The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-27 00:00:00

tIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Continued activity prevails in discount circles owing to the preparations for bills maturing at the end of the week, as business will be partially closed during the holidays. There are also heavy engage ments to be liquidated in connection with the settlement at the Stock Exchange to-morrow, and these have very largely increased the demand for accommodation. There is, however, a good supply of money on offer, and the rates remain at 51 and 6 per cent. for the best bills. The outgoing steamer Poonah, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, will take -out to-day about £150,000 in specie for the East. Three vessels have arrived from Australia with gold, viz„ the True Briton, with 36,107 ounces, worth £144,428 ; the Sarah Grice, with 12,633 ounces, worth £50,532 ; and the Wave of Life, with 11,367 ounces, valued at £45,468, making a total of £239,428. The Imperial Mercantile Credit Asssociation have made a call of £2 10s. per share payable on the 15th of May, and a further call of the like amount payable the 15th June next. It has been notified by the Peruvian Financial Agency that the bonds drawn on the 2d of January last for the sinking fund, amounting to £256,250, will be paid on the 2d proximo by Messrs. J. Thompson, J. Bonar, and Co. It has been announced that a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. will be paid by the Great Western Railway of Canada. During the last few days there has been little tactivity exhibited in the markets for foreign and colonial produce. Sugars have been dull, at abcut previous rates. For coffee there has been a fair in quiry, and superior descriptions have maintained fully former rates. Rice has been on limited favour without material alteration in value, while a large speculative business has been done on tallow, and quotations have fluctuated to some extent. ' The Bonds of the Loan of his Highness, Ismael Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, are quoted 1 prem. Two o'CLocir. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 57c. Inanimate and uncertain: The English Stock Market opened with an ap pearance of heaviness, amta decline of 1 per cent. was recorded in the Funds. A few purchases, how ever, produced a firmer tone, and Consols are now 864 / for money, and 87 for the account. The New Three per Cents. and Reduced Annuities are 841 ; Exchequer Bills for March, 9s. to ss. die. and India 5 per Cents., 1021 Z. Foreign Stocks, are generally at lower values. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 37/ 371. Mexican, 211 /. New, 19/ 20. Greek, 141 I. Spanish Passive, 271 271. The Certificates, 161 1. Italian, GO 1. The Confederate Loan, 57. Chilian Loan, 1 Z prem. Brazilian Scrip, / lex div. dis. Egyptian Railway Loan, 1 dis. to par ; ditto New Egyptian Loan Scrip, to 1 prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds, 711 2 ; Erie Shares, 551 1 ; and Illinois, 80i 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has been very quiet, the speculators and dealers having been engaged with the settlement. North Westerns have . advanced 7s. 6d., and Great Eastern, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern each 55., while Metropolitan have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial Lines remain with out material change in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very dull, Alliance being dealt in at 264 ; Merchant Bank at 251 ; Union of Australia at 501 Z. Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are marked 6/ I ; Impe rial Mercantile Credit, 24 31 . ; National Discount Company, 121 13 ; Overend, Gurney, and Co., 141 ; and Reuter's Telegraph Company (new issue), 11 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols - 864 4 4 Do. Account, April 5 3 per Cent. Reduced 844 3. i New 3 per Cent 844 4 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 ... — • Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1876 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 - March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 9 5 dis Do. £5OO 9 5 dis Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 2ll 9 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. 54 per Cent., May 1879 4? Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argzutine Republic, G per Cent., £l5 pd — pin Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent. Do. 4i- per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account — xd Do. Scrip, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do £ICO Bonds Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Milian 6 per Cent Do Scrip, £25 paid Do. 44 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent:, 1825 — Danubian Principalities Do Account kali D uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 0., Provisional Land Warrant — Bglptian 7 per Cent •00., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds 93 Do. 1864 914 Do £lOO Bonds 924 Do. Government Railway Debentures — Do. £25 paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Maremmana Railway 604 Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4l 131 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. Account Do 8 per Cent. (Uribarren) -Do 4+ per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 45/ k Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4 per Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 — Do 5 per Cent. 1862 9Ol 90 691 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive 27* l c, Do Account 27/ ° Danish Cert. of Coup not funded l6l + 16 Do Account l6l. / Swedish 4 per Cent. — • Do. 4 per Cont. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent: 1854 93 1 2+ Do Account 931 . Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds D e 6 per Cent. 1862 — Do Account 6B/ Do £lOO Bonds 691 9 - Do 6 per Cent, 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 371 + Do Account v ..Doezuel. 4 pa 3 per er Cent Cent. . Guaranteed en Ditto account — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 5 pm. Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Relgiax,, ' 4l per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2+ per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — 10 Do 1 per Cent. Certifi ca t es — i talianh r e 3 r Cent. — 5 per Cent pe ., 1861. Ex. 25f. - Do Acc oun t .. . Collsols for money THREE O'CLOCX. 8 8 6 6 1 1 00 Account :hness )unds Iloilo ; Hon, ) this mour - on the A his Duces- ive to to the ;elgian 3dit to Id the w hich tion of g and ,129 f. e car, d g e of 01l for Palais, flocu tves of iratiou francs francs expla roya,l )blige 4 France , ;to the t Those ‘, •ary of miony, 'oreign incipal is life. ;he in- A two r i c hly Royal aich all I of the of the itect ; of the tier on h 25. or your which eons. d fro' Ide the , o l e ob- in from Dg wit h Lcie for t e pre- isinter - down ouse ' 3 ! ;iven• of th e I mem' rence 111 e to re- ;rovern- on the rill per !,d froi l import" cowrie' ess that ny care or to be ave ac" Due day traYing which, 0 plain' ribution k i n d of B. If be seen acted for the safe for. wishes rue verY, .one. The , inOCV ,Ming ion• °l2 the G ° Ea & the nv ions , ineas tire Apr . - they Libevy' l pladeg I hav e ~ etn en an d rel ; n glanal _Believe -tETW ° rb vor 010 re ly has ce f r e , Pe 3rB or caution 40 wa rds, . 11 ' . 