The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-13 00:00:00

MARKET lit -E--'i. AN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. C o le failure of Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and 10. ; 8 bank, at Birmingham, has had the effect bi u "ch usually follows such an event upon the ta °lle Y market. Country bankers are withdrawing 1 , 1/ Plies to increase their resources, in case of any It ati t of confidence on the part of the public that ta rt be inspired through the failure that has just ea place at Birmingham. The brokers here are, `tterefore, loth to take any business except at the 4 11 k of England minimum for even the best short eiat:sed paper. Th e requirements o f th e commerc i a l Se S have been large to-day, in consequence of e x pected stringency in the rates of discount, but hoped that within a few days the public mind taci cool down from the excitement caused in fat has circles by the unfortunate circumstance " has been so unexpectedly announced. 0 ' t the Bank o n S a t ur d a y the r e were no bullion Pzations of importance. y 'he Australasian, which left on Saturday for New th °rlC ) Only conveye d £l9B i n go ld, no t w ith s t an di ng 1 4 : Btatement freely circulated on Friday that a y, g , e 81 un would be sent. The Euxine, which sailed iC r clay for Bombay, took out £33,488. The ki :, llt has arrived from Port Phillip with £39,112, the Europa froin America with £2,632. h aa ',call of £5 p er s h are , p a y a bl e on th e sth Ap r il, u eell made by the directors of the Anglo-Italian ank . The accounts from the manufacturing districts b e tes ent that business in most departments has f tn , ll verY dull. At Manchester the late advices va rt America have caused a further decline in the ti T e of both cloths and yarns. The woollen trade i tia ' c ' e ecls, Bradford, and Huddersfield, has been a b l t ive consequent upon the continued =favour- L e weather ; while in the hardware districts of g i" o ltghain, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, a k ilc r a Y tone prevails, owing to the late Bank failure i t t he unsettled state of affairs with regard to the On trade. the Mast er o f th e Rolls has appointed Mr. James k i : e t , r ) of the firm of Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, 4,1 7 I, l alls, official liquidator of the West of Eng ead Smelting Company, and Mr. Chatteris C a ' lPan liquidator of the General Rolling Stock ". At p Two O'CLOCK. t ele aris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 76. gran; the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. English Stock Market temporarily improved cti rr ill :, °ll lizg, but another decline of is has since oc -00 and the Funds are very flat. Consols, for are 881 a, and for the account 881 f. The Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86i 4 ; er Bills, 6s. prem. • and India 5 per Cents., 1 4. ads jtl3 the Foreign Market there is not much busi ) but quo t a ti ons are a s h a d e fi rmer. T ur ki s h 6 ' cents., 1862, are 72 f ; d o. Consolides, 52f ; 4 O ic ao, 258 268 ; do. New, 251 ; Greek, 20k S panish Passive, 32-.1 33 ; do. Certificates, 16i ki It alian, 634 64 ; do. New, 3 2} dis. ; and Con ?rate Loa; 36 38. 1 14 4 1 , U:1 e Railway Share Market the operations have iti ata ' e e 4 very extensive, but prices have, in some k i4itu lle e B 7 shown rather more firmness. Great VII have improved 15s. ; and Great Northern V i c k, and Metropolitan each £l. North Wes- Tl,4owever, have declined ss. 4tZe Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive t ank , previous quotations. and. Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Alli -114,11,' however, h ave i m p rove d to 38. a ; Imperial 9 V to 31. London Joint Stock have declined to 4 44; ,Aiadras Irrigation to 184 ; and Peninsular r lental Steam to 81. he w e current quotations of some of the principal iti et b l l tojects are as follows :—Aletropoiitan Dis kil,",,adway, 6 6f prem. ; Varna Railway Com -444 4 prem. ; South African Land, -P i 11 prem. ; qr e4 . : 1 , 0 de Janeiro Gas, 1 a prem. ; Atlantic and 6 17," Western Certificate of Debenture are quoted Prem. i B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. el , 6 l 'xil'iatEt s F . b e. °li. Consols UNDS. 'Pe Ate 881 4 i 4 Neit o eu , ci lintl April 6 BBl 3 p e ' Reduced B6l 4 ;1 ? 2 pe r C ent 86 4 I I A p l ,p I _ r r Cent. Jan. 1894 loi tit re Cent. Jan. 1873 — D °. f 0r 8, 30 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 k keile at ed. s ? 3 - a rs, T En . tpire sth April, 1885 — bc o llier B u „ el?raPh), Aug., 1908 — Is, .ta,ooo, 4 per Cent OB pm tt D o £5OO — ki t • l of t_ £lOO and £2OO 1 4 %,__ ugland Stock, 51 per Cent 246 baII'BI O OOPERWMENT SEcuurras. Do lieeo ck, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 — 1) o . 5 per lit Do, A ce° Cent. July, 1870 Do,• 4 , lint 1)% e,7, 1 : Cent., Oct. 1888 o.lo,,,',Lificates — ot o 67, aced Paper 4 per Cent — , c: sper Cent., Jan. 1872 i,' o 4z,Per Cent., May 1879 lOs L' o . , r , Cent., Aug. 1866 — D °• Wi n ds, £l,OOO pm 4h„ p' r £l,OOO Itti ° REIG I, 4z ,,!t ri 1 , t ,, N FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. b 0 4 . 1a 4 T - inds, 5 per Cent t Ai .. ,P Per Cent — I ke 1) e . r Cent., 1852-58-60 6, 1 0 1 .i t yre il 6 per Cent — 1 , 6 -,-‘ 0. 4: 8 6 pe r Cent.reen Cent — '1 3 per Cent ) (o— -',4lllbaai Per Cent — I,s 6 ~,_l l 6 per Cent. B2 il 6 ver Cent. V() Per " k i ,., k,riCent., 1864 — 47113 P, £55 paid Ivo Aa r , Cent., 1864 k lf e lol ai , i :) . .ent., 1773-77, £25 paid -- 4, Principalities Nore a u die 4 ., p New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ti ail t °,visional Land Warrant o IP., &, ' Per Cent 94 o c„e, s end Issue 931 3 Do 4), Bonds 941 f , t b ° o 18 eri . _ ...6 1864 954 4 N .,wi ul ta paid pm to 4 5 , Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons )\°. o c ° l lnt tib.n A %Don m te ° toil 8 1t1)114:k in B4 16a7, 5 Per Cent. p 4 6 ' and 1850 — is t °, lB G per Cent (Xiaremmana Railway) to r ........ e4o. ap, xi i i paa A .e Per Cent. 1) IN . °° lllat et 1, t,Per ri 1864 25 1 45k ie Rr erie i' l ent. Anglo-French — 4`, ls ri a l i dea ti , S criP, Ex. 25f 20c — die * 4 le a ' Per Cent £3opaid t b o ‘ 4 l . aa r t rial 5 per Cl ent 12 1 , h Per 1 - ,_ 1 4 • 1 13;.'efe,...`' ti lt Illttkild'a ar ed 'kJ ,r t 'l' a rr be a 4i „,, ants (Hectares) 1 ,0 i er Cent. F, Jo. percent.Cent., (Uribarren) — il l . ee k , ent 1862 L o ' i tee ° lnat ' Bl '&4! Per Cent.,_ o o tl a tieullt 1853 440,4•A,ertilae.nt., 1856, '7, '9, '60 '.. 62 '3, te 4 1 pZ ,0... t; .............. • . • 0 1, 0 1 p ar j nt, 1822, X it., i li Jo a Cent., 1850 b° 6 Per e 1860 a kt o Per ri e nt., 1859 di Gent, 1862 ti , P 4 th N 1 1864 ta 4 ke - Per Cent — Lo 4 e Per Cent 76 1 Do.o et. nt — IP l' ° 'llat url'ed ~ Ike4 , s iv e 0 5 )e), ‘3.0: 1 , N: ,, , i i 4 p 13 rt. ' o i• de . u . fiitlti i . '9unt .. p not funded l6l 4 oi._l per ;.. 0 t; per Cent..-' lit. Do eeol oit : . 1854 — b e A t r cent. .... : kloo4nt to g a 'B3B bcc 0 ................................ 701 70 I)°, 4 e 1) : ' CeT i . B , t ie - , t i _oiat . -• 1862 vtle a I :0 t oo , ( 1 72 14 Ilttkl:i r e clat s • 72 1 t_ I real, ~ 1863 o, Z ot a, a ;e...'d, 4 per Cent - to ° *,t): °tl4 Z r Cent. b 0 440r c e .... : ........ c elle. , nt, ltio., J Per ri t . 1 1,44 t , b i _ , en i , i.,...„ 11‘. 1 11 4 40 1, Nend e . 1 ° 64 — ilit, 4, 5 per 0 on the abovo payable in London. b b,,o . 21 I Per c eat ' , P.m. 10 Florins ••• '4'l 4 Per 0 oat., E x 2 - f t i 4 ela I,)er 0 out., E x i D • (ttli(l'A."(4lte"t* certi 2 Guil Ilan c e 8 3 1 -..tes 99 6 c 'tit' Per Cent. 92f °. A Der l ent. ;.. %II ,eeoll ............ . 'Ex. . :2.:i: - 40 13, ). 1 4, A eto laCy .. THREE O'CLOCK. _ t .............. '44 "" ' ....... _ SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. .4A Closing 1 Business P "'"'l Price. done. 90 92 130 131 5 6 66 68 16 17 87 E 9 107 1 9 46 17 6 7 124 124 1.36, 137 123 3 83 90 72i 23 66 (8 49 5 46 49 02 tO; 113 1H 83 N 10. 