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

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL iNTELLIIENOE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Continued activity prevails in discount circles owing to the preparations for bills maturing at the end of the week, as business will be partially closed during the holidays. There are also heavy engage ments to be liquidated in connection with the settlement at the Stock Exchange to-morrow, and these have_ very largely increased the demand for accommodation. There is, however, a good supply of money on offer, and the rates remain at 51 and 6 per cent. for the best bills. The outgoing steamer Poonah, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, will take out to-day about £150,000 in specie for the East. Three vessels have arrived from Australia with gold, viz,, the True Briton, with 36,107 ounces, worth £144,428 ; the Sarah Grice, with 12,633 ounces, worth £50,532 ; and the Wave of Life, with 11,367 ounces, valued at £45,468, making a total of £239,428. The Imperial Mercantile Credit Asssociation have made a call of £2 10s. per share payable on the 15th of May, and a further call of the like amount payable the 15th June next. It has been notified by the Peruvian Financial Agency that the bonds drawn on the 2d of January last for the sinking fund, amounting to £256,250, will be paid on the 2d proximo by Messrs. J. Thompson, J. Bonar, and Co. It has been announced that a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. will be paid by the Great Western Railway of Canada. During the last few days there has been little activity exhibited in the markets for foreign and colonial produce. Sugars have been dull, at abcut previous rates. For coffee there has been a fair in quiry, and superior descriptions have maintained fully former rates. Rice has been on limited favour without material alteration in value, while a large speculative business has been done on tallow, and quotations have fluctuated to some extent. The Bonds of the Loan of his Highness, Ismael Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, are quoted 1 prem. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market opened with an ap pearance of heaviness, and a decline of 1 per cent. was recorded in the Funds. A few purchases, how ever, produced a firmer tone, and Consols are now 864 / for money, and 87 1 for the account. The New Three per Cents. and Reduced Annuities are 84! ; Exchequer Bills for March, 9s. to ss. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1021 4. Foreign Stocks, are generally at lower values. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 371 371. Mexican, 211 1. New, 191 20. Greek, 141 1. Spanish Passive, 271 271. The Certificates, 161 1. Italian, 601. The Confederate Loan, 57. Chilian Loan, 1 / prem. Brazilian Scrip, 11 ex div. dis. Egyptian Railway Loan, 1 dis. to par ; ditto New Egyptian Loan Scrip, I to 1 prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds, 711 1; Erie Shares, 551 ; and Illinois, 801 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has been very quiet, the speculators and dealers having been engaged with the settlement. North Westerns have advanced 7s. 6d., and Great Eastern, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern each 55., while Metropolitan have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial Lines remain with out material change in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very dull, Alliance being dealt in at 26i ; Merchant Bank at 251 ; Union of Australia at 50i i. Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are marked 61 i ; Impe rial Mercantile Credit, 21 3i ; National Discount Company, 12i 13 ; Overend, Gurney, and Co., 16i . 1 3 3 -; and Neuter's Telegraph Company (new issue), 1i 14 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GCTERNMENT FUNDS. a Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, April 5 8 per Cent. Reduced B4l i 1 New 3 per Cent B4l . New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 9 5 dis Do. £5OO 9 5 dis Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account — INDIAN GovERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10i per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5f per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd pm Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 13razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent, 18 52-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account D. Scrip, £35 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. Account Do X1(0 Bonds Do 1 Chilian 6 per per Cent Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Do Scrip, £25 paid Pm Do. 4} per Cent _ e" ol orabian 6 per Cent. — %Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Danubian Principalities , Do Account '-'tlador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 0., Provisional Land Warrant — . Q gYptian 7 per Cent. — 1., )0 ., Second Issue — •u 0 £lOO Bonds .., Do. 1864 9ll .1-)o £lOO Bonds 92f Do. Government Railway Debentures — Do. £25 paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account . Do. Co u po ns • vl iatentala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 i . Do. Alaremmana Railway 6o} atexica n 3 per Cent Do. Account . 22} f Do 1864 „,. 1 .)o 6 p er C en t. Anglo-French t o ntevidean 6 per Cent, £3O paid ,„. 4400 rish Imperial 5 per Cent '"eW Granada Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred D Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 0. 6 per Cent, 1864 — , Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — ' eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account — Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — 41 per Cent., 1862 1 , 00. Account ort ligue „ 3 per Cent., 1853 1 ,,,)0 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 45* 1 4 "0. Account " 6118 sian -sr Cr 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St u 0 4i per Cent. 1850 bo 41, per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 - Lo 5 per Cent. 1862 be 5 per Cent. 1864 tardiman 5 per Cent 13Panish 3 per Cent — D 0 Account •'-'0 New Deferred — - 1 20 Account ~1 30 Passive — 13 u 0 Account 27f 1 /uish Cert. of Coup not funded — DOk,_ Account l6i 1 -- 'v. rs etlisl i 4 per Cent. 'L i 41. per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 93 13t,0 Account 93f ' i° 6 Per Cent. 1858 4 'o Xl.OO Bonds ~ " 0 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 6Bl Do £lOO Bonds D" 6 pe Cent, 1863 — ° 5 per r ent., C 1865, paid up Scrip 371 i 1 . 1 0 % Account V — 4 Per Cent. Guaranteed — enezuela 3 per Cent. — Di tto account — , D °6 per C en t , 1862 — 3. . Account Do. 1864 371 3)° ' li - per Cent — .A. 4 84. • bividends on the above payable in London. 11 . l P 6 n, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins if ga o , 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. l i t i_a 2 i- per ( - lent., Ex. 12 Guil — P i . e u 1 per Cent. Certificates — ital! lell tentes 3 per Cent. , 4 01 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. .... °a- Account 00....L501s for TWO O'CLOCK. : s () c. Accou n money t 87 I} er on nenl- ice in to re- vern the I per from- port" mvic" ed for e safe i , 1 014 more a,s re" s cool' cagge retire DN.' 1,7 68 SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid.! l Closing I Business Bristol anu Exeter • Caledonian Cambrian .