The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-05 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENeK BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a G OVERNMENT FUNDS. Do Cent. Consols —e • Account Feb. 8 , 861 7 t,T f l2 3 `er Cent. Reduced B6} 7/ New Iv 3 per Cent B6/ 7 n 3 i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — ---° 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yr expire sth Jan., 1880 80. fo r 30 yrs, s' expire sth April, 1885 l3 11-16 t ; (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — b --.4 equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent, 7 3 o. £5OO — Ba hl ,. Do £lOO and £2OO i - ' l / 4 ()-C England Stock, 5 per Cent („,,\,11)1-0 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. --`itatt Stock, loi per Cent., April 1874 2lOl 9 Do A ccount h e . 5 per Cent. Jul 1870 15 ° . 4 Per Cent., Oct. y , 1021 1888 0. Certificates _ D D °. E nfaced Paper 4 per C en t °.5 D o • 5 per C ent., J an. 1872 Do 4 —.per C en t. , M ay 1879 C• 4 per Cent., A ug . 1866 — 11°. B onds, £l,OOO — " 0 - under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. et Ust • L„llati Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 -a4ol a per Cent 94 D 0• 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 80, 1863 , D. 1865 13 0 —O Account 741 . _ t u • Scrip, £3 5 paid /3 408 Ayr es 6 p er C en t — ,e. Account Chi a n Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) DO 6 per Cent — COl • 4 i Per Cent — C ub ?nabian 6 per Cent. — Li a n i , 6 Per Cent. D o ' B4 3 per Cent, 1825 ti • % per Cent., 1863 — 13 °. 5 Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — DOanian Prin i alities Account c p 731 actor New C onso lid ate d , 1 per Cont — t e., New Land War ran t — 7P t ian per Cent 93 21 o°., Second Issue — £lOO Bonds D O 1864 93 1 D o • ii_ .£lOO Bonds jj e o k . , 5 c per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons —' Do. 4. count ,r,o. Coupons itl a . t el 5 nala 5 p er C ent. — /3 1 0 44 5 per Cent, 1865 — UPAccount ?' M aremmana Railway _ ' X ican 3 p er C ent 60 . Account n Dn 1864 lB/ 1 4 —0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French m e ntevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid t,7°Grish Imperial 5 per Cent 6,.,W Granada ';';'o 2 pe r C en t 4, ,,,,e __Defe rre d B u o Land Warrants (Hectares) o. n Per Cent, 1864 — P e e G uaranteed, 4 per Cent — 'll°4l l 5 Cent — ~ . per -,!-'oo•Account DO' 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) — DO 4 1 per Cent., 1862 1,04 Account 11, 1 'g t i t , ese 3 per Cent., 1853 C ' Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4 1 ,, °. A ccount / I 'au z 2, 1 , per Cent, 1822, £St 9l I) ',' 41 per Cent. 1850 D o ' !t per Cont., 1860 1 .) ,, ' Per Cont. 1859 c o 5 per Cent 1862 ktrd,,,• 5 . Per Cent. 1864 — bo-tian per Cent 0 440 Bands 4411 :L i - Ter Cent — Dc. A c o per Cent l ',''," count D o 'ielv Deferred — t,O A ccount c: P'assive 1 -, tl,,,i' s 'tecount Bo A Ce rt. of Coup not funded — .1,v_.,. ccount 13'ush 4 per Cent. — D° 4 Turk,' i Per Cent. 1864 13 s h 6 e Cent. 1854 — D o A ccount I), 6 ii),1)00 .cc :or 13 C o e i n id t. 8 1858 ~,c, A ccount — 76 1) 0 . Per Cent. 1862 Lo,,!.ccount 68 7/ ' .ClOO Bonds T! 5 6 per Cent., 1863 — D o o Per Seri Cent 1865 D 0 Ac— -0 col; untS-35 paid 391 81 91 vei l ' 4 Per Cent. Guaranteed veil 3 per C i‘ itto r ant. 4.' 0 G account ... P e r Cent., 186 i ........... 35 1 5 6 411 4 . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dsai,„ r tel.. ; . 4, ) p3r Cent ,Ex 10 Florins utch 4 „,,5 4, A , . ; 4 —'l Per cent., Ex. 25f - , per Cent dertia Do { t P er C . Ut Ex 12 Gut Certificates Q jug, etisols f or Mons- THREE O'CLOCK. ov 86/ 7 ....... 86/ 7 ............ TWELVE O'CLO CI. The Money Market continues quiet, and there is a perceptible falling off of capital at the command of brokers and others. The inquiry, however, is moderate, and the quotations remain at 7i, and 71 per cent. for the best short-dated paper. The accounts from the various manufacturing districts for the past week hare not been of quite so favourable a character. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have slightly declined in value, while less activity has prevailed in the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham, how ever, have remained seasonably active, while most departments of business at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton have continued moderately busy. The annual meeting of the London Tavern Com pany was held to-day, at which a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, together .with a bonus of Is. per share, both free of income tax, was declared. At the second ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Provincial Banking Cor poration a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 Per cent. annum. At the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the General Credit and Finance Co. held to-day, the directors recommended that an additional dividend of 10s. per share, free of income tax, be declared, amounting to £125,000, and making with the 2s. P a id in August a total dividend of £150,000 for the Year, or at the rate of 15 per cent. on the paid-up Capital of Z 1,000,000. At the half yearly meeting of the Telegraph to India Company, held to-day, the directors reported the due payment by the lessees of the Egyptian l i in e of £1,250 f or th e year en di ng 31st December, ' 865 , out of which they recommend that a dividend be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum free of income-tax. Two o'CLoca. Accordi ng Thr to Reuter's telegram th© French ee Flat, per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 66f. 77c. With a reluctance to transact business in the shares of new companies, after the indifferent re ports issued, more attention is paid to the English Funds and other Government Securities. Investors are making their appearance in the market, and compared with the latest price of Saturday, per cent• has been added to the value of Consols, the present quotations being 864 871 for transfer, and „ 87 1 for M arc h settlement. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 87 ; Exchequer Bills, 7 8• to 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 247; India Stock, 2101 ; and ditto 5 per Cents, 1021 1. Foreign Stocks show a general improvement, Turkish 5 per Cents. are 391 8 ; Mexican, 201 21 ; ditto New, 181 I ; Greek, 12f 131 ; Spanish Pas kve, 24/ 25 ; the Certificates, 131 4 ; Brazilian Scrip, f 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Scrip, 1 prem. United States 5-20 Bonds are 6 7i ; Erie Shares, 63 4 8 ; and Illinois, 75i 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has been more animated, and several of the principal lines are at enhanced rates. Lancashire and Yorkshire and Metropolitan have each improved 55., and Great Eastern and North Western each 15s. Midland, Great Western, and South Eastern fully sustain former rates. The Foreign and Colonial lines are in moderate request, and show little change of importance. B ank and Miscellaneous Shares are buoya n t. Al.