cent., 1863 — B ° ‘' Per Cent. 1865 _ D" c ril; Z 35 paid _OO Account v-Ei_,,,,,,c, aPeecroCuennt . 1 - ) 4 Cent. Guaranteed — 'oneze e i a 3 Cent. ° cent. U P e r Cent ., 1864 D utch )...)ividenas on the above payable in London. 1),.," . , 4 t Pe" e . nt., Ex. 12 Guil i ta c i l 1 per Cent. Certifica t es — Ipul 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. 0 Account ' TWO O'CLOCK. C°l asols f .0 Or mo ney 861 7 0. Account -Luc State of Illinois produced, in 1865, one tialltdred and seventy-seven millions of bushels of corn, jjelitY-five millions of bushels of wheat, eight hundred (.10usand bushels of rye, one million of barley, and twenty eight million bushels of oats. ;, Ile darns, express car, which left New York 213°1: Boston on the 6th January, was robbed somewhere : r sv . een those two cities. It is supposed that the thieves got ioto the car before it left New York. Money and bu m hereus to the value of $500,000 were taken. The safes all blown open. Sonic $BO,OOO in greenbacks, and a „,a, amount of bonds were scattered around the floor. I . l ll ' 1 til'' ciatrrewaacslteaclu t°oll4 The robbery was not discovered to°nri.e. day. rincess led by 1".1:10011 r with Prince y COl. rincess [lingo' ing• [er-in - g With LiY. cess ~hness ended rning• Dont" 3S Will Ltland, Ttion. Ens — o and book ce of , a nd illus book were ,ss of liid thus 7 they Dntis- cern' ) 1 3 PY B per" Went ►rows. them nar -3 and tiler ;hts" use s of you of a Liar' e ve to Line Lie d up' SHARE MA RKE TS, —This Day. Share/ Railways, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc E.London, ..trip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Augl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D. A stock Do. B stock Do. 'A ew, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste, n Uri final . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W Oxford Do. I):ewRo , t. I a Ile , eford Lane t shire & Yorkshire L .radon and lilackwalt Lon., S Coast Lon., hat., and Dove r Do. Metrop. hx. A Lon. & .orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., A; Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension__ Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin . & Derby ‘i id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabe Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-el North London Do. do. 1661 Do. .to. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C+ ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock +o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E..stern .twines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwall 93 95 128 129 94 96 13 15 4i 51 68 70 70 72 114 116 37 10 7 8 127 128 194 196 91 93 58i 58 39 s 1 34 37 01 (3 120 1,9 91 101 W 3 39 38 10. , 100 100 100 100 all 1242 !252l 93 95 61 63 134 136 22 8 p 1 lip 100 101 123 124 11 It 1. 92 94 58 59 7 28 111 112 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 14#j 5 12i 201 123.22 lo6} 5i 371 74i 31 Closing I Business Paid./ Price. done. 123 4/ t , 3i 3 62 1311 / 5/ 5 BRITISH P 72 73 105 106 36 38 10 11 121 )26 2 24p 2 20 75 27 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 55 57 73 74 8 9 195 150 3 I- p 101 103 5) 53 ,SIONS 'Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. 55 &) 99 10 id 1p 65 65 10 11 gu. .5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- ~ ....•••1 Calcutta & S. E., lim ale Town tlz Dock, gu 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben, al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.u. Do Extension Grand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist rref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock 75 80 96 98 60 70 100 102 100 101 101 103 37 38 87 89 67 69 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 42 46 35 36 $1 35 101 1( 3 P Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W, s. of Canada.. DO. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 1)o. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do 94 100 91 • 93 16 ‘4l 4} 4i , 92 04 84 '6 1 4d 9.0 100 90 92 86 88 Do. do Do. Fifth Extensiou Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's ►say.. N. lil.C'da,6pc Istpf.be. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub Do.lndus • 64 66 8 E 2 98 99 98 99 4 i 93 99 COLONIAL GO VERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1572 100 - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l• 0 93 06 -. Do.sp. c. Mar. & Sept 102 93 96 - • )o. sp. c. Jan.. July 100 79 81 - Do. 5p o. Inscribed sk 100 76 50 - Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 103 Do.Apl.&ocl. 1890-1900 100 104 106 - Do. do: 1839-9 100 104 105 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 • 100 101 103 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 191 103 - Do. 1878, do lOO 101 IL 7 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1.78 . - 'lo. 188.1., May .5, Nov. ! 10 102 104 - Do. 1895, Feb. le Aue• lOO 103 103 - mat • o per cent fo,, 99 101 - N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.,t.1u11 100 93 95 931 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186i 100 1 0 102 - Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1871 100 92 94 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: 100 87 89 871 81 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 100 102 - Do. 5 per cent.... 100 8f 84 - Nova Sc •tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 97 99 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 994 1001 - s. AIM Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 104 106 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - - Do. do, zspril & Oct lOO 105 106 1055 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, HER. 1 - Chiverton - Clifford A malgamated 3O 18 20 - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 570 590 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 4. 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 291 18 .20 - East Caradon 2.14.6 81 9i - East Cam Brea 34 54 Oi - East Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 4 1 - East Love,' 3.9.0 111 121 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8. G 3 31 - Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Gra•at L axey, limited all 20 21 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 16 2 - Great Wheal 8u5y...,, 14.9.6 34 4 - G. Wheal Vor (Heist •i• 40 31 13 30; - GrenviLe - Herod's Foot - liingston Downs 5 1(1.6 04 54 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 - :Starke Valley 4.10.6 4 41 4 tlwyndy Iron Ore, lira 21 21 led - New Se ton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan 4.4.0 1 North Wheal Crony 2.13. -- Prosper United... ... 