•••• Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc I Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc I E.London, terip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stook Do. Li stock Do. N ew, Is. at 25 p n Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D.'. S. Val. Ifail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Ox:ord Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Doircr Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & Nor th Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shot., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid'and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Kent . . . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. 13 , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st Jck Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern Staines, Wok., ct Wok Tatr Vale Do. C Vale of Neat!' Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall BRITISH MOSS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent.. • ..... Do. F shares . _._ ... •• Buffalo 6z Lake liuron Do. Preference , . .. .. Buff, Brant, & Goderich Buff ~ B rant, 6 p.c. 87-3- i• • • •••• • Calcutta & 8. E., Rm.. :at e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p , East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu..5 p.c.l Do. J Eitensiozi Grand Trunk of Canada, Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2a - Pr,f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c O. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt. Sout h of India gua. 5 per cent D. 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 56 do. pay. 1877-8 I Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do DO. 4;_dO Do. Fit th Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. /bids. Mel. it Hudson's Bay.. N. Itl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs. Sciatic .... Do. Delhi Do. do ts . Do. Punjaub 4 Do.lndus St. Flo I 0 100 100 all 100 100 COLONIAL GO VIM: British Columbia, 8 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1372.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-54 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jau. & July Do. sp. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oet , 1890-1900 Do. do; 1680-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 i Do. s . per cent. 15 Aprils and 15 Oct., 1900 Ce 3 Son, N0v,1868, 6 p.( Do. 1878, do Slatirititio, e. c, 1873, . . . Jan. and July Do. 1578 Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. • Do. 1895, Feb. .3; Aug Natal 'iov. e per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J my N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova Scutla Goy. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 4ueensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards rVic,Gov. 6 p.c. la .S 5 July Do. do, A pril & Oct 90 02 131 232 83 67 13 15 5 7 67 70 70 72 118 12) 30 40 6 7 122 121 I'B HO 81 91 59 60 53 60 40 42 34 8i 101 02 120 121 86 88 94 05 37 $9 43 c 5 120 122 92 43 63 64 132 134 2j p 1 131 , 96 98 123 123 i 92 o 4 t 8 60 :8 30 109 110 71 72 109 110 35 57 10 11 p 123 124 1 i 2p 14 2p 74 76 10 12 150 152 67 70 112 114 51 53 73 2 5 8 9 140 113 3 1r 100 102 51 53 SSIONS. 5$ 60 102 103 P iP 00 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 63 70 100 102 101 102 102 104 33 35 8S 90 65 67 65 60 59 61 50 65 45 49 42 45 32 34 20 34 109 110 1y 2 p 1 4 2 AO 100 91 93 16 17 at W I 91 96 86 a 1 4(1, MO 10 9 93 87 89 62 A 4 8 : 82 99 100 98 99 * 4d 97 99 1021 31 NEXT MCCUE: £0 94 90 f 4 90 E 4 7s 80 78 40 104 104 105 107 105 107 102 1(4 90 22 11 2 104 le6 1 8 102 104 104 103 104 tO6 1(42 104 101 102 93 i(5 go 95 87i gBi 9t 95 79 81 48 100 98 100 105 107 106 10: 911.} BRITISH MINES. Cam. Coml. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated I Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L Rxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Helst ,, e Grenville Herod's Foot .... Elingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Sewn North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United. Providence Uny Ltdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin - Croft Vigra and Clugan, West Bassett (11Logan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West C hi rerton ....... . West Seton ..... . Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 'Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 8 9 15 17 560 68i 1 18 20 8 9 2.1.0 294 2.14.8 3} 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 4 1 7 3 31 5 7 20 21 2 3i 26 28 3a 81 33 40 4j 5 4 6 4 4i 21 I,d 35 49 1t is 32 34 390 410 2 ti 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 8 1 2 § 10 75 SO 165 175 826 876 25 276 3 5 205 215 15 17 MO:Irk:HEN. ;onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, tto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., ,tto, I per cent. irred., 97 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 107• London Tilbury, and Southend, 96i Arid C D. I 1 SHAKES. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Franeiseo, lira., gua. 7 per cent., 15* Sambre and Meuse, ea San Paulo, lira., gua. 6 per cent., 16 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 31 General, 20 Scottish Australian, lim., BAN KS. Alliance, lira— 2.74 6f Anglo Austrian, 6 Bank of London. 26 mperial Ottoman, 124 Ditto, new. 111 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22} London Joint Stock, 47} National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and Al issue, 45} Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 6 Union of Australia. 50; MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, lira., 51 Credit Fonder and &fob'lier of England, 61 Ditto, new, 54 Crystal Palace, 374 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 108 Gen. Credit and kluance 01 London, 11w., 4 f Hudson's Bay, 161 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 21 Land Securities, lan., London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 31 National Discount company, Ditto, new, 51 Ovcrend, Gurney, and Co., Hm., 14311 THE POMPEIAN VILLA OF PRINCE NAPOLEON in the Avenue Montaigne, which has for so many years been one of the sights of Paris, after being put up for sale, has definitely been bought by a certain Count de Quinsonas. The bronze statues, marbles, and other ob jects of artistic merit, which had been made at an immense cost for the decoration of this princely toy, bad been pre viously sold by auction. The cream of the collection, however, had long ago been removed from the villa by the Prince to his present habitation, the Palais Royal, and the Pompeian villa offered rather a denuded aspect, though nothing could rob it of its singular physiognomy. The Prince, says the Paris correspondent of the Queen, seems to be determined to keep up his quarrel with the chiefs of the dynasty, for, after being in Paris for a few days 'when the sale was going on, he has left it again for a lengthened journey. Large shipments of grain and breadstaffs are going from California to Australia, in consequence of the closing of the Chilian ports by Spain. There are splen did prospect 4 of a large grain and gold yi e ld thi s year. The rich plaCer mines of the North are attracting much attention. 59 i 1201 1 024 1231 ITIES. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1866. ELECTION COMMITTEE—This Day. NOTTINGHAM. The members of this committee reassembled this morning, and proceeded with their inquiry into the merits of the petition against the return of Sir Robert Clifton, the evidence being chiefly confined to proofs of rioting and intimidation. Henry 0. Bornee, the first witness called, said— I am a lace manufaCturei, and carry on my business at Nottingham. lam acquainted with Mr. Spenser, of Welford, and Sir Robert Clifton and Mr. Acland, whom I met on several occasions during the election proceedings. On the day before the election I saw them in conversation together in the neighbourhood of Nottingham, Mr. Spenser being in his carriage at the time. I heard Sir Robert say that he would go into the town as there would be a row there, and it would be very Inadvisable to do so. I understood him to say that there was sure to be a row in the Market-place, and Mr. Acland was standing close to him at the time. There was a large crowd of persons present, and when Sir R. Clifton walked away from the carriage he was loudly cheered. I heard Mr. Acland say, in a loud voice, "There 'will be a row there now." By the Chairman—l understood that to be in reply to a question from one of the crowd relative to Mr. Paget and Mr. Morley. Witness in continuation--Mr. Spenser spoke to me in reference to the election, and said he would not go into the town for £lO, as his carriage would be smashed to pieces if he went near the market place. He said to me also that the platform would be smashed. I was in Stoney-street on the day of the polling, and saw a crowd collected before Mr. Sweet's shop. Sir Robert - Clifton was passing at the time in a cab, and stood up and smiled when he was opposite the shop. There was another gentleman in the cab whom he believed to be Mr. Iledington, who was then Chief-Constable of Nottingham. The win dows and shutters of Mr. Sweet's shop were smashed, and a number of books and papers thrown into the street, which he assisted in collecting together, and restoring to Mr. Sweet. The cab was not going at the rate of more than five miles an hour, and was proceeding in the direction of the polling booth. Wm. Dawson, an omnibus driver, and Mr. W. G. Wood, Lice-chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Nottingham, gave similar evidence. The committed resumes their sittings to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF STEALING A CHEQUE, &C.--A KIND PROSE CUTOR.—Henry Freeman, a lad, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a cheque for £9 ss. and about £25 in money, the property of Mr. Frederick Hedger, estate agent, 40, Pall-Mall. A clerk in the employ of Mr. Hedger said that in conse quence of being told on the morning of Wednesday last that the prisoner —who was in the employ of the house keeper who looked after the offices—had absconded, he looked in a drawer of a table in Mr. Hedger's office—the drawer having been safely locked overnight and still re maining locked—and he missed a cheque for £9 ss. and about £25 in money. The cheque produced (found on the prisoner when taken into custody by Butcher, 137 C) was the one he missed. Mr. Hedger said he had no wish to press hardly on the lad, as he thought the prisoner had yielded to a sudden temptation. He had seen the lad's father, a respectable man, and he had taken every care of the lad, and would continue to do so. He had no wish to lock anybody up, and therefore would withdraw from the prosecution. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the lad ought to be very thankful to Mr. Hedger, for if he had gone for trial he might have received a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment. DISORDERLIES IN THE UAYMARKET.-1101117 Moss, of 38, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, wine merchant ; H. Howard, clerk, of 172, Camberwell, New-road ; and Ellen Leslie, an unfortunate, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk, and behaving in a disorderly manner in the Hay market. The case having been proved, Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendants ss. each. Edward Carroll, clerk, of John-street, Berkeley-square, was charged with assaulting Police-constable Redford in the Haymarket. Redford said that at three o'clock that morning the de fendant was quarrelling with two women in the Haymar ket. Rs requested the defendant and the women to leave, when the defendant said, " Who the devil are you 2" and kicked him in the legs ; and he still felt the effects. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 10s., or seven days. THE NEW REFCRM BILL. 81R311NG11431, Monday Night. A town's meeting (convened by the Mayor in compliance with a requisition signed by 800 persons) to consider the Government Reform Bill was held here this evening. The Mayor (Mr. Edwin Yates) presided. Mr. THOMAS LLOYD, J.P., moved the following resolution : " That, relying on the promise of her Majesty's Govern ment that a measure for the redistribution of seats will be introduced as soon as possible, the members for the borough be requested to support 1,(3 bill for the extension of the franchise now before Parliament." The Rev. R. W. DALE, M.A., Dissenting minister, seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. J. Dixon, J.P., also by Mr. Grew, a working man, and carried by acclamation. Mr. J. S. WRIGHT, Vice-President of the Cham ber of Commerce, moved the following : " That, as in the opinion of this meeting the provisions of the Government measure fall short of the just expecta tions of the people, the borough members be requested strenuously to resist any attempt that may be made to limit the scope of the bill, and to exert all their influence to in duce the House of Commons to put the most• Liberal inter pretation possible upon all its clauses." - The foregoing was seconded, and supported by several speakers ; it also was carried unanimously. A petition to Parliament was adopted. The hall was about three parts full. In the course of the proceedings the following letter from Mr. Bright was read : 44 Rochdale, March 25. "I feel sorry that I cannot be at your meeting to-morrow night to witness and to help the expression of the senti ments of Birmingham upon the question which is now ex citing so much interest throughout the country. I cannot write as I could speak, but I must write a few lines to you. c‘ The Franchise Bill now before Parliament is a per fectly honest bill. It will, if it become law, give votes more extensively to tho middle class, both in counties and boroughs, and it will overthrow the principle of working class exclusion, which was established by the Reform Act of 1832. " It will admit to the franchise so many of the work ing men in all important and populous boroughs that they as a class, will no longer feel themselves intentionally excluded by the law. " In the counties it will enfranchise 200,000 men, and it may be expected in some counties to make the representa tion less than that of the class of landlords and more that of the great body of the occupiers of houses and land within the county. " It will enfranchise in London and in all the great cities a considerable number of young men and of artisans who live in lodgings or in parts of houses, and it will thus ex tend the franchise to many not included in the suffrage granted by the Reform Act. " I say the bill is an honest bill,-and if it is the least the Government could offer it may be that it is the greatest which the Government could carry through Parliament. "Parliament is never hearty for Reform or for any good measure. It hated