„ — aoce have i m p rove d t o 261 27 ; I mper i a l B an k if t 27 i ; English Joint-Stock to 104 ; London and Westminster to 94; Hudson's Bay Company to ptiooa.; Joint -Stock Discount are dealt in at 41 5 ; nal Discount Co. at 151 1 ; and Overend, T ur neY, and C om p any , a t 191 1. London Steam a cr ; v ing Company Shares are quoted 11 2 p rem . ; Chas. Laflitte and Co., 3 31 prem. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share! Railways. ►Tir:etol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and Bandon Cornwall _Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc , E.London, scrip Certi , DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B stock 93 95 129 SO 94 96 13 15 41 51 68 70 70 72 114 116 40 41 7 8 1281 129 145 146 Do. dew, 18. at 25 pill GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Westein -OriginalJ D . S. VAi. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. 51id.—Oxiorci Do. Newport. Do. Ile, 92 91 581 59i 59 61 39 tl 34 37 101 , 03 12 , 122 19 91 9 98 35 37 Lane ,shire & Yorkshir Landon and Blackwal Lon., Brig h., & S Coast Lon., hat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Kx. A Lon. & orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do Extension 126 326 93 95 59 5% 136 137 21 3 1 lit 98 10 , Metropolitan District. Do du. do. Do. and : , t.John'sW'd Mid and Do. L 9 Share 124 125 If 93 15 Do, htirmiu.. tiz Derby r 1 id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchast' Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. At Darling. Do. 10. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 all 58 59 7 28 111 113 72 73 105 106 37 38 10 11 124 )26 2 24p' 2 2ip 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock' o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern 100 all 100 100 100 55 57 74 744 -;tairies, Wok., & Wok rair Vale Do .0 Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkeany Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwell iiRITIS fl P 'OSSR ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 1291 t 451 6 96i 7 126 1 12111 i } 112 11i 12! 72, ICISI 52 78 I 55i 74 i 9 Closing I Business Paid. ' Price. done. 40 391 401 !376) 7 6 ; 7411 Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,. Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., Urn a; e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p , East. Ben_ al, gu., 5 do East Lilian, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr,f. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. d Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred ... Do. 4th Pret. stook .. Do. do. deterred G t. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua, 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India gua. 5 per ma - D . 4/ per cent.... Do 4 reat W. 8. of Canada.. Do. New . Do. 6 p. c. 8d , .. pay 1873 l'o. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extensior , Ilelb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. 51e1 di Hudson's Bay N. Itl.C'da, 6pc lst pt. bs Scinde Do. Delhi at CS Do. do Do. Puniaub mn Do.lndus r;oLONIAL GO VER: Britiali Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1972—, . ... ICan.GOv.6 p.c.ia.& July 1877-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug DJ. 5 p. c. Mar. .t Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. do July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed 84( Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 18731 oo.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do, 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 !)o. 1882, May .5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. fatal . .ov. o per cent.. N. &Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..t.l my N. S. W. Gov. 5 p •c., 1840 j Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 1871 l Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 e New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 percent.... Nova Sc , tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRIT" 8 14 145 150 3 1p 101 103 51 63 ISIONs 55 60 99 10) id 64 6 ipf 10 11 75 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 (01 102 103 40 42 87 89 66 68 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 42 46 36 38 31 35 102 IC3 t 2 P A 4 100 91 93 164 164 41 4 a 94 84 n 6 1 hu 99 100 90 d 2 86 88 64 66 8 82 98 99 98 99 E 4I 98 99 37 6 34? 102} } 3 :T SECUE 93 95 93 96 93 96 79 81 73 90 101 103 104 106 104 105 101 103 go 92 101 103 106 1.8 IG2 104 103 165 103 1( 5 1(4 106 99 WI 93 95 92 94 87 89 100 102 82 84 97 99 991 Out 104 te6 105 106 Cam. Consol. uold, lim Chiverton Ulifford A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Orakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Carad on Eas Earn Brea st,ast Grenville East Gunnislake.: East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistli Gam. StA übyn(G wen. Gnat L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal tsusy G. Wheal Vor Helst Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston ['owns Margaret ,Uny Lelant Starke Valley mwyndy Iron Ore, lira New Se Lon North Roskear .N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Whe.,l Crofty Prosper lJnited Pr vidence UnyLulant S. Caradon {St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Cl, gan, lira West 1 assett (Mogan W. Caradon (L , skeard West Chi verton West Seton . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheal Tielawney M INKS. 9 10 15 17 570 600 18 21 6 7 41 3 34 1 11i 12} 3 31 5 7 20 21 14 2 34 4 3C 32 40 42 5i 51 tP 7 4 4i 24 1411 40 50 13 15 2.1.0 ' 294 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.4 all 0.14.6 14.1.6 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 i I I I 37 39 410 430 2 ti 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 95 1(0 27 3') 3 5 2'4 23 17 i 8 .its:FEßENilit; s k i ARK , North Eastern, York. H. and Selby purchase, 101 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 80 FOREI(I,` , RAIL WAI • ntwerp and Rotterdam. 'l4 ti4iiia and San Francisco ,11.11.) Qua. 7 per cent., 15 k Belgian Eastern Junction, 14 Dutch Rhenish, 23 t ;rear Luxembourg, 154 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 191 Sambre and Meuse, 91 San Paulo, lira., gua. 6 per cent., 161 ptitutaGN WIN PIP. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 41 I Don Pedro, North Del Rey, par 1 die 1 pm St. John del Rey, lira., 531 41 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 73} BAN K Agra and 3lssterman's, lira., t.s} Alliance, lir,. 261 7 AllOO Austrian, 6i Anglo Egyptian, lim., 121 Australania. 7211 Bank of London. 1391 40 Chartered .ler. of intim. London, and China, 451 East London, lira., 4} Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 106 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 192 Imperial Bank, 276 Imperial Ottoman, Ditto, new, 12} Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London B tnk of Mexico and S. America, Rm., 12} London and Brazilian tlim.), 431 London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at 11 pm., 36 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 London and County, 762 London Joint Stock, 474 London and ►% estminster, 94 Oriental Bang Corporation. 