104 28 19 11► k 115 95 96 581 5s 120 1201 1 13u 130 100 1(•2 51 53 z 5 26 107 106 63 65 9) 100 384 394 1412. p 94 10p 118 120 114 12 1 lip 76 773 114 111 138 142 44 46 L 9 61 57 59 821 831 8k 9 355 153 3 4p ICB 110 73 76 ,SIONS. 62 65 100 101 id 1p 41 6 74 73 07 93 75 85 1(0 102 99 100 100 101 171 18 Si 9) 66 68 56 68 60 62 53 55 50 53 45 48 25 27 24 26 103 101 id I p *d a p 93 100 12; 12d 85 VO 77 E 0 1 id 991 100 9! 94 88 9J 62 64 3 5 82 84 98 100 9; 1(0 d *d t.B 110 94 97 Sharer Railways. Do. B o Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne ...• • • Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A 4 gets no div 'Do B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther) DA stock iiW..New. Is. at 25 poi! Gt S. and ,W. of Ireland , Gt. WeSte n I) . S. Vl l . Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— o)Cord Do. Newpo t Do. He . eford Lane , shire & Yorkshire L •ndon and Blackwali Lon., Bri-411., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland 1)o. shares mid Kent .. No4ll British Do. Ed., POI ;Az Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock & Darling. 1855-!8.. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18f4 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock i)o. Scot, Mid. st 4 h• etas & %Velchpool Shropshire Union South Devon =ouch E stern .3 tatnes, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C .. Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall %V. Hartlepool Har..t R. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda. A Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent... Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Iluron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.o. bds. Aug. 1, '872 go. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1,1374 Calcutta & 8. E., Mu.. a e Town & Dock, gu. Dtmera-a, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Ben.:a!, gu, 5 Co East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Eitarsion Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pvt. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock . Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. s p. c Gt. South of India gun. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent.... Do Great WP( a. of Canada.. D New Do. 6 p. c. Bd.. pay 1873 I Do. Si do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited nadra gua.. 5 p.O .... Do. 4, do Do. 4; do Do. Filth Extension Nielb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Niel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B til.C'da, pc Ist pi.bds Sciatic . Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun iaub p ie Do. Indus St Flo 100 {lOO 2 100 100 BRITISH POSSE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l. 1572.... Can.Guv.6 p.c.Ja..t July 1877-S4 n Do p. o. Feb & D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10.5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p 0. Inscribed sk Cape U.llopc, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-* Do. do: 1:',90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1801 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, r, p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, May i 5, Nov. b Natal Llov. 6 per cent N. B. Gov 6 p.c.Ja.& , l uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p *c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189? New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 8 per cent.... Nova Sc„tia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18(84 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITE 100 100 10•) 100 100 190 100 100 1.0 100 100 SH Ili Cam. Consol. (Jold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakcwalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara,lon ast Carn Brea East Glenville East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavlstk Gam & StA übyn(G wen. Great L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist , V Grenvil,e Ilerod's Foot Ringston Downs Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley rtwyndy Iron Ore, Nangiles New Se ton North Downs North Itoskear N.Wh'i Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence UnyLAant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan tray Park Tin Croft West I:assett (Iliogan W. Caradon (Lskeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea Ludo..tt Wheal 31ary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Ti elawney (Lis Wheal Uniun...... •• • • 2.1.0 7.8:3 8.13 1.18.1 4.3.6 85 88 Ai 83 85 8 75 78 75 7i 10i 106 105 107 ion 106 101 108 102 101 108 110 102 104 104 ►OO 108 109 105 107 90 93 98 100 82 91 90 91 104 105 87 90 92 93 103 104 2.14. 3.4.0 2.7. 2.13.6 0 9.10.6 60i all 1.1.0 105 107 W7i 103i1 INES. 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.91 10.17.6 6 GA 29 31 580 591 3.12.81 19 21 14 15 6 61 4 11 9 10 3 4/ 6 1 8 19 1.0 2 21 33 34 21 3 24 38 3} 4 6 8 41 5 11 Old 16 18 35 45 12 14 i I 14 2 3 3,6 33 35 530 550 20 25 15 17 144 156 7 4 8 8 60 626 190 '4OO 100 105 ITIES. 111 131 190 200 19 20 i 1E SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 06! London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref.. 91% London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 2, 107 North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 9i PIOEFEREN PREFEILENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pt., Ditto, new ;; pox cent pfl, 95 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 2;0 • Shrewsbury and Hereford, 128 WORE)(, RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. 0/ Sambre and Meuse, 5,} per cent. pf., 9} South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, `4 lf FOttEIGN Yudanarnutana of S. Australia, lim., ISANKb. Alliance (11m.). 82; 3) Ditto, issued at 20 pm., 221 3 Anglo Austrian, 71 Australasia, 741 Bank of utago, lim., 5 1 Imperial Bank (Jim.), 31 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 73 London Joint Stock, 461 / London and South African, 211 London and South-Western, Urn., 20/ Mercantile and Exchange, lira., Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 171 South Eastern, lien., 10 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 66 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 31' Bou.bay Gas, lira., Ditto, new. 3; City of London Real Property, lim.. 2i City of Milan Improvements, hm., Of ; Co:omercial Union, InsuranJe, Ef Company of African Merchants. Urn., 0 1 Continental Union Gas. tun., 11 Credit Fonder and Mahler of igngland, 9; 9 Ditto, new, 7 6k Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 112 Egyptian Com. and Trading - ' lim., 14 Fi na ncial Discount, lim., 4i 4 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 6 ; Hudson's Bay, 15 141; lmperi.il Mercantile Credit A sso., lira.. 6; k International Financial society, lim., Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour, - Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82 Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 8; f 4 London Financial:Association. lam., 20 ; London General Omnibus Company, 3; Milwall Iron Works. 5; attonal Discount Company. lirn., 14; North Bittish and Alemannic lusurince, lira., 17& 18 Otago and Southland Investment, lf Panama, New Zealand, and. A u stralian Mail, Um., Isitto, new, 3) Pen•nsula and Oriental Steam. 8i - QuebrAda Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 4 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Urn.. 243 Royal Mail Steam, 95j 6 South African Mortgage and Investment, lira., 4} Universal Marine, lnsuranCe, lim., 5/ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1865. MARKETS-•This Day. MARK-LANE. The demand for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was, on the whole, steady, and very little change took place in prices, Barley met a slow sale at late fates, but as regards oats, beans, and peas, the trade was decidedly firm. Flour changed hands to a moderate extent at previ ous quotations. On the Continent the corn trade has ruled steady at full prices, but at New York both wheat and flour continue dull with a very limited export demand. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were small. The imports from abroad comprised 120 quar ters of wheat, 17,059 barley, 623 oats, 1,358 tares, 184 lin seed, 40 rapeseed, 3,400 maize, 80 sundry seeds, and 1,064 sacks of flour. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of wheat from Essex were small. There was a fair number of samples on the Kentish stands, but quantity of produce represented in bulk was limited. The condition of the produce being very middling, dry samples met a steady sale, and were disposed of at the prices of Monday last. For damp qualities the trade ruled heavy, yet no change took place in prices. The whole of tho supply had not been disposed of at the close of business. The supply of foreign wheat on tho stands was but moderate. The business transacted was chiefly to meet the immediate wants of millers ; nevertheless holders were firm, and last Monday's prices were supported. Wheat, afloat, was in fair average request, at the late advance in prices, and most descriptions of spring corn to arrive were held at fully late rates. Tho supply of barley on offer was in a considerable degree confined to secondary and inferior produce. Even fine samples, however, met a slow sale, whilst the trade for inferior produce was very dull. Prices were unaltered from Monday last. The malt trade was quiet, at late rates. With oats, the market wus but moderately supplied. Tho trade, however, was slow, and whilst inferior samples changed hands at rather easier prices, good and fine quali ties fully supported previous rates. The supply of beans on sale was moderate. The de mand was in a sluggish state, and prices were rather drooping. Peas were in short supply, and the trade for them was firm, at full currencies. _ _ _ About an average business was transacted in flour, at late rates. The market continues to be scantily supplied with barrels. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1803, per qr 383 to 11s Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 4ls 455 Ditto, 1864 INorfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 Rye— 26s 283 Barley—Grinding 228 25a Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 548 618 Brown Kingstown and Ware 64s 618 Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolush .,. reeding l9s 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBB 23s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding l7B 22s Beans—Tick" 3lB 335 Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White Boilers 348 378 flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2BB 303 Stockton and Norfolk...—.. , 25s 27s American, per barrel 2ls 25s wrote. The principal feature to notice is a somewhat active inquiry for Cape wool, at a slight advance in prices from last series. Good Australian clothing wool is quoted at 1s 10/d to 2s 6d ; combing do., 1s 111c1 to 2s 7 d ; greasy, is ld to is 5/11 ; good and fine Cape, is 8d to 2s ld ; medium, is Mtois 7 d ; greasy, 9d to lld per lb. The export trade, as far as the Continent is concerned, is in a healthy state. Privately, the trade for English wool con tinues dull, with a downward tendency in , prices. The import into London last week was 2,154 bales from Mel bourne, and 2,716 bales from Adelaide. Current prices of English wool per lb. s s d Fleeces - South Down ho,ggets ..1 1d 1 2 0 Half -bred do 2 2 2 4 . Kent fleeces t• ouch Down ewes and wethersl 10 1 It Leice-ter do 2 t 2 2 Sorts Clothing 1 6 11.4 Combing 1 8 2 1 • Particulars. 1851. 1882 1863. 1864. 1805. --- Stock this day.... ;1.795 43.325 45.623 55.817 43,057 Price of Y.C. .. 1 60s0:1 :o 46501 to 44530 to 41801 to 40s 3d to —sOd — sOd —sOd —sOd —sOd Delivery lastweek 717 1,949 1.0.,2 1.8^.8 • , ,033 Ditto from June 1 76,7 9 102,032 68,995 63,002 70,369 Arrivals last week 655 1,6 5 877 458 t 52 Ditto from June 1 112,62 J 88.596 71,329 81.0 / 75,405 Price of Town .... 58s 9d 49$ 61 45s ihl 43a Od 43s 9d POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PLAYING AT " ROUNDERS" IN HYDE PARE.—Henry Ricketts, Charles Southgate, and Robert Jeffreys, three lads, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with playing at a game called "rounders," in Hyde-park, to the common danger of the passengers. A constable, No. 51, said that yesterday (Sunday) afternoon a lady and gentleman called his attention to the defendants and some other boys who were playing at rounders opposite the Life Guards•barracks in Hyde-park. He went to the lads and cautioned them, and they left off ; but on going to the spot after about half an hour's absence, he found the lads had returned to the game, and as there had been numerous complaints for several Sundays past he took the defendants into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said where the lads were playing was about 20 yards from Rotten-row, and 30 yards from the carriage road. Mr. Tyrwhitt fine'd the defendants 25.•6d. each. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AITSTRALIAN NAILS, The Delta was to leave Malta at 10 p.m. on Friday, and the'Ripon at 7 a.m. yesterday. The former may be expected at Marseilles to-day, and the latter at Southampton on the 21st inst. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, MAncit 9. The Pera, from Marseilles, on the sth inst., reached Malta on the Bth at 2 a.m., and left at 11 a.m. for Alexandria. The Nyanza, from Southampton, Feb. 27, arrived on the Bth inst. at 5 p.m., and left at midnight for Alexandria. Telegraph from America to Asia. Colonel Bulkley, engineer-in-chief of the Collins' overland telegraph and western union extension, has arrived in San Francisco in company with various members of the organisation for erecting the tele graph which is to connect the United States and Russia. About 1,500 men will be employed on land in the proposed work, besides a co-operative force at sea or on the coast, landing the material at inter mediate ports as may be practicable. The line of the Western Union Company is to be extended from the Western States to New Westminster, British Columbia, by the middle of March, and from that point it will be taken up by Colonel Bulkley's party. They will proceed from New Westminster to Port Babine, through a country already explored. From Babine Lake, in the centre of British Columbia, to the Yukan River, in the British possessions, the country has never been ex plored, and through this wild region it is the inten tion of the company to make their way, a distance of about 3,000 miles. The fleet on the ocean will co-operate with them as far as practicable by means of the numerous rivers on the coast, many of which, however, must be explored. It is the expectation of the company to find the same character of coun try between the Coast Range and the Rocky Moun tains in this new region as is found between the Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada in the more southern latitudes, and to come out on the other side of the Yukan River, at its head, where they will find the first settlement after their departure from Babine Lake. The river is a very large one, having, several outlets in Norton Sound, south of Belaring's Straits, where it is known as and called Kinchpak. The river is navigable for about 300 miles, so far as known, and has for some years been known by the Russians in their trading operations. From the Yukan River the company will proceed to Cape Prince of Wales, which is the point of land nearest the opposite coast of Asia. From this point a sub marine cable will be laid across Behring's Straits, which are here only 36 miles wide. Arrived on the Asiatic side of the Straits, they will go around Anadyr Bay through Techuktchi (an unsettled country, though not altogether unexplored), until they strike Penjinsk Gulf, or the Okhotsk Sea, whence they will follow the coast around the Amoor River. This country is settled by the Russian Cos sacks, and roads are built the entire distance. The company anticipate that by the time they arrive at the Amoor River the telegraph from St. Petersburg will have been completed to that point.