the Reform Bill of 1831 and 1832, It hated the bill which repealed the Corn Law in 1846. It does not like the Franchise Bill now upon its table. It is to a large extent the offspring of landlord power in the counties, and of tumult and corruption in the boroughs, and it NN ould be strange if such a Parliament were in favour of freedom and of an honest representation of the people. But notwithstanding such a Parliament, this bill will pass if Birmingham and other towns will do their duty. " There is opposed to it the Tory party, of whose blind ness and folly we have abundant proofs in all its history. We have no reason now to expect from it a wiser course, and:we have a small section of men who do not accept the name of Tory, but zealously do its work. "These combine to form a conspiracy on which all the hopes of Mr. Disraeli and the Opposition are based. I thick a more dirty conspiracy has not been seen in the House of Commons during many generations. It is directed against this bill, and not less against Lord Russell, by whom the Liberal and popular policy of the Governent has been determined. " What should be done, and what must be done under these circumstances ? You know what your fathers did 34 years ago, and you know the result. The men who in every speech they utter insult the working-men, gescribing them as a multitude given up to ignorance and vice, will be the first to yield when the popular will is loudly and resolutely expressed. If Parliament-street, from Charing-cross to the Abbey, were filled with men seeking a reform bill, as it was two years ago with men come to do honour to an illustri ous Italian, these slanderers of their countrymen would learn to be civil, if they did not learn to love freedom. 1 This Bill appeals to the middle and working classes alike. It is a measure of enfranchisement to both of them, and they should heartily unite in an effort to make it a law. That which the Tories and the ' dirty conspiracy ' oppose cannot but deserve the support of every liberal man in the kingdom. " If the population of the Birmingham district would set apart a day, not for humiliation,' but for a firm assertion of their rights, in great meetings or in one vast gathering, they might sustain this Franchise Bill and beat down as by one blow the power that threatens to bolt the door of Par liament against the people. " I hope we shall see in all the towns of Great Britain during the coming fortnight a great support of the Govern ment and the bill. If the vote of want of confidence is carried against the Government there will be a change of Ministers or a dissolution of Parliament. If the towns do their duty the Government will be safe, because the bill will be safe, and the suffrage once established on a more rational basis, the country can then turn its attention to the arrangement and distribution of seats, which is just as needful as a wider suffrage to give us a fair representation of the nation. " Great meetings and great petitions will be not only useful, but effectual. " I am very truly yours, " JOHN BRIGHT." An American Professorship in an English University. A proposition somewhat novel in its character is exciting considerable interest among the edu cated classes in England. It is made by HENRY YATES THOMPSON, upon behalf of Harvard Uni versity of -Massachusetts to the English Univer sity of Cambridge, and embraces an offer to endow a lectureship upon the history, literature, and institutions of the United States, the lec tures to be delivered at Cambridge every two years. Mr. THOMPSON, who is an English gra duate, proposes to donate a fund for the main tenance of this lectureship, and it is understood that the lecturer is to be an American. The idea has somewhat startled the British aristo cracy. They look upon it as a scheme to repub licanise the ideas of Englishmen ; in fact, to in struct them that Democratic institutions may have something in them which is worthy of ap probation. A commentator upon the plan says, with truly Conservative alarm, that it is " a wild scheme, and harm might come of it." He says further—" Nothing can be more dangerous than to " establish a strong political feeling in our younger " members. Considering the large number of high " spirited young men we have among us just " emerging from boyhood, to allow such a " course of lectures to be delivered, would be "to be put a light to gunpowder, unless the " lecturer was gifted with superhuman--cer tainly with preter - American—prudence, or " were content to make his lectures poor and " passionless retrospects, emasculated of all that 44 might render a course of this kind so interesting " to a less inflammable audience." This is the tone of aristocratic prejudice, and it is an argument which has for its foundation the assertion, " Things are well enough as they are ; let us not injure ourselves by inquiring whether there are not better things." A uni versity is established for purposes of education, not merely to perpetuate political systems, or defend hereditary abuses. No man can be truly ',learned who confines his knowledge to affairs of his own country, and rejects all infor mation as to the manners, customs, and laws of others. Students of universities and colleges are minutely taught the history of the ancient republics. Everything that was done in Greece and Rome they ought to know ; but of what value is that knowledge iu comparison with a thorough understanding of the world in which they live ? Without full apprecia tiation of the manners customs, and Governments of other nations than their own, they are pro foundly ignorant, and their thoughts and opinions are bounded by their own horizon. This must be the opinion of enlightened men all over the earth.—Anglo-Anierican Times. The Oil Springs Chronicle of Canada West says that an extraordinary oil well has just been discovered in Canada. It yielded on the 21st of February 2,259 gallons of oil in one year, which was at tho rate of 1,692 barrels of 32 gallons each a day. George A. Trenholm, late Rebel Secretary of the Treasury, has presented Bishop Davis, of South Carolina, the property known as the Orangeburg Female Seminary, for the purpose of a theological seminary. A CAUTION. A writer in this morning's Times says—Can you spare a corner of your valuable space to expose a most disgraceful proceeding ? My niece adverted in your columns some few days ago for a situation as a governess, and stated qualification and her age-19. One of the first answers she received was the following : "If -, who advertised for a situation as governess in this morning's Times, will call to-morrow at 4 o'clock at 4, Arundel-street, Coventry-street, and inquire for Mr. Shir ley, she may hear of a situation to suit her." Luckily she showed me the letter, and suspecting from the style of writing, coupled with the name and locality given, that all was not right, I determined to accompany her, and before allowing her to enter the house to make some inquiry. On asking for the street we found it was a narrow sort of court, ending in a small square, at the top of the Haymarket, and o❑ inspecting the outside of the house I saw that all the blinds were carefully drawn on the ground and first floors, though there was not too much sun on the foggy March after noon even out of the court. This naturally increased my suspicions, but wishing to give it the benefit of the doubt, and thinking it might by possibility be an office of some kind, I directed my niece to knock at the door and ask, but by no means to enter. She did so, and the door was opened by an old woman, who evidently expected her to walk in. She then asked, "Is this an office? What is Mr. Shirley ?" The answer was, "It is not an office. General Shirley is here." On hearing this she at once returned to me. Need I add s she did not go back to seek the situation ? No doubt my niece was not the only intended victim of a scheme, the real purpose of which I leave your readers to judge. MARKETS.