The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is daily assuming a firmer appearance. Although the capital at the command of the banking and discount houses is abundant, and the inquiry for commercial purposes very moderate, the brokers are unwilling to negotiate business even in first-class paper under i f per cent. of the official minimum. Notwithstanding the continued influx of gold into the Bank there is a manifest want of confidence in discount circles with regard to the future value of money. The gold sent into the Bank of England yester day afternoon amounted to £28,000. At an ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the London Bank of Mexico and South America the directors recommended the pay ment of a dividend of 15s. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been very little animation. Sugars generally have been at slightly reduced prices ; while in tea, coffee, rice, and cocoa the operations have been of quite a retail character, at barely previous prices. Tallow has been dull, and also at reduced quotations for both present and forward delivery. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram, this morning, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f. 50c. All offered. The English Stock Market has presented a rather animated and buoyant aspect. The funds show an improvement of f per cent., owing to some large speculative purchases induced by the low prices current at the opening of the House. Consols are 86 i f for money, and 86f 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 844 ; India 5 per Cents., 102} 4. There have been several purchases in the Foreign Stocks, and prices generally show an ad vance. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 354 4 ; Mexican have ',improved 20k 4 ; and do. New, to 181 1 ; Greek are 134 4 ; Spanish Passive, 26f f ; the C ertificates, 16:1 ; Italian 564 1 ; the Brazilian Scrip, 3 2 4 dis. ; Egyptian Railway Loan, 2 1f dis. ; C hilian Loan, par to 4 prem. ; and the New Egyptian Loan, 4 to 14 prem. ; United States Government 5-20;Bonds, 72 4 ; Erie share, 544 4 ; and Illinois, 801 81. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, but in several instances prices a shade firmer. Great Western have improved 4 ; Great Northern, I; and Brighton, 1 ; while Metropolitan have de clined 4 and South Eastern, 4. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material change as regards values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet. Alliance are dealt in at 261 27 ; Imperial Ottoman, at 114 ; Oriental Bank Corporation, at 48 ; Credit Peucier and Mobilier of England, at 7f 1 ; Ilud 11' B °s Bay C o . , at 164 ; N at i ona l Di scoun t C o., „, 4t 13 4 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 16k 4. The Pasha of Egypt New Loan Scrip is quoted Prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, May 9 B6i i 8 per Cent. Reduced Bll New 3 pe r Cent B4l I 1 New 2 , 1 per Cent. J an . 1894 — Do. 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , , Do (Red S ea T e l egrap h) , A ug., 1908 — L Xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO — r , Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account _ INDIA N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — D O . Account 1021 1 I I Do. 5 per Cent. Jul, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oc t 1838 Do. C ert ifi cates _... Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D °. 51 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 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 D° 1)0. 1863 1865 Do 1863 Account „, Du. Scrip, £45 paid zuenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do £1(.0 Bonds — „,Do per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ‘inilian 6 per Cent — Do Scrip, £25 paid . — pm Do. 41 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — is D in a, h 6 per Cent. 3 per Cent., 1825 Danu bian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provision a l L an d Warrant Xg_yptian 7 per C en t Do., Second Iss ue 88 1 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. £25 paid Greek 5 p er Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account Do. Coup ons Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian . 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway 11exican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 6 Do 1864 er Cent. Anglo-French blontovipdean 6 per Cent., £3O paid M oorish Imp er i a l 5 per C en t 1 v Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred 1 -, Do Land Warrants (Hectares) —O . 6 per C e nt, 1864 — Do uaranteed, 4 per Cent — Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 D 0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — D o 41 per Cent., 1862 P 67 Do. Account orttiguese 3 r Cont 1853 D ,° 3 per C en t., 185 6 , '7 , '9, '6O, '62, '3, ~,,, &Jo. Account 'fission 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 D 3 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 0 5 per Cent. 1862 0 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent D 0 Account „Do Ne w Deferred — Do Account uo Passive — r , D o Account 261 1 Cin alliSh Cert. of Coup not funded — 151 161 16 Do Account S wedish 4 per Ceut. