The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-06 00:00:00

MONEY✓MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for accommodation is moderate, and the rates remain the same as yesterday. The Stock Exchange markets are rather depressed, and Consols have decli ne d per cent., the pr i ces being 86a for money, and 864 s for the May settlement. Gold, to the amount of £lOO,OOO, was taken to the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. The following is our usual analysis of the Bank of England return Active Circulation Increase ...£22,332,615 ... 710,885 ... 14,521,947 ... 110;450 ... 3,888,391 Bullion ... Decrease Rest Docrea: 812 se •.• ••• •.• ••• Public Deposits ••• ••• ••• 7,692,911 ... Decrease ." ... 682,134 Other Deposits ... 13,351,065 Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 19,065 Seven Day an d O t h er Bills ... 443,857 Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 57,653 Government Securiti es ... 10,915,105 Decrease 378 Other Securities 22 094 787 Increase • 215,485 Notes Unempl oye d "' •• 6,153,215 Decrease ... 727805 The Foreign and C o l on i a l P roduce Markets, re opened on Wednesday last after the Easter holidays, but business generally has been very dull. Sugars have been on limited request, at about previously current rates. For coffee there has been a fair en quiry, at steady prices ; while in rice, fruit, spices, and tallow little change of importance can be reported. The Bank of France shows that the usual quar terly operations have affected to some extent the status of the establishment. The bullion has been reduced £ 1 40,000, while the notesin circulation have been increased £1,186,000, the bills discounted £1,180,000, and the advances on stock £56,000. The current accounts are £BOO,OOO, while the trea sury balance has been decreased £1,040,000. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, this morning, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 60c. Quiet. The recent advance of 4 per cent, in the market able value of Consols has brought forward a num ber of sellers, and the consequence has been a re action amounting to 1 per cent., the latest prices being BGBI for money, and 864 5 for the account. The New Threes are 841 4, and Reduced Annuities 84 Exchequer Bills for March ss. dis. Bank of England Stock, 245 ; India Stock, 212 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1024 5 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 104 ; and ditto 4 per Cent. Bonds, 14s. premium. Foreign Stocks are in some instances a little flatter, but the changes are not very important. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 368 5 ; Mexican, 205 ; ditto New, 1841 ; Greek, 134 141 ; Spanish Passive, 278 4 ; the Certificates, 164 1 ; Italian, 564 57 ; New, 724 7 31 ; the Confederate Loan, 6 8 ; Chilian Loan, 11 prem. ; Brazilian Scrip, 11 1 dis. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, 2 1 dis. ; and ditto New Loan, 11 prem, United States 5-20 Bonds are 73/ ; Erie Shares, 564 ; and Illinois, 814 82. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather dull, and in one or two instances prices are a shade flatter. Metropolitan have declined 155., Great Western 10s, and Great Eastern and Lanca shire and Yorkshire each ss. ; while North Western, Midland, and North Eastern (York), have each ad vanced ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is little change of importance, except as regards Grand Trunk of Canada, - which have declined to 301. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in very moderate request. Oriental Banking Cor poration have declined to 49 ; Union of London are steady at 521 4 ; Bank of London, at 261 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, at 74 4 ; Imperial Mercantile Credit 31 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 165 174. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account May 9 3 pe r Cent. Reduced B7 + 6f 841 New 3 per Cent 1 New 21 per Cent. J an . 189 4 B4l Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873.,, — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 18 80 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exch equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 pe r C en t. Do. £5OO March. June. dis Do £lOO and £2OO loank of England Stock, 5 per Cent 245 Do Account GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 212 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREI GN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine R e p u bli c, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — Austrian Bonds, 5 p er C ent, 1859 .... pin Brazilian 5 per Ce n t..., ,,, ........ D Do o. 1865 Do Account xd Do. Scri p , £45 paid B uenos Ayres 6 p er C ent dis Do X 1 (0 Bonds Do I Chilian 6 per per Cent Cent. (Deferred 3 per C en t ) Do Scrip, £25 paid Do. 41 per C en tPm Colombian 6 per C en t. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities D O . Account E quador New Cons o lid a t e d , 1 per Cent — • Do., Provisional Land Warrant - ".• • E gyptian 7 per Cent —' Do.' Second Issue B9 Do £ l OO Bonds 93 2 Do. 1864 BB+ 8 1 891 9+ Do £ lO O Bonds Do. Gove rnment Ra i lway Debentures 9O I . £25 p a id Gree Do k Do A 5 pe a r c Cents., 1824-5, ex C oupons tl ua c Do. Coupons temala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account %I 1 0 . Mare mmana Railway 73 lexican 3 per Cent Do. Account D O 1864 lB/ Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 43 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Porttignese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, XSt BB+ Do per Cent. 1850 Do 41 pe r C ent., 1860 D o 5 per Cent. 1862 ..o 3 pet C en t . 1859 81+ D................. 91 1 I o 5 per Cent. 1864 9 Sardinian 5 per Cent S pa D cco nish 3 o. A unt er Do Account Cent A) New D eferred 42 D 0 Account Do Passive . 27-5 D . si 0 Accoun t „ Dish Cert. ot Coup not funded — o Account ... . S wedish 4 per C'eUt. Cent. Turkish 6per Cent. 1854 .............. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 .................. - Do Account Do £lOO Bonds ..................... 66 DDo 6 per Cent. 1862 o Account D 0 £lOO Bonds D o D 6 per Cent., 1863 0 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip _Do Account 36+ 7 61 , D. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed v enezuela 3 per Di tto account Cont. Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do. 1864 O. lf per Cent Iranch Its vi tes 3 s on the a b ove paya bl e i n L ondon. per Cent. Ita lian 5 p er Cent 1 861. Ex. 25f. . Do Account .. cll'.R" ESE-486614, Colisols f Do. A ccounts°r money .............................. 8 O'CLOCK. ........................... SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ,1 Railways. I p aid. ' Closing 1 Business 'I Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian . ..... Cork and Bandon -- Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„rerth, & Ab. Juno E.London, scrip CertiH Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Da. A stock Do. B stock 90 92 127 128 55 65 13 15 4 0 67 70 70 72 20 15 d 118 120 40 41 6 7 122 123 138 190 Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western Do. S. Val. Rail gua.l Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District, Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby' slid Kent . North 'British Do. Ed., 1-Ih., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1861 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'raft Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH POSE: Atlantic & St.LaVirellee Bom.,Baroda, . Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent........ Do. F shares ........ Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference ...... Buff:,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- t.. • ...• Calcutta & 8. E., lim.. Cape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pf Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gm 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 Chaige 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtt. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th I'ref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. G ua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . if per cent.... Do Great Wes. of Canada.. D 3. New .. ... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 50 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras - , gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. nor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. .1z Hudson's Bay N. R 1. C' da, 6pc Ist pf. be Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do '. Do. Punjaub 1 Ps, is „,n 6. "" Do.lndus St. Flo!, 100 100 100 all 100 100 90 92 59 60 53 80 90 42 34 35 100 102 120 122 91 96 34 36 13 15 121 122 92 13 63 64 133 125 2/ 2 11 1 lip 94 95 123 1231 11 li p 93 05 87 89 6 27 100 110 71 72 109 110 35 B 7 10 11 p 122 121 1} 2p If 2p 73 75 108 112 150 152 67 70 112 114 50 5). 74 75 8 9 140 113 3 P 100 10 2 i 51 53 SSIONS, 53 60 102 103 P P 61 6 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 1( 3 104 30 32 85 90 65 67 55 60 59 61. 50 55 45 49 42 45 30 33 20 33 109 110 1i 2p 14 2 p 99 100 91 93 18 17 31 1 91 I'6 86 e 8 1 id 99 100 9 93 86 88 62 64 8' 82 99 100 98 99 $ ll 98 99 100 1100 2 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per oent., Dee. 31, 1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.e.Ja.& July co— DD D O a0 o 00( 1 , p. 8 .. Ao 7 6 sss 7 pu p ppp - 1 8 .... a . : Lc .cci.ooFlpj3enereatbsa. Inscribed ,t9b4t. Aug ge. .jaslueB9spot k 10000010000 g 102 97 0 0 2 0 0 s 89990441 79493 10 78 5 0 0 £ 4 7 0 Do. do; 1880-9 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 102 104 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 n Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.( 100 1(2 104 Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1.8 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. IL 100 104 106 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug , I.QO 1(2 104 Natal qov. 6 per cent IDO 100 102 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•0.,1866 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189_ 100 874 881 ,88 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 9t 95 Do. 5 percent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 98 100 Queensland Gov. 6 98 100 p. c lOO - Aus.Gov. 6 pm pwards6B 18-9 100 105 107 Vic,6o` 7 . 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 Do. do, April & Oct lOO 10.3 101 103 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cain. Consol. Gad, lira 1 Chi ver ton 6 7 Clifford Amalgamated. 30 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist. 1 sto 580 Drake walls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 21 23 East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9 9 East Carn Brea 3l 31 41 Si East Grenville 2.14.0 35 4 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 East Loveil 3.9.0 7 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.5 3 31 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great Laxey, limited., all 20 21 204 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 1/ Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 14 G. Wheal Vor (Helston 99 26 27 264 1 Grenville 8.18.0 31 Sf Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 33 40 Elingston Downs ...... 5.10.6 45 5 Margaret (Uny Lelant 18.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 45 4 nwyndy Iron Ore, lire 2I 24 14c1 435 35 40 New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crofty 2.13.0 1 Prosper United.... • Providence Uny Lqlant 10.0.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cker) l4 390 910 South CondurrOW 3.2.9 11 2 11 -- 'S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 15 20 -- Stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 Tin Croft 9 14 16 141 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 4 6 West Bassett (11Iogau l4 1 2 W. Caradon (Liskeard 9 8 10 8 West Chiverton ll 75 80 West Seton 474 165 175 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 8 2 4 87 4 Wheal Buller atedruth 16 25 274 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis, 7 14 16 ritliarEltEN bIiAILZ2I. YRkarEltlo7(l.lS b. Great 7vorthern, 5 per cent., 110 Great Northern, 4i per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., ICOi Midland, Leicester and Machin 4 per ct., Etli LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Cheater and Holyhead, 54 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Great Luxembourg, 151 1 Sambre and Meuse, 91 FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor.h Del Rey, 1 Port Philip, 1 St. John ael Rey, lim., 52k 3 Yudanainutana of S. Australia, Rm., 1 BANKS. Australasia, 691 Bank of London. 26* Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chink 23* City, 20 *- European Bank, Hui.. 101 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 151 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22 London and County, 77* Mercantile and Exchange, Um., 5 Midland Bank, lim. ' 191 National Provincial of England. Ditto, 2d and 3d issue, 46 Oriental Bans Corporation. 49 Oriental Commercial Bank, lim., late N. F., II Union of:London, 52, MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., City of Moscow Gas, urn , 4i City Offices, Urn., 5 Credit Fonder and gobilier of England, 71 Ditto, new, 63. Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lira„ 7} Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., 4} Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 121 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lira.. 41a Imperial Mercantile Credit Am., lim., 31, International Financial soeiety,7llm.. 4f London and Caledonian Marine, lines, 3} London Financial Association, 1im.,.1.11 12 Lou on and Provincial Marine, 21 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 71 Dlilwall Iron Works, 31 National Discount t ompany, 13 1 Ocean Marine Insurance), 211 Ottoman Financial Association, lira., 6 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lira., 171 161 The restoration of the exterior of Salisbury Cathedral is now nearly completed, excepting the west front, which will now be proceeded with. Nothing has yet been done to the interior, but Earl Beauchamp has offered £l,OOO to be expended on the erection of an altar screen between the choir and the lady chapel, as a memorial of his ancestor, Bishop Beauchamp, who was translated to the see of Salisbury in the year 1450. As soon as the external reparations are carried out, the whole of the churchyard, which was raised several feet when interments were discontinued, will be lowered to its original level. This will enable the base moulding, hitherto completely buried, to be seen. Itis also intended, under the direction of an eminent landscape gardener, to Plant the grounds in a picturesque manner, due regard being had to the preservation of the best points from Which the C 4t hodral may be viewed. 40} i f 1221 3 591 i 121 i f 122 1; 1192 631 4 3I 133 1 1 I 91 1231 1 1091 7 , 1 t 606$ 32 30i IC9 i I 16t I I 1001 9 82 - THE SUN, LONDON, FLIOAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Lovejoy.) CARRIERS' VANS AND STREET BLOCKADES.---A NO VEL ISSUE. -MOSES T. BAXENDALE (PICICFORD AND CO.). This was an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained through non-delivery of certain goods within a reasonable time. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Joyce repre. renting defendants. Upon the part of the plaintiff it was stated that he gave notice to the defendants to collect four packages of goods for carriage to the country. Upon the note delivered with the goods were the words, "Must go by this night's mail." The goods were handed over to the defendants' van on Wednesday afternoon, and should have reached their des tination by half-past seven on Thursday morning. They were not, however, tendered until the Friday morning, and so plaintiff lost the sale. He therefore claimed damages from tho defendants. Mr. Joyce contended that his clients were not insurers, nor did they guarantee any particular train. In the pre vent instance, however, the delay was caused by a circum stance over which the carrier could have no control. Ou the way to the railway station the van had to pass through Whitechapel, and at one particular spot a blockade delayed its progress for some time. Mr. Beard thought that some delay ensued through the mode adopted by defendants in collecting parcels, and . then repacking them in other vans for conveyance to the sta tion. 31. r. Joyce said he should rest his case upon the cause " Hadley v. Ravendale," and urged that carrriers were not liable for delays. His Honour said the case was one of great public im portance, and he should reserve judgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. SELLING 6D. FOR 4D.—Three ill-favoured young fellows, named John Bilsborough, Henry Baker, and William Franks, were charged with conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences. Sergeant Gordon, of the C division, deposed, about half past 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon I was in Garrick-street, St. Martin's-lane, in private clothes, when I saw the pri soner standing on a box addressing an assembled crowd, chiefly of children, and offering for sale some rings, pro fessing to give a 6d. with each, and only charging the customer 4d. He was crying, " Who'll buy a 6d. and a ring for 4c1." The other prisoners were standing by and handing him the rings as he wanted them. Several boys paid him 4d. each, but in each instance he folded up the ring in the paper, and by sleight of hand dropped the 6d. into his sleeve. As he appeared to fold it up in the paper the customer thought he had really obtained the 6d. as well as the ring for 4d., but on opening the paper found that it contained only the ring. One boy, now present, had only ld. for which he purchased, as he supposed, a ring and 2d., but as with the 6d., the 2d. was passed into the prisoner's sleeve. Several of the boys complained that they had been cheated, and several bystanders, myself amongst the rest, took the matter up, upon which they all ran away. I don't think they knew that I was a policeman. When they ran away Bilsborough snatched up the box, and after they had got a little distance, handed it to Franks. I pursued them and overtook them near the Charing-cross Railway station. I took Bilsborough in custody, and ho resisted so violently that but for the assistance of Sergeant Monckton, the detective officer on official duty at the station, I could not have secured him. Monckton took Baker in custody, and I afterwards took Franks at the door of the station-house, whither he had followed us. There was a fourth man, whom they call their cashier, but he got away. B ilsborough—Did not the policeman tell us to go away ? Witness—No ; there was no policeman there but myself. Bilsborough—Do you mean to say that anybody com plained of being " taken in ?" Witness—Yes, and one poor little fellow, about 7 years old, was crying because his mother had sent him with 4d. to buy bread, and he could not get the broad because you had " done" him out of the money. They were remanded for further examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STABBING BY A VOCALIST.—SamueI Mockford, a young man, described as a vocalist, living in Warren-street, Fitz roy-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with violently assaulting Mrs. Emma Foster, of 9, Charlton-street, Fitz roy-square, by stabbing her in the arm with a dinner knife. The prosecutrix said—While out with my husband last night, we called at the Marquis Cornwallis, Warren street, to have some refreshment. The prisoner came in and called for a glass of soda-water. The landlord served the prisoner, and left a knife on the counter. The prisoner abused the landlord, and took up the knife from the counter to stab at the landlord. 'A person came out of the parlour and tried to prevent the prisoner using the knife, and the prisoner then stabbed her right through the arm, and threw the knife across the bar. Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner drunk ? Prosecutrix—He was tipsy, sir. Tho knife wont through my shawl and dress. I went to tho hospital last night and had my arm attended to, and I am to go there again when I leave hero. My arm is cut right through. The prisoner is a stranger to me. The Prisoner—l have no questions to ask. I was tipsy, and had been out all day, and went into the public-house to get a glass of soda-water. Mr. Wm. Harding, landlord of the Marquis Cornwallis, Warren-street, said—The prisoner, about ten o'clock last night, came into my house and called for a bottle of soda water, and I served him. I left the knife on the counter, and directly after the prisoner called lino a fool. I asked him why he did so, and he replied, " You. are not only a fool, but a fool," and he took up the knife and stabbed over the counter at my face. A person came out of the parlour and tried to take the knife from him, but the pri soner jerked his arm, and stabbed the prosecutrix in the arm, and then threw the knife over the counter, it just missing my daughter. The prisoner was then given into custody. Mr. Knox—Was he drunk or sober ? Witness-- He was a little the worse for drink, but not so much but that he knew what he was about. Police -constable J. Strickland, 91 E, said—About half past ton last night I was called to the Marquis Cornwallis in Warren-street, and the prosecutrix gave the prisoner in charge for stabbing her. The prisoner, who had been drinking but was not drank, said he would fall on his knees for mercy. The Prisoner—l think I must have been drunk. I have lived in the neighbourhood four years, some time opposite the witness's publichouse. I have no recollection of having committed the offence. I do not know the prosecutrix, and I ha're no animosity towards any one. I will make the prosecutrix any recompense I can while her aria is bad. Do not send me to a prison. Mr. Knox—lt is a serious charge, and I rust see the prosecutrix out of danger before I decide in the case. I shall remand you for a few days, and the doctor can then rep ort in the case. Extraordinary Charge of Abduction. Yesterday Qhristian Olifiers, aged 65 years, who was de scribed as a general merchant, of No. 14, Tredegar-place, Bow-road, but who is alleged to be an extensive pickle merchant, with a manufactory in Crispin-street, Spital fields, and who has offices in the City, was brought before Mr. Partridge, at the Thames Police-court, charged with taking an unmarried girl named Elizabeth Tolley, under the age of sixteen, from the custody and possession of her parents, and against their consent. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, and said the young lady who had been induced to leave her parents and home was 15 years and nine months old, and the daughter of people of high respectability. There was no doubt the prisoner, who was a man of wealth and in a good position, had induced the young lady to leave her home, that he knew where she was, and that she was being concealed with his knowledge and consent. It was a most aggravated case. The prisoner was a married max with a family. ' his wife was living, and he had a daughter 26 years of age. He had told Miss Tolley he was to be divorced from his wife, had sent the young lady a valentine on St. Valentine's-day, and various presents, and at last induced her to quit the home where she had been brought up under the care of kind parents. The charge was made under the 55th clause of one of the Consolidation Acts of the 24th and 25th of Victoria, which stated, " Whosoever shall unlawfully take or caustf to be taken any unmarried girl, being under the age of 16 years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, shall be guilty of &misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour." Mr. C. Young then went over all the facts of the case as proved in evidence. The young lady had not been found since she left her parents' house, and they were in a state of great affliction. Mrs. Elizabeth Tolley, of Addington House, Addington road, Bow, said her husband was a collector of Queen's taxes for the district, and they kept a fancy repository, at which her two daughters assisted. Her younest daughter was born on the 12th of July, 1850. She saw her for the last time on Good Friday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, - and missed her about five. Her daughter left her home without her consent. Mrs. Elizabeth Buton, a widow, of 14, Tredegar-place, Bow-road, raid the prisoner lodged in her house, and had done so for nine minths. She knew he was a married gen tleman. She saw the prisoner go into Mr. Tolley's shop on Good Friday. She had heard the prisoner say he had a fair young lady, and that he intended to marry her as soon as he was divorced from his wife. She knew Miss Eliza beth Tolley. She was a fair young lady. She had seen Mr. Olifiers wave his hand as he passed up the garden. He waved it to the young ladies in Mr. Tolley's shop. Mr. Geo. Macrae, nurseryman and gardener, of Bow-road, next door to Mr. Tolley's house, said—l know the prisoner well. On Saturday night week ho came to my house and said, " I come to see your wife and thank her for telling such lies about me." I said, " What of it ?" and he said the dear girl told him that my wife, Mrs. Macrae, told her that he was the associate of all the low girls in the neighbourhood, and that he was always about with them. I told the prisoner I did not believe anything of the kind. The prisoner said, "I can show it to you in her own handwriting. You can take my word as a gentleman for that, and there are three letters for you to see." The pri soner also said it would not matter, as the dear girl had gone away. The prisoner was very much excited about Miss Tolley, and said " The dear, dear girl wants me to take a house for her at Brompton ; it is rather a gay place, but I think I will let the dear girl have her wish, and take her to Brompton. lam going to get a divorce on Tuesday week from my wife, and then I shall marry the dear girl." Cross-examined—When he came to me on Saturday night ho was decidedly drunk. I had to take him home and remove his boots. They were elastic boots, and he could not put them on again while he was intoxicated. The prisoner was remanded for a week. Bail refused. 1 SPIRIT OF TEE PUBLIC JOURNAS. TIMES.—At the beginning of the Easter recess Mr. Bright exhibited himself oscillating violently between his own most passionate instincts and the politic moderation which was doubtless enforced on him by his more prudent friends. We know not which was the less agreeable to listen to—his de nunciations of all who differed from him, or the transparent flattery by which he sought to avert influential opposition. At Rochdale on IVeduesday evening Mr. Bright had come to rest in his usual mean of illiberality and injustice. A foreigner who knew nothing of our history and political life would be led to believe from Mr. Bright's language that half the House of Commons, and a large section of the more prosperous and educated inhabitants of England, were as much alienated from the national interests as the Jacobites of a hundred and fifty years back, and that there existed in every part of Queen Victoria's kingdom a numerous and power ful public enemy. What purpose is served by drawing such falsely-coloured pictures of an honest and legitimate difference of opinion —a difference which regards methods and details rather than principles—we cannot conceive. But it is fair to believe that one who can so misunderstand or mis represent the opinions of a large section o f hi s countrymen cannot be a safe guide for the rest of them. Mr. Bright speaks in lofty terms of the share he has had in the production of the bill, an d in rousing the present agitation. " I regret to say that while the advice I gave to Reformers in general has been in the main followed, that which I gave to her Majesty's Government has not been followed so exactly as I could have wished." He, however, allows that her Majesty's Ministers have a right to some opinions of their own, and that if 14 or 15 persons form the Cabinet, and are respon sible for the measures which that Cabinet lays be fore Parliament, it is but fair that we should allow them to exercise their judgment, make allowance for difficulties. and give a favourable consideration to what they produce. It may prove that if Mr. Bright's advice had been less followed than it has been, if some of those 14 or 15 persons had insisted on abandoning his programme and on dealing with Reform as a whole, according to the reiterated ad vice of the soundest liberal politicians, the prospects of the Ministry and of their measure would be con siderably brighter than at present; but as the scheme, though altered in details from that supplied to the Government by Mr. Bright, agrees with it in the principle of dealing with Reform by a series of un connected Bills, thre is nothing left but to defend it as it stands, and to denounce everyone who opposes it. The Tories are declared to be either exhibiting a " more than usual depravity or else a desperate reso lution to withstand every proposition of Reform." Now, it is no business of ours to defend the Conserva tive party, which is quite able to take care of itself. But we may ask what purpose is served by this senseless railing. Of late, Mr. Bright can never open his mouth without some invective on " the Tories" and their criminality. Are we really to believe that nearly 300 members of the House of Commons, with the majority of the inhabitants of our agricultural districts, a large proportion of th e merchants in London and Liverpool and a respect able minority, even in such places as Manchester and Leeds, are depraved, and that in wishing to have one Reform Bill instead of half-a-dozen they make a conspicuous display of this depravity ? Does anybody believe this ? Does Mr. Bright believe it ? And if such language does not express the truth, what but harm can come from the use of it ? No one who reads the Rochdale speech will have a worse opinion of his tory neighbours, but if he be a man of refined feeling he will be apt to conceive an undue prejudice against a cause which is advocated with such violence and injustice. " Depravity " is of course not only the quality of Tories. They have " a consistent and persistent " hatred.of popular institutions." Their conduct on the present occasion is " factious to the last degree." Or else it is " something, if not more immoral, more selfish and stupid." All thi s i s grounded