The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-06 00:00:00

tou eil • °4 d )fi.et'sof e s ' oc ett e ti t rooll IST ONLY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. aThe discount market continues in an active and Y st ate. The capital on offer is more than suffi tit for present purposes either trading or specula be:e, and the rates remain at 4 per cent. for the ceh t b ills, with exceptional transactions at 41 p er There is no doubt but that much of th e p a p er :‘,/7 , , in b eing put into circulation was kept back last anticipation of cheaper money. th h e account s f rom th e manu f ac t ur i ng di s t r i c t s f or e Past week have in several instances been of an unsati sfactory c h arac t er . At M anc h es t er pr i ces b i ?th cloth s an d yarns h ave exper i enced a decided d il ne, consequent upon the late advices from am eri ca• The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, la H uddersfield, has been dull, o fling to the ij unf avourable weatherhaving checked operations T s p ri ng goods. The hosiery and lace trades of L eicester and Nottingham have shown symptoms l io r ri ee °very from their late depression, while in the Care districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and ;„ v erhampton, th ere h as b een little change of -"rPertance to report. te t h e report of th e M erc h an t B an ki ng C ompany 6 °llllll ends a dividend of £1 p er s h are , a b sor bi ng 0 8 ' 1 ' A °09 , and making, with th e di s t r ib u ti on o f in June, an aggregate at the rate of about b e per Cent. per annum. The sum of £lO.OOO is to pe Placed to reserve and £l,OOO to preliminary ex -11,,,5e5, lea v i ng £5 , 13 9 to b e carr i ed forward. to tie second ordinary general meeting was held 1 1 -44 Y of th e s h are h o ld ers o f th e E uropean B an k . e report recommended that a dividend of 7s. 6d. Q lare be declared, being at the rate of 7 pe r 4 1 ) 14 ' Per annum on the mean capital, which w ill d i : °ll3 £14,074 17s. 6d. ; out of the remainder the flineetors propose to carry £lO,OOO to the reserve Slid the balance to profit and loss newaccount. Two O'CLOCK. 4 e t Paris, this day, acco r di n g t o M r . Re u t er ' s 7 0 81 :aln. the French 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. j he English Stock M ar ket has experienced further tevt vreeiation to-day, the funds having receded f per h ost The English department appears to be the : 1 7 Inactive the business negotiated being very t o i; te d, and ;ales forming the principal part. Con -414 are depressed and are quoted 88.1 1 for money, aa d for the April account. The New Threes 10 3 R educed Annuities are 878 ; India 5 per Cents. z e i h lo4 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101, and equer Bills 4s. to 7s. prem. o,„• % I vigil Securities are, with one or two excep -4.', tol erably firm, but there has been very little 7 111eS8 . Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 cl °. :Consolidds, 531 8 ; Mexican, 26/ ; do. i; 25 i 4 ; Greek, 201 218; Spanish Passive, 32/ 18 1 Certificates, 16/ 161 ; Italian, 644; do. New, • ; and the Confederate Loan, 40 42. tit Railway Share Market business has con inactive, and prices in some instances ex s, les s firmness. G rea t E as t ern h ave d ec li ne d li o ; and G rea t N ort h A Stock, Metropolitan, and 1 , 0 2 1 Staffo r d, eac h 10 s . ; w hil e L ancas hi re an d t a : t e, and No r th E as tern (B erw i c k), an d S ou th e lsil have each improved ss. an , t he For e i gn an d C o l on i a l un d erta ki ngs t h ere i l L ' e en little c h ange o f i mpor t ance . 4 411 k and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit no ma flat',,H a lteration, as prices declined. Alliance are 17 1 4 3 38 ; London Joint Stock are dealt in at ; Union of Australia at 54/ ; and London keial 21 1 • West London Dock shares are ~letb ote , at 4 - , 1-1 prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, / prem. ; Va,,`°Politan. District Railway, 41 5/ prem. ; and a Railway, 21 1 prem. B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . ov ti , 4 o r . 4 cr on N s T oi F s UNDS. 881 li k t 0 ceount, Mar. 9 BBi count, - rely , l'lt. R e d uced B7 - 1 - 7 ki tiv 4'il3er Cent B7l 7 4 1:1 0. !Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — kloi l i t • Per Cent. Jan. 1873 Do f ie ; 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 kuo qt :a ( ) yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , kel le , „ q Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — vileer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent o. s g "bo. £5OO 7 -A o f ~., £lOO and £2OO 1x41,4 E ngland Stock, 5 1 pe r C en t 246 ik, s, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Do A ' ° Ck, 101 per Cent., April 1874 ' uo, i' e cunt 13 0. Per Cent. July, 1870 1 1 0, , I c eount Per Cent., Oct. 1888 D o. t„ltiEzates — 4, 0, 5 'laced Paper 4 per Cent — 0 s ,Per C en t ., Jan. 1872; bo.i . Per Cent., May 1879 — Do, B o er Cent., Aug. 1866 — o, , 1,1 13, £l,OOO — t 'der £l,OOO 4 POD e'ttri lt - ,,, EIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 tib: l3 onds„ 5 per Cent N 4 6 per Cent t il Per Cent., 1852-58-60 ' l ett (2 '• D °' A 1863 f — k 9 / ,_Yres 6 per Cent — b l 4.4er Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) (t,o 41 Per Cent — (3,1,c0bb Per Cent BO l 6' 4 2 1 r 6 Per Cent. Do) 0,,,e Cent. D k r e ,,, r Cent, 1864 — b°Nib 3 "P, £55 paid ~ 6 p e r Cent , 1825 — b44Jo.6Ppeer Cent. , ' 1864 9B 1; 11 44 4 1 Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — k, 0.€26 P rincipalities t i klo r ic' 3l I dis t7ti' • , p : Frew itie,4"4l'isional Land Warrant — 01 , i per Cent 94 51 ' )0 " e ° ll d I 95 t io „ ,_ ssue „u Lionds Do ue. 95 4 I I (i i ,b l e e 'iP, £sb paid lB" Ot gaunt b o 4,Per C en t s., 1824-5, ex Coupons 0. '° ll nt G h ? A °u Pens , r o tat o -Q aia °ll4t — tii i : 188 3 6 per Cent. lin 6 ~,,1 111 d 850 — b ° 18 6 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 681 ° • cri. 4 —dis ijie ttl , ,P, £lO paid 0 . A e u Per Cent. l io B c e ° l lnt ~l) t) D e , r , 1864 2sf q 1 h ° , P r ,- ‘,.. ent. Anglo-French — Pl,''Ne e eu Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis qe * Nsli 12 11 5 per Cent., £3O paid 1 , ,, o qt oll 'iPerial 5 per Cent ~ ad tt bDq r Cent — l 'e° Lap, °t red oy , 14 4 4 W arrants (Hectares) Do a 1 ,, r 1 Per Cent. c D o il p er eta. (Uribarren) — t rt • k ee Cent., 1862 1 ,I :8 4 ,2 1 11A D o At, — 3 Per Cent., 1853 j" a per ii,°.Ac t Cent. 1856 , '7 , '9 , '6O , '62 , '3 , I)o4btttieireilt 7 1 p e Per Cent., 1822, £ St., ' Cent., 1850 Do 3 per 1860 D g r 0 / I - D e , ,ent., 1859 kt t i• ' ' , eat., 1862 b ' 4 4), 1864 8 0. 4 5 p h ,„ A oe Per Cent — Il e il 8 ° lllat 1) Ac e Per Cent — b, Ist, Ntt .. tilt / v. bee.rx... .............. .. 000000000000000 41 Vo A %o re 1 erred kritec,eol i b eb hh oe llit 32* 1 , t'''e 4 eco,_"' of Coup not funded - - Ittleh 4 't D „ IL 6 p er e ea ........... Do Ac,, Per Cent 1854 — Do e 1 ,:ullt • A,t,Qt neat: ...... _-- •d tlB o . . 61 70/ 70 b o 6 p e , ki r , ns .. ....................... 741 D Ate.; '''eAt• 1862 13 ° ' ‘tl o 114 t . 721 1-1- h o 0 to::,, ro 1- , ,,Per e I ' l 'S /21 N 'llat e ' ll . 1863 D o 'llei y al lteed, 4 . — b An 3 per Cent 0 a Der e p er "6 e°ll rit ellt " 1-2 ... jk ce ......................... 14 4 ht • bi v i, 1 ' 1 .'1864 4l ,i 'l4ll, ''end , i klat i 6 t ie , !' on the above payable in London. Doh 4 1, h ., c, Ex. 10 Florins Ir,o N';.'6_ cent Ex. 25f. I ii ll 'll I'4 , cenb'at., Ex. 12 Guil -- V. A nt e , , , Certili.....tes — Don s eeo uilt ' Per Cent. — o, A Per ee c eeou at li t, 1 8ei, ' Ex. i ' si. b,, k THREE O'CLOCK. tp„,„_.................________::::=0u..t 88981 ii b - o; 4 ,eff i t e ,Y .. ... u 41 isTALce tib, 'Jut Cotton Market—This Dar t k th 4 01, 43 R ra,t"' er feeling prevails to-d a y, an d Sa tllll)(34e•s' Sinsso,in instanees, have been ini ale 5,000 bales or more. SHARE MARKETS—This day, ORDINARY BHA.RES AND STOCKS. 