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do T ish 6 per Cent. 1854 Account _ D o 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 641 5 Do£ lo o Bonds 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 671 61 D o £lOO B on d s Po 6 p er Cent. 1863 — u o 5 per Cent.,1865, . paid up Scrip — B 0 Account per Cent. Guaranteed — w enezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account , Do. 1864 33 1 -uo. 11 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrisn, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Dutchß 41 per cent. Ex. 25f. .i 1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — ,Do 1 per Cent. Certificates 941 erench Relates 3 per Cent. ltalian 5 per Ce n t., 1 861, Ex. 25f. 67f. 75c. Do Account Consols for money TWO O'CLOCK. D. ............................ 861 I . lccotwat ......... ... ......................... .. . 861 .1 Liverpool Cotton Market. —TUB Day. The market opens very dull and quiet. Sales Probably 3,000 or 4,000 bales. F. ATAL ACCIDENT.—Thomas de Clair Studdert, ":11 Bunratty Castle, county Clare, was accidentally killed on Saturday afternoon by a fall from his horse. Mr. Studdert left the town of Limerick at four o'clock, to return to his home, a distance of about nine miles, amo unted on a sp i r it e d mare. Aft er p r oceeding a short distance the animal became very restive, and in endeavour ing to b r i ng her from theroadside, towards which she had plunged, he appli e d hi s spurs, when the mare l eape d over Wall into the adjoining field, throwing her rider and /*Wal ing kixa to death by falling upon Wm. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share Railways. Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian st Cambrian ..... 50 Cork and 8and0n...... 20 Cornwall st Dublin & Belfast Juno st Dun„Perth, & A b•Junc 00 E.Lendon, crip Certi Do. st Glasgow &S. Western st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. st Do. E. Angl. st. No. %, st Great North of Scotland st Great Northern at DJ. A stock • • at Do. B stock 90 92 !27 128 55 6i 13 15 4 8 67 70 70 72 2) 15 cf 118 120 40 41 6 7 '2l 123 1 8 110 t Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland t Gt. Western -Original it Do. S. VA!. hail gua. it Do. South Wales it Do. W. blid.—Oxtoro it Do. Newport it Do. Hereford. It Laneqshire & Yorkshiru it London and Blaekwall it Lon., Brigh., & S Ccast it Lon., Chat., and Dover' it Do. Metrop. Ex. A it Lon. & North Western it Lon. & South Western it Man., Shet., & Lincoln it Metropolitan LO Do. New 10 Do. Extension f 0 92 1.", , J CO 5i 60 40 42 34 3i 101 ‘O2 120 122 91 96 34 36 43 S 5 121 122 92 43 63 61 133 1:-'5 21 211: 1 lip 94 96 00 I Metropolitan District. Do do. do. 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd st Mittand 9 Do. L 9 Share st Do, Birmiu.. & Derby 25 'lid Kent st North British et Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. 8t Nth. Eastern—Berwici, 123 123 93 e 5 t 7 t 9 6 27 109 110 5 Do. it Do. it Do. it D&. G.N•E purchsec Leeds ..... York Carlisle 71 72 109 110 Stock. & Darling 25 Do. do. 1860-61 st North London 10 Do. do. 1864 10 Do. do. 1865 st North Staffordshire st N. &S. W. Junction at Scottish Central et Scot. N. E , Aber. stock st Do. Scot, Mid. st ck. st Shropshire Union ... at South Devon st -outli Eastern . 20 50 5' 74 75 8 9 140 143 Staines, Wok., & Wok it Tail' Vale 0 Do. C Neath t Vale of N it Waterfocd & Kilkenny .0 Waterloo & Whiteha it West Cornwall - ib- -- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 35 37 10 11 p, 122 121 11 2P 14 2p 73 75 108 112 150 152 67 70 112 114 12U 2 13 , i i 126 59 1 120: I i 12•. f 9; 6 134 3; 123 I I In i Paid.i Closing Business Price. done. 1081 91 P 3 I 100 102 51 53 ,ESSIONS. 5.1 60 102 103 P 0 6! 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 1l 3 104 30 32 88 90 65 67 55 60 59 61 50 55 45 49 42 45 30 33 20 53 109 110 1i 2 p 14 2 99 100 91 93 16 17 3 3.1 1 93 V 6 86 r 8 1 46 99 100 9 93 86 88 62 64 8 , 82 99 100 98 99 I t d 98 99 BRITISII 00 Atlantic AL t. Lawrence st Bom.,Baroda, .oCen.ln. gu. 5 per cent....... 20 Do. 1 shares 20i Cuifalo & Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference 00 {Buff.,Brant,& Goderichi 6 p.c. .872-3- .. • • • st Calcutta &S. E., lirn at cape Town & Dock, gu 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. P 3t East. Bengal, gu., sdo st East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. 20 Do. J Extension at Grand Trunk ot Canada 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c 00 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bongs 100 OSS Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock.... 10 Do. do. deferred .... 10 Do. 4th Pref. stook .. 10 Do. uo. deferred .... ,t Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0. :0 o. Gua. 5 per cent.. !O Do. New Q - ua. 5 p. c.. IA Gt. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent st D. 4/ per cent st Do 20i Great Wes. of Canada.. 