on the cir cumstance that the Tories brought in a reform bill seven years ago, whereas now they oppose the pass ing of a piece of a reform bill. The reform bill of 1849, which it is now generally allowed might have been amended in committee into an excellent mea sure, owed its defeat eminently to the present Pre mier, and it is rather hard that any body of men should be abused from presuming to criticise in turn the production of their leading opponent. We may dismiss, as unworthy of serious notice, the specula tions of Mr. Bright as to whether the opponents of the Government measure would be convinced or merely yield to fear if the working classes were to throw up their work for a few days and imitate their fathers in 1832. Mr. Bright lingers fondly round the idea which he gave to the world in his late let ter, but as on this occasion he is purely hypothetical it is useless to argue the matter. For the present, at least, all members of the House of Commons, as Mr. Bright justly observes, ma y wa lk among the working people unharmed. Should platform speeches produce a departure from this happy state of things, it may then be necessary to take more practical account of the new method of influencing the Legis lature. We believe, however, that working people know very well they are not vilified," and that they have no desire to mob the House of Commons, or to assault individual members. The speculations of Mr. Bright on this subject are as baseless as his expectation that the Tory party will plunge England into the Austro-Prussian war, or attack the Ameri can Union on the fishery question, to get rid of the reform bill. POST.—The returns en which the ministerial bill for the redistribution of seats will be based will be found, as we have reason to believe, to furnish some very striking arguments to those who insist upon the great comparative importance of that point of the scheme of reform which has been postponed to the other. We are pretty well ac customed to hear of what are called " anomalies" in our institutions, but there appears to be such a crop of anomalies in the distribution of members of Parliament as compared with the population elect ing them, as will suffice to startle even those who are most averse from any change of institutions whatever; and, without going so far as to assert that population should be the sole basis for the dis tribution of members, it must be admitted that, as the matter stands at present, representation and population bear to each other not only less relation than they should do, but no sort of relation what ever. It would seem that of the 202 cities or boroughs which are represented in Parliament, no less than 70 possess a population of less than 10,000 ; and of these, 9 have a population of less than 5,000. Thus there are 132 represented boroughs with populations above the 10,000 limit, and 193 with populations above the 5,000 limit. On the other hand, of unrepresented towns there are 39 having a population exceeding 10,000, and no fewer than 126 having a population exceeding 5,000 ; or, in other words, out of 419 towns in Eng land and Wales of the same class, the advantage of representation is conferred upon 193, and withheld from less than 126. This is the general result, but on entering into the details they appear still more startling. Thus, Ashburton, with a population of 3,062, and Arundel, with a population of 2,498, have each a member ; and Honiton, with 3,301 in habitants, has actually two members ; while neither Torquay, with 16,419 ; Burnley, with 29,700 ; Chelsea, with 63,009, or Kensington, with 70,000 inhabitants, have any share in the borough franchise at all. Many counties, too, appear to be unduly favoured as compared with others. The boroughs of Cornwall, with an aggregate population of 63,000, have 10 members between them ; while the York shire boroughs, with a population of 617,000, or just about ten times as much, have but 16 mem bers altogether. The Wiltshire boroughs, again with 95,000 inhabitants, have 14 members ; the Devonshire boroughs, with 214,000, have 18 members; while those of Middlesex, with 1,800,000 inhabitants, have but 12 representatives between them. This, too, it must be remembered, only shows the difference of treatment of such boroughs as are now represented : and if those at present without any members at all were added, the contrasts would be more striking, since the more favoured counties have in them very few of the unrepresented towns, which by far the most part lie in the less favoured districts. It may, .however, be said that, for pur poses of comparison,it is not the population, but the number of registered voters that should be taken. In that case the results will be found equally startling, Wells, with 277 voters ; Thetford, with 224 ; Leominster, with 337 ; Honiton, with 228 and Tewkesbury, with 312, retur n t w o mem b ers each ; while Manchester, with 21,542 electors ; Tower Hamlets, with 34,115; and Lambeth, with 27,754, return no more than two ; and Birkenhead, with 4,563 electors, and Salford, with 5,327, only send one member each to represent them in Parlia ment. It needs no argument to deduce from these figures the inference that redistribution is impera tively called for, and the Government will gain from these returns more support for the scheme of their second bill than was afforded by the same means to the first. At the same time this is not a question which can be treated on purely arithmetical ground; and it is neither reasonable nor desirable that the bill which is promised should aim at an exact pro portionment of representation, either to the aggre gate or to the elective p o p u l a ti on o f eac h borough. Such an att em pt, if it were ma d e , wou ld certainly end in fail ure , even if su b m itt e d t o an assembly .c more enamoured of abstract principles of j h e u red e than the Hou se o f C ommons , an d it is to b o ri P ety that the Government will recognise the p of introducing a measure in which moderation enable it appear sufficiently mixed with justice to .rpshall to find favour with practical politicians. WESTMINSTER. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE BY A Bo;.—James Holman, a rough-looking boy, was charged with breaking every window in his parents' house, and violently assaulting his mother by throwing large stones at her. The mother, who is a very respectable-looking woman, said that her husband, who is a working man, kad gone out to his employment early this morning, when, feeling herself very unwell and apprehending a necessity to have the room to herself, she requested the defendant to leave it, which ho refused to do. She then put him out, when he first broke every pane of glass in the windows, and then the sashes likewise. The rest of her children were very much alarmed, and she went out to prevent further mis chief, when he pelted her with stones, and followed her to a shop where she took refuge and waited to attack her again when she came out. She sent for a policeman, and he was fortunately secured. She was hurt Tery much by his violence. Mr. Selfe —How old is he ? Complainant—Fifteen years. Mr. Selfe—What does he do for a living ? Complainant—Nothing; he won't work. He was appren ticed to the sea, but ran away, and his conduct was so bad that the captain would not take the trouble to look after him. We have put him to several things, but he is quite idle, and so violent that he is the terror of the neighbour hood. People shut their doors that morning while he was breaking the windows for fear he shouldattaek them. Mr. Selfe-11as he ever been here before ? Complaina,nt—Yes, twice. Once for taking money out of my pocket, and another time for robbing a man. Mr. Salle (to defendant)— What have you to say ? Defendant—She hit me three times with a poker. Complainant—lt is not true, and I can prove it. A witness was called who confirmed complainant. Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—You are committed for one month with hard labour in the House of Correction, and I can only express my regret that the law does not em power me to order you a good whipping. RECEIPTS OF COTTON.—It is curious to observe how American cotton is regaining its old ground in the British market. In the two months ending Feb. 28 this year tho United States sent us 570,735 cwt. of raw cot ton, out of a total import of 1,154,122 cwt., leaving a balance of 583,387 cwt. supplied from other sources. In the cor responding two months of 1865 the United States sent 5,719 cwt. out of a total import of 811,601 cwt., leaving a balance of 805,882 cwt. supplied from other sources. The receipts from the Bahamas and Bermuda declined from 69,094 cwt. in tho first two months of 1865 to 2,551 cwt. in the first two months of 1866 ; those from Mexico from 49,645 cwt. to 1,391 cwt. ; those from Turkey from 23,345 cwt. to 13,616 cwt. ; those from Egypt from 322,663 cwt. to 148,268 cwt. ; those from China from 45,652 cwt. to nil; and those from miscellaneous countries from 39,398 cwt. to 87,926 cwt. On the other hand, the receipts from Brazil increased from 69,981 cwt. in the first two months of 1865 to 93,728 cwt. in the first two months of 1866 ; and those from British India from 186,1040 wt. to 305,0070 wt. MARKETS.---This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were moderate, but of poor quality. The trade for all descriptions ruled quiet, at Monday's prices. The market was fairly supplied with foreign wheat. The amount of business transacted was very moderate, at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late prices. The market was scantily supplied with barley. The trade was firm for all qualities, at fully late rates. Malt was in slow request at late currencies. Oats were in moderate supply and fair request, at full prices. Beans and peas ruled firm, at full currencies. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. AItRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 2150 520 2490 990 1870 Irish Foreign 12,260 7710 20,340 2140 sks. bls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Only moderate supplies of meat aro on sale at these markets. The trade rules firm, at full prices. Per 8M by the carcase. a d a d s d a d Inferior beef 3 0 3 6 Inferior mutton.... 3 8 4 8 Middling do 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton.. 4 10 5 2 Prime large do 4 4 4 6 Prime do 5 4 5 6 Prime small d0....4 a 410 veal 4 8 5 4 Large pork 3 10 4 6 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 Lamb, 7s 4d to 8s Od. BOROUGH HOP. Very few transactions have taken place in hops : never theless previous quotations have been fairly supported. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings —s to —s COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate business has been done in the pri vate market for home consumption, and there has been a fair inquiry for shipment at fully late rates. The public sales of Assam are announced to commence on Tuesday next. SUGAR.—Tho market continues very dull, and prices generally exhibit little variation. In refined goods the operations have been to a moderate extent, common lumps and titlers are quoted 44s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has boen a fair inquiry for superior qualities of both plantation and native Ceylon, and late rates are supported. RICE, —The market is quiet ; holders, however, demand 'ully lato prices. TALLOW.—OnIy a limited business bas been done. PYC on the spot is quoted 48s ; June delivery, 48s 3d ; and last three months, 49s t0.49s 3d per cwt. A Russian artist is preparing for the Paris Exhi bition of next year an allegorical representation of the events in the reign of the present Czar. A group of agri cultural implements denotes the progress of the country in that branch of industry. A broken chain typifies the abolition of serfdom. Figures of Hope, Faith, and Charity commemorate the publicity of judicial proceed ings, religious toleration, and the abolition of corporal punishment. There seems in this design to be no refer ence to Poland or Circassia. A MYSTERY AT THE HAYMARKET.—Apropos of public amusement, I was told, on the best authority, a curious circumstance the other day in connection with the Haymarket Theatre. It seems that for the last 20 years and upwards two individuals unknown to each other have been in the habit of visiting the theatre in a very eccentric manner. Stranger No. 1 presents himself regularly every night the moment the doors are opened, and proceeds to the portion of the house called " the slips." Here he takes a seat, spreads a white pocket-handkerchief over his knees, and, taking a silver watch of turnip dimensions from his pocket, places it on the seat beside him. He rarely pays attention to the play, but keeps his eyes, for the most part, fixed on the upper boxes and gallery. The moment half past 8 o'clock arrives ho puts his watch in his pocket, and leaves the house, not to return until the following evening. The other eccentric play-goer (Stranger No. 2) is Mr. H—, a well-known tea-dealer in Ilolborn. He repairs to the boxes every evening but Saturday, at half-price, and, as he is a constant patron of the drama, his place is reserved for him. For more than 20 years he has thus attended night after night ; but, unlike stranger No. 1, his attention is fixed on the performance, which ho enjoys with the keenest zest. His appetite for the drama is unsated by the sameness of the repetition, for ho seems to relish the one-hundredth performance of a piece quite as much as its first representation. It is remarkable, too, that he should be so much amused with the termination of plays, the com mencement of which ho has never witnessed. Possibly Stranger No. 2 in the boxes compares notes with Stranger No. 1 in the slips, for the latter has never seen the termi nation of the play, the commencement of which has never been witnessed by the former ! Several attempts have been made by garrulous box -keepers and others to ascer tain the name of the mysterious visitor to the slips, but to no purpose. He may, however, be identified at once by the white pocket-handderchief on his knees and the silver watch by his side.—London Correspondent Belfast News- Letter. THE THROAT AND LUNGS.—Dr. W. Abbott Smith, physician to the Metropolitan Free Hos pital, and the author of various valuable medical works, has published a second edition of his book " On the Treatment of Diseases of the Throat and Lungs" by in halation, to which is added a paper on " Whooping Cough." The book well maintains the value of the treatment by Dr. Smith, and the arguments brought to bear on the subject seem to be unanswerable. The CaSCS cited in which inhalation has been followed by tho best results at all events demand a calm and dis passionate consideration from those of the medical profes sion who yet question the efficacy of the treatment, as it would be a most regretable circumstance if sheer prejudice was allowed to stand as a barrier between inhalation and those suffering from affections which, it is unhesitatingly affirmed by Dr. Smith, would succumb, if not entirely yield, to that treatment. Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday Major-Gen. A. J. Taylor, Inspector- General of Royal Artillery, attended by his aide-de camp, Capt. S. J. Nicholson, commenced his annual inspection of the forts, batteries, and other fortifica tions and defences in the Chatham district, in which he will be occupied for some days. The inspection yesterday was confined to the works comprising the defences on the northern Kentish coast and on the Essex shore, both commanding the entrance to the Thames, and this occupied the entire day. Accom panied by Col. J. B. Riddell, C. 8., commanding the Royal Artillery forces in the Chatham district, Col. A. P. G. Ross, Col. S. Freeth, and Col. C. G. Gordon, C. 8., commanding Royal Engineers at Chatham, Sheerness, and Gravesend ; Colonel Stewart, Royal Engineers, and other officers, Major- Gen. Taylor inspected the batteries and forts at Gravesend and Tilbury, proceeding down the river afterwards to the fortifications now in progress at Coalhouse-point on the Essex shore, and those at Shornmeade on the Kentish side of the Thames. Both these works are very extensive, and when completed and armed with the powerful artillery they are intended to mount, will effectually bar that part of the Thames against the passage of any hos tile vessels, even supposing they could have suc ceeded in escaping the first and still more power ful line of defences at Garrison-point and the Isle of Grain, which command the lower entrance to the Thames, where it is joined by the Medway, with the flank fire of the heavy long-ranged artillery on the Essex side, at Shoeburyness. The fortifications at Shornmeade and Coalhouse-point, now in course of erection, have been rather more than two years in building, and are n early completed. Both forts occupy the same sites as the small batteries erectPa some years since, but which were ultimately re quired to be taken down to make wa .37 ,v for the pre sent structures, which, when - armed with the description of ordnance they are intend e d to mount will he among the unst powerful of their kind on any part of the coast. To-day Major-General Taylor will continue his inspection by visit ing the works in progress for the defence of Chatham dockyard and arsenal, including the powerful batteries, with the Martell° tower, erect ing on Grain-spit, on the NN estern bank of the Medway, as well as the fortifications on the oppo site side of the river, at Garrison-point, together with the formidable works which have been for some years in progress at Folly-point and Bishop's marsh, midway between Garrison-point and Chat ham, for the better protection of the dockyard and other naval and military establishments at that point. Capt. Cairncross, Lieuts. Fortescue and Parker, and 70 non• commissioned officers and privates, Royal Marine Light Infantry, despatched from Woolwich to reinforce the detachment at Deptford during St. Patrick's festival, having been recalled, yesterday returned to head-quarters, Woolwich. Lieut.-Col. Freeth, Inspector of Ordnance in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, assumed the duties of Assistant-Superintendent of theßoyal gun factories, in succession to Mr. John Anderson, appointed su perintendent of the machinery department, the Ordnance department having been amalgamated with that of the Royal gun factories. The appoint ment of Col. Freeth will be again void at the close of the present year, at which time his full period of five years' special service will terminate. Col. Clerk, Superintendent of the Royal Carriage Department in the arsenal, will be superseded at the end of June by Lieut.-Col. Shaw, the present Assistant-Superintendent of that department ; and Col. Boxer, whose term of service as Superintendent of the Royal Laboratory has expired, yesterday entered on a second term of five years, to which he has been appointed by the Secretary of State for War. The Pallas, 6, ironcased screw corvette, 2,372 tons, Capt. Matthew Connolly, which has been completed in Sheerness dockyard from the designs of Mr. E. J. Reed, was inspected on Wednesday last by Ad miral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in- Chief at Sheerness. previously to her being taken to Portsmouth on Saturday for a series of trial trips. The Ariadne, 2G, screw frigate, 3,214 tons, 800- horse power, left Sheerness yesterday, accompanied by the Medusa steam tender, for Portsmouth, where she is to be brought forward for commission. The Challenger, 22, screw corvette, 1,462 tons, 400-horse power, which since her last commission has been undergoing extensive repairs and refit ments in Sheerness-dockyard, is to be commissioned on the 9th inst., by Captain R. Maguire, for the Australian and New Zealand service. The Mullet, 5, screw gun-vessel, 430 tons 80- horse power, w hi c h has been underg oing xtenm alterations and repair s in Sheerness doc k ya rd , was ve yesterday taken for a s h ort preliminary run pre vious to the official trial of her engines. We have to record the death of General Frederick Campbell, Col.-Commandant 6th Brigade Royal Artillery, which took place at Woolwich on Wed nesday last. The deceased obtained his commis sion and entered the service in January, 1797, was First-Lieut. in 1799, Capt. in 1804, Brevet-Major in January, 1814 ; Lieut.-Col. in November, 1828 ; Regimental-Colonel in 1838; Major-General in 1851; Col.-Commandant of Artillery in 1852 ; Lieut.-General in 1854, and General in 1859. Gen. Campbell served in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, including the actions of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, the capture of Rosette, several engagements on the march to and canture of Cairo, and after wards at the capture of Alexandria, and bore a medal for services in Egypt. He was in the 85th year of his age, and during the last twelvemonth he had become much enfeebled and totally confined to his house. His death had long been anticipated : Mr. J. Thompson has been appointed principal purveyor at Chatham garrison, succeeding Mr. T. 0. Hagger, who proce e d s on f ore i gn service. The Cattle Plague. We are requested to state that a separate department has been formed for the transaction of business relating to the cattle plague, under the superintendence of Colonel Harness, R.E., C. 8., to whom all communications on the subject should in future be addressed, as follows :—Col. Harness, R.E., C. 8., Cattle Plague Department, 7, West minster-chambers, Victoria-street, S.W EDINBURGH. A meeting was held on Wednesday of the Chambers of Agriculture and Scottish Farmers' Club, for the purpose of considering the legislation on the subject of the cattle dis ease. It was resolved that, in the opinion of the Chamber, the act, if carried out in good faith by the local authori ties, would effect its object in stamping out the cattle plague ; but that the Chamber had learnt with surprise and regret that in various counties large numbers of cattle had been allowed to die, notwithstanding * the provi s i ons o f the act req u i r i ng immediate slaughter, thus neutralising the efforts of other counties and endangering the stock of the whole country. It was their opinion that the conduct of the local authorities in these counties should be inquired into, and means taken by Government to compel them to supplement the provisions of the act, and that the slaugh tering and compensating clauses should be continued as long as the disease exists. The appointment of a central board for England and another for Scotland to secure uni formity of action and see to the enforcement of the law was recommended. With regard to sheep it was thought that healthy sheep should bo allowed to be removed under licence, by :railway or highway, excepting where they h have been on premises wh ere th e pl ague h as existed within tin 28 days previous t o remo v a l. Th e o p en i ng of the railways after 15th of April, for the conveyance of fat stockdsire.e urfrom clean districts to market, with licence, was also d LIEUT.