516 Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 7 2 Union of A ustralia, 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lira., 10 1 80,. bay Gas, lim., Ditto, 3d it sue, 31 Canada Company 79 Credit ern:lcier and ffobilier of Enzland. 81 1 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 18 to pay, 51 Crystal Pa!see, 35 Ditto, Preference, 103 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 109 Discount Corporation. 10 English and Foreign Credit, 41 / Gen. Credit and Finance 01 LJudon. lim.. 51 1 1 Hudson's Bay, 161 Humber Iron Works, Imperial mercantile Credit Asso.,lim., 61 Indian Carrying, lim., 3 International Financial Society, 1 Interational and Credit. lira.. t 3 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour , Ditto, per cent. Bonds, redem. 1"70, issued 90, 7:1 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 41 5 London Financial Association. lim , 163 4 Lon oil and Provincial Marine, 24 National Discount Company, Pt Northern Assam Tea, lim., Ditto, B, 3 21 1 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 191 Oriental Financial, lim., 10 Oriental Gas, lim., 53 Ditto, new, 1 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lirn., 194 I 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 7,3 70 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, am, 4 Univeroal 111.4rlue, lneuranee,llm., 31 TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1866.:' MARKETS.—This Day. MARE LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Sa turday was very quiet. Dry :,ampler fairly supported pre vious rates, but damp samples; being very difficult of sale, changed hands at lower prices. Good and fine malting barley ruled firm at full currencies, but inferior barley, including all other spring corn, sold slowly, at late prices. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. On the Continent the corn trade generally is quiet, at about previous quotations. At New York the trade for wheat, flour, and maize is dull, at further reduced rates. The export demand is still very limited. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderato, The condition of the samples was most unsatisfactory, and the trade in consequence was in a very inactive state. Dry samples, however, were dis posed of at the full prices of Monday last; but damp pro duce was very dull, and changed hands at irregular quotations. Tho whole of the supply had not been dis posed of at the close of business. There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands. For most descriptions there was a steady but by no means active demand, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. For good and fine malting qualities there was a fair demand, at full currencies. Inferior malting barley was a dull inquiry, on former terms. Grinding and distilling barley was in moderate request, at lato rates. Malt changed hands slowly. In prices no change took place. The supply of oats on sale was but moderate. There was no activity, however, in the demand; nevertheless, previous quotations were supported. The supply of beans on sale was moderately large. The trade for nearly all qualities ruled quiet, at late rates. Peas were in moderate supply, yet the demand for them ruled inactive, on former terms. There was a moderate demand for flour, at last Mon day's currency. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASiTRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46e Do., old 46s 51a Do white, old s2s 5 s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —2 Do., noir 40s bls Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— Earley—Grinding Malting 3OB 38s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 668 67a Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s 26s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2os 26s Cork, white 22s 27s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 26. Beans—Tick Pigeons ..., 468 50s Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 3ts 343 Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s 31s but the demand for rapeseed is inaetive. Agricultural seeds command but little attention. Cakes have changed hands io a fair extent, on former terms. WOOL. Both for home-grown and colonial wool the trade is very quiet. Very little change has taken place in prices since Monday last, but in some instances the market presents a drooping appearance. Last week's imports were only about 3,000 bales, about a moiety of which was from the Gape of Good Hope. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. For the time of year the supply of foreign stock on offer in our market to-day was good. The trade was inactive, and prices were with difficulty supported. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were on the increase, and in fair average condition. The supply from Scotland was good, and of prime quality. From Ireland the receipts were again limited. Compared with Monday last the beef trade was inactive, at a decline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. A few very superior Scots and crosses sold at 5s 2d, but the general top figure was 5s per 81bs. Beasts can now be forwarded in Surrey and Middlesex only within the radius of four miles from Charing-cross. A few inferior boasts wore left unsold at the close of business. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,500 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from other parts of England, including Lincolnshire, 1,200 various breeds; from Scotland, 560 Scots and crosses; and, from Ireland, 150 oxen, Sze. Although the supply of sheep was very moderate, the demand for all breeds was quiet, at prices barely equal to this day so'nnight. Prime Downs and half-breds sold at from 6s 4d to 6s 8d per 81bs. There were a few lambs on offer. They realised 8s per 81bs. The few calves on sale were readily disposed of at high rates—viz., from 5s Gd to Gs 6d per Sibs. Prime small pigs were quite as dear as last week, but Large hogs were much neglected. Per 81b to sink the offal. s d s d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 3 tO Second quality do ..4 0 4 4 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 6 Prime Scats, &c.... 4 10 5 0 Crse. and inf. sueep.4 0 4 8 Second quality du ..4 tO 5 6 Lamb....os d s d Pme crs-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Prime a 'thdowu a 0.6 4 6 8 La, ge coarse calves.s 6 0 0 Prime sm.ll d0......0 2 6 6 Large hogs ....4 . 4 6 Small porkers ..4 8 5 2 ud to 0, Od. Suzitling - calves, 203 to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 303 to 33s each. _ _ _ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4,161 Beasts 1673 Cows .. Cows Sheep Calves 127 Ca yes 1 8 eigs 470 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 7,059 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 6,573; in 1864, 2,024; in 1863, 2,142 ; in 1862, 821 ; and in 1861, 1,221. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 81 1 91 Half-bred do 1 111 2 01 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethcrs 1 7 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Conibing Liverpool Cotton Marke% —Ti ray, Market opens with a fair demand. Sales probably 7,000 bales. Repeal of the Malt Tax.—This Day. A public meeting of the farmers of England and others desirous of promoting the repeal of the malt tax was held to-day at the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen's-street. Lord Berners presided. The CHAIRMAN said it was a source of great gratification for him, who had been an advocate for the last 30 years to see so large and influential an assemblage. The great object they had in view had, 1113 to the present time, been delayed in con sequence of disunion and want of funds, but he re joiced on the present occasion to see the farmers of England were now united and determined to press a reluctant Government to the considera tion of a question which was not a political one, but one mixed up with the social condition of the labour ing class. (Hear, hear.) He felt the time had come when the most vigourous attempt should be made to carry into effect the object they had in view, be cause the greatest good would be done to all classes. The national beverage of England would be cheapened, and who would say that was not a boon to the honest hard-working artisan. (Hear, hear.) The tax on malt was a a most unjust and oppressive one, and he hoped the time had come when it would be swept away, or such an alteration made in it that would prove a sensible relief to those so greatly interested in the matter. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that when the gentlemen he saw before him went home they would press the consideration of the question on all their friends—that they would press their represen- tatives in Parliament to the consideration 01 that which was just and right. (Hear, hear. They sought no exclusive immunity or privilge, but they demanded that which was theirs by right and justice. (Cheers.) He would call on a gentleman who had done great service to their cause to move the first resolution. Mr. PLINNETT, of Kent, the chairman of the Cen tral Malt Tax Association, then came forward. He said his opinions had so often been before them that he regretted he could not on the present occa sion say anything new. They were met there to tell the Government the malt tax was wrong from begining to end, that they had always considered it so, and that they did not intend to put up with it any longer. (Hear.) Their determination was to rouse public opinion to this unjust tax. We say the time has come for our cause to be considered, and we don't intend to wait any longer. We intend to go in deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednes day and urge the matter in the strongest manner, and he felt that such arguments would be placed before the right hon. gentlaman that would bo unanswerable. He thought they stood a better chance with the new Parliament than the old because it was composed of men who he felt would not slide into the same groove that their predecessors had done. We intended to go to the Ministerial side of the house, and say to them, apply the acknowledged axioms of free trade to our case, and we have no fear for the result. (Hear, hear.) We shall go to that portion of the house known as the great country party, and ask them to consult the interests of those who had sent them to Parliament. (flear, hear.) We also mean to tell them that they have not shown that united front sufficient to command respect and attention, although he knew there were gentleman amongst them who had rendered them very great service ; and none more than the gentleman who now occupied a seat near him— Sir F. Kelly. (Cheers.) He believed if they now stuck close to the object they had in view they would ultimately succeed. He did not say this year or the next but ultimately success would be certain. He concluded by moving the first resolution, which was to the effect--that the excise duty on malt was a great injustice to the growers of barley, a grievous burden on the national beverage of England, and a tax at variance with the free trade policy of the country. Mr. REED, M.P., said he had the greatest plea sure in seconding the resolution, because he felt a repeal of the malt tax would result in great and good results to a large body of the community. If the tax was repealed, malt, which was now selling at Bs. a bushel could be sold for 4s. 6d., and surely that would lead to a cheapening of a beverage which was the honest drink of Englishmen. Again, if the malt tax was repealed, adulteration of that article would be next to impossible, because the cheapest article they could get to effect the object would be malt. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone had taken one leaf out of Mr. Disraeli's budget of 1852 in reducing the tea duties. Let him now now take another, and repeal the malt tax by at least one half. (Hear, hear.) The result would show that he had acted with wisdom. Sir FITZROY KELLY, who was most cordially re ceived, supported the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Various other gentlemen addressed the meeting in support of other resolutions in conformity with the first. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to Lord Berners for his conduct in the chair. THE IRREPRESSIBLE " FINNIGANS. " - The Chicago Tribune declares that the American people thus far have enjoyed the Fenian movement as an excellent farce, and have laughed immoderately at it, and that is the only reason the whole thing has not been suppressed by the Government. The Irish Republic, with the O'Mahony for President, O'Roberts for Vice-President, O'Killian for Trea surer, Sweeney for Lieut.-General, and Michael Scanlan and other Mikies for Senators, has been regarded as a light Irish comedy for the amusement of the public, in which those gentlemen were play ing their mimic parts, and the whole thing was as funny and laughable as any of the side-splitting performances of Barney Williams and his accom plished wife. The only thing about the affair that is to be much deprecated is, the pilfering of the pockets of poor Irish girls and labouring men of their hard earnings, to maintain i n idl eness an d style a parcel of confidence men, who have so im posed on the credulity of their ignorant countrymen as to make them believe that they were really going to liberate Ireland in a short time ! It is all wrong, says the Tribune, indeed it is wicked to thus impose on the generous feeling of the Irish for their kin dred across the ,‘ big water." How infinitely better and more useful it would be to employ the three or four millions of dollars said to be collected by the leaders from their dupes, in aiding emigration from Ireland. This money, judiciously used, would bring over several hundred thousand of the " op pressed" Celts to a free land, flowing with milk and whisky punch, where there is plenty of work at high wages, abundance of white bread and nutritious meat, free schools, cheap lands, and a chance to become citizens, voters, and office-holders in a short time. Ireland is a poor, cramped-up, foggy, boggy country at best ; and even if freed from the rule of Great Britain, the Celts would be vastly better off in the great, grand, glorious Republic. A PRESENT TO MRS. GENERAL LEE.