91 93 1311 1321 6 66 68 16 17 87 89 107 I 9 451 46; 7 8 t27i 128 i 110} 141 LI 3 103 10 1 , , 0 10 100 83 90 73i ;3 49 5' 46 49 02 tot 1131 114 83 10' 104 37 78 116 116. 95} 96, , 31 118 1:9 131 1 } 161 JA2 5i 53 z 5 16 104 10, 100 1(1.13 4 10J 1(0 100 all 63 65 9) 100 3S 39i 1' 12:p Vi 10p 118 rA , 116 1z 1 1!1) 18 7J 11i 1111 133 142 44 46 (.9 GI 5i 5i 85 50 9 1 160 165 3} 4tp 109 111 461 i 123 1411 401 117 k ft 75 78 107 i 1 991 7 1 7/ 58 74 8:;4 4 Paid./ Closing I Business Price. done. Share/ Railways. 13.1 st et et 50 20 Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do, A gets no div. B till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & a b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. %V( stern Great Eastern, Ord. st k. Do. E. Angl. st No. 'I Great Nort h of Scotland Great Norther) D A stock Do. B o Do. few, Is. at 25 pm Gt 8, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Orijnal 1) . S. gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. 511 d.— Ox:ord Do. Newpo t Do. Be e s- ford ........ Lane •shire &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon., 8ri 4 11.,& S Coast Lon., ( hat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle DO:* shares 3letropolitan Do. New 311 d and ... Do, Mullin . & Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 4 shares Kent No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N'E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. CarliAe ..... Po. :7:tock. & Darling., De. d 1855-'8 Do. do. 180-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1814 worth Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish 0, ntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock I 0. Scot, 11 id. st ick shrews k \Velchpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern lAtalnes, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny %Vest Cornw ill IV. II ars lepool Har.&K Do. A Irredeemable Do. A redeemab! e BRITIS II l', Atlantic et St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent Do. shares Buffalo & Lake Boron Do. Preference Buft,Brant, & Goderich 6p c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta 45 8. E., Rm a e Town & Dock, gu Demera. a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben4al, gu ' 5 Co East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunk ot Canadg Do. Equip. Mort, Bond -1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Prof. Bonds Do. do. deferred D 0..? d Pref. stock Do. do. defer red Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gee. sp.c 'O. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. C Gt. South of India (tint; gua. 5 per cent D 4,1 per cent Do Great W, s. of Canada.. D.'. New Do. 6 p. c. Bel& pay 1873 Ito. 5, do. pay. 1877-8 fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i, do Do. Filth Extension felb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's tia? New Brunswick & Can Class A and B NT. it I.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde ...... Do. Delhi Do. do g. Do. Punaub Lc, Do.lndus St Flo " ISIONS. 55 67 100 101 id 41 6 ri 9J 74 73 97 99 75 85 li 0 102 09 100 100 101 17A 18 91 66 68 56 68 60 62 53 65 50 53 46 48 25 27 24 26 10) 101 ;d i p *d t p 93 100 8 9 123 12(1 8% c. O 77 tO d 99.1 100. 9: 94 88 9J 82 64 3 5 82 84 98 100 9: 100 VI id v 8 1 94 97 IT SECUR 91 92 00 92 93 91 74 80 78 80 103 106 105 107 106 108 101 106 1(2 lot 108 110 :02 111 104 108 1(8 109 105 107 90 93 98 100 1;2 91 90 91 101 108 87 90 92 9; 102 104 105 107 107 i 104 INES. COLONIAL GOVERNMEN British Columbia, (1 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-t4 Do 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed ek Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1680-1 Do. do: 1 , 90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1832, May 5, Nov.: Natal qov. 6 per cent N.B.Gcv 6 p.c.Ja.&, July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •0.,1866 Do. 6 p.c. 18 1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18 , 8-:' Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.o. & July Do. do, r prig & Oct BRITI Cam Consol. bold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake wal I s East Bassett (Illogan).• East Cara ton ass Carn Brea East Grenville East Love,l E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam & StAubyn(G;ven. Gnat L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist .1, Grenvil.e Herod's Foot .... Hingston .Downs Margaret ,Uny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, lin, Nangiles New Se ton North Downs.... North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (I Rogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence UnyL'lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogul Stray Park Tin Croft West I assett (ILozan W. Caradon I L skeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth vvitea Ludcutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (l.is Wheal • • eREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Es., No. 1, 1041 Great Eastern, E. Anglian, No. 1 stock 5 per cent., 102 Great \ orthern, 41 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 991 Great 'Western, 4 per cent. irrcd S 6, I'REFEV,ENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pr., Ditto, new per cent pf., 941 London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2d pf.. 70} London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Gxt., C 6 per cent., 701 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 104 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 212 i Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 54 FOREJ GN ttAILWAYS. ntwerp and 'Rotterdam 10 Bahia and San Francisco ,li.n.) Qua. 7 per cent., 151 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, `.2 FOREIGN MIN ES. Australian, Yudanaulutana of 5. Australia, lira., 2 &Mimeo (11m.). 331 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd., 181 Bank of Queensland lina, 214 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 311 Chartered ter. of India. London, and China, 511 Colonial, lirn., 421 East London, Lim.; 6 European Bank, lim.. 143 Imperial Ottoman, 171 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 91 London Chartered Bank of Australia, al London and County, 741 London Joint Stock, 471 7 London and South African, 22 London and 11 estminster, 95 Merchant Bank, lim :331 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lint, 191 South E4stern, lim. ' 101 Union of A ustralia, 531 4; 4 Union of London, 04 3 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 66j 7i 7 MISCEL LA N EOUS. Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, lim., 323 Bou bay Gas, Um., rf Ditto, new, 3,1 1 1 British Indian Tea, lien.. 121 City of London Real Property, lim, 2 1 City of Milan Improvements, lira., 9 City Offices, Um_ 54 Coromercial Union, Insurance, Ef 9 Credit Fonder and Mobilicr of ltngland, 9 East India Irrigation and Canal. 61 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., It Electric Telegraph, 1131 14 Gellivera, lim., 4 Gen. Credit and Finance of Londo n . lim.. (11 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., International Financial -ociety, Urn., 61 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 81 London Financial Association, lim., 214 Lon 01 a; d Provincial Marine, 3 Milwall Iron Works, 5 :National Pi: count. Company, Urn., 14, Oriental Financial, lim., 7f Oriental Inland Steam, 21 Royal Mail Steam, 9.1 Scottish Australian Investment, Bro., 121 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 31 Telegrat h t onstruc. and Maintenance, Jim., St Universal Marine. Insurance, Bin., 5i 'OSSE; :Sil M 7.8:3 8.13 4.18.0 94 4.3.0 321 1.10. 