7.1.6 - Pr vidence UnyL..lant 10.6.7 37 39 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 410 430 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 14 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 8 22 - • Stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 - Tin Croft • 9 19 20 5 7igra and Cl. gan, Um_ all 4 6 - West tiassett(lllogan .. 1, 3 4 - W. Caradon (L•skeard 9 8 10 - West Chiverton ll 80 83 - West Seton. 471 190 220 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 95 100 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 27 31 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 - W heal Seto)) - • Wheal Tielawney (Lis 7 17 18 CIL NN' ItEN t: titiA.K.N Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 107 Great Western, 4 per cent irred . 81 PREFERENCE SliAliEi AND STOCKS, London, Brighton. &c., 4i per cent., 1858, 95 London and S.-Westarn 4) per cent., 971 LINES L EASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Cheater and Holyhead, 55 Ditto, 54 per cent., 120} London Tilbury, and Southend, 97 teORNI GN RAIL WAYS. (4reat Luxembourg, 15/ Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 19} I )Roman (Smyrna to Aidln), 9 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 161 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 6/ F+)REIGN MINN,. Chontales Gold and Silver Alining, 31 i Frontino and Bolivia gold, lim., li t St. John del Rey, lim., 49 BAN Kb. Alban, e, lim., 26/ 7} k ustra lasi a. 72 Bank of British Columbia, 211 Bank of Egypt, 344 Bank of London. 146 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 42 Bank of New Zealand, 174 :bartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 23 '2l City, 1024 t olonial, Lim., 43 European Bank, lim. 12} Imperial Ottoman, 131 Ditto, new, 12} Lard Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 4 it London &ink of alexia) and S. America, 11m., 32} London and County, 78} } London Joint Stock, 49 London and 1% estminster, 96} National Provincial of England, Ditto, d and id issue, 45 Oriental Bank Corporation. 60} Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., Union of Australia, 50} 60 Union of London, 514 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 9} City of London [teal Property, lim., 4 City Offices, lim., 6 Credit eoncler and Ilobilier of England. 8} Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 51 Electric Telegraph, 13 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 11} Gen. Credit and Finan c e of Landon. lim., 51 Hudson's Bay, 1t Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., 11m., 01 Indian Carrying, lim., International Contract, 4} 1 International Financial z.ociety, lim., 51 } Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 78 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 64 } London Financial Association, lim., 161 Lon 'o.i aLd Provincial Marine, 3 26 M dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 174 National Discount ompany, 15// New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim., 21 North British Australasian, 50 oriental Gas, lim., 5: Overend, Gurney, and CO., 19} The safe of the Adams Express Company, on the Now Yorkand Now Haven Railroad, was robbed lately of money amounting to about $50,000, too 1 OSSE 100 100 100 all 100 100 102 11 21 991 9} a9} THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1866. MARKETS,---This Day. moved off slowly. Cakes were in steady request, at fully late rates. The Malt Tax. NORWICH, Jan. 27. A public meeting of the East and West Norfolk Anti-Malt-tax Association was held in St. Andrew's hall to-day, Sir H. Stracey in the chair. All the four members for East and West Norfclk—Mr. Bagge, M.P., Mr. E. Howes, M.P., Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., and the Hon. T. De Grey, M.P.— were present, and there was a large attendance, composed principally of tenant farmers. Mr. E. HoWES. M.P., in moving the first resolu tion, said he knew there were many gentlemen of education, station, influence, and experience, who were not altogether with him upon the question. This was quite true, and he always stated what was true, whether it were popular or not. At the same time he was in favour of the total repeal of the tax, and, except as a matter of expediency, he should not wish to support those who advocated its partial reduction. lie believed that a partial reduction would effect little or no good, but as a matter of expediency and as a means of attaining the ultimate object, he should be prepared to vote for a measure of the kind. Some of the growers of the best barley appeared to think that the repeal of the tax would be adverse to their interests. He did not think, however, that this result would ensue ; he believed that the effect of the law as it at present stood was to exaggerate the price of the best barley abovethat of the inferior barley, but he believed that growers of the best barley would not grudge the growers of inferior barley a little advance if their barley did not suffer by it. But he supported the repeal of the malt tax as a step towards carrying out the principles of Free Trade, and whatever the conse quences of such a course might be he was prepared to abide by them. The malt tax was totally at variance with the principles of Free Trade, and more especially with the true principles of taxation as laid down by political economists. The malt tax taxed a manufactured article in the first stage of its manufacture, and this was totally contrary to a maxim, admitted now all hands, that a manu factured article should be taxed, if taxed at all, in its later stage. This was the grievance of which the farmers complained. The immediate effect of the tax was that it exaggerated most unduly and unfairly the price of the manufactured article, and its concomitant mischiefs were perhaps not less ; these evils were touched upon by his resolution when it spoke of the injustice inflicted on the grower of barley. What were the results of the injustice ? One was that it lessened consumption and depreciated the article; another was that the farmer was ham pered in the operations of his trade. The tax depre ciated one crop, and therefore disturbed the relative value of the crops upon the rotation of which the farmer depended in his trade. The tax not only did this, but it prevented the free use by the farmers of what might be called the produce of his own farm for his own purposes. He had watched the course of Mr. Gladstone for some time. He believed that Mr. Gladstone thought that the benefits which would follow from the repeal of the malt tax had been ex aggerated, and that the disadvantages which would follow had been extenuated. He was not sure that Mr. Gladstone was not right in this, but he thought he saw a leaning in his mind on the first proper oc casion to deal.with this large question. The country was in a state of great prosperity, with the excep tion of the agricultural interest ; at all events, there was no very