---This Day. HAY SurrnierELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10 s ; c l over , £5 5s to 16 12s 6d ; and straw, £ 1 18 s to £2 4s per load. Trade firm. CIIMBERLAXD.-31 ea dow hay, £4 4s to £slos Od; clover £5 5s to £6 12s 6d; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. A active demand. WIUTECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, .£5 5s to £6 12s 6d; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load Trade firm. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business remains very quiet, and prices generally are unaltered. SUGAR.—The market continues dull, and the few trans actions entered into have been at previous rates. In the refined market there is little change of importance to report. COFFEE. There has been only a moderate amount of business negotiated, but superior qualities of both planta tion and native Ceylon command fully former rates. RICE.—A very limited business has been reported owing to the high rates demanded by holders. TALLOW.—This market has been ranch agitated of late, an advance being paid of 2s per cwt on the previous Mon day's rates, which gave place subsequently to a decline of 2s Gd per cwt from the highest point. The market became more steady at the close of the week, and to-day quotations aro 50s Gd on the spot. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. c. d. Hastings Hartley...... 16 3 Hetton Lyons l6 0 North Moor Pelton South Hetton 19 6 Gas l4 0 C aradoc 19 3 Eden Main Brancepeth Cannel ... 18 0 Hough Hall lB 9 N. Staffordshire Braddyell's Hetton.... 18 6 South Kelloo Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Tees Walls End Hotton ... 20 0 - - -- Ships at market, 40; sold, 31. COUNTRY MARKETS• NORTHAMPTON—MARcH 24. There was a tolerable show of wheat at our corn market to-day, the supply consisting of white and red sorts. Buyers purchased slowly, and rates were rather easier. Barley was in request, and a tolerable share of business was done. A small supply of oats, which met a ready sale at quite former terms. For beans extreme prices were ob tained. New white wheat, 43s to 48s ; new red, 40s to 46s ; old white, 48s to 53s ; old red, 43s to 47s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 40s to 44s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 42s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ; new, 20s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 40s to 44s per 38 stone. Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. WESTMINSTER. JUTENILB OFFENDERS.—George Leach, 9, Jas. Soanes, 8, Thomas Cavanagh, 10, were charged with unlawfully possessing 191bs. of lead pipe. Maurice M'Leod, 235 B, said that last night he was called to Snow's Rents, Westminster, and from information he received he went to a house there, and in the passage found Soanes and Leach with 191bs. of lead pipe in their possession, and took them into custody. Ile went and took Cavanagh out of bed, as he was told he had been con cerned in the robbery. Mr. Arnold said the prisoners were charged with un lawful possession, and as two of them were found with the lead in the passage, and the third in bed, how could he be unlawfully possessed of the property ? It having been stated that Cavanagh's father would not attend, Mr. Arnold asked whether either had been charged before. Dennis, the gaoler, replied that Leach had. Leach's father stepped forward and, with tears in his eyes, said his boy would not be so bad were it not for his wife's drunken and dissolute habits ; she spent all the money in drink and encouraged him to thieve. It was only last Saturday afternoon that while asleep his boy stole the whole of his week's wages, and he believed they were spent in drink by the mother. He said, with tears in his eyes, that his wages were only 15s. per week, but if the magistrate would send the boy to- a Reformatory he would work hard to pay 2s. per week towards his main tenance. Re tore his trousers off him yesterday, but he went out without any, and had a pair given him at the station. Mr. Arnold sentenced Leach to be kept at Feltham for three years, and made an order for the father for ls. 6d. per week. Cavanagh was discharged, and Soanes was re manded for the attendance of his father. THAMES A BAD Sox.—George Knott, a stoutly built young man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting his father, of 80, Silver-street, Stepney. The complainant, a respectable tradesman, stated tha his son had repeatedly beaten him, and was a very disre putable and drunken blackguard. He had been repeatedly struck by his son, for whom he obtained a situation and a salary of one guinea per week. His son was repeatedly intoxicated, and neglected his work. His son came home drunk yesterday afternoon instead of attending to his work and upon remonstrating with him be used most fearful language. He attempted to turn him out of the house, and his son struck him twice and knocked him down. Mr. Partridge—Did you hit him? Witness—Yes, I did. A police constable said that when he was called to assist the prisoner the face of Mr. Knott, sen., was streaming with blood. The prisoner said his father fell and hurt himself. He admit ted ho was intoxicated yesterday and neglected his work. Mr. Partridge—You ought to be ashamed of yourself to strike your father. lie was sober and you were intoxi cated. You are fined 20s. or 14 days. . _ A TICKET-OF-LEAVE CioNvlcT.---Thomas Montgomery, a very tall and powerful man, who was released from Mill bank Prison on the 24th of January last, and is now what is called a liconse holder, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged IN ith violating the conditions of his ticket-of-Jeave in not duly and properly notifying his intended change of residence. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said the prisoner had reported himself at the station-house adjoining the court monthly since his release from prison, but he had given false addresses, whero he could not be found or heard of. The prisoner said the police had made a mistake in one address, and he had been turned out of another lodging owing to the police making inquiries about him, and ex posing him. He did not understand the regulations. Mr. Partridge said if the Commissioners of Police called upon him to put the law in force, the act of Parliament was imperative. The prisoner must notify the proposed change in his place of abode before it took place, which he had neglected to do. He believed there was some mistake in the matter, and under the circumstances the Commis sioners would not call upon him to put the law in force and send the man back to the convict prison. The pri soner had duly reported himself, and had notified his change of abode before it took place. lir. Griffin—And he went twice to the wrong station house—an evasion. Mr. Partridge—You will report all the circumstances fairly