—A lot of handsome furniture, twenty-one pieces in all, arrived in Richmond lately for Mrs. Gen. R. E. Lee. This, says a Richmond paper, is a gift to that distinguished Virginian lady from the ladies of Baltimore, and is to be considered as an evidence of their high appreciation of the character of hor distinguished husband. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT Both houses met to-day and proceeded with the cere mony of swearing in members, after which they adjourned until to-morrow, when the regular business of the session will commenco. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING —Tins DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 100 to 6 agst Gemma (taken) 100 to 6 agst Saccharometer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken) 20 to 1 agst Grapeshot (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Creole (taken and offered)) 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 33 to 1 agst Light Heart (taken) 33 to 1 agst Magenta (taken) 33 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ace of Hearts (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 100 to 8 agst Mail Train (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 33 to I agst Merry Heart (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 1100 to 400 agst Lord Lyon (taken twice) 1200 to 300 agst Student (taken) 550 to 50 agst Janitor (taken) 100 to 7 agst Auguste (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Artesian (taken) CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Redcap 40 to 1 agst Ackworth 40 to 1 agst Czar 40 to 1 agst Baragah 40 to 1 agst Blithfield 40 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 40 to 1 agst Burney DERBY. 7to 1 agst Rustic (taken and offered,) 8 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 4000 to 200 agst Janitor (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Blue Riband (taken) BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASE MEETING, FEBRUARY 12. Acceptances for the Birmingham Grand Annual S teeple chase of 15 sous each, with 100 added. About four miles. Age st lb I Roadster ... a 11 1 l Agai a 11 1 Rossington a 11 1 Jack o' Newbury 611 1 The Scrub... ... a 10 13 King of Hearts ... 6 10 13 Sprite ... a 10 11 Acolyte ... ... 510 11 Jacob ... ... a 10 9 Ace of Hearts ... 6 10 9 Overton ... alO 7 Stella ... a 10 7 Age st lb Reporter ... a 12 7 Marble Hill ... a 12 4 Light Heart ... a 12 4 Cortolvin a 12 2 Jerry ... a 12 0 Church Militant ... a 11 7 Lord George ... all 5 The Rogue... ... all 3 Ibex ... 6 11 3 Rhcebus ~. 6 11 3 Ivanhoff a 11 2 Garue-,•0ck... ... a 11 1 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. FEBRUARY. Lincoln 2O MA. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 JU. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCT( Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE. Lincoln Linrpool Nottingham Spring 27 CH. Croxton. Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester 'LI% Stamford l9 Radcliffo 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O UST. ;MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, M.P., on America. Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, M.P., delivered an address at Stirling, on Tuesday night, upon the position and pros pects of the United States, whence he has just returned. He said that England wished to see the principles of liberty and constitutional freedom spread far and wide over the earth in every form ; and, as far as his experience of men and nationalities went, in point of religious liberty and education the Americans were ahead of us and the whole world. Such being the case, if there was anything that could be con ceived more deplorable than another for the interests of humanity, it would be a war between these two coun tries. Any Government which allowed fixed questions of law or honour to remain unsettled between the American people and ourselves incurred a very serious responsibi lity. If the proposal made some years ago by the American Government, at Paris, were adopted—that all commerce upon the high seas, even though sailing under the belligerent flag, should be sacred ; in fact, that men of-war should only attack men-of-war and not merchant ships—we, as the largest carriers in the world, should be the chief gainers. One of the most important measures for the securing of our peaceful relations with America would bo the Confederation of the British North American provinces. He felt assured that if the Alabama and fishery questions were satisfactorily disposed of, and the North American provinces confederated, we might look forward without apprehension to an uninterrupted period of friendly intercourse with America; and, on the other hand, he could not disguise the apprehension that so long as these three measures remained in abeyance the duration of peaceful relations hung upon a slender thread, which the slightest strain might snap. DECLINE IN PRICES.—Though the prices of most of the necessaries of life are still high, it is certain that they have considerably declined within the last year. The following table was compiled for Hunt's Merchants' Magazine : Breadstuff s Jan. '6O. Jan. '63. Jan. 65. Dec. 16., '65. 8 $ W Flour, bbl 430 605 16 00 720 to 765 Rye Flour, bbl Corn Meal Wh't., W. Mch, bu 150 153 270 235 265 Wh't., Chi., Spring 133 222 160 185 Rye Northern Oats, State, bu Corn, Western Cotton, Mid. up ll 63i 120 49 Hops, per lb Naval Stores. Spr. Turp. gal Corn, Rosin, N C., per bbl 165 10 50 28 00 675 700 Provisions _ _ _ Pork Mess. bbl. l6 371 14 50 43 00 28 621-29 25 Beef, rep'kd, bbl 950 13 00 20 50 14 00 —l6 50 Lard, per lb lOl 10 23 17 17 1 , Butter, Ohio, Butter, State Cheese, per lb ll 12 20 17 19 Tallow lOl 101 18 13i— 14 Wool. coin. fleece, per lb The average fall is about fifty per cent.—Tribune. Dr. Kinkaid, of the American Baptist Missionary Society, after a residence of thirty-five years in India, is compelled to leave his field of labour, and is on his way to America. BARNUM IN PARIS.—Mr. Phineas T. Barnum, the "Prince of Humbugs," is in Paris, evidently on the look-out for curiosities to astonish the Western world. it is stated that his recent work " Humbugs of the World" is to be translated into French by M. Bernard Derosne, a late believer in the Davenport Brothers. IMPORTANT CIRCULAR.