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.1 11 ,18.18 9 30.17.6 6 6 29 31 580 59 ; 3 21 1 14 15 6 6; 4 It 10 11 31 41 6 8 17 2i 34 25 21 3 , 1 26 31 4 6 8 41 5 1i Old 16 18 35 45 12 14 1 2 3 36 33 35 530 550 29 25 15 17 146 15; 7 8 7 1 86 GO fni 190 100 100 105 111 13 1 190 200 19 20 i 1 FRE SUN, LOADO: , i, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1565 MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. The demand for wheat in the country markets, held on Saturday, ruled inactive, but prices of all good and fine produce were steadily supported. For barley, the trade was quiet, on former terms. Oats, beans, and peas were steady. Flour was in fair average request, at late currencies. On the Continent, the wheat trade continues quiet; but the export demand for most descriptions of spring corn rules somewhat active. At New York, both wheat and flour have further advanced in price. Notwithstanding that the export demand is very limited. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were small. The imports from abroad amounted to 16,655 quarters of barley; 2,782 rye; 50 beans; 6,333 linseed ; 3,917 oil-seeds ; 4,970 maize ; 90 sundry seeds ; 275 sacks. and 1,000 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex were very moderate, but there was an increased supply of Kent produce on the stands. The total quantity of English wheat exhibited for sale, however, was small, whilst the general condition of the samples was but mid dling. There was a great want of activity in the demand for all qualities ; nevertheless, all good and fine dry samples steadily supported last Monday's currency. Inferior and damp produce changed hands at about previous rates. The supply of foreign wheat on sale was but moderate Both for American and Continental descriptions the trade was slow, yet no change took place in prices from Mon day last. . . . Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at about stationary prices. _ _ With English barley the market was but moderately supplied, but there was an extensive show of foreign pro duce on sale, for the most part of poor quality. Good and fine malting qualities met a slow sale at barely late rates; otherwise, the barley trade was dull at about previous quotations. The trade for malt was quiet, on former quotations. The supply of oats on the stands, ex granary, was mode rate. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, and last Monday's prices were with difficulty supported. No alte ration, however, can be made in the quotations. Beans were in short supply, yet the demand for them ruled inactive at late rates. For peas the market was steady owing to tho small supply on offer, and all descriptions commanded previous rates. In flour about an average business was transacted at previous quotations. The market was scantily supplied with barrels. cunitENcY PER IMP. MEASURE. Miest—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 38s to 115 Ditto, 186 k Ditto, white, 1863 415 45$ Ditto, 1864 !Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 Rye— Barley—Grinding 228 258 Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 548 6113 Brown Kingstown and Ware s4s £lB Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh - ., Feeding l9B 233 Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBB 233 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding l7s 223 Beans—Tick" 3ls 333 Pigeons, Peas—Grey. .. 'i3s 36s Maple White 363 383 Boilers 34s 378 Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 303 Stockton and Norfolk...» ....... American, per barrel 2ls 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a large supply of foreign beasts on offer here to-day. A portion of it was derived from Belgium, Hun gary, Switzerland, Holstein, and Normandy. Some of the French beasts were in prime condition, and disposed of at high rates. The show of foreign sheep and calves was only moderate. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were by no means extensive, and the quality of most breeds was only middling. From Scotland the re ceipts were remarkably good. The show from Ireland was inferior. The beef trade was somewhat heavy, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last of 2d per 81bs. A few very inferior Scots and crosses sold at 5s 4d ; but the general top figure did not exceed 5s 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, wo received 1,900 Scots, crosses, &c. ; from other parts of England, 700 various breeds ; from Scotland 260 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 110 oxen and heifers. The supply of English sheep was on the increase. About a moiety of it was out of the wool. Good and prime Downs and half breds moved off freely, at very full prices —the top quotations being 6s 4d to 6s 6d per 81b. Other wise the mutton trade was heavy, at 2d per 81bs less money. Clipped Downs realised 5s 2d to 5s 4d, and clipped Lincolns, 4s 8d to 5s per 81bs. Lambs were in fair average supply, and sluggish request, at from 6s to 6s 8d per 81bs. Calves moved off slowly, at late rates, viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 8d per Blbs. The demand for pigs was steady, at full currencies. Per 81b to sink the offal. a ds d s ds d Crse. dr inf. beasts... 3 6 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 2 second quality do ..1 2 4 6 Prime s'thaown uo 6 4 6 6 Prime largo oxen ..4 s 4 JO La ge coarse ealves.4 6 5 2 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Pr,me small do . 5 4 5 8 Crse. and inf. sueep.4 6 5 2 Large hugs 3 6 4 0 e,ond quality do ll 5 4 5 ..0s 8 Small porkers 421 10 ambs.. Od to 0, Od. EuAling calves, 198 to 218; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 2Gs each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Besets 4,250 Beasts . . C. ws. — Cows. sheep .... .. Calves 174 Ca ves 163 Pigs 370 Pigs lOO The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted tos,46shead. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 6,539 ; in 1863, 3,961; in 1862, 1,398; in 1861, 1,964 ; and in 1860, 3,570 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK Beasts. SEEDS, A moderate amount of business has been transacted in clover seed, and Into prices are fully supported. Canary seed is dull on former terms. Most other agricultural seeds are in limited request at previous currencies. The trade for East India linseed and rapeseed is far from active, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. Cakes are dull, but not cheaper. Curnip, White,p.bus.2(s to 22s Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown —s —s White s Tares, Spring.. ... • s 6 New winter, bush Os lOs ()hoary, per quarter 4ls 503 Rye grass ..... 2is 283 Clover, Red Eng - ., et. e 23 12')s White Foreign Red 513 ?Us White sss 80s Trefoil .... 353 4SB Carraway 33s 33s Coriander :2s 248 II ernpseed, per qr 4os 43s Linseed, Eng.sowing 708 7.s Crushing Baltic — 9 —s Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s s English £lo Os .£ll es Foreign lO3 £ll Os Rape Cakes,p ton £5 Os £slos Rapeseed, new;pr qr 71s 78s TAL 'LOW. Scarcely any change has taken place in tha value of tal low to-day. On the whole, the market, though by no means active, is steady. p.y.a. is quoted at 40s 6d per cwt on the spot. Town tallow commands 41s 3d net cash. Rough fat is selling at 2s lid per Sib. Particulars. 1851. 186; 18('3. 1 1864, Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery lastwcek Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 71.84 • 43.619 59,61 :o 46s 9d 10 6 60d —sod 8 3 1,t1f6 66,232 1(0,083 1,635 2,4 5 11 ,, ,9b5 16.071 GOs 3d 45s 9d 45.70 113894 to - 6 0.1 ( 57 . 049 41801 'so —8 Od 18(5, .. -- 41.438 i4Or Od tO 1 -8 Od 911 •,152 1,489 65,952 61,374 7 ~ 336 1,132 373 1,051 73,462 BO 576 74,753 45s 9d 43s Ud 43s 9d POLICE INTEL LIGENCE, This Day. ... —_ BOW-STREET. ROBBERY AT A PRINTING - OFFICE.