to the Commissioners of Police. The case is adjourned till Thursday. Take the prisoner's own recog nisance to appear here on Thursday. THE PORTRAIT EXHIBITON will be opened at South Kensington in the month of April. It will consist of about 1,000 portraits—there is not room for more in the remnant of the 1862 Exhibition Building in which they are being hung—and will illustrate the notabilities of Great Britain up to the end of the reign of King James 11., in ether words the year 1688. TBE "GREAT POWERS." The New York Herald writes as follows :—" The United States, Russia, and France are the three great Powers of the world, and the three men who are now at the head of them—President Johnson, the Emperor Alexander, and the Emperor Napoleon— are in a remarkable manner the representative men of the ideas and characteristics of the nations over which they preside. England, too, is a great power, but not in the same sense as the others, and not so much at present as in the past relatively to the other three. England is great in manufacture, in commerce, in the strength of mind and character of her people, in many of her institu tions, in her colonial empire, in her power of colonising new countries and building up new states, and in other things that might be men tioned ; but at the present time her weight is not so great in the affairs of the world, nor does she represent those mighty, active principles of national life which exercise a powerful influence upon the fate of the world as do those other Powers. She has not in her what the United States and Russia have—the germs of a grand future destiny. She may console herself, however, in this, that the greatest of all—the United States—is her offspring. In speaking thus proudly of our country we do so in anticipation of its inevitable grand destiny as well as in view of its present position. The vast area of the United States, little less than that of all Europe, with a variety and boundlessness of productions not found in any other part of the globe, would make it a mighty country if peopled by any other civilized nation or under almost any form of 'government. But when we look at the character of our people, their intelligence, their energy, their industry, and their ambition, there appears to be hardly any limit to the future over shadowing greatness of the republic. No form of government stimulates the energies and ambition of every class of society so much as the Republican. Class or other adventitious distinctions do not exist here to bar or obstruct the way to wealth or fame to the poorest and humblest. This state of equality, freedom, and rivalry puts the faculties and industry of the whole community into intense action. A few millions of population, under such circum stances, do as much as many millions under different circumstances. In 1860 the population of the United States was about thirty-three millions. In 1870, four years hence, it will be forty millions, probably, notwithstanding the war. This is greater than the population of Great Britain, equal to that of France, and only less than that of one of the great civilised Powers of the world—Russia. Forty millions of free, independent Americans are equal to sixty or eighty millions of the class ridden, oppressed, and poor of Europe, either in material development or in war. In every point of view, then—in the variety and boundless resources of the country—in the nature of the people, and in the character of our institu tions, which stimulate activity and ambition, we are to-day the first Power in the world. The only doubt about our future was as to the cohesiveness of such a large population spread over a great continent. That is settled now. The war has shown our ability to hold together. Though we occupy a continent we have an insular position on the globe, and are all the stronger, for our own peace and progress, from being separated by vast oceans from other great nations. At the same time the railroads, telegraph, steam navigation, and our magnificent system of interior rivers and lakes enable us to concentrate our power and preserve our unity over thousands of miles of territory." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day , I_By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 26—Chanticleer, from Nagasaki; Queen of Clippers, from Terceira; Star of the Sea, from Jamaica; Urinus, from Palermo ; Eroyle, from Trieste ; Charle magne, from Sines ; Gladiator, from Taganrog. Arrived, March 27—Mary Elizabeth, from St. Michael's; Rhine, screw steamer, fram Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Gladiator and Star of Devon, from Ceylon; Hero, from Alexandria ; Tinnevelly, from Tuticorin ; Syd ney Hall, screw steamer, from St. Michael's ; Alert, brig, from Nassau ; Thomas Brown, bark, from Launceston ; Rifleman, from Sydney—all for London. Passed in Tow —Great Australia, from Callao, for London. Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. The Market opens quietly. Sales probably 5,000 bales. AUTHENTIC RELIC OF THE POET COWFER.-TIC following appeared in the last number of the Athennum as an advertisement :—Tho identical Chest of Drawers im mortalised in the Poem of " The " Retired Cat," to be immediately disposed of by the present owner far the highest sum offered.—Address —, Newport Pagnell. Mr. W. S. WOODIN returns to the Polygraphic Hall on the 29th inst. His entertainment, which is in two parts, is from the clever pen of Mr. T. W. Robertson, the author of "Society," "David Garrick," (tc. Tho parts will be named respectively "Baden-Baden" and "Up in the Air." AIDLLE. THERESA, TIIE POPULAR OPEN-AIR SINGER Or PARlS.—According to the Temps, the following tempt ing offer has been made by M. Paul Dupont, the manager of the Alcazar, of Marseilles, to Mdlle. Theresa, the now celebrated diva of Paris :-20,000f. (X 800) for her services for one month, or £4O per night, travelling and hotel ex penses in the first hotel in Marseilles to be paid ; a carriage and pair, with livery servants, during her stay ; illumina tions in the hotel on the evening of her arrival ; a sere nade with torches ; an official reception at the railway ter minus and grand saloon of the hotel by the manager and staff of the Marseilles Alcazar ; an entry into the city in a caleche drawn by four horses, which will be announced beforehand by special aftehes ; a grand dinner the day after her arrival ; the Alcazar to be brilliantly illuminated and decorated during her stay, and 200 seats to be reserved for the elite of Marsoillaise society. Tempting as this offer is, Mdlle. Theresa has declined it, and the Temps asks, "What more does she require—a salvo of 21 guns, the National Guard drawn up to receive her, and the keys of the city presented to her on a silver dish ?" :FIRRAT TfIE OLD JUSTICE TAVERN, SOUTHWARK. —These premises took fire this morning about 4 o'clock, when the inmates were in bed, and Mr. Barnes (the land lord) succeeded in saving his infant, and the escape men afterwards rescued Mrs. Barnes and a female servant and barman, who had been nearly stifled by the smoke. The lower portion of the house, which was almost entirely destroyed, contained a valuable collection of pictures, vases of artificial flowers, aquariums with gold and silver fish, &c., and the loss must be considerable. A fire took place also at a glass merchant's in Church street, Edgware road, but was confined to the shop. The amount of gold taken into the bullion departinent of the Bank of England yesterday was £6,000. CHELMSFORD—MARcu 23. Notwithstanding there was a large supply of wheat, and its condition better than it has been of late, the best samples sustained a reduction of is and inferior 2s per qr. on last week, with a very limited amount of business. Spring corn of all descriptions remains firm at late rates. Wheat, old white....4ss 52s Peas, Partridge 36s 39s new . 