—Alta Cali fornian. PORTRAIT OF L.E.L.—I can see her now—her dark silken hair braided back over a small, but what phrenologists would call a well-developed head ; her fore head full and open, but the hair grew low upon it. The eyebrow perfect in arch and form ; the eyes, round, soft, or flashing, as they might be, grey, well formed, and beautifully set, the lashes long and black, the under lashes turning down with a delicate curve, and forming a the well and defined, soft relief upon the tint of her cheek, which, when she enjoyed good health, was bright and blushing. Her complexion was delicately fair ; h tran sparent ; her nose small (retrousse ), r s nostrilldn soft d hed slightly curved, but capable of a scornful exPression, which she did not appear to have the power of repressing, °Ten though she gave her thoughts no words, when any mean or despicable action was alluded to. It would be difficult to describe her mouth ; it was neither flat nor pouting, neither large nor small; the under jaw projected a little beyond the upper. Her smile was deliciously animated ; her teeth white, small, and even ; and her voice and laugh soft, low, and musical. Her ears were of peculiar beauty, and all who study the beauty of the human head, know that the ear is either very pleasing to look on, or much the contrary; hers were small, and of a delicate hue. Her hands and feet were even smaller than her sylph-like figure would have led one to expect. She would have been of perfect symmetry but that her shoulders were rather high. Her movements, when not excited by animated con versation, were graceful and ladylike, but when excited they became sudden and almost absurd.—Mrs. S. C. Hall, in the Art-Journal. AN ARAB ON A JOURNEY.—The next morning shortly after we had resumed our journey, we saw at some distanco before us a .nondescript -looking object floating on the water, which turned out, on nearing it, to be a white-bearded old gentleman taking a voyage down the river to Tekrit, to which place ho said ho was going on business. His mode of travelling was exceedingly primitive, and doubtless much less fatiguing than either walking or riding. He was seated astride upon a heap of rushes secured upon half a dozen inflated sheep- Was proceeding, i his destination. s u l , c i i t n h s ( , )u a t n a d ny thus, exe t r r t a i o n n qu o il n l y his s m o o w k n in g par a p t: p t e o , His naked legs hung down on each side into the water, serving as paddles, three or four vigorous kicks sufficing to give his conveyance an inclination either to the right or the left. We offered him a place on our kelek, which ho accepted, and taking his frail raft in tow, wo continued our course.—A Journey from London to Persepolis, by John Ussher, SPORTING NOTES. The most noteworthy circumstance in connection with the Liveipool Grand National Steeplechase was the acci dent which befel L'Africain when en route to Liverpool. It appears that shortly after leaving Hednesford the horse commenced kicking violently, so much so that he got rid of both his shoes, and but for being promptly removed on arriving at Colwick, ho must have smashed in the side of the box and seriously injured himself. As it was, although the rumours of his " cuts and bruises" were much exagge rated, he was found to be so stiff and sprained after his violent display, that it was impracticable to send him on to Liverpool; and he was ultimately struck out of the Grand National on the following day, much to the chagrin and loss of his numerous backers, for very few horses have left the Continent of late years with so high a repute for cleverness across country as L'Africain, a repute that was certainly not lessened after his equivocal performance at Derby. Alcibiades, the winnei: is the property of Mr. Angell, one of the most straightforward gentlemen on the turf. His friends are largo winners. Hall Court would have been a "skinner" for the bookmakers, as his name was never men tioned, and few of them know that there was such a horse in the race. The Doncaster meeting commences to-morrow. Tho principal events for the first day are the Trial Stakes, the Doncaster Spring Handicap, the United Hunt Stakes, the Hopeful Stakes, and the Londesborough Plate. The Trial Stakes will likely be secured by the French division with either Doge or Sancho, as Donnybrook will be wanted later in the season for something better. The Doncaster Spring Handicap has an excellent acceptance. East Lancashire heads the list, but can have no chance with Set. 121 b. Wandering Minstrel, from the forward position he secured last week at Liverpool, must be very dangerous ; and the same remark applies to Idle Girl, who won both her races very easily. Hourly, who was an immense favourite for the Lincoln Handicap, will in all probability represent the French division; but the horse must have vastly improved to have a chance on the present occasion. Change is very well in, and ought to take a prominent part in the race, if thoroughly prepared. So is Hartley, who is said to possess some racing points. The" Grapple; if in anything like his last year's form, when he ran Victorious a dead heat at only a difference of 31b., in the Chillington Stakes at Wol verhampton, must hold all the three-year-olds safe. The winner I expect lays between WANDERING MINSTREL, IDLE GIRL, and THE GRAPrLEE, giving a slight preference to the first named. Qui Vive should win the Hopeful Stakes, as Chapel Royal has incurred a 71b. penalty. The Abbot or Little Goy will do battle for me in the United Hunt Stakes, and Voluptas in the Londesborough Stakes. The Betting Room Stakes have nearly the same horses engaged as in the Hopeful Stakes, the winner of the latter being a good guide of the merits of the different horses engaged. If Arbury is among the starters for the Great North of England Steeplechase he can scarcely lose ; next to which I fancy Tony Lumpkin. A FRESHMAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING—Tms DAY. DONCASTER Brum° HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Wandering Minstrel (taken) sto 1 agst Idle Girl (taken) Bto 1 agst Earl of Surrey (taken) Bto 1 agst Gaily (taken) 10 to 1 agst Hartley (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Skiffington (taken) 100 to 8 agst Verger (taken) 100 to 8 agst Huntsman's Daughter (taken) 100 to 8 agst John Davies (taken) 15 to 1 agst Heurlys (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 1000 to 60 agst Mcestissima filly (taken) TWO THOUSAND. Bto 1 agst Liddington (taken freely) 15 to I agst Archimedes (taken) 17 to 1 agst Ariel (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Grinder (I NEWMARKET FIRST MONDAY, Acceptances for the Prince of added; to a handicap of 2 Age st lb Cambuscan ... 4 8 12 Master Richard ... 4 8 8 Bcchus ... 4 8 7 Argonaut ... 6 8 7 Coup d'Etat ... 4 8 7 Blue Mantle ... 5 8 0 Marigold ... 5 7 13 Vivid ... ... 5 713 The Plover ... 5 7 11 Skeffington ... 4 7 10 Fantail ... 5 7 10 Merry Heart 5 7 10 Moulsey ... 4 7 10 The Monk ... a 7 10 Queen of Spain ... 6 7 10 Durham. ... 4 7 9 Paris ... 4 7 9 Holyfox ... 4 7 9 Glendusk 4 7 9 King George ... 4 7 9 Gordian Knot ... 4 7 8 Planet 4 7 7 Onesander ... 5 7 7 Crisis ... ... 4 7 6 Idler ...4 7 5 Hark Forward 4 7 5 Elhelred 4 7 5 Donnybrook 5 7 4 Effie ... 4 7 4 Double X 5 7 3 Cadiz ... 5 7 3 Beadle ... 4 7 3 Bedminster ... 3 7 2 Countersign ... 4 7 2 Flutter colt 4 7 0 Columbia ... 5 61 Nebula 5 3 11 Camball ... 3 5 10 Puritan ... 3 6 10 Diomed ... 4 6 9 taken freely) SPRING MEETING. MAY 1. E Wales's Stakes of 200 sous, 15 soya each. lm. 17 yds. Age st lb Missionary 3 6 8 Land of the West... 4 6 7 Madcap ... 4 6 7 Yamuna 4 6 7 The Little Gentle- _ man 4 6 6 Moestissima, filly ... 3 6 6 Swordsman 3 6 5 Perfumer ... ... 4 6 5 Black Draught ... 3 6 4 Agatha ... 4 6 4 Isca ... 4 6 3 Bonus ... ... 4 6 3 Peeress ... 3 6 2 Advance ... 3 6 0 Lampoon ... 4 6 0 Connection ... 