pressing demand at present upon our finances, and he believed the farmers would obtain some measure which would lead to the total repeal of the tax. The resolution moved by the hon. mem ber was—" That this meeting is of opinion that the continuance of the Excise duty upon malt is a great injustice to the growers of barley and wholly at vari ance with the free-trade policy of the country." " Mr. STANTON seconded the resolution, which was carried with one dissentient. Mr. BAGGE, M.P., moved the next resol u ti on , an d _ _ said the moment the Corn Laws were repealed in 1846 he joined the Anti-malt Tax Association, and ever since then he had been consistent in his views and opinions upon this important ques tion. He took his stand upon the broad principle that after the repeal of the Corn Laws it was impos sible to uphold the malt tax for a moment. He was surprised to hear the stupid cry still uttered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the repeal of the malt tax could not be afforded. Last year there was a surplus of £3,500,000, and this year there was another large surplus. Mr. Gladstone, who had opposed Mr. Disraeli upon the question of the tea duties, and who said that could not be afforded also, took that slice out of Mr. Disraeli's budget ; the consequence had been an enormous increase in the consumption, and he believed that if the malt tax were repealed there would be an equally large consumption of beer. No person of common sense could be of a contrary opinion —(laughter)—but the question was, would Mr. Gladstone remove the tax ? He had not the same opinion of Mr. Glad stone as Mr. Howes had ; but he believed that Mr. Gladstone would not repeal the tax unless the farmers made him do it. However, Mr. Gladstone was very agreeable. (Laughter.) It was all beside the question for Mr. Milner Gibson or the Chancel. for of the Exchequer to talk about the tax being 12i per cont. or 30 per cent. ; the repeal of the tax must follow the legislation of 1846. The farmers must " agitate, agitate, agitate,' and not leave the Chan cellor of the Exchequer an hour without sending a petition, or give the House of Commons one blessed moment's rest until they had carried their point. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Bagge moved a reso lution to this effect. Mr. LEAMON seconded the resolution, which was carried nem. con. Mr. C. S. READ, M.P., the "farmer's friend," returned for East Norfolk in July, next addressed the meeting in support of,the resolution, to the effect that the duty on malt was injurious to the con sumers of our national home-grown beverage. The hon. gentleman argued that what was called Free Trade at present had reduced the price of wheat, and introduced all scrts of diseases in connection with the importation of cattle. lie would not advo cate the cause of the artisans in towns, because he believed they were well able to take care of them selves, but for the sake of the agricultural labourers he contended that the farmers must have malt-tax repeal. The farmers were sometimes told that they ought to pay their labourers better wages, but in their present position they could not afford.to do so. They could, however, assist in giving the labourers cheaper malt and beer, which would be a service to the poor and a benefit to agriculture at the same time. The farmers ought to make the labourers as comfortable as they could, so that they might not leave the British shores. The hon. gentleman then entered into statistics to show that the duty imposed on malt had checked the consumption, and that every reduction of duty had been followed by an increase of consumption. The great man the farmers wanted to convert was the Chancellor of the Exche quer. Mr. Gladstone was, he believed, a thoroughly honest man, and just as Sir Robert Peel gave the country the benefit of cheap bread so Mr. Gladstone might yet give the working classes the blessing of cheap and wholesome beer. (Hear, hear.) MT. LEE WARNER seconded and MT. TILLETT supported the resolution, which was agreed to. The Hon. T. DE GREY, M.P., moved a fourth resolution expressing the thanks of the meeting to those gentlemen who had advocated the cause in Parliament, and respectfully urged a c ontinuance of their efforts in the coming session. The hon ourable member said he feared that the farmers had nothing to expect from Mr. Gladstone in the matter ; if they were to obtain justice they must exert a pressure sufficient to overcome the vis inertia' of Ministerial indifference. (A Voice.—" What about the income-tax ?") He believed it would be better to tax the rich man's money bags than the poor man's beer. (Cheers.) Mr. GRIMMER seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. It is a consolatofy and encouraging evidence of the sympathy of our people for the unfortunate, that the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate is without legs, the door keeper of the House without arms, the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House are both on crutches. Despite these misfortunes, these gentlemen all prove very efficient, capable, and acceptable officers,-.New Orleans Picayune. MARK LANE The trade for good and fine thy wheats in the country markets hold on Saturday was firm, at fully the rates of the previous week. Damp produce however, sold heavily, at late prices. In the spring corn trade there was a great want of activity; nevertheless prices, in most instances, ruled stationary. For flour the trade was quiet at former terms. On the Continent the corn trade generally is quiet, a t about stationary prices. At New York both wheat and flour are very dull, and the business doing for export is exceedingly limited. With foreign wheat the market was moderately sup plied. For most descriptions there was a fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. Good and fine malting qualities were in moderate demand, at full prices ; otherwise the barley trade ruled firm, on former terms. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were moderate, but the condition of the produce was poor. The few dry samples on the stands were disposed of at the prices of Monday last. Damp wheats, however, were difficult of sale, and changed hands at irregular quotations. A total clearance of the supply was not effected at the close of business. Beans were in moderate supply and fair request at late rates. Peas met a slow sale at late prices. The supply on offer was moderate. For flour there was only a moderate demand at last Monday's currency. Malt was a slow request at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was but moderate. The trade, however, ruled quiet, but at the prices of Monday last. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Whoat—Essex;;diielt,rLa, new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old 46s 51s Do., white, old s?s 5 s Do., now Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —g Do., new Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 3os 38s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67s Oath—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s 26s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2os 268 Cork, white 228 27s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons .... 46s 50s Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s 31s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign beasts and sheep on sale in our market to-day, but the general quality of the stock was only middling. The trade generally was active on higher terms. The arrival of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Ireland and Scotland, fell off considerably when compared with Monday last. The supply from Norfolk and Scotland was in prime condition. There were about 200 beasts on show from Lincolnshire. Although the late order prohibiting the removal of stock without the four mile range from Charing-cross has not been rescinded, purchases of beasts were made for the country at a certain amount of risk. The beef trade was not to say brisk, yet prices advanced 4d per 81bs. A few very superior Scots and crosses realised 5s 4d, but the general top prices were is to 5s 2d per 81bs. The whole of the supply was disposed of. From Norfolk we received 400 Scots, &c. ; from other parts of England, 1,000 various breeds ; from Scotland, 400 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 150 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was limited, but the quality of most breeds was good. Tho mutton trade ruled steady, and the quotations advanced 2d per Blbs. The best Downs and half-breds changed hands at from 6s 4d to 6s 8d per 81bs ; clipped Downs sold at 5s 2d to 5s 4d per 81bs. The few calves on offer were disposed of at very high rates, viz., from 5s 6d to 6s 6d per 81bs. There was a steady inquiry for pigs on rather higher terms. The top figure was 5s per 81bs. Per 81b to sink the offal. selsd e d s d Crse. & inf. beaste...3 6 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Second quality do ..4 2 4 6 Prime s'thuown 00.6 4 6 8 Prime large oxen ..4 t. 4 .0 Large coarse calvcs.s 6 6 0 Prime Scuts. 0 5 2 Prime small do. 4 2 6 6 Crse. and inf. sueep.4 0 4 8 Large hugs .4 4 6 Second quality do ..4 10 5 6 Small porkers 4 8 5 U Lamb....os od to 0' Od. Su:Wing* calves, 193 to 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, 28- to 32s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts _ 1,80) (Beasts 77u Cows '12,, i COWB . . Sheep Calves 10 i I_l.la vie Vigo 2 2 ,) digs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 7,821 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 6,697; in 1864, 2,166 ; in 1863, 3,011; in 1862,.660 ; and in 1861, 514. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam •• • - ••• ••• ••• Antwerp Boulogne 9O 574 ... Bremen 122 Copenhagen Cadiz 159 Calais.. Dordt. Dunkirk ..• •.• Delfzyh . Hamburg.. ...... .• 149 ... 867 23 Harlingen ...... Oporto — •. • -- •. • •.• ..• Ostend 2 ... 490 •• Rotterdam 403 3233 263 • ... 252 T onning 99 ... - ••• --- ••• - ... - ... 41 ••• ''''' Total 1,296 ... 5,870 265 ... 399 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 Bl9 ... 1154 „, „, 189 4 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Jan. 30, 1865, and this day, Monday, Jan. 29, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Jan. 30, Jan. 29, 1865. 1866. s d scl sd s d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 4 2 3 6to 4 0 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 5 0 5 2 4 8 410 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6 0 6 2 6 4 6 8 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 4 5 0 5 6 6 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 0 4 6 4 8 5 0 Beasts 4,330 4,340 Sheep 12,450 20,130 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 1, 1864.—Beasts, 4,460 sheep, . 15 1 710—calves, 51—pigs, 440. Feb. 2, 1863—Beasts, 3,72osheep, 14,780—calves, 156 —pigs, 270. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are well supplied with town and espe cially country-killed meat. For most qualities there is a fair demand, at the annexed quotations : Per 81b by the carcase. 3 s d 6 5 3 1 d 4 Middling mutt on .. 4 2 4 6s d s d ra Inferior beef 2lO 3 4 Interior titt011....3 6 4 0 Middling do. Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do 4 8 5 0 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 5 u 6 0 Large pork 3 10 4 4 Small pork 4 6 5 2 Lamb, Os Od to Os od. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in hops is very moderate, but all good and fine qualities are firm in price. Inferior samples moved off slowly, at late rates. Last week's imports were 69 bales from Boulogne, 25 Antwerp, 25 Bremen, 9 Hamburg, 110 Harlingen, and 22 Dunkirk. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents Now Sussex Yearlings loos to 140 s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale are tolerably largo. Nearly all qualities are in slow request, yet very little change has taken place in prices from last week. Kent and Essex regents scotch do. Yorkshire do 6 os to 80 s 71 ~ Flukes „ Rocks 40s to 60s I, TALLOW. P.Y.C. is dull on easier terms. The quotation on the spot is now 465. 3d. to 465. Gd. per cwt. Town tallow is selling at 455. per cwt. net cash. Rough fat 25. 4d. per 811)s. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866 . Stock this day 52,218 66,221 53,229 45,309 1 1-4_4s:c t i jic to _4l: o 9 d d — 42 s s o O d d 4 4 6 6 : 8 3 o d d io Price of Y.C. Delivery last week 2,407 2,568 2,417 2,172 Ditto from June 1 56,332 49,421 62,464 77,075 Arrival last week BO5 990 4 6 4 75 Ditto from June 1 70,291 77,895 70,669 89,901 Price of Town SEEDS. Linseed and rapeseed were firm in price, but the demand for them was by no means active. All agricultural seecis WOOL. The transactions in wool have somewhat increased, but the total amount of business doing is hti 11 very moderate. The market, however, must be considered firm, as both home-grown and colonial qualities command in most in stances the full prices lately current. The next series of public sales will probably be commenced on tho Bth of March, and it is anticipated that during their prog*ss about 80,000 bales will be brought forward. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 9} 110 Half-bred d o 1 111 2 0} Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 74 1 84 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE SIR J. J. MACKENZIE, BART. This bankrupt, whose case is somewhat remarkable, came up to pass his last examination, and for the order of discharge. His Honour, having regard to the magnitude of the figures, one i n h and on month the wouldimportance be ordered. for CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Deputy-Recorder, the Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir Francis Graham Moon, Allen, and Dakin, and She riffs Gibbon and Figgins.) The January Session commenced this morning. The Depfity-Recorder presided, in the absence of the Recorder, and, in delivering the usual charge to the grand jury, said that there were 64 cases on the calendar, and he was informed by the Governor of Newgate that there were 10 additional cases. Considering that it was only three weeks since the last session that was a large number, and in two of the eases murder was charged. In both of these, as in many others, when crime was committed, one of the parties was drunk at the time of the offence. The first of the two cases in question was one, in which a man named Greenwood was charged with the murder of his wife. Both of the parties had been in a public-house and had been drinking, and there was a good deal of talking going on. The man appeared to be sober, and was speaking about some business. His wife frequently inter rupted him, and said that was not the place to talk of such matters, and although he told her to be quiet, she con tinued her interruption. After some time she threw a bottle at the man, which so exasperated him that he drew a knife and stabbed her in the throat, from the effects of which she died. The next case was that of a man, named George Crane, who also was charged with the murder of a woman with whom he cohabited. It appeared that the wife had gone to bed, and shortly after the prisoner's re turn she was heard to scream and call out, " George, don't kill me." The woman died the next day, and her body presented a most frightful aspect, a portion of the ears having been bitten off, and the surgeon who examined the body decided that the inflammation of the bowels and the injury to the intestines had been caused by external violence. The next case to which he wished to call attention was, where a man was charged charged with attempting to murder a child which he had by a woman with whom he had been living. The injuries were inflicted on the child, who was a mere baby, during the absence of the mother, and there was strong evidence to prove that they were the act of the prisoner, who had been heard to say that he wished to get rid of the child. The only other case to which his lordship adverted was one of libel, the facts of which were of no public interest. , The grand jury then retired. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. George Smith, alias Raymond, a young man about 20 years of age, was charged with having been concerned, with others, in stealing a cap, some other articles, and two shillings, from the person of a man named Brown, in Lant-street, in the Borough, on the 21st of October. The prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, was not represented by counsel, and Mr. Daly appeared for the prosecution. From evidence it appeared that about 8 o'clock on the evening in question a person named French came up to Brown and addressed him, but Brown told him that he did not know him. The prisoner and two other men then sprang on Brown and stole the articles in question. Two of these men had been since convicted. Several previous convictions having been proved againsl the prisoner, he was sentenced to 7 years' penal servitude, ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD A RAILWAY COMPANY. L. S. Worth, who was convicted last session of attempt ing to defraud the South Eastern Railway Company, under circumstances arising out of the Blackheath Tunnel acci dent, was brought up to receive judgment. The prisoner, who had occupied a respectable position in society, was very much affected, and addressed the judge at some length, in the course of which he referred to his previous status, and said on one occasion a public dinner had been given to him at Highbury Barn, at which several gentle men of the neighbourhood werepresent, and which was pre sided over by a magistrate. He had also prepared 14 columns of written matter, 'which he was unable to urge on his behalf last session. He said he had no fault to find with the jury, who went according to the evidence. His lordship said he was satisfied as to the estimation in which he had been held, and as regarded the written matter he would not object to read it now, but he thought it could do the prisoner no benefit. He then sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment, and hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) The Court disposed of some felony cases, which wore of no public interest, and rose before one o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. IMPOSING ON THE BENEVOI;;T.—John Williams, about GO years of age, describing himself as a carpenter, of Smith's Cottages, River Head, Sevenoaks, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with obtaining, by means of false and fraudulent pretences, the sum of 2s. 6d. from Mr. Arthur Walsh, M.P. for Leominster, and residing at No. 35, Hill street, Berkley-square. The prisoner, being found guilty, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. Liverpool Cotton Market—Tl i 3 Day. The Market opens with rather a better feeling. Sales probably 8,000 bales. Mr. Algernon Swinburne is about to issue a selection from Byron's works, prefaced by a critical essay, in the series known as " Moxon's Miniature Poets." Mr. Frederick Locker ---- is busily engaged in collecting materials for a volume of the best " Vers de Societe" written by Englishmen. Mdlle. Adelina Patti is to receive £l2O for every one of her performances at the Italian Theatre, Paris, and will " create," it is said, two new parts, those of the heroines " La Gazza" and "I Puritani." There are now three theatres in Paris for sale, the Follies Dramatiques, the Ecole Moliere, and the Theatre Beaumarehais • The receipts of the Paris theatres in 1865 amounted to the enormous sum of £167,000. A picture broker in the district of the Madeleine has discovered under a thick coating of varnish a Virgin and Child of Correggio. It is a re-production of a part of his celebrated "Repose in Egypt," formerly in the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Parma. M. Victor Hugo's new book, " Les Travailleurs de la bier," is in the press at Brussels. The first volume is already printed, and M. Paul Meurice, who superin tended the publication in Paris of the' Chansons des Rues et des Bois," is to perform the same office for "Les T ravailleurs." The French Academy has advanced as far as the " Analogie" in the new edition of their famous dic tionary. A meeting is held every Thursday, at which each word is separately discussed. The part already com pleted fills five bulky volumes in quarto, and it is cal culated that the leter A will require eight such volumes for itself. The entire work will be contained in about ono hundred volumes, which may be expected to appear in somewhat less than a couple of centuries. AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION.—On Sunday, the 24th December last, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher made a collection in his church in Now York on behalf of the Evangelical Mission to the South and West, inaugu rated by the Congregational body of New England. He said ho would deviate from the usual practice, and receive the sums personally and announce them from the pulpit. The first sum handed up was $l,OOO. As the greenbacks rolled up in a varied stream, he made appropriate remarks, and was especially effective when a little girl banded up two cents as her contribution. The total result amounted to more than $lOO,OOO. A new American line of steamers is to be esta blished, to run between New York and Bremen, touching at Cowes. The United States Government have realised, within the last two years, the sum of $6,000,000, the proceeds of confiscated cotton, sugar, and other property in the State of Mississippi. The Louisiana National Bank of New Orleans capita], $10,000,000, has been authorised by the Controller of the Currency. Tho total circulation of the national banks is $237,371,000. It appears from official announcement that the people of North Carolina have declared null and void the ordinance of secession by a vote of 19,977 against 1,940 ; and that 18,527 votes were cast to ratify the ordinance prohibiting slavery, THE LOSS OF THE LoNDON. OFFICIAL INQUIRY THIS DAY. The official inquiry into the circumstances con nected with the loss of the Australian steam-ship London, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 10th inst., opened this day at the Greenwich police-court, before Mr. Traill, the magistrate at tached to the court, and Captains Harris and Baker, the nautical assessors appointed by the Board of Trade. The court was extremely crowded, and the greatest interest was manifested in the painful in quiry by every person present. Mr. O'Dowd, the barrister, attended on the part of the Board of Trade. He said, in his opening observations, that he was nearly overpowered with the duty of introducing the tragical circumstances connected with the loss of the auxiliary steam-ship London, which foundered on her voyage to Aus tralia. Ile would not attempt a description of the terrible matters attending that melancholy event, because the public had been made so painfully aware of them by the public press. He should, in the first place, therefore, offer evidence as to the structure of the ship, and:the material of which the hull was constructed ; secondly, he should apply himself to the question as to whether the owners of the vessel had complied with the provisions of the Passenger Act, and for that purpose he should call before them the best evidence it was possible to obtain. He should call before them gentlemen of the greatest ability who had examined the vessel at the time she was built in 1864, and ah.o those who had twice examined the ship in order that she might obtain her certificate as a passenger ship. He should, in the next place, address himself to the cargo and dead weight on board the ship, which would be found to be 347 tons 4 cwt. 3 quarters, consisting of sheet-iron, shot, nails, rock and other materials, and a quantity of other articles which could not be classed as dead weight. The value of the cargo on board amounted, he was told, to £127,074. The next thing he should direct the attention of the Court to was the quantity of coal actually on board the London. There were on board the vessel 45 tons of coal re maining from her previous voyage ; there were shipped in London 460, less 48 tons expended on her voyage to Plymouth. Fifty tons were placed on board at Plymouth, making a gross of 508 tons. He should call before them the parties actually engaged in storing the cargo, and every one who could throw the slightest light on the terrible cala mity. The learned gentleman then proceeded to give the exact details and measurement of the ship, and then referred to the owners of the vessel, which, he said, belonged to the Messrs. %Vigrain 56 shares, Messrs. Morgan four shares, and her ill-fated com mander, Capt. Martin, to the extent of four shares. The vessel left the London Docks Dec. 29, under the command of Captain Martin and a Trinity House pilot. Her draught of water, according to this pilot, whom he should call, was 19ft. 9in. forward, and 20ft. 9in. aft. The vessel left Gravesend, after embarking a portion of her passengers, on the 30th, and owing to stress of weather she anchored at the Nore. She got again under weigh on the Ist of January with her own steam, the wind blowingfrom the S.W. She went down the Channel against strong head winds. On the 3d the weather became so boisterous that at about two in the afternoon the pilot decided on taking her to Spithead, and she anchored on the Motherbank at 4 p.m., and laid there until the 4th, when she steamed out the wind being S.W. She arrived at Plymouth on the sth, and at nine o'clock she was boarded by a Plymouth pilot, who took her to the Sound, and in two hours after she was anchored within the break water. On the 6th, a short time after midnight, her anchor was hove off, the weather being mode rate, the wind blowing northerly with little or no sea running, the course steered being S.S.W., and her speed about eight knots an hour. The Lizard was sighted about five a.m., when the weather increased. On the 7th the wind, which was then westerly increased to violence, which caused the ship to roll. On the Bth she increased to a gale, when the captain ordered the fires to be put out and sails hoisted. On the 9th the wind increased to a strong gale, when she pitched into much violence. At 7 a.m. the lifeboat was stove and carried away with all her gear. At 9 a.m. the sea struck her very vio lently, and carried away a great portion of her stay sails and royals. It continued to blow a severe gale, and on the morning of the 10th the gale was still raging, when the captain 'gave orders to return to Plymouth to refit. In the course of the morning the swing masts were secured and the jibboom cleared from the ship, which was 48 N. 87 W. At 9 a.m, the sea was then running high and the wind blowing beyond anything recollected by the survivors. At about half-past 10 a terrific sea rose and descended. almost perpendicularly over the engine -room and smashed it in. Every effort was made to secure the hatchway by the crew and passengers. At 4 a.m. on the 11th another violent sea struck the ship and carried off four windows of her upper or poop cabin. Through the breaches