5t m ade in ea r t he boo k the ft ,io 01314 , 1 ,he ateed, it is D— e o 11 be lies' a en e n v vo i, al ell; theth ader 42 ` ri es r of ,n ,,, cow do ly sag tiro d to re NGTON' — : 24, I ' 7B' free SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share) Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian. ••••• Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth,& Ab. Juno &London, berip Certi 90 92 131 )32 63 07 13 15 5 7 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. atk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock __al 118 12D , 39 7 4 t 6 121 122 1,18 140 Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Westein -Original D. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshire London and Blackwell 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.. it Derby Mid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , Sr 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. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern' Staines, Wok., & Wok Tail Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1 West Cornwall ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 59 1 12.31 raid. l Closing I Business Price. dens. 1201 1 2Ct 9?.6 10 92 69 60 53 60 10 42 34 86 100 102 120 121 86 94 95 37 39 43 15 120 122 92 Q 3 63 64 132 134 21 Zip 1 Up 195 47 123 123 k P 92 84 8 60 .8 30 109 110 71 72 109 110 35 37 10 11 p i 120 121 1} 2p 16 2p 74 76 10 12 150 152 67 70 112 114 5l 53 73 75 8 9 140 143 3 p 100 102 51 63 BRITISH POSSESSIONS . 100 Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 83 60 at Bom.,Baroda, xCen.ln. 100 102 103 103 gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. F shares . 8 p ip 201 Bu ff alo & Lake . .iat . uron all 61 7 10 Do. Preference ... . all 10 11 100 Bulf.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- t 100 76 80 at Calcutta &S. E., lim 100 96 98 at ~:ape Town & Dock, gu 100 65 70 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pf all 100 102 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 102 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 102 104 1021 31 20 Do. J Extension l5 at Grand Trunkof Canada 100 33 35 30 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 83 90 100 Do. lat Pref. Bonds all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 2d Prd. Bonds all 59 61 100 Do. do. deterred 100 Do. ad Pref. stock all 45 49 100 Do. do. deferred _ all 42 45 100 Dv. 4th Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deterred st Gt. India Pen. gua. ip.c lOO 1(8 109 17¢ 1 8 20 io. Gua. 5 per cent l6 11i 21, 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 6 14 2 p at Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D 41 per oent lov 91 93 at Do 201 Great Wes. of Canada all 16 17 204 Do. New . .00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 all 94 26 lOC Do. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. all 86 68 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 1 4d at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 1 03 at Do. 41 do lOO 9 93 st Do. 41 do lOO 87 89 20 Do. Filth Extension 5 at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay_ all 62 61 at N. RI. C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs. 100 8 82 at Scinde 100 99 100 994 at Do. Delhi ti lOO 98 99 20 Do. do .. 2 at Do. Punjaub.... 100 97 99 at Do.lndus St. Fl o, "'" 100 . coLoNLAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1972.... 100 Can. Gov. 6 p. °JR.& July 1877-S4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug ll.O 90 C 4 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 00 94 00. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 74 80 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 78 10 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 154 •-• Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 100 105 107 Do. do: 1880-9, 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 102 104 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1000 lOO 90 22 Ceylon, Nov. 1863, 6 p.c. 100 1(2 104 Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1 8 ffattrltlus, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 178 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it 100 104 (06 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug l9O 1(2 104 Natal L'; ov. 6 per cent„ 100 109 102 N.B.Gov.6p.e.JAAJuly 100 93 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv., 1866 100 Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 1876 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 874 884 871 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 9 t 95 D0..5 per cent lOO 79 81 Nova Sc Ala Gov. 6 'p. c sterling, 1875 l9O C 8 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 98 100 99 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c, 1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards 1(0 105 107 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 106 107 1061 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. G old, lira. 1 Chi verton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 15 17 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 560 580 Drake walls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 20 East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9 East tarn Brea 3l 34 44 East Grenville 2.14.0 31 4 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 East Lovell 3.9.0 7 9 E. IV') Russell (Tavisik 10.8.0 3 31 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great Laxey, limited all 20 21 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 I Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 1i It G. Wheal Vor (Helstnn 40 26 26 Grenville 8.18.0 34 si Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 33 40 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 4i 5 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 41 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, Urn 2f 21 16d • New Seton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United. —. Providence UnyLviant 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 390 410 South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 2} S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 -- Stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Luskeard 9 8 10 West Chiverton ll 75 80 73 West Seton 474 165 175 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 824 874 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 274 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton -. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 15 17 viiIGFEILEN ..msolidated, 6 per cent. stock, r.to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ito, 4i per cent. Irred., 97 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 107• London Tilbury, and Southend, 96k :u SHARES. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Franciacu, llm., gua. 7 per oent., 15/ Sambre and Meuse, 9i San Paulo, lira., gua. 6 per cent., 16 FOREIGN MINER. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 9/ General, 20 Scottish Australian, BANKS. Alliance, lien.. 271 6/ Anglo Austrian, 6 Bank of London. 