3 6 0 Kate Hampton ... 3 6 0 Lavinia ... ... 3 6 0 Appro ,rer ... 3 5 10 Love Applo ... 3 5 12 Spice ... ... 3 5 12 Heir-at-Law ... 3 5 12 Lazaretto ... ... 3 5 12 Hanstead ... 3 5 12 Lady Wildair colt 3 5 11 Amata colt ... 3 5 11 Foxholes ... 6 5 10 Sympathy 3 5 10 Spadassin 3 6 10 Doge ... ... 3 5 10 Ardericca ... 3 5 10 Arkansas 3 5 9 I Black Eyed Susan f 3 5 9 Rustic Beauty 3 5 9 Lady Florence ... 3 5 9 Scheldt 3 5 8 (Merton ... 3 5 7 l Elaine ...:3 5 7 BANBURY OPEN STEEPLE CHASE.—King Fisher's weight should be list., not 12st. 71b., as advertised in Bell's Life. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DATCHET STEEPLECHASES.-SATURDAY. The second day of this cross-country gathering was scarcely more attractive than the opening day. The weather was disagreeably cold, and slight rain during the early part of the afternoon damped the ardour of the com pany, who were hardly so numerous as expected. The majority of the favourites met with defeat, the Datchet Steeplechase proving a rare turn up for the fielders, as both Rattlesnake and Balleycasey were warmly sup ported, but the winner was not fancied, and as much as 10 to 1 was offered against him. The once famous Royal Sovereign, but now named Donkey, carried off the Selling Handicap, and was bought in for 51 guineas. The other items of sport are fully recorded below. The Stand Plate Handicap of 30 sovs, added to a Sweep- stakes of 5 sous each. About two miles and a half. 7 subs. Mr. B. Land, jun.'s, Surbiton, lOst 101 b (Page) 1 Mr. B. Land's Strike, lOst 71b (States 2 Mr. C. Nottey's Little Dick, 11st ( Richards) 3 ._... _ __ The following also ran :—Piggy `'Piggy, Moscow, and Sinite. 'Betting-6 to 4 agst Little Dick, 3to 1 agst Piggy Wiggy, 4 to 1 each agst Surbiton and Strike. Moscow made all the running for the first two miles, the others following in close crder, with the exception of Surbiton,,who, pulling hard, lay off till the third fence from home, when he went up to the leaders, and after a good race won by half a length ; the same distance sepa rated the second and third ; Sinito beaten a head, was fourth ; and Piggy Wiggy fifth. Moscow threw his jockey at the last fence. The winner was objected to, on the ground of his being in the forfeit list. The Datchet Open Handicap Steeplechase of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added; winners after the publication of the weights 71b extra. About threo miles and a half. 17 subs. Mr. Evans's Goldfinder, 6 yrs, I.ost 71b (Monahan) 1 Mr. J. Read's Balleycasey, aged, list 51b (inc. 71b extra) (T. Barton) 2 Mr. Bidgood's Rattlesnake, 6 yrs, list 41b (Owner) 3 Gorsehawk and Lady Douglas also ran. Betting—Even on Rattlesnake, 5 to 2 agst Balleycasey, 4 to 1 agst Gorsehawk, 10 to 1 agst Goldfinder. After going about 200 yards Rattlesnake took up the run ning, and went on for the first mile with a clear lead. Upon passing the Stand the second time Balleycasey went up to the leader, but again retired, hisfollowers being Gold finder and Gorsehawk. Lady Douglas, a long way in the rear, was pulled up after going two miles. The favourite held a slight lead of Balleycasey when two miles and a'half had been traversed, Goldfinder following many lengths in the rear. Crossing the lane half a mile from home Rattle snake gave way to 'Balleycasey, and Monahan sending Goldfinder along, caught Balleycasey before reaching tho last fence, and won cleverly by three lengths ; the same distance dividing the second and third. Gorsehawk walked in fourth. Match, 200 soya each; list each. Two miles. Mr. Gilke's Moscow (Pickett) 1 Mr. George's Dinorah (Mr. Harford) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Dinorali. Moscow made nearly all the running, and won by two lengths. A Selling Handicap of 30 Bove each, with 20 added ; the winner, to be sold for 40 sous. About three miles. 14 subs. Mr John Oliver's Donkey, lOst 101 b (J. Page) 1 Mr. Fletcher's Remunerator, list (Brazier ) 2 Mr. W. Riley's Wuite Stockings, lOst 121 b. (Mr. Grant) 3 The following also ran :—Surbiton, Strike, Eheu, and Irish Lass. Betting-2 to 1 agst Donkey, sto 2 agst Surbiton, and 4 to 1 agst Strike. Remunerator made play for the first mile, when ho was joined by the favourite, and the two took a long lead till within two distances from home, when White Stockings got on better terms, but the favourite maintained his ad vantage to the end and won easily by three lengths. A neck divided the second and third; Surbiton was fourth, and Strike and Eheu, side by side, nett. The winner was bought in for 51 guineas. A Scurry Handicap Sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, with 15 added; the winner to be sold for £5O. Two miles. Mr. Barry's Attoman, 10st 101 b (A. Sadler) 1 Mr. Fletcher's Remunerator, list 21b (Brazier) 2 The following also ran :—The Don, Concave, and Sprat. Betting-6 to 4 agst Concave and 3to 1 agst any other. Remunerator led for the first mile, when Attoman joined him, and half a mile from home held a clear lead of Remu aerator, but the latter never catching Attoman, was beaten easily by two lengths. Nothing else passed the post. The winner was bought by Mr. Wright for 100 guineas. THIRD EDITION. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,000 Scots and crosses, from other parts of Eng land, 800 various breeds; from Scotland, 282 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 90 oxen and heifers. There was only a limited show of sheep in the pens. About three-fourths were out of the wool, and in fair average condition. The mutton trade was very firm, and in some instances prices had an upward tendency. Primo Downs and half-breds, in the wool, sold at 6s 4d to 6s 6d ; out of the wool, 5s 2d to 5s 4d per Sibs. Shorh Lincolns wore worth 4s 8d to 5s per Blbs. Prime small lambs sold readily, but inferior breeds were dull. Prices ranged from Gs to 7s per 81bs. The supply was only moderate. Calves were in moderate supply and steady request, at extreme rates—viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 8d per 81bs. There was a fair sale for pigs, at full quotations. Tho top figure was 4s 10d per 81bs. Tho supply of foreign beasts hero to-day was rather ex tensive, and, with the exception of the stock from Nor mandy, in but middling condition. The number of foreign sheep, calves, and pigs was only moderate. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts wore seasonably good. The general quality of the stock, however, was by no means prime. From Scot land the supply was again remarkably prime, but the show from Ireland was inferior. On the whole the demand for most kinds ruled steady, at prices equal to Monday last. A few very superior Scots and crosses realised ss. 4d., but the general top figure for beef was ss. 2d. per 81bs. Per 81b to sink the offal. s el s d s el s d • Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 0 4 0 Pme ers-wool sheep 5 10 6 2 second quality do .. i 2 4 6 Prime s'thnown vo 6 4 6 6 Prime large oxen ..4 ts 4 :0 La ge coarac calvcs.4 0 5 2 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Pr.me small do .....5 4 5 8 Crse. and inf. sueep.4 0 5 2 Large hugs .3 6 4 0 Second quality do h 54 5 8 toldSmorkers 421 10 mbsos Od Od. - - • • -- suckling calves, ltis to 215; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 278 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Besets 1,790 Beasts . 1,74 o.ws — Cows. Sheep .... .. Calves 3lOl Ca vos 9B Pigs 405 Pigs 125 The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 5,905 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 4,133 ; in 1863, 2,806 ; in 1862 1,454; in 1861, 2,494 ; and in 1860, 2,025 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK, Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam .,. ... ~. ~, Antwerp Boulogne 2ll ... 270 ... 518 Bremen Calais Corunna Dordt. Dunkirk Hamburg Harlingen 404 ... Ostend 44 508 Rotterdam ... 574 874 ... Oporto 553 .. ... - ... - ... 5 ••• ...." 283 ... 904 ••• ''''' ••• '''.' Total 1338 ... 2569 ... ... 