thus made the sea rushed into the ship with such violence that the 'tween decks were full of water. The captain, with the engineer, took soundings, and finding there were 14ft. of water he gave up all hope of saving the ship, and communicated the awful in telligence to the passengers, who received it with calmness and resignation. At about 10 a.m. of the 11th the .captain ordered .the boats to be got ready, and the starboard pinnace, which was of iron, was got into the water and lost. At 2 p.m. the ship was rapidly filling. Another boat was lowered, and some of the crew entered and sailed for the captain to follow, but, with a true courage, he preferred remaining with his shill. Altogether 19 souls entered the boat. T hey then pushed off from the ship, seeing she must sink, and after having gone a short distance they saw the London go down by the stern. The boat drifted about for 20 hours, when she was picked up by an Italian vessel and landed at Plymouth on the 16th. Having referred to the praiseworthy conduct of the commander of the vessel who saved the boat, and which had been already substantiallya3cE a acknowledged by by the Board of Trade, he said it was and merciful thing to deal tenderlyas a u lvtirlie seamantthedead.; Capt. Martin had no foes; he was he met his death like a hero. It did not follow that t because he had perished that no i n q uir y should be was the the sure that would t now mCoaudretinwtoontlhde dneaavligaasttioennd;ebrlu; he with thedead as t ends of justice would sanctio n. pro ceed to call the evidence he had to bring before the Court. [The inquiry was proceeding when we went to press.] The report of Commandant H. A. Wise, Chief of the United States Bureau of Ordnance, says that the twenty-eight arsenals and armories of the Union contain 2,025,278 lbs. of powder; 401,026 lbs. of shell; 233,818 of cannon balls ; 84,300 lbs. of grenades; 41,802 boxes of grape shot, and 21,355 lbs. of bombs. The fiscal resources of the Bureau for the past year amounted to $45,783,656, and the expenditure to $46,112,531, leaving a balance of $2,671,124 to the credit of disbursing officers in the Go vernment depositories on June 30, 1865. The report says fron carriages for field and siege guns are preferred, and are rapidly superseding wooden ones. Smooth bore can non aro better than the wrought iron or steel cannon. Not a single Dahlgren gun has burst, and this gun, at ordinary range, can thiow a ball with sufficient force to pierce 11 inch armour. The cast iron Parrotts are liable to burst. The 150 and 100 pounders have been abandoned and the 80 pounders selected as the limit. The Bureau proposes hereafter to arm the navy with smooth bores, rifled pieces being called into requisition only when a very long range is required, and when vessels armed with rifled guns are to be encountered. The muzzle-loading muskets are to be altered to breech-loaders so soon as per fectly satisfactory models can be obtained. There are on hand already 1,000,000 good Springfield muskets, and 500,000 captured and foreign muskets, the latter to be sold whenever fair prices can be obtained.A e l x l o t e h p e t r t e h c e ap o t n u e re a d t Southern arsenals are to be re-occupied Fayetteville, N. C., destroyed. Georgetown opened the polls on the 28th ult. to ;est the sense of the citizens on the subject of negro suf frage. Of over seven hundred votes cast only ono was in favor of thus extending the franchise. Three hundred and thirty million dollars have been counted in the past year by the female clerks, under the supervision of Colonel Frank Jones, of the Redemption Division in General Spinner's Bureau of the United States' Treasury, and not one dollar has been lost in the mean time, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Da CITY BETTING—Tres DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 16 to 1 agst Valiant 16 to 1 agst The Duke 20 to 1 agst Knight of Snowdon 20 to 1 agst Arabia. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE, 100 to 4 agst Innellan 100 to 4 agst Agag 100 to 4 agst Balder 2,000 GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) CHESTER CCP. 1000 to 40 on the field THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) 2000 to 24 agst Laneiet LIVERPOOL STEEPLECIIASE.—WO are requested by itr. Golby to state that he scratched Church Militant out of the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase immediately the weights appeared. Mr. 11. Delme's Sister to Poland, 2 yrs, has joined H. Goater's lot. J. Hayhoo, jun., has removed his horses to Mr. W. Steb bings's stables. Moreton-in-Marsh Steeplechases are fixed for Thursday, February 22. DURHAM RACES.—The Plate for bona fide hunters, half bred, closes on February 6. Four stakes, to be run for at Catterick Bridge Races, close and name on Tuesday, February G. Lord Conyngham and Selim were struck out of the City and Suburban as soon as the weights appeared. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Jan. 29.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. SWANSEA, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Northumber land, for Jamaica. POILTSMOUTII, Jan. 28.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Royal Bride, from Rangoon. NEWPORT, Dec. 26.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Tamussa, for Valparaiso. CLYDE, Jan. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Transit, from Moulmein. LIvERPooI, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Elizabeth Charlotte, from Pomaron. YATIMO UTH, Jan. 2G.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Humboldt., for New York. COWES, Jan. 28. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Henry B. Wright, from Callao. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Witch of the Seas, from Iquique. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I Gravesend, Monday Evening. Arrived, Jan. 29—Velasques, from Seville. The commerce of the world is estimated to require 3,600,000 able-bodied men to be constantly tra versing the ocean, of whom 7,500 die every year. The amount of the property moved on the water is from fifteen hundred to two thousand millions of dollars, and the amount annually lost by the casualties of the sea average twenty-five millions of dollars. A company has been organised in Richmond with a capital of $5,000,000, for the purpose of making loans to Southern planters who need capital to commence planting. An effort is being made in Washington to revive popular interest in the Washington monuments, upon which no work has been done since 1859. Congress will be memorialised on the subject, and an appropriation of $200,000 requested. The total amount of the United States naval captures reaches $30,000,000 in value. One-half of this goes to the Government, and the other is divided among officers and seamen. The average per man is but $l2O, whereas, in the matter of bounties to soldiers, the average has been nearly $l,OOO per man, and about $700,000,000 have been expended iu bounties alone. The Congressional Committee on Reconstruction propose to send a special commission South to inquire into the condition of affairs, with the view of obtaining proper information. The Boston Evening Courier says:—"We have been shown a copy of a new paper, called the Black Re publican and Office-holder's Journal.' Pluto Jumbo, is editor and proprietor, and bears on its motto, " God and the negro are our only hopo."