—Copies of Circular No. 6 from the United States Surgeon-General's Office, con taining important information relative to the treatment of diseases, amputations, and gun-shot wounds by the sur geons of the national army during the rebellion, have been sent to eminent professors of medical colleges and promi nent medical men in the United States and Europe. It is stated by competent judges that this is a more valuable and elaborate work than the surgical history of the famous Crimean war. 1 , 21 3 42k 1 2 401 .ITIES. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam — ... -- ..• -- ••• Antwerp — ... 1810 ... ... 45 ... Boulogne 34 ... 644 ..• ••• ••• 118 Bremen 000 143 ..• ••• ••• ••• Copenhagen . ... ... ... ••• Cadiz 180 •• • - •I • ••• - ••• Calais.. ... 97 ... ... —. ... 11 Dordt. - ••• - ..• - ..• - ••• - Dunkirk — ... ... ... ••• Delfzyh . - Hamburg 56 ... 1275 ... ... ••• Harlingen 133 ... 5 ... ... 11 ... Oporto Ostend 6 ... 340 ... ... 2 ••• Rotterdam 212 ..., 1681 ... ... 262 ... 94 Tonning - ••• -- ••• ... ••• ---- •.• ".-- Total 764 5,752 320 ... 223 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 589 962 156 ... 31 7 1863 A statement and comparison o f • the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Feb. 6, 1865, and this day, Monday, Feb. 5, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Feb. 6, 1865. Feb. 5, 1866. 1 6 d --- 5 . d a d s d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 4 3 6toB 10 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 5 2 5 4 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep! 4 4 410 4 0 4 8 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 2 Beasts 3,410 4,340 Sheep 1,4420 20,130 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 8, 1864.—Beasts, 4,580 — sheep, 16,680—calves, 218—pigs, 420. Feb. 9, 1863—Beasts, 4,o2o—sheep, 15,870—calves, 149 —pigs, 410. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. Beef and mutton move off slowly at our quotations. Veal and pork rule firm. Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d g d g d Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Inferior mutton.... 3 6 4 0 Middling do. 3 6 3 1) Middling mutton.. 4 2 4 6 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do 4 8 5 0 Prime small d0....1 4 4 6 Veal 4 10 5 8 Large pork 4 0 4 10 Small pork. 5 0 5 6 Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is but moderate. For all qualities the trade is firm, and late rates are well supported. Last week's imports wore 74 Ws. fromDrukirk,2oßoulogne, 5 Bremen, 29 Antwerp, 95 Hamburg, 5 Rotterdam, and 3 bags from Hamburg. New Mid and East gents Bos to 190 s per cwt. Now Weald of gents New Sussex Yearlings loos to 140 s ;; BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale are tolerably large. The demand for most qualities rules inactive at our quotations. Last week's import was very small. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. 17 Yorkshire do 6os to 100 s „ Flukes „ Rocks 40s to 60s TALLOW. P.Y.C. is firmer, at 47s per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow is quoted at 45s 3d net cash. Rough fat is worth 2s 3d per 81bs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 48,619 64,410 50,025 45, 326 Price of Y.C. f 448 9ft to 41s Od 41s ad 478 Od is 1 —8 Od —s Od —s Od --s Od Delivery last week 2,225 1,774 2,359 2,377 Ditto from June 1 60,837 53,446 67,729 79,452 Arrival last week 77 560 204 b 94 Ditto from June 1 71,147 80,009 72,733 90,495 Price of Town , 46s 6d 43s Od 4453 d 473 9d SEEDS. Linseed has hem in 11211)re - red request, at enhanced rates' United States Postal Arrangements. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. 1 i Allies Opened. Receipts. ... Railways. 1865. 1864. 1865 1864 4 Z Belfast and N, Counties On 991 1,707 1.571 Belfast and Comity Down 44.} 4ii 601 575 Myth and Tyne 3O 56 '1,878 1,333 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 1214 1211 5,667 5.414 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 408 27.651 24,611 Cambrian l3u 121 2,079 1,713 CocKermouth K & Penrlth .. 314 - 325 - Cockermouth and Workin 9 9 315 233 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 315 250 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 65 f 4 134 9) Cork and Youghal Cornwall 655 655 1,526 1.477 Ceeside , 17 17 26) 271 Do Extension Dublin & Bed as t J unction-. 63 63 1,3,8 1.2 9 Dublip and Drogheda 75 75 1,493 1.108 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd, 106 91 k 2,576 2.386 Forth and Clyde Junction Ic'uruess, &c 5O 5) 3,621 2,836 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk~&E.Union Great Northern 4Ol 401 35,661 3 ,369 Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,699 1.531 Do Branches 42 4 i 1,065 1,015 (.1 I. Nortnn. & W estn. (Irel.) 715 715 583 534 3LSoutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 3875 3875 8,310 7.375 Great Western l2BO 1270 63,963 60,886 Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 1,710 1,644 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 39,665 35.A0 Limerick and Ennis... 245 241 .78 118 Limerick and Foynes 265 265 92 90 Llanelly 465 465 521 449 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 293/ 21174 17,739 14.518 London, Chatham, & Dover; j 134 127 1 7,614 63 1 all Metropolitan Extension /12 115 i 1,9 0 1,375 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Shellield,&Lincolnsh .. 246 2i6 111,659 17,246 Stanch. S.J un.& Altrincham.. 95 95 1,518 1,278 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,-06 1.496 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6775 6515 50, 11 47,022 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2tos 2605 4,669 4,5 ,, 5 Monmoutlish. Hail. & Canal 44 44 2,878 2, 26 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12061 North London ll North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby ll5 Ithymney l9l Scottish North-Eastern l3B 6561 23,735 21.751 1160;{ 61,290 67,271 _ _ 9 - 4,316 3;193 258 8,098 6.933 116 75 66 19f 1,015 839 138 5,6,1 5,052 66 1,089 649 79i 3.635 3,411 306 22,888 20.677 61 5,500 6,117 1051 2,555 2.3 2 10 116 141 31 291 339 77 985 905 10 597 548 Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon ..... 98 South-Eastern 315 Tall Vale 6l Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 Vrhaven,Cleator,& Egrmnt.. 10 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francibco Belgian Eastern.) unction 26i Bombay, Baroda, & en. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish 826 34, , 55 36,370 761 ],023 663 26} 341 270 184 9,7.7 3,‘ 0) 189 4,674 5,,5! 1( 81 5,321 5,19: Eastern 01 France l5 1 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 Great Central of Belgium— 285 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras. ... 14.3 61 . ,;713 - 3 57,7,9 no 2,510 2, 18 1105} 3 , ,,795 3z,873 1;)77 .23 2,7 20,129 261 6,685 6,50 553 36,200 15, 40 134 5,9 4 ;4.041 79 ti3B 659 315 10,557 9.683 533 8,167 6,2 V u,. ~,258 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant.. 778 713 17,759 15,892 Northern of Canaria . . 