--JaMeS Lapierre was placed before Mr. Vaughan, charged with stealing a quan tity of type, the property of Messrs. Hurst and Clayton. It will be recollected that the prisoner on the last exami nation went to Mr. Macallum's printing-office, in Roll's buildings, and there offered a quantity of type, about 601bs, for sale. It was bought as old metal, and the prisoner, having received the money for it, went away. He returned again in a short time, and told Mr. Macallum that he had a lot more metal for sale, and produced a quantity of type in " pie," which, on Mr. Macallumexamining he dis covere d to b e S anscr i t and nearly new. This aroused his suspicion, and he told the prisoner to leave the metal and call again. He then communicated his suspicions that the type had been stolen to Inspector Avery, of the P. division of police, and an officer was put upon the prisoner's track. The prisoner in a short time returned to Mr. Macallum's office to give a fuller description of the type he was going to bring, when sergeant Ackrill, who was in waiting, apprehended him on a charge of stealing the property. The prisoner protested his innocence, and said he had been employed to sell the d t in typo by a man named Moss, who was i n Messrs. Hurst's employ. The prisoner, on thi s , was reman d e d till h s versiono- order that some inquiry might be made into o f t h e story. Sergeant Ackrill this morning said ho had some addi tional witnesses, and accordingly produced the following evidence : Moss (the:man from whom the prisoner said he'received the type), said he was a pressman in the employ of Messrs. Hurst and Clayton, printers; and that on Thursday, the day of the robbery, ho met the prisoner, who asked him how he was getting on and where he was at work. Ho told him he was at the old place, Clayton's, and by this time they got to the office. The prisoner followed him in, and, when there, said, " What a lot of typo you've got." I could sell some of it for you." He (witness) said, " For God's sake don't talk in that way, you must not do that." The prisoner, however, took no notice, and having picked up about 401bs. of it went away with it. In about a quarter of an hour he returned, and said he had sold the type for 7s. 6d., and he then handed over to him 3s. 6d. He never gave the type to the prisoner to sell, neither did he tell him he had received the typo in lieu of wages. Mr. Vaughan—Why did you not prevent the prisoner stealing the type ? Moss—lt was done so sudden, I didn't know what to do. He'd have sold the whole of the office if he had been loft alone. Mr. Vaughan—You say you saw him take up the typo and go away. How long after that did you remain in the office ? Moss—About an hour. Mr. Vaughan—Did you give information to any person that the prisoner had stolen the type ? Moss—No. Mr. Vaughan—Why not ? Moss—l knew I'd done wrong by receiving the money and I didn't like to say anything about it. Mr. Holmes, a printer employed at Messrs. Hurst's, said the witness Moss had been in the employ of the firm about sixteen months, and every confidence was placed in him . The type now in court, he was quite certain, was the pro perty of Messrs. Hurst. The prisoner, in his defence, said Moss met him on the Thursday in question and told him he had got a nice little lot of type to sell, which he had received in lieu of wages, and that if he could sell it he would pay him for his trouble. He told him it would be a great deal better to soil it to some working printer than to a rag shop, as he would get more for it. The prisoner then went to Mr. Macallum's and showed him the type, he said it was of no use except to melt down. He sold it to him for that pur pose. Mr. Holmes said there could be no truth in the assertion that the type was given in lieu of wages. He was certain such was not the fact. Mr. Vaughan committed tho prisoner for trial, but said he would admit him to bail if he could find responsible sureties. MAR LBOROUGH-STREET. TREE T WILFUL DAMAGE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S.—MichaeI Donovan, a chickweed vendor, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with wilfully breaking a pane of glass of the value of 305., the property -court-r o of Mr. Hodge, of the Rose and Crown, Tottenham ad. Mr. Hodge said that on Saturday night the prisoner, who for several Saturday nights past had been in the habit of annoying his customers, came into his house and was very abusive. He shoved the prisoner out, but as soon as he got outside, he, with a stick, deliberately broke a pane of embossed glass, of the value of 80s. Ho then sent for a constable, and gave the prisoner into custody. Evidence in corroboration of Mr. Hodge having been given, The prisoner said he was violently thrust out of the house, and he was hurt. It was explained to the magistrate that the little injury the prisoner had received was through his falling while on the way to tho station. Mr. Tyrwhitt said tho prisoner would have to pay 30s. the amount of damage, and a fine of 2s. 6d., or a month. Tho prisoner 7 Well, never mind ; it don't matter. CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—AIfred Hatton, of the Old King's Head, Bear-street, Leicester-square, was called upon to answer the complaint of the police for per mitting drunk and disorderly conduct in his house. The defendant did not appear, and the case was heard ex parte. Godwin, 206 C, proved that on the 18th ult. he went to the defendant's house at a quarter to four o'clock, and saw 12 men in front of the bar, most of them drunk and or a d n . d a Two men wore person drunk b fi eghhitni ndgthe i t b h a r t h a e n i r d fists n a g n d as s t l i a c n k d s, l stripped to their shirts to fight, and their shirts were nearly torn off. Sergeant Bason, 12 C, said that on being spoken to by the last witness he went into the parlour and saw several men drunk. He visited the house at a later hour and then saw several men there drunk, and making a great noise, singing; shouting, and stamping. The defendant was fined £5 and costs. WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBING AGAINST A RESPECTABLE MARRIED WOMAN.—Elizabeth Beach, a middle-aged wo man of very respectable appearance, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a table-cover. William Chase, shop-boy to Mr. Miles, pawnbroker, said that between nine and ten on Saturday evening he saw the prisoner take the table-cover from their door and walk away with it. He followed and tapped her on the shoulder, when she gave him up the table-cove; which was worth 9s. She immediately said she picked it up. Prisoner—l declare I did so. I was passing a shoe maker's next door to this pawnbroker's when I saw this table-cover rolled up as it is now on the ground. I took it up and placed it under my arm, great part of it being then exposed, so that anybody it belonged to might own it. This man tapped me on the shoulder, and on his saying the table-cover was his, I gave it to him. Mr. Selfe—Was the table-cover hanging up ? Witness—No, it was hung on a board at our door. Mr. Selfe—Was it fastened in any way ? Witness—No, it was not; it was lying with other goods of a miscellaneous description. Mr. Selfe—ls there anything known of the prisoner ? The Police—She is a very respectable married woman. Mr. W. Bolton, from 2, Wallow-street, Brompton, stepped forward and said, "She is a very honest, upright woman incapable of committing a felony. I have known her a, length of time. She is a married woman, with three young children." Mr. Belfe—Are they in any distress? Witness—Not the least. They have a nice house, well furnished, in John-street. I have trusted her with every thing in my place and never missed anything. The pawnbroker's shopman said his master did not wish to prosecute ; he only gave prisoner into custody because she persisted she had picked it up, when she had not, as it was not dirty. Mr. Selle—l don't think it at all probable a jury would convict, and as the prosecutor does not wish to proceed further, she is discharged. THAMES EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN A DWELLING HOUSE.