—H. W. Beecher. The prospec tus is set forth in the following notice :—" All dem that scribes to dis here paper will have a portrait of de editor thrown in. Day can take it if dey pays in advance. Ticker attention paid to white advertisements, which am charged dubble price, and hot corn for sale in de basement. Nossin to do paper till it had been inspected by the Loyal League." Contemporaries of the press are cautioned in the following language against stealing the thunder of the Black Repub lican :—" As dis paper am de organ of Wandle Flip, darfore all de orations ob dat gentleman will pear in dese columns, and dem dat takes em out and puts em in dar own paper will be pussecuted cordin to law." An adver tisement appears for a boy "to keep flies off de editor's bell, and a white boy to do de dirty work ob do office." In the St. Louis Democrat we read:—On the 27th of November a lad, supposed to be about 12 years of age, of rather dark complexion, came into a rancho about 170 miles east of Denvir City, Colorado. He could speak very little plain English, but by signs was easily under stood, and Lieutenant Sallee, in command of the military at a neighbouring station, took charge of him, and ascer tained that he bad been a captive among the Sioux Indians ever since he can recollect, and knows nothing of his parents or his name. He states that the Sioux have two white women captive now. He made his escape on a pony, and in his fear of being overtaken rode the pony to death the first day, and then walked for three days before he reached the ranche. All that he had to eat in the four days was a crow that ho found dead and a piece of a dead ox. THE WIDOW OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.--The Washington correspondent of the Morning _Herald says: —" When Mrs. Lincoln left Washington she took with her to her prairie home the better part of the furniture, upholstery, and decorations of the White House. Imme diately upon the death of the late President, Mrs. Lincoln shut herself up in the Executive mansion, refusing to leave her room, even to attend her husband's funeral. It was at once given out that she was very ill ; that the murder of her husband had prostrated her; indeed it was at one time reported that the most serious fears were en tertained as to the result of her sickness. The obsequies were brought to their conclusion ; the assassin had been overtaken by the swift vengeance ho had provoked ; the trial of the conspirators had begun—still Mrs. Lincoln re mained in the White House. Meantime P res id ent John son, unwilling to intrude upon the r e ti rement of a lady w :3 1 v g a an . i griefT Avenue,hsoreeaiappalling, l in l vt i enhgs attended rp k o l o t p eh t deo n '4 l y bachelor's by hs Mrs. Lincoln was indu ce d t o away, y eCut a i n v d e friend, hoavielrhoenlm Preston Pe denwn l iY i t Mansion to its rightful occupant. She went to Spring field, Illinois. With her also went the bulk of the orna ments and furniture of the White House. These articles —among which were carpets, window-curtain; chande liers, statuette; &c.—filled, when packed, 94 large dry goods boxes, and their removal to the railway station was effected by means of seven of Adams's great express vans. These facts were hushed up, as well as might be, and it was hoped that they would be forgotten. Congress met, and among the first bills introduced into the House was one offered by Mr. Wentworth, popularly known as long John Wentworth,' of Illinois, appropriating $lOO,OOO for the relief 'of Mrs. Lincoln—that, in the language of the bill, 'being the sum to which Abraham Lincoln would have been entitled' if he had served out his term. As soon as it was announced that such a bill had been offered and ordered to its second reading, a host of tradesmen, small or otherwise, gathered in the lobbies of the Capitol. These patriotic persons displayed an extraordinary inte rest in the passage of the bill. They proclaimed that it was but a ' proper mark of national gratitude.' In fact, so far did their loyal zeal carry them, that it attracted the attention of the honorable legislators themselves, the most of whom were for sometime at a loss to conceive why the lobby' should be so deeply concerned in the relief of Mrs. Lincoln. Awakened attention led to in quiry ; inquiry brought out all the facts. Wentworth, chancing to go into the lobby, overheard a patriotic shop keeper enlarging upon the sacred duties of the American people to the widow and children of the martyred Lincoln, and on inquiry Mr. Wentworth found that our loyalist' was interested in the fulfilment of these 'sacred dutie s to an amount a little in excess of $7,000. This fact, with others, became known. When the bill came up for deci sion it received but one affirmative vote—that, it need hardly be said, of Wentworth, the proposer, himself. A bill which was simply an amendment of the other, and ci which gave to Mrs. Lincoln the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, was then offered and passd by an almost however, will unani mous vote. But a small portion of this sum, but an incon siderable York tradesmen alone are paid, there will therefore, by her e margin left. Mrs. Lincoln, appropriated ever enjoyed b y Congress bby th ; personfor when fo r w h o b o s ; u se i u ll w s vo it Neww was s eges in the White House—(l will for the extraordinary misconception of th u e se dollars; ginallyhas lost seventy-five thousand nature ure strongerof he r p m r - misunder standing, infallibly have been 9A The Chamber has termi- BUCHAREST, Jan. 2G.—The named ($100,000) woudletabtuetd tfoorhtehr. having been voted by e of the Prince is satisfactory in nated the discussion ofatnheimAmddernesses,maalljotrhietya.rtiTclhees reply to the Messag e all respects. At the demand of the Deputies. it will be presented to the Prince by the Chamber in a body, as has been already been done by the Senate, r,...• Rt hue, vbite, ut all . s , the —the LO tiCO ~-uage raven well- rity quill the from 7nge ilac ! ;nee" era - r lali post us rs of Kittle ble. 3 ill" con the Eti- I !--- ktric orae ased sum icor- DT the The The stet, for i t to y Of TIO )ofe „r x ,s r w. said the