26 mperial Ottoman, 12i Ditto, new, lit London Chartered Bank of Australia, 221 London Joint Stock, 47} National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and 3d issue, 45i Provincial Banking Corporation, uLr., 6 Union of Australia, 501 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, Um., 51 Credit Fonder and blobilier of England, 03 #I Ditto, new, 56 Crystal Palace, 376 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 108 Gen. Credit and Finance of Landon. Bra.. 4 Hudson's Bay, 161 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 24 Land Securities. lim., 34 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 34 National Discount Company, Ditto, new, 54 Overead, Gurney, and Co., lim., 164 THE POMPEIAN VILLA OF PRINCE NAPOLEON in the Avenue Montaigne, which has for so many years been one of the sights of Paris, after being put up for sale, has definitely been bought by a certain Count de Quinsonas. The bronze statues, marbles, and other ob jects of artistic merit, which had been made at an immense cost for the decoration of this princely toy, had been pre viously sold by auction. The cream of the collection, however, had long ago been removed from the villa by the Prince to his present habitation, the Palais Royal, and the Pompeian villa offered rather a denuded aspect, though nothing could rob it of its singular physiognomy. The, Prince, says the Paris correspondent of the Queen, seems to be determined to keep up his quarrel with the chiefs of the dynasty, for, after being in Paris for a few days when the sale was going on, he has left it again for a lengthened journey. Large shipments of grain and breadstaffs are going from California to Australia, in consequence of the closing of the Chilian ports 'by Spain. There are splen did prospects of a large grain and gold yield this year. The rich placer mines of the North are attracting much attention. Mid ( Di Di THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AIARCII 27, 1866. ELECTION COMMITTEE—This Day. NOTTINGHAM. The members of this committee reassembled this morning, and proceeded with their inquiry into the merits of the petition against the return of Sir Robert Clifton, the evidence being chiefly confined to proofs of rioting and intimidation. Henry 0. Bornee, the first witness called, said — I am a lace manufacturer, and carry on my business at Nottingham.- I am acquainted with Mr. Spenser, of Welford, and Sir Robert Clifton and Mr. Acland, whom I met on several occasions during the election proceedings. On the day before the election I saw them in conversation together in the neighbourhood of Nottingham, Mr. Spenser being in his carriage at the time. I heard Sir Robert say that he would go into the town as there would be a row there, and it would be very unadvisable to do so. I understood him to say that there was sure to be a row in the Market-place, and Mr. Acland was standing close to him at the time. There was a large crowd of persons present, and when Sir R. Clifton walked away from the carriage he was loudly cheered. I heard Mr. Acland say, in a loud voice, " There will be a row there now." By the Chairman—l understood that to be in reply to a question from one of the crowd relative to Mr. Paget and Mr. Morley. Witness in continuation—Mr. Spenser spoke to me in reference to the election, and said he would not go into the town for £lO, as his carriage would be smashed to pieces if he went near the market place. He said to me also that the platform would be smashed. I was in Stoney-street on the day of the polling, and saw a crowd collected before Mr. Sweet's shop. Sir Robert Clifton was passing at the time in a cab, and stood up and smiled when he was opposite the shop. There was another gentleman in thecab whom he believed to be Mr. Hedington, who was then Chief-Constable of Nottingham. The win dows and shutters of Mr. Sweet's shop were smashed, and a number of books and papers thrown into the street, which he assisted in collecting together, and restoring to Mr. Sweet. The cab was not going at the rate of more than five miles an hour, and was proceeding in the direction of the polling booth. Wm. Dawson, an omnibus driver, and Mr. W. G. Wood, vice-chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Nottingham, gave similar evidence. The committee resumes their sittings to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF STEALING A CHEQUE, &C.—A KIND PROSE CUTOR.—IIenry Freeman, a lad, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a cheque for £9 ss. and about £25 in money, the property of Mr. Frederick Hedge; estate agent, 40, Pall-Mall. A clerk in the employ of Mr. Hedger said that in conse quence of being told on the morning of Wednesday last that the prisoner —who was in the employ of the house keeper who looked after the offices—had absconded, he looked in a drawer of a table in Mr. Hedger's office—the drawer having been safely locked overnight and still re maining locked—and he missed a cheque for £9 ss. and about £25 in money. The cheque produced (found on the prisoner when taken into custody by Butcher, 137 C) was the one he missed. Mr. Hedger said he had no wish to press hardly on the lad, as he thought the prisoner had yielded to a sudden temptation. Ho had seen the lad's father, a respectable man, and he had taken every care of the lad, and would continue to do so. He had no wish to lock anybody up, and therefore would withdraw from the prosecution. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the lad ought to be very thankful to Mr. Hedger, for if he had gono for trial he might have received a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment. DISORDERLIES IN ME TIAYMARRET.—Henry Moss, of 38, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, wine merchant ; H. Howard, clerk, of 172, Camberwell, New-road ; and Ellen Leslie, an unfortunate, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk, and behaving in a disorderly manner in the Hay market. The case having been proved, Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendants ss. each. Edward Carroll, clerk, of john-street, Berkeley-square, was charged with assaulting Police-constable Redford in the Haymarket. Redford said that at three o'clock that morning the de fendant was quarrelling with two women in the Haymar ket. He requested the defend Ant and the women to leave, when the defendant said, Who the devil are you ?" and kicked him in the legs; and he still felt the effects. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 10s., or seven days. WESTMINSTER. JUVENILE OFyssoans.—George Leach,- 9, Jas. Soanes, 8, Thomas Cavanagh,'lo, were charged With Unlawfully possessing 191bs. of lead pipe.' - z Mautice M‘Leod, 235 said that last night he was called to Snow's Rents, Westminster, and from information he received he went to a house there, and in the passage found Soanes and Leach with 191b5. , of lead pip in their possession, and took them into. custody. He went and took Cavanagh out of bed, as he was told he had been con cerned in the robbery. Mr. Arnold said the prisoners were oharged with un lawful possession, and as two of them were found with the lead in the passage, and the third in bed, how could he be unlawfully possessed - of the property ? It having been stated that Cavanagh's father would not attend, Mr. Arnold asked whether either had been charged before. Dennis, the gaoler, replied that Leach had. Leach's father stepped forward and, with tears in his eyes, said his boy would not be so bad were it not for his wife's drunken and dissolute habits ; she spent all the money in drink and encouraged him to thieve. It was only last Saturday afternoon that while asleep. his boy stole the whole of his week's wages, and he believed they were spent in drink by the mother. He said, with tears in his eyes, that his wages were only 15s. per week, but if the magistrate would send the boy to a Reformatory he would work hard to pay 2s. per week towards his main tenance. He tore his trousers