324 ...1674 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Boasts. sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, 1864 1863 1862 1861 1860 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, March 14, 1864, and this day, Monday, March 13, 1865. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. March 14, March 13, 1864. 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6t03 10 3 6to 4 0 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 4 8 410 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 4 5 0 4 6 5 2 Primo small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 410 Beasts 4,240 Sheep 15,010 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 16, 1863.--Beasts, 3,580 sheep, 18,140—calves, 61—pigs, 370. March 17, 1862—Beasts, 3,460 —sheep, 17,960—calves, 45 —pigs, 370. NEWUATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderato supplies of town and country-killed meat con tinue on salo at these markets. On the whole, the trade is steady at about stationary prices. Per 81b by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Middling do.. 3 8 4 0 Prime lar : ;e do 4 2 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Large pork 3. 6 4 6 ed ad Inferior mntton 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton 4 2 4 8 Prime do 4 10 5 0 Veal 4 4 5 4 Small pork. 4 8 6 0 BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues to be very moderately supplied with English hops, and most qualities command a steady sale at very full prices. Good and fine foreign hops aro in moderate request at full quotations, but for inferior pro duce the trade is dull. Last week's import was 37 bales from Antwerp, 243 Bremen, 33 Hamburg, 4 Brussels, and 20 Rotterdam. Mid and East Rent ..... 110 s to 200 s por ow`. Weald of Kent Sussex .. Yearlings loos to lies Bavarian - s „ American EOs ,o 13 s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets are moderate. In most qualities a fair average business is doing, and prices are firm. Last week's import was 141 sacks from Dunkirk, and 100 tons from Caen. Per ton. Yorkshire Regents ... 9os to 110 s Flukes. 130 s to 145 s Kent and Essex Regents oos to 105 s Scotch Regents :ft's to 10es Rocks 7os to 85s Foreign WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool continuo to be well at ond6d by buyers, and the biddings for most descriptions ~f produce rule steady. Compared with the opening sale, very little change has taken place in prices since we last SEEDS. Clover seed was inactive, yet no change of importance took place in the quotations, Other agricultural seeds met a slow sale, on former terms. The value of East India Linseed and Rape seed remained unaltered. There was a fair inquiry for cakes, and pr Cumlp, W h e,p. bus.2‘s to 22s Swede —8 —s Mustard, Brown —s s White, Tares, Spring.. s New whiter, bush Os 108 Canary, per quarter Ohs 50s Rye grass ..... 24s 283 Clover, Red Eng., ot. 52s 12 . )s White ' ,73 80s Foreign Red.... 51s 70s White. Ma 803 Trefoil 353 45e ices ruled firm. Carraway 33i 318 Coriander .2s 24s ilempseed, per qr 4os 43s Linseed,Eng.sowing 7a 7zs Crushing 6os 648 Baltic —s —s Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p English - £lO Os £ll Cs Foreign £9 103 £ll Os Rape Cakes,p ton £5 Os £5 108 Rapeseed, new,pr qr 71s 78s TALLOW. Thero is no change to notice in the position of the tallow trade to-day. The amount of business doing is very mo derate, at previous rates. P.Y.C. is quoted at 40s. 3d. per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow commands 41s. 6d. net cash. Rough fat is selling at 25., ls. 2d. per Blbs. 38 61 f V3I I i 86 51 103 1151 15 f llf 951 69 8f il' I 20 13Q 2 G2l 31 97t i 100} 1 100} 1 SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TAT FER3ALL'S_This Evening. -- ,), - DONCASTER HANDICAP. 100 to 30 agst Wandering Minsterel (offered) 6to 1 agst Earl of Surrey (offered) 10 to 1 agst any other NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Bto 1 agst Skeflington (offered) 100 to 8 agst Hartley (taken) 100 to 8 agst Verger (taken) 100 to 8 agst Huntsman's Daughter (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lion (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 8 agst Mcestissima f (taken freely) 15 to 1 agst Peon (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered) 100 to 6 agst Lion (taken) 14 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 20 to 1 agst Grinder (taken) . TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst Liddington (offered—take 3 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 12 to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered) 16 to 1 agst Koenig (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ariel (taken) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Liddington (taken) 7to 1 agst Breadalbane (15 to 2 wanted) 10 to 1 agst Duke (offered—take 11 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rifle (offered) 28 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered) 30 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Oppressor (offered) 33 to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered) 40 to 1 agst Ariel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Koenig (offered) 40 to 1 agst Gladiateur (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Audax (taken) 1000 to 8 agst Pepper's Ghost (taken) AQUATICS. CAFFIN AND KING, FOR £25 A-SIDE. The above match took place this afternoon, and resulted in one of the finest races we have ever seen. King was the favourite at starting, as much as 2 and 3 to 1 being laid on him. The race from the commencement was never in doubt, as Caffin won all the way, coming in an easy winner by upwards of six lengths. The winner was trained by Robert Bain, of Lambeth, himself one of the fittest rowers on the river. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Reading, Newport, and Yarmouth Railway Bill was read a second time. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Earl STANHOPE said that he had given notice of his intention to bring forward a motion on the subject of the British Museum, and Mr. Walpole had given a similar motion in the other house. It appears, however, that the Government had devised a plan that would remedy the deficiencies in tho present system of the management of the British Museum. Such being the case, it was considered advisable by the trustees of the institution that no discus sion should at present take place on this subject. His friend, Mr. Walpole, had withdrawn his motion, and he would follow his example. PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON this bill was read a third time. BRITISH KAFFRARIA BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL in moving the second reading of this bill explained, explained the circumstances which led to its being deemed advisable for legislature to interfere. The Government of the Cape of Good Hope had impressed upon the British Government the necessity of dealing with the question of annexing Caffraria to the Cape, and the object of the bill was•to enable the Governor of the colony to take that course in the event of the Legislature of the Cape of Good Hope not undertaking it themselves. However, before vesting that power in the Governor, it gave the Le gislature of the Cape the authority to make the annexation themselves. Lord LYVEDEN approved of the bill in some particu lars, but he strongly objected giving the power proposed to the governor, and he believed the effect of annexing this military frontier would be to drive the Kaffirs further into the country, and eventually lead to another Kaffir war. Earl TAUNTON also objected to the bill. The Duke of ARGYLL, in reply, said the time had arrived when legislation Qn this subject had become indis pensable, and it was impossible that matters be allowed to remain in their present state. The bill was then read a second time. ELECTION PETITION ACTS (1848) AMENDMENT BILL. - After a few words from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, The bill was read a second time: Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuts EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter before four. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Glasgow City and Suburban Gas ; Colney Valley and Halstead Railway. The following bills were read a second time :—Bishop's Castle Railway (Deviations, Ste.); Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (various powers); Crystal Palace New Railways ; Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Eastern Junction Railway ; London, Chatham, and Dover, and London and South Western Railway Companies ; and Manchester and Milford Railway:_ PETITIONS. Col. SYKES presented a petition from certain Indian officers, praying for a redress of their grievances. Mr. TrrE presented a petition from the Metropolitan Board of Works, praying for the removal of tolls on the metropolitan bridges. Mr. TREREENE presented it petition from one of the deposed Indian princes, praying for redress. Petitions were also presented by several members, pray ing for a reduction in the duty on fire insurances. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Sir F. SMITH said that after Easter Monday he should move a resolution with respect to certain harbours of refuge recommended in the commission which sat in 1857 and 1859. POOR LAWS. Col. NORTH asked the Secretary to the Poor Law Board if, by article 115 of the General Consolidated Order of the Poor Law Board, dated July 24, 1847, any pauper suffering from small-pox or other infectious disorders could insist upon leaving the workhouse, in opposition to the opinion of the doctor, upon giving to the master, or, during his ab sence or inability to act, to the matron, a reasonable notice of his or her wish to do so. Viscount ENFIELD said neither master nor matron of any workhouse had power to compel any person to remain in the workhouse. THE BUDGET. In reply to Mr. J. WHITE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he intended to bring forward his annual financial statement on the first day after Easter, that he thought would be Thursday, the 27th of April, Mr. WALPOLE said he should, under such circum stances, postpone bringing forward.his measure relative to British Museum until after the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made his statement. NAVAL CHAPLAINS. Mr. LEFROY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if any steps had been taken during the recess to ascertain, through the Chaplain's quarterly returns, how far the chaplains have been able to comply with the Admiralty in structions directing clerical visits to bo made to transports and small vessels of war not entitled to bear chaplains; if the revised edition of the chaplain's instructions men tioned last session had been issued ; and if there was any objection to the annual publication of a precis of the Chaplains' Quarterly Returns ? Mr. CHILDERS said no revised instructions had been issued, but he might say the whole of the matter was under consideration. THE CASE OF MARY RYAN. Mr. SCULLY asked the Secretary of State for the Homo Department (with reference to certain official correspon dence as to the Irish nun, Miss Mary Ryan, called Sister Theresa), whether it was intended, on the part of the Government, to require that lady to be delivered up by the Belgian authorities. and whether he would lay before this house the case as to Miss Mary Ryan, submitted by his desire, in the month of October last, to the Attorney for England, Solicitor-General or England, along with their opinion on it. Sir G. GREY said he believed there would to dbednoloivoebrjeocp tion on the part of the Belgian Government it the appearedprs o n o o Mary f but press for h fo e r r sporoehseantdset4mitaenodf. health CAPTAIN BEALE. nadv an 'sa ß b y leto bl f n the ta e o Foreign Affairs w hether he would lay upo Mr. PEACOCKE asked the Under Seretary of State for the house all the papers rela tin g to the extradition in the ser- from the Canadian territory of Captain Beale, an officer viae of the Confederate States ? Mr. LAYARD said he was not aware that Captain Beale had been surrende red b y the Canadian Government. There were no papers in the possession of the Govern ment with respect to the matter. " OWL'S LIGHT." - Mr. ROEBUCK drew the attention of the house to an alleged letter which appeared in the Times ? headed 4 , Owl's Light," from General Hutt, C. 8., in which it was stated that there was no truth in the report that he was to be appointed chief secretary of Chelsea Hospital, as such an appointment would be contrary to the Queen's warrant ; and, being an I n di an officer, hewas ineligible for the post ; and desiring a contra tradiction of _that which involved a reflection on his brother's integrity ; and also to the actual appointment of General Hutt to the office. Mr. BUTT said that the letter in question was a fraud, and the signature a forgery, and had emanated from some persons whom he would call scoundrels, who pursued dis honest purposes by disloyal means. Ho had the origin al letter to the Times in his possession, and ho expecte d to be able to trace its author. General Hutt was not incapable by the Queen's warrant, or b y t h e fact of his being an ()Seer of the Indian army, fro m h o ldi ng the place in questi on , as he possessed all the necessary experience, and was an offic er distinguished for his services, and had been named in the Gazette by Sir C. Napier and by the Duke of Wellington, recommending him for the honour of the order of the Bath for his services at Meanee and Hyderabad. THE DEFENCES OF CANADA. On the motion for going into committee of supply on the army estimates. Mr. S. FITZGERALD rose to call the attention of the house to the report of Colonel Jervois with reference to the defence of Canada, and also for the purpose of asking for certain information on the subject. The hon. gentleman, in his opening observations, said the matter was one of the greatest importance, and while ex pressing an opinion that there was no distinct intention on the part of the United States to enter upon hostilities with this country, yet he contended that circumstances might readily arise, in Canada especially, which might bring about dif ferences of a very alarming description. After alluding to the present position of affairs in the United States and Canada, the hon. gentleman proceeded to refer to the steps that were now proposed to be taken. What ho asked, did the Government intend to do? and he supposed he should be told that the intention was to carry out the recommendations that have been made by Colonel Jervis after his inspection. He reminded the house that there had been a commission sent out to Canada in 1862, with Colonel Gordon at its head ; and the conclusion the commissioners arrived at was very similar to that of Colonel Jervois, yet the outlay was set down at such an enormous figure that another commission was sent out in 1863, and another in 1864. Yet, after all the inquiry, what was now proposed to bo done by the Home Government ? Why, they only intended to undertake the fortification of Quebec, and that they intended to set about by the ex penditure of £50,000. He should have thought that if the Government were convinced of the necessity of erecting these fortifications they would set about them in a mere energetic manner than merely spending £50,000 for two or three years. He should have thought that the proper course to pursue would be to throw all their energies into the matter, and instead of doing the thing by driblets to effect all that was required in the speediest manner possible. Lle condemned the principle of the Government, and he could not see why they could object co do as much for Canada as they did for Sardinia during the Crimean war. There were many things he desired information upon, and one of the questions lie begged to put to the Government was whether they intended to put a naval force on Lake Ontario. [LEFT SPEAKI,NG.] FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ARRIVALS AT DONCASTER. Sutton, Pirate, Emma Oberon, Buckenham, Dunkeld, Fury, Queen Bee, Hawkshaw, Valentine, Hollyfox, Idle Girl, East Lancashire, Qui Vive, Catherine, Grenadine, Gamecock, Freshman, Lumdy, Earl of Surrey, Brimstone, Lassitude, Ambition, Sisiphus, Reindeer, Walpole, Novice, Tragedy, Wandering Minstrel, Portland, Sly Fox, Doge, Redneck, Nelly Grey, Vandal, Brandy Wine, Jessamine Gaily, Vanessa, Nell Digby, Club Queen, Haphazard' and Jane Shore. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market unchanged. Sales about 5,000 bales. Fox CLUB.--The second meeting of the Fox Club this season took place on Saturday evening at Brooks's. There were present :—Earl of Albemarle, Earl of Fife, Viscount Falkland, Lord Cremorne, Lord Suffield, Hon. W. Edwardes, Sir W. Gibson Craig, Bart., Sir Thomas B. Birch, Bart, Sir Montague T. Cholmeley, Bart, M.P., Sir H. Ferguson Davies, Bart, M.P., Right Hou. Stephen Lushington, Colonel C. B. Challoner, Mr. S. Ridley, and Mr. J. St. Aubyn, M.P. THE AMERICAN FLAG RE -QUARTERED.--Whether the South be recognised or not, as a consequence of the war, it is clear that the negro will. When the stars shine again, the stripes will have disappeared.—Punch. THE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH.—A shoemaker breathing his last. A TUNNEL, which will be more than a mile long, intended to carry the Midland Railway under Hampstead, has been be gun. THE EASTERN COAST.—The steamship Pacific has been purchased by the Great Eastern Railway Company for its continental traffic between Harwich and Rotterdam. About 1,000 sacks of flour have been recovered from the screw steamer Star Queen, sunk off Winterton a day or two since. The smack Saucy Lass, of Great Yarmouth, has been brought into that port derelict. She was abandoned by her crew after grounding on a sand outside; crew saved. During the past five weeks upwards of forty shipwrecked sailors have been received at the Great Yarmouth Sailors Home. PUBLICHOUSES AND REFRESHMENT ROOMS.—At Liverpool on Friday a licensed victualler was summoned for allowing drink to be sold in his house between one and four o'clock in the morning, and the case was discharged on the ground "that if the house was closed it was neces sary to prove the actual sale of liquor after one o'clock." In tho instance of a refreshment room, it appears, it is only necessary to prove drinking during illegal hours. A MAN BURIED ALIVE AT Bow.—On Saturday information was forwarded to Mr. Humphrey, Middlesex coroner, of a shocking accident which befel a man named William Brown, aged 37 years. It appears the decased was an excavator, and while employed in the con struction of a sewer in Bow, the sides of the excavation, not being sufficiently supported by retaining planks, gav e way. The deceased was buried under a mass of earth, and though labourers at once set to work to extricate him, they were unable to get him out alive. Dr. M. Davey was sent for, but all attempts at resuscitation proved unavailing. PUBLIC RIGHTS TO SHOOTlNG.—Aquarter sessions of justices of peace of Forfarshire was held in the Sheriff Court-room, Forfar, on Tuesday, Sir Geo. Ramsay, Bart., of Bank, presiding. The only business was the dis posing of an appeal of Thomas Nichol), ropemaker, Mon trose, against a late decision of the justices, finding Nichell guilty of trespass on Oct. 22 last, upon the estate of Dun at a part thereof known as the lands of Sands, and fining him 55., with £1 Hs. 6d. of expenses. Mr. Burnes, writer, Montrose, appeared for the appellant, and stated the grounds of appeal, the principal of which was that the case should not have been brought up before the justices until a similar case pending in the Forfar Sheriff court had been decided In that case the proprietor of Dun had produced the sam infeftment as was produced to the justices, and the same decreet of declarator ; but the sheriff had declined to find the man guilty of trespass until the proprietor of Dun had proved his right to the lands of Sands. The proprietor true enough, had produced his title ; but the Court of Session had required that, when a party claims a right or dinarily possessed by the public be must show not only a title, but that ho had had continuous and uninterrupted . possession of the propert. The lands of Sands were a fore shore, and that ordinarily belonged fo the public; so that to claim them the proprietors of Dun must show title and possession. The proprietor had produced title, but co u ld no t show the possession, as the people of Montrose had shot on the lands of Sands, according to the evidence, for 20 years ; and the sheriff had therefore said that, before he could de cide that the man was trespassing so that he could interdict him, he must have proof of possession, and had allowed a diet for that. Mr. Burnes contended that in these circum stances the justices should in common courtesy have waited the sheriff's decision. Mr. IL W. Anderson, writer, For far, for the prosecutor, said that he had nothing to do with the case in the Sheriff Court, as it was against another party altogether, and the Justices went under an Act by which the prosecutor alleged there was a trespass, and it lay with the defender to show there was no tres pass. The evidence showed that the man was on the lands of Sands, and he held the property was his, so that the defender ought to show it was not. Ile re ferred to documents produced to show the right of the pro prietor of Dun to the lands of Sands, and concluded by asking a confirmation of the decision of the justices. Mr. Burnes said his reply was that no Court should decide in a case where another case with the same principle was pend ing in a similar Court. The justices held that the rights produced by the proprietor of Dun to the lands of Sands were sufficient ; and, setting aside the plea that they should wait the decision of the sheriff, dismissed the appeal, find ing the appellant liable in modified expenses of £2 2s. Jas. regarding t the justices ther should ght s h o a f v t e li w e a p i treod of Sands.—Scotsman. the arbitration so long pend ptPhelwriettdoeisrec Esq., of Reswalli , one of the five p residin g j ustices, expressedousfinovandn io ue o nrs o f p tto t i o h n e othd s n e h t e l t ha r h i na a ff tds t ing between the Humber Iron Works and Ship building Company and the vendors, Messrs. Samuel son and Moss, was brought to a close on Friday last; Mr. llawkshaw's award may therefore now be looked for immediately. e tc:ehl IhenaeErctsetourls.ekogf a a o r eef d regarding sat tl e e 0 . 1) 5 711 1 a COURT o :ocourt assembled p.m., s.s OF e am A bd N laende,eonto AFRlCAN othkeosaac S me u e f L o T gr A rao N nu . n d hour, Otoi after wlNe l. av : hyt t : T h dzi ? a, S sn a to l t a .o l l a s 0. war. In e t h elwil otsihnueelntcaneNnyterarene and his attentive listeners to th e speec h es, an d a ll was mar k e d with the utmost decorum. For an hour the Sultan ad dressed the cro w d, some ti mes stopp i ng t o thi n k, and pull ing out hairs from his face with iron tongs. There were bursts of laughter at his jokes, and when ho had finished, a general conversation began. A wuzeer now spoke very sharply, and after each of his sentences there was a great clapping of hands and asseut:of "hums." Two of the crowd then delivered addresses, which were received with a single "viva" and the court abruptly broke up. Except the ridiculous part of pulling out the hairs of the Sultan's beard, there could not be a more impressive or orderly court. It again assembled two days afterwards; the tusk still lay in the space, and was presented by .tho chief of Irsalala in token of submission to the court's decision against him. Thus, by simple arbitration, ended their war of f o ur-and-twenty days, which had, entailed no greater loss than half a dozen men.—. 4 Walk Across Afilca, by C a ptain J. A. G r ant. i 109 10 10 10 ieo iOO 131 471 7 721 3 76 1 5q 8 82i 39 40 23i 1(01 105} 94 4 1081 2i 33& i 57;