—Louisa • Beere, a servant girl, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being concerned with her two sisters, Jane Deere and Mary Ann Birch, in stealing a large quantity of pro perty in the house of Mrs. Letitia Jane Goldsmith, No. 33 Trinity-square, Tower-hill, and also with stealing £lO lOs' in gold and three £5 Bank of England notes, the moneys of Mr. James Alexander, a merchant dwelling in the same house. Dunnaway, a detective police-sergeant, No. 11 H, said that Jane Beere, who had been in the service of Mrs. Goldsmith, and her sister Mrs. Birch, were remanded on Saturday by Mr. Cooke for a week. On Saturday night, in consequence of what the prisoner, Jane Beere, said to him after she was remanded, he went to the house, No. 138, Leadenhall-street, where the prisoner was at work. He said to her, your sister Jane told me to-day, at the time I was searching the room, that she handed to you a purse containing a £5 note and £4 10s. or £5 in gold, I don't know which. The prisoner denied this, but while on the way to the station-house she said my sister did give mo the purse. I threw it away in the corner of the room. She also said she wished to see her mother. The prisoner's mother was sent for, and she said in her daughter's presence that the purse had been de stroyed. He asked the prisoner what she meant by its being destroyed, and she said she threw it in the fire. He wont to No. 69, Banner-square, St. Luke's, where the prisoner had been living, and sifted the ashes. He could find no trace of the purse. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner until Saturday next. AN EXTRAORDINARY CAB FARE.—George Piper, a master butcher, whose wife, a respectable woman, carries on a busi ness which he has neglected in Cable-street, Whitechapel, was brought up on a warrant charged with refusing to pay 40s. to a cab-driver named George Jaques. The prisoner hired the complainant's cab at the end of January last, and drove him to various parts in Stepney and other places, for ten hours, finally setting him down at the Rising Sun public-house, Oxford-street, Stepney. Here the prisoner gave the cabman the slip, by escaping over the back wall. The complainant sought for the pri soner, in vain, and went home. He came to the conclusion he had been " bilked "of his fare. On the following day the prisoner again hailed Jaques in the street, made an excuse for leaving him on the previous night and said that he had just been to his master's yard in search of him. He again hired the complainant, who drove his faro over the same ground, finishing the job, as before, at the Rising Sun. The prisoner again made his escape, and the cab-driver never saw him again until he was in custody. A summons was originally applied for and served on the prisoner, to which he did not appear, and a warrant was then applied for, on which Piper was arrested by Howland, an officer of the court. The com plainant drove the prisoner in his cab 10 hours the first day and 11 hours on the second day, in all2l hours, but he had only charged 20 hours. The prisoner said he was unable to pay the cab-driver, and he was committed to the House of Correction for 21 days. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TAT TERSALL'S.---Th's Evening, LIVERPOOL STEEPECHASE. 7to 1 agst Arbury (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Emblematic (offered, take Bto 1) 10 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 100 to 7 agst Tony Lumpkin (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Lightheart (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Joe Maley (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Stanton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Princess Dagmar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dwarf (taken) 20 to 1 agst L'Africain (offered) 25 to 1 agst Meanwood (taken) 33 to 1 agst Merrimac (take 40 to 1) 100 to 1 agst Penarth (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 18 to 1 agst Peon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mcostissima filly (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Aekworth (taken) 14 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lion (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Liddington (taken) 9to 1 agst Zambezi (offered) 100 to 8 agst Chattanooga (taken) 20 to 1 agst Kcnnig (taken) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Liddington (taken) 9to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) u. to 1 agst Duke (taken) 100 to 6 agst Bedminster (offered) 20 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered—take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Rifle (taken) 33 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) 33 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) 40 to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken) 50 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 100 to 1 agst Black Draught (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIALYIENT -~-. HOUSE OF LORDS—THis EVENING. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—The Isle of Wight Ferry, Mumbles Railway and Pier, and Ventnor and Bonchurch Tramway. MILITARY HOSPITALS. Lord PANMURE called the attention of the house to the condition of the military hospitals at Netley and Woolwich, and asked the Secretary of State for War whether the vote of £6,000 is all that is intended to be ap plied to the erection of a landing place at Netley, and also whether the hospital at Woolwich is intended for a general military hospital, or only for the use of the garrison at Woolwich. The noble lord said it was out of no disrespect to the noble earl who now administered the military affairs of the Government or the Government itself that he brought forward the subject, but his sole intention was to ascertain whether something could not be done for the improvement of military hospitals, many of which were, he might almost say, in a most disgraceful condition. The Crimean war had led to many improve ments in military matters, and nearly at its close he suc cessfully carried out a plan for the erection of the large hospital at Netley, for the purpose of superseding the in conveniences that had long existed at Fort Pitt. It was intended to receive there the military invalids from abroad, when they wanted their discharge. Another of the ob jects in view was the establishment of an army medical school, which would be productive of the greatest amount of good, and a third object was that it should be conducted as a general hospital. The site of the hospital was extremely healthy, and lie did hope that something would be done to carry out on a sufficiently commodious scale the completion of the details of Netley. He had lately visited an enormous and gigantic building which was at present going on at Woolwich, and he was informed it was intended for a large hospital. The plan seemed to him to be highly objection able ; it was laid out in blocks for wards covered with glass, and in his opinion it would be absolute cruelty to place men in them. In their own case, when any of their lordships were afflicted with illness great care was taken to exclude from their chambers too much light ; but in the building of which he was now speaking the reverse appeared to be the case, and he could only denominate t he plan of construction as the glass and glare system. He should like to know, when the building was finished, to what purpose it was to be turned. Was it to be a general hospital ? if so, the means of access to it were altogether exceedingly inconvenient and badly placed. If it was intended only for regimental purposes then it was far beyond the wants required. He had visited the hospital at Hounslow, and although he found there a very excellent building, yet there the glass and glare principal was in full force, and curiously enough to show that the objections were well founded, he discovered