off him yesterday, but he went out without any, and had a pair given him at the station. Mr. Arnold sentenced Leach to be kept at Feltham for three years, and made an order for the father for is. 6d. per week. Cavanagh was discharged, and Soanes was re manded for the attendance of his father. THE NEW REFORM BILL. BIRMINGfIAM, Monday Night. A town's meeting (convened by the Mayor in compliance with a requisition signed by 800 persons) to consider the Government Reform Bill was held here this evening. The Mayor (Mr. Edwin Yates) presided. Mr. THOMAS LLOYD, J.P., moved the following resolution : " That, relying on the promise of her Majesty's Govern ment that a measure for the redistribution of seats will be introduced as soon as possible, the members for the borough be requested to support tke bill for the extension of the franchise now before Parliament." The Rev. R. W. DALE, M.A., Dissenting minister, seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. J. Dixon, J.P., also by Mr. Grew, a working man, and carried by acclamation. Mr. J. S. WRIGHT, Vice-President of the Cham ber of Commerce, moved the following : " That, as in the opinion of this meeting the provisions of the Government measure fall short of the just expecta tions of the people, the borough members be requested strenuously to resist any attempt that may be made to limit the scope of the bill, and to exert all their influence to in duce the House of Commons terput the most Liberal inter pretation possible upon all its clauses." The foregoing was seconded, and supported by several speakers ; it also was carried unanimously. A petition to Parliament was adopted. The hall was about three parts full. In the course of the proceedings the following letter from Mr. Bright was read : _ _ "Rochdale, March 25. "I feel sorry that I cannot be at your meeting to-morrow night to witness and to help the expression of the senti ments of Birmingham upon the question which is now ex citing so much interest throughout the country. I cannot write as I could speak, but I must write a few lines to you. " The Franchise Bill now before Parliament is a per fectly honest bill. It will, if it become law, give votes more extensively to the middle class, both in counties and boroughs, and it will overthrow the principle of working class exclusion, which was established - by the Reform Act of 1832. " It will admit to the franchise so many of the work ing men in all important and populous boroughs that they as a class, will no longer feel themselves intentionally excluded by the law. " In the counties it will enfranchise 200,000 men, and it may be expected in some counties to make the representa tion less than that of the class of landlords and more that of the great body of the occupiers of houses and land within the county. " It will enfranchise in London and in'all the great cities a considerable number of young men and of artisans who live in lodgings or in parts of houses, and it will thus ex tend the franchise to many not included in the suffrage granted by the Reform Act. " I say the bill is an honest bill, and if it is the least the Government could offer it may be that it is the greatest which the Government could carry through Parliament. " Parliament is never hearty for Reform or for any good measure. It hated the Reform Bill of 1831 and 1832. It hated the bill which repealed the Corn Law in 1846. It does not like the Franchise Bill now upon its table. It is to a large extent the offspring of landlord power in the counties, and of tumult and corruption in the boroughs, and it V, ould be strange if such a Parliament were in favour of freedom and of an honest representation of the people. But notwithstanding such a Parliament, this bill will pass if Birmingham and other towns will do their duty. " There is opposed to it the Tory party, of whose blind ness and folly we have abundant proofs in all its history. We have no reason now to expect from it a wiser course, and;we have a small section of men who do not accept the name of Tory, but zealously do its work. "These - combine to form a conspiracy on which all the hopes of Mr. Disraeli and the Opposition/are based. I think a more. dirty conspiracy has not been seen in the House of Commons during many generations. It is directed against this bill, and not less against Lord Russell, by whom the Liberal and popular policy of the Governent has been determined. " What should be done, and what must be done under these circumstances ? You know what your fathers did 34 years ago,'and you know the result. The men who in every speech they utter insult the working-men, describing them as a multitude given up to ignorance and vice, will be the first to yield when the popular will is loudly and resolutely expressed. If Parliament-street, from Charing-cross to the Abbey, were filled with men aeeking a reform bill, as it was two years ago with men come to do honour to an illustri ous Italian, these slanderers of their countrymen would learn to be civil, if they did not learn to love freedom. 1 This Bill appeals to the middle and working classes alike. It is a measure of enfranchisement to both of them, and they should heartily unite in an effort to make it a law. That which the Tories and the dirty conspiracy' oppose cannot but deserve the support of every liberal man in the kingdom. " If the population of the Birmingham district would sot apart a day, not for -humiliation,' but for a firm assertion of their-rights; in great meetings' or in one vast gathering, they •might - sustain this Franchise Bill and beat down as by one blow thepower 'that threatens to bolt the door of Par : - liament against - the people. " I hope we shall see in all the towns of Great Britain during the coming fortnight a great.support of the Govern ment and the .If the vote of want of confidence is carried against . the Government there will be a change of Alinis6rs or a dissolution of Parliament. 'lf the towns do their duty the • Government will be safe, because the bill will be safe, and the suffrage once established on a more rational basis, the country can then turn its attention to the arrangement and distribution of seats, which is just as needful as a wider suffrage to give us a fair representation of the nation. " Great meetings and great petitions will be not only useful, but effectual. " I am very truly yours, " JOHN BRIGHT." An American Professorship in an English University. A proposition somewhat novel in its character is exciting considerable interest among the edu cated classes in England. It is made by HENRY YATES THOMPSON, upon behalf of Harvard Uni versity of Massachusetts to the English Univer sity of Cambridge, and embraces an offer to endow a lectureship upon the history, literature, and institutions of the United States, the lec tures to be delivered at Cambridge every two years. Mr. THOMPSON, who is an English gra duate, proposes to donate a fund for the main tenance of this lectureship, and it is understood that the lecturer is to be an American. •The idea has somewhat startled the British aristo cracy. They look upon it as a scheme to repub licanise the ideas of Englishmen ; in fact, to in struct them that Democratic institutions may have something in them which is worthy of ap probation. A. commentator upon the plan says, with truly Conservative alarm, that it is " a wild scheme, and harm might come of it." He says further—" Nothing can be more dangerous than to " establish a strong political feeling in