94 94 933 78.5 Northern of France 724 724 6 ',7 , 8 51,6;4 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, dc Mediterrn 2006 197, 1:'5,491 120,485 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 67,994 62, 764 Recife and San Francisco, kn. 774 774 1,6. , 5 1,037 Sosnde. • 165 105 1,375 2,158 Do. Punjab, &e 253 45 1,3:9 290 South Austrian, &c .. 1658 1827 93,2,1 91,677 Southern 01 France 863 823 26,972 26,777 Victoria Welland West .1& N-Wn. of France The will of Thomas Ovington Harrison, Esq., of Gloucester-terrace, Regent's Park, shipowner, was proved in London, on the 18th ult., by the execu tors and trustees, 'William Henry Carrington, a member of the firm of Lachlan, Macleod, and Co. ; John Watson Knight, the testator's son-in-law ; and George Robert Booth. The personalty was sworn under £120,000. The will is dated Oct. 20, 1865, and a codicil on the 24th of November following. The testator died on the 29th of December, at the ago of 53. He bequeaths to his wife an annuity of £2,500, leaving her an immediate legacy of £5OO and his household furniture, plate, pictures, books, car riage, and horses absolutely. Bequeaths a sum of £60,000 in trust for his daughter, Mary Knight, wife of his executor, J. W. Knight, the interest for her sole and separate use, and upon her decease to her husband and children ; and leaves the residue of his property to his daughter in like man ner. There aro contingent interests to some of his family in the.eTent of his daughter dying with out issue. He has left legacies to his cousins and other relatives, and annuities to his sisters-in-law; to each of his executors £5OO ; to Mr. Booth a fur ther sum of £3OO by the codicil ; to one male ser vant £150; to his coachman £lOO, and to all his other servants one year's wages and mourning. There are the following charitable bequests :—To the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society, £3OO ; the Seamen's Orphan Asylum, Sunderland, £2OO ; the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum and the New Infirmary, Sunderland, each £5OO ; and to the Belvedere Hospital for disabled and worn-out seamen, 50 guineas, in addition to former gifts. TILE FORTIFICATIONS OF ANTWERP.—For the last fortnight the south side of Antwerp has resembled an im mense ant-hill, nearly 3,000 labourers being employed in levelling the r am p ar t s , e ith er w ith the spade or by mining. The fort of Montebello has already nearly disappeared, as only a few vestiges of it re main. These works are carried on with a rapidity really marvellous ; and the populati on , favoured by the fine weather, oollect in vast numbers to witness the scene. THE FENIANS.—There are in Dublin, known to the police as strangers—for the most part military Americans—no loss than 2,000 persons who have entered the country within the last two months or so. These " suspects" have committed no offence, but their pre sence and appearance in the streets keep up apprehen sions and injure business. Under the ordinary opera tions of the law the authorities cannot deal with th em , aonrds. Patrick'sthfoyaybeDensyg,agoerdfporlosttninygoathn insurrectionary rodste.l r t io is t f believed, therefore, that t he Government will immediately apply to Parliament for a measure authorising th em t o suspenr I the Habeas Corp us Act. The Irish p u bli c wou ld not object to such a proceeding. The Government have given to the pr i nc ipal o ffi cers holding military commands comm i ss i on s as justices of the peace, to enable them t o discharge their duties in an emergency without a warrant from a civil magistrate. Hugh Francis Brophy, now on trial in the Commission Court, was arrested with Stephens in Fairfield House. A letter produced in evidence showed that the prisoner was giving orders for the making of pikes on the 18th of September, three days after the /rig People had been seized, which, the Solicitor-General said, " afforded a remarkable corroboration of the statement made by Stephens on the night of the seizure, that things would go on as usual.' " A man named Johnson has been committed to prison in B e lf ast f or having in his possession 12 rifles, and al so 12 b ayonets, 'n packed b ' h and sewed up in hemp matti ng . The parcel was in a place of concealment. Th ere h ave b een several other seizures of arms in the same quar t er o f less importance and persons have been arr es t e d f or d efacing the proclamations., At Hillborough Petty S ess i ons, i n the county of Down, a man named M'Donald has been ar ra i gne d on a charge of writ ing and publishing a treasonable letter within the last six months, and with b e i ng a mem b er of the treasonable con spiracy." When arrested he was in the American uniform. After a patient investigation, during which the prisoner, who defended himself, disclaimed Fenianism, he was let out on bail, to appear at the next day's sitting of the court. 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 p.m., 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., ld. ; 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, aro 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. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocir. TAT TERSALLS'—This Evening LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Creole (offered—take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) 33 to 1 agst Laura (tuked) 33 to 1 agst Lightheart (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 25 to 1 agst Nutrition (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Student (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Jack in the Green (taken) DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Rustic (offered, take 7 to 1) .15 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 11 to 1 agst Student (offered) 20 to 1 agst Janitor (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Wolsey (taken) 50 to 1 agst Strathconan (taken) 66 to 1 agst Laneret 66 to 1 agst Jack-in-the-Green WATERLOO (counslNG) cur. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholomew's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gibson's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Spink's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Brooklesbank's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr Haywood's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mather's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. R. Jardine's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr J. Johnstone's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Stairs' nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. G. A. Thompson's nomination (taken) ARRIVALS AT CARMARTHEN. Flyfisher, Acrobat, Dagmar, Goldfinder, Roadster, Gay lad, Buubury, Minstrel, Valeria, Hearles, Freetag, Dandy, Saucebox, Arlescott, and Chance. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MARSEILLES, FE13761 -- The Poonah, with the above mails, arrived here at 9 a.m. to-day. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) FITZGERALD V. NORTHCOTE AND STONE. (Continued from our First Edition.) Mr. David Fitzgerald was examined. He said that he was in his twentieth year, and had been placed at Oscott College about eleven years ago, and two of his younger brothers were at the same establishment. There was a president, a vice-president, and two prefects at the college. The discipline had become more stringent since Dr. Northcote was appointed president. Since ho had been an inmate of the college corporal punishment was in flicted on the day students up to 16 or 17 years of age. He had never been so punished. When the students be came what were called " philosophers" they had cer tain privileges, and were likewise exempted from certain restrictions imposed on the less advanced students, such, for instance, as being allowed to go out of the college without being accompanied by any of the teachers. The witness then proceeded to describe diffe rent matters connected with the internal discipline of the college, and deposed to certain acts on the part of Mr. Stone of an apparently arbitrary character, and at variance with the independent position which the witness considered he occupied in the college, which exempted him from the re gulations to which ordinary students were subject. He denied that there was any bad feeling on the part of the lay students to wards his brother clerical students. The witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Karslake. Mr. Justice Fitzgerald was also examined, and the plain tiff's case, which occupied the whole of the day, having closed, the further hearing was postponed until to-morrow, when it will be resumed at 10 o'clock. Frequent confirmations are received of the re ports of a gold discovery in Montana, wonderful even in this age of gold. A reliable citizen of St. Paul, Mr. Jchn Hassell, writes from Montana :—" There was a very rich lode struck here a few days ago. It beats anything that was ever found in any mining country. It is guarded day and night, and the owner alone works in it. Ile takes out with his own hands thousands of dollars per day. The ore is at least one-third gold." AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN RAILWAY CASE.-- The great railroad case in the Supreme Court of Pennsyl vania, in which the Pennsylvania Central Railroad en deavours to annul various agreements between the Atlan tic and Great Western and other roads, has not yet terminated. Counsel were still arguing the ease, and the trial, one of the most important ever held in Philadel phia, attracts railroadmen from all parts of the country. Arguments from counsel would probably bo heard for a week, and the court would scarcely render a decision before the beginning of February. Sir Morton Peto, and other English shareholders of the Atlantic and Great Western Company, were represented by Mr. J. Walker. Upon the result depends a freight traffic between the East and West valued at $20,000,000 a year—something to fight for. SCREW STEAMER " ENGLAND."—The National Steam Navigation Co., Limited, have had another addition made to their already splendid fleet of steamers engaged in the New York trade. The s.s. " England," belonging to this company, arrived at Liverpool last 'Wednesday, from the Tyne, where she was built by Messrs. Palmer Bros. and Co. She measures 3,308 tons gross tonnage, and 2,596 tons per register. Her length is 357 feet, breadth 42 feet, and depth of hold 28 feet. She has a full poop containing a spacious dining saloon for seventy first-class passengers. Her engines are horizontal and direct acting, and of 450 horse power nominal. The vessel is throughout fitted with every approved appliance for the safety and comfert of the crew and passengers. The will of William Castellaw Drysdale, Esq., late of Dunbar, Haddington, North Britain, and of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, was proved in London under £50,000. The executors and trustees ap pointed are Crawford Davison Korr, Esq., and James Tennant Simpson, Esq., both of 62, Moore gate-street, together with William Wallace, Esq., of Austinfriars. The will is in the nature of a trust-settlement made in conformity with the laws and constitution of Scotland, bearing date June 9, 1858. The testator died, on the Ist of May last, at Dunbar. He has left liberal bequests to his cousins and other relatives and friends. To his executor, Mr. Wallace, £5OO, and to his other executors £l,OOO each. The residue of his property, real and personal, he leaves to Alexander Drysdale, of Guarafraxa, Upper Canada. The will of Lieut.-General Sir John Bennett Hearsey, K.C.8., lately residing at Boulogne-sur- Mer, was proved in the London Court, on Jan. 26, by his daughter, Amelia Charlotte Hearsey, and his nephew, Colonel Bradshawe, the executors and trustees ; and they are also appointed guardians of his infant children. The personalty in this country was sworn under £9,000. The gallant general W as a native of Midnapore, East Indies, and entered the Bengal army at the age of 15 ; served in Bundel cund, Rewah, Pindaree, and Bhurtpore ; com manded a brigade of cavalry in the Punjaub ; re ceived the medal for Goojerat ; and was made K.C.B. for his zeal in suppressing the mutiny of the 1 1 8 9 5 t 11 7 B e g a d l i e N d a o t i c v t e . 2lnfa ntry last, at a t t B h ea a g r e r a o e f k 7 p 2 7 e h , a in w inf ic c h ze is cu a t t e t d es h te is d w b i y ll o A n . the R 2 o 4 b t n of s o n J , u h n e e r p A r a e j e e d s i t y n 8 , Consul at B oulogne-sur-Mer, and John Brough, clerk to Consulate. Sir John leaves to his son Charles his swords, revolvers, pistols, arms of all kinds, including the long native Indian sword, called in Hindostanee " a sife," and with which he was wounded at the taking and bom barding of Sekilbulde Nayore, and also leaves him his uniform, medals, decorations, and orders To his daughter Amelia he leaves one-fifth of his Indian Government securities. The rest of his tpro perty in India, England, and elsewhere, ng terms specified in the will, appointing hem resi is t 0 00 thebe divided amongst all his children according duary legatees. Ohio is the only State that Caine out of the war with less debt than it went in with, the principle of taxa tion having been adopted even in the darkest hours. The State debt now is $13,500,175, against $14,250,233 in 1860. It is rumoured, with what truth we cannot state, that the daughter of a prominent Confederate envoy c, e c l om to Europe (John Sl idell) who not long since marrie d a wea lth y Frenchman (Erlang er ) has lef t her husband and co me back to her fath er. March h e I n st, ew an d d a N i v l i y ll be gilled at the Detroitpost. w A will be Company issued y bag M Won NITA Q ll a basis of paper $ 20 , 000 capital, - :~_ 1 3. and ney, ding and ) aild d by wig lac- ina een deli 02) bat e at era 100 100 100 all 100 100 8 8 E6¢ 5 I 9