the whole of the lower windows of the wards were painted dark green, to exclude the very light, which so much pains and expense had been incurred to admit. The gas fittings were of expensive design and pattern, and some notion of the glass globes of the gas fittings might be imagined when a poor unfortunate sol dier having broken one of them, a cheque was m a d e for five pounds five shillings for barrack damages. The gas fittings were not alone the most expensive things to be found within the buildings, as he found that a non-commissioned officer having had the misfor tune to break one of the earthenware vessels, a charge of six guineas was on that occasion made for barrack da mages. It appeared to him to be proceeding in an en tirely mistaken course to erect buildings intended for the reception of invalided soldiers upon a plan of extravagance altogether uncalled for and unnecessary. He regretted he could not induce the Secretary of War to listen to his ad vice, based upon practical experience. If he did so, he would be guided in a more useful course than that of building temples for the wind. Earl DE GREY said it was but natural that the noble lord should be exceedingly anxious on the subject, espe cially as he had done so much to improve the comfort of the invalid soldier. LEFT STEATUNG. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. MOORE took the oaths and his seat on his election for Tipperary, vacant by the resignation of The O'Donoghue. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Brecon and Llandovery Junction Railway, Brokers' Bonds and Rents, East Somerset Extension Railways, London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 1), Middlesex Indus trial Schools, Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway, and Winchester Consumers' Water and Gas. 73 1 i a I Us 8 I k 021 34 9 1161 17 16) 96 5i 9 100 91 1 ITt ES, Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam — Antwerp 56 ... Boulogne 243 ... 321 ... Bremen Calais — ... 471 ... Corunna - ••• ••• Dordt. Dunkirk Hamburg - ... ... Harlingen ..... Ostend 46 ... 377 ... ... 3 ... 264 Rotterdam 832 ... 1056 ... ... 196 ... 495 Oporto... ... - ... 82 ... - ... 813 1 ... 85 ••• ...... ... 140 Total 1655 ... 2225 ... 284 ...1301 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, 1864 1863 1862 9l 1026 281 ... 1861 749 1011 167 37 1860 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattlo Market on Monday, March 7, 1864, and this day. Monday, March 6, 1865. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. March 7, March 6, 1864. 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 3 10 3 6to 4 0 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 6 . 4 8 4 8 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 6 4 6 6 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 0 4 8 4 6 5 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 410 Beasts 4,210 Sheep 16,890 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 9, 1863.—Beasts, 3,470 — sheep, 16,570—calves, 131—pigs, 350. March 10, 1862—Beasts, 3,760 —sheep, 16,459—calves, 133 —pigs, 340. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of town and country killed meat are on sale at these markets. For most descriptions the trade is steady at the annexed quotations:— Per 81b by the carcase. ad ad Sdad Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton.... 3 8 4 2 Middling do.. 38 4 0 Middling mutton-1 44 8 Prime large d 0... ~4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 10 5 o Prim , email d.i....1 6 4 8 Veal 4 2 5 2 Large pork 3 6 4 6 small pork. 4 8 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. The hop market remains without change from our last report. The demand is chiefly confined to good and fine samples of last year's growth, and for such fully previous rates are obtained. Inferior hops are a dull inquiry at about stationary prices. The imports into London last was 87 bales from Antwerp, 170 Bremen, 26 Rotterdam, and 472 bales from New York. Mid and East Kent ..... 1108 to 200 s per cwt. Weald of Kent If Sussex . Yearlings loos to lies „ Bavarian American loos :0 4 s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair average supplies of potatoes are on sale at these markets. On the whole, the trade is steady, and very little change has taken place in prices from last week. The imports last week was . l2s tons from Havre. Pcr ton. Yorkshire Regents Flukes. 130 s to 145 s Kent and Essex Regents . . 908 to 105 s Scotch Regents 99s to 100 s . Rocks ....... 70s to 85s Foreign 6.13 to 70s WOOL. The first series of public sales of colonial wool for the current year were commenced on Thursday last. The arrivals are large, and greatly in excess of last year, viz., 74,100 bales, against 50,000 bales in 1863-4. The receipts from Port Philip are very large, viz., 32,058 bales, against 10,780 in 1863-4. From Sydney and Queensland the im port is 10,963; Adelaide, 10,041; Swan River, 53; Van Diemen's Land, 531; New Zealand, 371 ; and the Cape, 19,320. Up to the present time the attendance of home and foreign buyers has been good; nevertheless, there has been a want of activity in the biddings, but the leading change in prices, as compared with the close.of last series, is con fined to Port Philip produce, which—owing to the large quantity to be brought forward—changed hands at a decline in value of id to ld per lb. In other descriptions of wool no quotable change took place. Privately, the English wool trade is still devoid of activity, and the small amount of business doing is at fully the late decline in prices. Current prices of English wool per lb. Flecces - South Down horroets ..1 1 d 1 2 d Hail-bred do.. 2 2 e 4 Kent fleeces 2 0 2 el outh Down ewes and wethersl 10 111 Leine -ter do 2 1 2 2 Sorts Clothing 1 6 ILi Combine.. 1 8 2 1 PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented praying for a repeal of the malt tax, the abolition or reduction of the duty on fire insurance, and with respect to the sewage of the Thames and other navigable rivers, &c. GILBERT'S ACT. Mr. MITFORD asked the President of the Poor Law Board if he intended to bring in a bill this session to carry out the recommendations of the Poor Laws Committee with respect to unions and parishes under*Gilbert's Act. Mr. VILLIERS said that the Government were satisfied of the necessity that existed for the introduction of a bill on this subject, and were prepared to bring it before Par liament this session. THE LIC ENS ING LAWS. Mr. LAWSON asked the Home Secretary whether, the house having refused to deal with the licensing laws by any private bill, he now intended to introduce any public or general measure for remedying the evils inflicted on the public by those laws ? Sir G. G. GREY said that after the discussion whfch had taken place on this subject, the Governmenf did not deem it desirable to introduce any bill in reference to it during the present session. - GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES. Mr. Sergeant KINGLANE asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether any alteration had been, or was about to be, made in the system of storing gunpowder in public or private magazines ? Sir G. GREY said he would undertake to answer the question. An inquiry had been made, and a committee had been appointod in refeoence to the subject, but the report had not yet been prepared, and as soon as they were received by Government, and in a position to be submitted to the house, they would be laid on the table without delay FULMER COMMON M. SHAW LEFEVRE, in the absence of Mr. Doulton, asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention had been called to a provisional order of the Enclosure Commissioners for the apportionment of Fulmer-common, within twenty miles of London and four miles of the towns of Slough and Uxbridge, and whether he would undertake that all further action should be stayed