our younger " members. Considering the large number of high " spirited young men we have among us just " emerging from boyhood, to allow such a " course of lectures to be delivered, would be " to be put a light to gunpowder, unless the " lecturer was gifted with superhuman—cer c, tainly with preter - American—prudence, or " were content to make his lectures poor and " passionless retrospects, emasculated of all that " might render a course of this kind so interesting " to a less inflammable audience." This is the tone of aristocratic prejudice, and it is an argument which has for its foundation the assertion, " Things are well enough as they are ; let us not injure ourselves by inquiring whether there are not better things." A uni versity is established for purposes of education, not merely to perpetuate political systems, or defend hereditary abuses. No man can be truly Llearned who confines his knowledge to affairs of his own country, and rejects all infor mation as to the manners, customs, and laws of others. Students of universities and colleges are minutely taught the history of the ancient republics. Everything that was done in Greece and Rome they ought to know ; but of what value is that knowledge in comparison with a thorough understanding of the world in which they live ? Without full apprecia tiation of the manners, customs, and Governments of other nations than their own, • they . are pro foundly ignorant, and their thoughts and opinions are bounded by their own horizon. This must be the opinion of enlightened men all over the earth.-, Anglo-American Times. The Oil Springs Chronicle of Canada West says that an extraordinary oil well has just been discovered in Canada. It yielded on the 21st of February 2,259 gallons of oil in one year, which was at the rate of 1,692 barrels of 32 gallons each a day. George A. Trenholm, late Rebel Secretary of the Treasury, has presented Bishop Davis, of South Carolina, the property known as the Orangeburg Female Seminary, /or the purpose of a theological seminary. A CAUTION, A writer in this morning's Times says —Can you spare a corner of your valuable space to expose a most disgraceful proceeding? My niece advertised in your columns some few days ago for a situation as a governess, and stated qualification and her age-19. One of the first answers she received was the following : " If -, who advertised for a situation as governess in this morning's 7'ime6., will call to-morrow at 4 o'clock at 4. Arundel-street, Coventry-street, and inquire for Mr. Shir ley, she may hear of a situation to suit her." Luckily she showed ine the letter, and suspecting from the style of writing, coupled with the name and locality given, that all was not right, I determined to accompany her, and before allowing her to enter the house to make some inquiry. On asking for the street we found it was a narrow sort of court, ending in a small square, at the top of the Haymarket, and on inspecting the outside of the house I saw that all the blinds were carefully drawn on the ground and first floors, though there was not too much sun on the foggy March after noon even out of the court. This naturally increased my suspicions, but wishing to give it the benefit of the doubt, and thinking it might by possibility be an office of sonic kind, I directed my niece to knock at the door and ask, but by no means to enter. She did so, and the door was opened by an old woman, who evidently expected her to walk in. She then asked, "Is this an office ? What is Mr. Shirley ?" The answer was, "It is not an office. General Shirley is here." On hearing this she at once returned to me. Need I add she did not go back to seek the situation ? No doubt my niece was not the only intended victim of a scheme, the real purpose of which I leave your readers to judge. THAMES. A BAD Son—George Knott, a stoutly built young man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting his father, of 80, Silver-street, Stepney. Tho complainant, a respectable tradesman, stated tha his son had repeatedly beaten him, and was a very disre putable and drunken blackguard. He had been repeatedly struck by his son, for whom he obtained a situation and a salary of one guinea per week. His son was repeatedly intoxicated, and neglected his work. His son came home drunk yesterday afternoon instead of attending to his work and upon remonstrating with him he used most fearful language. He attempted to turn him out of the house, and his son struck him twice and knocked him down. Mr. Partridge—Did you hit him? Witness—Yes, I did. A police constable said that when he was called to assist the prisoner the face of Mr. Knott, son., was streaming with blood. The prisoner said his father fell and hurt himself. lie admitted he was intoxicated yesterday and neglected his work. Mr. Partridge—You ought to be ashamed of yourself to strike your father. Ho was sober and you were intoxi cated. You are fined 20s. or 14 days. A TICKET-OF-LEAVE CONVICT.—Thomas Montgomery, a very tall rid powerful man, who was released from Mill bank Prison on the 24th of January last, and is now what is called a license holder, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with violating the conditions of his ticket-of-leave in not duly and properly notifying his intended change of residence. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said the prisoner had reported himself at the station-house adjoining the court monthly sine his releaso from prison, but ho had given false addresses, where he could not be found or heard of. The prisoner said the police had made a mistake in one address, and he had been turned out of another lodging owing to the police making inquiries about him, and ex posing him. Ho did not understand the regulations. Mr. Partridge said if the Commissioners of Police called upon him to put the law in force, the act of Parliament was imperative. The prisoner must notify the proposed change in his place of abode before it took piaci+, which he had neglected to do. He believed there was some mistake in the matter, and under the circumstances the Commis sioners would not call upon him to put the law in force and send the man back to the convict prison. Tho pri soner had duly reported himself, and had notified his change of abode before it took place. Mr. Griffin—And he went twice to the wrong station house—an evasion. Mr. Partridge—You will report all the circumstances fairly to the Commissioners of Police. The case is adjourned till Thursday. Take the prisoner's own recog nisance to appear here on Thursday. THE PORTRAIT EXHIBITON will be opened at South Kensington in the month of April. It will consist of about 1,000 portraits—there is not room for more in the remnant of the 1862 Exhibition Building in which they aro being hung- 7 ancl will illustrate the notabilities of Great Britain up to the end of the reign of King James 11., in other words the year 1688. TBE "GREAT POWERS." The New York herald writes as follows :—" The United States, Russia, and France are the three great Powers of the world, and the three men who are now at the head of them—President Johnson, the Emperor Alexander, and the Emperor Napoleon— are in a remarkable manner the representative men of the ideas and characteristics of the nations over which they preside. England, too, is a great power, but not in the same sense as the others, and not so much at present as in the past relatively to the other three. England is great in manufacture, in commerce, in the