433 5 s White ...... ....:.9s 34s old red. 39s 45s Riling 373 4.s new. 36s 458 Dun '3B 35s Barley .. 25s 33s dit o, new —s —i Chevalier • 25s Cs Beans, Tick, 01d......35s 40s Grinlng 5s 30s new....35s 39s Malt.. .. 58s Oa Harrow I icks.&Ss 421 Chevalier 6 s 62d new....36s 40s Oats 2 s 26s Hazagan ......34s :88 COLCHEST M—MARcir 24. Wheat, white 4oe 154 s ' Beans, 1trazagan......324 36. red 36s 48s Middle and 5ma11..348 40s Barley .. 'Bs 40s Peas, white 38s 42. Oat ...... ..... ...20s 2bs grey ..38s 42s GRANTHAM—Damn 24. Old white wheat, 52s to 545; old red, 48s to 50s ; new white, 50s to 52s ; new red, 44s to 475 per 36 stone. Bar ley for malting, 34s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 33s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 28s to 326 ; new, 25s to 30s per 21 stone. Beans, old, 47s to 495; new, 43s to 45s per 38 stone. Peas, 385 to 40s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—MAncu 13. There was but a small attendance at market to-day, and not many samples shown. Oats are 6d up, otherwise prices remain the same. White wheat 40s Od to 48s Odd 621 b bushel. Red wheat 40s Od to 45s Od . i . Potato oats 24s Gd to 25s Gd 401 b 1 - 1 bushel. Common oats 24s Od to 24s 6d Bere .....30s Od to 31s Od 58th 13 Barley 31s Od to 32s Odf bushel. Oatmeal 17s ad to 18s ad 11 boll of 14018. Flour, fine 37s Od to 38s Od IR sack of 2801 b. KIRKCALDY—Manx 24. Fair supply of wheat and oats, small of barley. Wheat 8s per qr. cheaper. Oats and barley brought the prices of this day week. •• Wheat. Barley. Oats. First..- 428 Od ' 34s Od 25s Od 4-eeund 44s Cd 1 35s 6 1 26s 6d Tald 46s Od 3.8 6d 2U Od Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australikand New Zealand, via Southampton April P Ditto, via Marseilles Apiil 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet April 8 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... A prill3 China, renang. and Singapore, via Sotchamptou April 5. Ditto, via Marseilles . Mar. 3). Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via t•outhatopton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... April 5 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton.. Mar. 31. Ditto, via Marseilles April 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 31. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 30. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. April 7. Newfoundland , , April 11. Portugal April 6. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri- tish packet.. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork , • . Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Mar. 30. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Cuba and Mexico Mar. 3i. Bahamas, via New York. April 5. Bermuda, ditto April 1 West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Tenerife April ,2 Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Mlles Opened. Reoeipte. Hallways. 1863. ' 1865. ......... __ X Z 911 991 1,859 1.697 645 677 Down.... 441 4 , 1 19 5 . 35 36 -,151 2, Belfast and a aanndd County un Co t u y n D ti o e l s v Blyth and Tyne o Brecpn and Merthyr t3ristol and Exeter l2ll 121 i 5,881 5,583 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 408 25,561 23,553 Cambrian Cock ermouth K & Penrlth .. 31/ - 388 - Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 415 355 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l f i 142 122 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 654 1,660 1.499 Omit& l7 17 2 9 219 Do Extension • .. Dublin & Beltast J unction .... 63 63 OA. 1.250 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,573 1.478 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 911 2,615 2,979 Forth and Clyde Junction - - Furness, &c 5O 51 3,764 2.991 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union 7211 668! 30.502 31 801 Great Northern 404 405 33,765 33,641 Great North of Scotland 6B 53 1,164 1.685 Do Branches 42 4 t 9: , 2 1,091 Gt. Nortlin. & Westn. (Irel.) B3 711 6 5 415 rilt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 381 7,841 6 808 Great Wc , tern 1292 1270 61,015 61.154 Hull & Ilornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 1.703 1,631 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 42.:80 37,260 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 261 261 61 144 Llanelly 4Ol 461 515 5,1 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2571 16,251 15.168 London, Chatham & Dover ; ( 1341 121 1 7,811 6 743 all Metropolitan 'Extension 112 111 j 1,992 1,675 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Han.,Sheflield, & Lincolnsli ?aanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham fl 91 1,36.1 4177 llaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 CGII 48,5:39 44 7/.9 Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 2601 2601 4,778 4,675 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,850 2.707 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dan 1207! 11604 61.474 59,066 North London ll 9 4,532 3 277 North Staffordshire 258 258 7,901 7.621 Pembroke and Tenby lll 111 90 51 Ithymney l9l Scottish North-Eastern Somerset and Dorset 66 66 i,147 , _ 6ot 3 519 South Devon 138 1 1 38 91 6 1 : 0 5 5 5 5 1 6 , 81 0 42 7 64 5 315 3CB 19,071. d. , South-Eastern (.l 5,912 6.1.4 Tall' Vale 6l Ulster l (10 IP lg i Vale of Clwyd. 3 1 2 1 5 6 19 . 4 , 5 153 Waterford and K ilkenuy %Vat erford and limerick 10 061 6014 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrrunt lO FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ...„... 823 Au5trian...........• .. . . .... 6 ZT. ..... Bahia and San Francisco.. 74 - al Belgian Eastern J unction.... 3 ;1 6 1854 Bombay, Baroda, & c en. India 169 I£o Detroit and .51ilwaukie 1081 1( 81 Dutch Rhenish 15 1 14.3 Eastern 01 ' , ranee E as tern Bengal ...... ... 1 1 12 1 9 0 1 1 10 10 5 i East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 147 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 ciarreeaatt I ff u tan mb r o e ui ni :o nsula 6 . 4} 685 131 131 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada..., u,i 3 ;5 Madras ........ 611 671 Madrid, S aragros ea &liiicant . . 778 713 Northern of Canada .......... 94 91 Northern of France 724 724 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman . Paris, Lyons, & M e dit errn.... 2006 197 Paris and Orleans 1621 1613 Recife and San Francisco. &c. 771 77 4 So nde.... ley 105 Do. Punjab, &Li 253 45 South Austrian, ..tc , 1798 1045 Southern of France 063 823 Victoria Welland .5 25 West & N-Wn. of France 30,2£6 29,154 ;83 591 331 3,9 10,1,98 5.ii9 3,9 ` 2 4,495 9,689 5,101 67,`51 60, 28 2753 1,961 22,955 24,145 6, '57 6,007 4',931 20,556 5,596 4.533 732 7.7 14,072 6,3-3 7.987 6,636 17,061 14,841 ,410 1,319 53027 51,419 737 729 303 5.4 1:),6,48 124,133 75,1 9 68 . 3( P 1,371 1, J 6 2,297 2,1 0 1 8,8 243 51 513 49,• 93 2 ,132 26,78) 14,767 12,224 87 175 18,060 39,731 18e6 1885 __„.........,.... .......••• ,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE --This Day. _4.— VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tuis DAT - . CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken) 11 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (offered) 13 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 16 to 1 agst Czar (taken) 25 to 1 agst La Valasse (taken) 30 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 30 to 1 agst Pepper's Ghost (taken) 33 to 1 agst Redrnire (taken) 33 to 1 agst Gladiator (taken) 66 to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) 100 to 1 agst Merry hart (taken) CHESTED CUP. 13 to 1 agst Harry Brailsfurd (offered) 14 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 100 to 6 agst Baragah (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Saladin (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Gong (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Surney (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Redcap (taken) 30 to 1 agst Treasure Trey (talon) TWO THOUSAND. 6to 3 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 10 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) 50 to 1 agst Student (offered) - DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Rustic (taken) 30 to 1 agst Student (offered) TATTERSALLS'—Last Evening s CITY AND SUBURBAN. Bto 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 10 to 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken) Bto 1 bar one offered CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Harry Drailsford (taken) 100 to 7 agst Dalby (taken) 100 to 6 agst Saladin (taken) 5000 to 50 agst Moulsey (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) Bto 1 agst Rustic (offered) YORK STEEPLECHASE MEETING. WEDNESDAY, April 4. Weights for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 5 sous ea 01 34 with 50 added; winners extra. About four miles. Age st lb Creole ... a 12 7 Elsham ... 6 12 0 Vienna ... a 11 7 The Pet (h b) ... 6 11 1 Siva ... 5 11 1 Greenland ... 5 10 13 The Beau 6 10 13 Multum inyarvo... a 10 13 Turnus g—Emma 6 10 13 Weights published Age st lb Omen ... ... 5 10 10 Ravenswood ... 6 10 10 Fly by Night (h b) a 10 7 Trepan ... alO 7 Harbinger ... 6 10 • 7 Mischief (h b) ... 510 4 Arsenal ... 10 4 Foresight 6 10 4 March 26, at noon. CROYDON SPRING. STEEPLECHASES. Weights for the Surrey Open Handicap Steeplechase of 2Q sous each, 10 ft, and 2 only if declared this day (Tues day), March 27, with 200 soya added. About three miles and a half. 31 subs. Ago st lb Alcibiado 6 12 7 Cortolvin a 12 4 Emblematic ... a 12 4 Hall Court... ... a 12. 0 Penarth 11 13 Marble Hill a 11 10 Doubloon ... a 11 5 Bridegroom a 11 5 Old Oswestry 6 11 4 Hornet ... 611 4 Accident ... 6 11 4 Elsham ... a 11 2 Reporter ... a 11 2 Creole a 11 2 Merrimac ... ... a 10 12 Ibex 6 10 10 Age st lb Church Militant ... a 10 10 Innellan 6 10 7 Knave of Tlumps... 6 10 7 Globule ... alO 5 Bristles ... ... 510 5 Gamecock ... a 10 4 Ivanhoff a 10 4 The. Doctor ... 5 10 . 2 Oscar ... 6 10 2 Rhodomontade a 10 0 Marengo a 10 0 Woodbine ... ... 5 10 0 Errand Boy ... a 10 0 Ace of Trumps a 10 0 Overton ... a 10 U RACING FIXT Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Carlisle Newmarket July 3 Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Brighton Brighton Club Lewes lO 14 Wolverhampton l-1 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 llastings 2l SEPT: Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCTO Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE' Lincoln Liverpool 'URES IN 1866. Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 2B Worcester ,Y. Stamford l9 Radcliffe "': Winchester 2-1 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l. UST. York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield .27 Devon and Exeter 24 Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth ' 3 () :MBER. IRichmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmaaliet Houghton 22 Worcester IER, Shrewsbury Leamington Runt L) IRISII RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Tralee MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 I JUNE. Curragh 26, 27, 28, 29 _ JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curragh OCTOBER. Curragh 16, 17 18 CONTINENTAL RAC. ING FIXTURES FOR AP: Vincennes Pau 2, 4 Paris (Spring) 2,8, 15, 22, 26, 29 Bordeaux ......19, 22, '26, 28 Bruxelles Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l JIJ Vincennes 3 Montaüban Visserabourg 2l Paris (Summer) 26, 27 Toulouse 24, 28 JU. Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amiens I Abbeville Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Saintes 2B, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31 rUST. 1 Le Mans Len l9 20 Tar o bes I Blois ...... .. 26, 28 Baden-Baden ............... 31 AUG Deauvi11e.............. 4,5, 6 Rochefort ..................... 5 Bourges... ............ 10, 12 Valenciennes ......... 12, 13 Moulins ............... 13, 14 Cherbourg l9 SEPT Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly OCTI ;MBER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 q3ER. Vincennes Paris 7 f Chantilly l4, 18 8' 2 1 :6; of OLOcltinTglN,GprrßiOcoolC-5Ss.O" TliiisS.DGAtil.r.-lAvohdonlon,sinraalvli,Rodh:olui,w.ered i Baily's (spring edition) Turf Guide H S2 se y . G n d l . e dß :t sG r ti3 : ; : i s jeNS p ei a :r ] e i eg g rea e tizpi n ni tn t goe f f' o L r s ahuirnpaTbepreihyseireale, publication, Oc late ndue, edition.pl i: ens e r d vu.lou_ of . t w oh s r : hu e : e a : ttedition w l yiotfhs same e e half e ‘ v ‘ 0 8 a n u n i N ng " . hour_n newspaper, HEAVY COTTON MOVEMENTS. —The the port of New York, during the week ending Tuesday, reached the unusual quant• 4 , ba l es , valued at quantity of 17,4 - $3,678,371, or equal to hundred and eleven (101- about two lams per' bale. Included in the exports were 12,039 i bales , valued at $2,462,459, to the single port of Liverpool. Thus far in the current cotton year, cc : ln tl:is port have Sept. 1, 1865 , fr c o urrency Value of e cotton from been 291,287 bales, which represiitn adollars. The re nearly sixty-one and a half fro r m all sources, since Sep the exports of the staple ceipts of cotton at the port, 16, port, 6105 bales, worth about one 1 tember 1, 1865, have heTl e the port this season have from mmillion dollars. Thus the against the average weekly averagere hun d hundred weekly and t exportswe n twenty-nine been about 10,800 b f . '` a le t s ' r iflo over 22,800 bales. The esti matedceipts at the ponorthoand and on shipboard not cleared at this port is abort 250,000 bales, or equal to a currency and three-quarter million dols.—New value of York Vines, March 10. sto fi c f l t c y_ GENERAL. LEE'S PROPERTY.—Arlington Heights two still remain in possession of the Government, but it is said that the wife of General Lee has recently .written to a friend that she intends to return there, even if she " is obliged to live in the black quarters." This is indicative of the strength of her determination to reassert what she considers the rights of herself and her husband to this historic property ; but among the obstacles she will haVe to encounter is the fact that twelve thousand Union soldiers have been buried upon its Soil• mess ands lobe [lon. this ►our n the l his aces- '0 to ) the ;.e of 11 for alais, apel, locu es of ation canes rants vs :---- 25. ;hes The DO' [sting L . Oa a Go -6 the .4ieYe TT. Share ioi 10 100 i I:7} # 1061