in the matter until the report of the Committee on Common Spaces had been presented to the house ? Mr. F. PEEL said that the matter had not yet been decided on. PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD. Mr. RAIIID asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if he had any objection to lay upon the table copies of the plans finally approved by the admiralty for the extension of Portsmouth Dockyard ? Lord C. PAGE said it was his intention to lay on the table the copies alluded to, and place the same in the library of the house for the inspection of hon. members. CATTLE DISEASE PREVENTION. Mr. LESLIE asked whether or not Government intended to reintroduce the Cattle Diseases Prevention and Cattle, &c., Importation Bill as amended by a select committee of the house last session ? Mr. BARING said it was not intended by Governmen o introduce any such bill during the present session. NATIVE ARTILLERY IN INDIA. In answer to Mr. VANSITTART, Sir C. WOOD said that considerable misapprehension prevailed on this subject. It had been considered advis able to retain a large number of the natives in India in the artillery, and that no danger was to be apprehended from the disproportion between the native and European troops. The right hon. baronet then quoted some statistics to show that it was necessary to increase, not to reduce the number of natives employed in India, whether in regard to the military or police force. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS. On the motion for going into supply, Mr. BENTINCK proposed his motion on this subject Mr. JACKSON seconded the motion. Mr. GIBSON stated that he did not think it would be advisable for Government to take the entire management of railway affairs. After some further discussion the motion was with drawn. (LEFT SITTING.) Zhe Saffron-hill Tragedy. .---.4,..----. The Secretary of State for the Home Department to day finally respited Polioni. As to the course to be adopted nothing yet has been determined. SPORTING NOTES. The Derby and Nottingham meeting were both very successful; but the performance of L'Africain in the Great Midland Steeplechase was one of the most disgraceful over witnessed. The horse could have won by nearly a quarter of a mile if they had let him. It was a more barefaced performance than that of File de l'Air in the One Thou sand Guineas last year. The owner, who is a Frenchman and a butcher, must remember that there are butchers as well as butchers boys in England, and that if another similar case happens it would be impossible to answer for the consequences such an act would bring down from an infuriated mob. Englishmen love fah• play, and none re joice more than wo do when the French division are suc cessful in any of the great races. If M. Valliant should be successful in carrying off the Great Liverpool Steeplechase he will find that his horse will get the top weight in all future engagements, as Mandingoe (late Chamade) was treated for something similar. The Liverpool Spring Meeting commences to-morrow, and will extend over three days. The principal race for to-morrow is the Spring Handicap. Twilight has the top weight, but after the lumps of weight she gave to Tippler last week she must nearly win, unless her owner should substitute Change, who is very forward in preparation. Aurelian will, in all likelihood, represent the Marquis of Westmoreland, and, if in anything like his last year's form, must be very formidable. Revolver did not show last week at Nottingham, and may be in reserve for this race. If well, he must have a great chance. The two that are most deserving of notice are Twilight and Aurelian, and I ex pect one of them will furnish the winner. Chapel Royal, notwithstanding his 51b. penalty, will carry off the Tyro Stakes. The Grand National Steeplechase will, in all likelihood, have a very large field. The following are those that the field will be selected from : L'Africain ... Palmer. Emblematic ... ... G. Stevens. Arbury ... C. Boyce. Tony Lumpkin ... Mr. Thomas. Jerry ... Capt. Townley. The Mandingoe (late Chamado) Mr. F. Rowlands. Emblem ... James Adams. Flyfisher ... J. Monaghan. Penarth Geo. Holman. Joe Maley ... ... Page. Acrobat ... ... Mr. Mumford. Meanwood J. Knott. Alcibiade ... Capt. Coventry. Hall Court ... Mr. Davison. Lightheart ... Mr. Bevill. Princess Dagmar ... J. Holmes. Agag W. Reeves. Marble Hill ... Mr. Edwards. Fenton ... Mr. Riddell. Ballycasey ... T. Barton. Stanton ... ... G. Waddington. West End _ W. White. Real Jam ... ... D. Hughes. Cockatoo ... H. States. The Czar ... ... Mr. A. Goodman. Market Gardener ~. D. Meany. The Dwarf ... „, Tumbler ,„ Philosopher... „, „, Merrimac Careless Boy (late Deception) ... Balder ... ,„ Without going through the performances of the whole of the above, I shall, as on previous occasions, at once select a lot from which the winner is almost certain to emanate. These are Arbury, Emblematic, Emblem, Joe Maley, Jerry, and L'Africain. Reducing them still further, I shall retain L'AFRICAIN, EMBLEM, and EMBLEMATIC. And I shall expect the judge will hoist the number of one of Lord Coventry's, EMBLEMATIC oR EMBLEM as the winner of the Grand National Steeplechase of 1865. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING_THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 agst Arbury (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Emblematic (offered) 15 to 2 agst L'Africain (taken and offered ; at first 7 to 1, taken to £500) 10 to 7 agst Emblem (offered) 100 to 7 agst Tony Lumpkins (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lightheart (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Joe Maley (taken freely) 15 to 1 agst Stanton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Princess Dagmar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Alcibiades (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dwarf (offered—take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Meanwood (taken) 33 to 1 agst Jerry (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 12 agst Lord Zetland 14 to 1 agst Gratitude TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Lidding-ton (taken) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE --This day. LONDON, March G.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, March s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Foyle, steamer, from Dublin, and left for London; Ranendale, from Shields for Barcelona. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, March S—MM. Peters, from Sagua la Grande . Tisted Talernd, from Predericksball Carisbrook, froui Foo-chow-foo. Arrived, March 6—Wanderer, from St. Michael's; Eagle from Demerara ; Sarah Jane, from St. Mak ; Alert, from Guernsey. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, March 6—Meloy, schooner, from the west, fo London. Anchored—Byzantium, from Londom for Pernambuco; Juliet, from London for Barbadoes. FOUItTIi EDITION- SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOCK TAT TERSALLS'—This Evening, A very good attendance. L'Africain was quite friendless. Liddington in great force for both events. Emblem was backed for more money than Emblematic. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL. Gemma, Gownsman, Tony Lumpkin, Arbury, m ean _ wood, Joe Maley, Ladbrook Lass, Wild Duck, Gamecock, Valeria, Vision, Overton,• Emblem, Balder, Demon, E m _ blematic, King of Clubs, Edith, Occoneil, Jarnieot on Cutler, Lady , Bom, Nu, Trueheart, • Stant on , U s h er , ln Aurelian, Plover, Dover, Twilight, Filbert, North Encl. ''HE CIVIL WAIL IN AMERICA. - -••-- (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Feb. 21. The retreat of Beauregard before the steadily ad vancing columns of Sherman, the evacuation of the line of the Congaree River without a battle, Sher man's unopposed entry into Columbia, his forward march upon Charlotteville, with the supposed in tention of effecting a junction with Grant, and the sudden, though by no means unexpected, evacuation of Charleston, are events that have followed too rapidly upon each other to permit of a due apprecia tion of their actual importance or their probable in fluence upon the future fortunes of the war. The san guine people who habitually look upon every victory as final, who " break the backbone of the rebellion" with every little or great success of Federal strategy or valour, are more sanguine than ever that the cause of the South is hopeless, and that on the day of his second inauguration Mr. Lincoln will be able to announce that he is the President de facto and dejure of the whole Union, and that the " stars and stripes" float not only over all the sea-board cities of the South, but over rebellious Richmond. This roseate anticipation, however, finds more counte nance from the sensational press than from the public ; and military critics, so far from lending the weight of their knowledge and character to support such expectations, assert that Beaure gard's tactics in retreating before Sherman are sound, that a junction between his forces and those of Lee can be sooner effected than a junc tion between Sherman and Grant, and that Sher man's army is in imminent peril of being sud denly attacked and defeated by the combined armies of Beauregard,Hardee,and Lee before Grant or any portion of his force can come to the rescue. Whether the South will win its Austerlitz or suffe r its Waterloo within the next ten days is a question that is everywhere discussed, and almost invariably decided by the political bias of the critic rather than by cool calculation and dispassionate judgment of events 'and probabilities. It is evident, however, that great events are at hand, and that neither the slaves of the South, nor the new and as yet unen listed levies of the North, can be brought into the field in time to take part in the spring campaign— that will, in all human probability, decide the for tunes of the Confederacy. The evacuation of Charleston will be celebrated to all future time as among the grandest and gloomiest events of the war. It appears to have been determined upon by General Lee immediately after his assumption of the supreme military power con ferred upon him by the President and the Legisla ture, and heartily approved by the people of the South. There are indications that the first move ment to this end commenced fully three weeks ago, and it is positively known that the principal citizens and the bulk of the army had withdrawn four days before the Federal commander had any suspicion of the fact; and when the Northern forces entered the almost abandoned city, they found that the Confe derates had determined to make a Moscow of it, and that the arrival of the foe was to be the signal for its destruction. Six thousand bales of cotton. and two ironclads were ruthlessly destroyed lest they should fall into the hands of the enemy; the arsenals, con taining large quantities of arms and ammunition, the quartermaster's stores, the railroad station and bridges, the vessels in the building yards, and fully two-thirds of the once beautiful and flourishing city were reduced to ashes ; the other third, fronting the sea, having been so riddled by the shot and shell of the besiegers during the last six or eight months as to be virtually uninhabitable. None but the poorest portion of the population, chiefly negroes, were left behind. All the rest had departed, bearing with them, there can be no reason to doubt, a spirit of vengeance which will yet blaze forth in new and fiercer struggles. The news when first received ope rated upon the gold market to only a slight extent, sending down the premium from 202 to 1961, or 5i per cent. The fall, however, was not maintained, and the price advanced gradually to 1991, as men of business began to calculate that the evacuation of the proud city by a proud enemy meant, under the terrible circumstances in which it occurred, not peace or negotiation, but stern resolve and unrelenting war. It may sound strangely in Europe, but it is never theless the fact, that New York, whatever may be the case in other cities and districts of the Union, has almost ceased to look at the war from a political or patriotic point of view, and that it is far more alarmed at the financial consequences of peace and a reconstruction of the Union than at any possible prolongation of hostilities. A victory or a defeat, or even such an event as the evacuation of Charleston, is mainly of interest or importance because it sends up or sends down the price of gold or stocks, and enables the gamblers of Wall and William streets, and the Fifth-avenue Hotel (the latter gamble by night, the former by day), to buy or sell fictitious gold or shares, and to grow rich or become poor by the early possession of exclusive information, which they turn ing to account business. their Agree in dylu st hazardous gain but h astaken f asc i n p a o t s session of all men's minds, and has infected even the women, with whom it is as familiar to ask one an other " How's gold to-day ?" as it was in healthier times to inquire after husband or children, or the style of the last new bonnet. But so fierce is the money mania of the time that even gold and stocks, as influenced in price by war, seem as if they would be deposed from their pre-eminence in favour of pe troleum, the price of which is in no way affected by the progress of hostilities. Everybody that possesses a few acres of land in the immense district of country . . from Canadato Pennsylvania which produced petro leum is boring and digging oil-wells. To "strike oil" is to become rich at a bound, and farms on which the precious commodity has been discovered, that were formerly considered dear at $5 or $lO an acre, now sell for thrice as many thousands. The portion of America in which the oil is found is called by a D o r perversionado. „ oNf ne-t e S n p t is u h f t E h l e D s p o e r e a u d l o a v t e h e e e ‘ r O g y i s e and intellect of this c it y have been absorbed in this new mania. Petroleum com p anies are e stablished by scores rurefsam his stool,ndhund a hundreds, and a thing f h and" Shoodtdye past, by is pushed by i the new Oil King, who elbows him out of society, out glitters him in diamonds, outdinners him at Del monico's, and counts his gains by millionosfa,stwhthhoileuyo s,a, nSdhso.ddym"anwyasofcotnhteesneted,, iliveitlairishutonedrrae:ists,,, are called, are illiterate Germans and I r i s h men, and the airs they give the mse l ves, and the ludicrous con straintid in which they find themselves when they are for the first time imprisoned scope n the trammel s a o m f u t s he ment of the laughing philosophers as well as of the cynics of society. America exported to Europe last year petroleum to the value of $30,000,000, which, although no more than sufficient to keep the war torch blazing at its present egg of incandescence for ten days, is a commercial fact that foreshadows how great a future trade may arise in this article when the wells are more extensively pumped, and its mechanical as well as chymical value is more thoroughly investigated. As far as it goes, petro leum has undoubtedly served by its acceptance in Europe to abate the premium on gold, and thereby to maintain greenbacks at a higher rate, as com i‘piarr.edF e m s i s t e l n i d t h e n e p e o r e w e i d o uhs have hoped ed tha f n M orl r m . d C e h r " o e th o er r circumstances. 01" this rset tay• ' L the for Stt - US, " the by 01 1 the 014 I'o o x as pre° re - Lrted 11lt 113 ittSg ' es °f 10 3 a re. rin Ce 1 811t' ~ {hu 11 011 ' `;31 0 in e Of orpleti 10 100 i 100 100 100 {IW 2 100 100 100 iOO 10) 10') 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 2.1.0 30 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 p. 10.6 601 all 1.1.0 3.12.8 8 58i 7 241 YOZ. 1051 ]OS;