strength of mind and character of her people, in many of her institu tions, in her colonial empire, in her power of colonising new countries and building up new states, and in other things that might be men tioned ; but at the present time her weight is not so great in the affairs of the world, nor does she represent those mighty, active principles of national life which exercise a powerful influence upon the fate of the world as do those other Powers. She has not in her what the United States and Russia have—the germs of a grand future destiny. She may console herself, however, in this, that the greatest of all—the United States—is her offspring. In speaking thus proudly of our country we do so in anticipation of its inevitable grand destiny as well as in view of its present position. The vast area of the United States, little less than that of all Europe, with a variety and boundlessness of productions not found in any other part of the globe, would make it a mighty country if peopled by any other civilized nation or under almost any form of government. But when we look at the character of our people, their intelligence, their energy, their industry, and their ambition, there appears to be hardly any limit to the future over shadowing greatness of the republic. No form of government stimulates the energies and ambition of every class of society so much as the Republican. Class or other adventitious distinctions do not exist here to bar or obstruct the way to wealth or fame to the poorest and humblest. This state of equality, freedom, and rivalry puts the faculties and industry of the whole community into intense action. A few millions of population, under such circum stances, do as much as many millions under different circumstances. In 1860 the population of the United States was about thirty-three millions. In 1870, four years hence, it will be forty millions, probably, notwithstanding the war. This is greater than the population of Great Britain, equal to that 'of France, and only less than that of one of the great civilised Powers of the world—Russia. Forty millions of free, independent Americans are equal to sixty or eighty millions of the class ridden, oppressed, and poor of Europe, either in material development or in war. In every point of view, then—in the variety and boundless resources of the country—in the nature of the people, and in the character of our institu tions, which stimulate activity and ambition, we are to-day the first Power in the world. The only doubt about our future was as to the cohesiveness of such a large population spread over a great continent. That is settled now. The war has shown our ability to hold together. Though we occupy a continent we have an insular position on the globe, and are all the stronger, for our own peace and progress, from being separated by vast oceans from other great nations. At the same time the railroads, telegraph, steam navigation, and our magnificent system of interior rivers and lakes enable us to concentrate our power and preserve our unity over thousands of miles of territory." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 26—Chanticleer, from Nagasaki; Queen of Clippers, from Terceira; Star of the Sea s from Jamaica; Urinus, from Palermo ; Eroyle, from Trieste ; Charle magne, from Sines ; Gladiator, from Taganrog. Arrived, March 27—Mary Elizabeth, from St. Michael's; Rhine, screw steamer, fram Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Gladiator and Star of Devon, from Ceylon; Hero, from Alexandria ; Tinnevelly, from Tuticorin ; Syd ney Hall, screw steamer, from St. Michael's ; Alert, brig, from Nassau ; Thomas Brown, bark, from Launceston ; Rifleman, from Sydney—all for London. Passed in Tow Great Australia, from Callao, for London. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. The Market opens quietly. Sales probably 5,000 bales. AUTHENTIC RELIC OF THE POET CONVFER.—The following appeared in the last number of the Athena3um as an advertisement :—The identical Chest of Drawers im mortalised in the Poem of " The " Betired Cat," to be immediately disposed of by tho present owner for the highest sum offered.—Address --, Newport Pagnell. Mr. W. S. WOODIN returns to the Polygraphic Hall on the 29th inst. His entertainment, which is in two parts, is from the clever pen of Mr. T. W. Robertson, the author of "Society," " David Garrick," &c. The parts will be named respectively "Baden-Baden" and "Up in the Air." MDLLE. THERESA, TIIE POPULAR OPEN-AIR SINGER OF PARlS.—According to the Temps, the following tempt ing offer has been made by M. Paul Dupont, the manager of the Alcazar, of Marseilles, to Mdlle. Theresa, the now celebrated diva of Paris :-20,000f. (£800) for her services for one month, or £4O per night, travelling and hotel ex penses in the first hotel in Marseilles to be paid ; a carriage and pair, with livery servants, during her stay ; illumina tions in the hotel on the evening of her arrival ; a sere nade with torches ; an official reception at the railway ter minus and grand saloon of the hotel by the manager and staff of the Marseilles Alcazar ; an entry into the city in a caleche drawn by four horses, which will be announced beforehand by special quiches ; a grand dinner the day after her arrival ; the Alcazar to be brilliantly illuminated and decorated during her stay, and 200 seats to be reserved for the elite of Marseillaise society. Tempting as this offer is, Mdlle. Theresa has declined it, and the Temps asks, " What more does she require—a salvo of 21 guns, the National Guard drawn up to receive her, and the keys of the city presented to her on a silver dish ?" ""FIRR AT THE OLD JUSTICE TAVERN, SOUTHWARK. —These premises took fire this morning about 4 o'clock, when the inmates were in bed, and Mr. Barnes (the land lord) succeeded in saving his infant, and the escape men afterwards rescued Mrs. Barnes and a female servant and barman, who had been nearly stifled by the smoke. The lower portion of the house, which was almost entirely destroyed, contained a valuable collection of pictures, vases of artificial flowers, aquariums with gold and silver fish, &c., and the loss must be considerable. A fire took place also at a, glass merchant's in Church street, Edgware road, but was confined to the shop. The amount of gold taken into the bullion department of the Bank of England yesterday was £6,000. THIRD EDITION. • SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken) 11 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (offered) 13 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 16 to 1 agst Czar (taken) 25 to 1 agst La Valasso (taken) 30 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 30 to 1 agst Pepper's Ghost (taken) 33 to 1 agst Redmire (taken) 33 to 1 agst Gladiator (taken) G 6 to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) 100 to 1 agst Merry Hart (taken) CHESTER CUP. 13 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (offered) 14 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 100 to 6 agst Baragah (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Saladin (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Gong (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Surney (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Redcap (taken) 30 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 6to 5 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 10 to 1 aget Janitor (offered) 50 to 1 agst Student (offered) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Rustic (taken) 30 to 1 agst Student (offered) MANCHESTER BETTING-THIS DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN, 9to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 10 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Czar (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst Dalby (taken) 100 to 7 agst Baragah (taken) 100 to 6 agst Harry Brailsford (taken) 18 to 1 agst Redcap (taken) 20 to 1 agst Saladin (taken) 20 to 1 agst Surney (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sandal (taken) 25 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 11 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) YORK STEEPLECIIASE MEETING. 