-COLONEL GEORGE CRIMKSHANK, the famous artist and veteran volunteer, writes in a let ter to the Times as follows :—" In the roport of the Volun teer Review at Brighton on Easter Monday it is stated that an officer belonging to a well known corps, having forgot ten to salute with his sword, tried to mend matters by bowing from his saddle, and by the allusions made to the corps under my command these re marks are evidently intended for me, and, as it is a mis take, I have to beg that you will allow me to state that I did salute with my sword at the proper time an a d place, and that my saluto was graciously acknowled osrelanwl l ya y a ser l at iyr i ns s Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the geCommander in-Chief; and that I also p a ssed s , wt a ah t ffe t ,n h a e and s b a ot l hy u e t o e ßf , his Royal As Highnesslearnt th Princee my m ili t o a f r l y V a l es, th exercisee o f age, which is now nearly 61 years ago, and a the ranks of a rifle company attached to the " Loyal North Britons," under the command of sr his Royal Highness the amore Volunteerth an years, a ce t ea e nr D sn u lp k eta e horiit o inl f omkf S a u n s a s Sussex, you my it is very Corps like for th a a b t o s u u t e s h i x a simple du . ty . as to saluto with my sword should hate been forgotten." jnr3voietflaevresago, and as I have THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. QUEEN'S PLATE. Archimedes Strachino o Guittivere ------------ Five ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Brick Oberon Wild Thyme Fourteen ran. BENNINGTON STAKES. Parnunkey Lincoln Green La Muta, Three ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Gas Haphazard 2 Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Warwick 1 Ammunition . SWEEPSTAKES. Ph a r e s s al m i a s n colt 1 D 2 Potomac ~ £lOO PLATE. Sister to Knighton Verulam 2 Roseleg Six ran. PORT STAKES. Duke SWEEPSTAKES. Ann.tomict Sunshine dam Stephen Langton £5O PLATE. Goodfellow 1 Glacier Needle colt Ten ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 4to 1 agst Delight (taken freely) CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES—Trus DAT. BOROUGH HANDICAP. Nizain Savernak e Three p•r Cent. . 3 Eight ran. ORAN STATES. Bracken Corporal Syceo Ten ran. THE HORNBY HANDICAP. 1 Miss Haworth Hebe Vagrant Seven ran. SELLING STAKES. Autig us D ours Balsam., 3 Five ran. CROYDON RACES.—This DAY. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Doubloon 1 Threadbare 2 Four ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tnis DAY. CITY AND SCIIIMBAN 7 sto 1 agst Delight (taken and offered) 100 to 15 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 7to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) Bto 1 agst Vandervelde (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Buck (offered) Very little betting. MANCHESTER BETTING—THIS DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 4to 1 agst Delight (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 9to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) Bto 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ostregor (taken) 25 to 1 agst Buck (taken) 20 to 1 agst Brealbane (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 100 to 6 agst Delight (taken) 100 to 6 agst Sandal (taken) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Rustic (taken) 20 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 50 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Day. CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES-THIS DAT. HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE. Fly-by-Nigh t 1 Huntsman's Daughtel 2 Buckle 3 CROYDON RACES--THIS DAY. CROYDON CUP. Harold 1 Accident 2 SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Pot Pourri Light of Other Days 2 3 White Stockings iONDOI4 GAZETTE—This Evening. THE PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER, BUCKINGHAM GATE, MARCH 31. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has appointed Major-General Sir Thomas Myddelton Biddulph, K.C.8., Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall. WHITEHALL, APRIL 4. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thos. Gwynne Mortimer, M.A., to the Rectory of Castlebigh, in the county of Pembroke, and diocese of St. David's, vacant by the death of the Rev... John Pugh. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 4. Members returned to servo in Parliament—Borough of Wigan, Nathaniel Eckeraley, of Standish-hail, Lanca shire ; City of Ripon, Lord John Hay, of 15, Cromwell... road, Middlesex ; Borough of Honiton, Julian Goldsmid, of 20, Portman-square, Middlesex. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 6. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Ensign Neill Roger, from 2d Foot, Acting Deputy-Assistant-Commissary -General; Ensign William Newman, from 69th Foot, Acting De puty-Assistant Commissary-General, to be Deputy- Assistant Commissary-General. MILITARY STORE DE PARTMENT.—Assistant Superinten dent of Stores J. 0. Hamley, Acting as Deputy Super intendent of Stores in New Zealand, to be Deputy Super intendent of Stores. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 6. The undermentioned Flag Officers have been this day placed on the retired Lists of their rank, under the provi sions of her Majesty's Order in Council of the 24th March, 1866 :—Vice-Admirals the Right Honourable Lord George Paulet, C. 8., the Hon. George Grey, Sir John Sing ine K.C.8., Thomas Leeke Massie, and Rear-Admira l s G eo. Wise, Thomas Fisher. Goldsmith, C. 8., Harry Edmund Edgell, C. 8., d this day, have The following Flag promotions, also dated this Venour • — Rear-Admirals Jo hn Leopold been made in consequence .A.ugustus Fletcher, Talavera Vernon Anson, Sir Honourable Charlie Kuper, K.C.8., Charles Eden, the to be Vie-Admirals ; Gilbert John Brydone Elliot,. C. 8., t strode Hewlett, C. 8., Richard Captains Sidney Grenfe ll, H jurt., James Horsford Sir John Charles Dalry mpl e Charles aß a .? ' 'and Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., Re . ,t --IVice-Admirel in pursuance Cockburn, James Willcox,. l Samuel Per in Council of the 7th May, 1858 ; of her Majesty's Ordebert k to in be s P R r e i a t r c - h td d mi t r o at ritaw. Kerr to be Retired Rear- Retired CaPta in uance o f her Majesty's Order in Council Admiral, in P u T B5 B . Retired Captains—James Anderson 31 3/"D Y 'oug - all (C), to be Retired Rear-Admirals, in of her Majesty's Order in Council of the Ist 0 and 9th July 1864 Ap( o ßu f 2 t igs h uu j e sao4n 7 h t e enl h B6 , , . 001TASE OF E XCHANGE—This Evening. ----- Amsterdam Short. 11 17 11 18 Ditto 3 Months. 12 1 12 14 Rotterdam .. 12 11, 12 it Antwerp _ 23 50 25 55 Brussels — 2 1 5 3 50 25 55 I 13 10 Hamburg 271 Paris • Ditto 3 M on th s . 25 45 25 50 Marseilles 120 1201 Frankfort on th e M a i ne 10 80 • 1 1 9 2 2 1 Vienna — g 29 Trieste — 10 80 281, 6 28s -- Petersburgn 6 28 6 1 Berlin 46f 4 4 47t Madrid 47f 25 70 --Cadiz 25 65 25 70 Leghorn 25 62f 25 70 Milan 25 62* Genoa 25 62 i 25 70 Naples UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 4. The Downing Professor of Laws proposes to give in the ensuing Term a course of lectures on the Elements of Inter national Law and its connexion with ItfunciPal Law. The lectures will be given at West-lodge, Downing College, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 12 o'clock, commencing on Tuesday, the 10th of April. The course will be ay ilable for the professorial certificate. 2O 10 100 1 103 a-