'WEDNESDAY, April 4. Weights for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; winners extra. About four miles. Age st lb Omen ... 5 10 10 Ravenswood 6 10 10 Fly by Night (h alO 7 Trepan ... alO 7 Harbinger ... ... 6 10 7 Mischief (103) ... 510 4 Arsenal ... 510 4 Foresight 6 10 4 Ago st lb Creole a 12 7 Elsham ... 6 12 0 Vienna 11 7 The Pet (h b) ... 611 1 ' Siva ... 5 11 1 Greenland 5 10 13 The Beau ... 6 10 13 Multum inyarvo... a 10 13 Turnus g—Emma 6 10 13 Weights published March 26, at noon. CROYDON SPRING STEEPLECHASES. Weights for the Surrey Open Handicap Steeplechase of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 2 only if declared this day (Tues day), March 27, with 200 sovs added. About three miles and a half. 31 subs. Age st lb Alcibiade ... 6 12 7 Cortolvin a 12 4 Emblematic a 12 4 Hall Court... a 12 0 Penarth a 11 13 Marble Hill ... a 11 10 Doubloon a 11 6 Bridegroom a 11 5 Old Oswestry ... 6 11 4 Hornet ... 6 11 4 Accident ... 6 11 4 Elsham ... a 11 2 Reporter ... a 11 2 Creole a 11 2 Merrimac ... a 10 12 Ibex ... 6 10 10 Age st lb Church Militant a 10 10 Innellan...6lo 7 Knave of Tiumps... 610 7 Globule a 10 5 Bristles 5 10 5 Gamecock a 10 4 Ivanhoff a 10 4 The Doctor ... 5 10 2 Oscar ... 6 10 2 Rhodotnontade a 10 0 Marengo ... a 10 0 Woodbine ... ... 5 10 0 Errand Boy ... alO 0 Ace of Trumps ... a 10 0 Overton ~. a 10 0 THE GREAT RACQUET MATCH. THIS AFTERNOON. CAMBRIDGE v. OXFORD. The annual great double University Racquet Match took place this afternoon, at Prince's Club, Hans-place, Chelsea. The event drew together a large attendance of visitors. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was present, and the gallery, which commanded a fine view of the exciting game, was crowded to excess by the chief members of the club. The champions selected to contend fer the honour of victory were Messrs. Maitland and Phipps of Christ Church for Oxford, and Mr. Warner of Trinity and Mr. Knight Bruce of Trinity Hall for Cambridge. The game was to be the best of seven rubbers, and at about half-past two the former gentlemen entered the court amidst the cheers of the visitors. The Oxford men wore their white Guernsey trimmed with dark blue, whilst those of Cambridge of course doned the light blue, which, as the result will show, turned out the winning colour. The first game was rapidly and well played, and was won by Cambridge-15 to 7. The se cond also fell to Cambridge-15 to 6. At this point the cheers of the light blue party was enthu siastic, as it seemed to portend that Cambridge was going to sweep off the laurels in quick and speedy fashion. The third game, however, fell to Oxford-15 to 10 ; and this circumstance gave energy and spirit to the dark blue champions as they went in " with a will," for the next game was called 14 all set to 3, which Oxford went in and won. The fifth game was then commenced amidst a great deal of doubt and anxiety ; both Universities stood equal. This feeling was intensified by the fact that when the game was called the result was 13 all set to 5, which Oxford went in and got. The dark blue party were jubilant, but the sixth game added fresh interest to the match, as it ended in favour of Cambridge-15 to 3. Thus it stood three to Oxford and three to Cambridge ; and when the champions went in for the last and win ning rubber the greatest excitement and interest prevailed. Every point was watched with the utmost interest ; as the score rose so did the excite ment, and when 10-11 was called, Warner went in in the most determined and vigorous manner, and won the game " right off the reel," and thus Cam bridge was placed in a majority—the score standing Cambridge, 4 ; Oxford, 3. The game was well contested throughout, but it could not be said that any fine play was exhibited during the contest. The style was not that of the Dyke year, and although now and then a fine hit was made, there was too much " wood" heard to be either stylish or satisfactory. The Cambridge victors, notwithstanding this, were hailed with loud cheers, and the light blue party seemed quite satisfied with the result of the arduous contest of the day. AMERICA. (31: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. (Via Crook.haven.)• N EW YORE, M a rch 17. It is reported that 40,000 coloured troops, at pre. sent stationed in the South, will be mustered out during the next two weeks. COM NIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Gold, 1301. Exchange on Loudon, 1401 ; ditto Paris, 4 11. Stocks firm and active. New York Centrals, 924 ; Illinois, 118 ; Erie, 838 ; 5-20 Bonds, 1031. C o tt on d u ll . Middling Upland, 40c. Flour and wheat declin ing. Corn steady. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar dull. Molasses limited demand. Petroleum, crude, 251 c., heavy ; refined, 40c. The receipts of cotton at New York since the Ist March amounb to 28,000 bales. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. SUEZ, MARC" 27. The Malta, from Bombay, arrived here at 2 a.m. to-day. The Sutton, from Mauritius, arrivOl at 7 p.m. on the 24th inst. BOMBAY HEAVY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, MARcu 25. The Poona leaves at 8 p.m. on the 25th. She may be expected at Southampton on the 30th. OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The Massilia, from Southampton on the 20th Lint., reached Gibraltar on the 26th, at 7 a.m., and [eaves at 11 a.m. for Alexandria. All well. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. LORD CIIAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MARCH 27. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thursday next, the 29th inst., for her late Majesty Queen Marie Amelia (widow of his late Majesty King Louis Philippe), viz.:—The ladies to wear black dresses, white gloves, black or white shoes, feathers, and fans, pearls, diamonds, or plain gold or silver ornaments. The gentlemen to wear black Court dress, with black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the sth of April next, viz.:—The ladies to wear black dresses, with coloured ribbons, flowers, feathers, and ornaments, or grey or white dresses, with black ribbons, flowers, feathers, and ornaments. The gentlemen to continue the same mourn ing. And on Sunday, the Bth of April next, the Court to go out of mourning. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 24. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated on Saturday, the 26th of May next. SYDNEY, Lord Chamberlain. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAUCH 21. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Francis Grant, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of Arts. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Benja min Morgan Cowie, 8.D., one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, to be an Honorary Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 24. The Queen has been' pleased to appoint Rear-Admiral Charles George Edward Patey to be Administrator of the Government of the Settlement of Lagos, on the Western Coast of Africa. MARCH 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Bruce Lockhart Burnside, Esq., to be a member of the Executive Council, and Augustus Adderley, Esq., to be a member of the Le gislative Council, of the Bahama Islands. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Edward Everard Rushworth, EsT, D.C.L., to be Government Se cretary and Secretary to the Court of Policy and Com bined Court forthe Colony of British Guiana. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 24. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR LIAMENT.—County of Louth—The Right Hon. Chichester Samuel Fortescue, Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. County of Worcester, Western Division— Wm. Edward Dowdeswell, Esq., in the room of the Hon. Frederick Lygon (now Earl Beauchamp), called to the House of Peers. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 23. Commander Frederick Cannon has been this day pro moted to the rank of Retired Captain, under the provisions of the Orders in Council of 186 0 and 1861. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 11 12 2 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 52 15 571 Brussels Hamburg Paris Ditto 3 Month.. 25 471 25 55 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 121 1211 Vienna. — 10 80 11 85 Trieste — 10 80 11 85 Petersburgh - 291- 291 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 25 62 25 67f i Naples — 25 629 24 671 MARKETS.—This Day. HAY SMITnPIELD.—Moadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; mover .£5 5s to #6 12s 6d ; and straw ' £1 18s to £2 4s per load Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs Od; clover £5 5s to .£6 12s 6d ; and straw, .£2 Os to .£2 58 per load. A. active demand. , WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; Clover, £5 Ss to £6 12s 6d; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business remains very quiet, and prices generally are unaltered. SuGmt.—The market continues dull, and the few trans actions entered into have been at previous rates. In the refined market there is little change of importance to report. COFFEE. —There has been only a moderate amount of business negotiated, but superior qualities of both planta tion and native Ceylon command fully former rates. RICE.—A very limited business has been reported owing to the high rates demanded by holders. TlLLow.—This market has been much agitated of late, an advance being paid of 2s per cwt on the previous Mon day's rates, which gave place subsequently to a decline of 2s Gd par cwt from the highest point. The market became more steady at the close of the week, and to-day quotations aro 50s Gd on the spot. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. a. d. . 8. d. Hastings Hartley l6 3 Hetton Lyons l6 0 North Moor Pelton South Hetton Gas l4 0 Caradoc l9 3 Eden Main Brancepetb. Cannel ~. 18 0 Hough Hall lB 9 N. Staffordshire Braddyell's Hetton.... 18 6 South Kelloe Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Tees Walla End Hatton ... 20 0 Ships at market, 40 ; sold, 81. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORTIIAMPTON—MARcH 24. There was a tolerable show of wheat at our corn market to-day, the supply consisting of white and red sorts. Buyers purchased slowly, and rates were rather easier. Barley was in request, and a tolerable share of business was done. A small supply of oats, which met a ready sale at quite former terms. For beans extreme prices were ob tained. New white wheat, 43s to 48s ; now red, 40s to 46s ; old white, 48s to 53s ; old red, 13s to 47s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 405 to 44s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 42s per 30 stone. Oats, old, Ns to 31s ; new, 20s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 408 to 44s per 88 stone. Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. CHELMSFORD• Notwithstanding there was its condition better than it samples sustained a reduction on last week, with a very li Spring corn of all descriptions Wheat, old white.... 455 52s new ,•435 sls old red ..... .39s 455 I 1 -11ARcR 23. a large supply of wheat, and has been of late, the best of is and inferior 2s per qr. baited amount of business. s remains firm at late tides. Peas, Partridge 38s 39s White ....29s 31s 375 415 Dun.. ....... 333 355 ditto, new —s --s Beans, Tick, old 35s 40s new 35s 39s Harrow Ticks.3Bs 42s new 365 40s Mangan 34s :.iit new. - 36 8 45a Barley. 2ss 33a Chevalier 28a 415 Grinding 255 30s Malt 58a 60s Chevalier 608 02a Oats .. ... 2.4 20s COLCHESTER—MA.Rcu 24. Wheat, white ........ 401 84s Beans, Mazafan......321 961 red .......... 38 6 48 e Middle an innall-84 s 40s Barley . 2 ey 40e Peas, awrhey.... . white ..........a 1121 oitt GRANTITAM—MA.nat 24. Old white wheat, 52s to 54e; old red, 48s to 50s ; new white, 50s to 52s ; new red, 44;t0 47s per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, 348 to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 334 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 288 to 825; new, 25s to 308 per 21 stone. Beans, old, 4778 to 495; new, 43s to 45s per 38 atone. Peas, 388 to 40 8 per 56 stone. LBERDEEN—MARcit 13. samp l e s shown. Oats are Gd up, otherw* • Th e re was but a small attendance at market to-day, and not many re main the sam e • ise prices White w heat 4os Od to 48s Od Bed wheat 40s Od to 15s Odf vl=lll bushel. P oats 24s 6d to 25 s 6d Cootato mm on oats 9 4S Od to 24a 64 4 0th 11 bushel. Bere 30s Od t o 31 6 Od bushel. Barley 31s Od to 32 s Od 531 b Oatmeal 1 7s Gd to 18 s Gd if) b o ll of 1 40 th. Flour, find 3 7s Od to 38 s Od 1/3 sac k of 280rb. _ HEAVY COTTON ------Th the port of New Y°VEMENTS. e . valued at 41 duringthe ending Tuesday, reached reached the unusual ' y 7 442 bales, valued at cotton from 63,678,371, or equal tociauboanuttittwoof j,hundred and eleven dol lars per bale, v 2,462,459, to the single port of Liverpool. Included in the exports were 12,039 bales, Thus far in the current cotton year, commencing with Sept. 1, 1865, the exports of the staple from this port have been 291,287 bales, which represent a currency value of nearly sixty-ono and a half million dollars. The re ceipts of cotton at the port, from all sources, since Sep tember 1, 1865, have been 616,105 bales, worth about one hundred and twenty-nine million dollars. Thus the average wee kly exports from the port this season have been about 10,800 bales, against the average weekly re ceipts at the port of a trifle over 22,800 bales. The esti mated stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared at this port is about 250,000 bales, or equal to a currency value of fifty-two and three-quarter million dols.—New York Times, March 10. _- - - GENERAL LEE'S PROPERTY.—Arlington Heights still remain in possession of the Government, but it is said that the wife of General Lee has recently written to a friend that she intends to return there, even if she " is obliged to live in the black quarters." This is indicative of the strength of her determination to reassert what she considers the rights of herself and her husband to this historic property ; ' but among the obstacles she will have to encounter is the fact that twelve thousand Union soldiers have been buried upon its sod. tr. L