204 D. New ,00 100 XOO 100 all 100 100 1021 1021 3 301 li I,B} 9 Do. 6 p. c. Bd.. pay. 1873 IC Do. 5t do. pay. 1877-8 0 Indian Branch, limited St Madras, gua. 5 p.o st Do. 4g do st Do. 4j do 20 Do. Fifth Extension st Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay at 6pc lst pf.bs st Scinde .......... et Do. Delhi 20 Do. do l 6. st Do. Punlaub 1 ~n o st Do.lndus St..Floz 99/ & COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872 100 - - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lco 90 14 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 103 90 94 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 74 80 781 - Do. sp. t. Inscribed sk 100 78 10 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 10t 114 Do.AplAtOct, 1890-1900 100 105 107 - Do. do: le3o-9 100 105 107 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 11.2 114 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 22 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.l 100 112 104 - Do. 1878, do lOO 110 1 8 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - , Do. 1878 - Do. 1882, May i 5, Nov. it 101 104 106 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug l_2o 1(2 104 - Natal '4ov. 6 per cent lllO 100 102 - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Ju l ) 100 93 95 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•O., 186 e 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 90 95 931 4 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189:. 100 871 881 e7l - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 95 - Do. 5 per cent.... - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O I'B 100 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 98 100 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards 1(0 105 107 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.C. Ja &July 100 - - - Do. do, is pril & Oct lOO 103 101 1034 3 BRITISH MINES. t)am. Consol. Gold, lila 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 14 16 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 s+o 580 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 291 21 23 - East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9 - East Carn Brea 3l 31 41 - East Grenville 2.14.0 31 4 - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 - East Loved 3.9.0 7 9 - E. W'l Russell (Tavist: 10.8.0 3 39 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L ixey, limited all 20 21 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.8 1 14 - Great Wheal Busy.— 14.9.6 1 11 - G. Wheal Vor (11elst ,, t. 0 2 3} 7 - Grenville B. 4 18.0 31 31 - Ilerod's Foot 8.10.0 33 40 - Ilingston Downs ...... 5. 17.6 4 4 5 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 41 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, 11w 421 ;2440 ltd - New Se ton - North Itoskear - N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 1 I North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United 7.1.6 - S P . r c , v a i r d a e d n o c n e ( U s t n . y ( ke e l r a ) n t 10 . 1 6 4.7 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 11 2 39 32 0 4 3 10 4 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 15 20 -- Stray Park - Tin Croft 9 14 16 5 Vigra and Clugan, lim,. all 4 6 - West Bassett (Illogan - W. Caradon (Liskeard 9 8 '" - West Chiverton ll 75 60 - West Seton 471 165 175 - Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 825 874 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 271 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 - Wheal Seton -- Wheal Trelawney (I,lg. 7 14 16 ARES. I'ICEFERENCE S Kid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 132 Ditto 4i per cent., rd., 97 Ditto, 4.. per cent. irred., 97 North Eastern, G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref., 108 FREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 5 per cent., 1865, 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, London Tilbury, and Southend, 96 FOREIGN RAIL WAY& Great Luxembourg, 15 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 8 i 1 San Paulo, him, gua. 6 per cent., 151 FoREIGN MINER. St. John del Rey, lira., 53 Ydanamutana of S. Austialia, lira., 3i BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lira., 521 Alliance, lim.. 27 Anglo Austrian, 6 5/ Australasia, 70 Bank of British Columbia, 21} Bank of Egypt, 32b Bank of Queensland, lim, 19 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 86 European Bank, lira.. 101 Imperial Ottoman, 111 6 Ditto, new, 101 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 3/ London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at 1i pm., 131 London and County, 771 London Joint Stock, 471 U National Provincial of England. 156 Ditto, 2d and 3d issue, if; - Oriental Bank Corporation, 48 Union of. London, 521 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2t City of London Real Property, am., 4} Credit Fonder and nobilier of Engtana, 7 Ditto, new, 61 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 121 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 1im.."41 Hudson's Bay, :161 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 21 International Contract, 41 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, reclaim 1870, issued__Eg London Financial Association, lira :16 London General Omnibus Company, lim, National Discount company, 131 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 161 Universal Marine, Insuranee, Lim., 81 Upper Assam Tea, lira., Ditto (all), 71 1 It was announced at Birmingham yesterday that in consequence of the death of the proprietor of Green's Patent Brass Tube Works the concern has been purchased, and will henceforth be carried on under the style of Green's Patent Tube Company (Limited). THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW.—A gathering of some 2,000 or 3,000 people who had resorted to the Hendon Beach, at Newcastle, on Wednesday night, for the purpose of witnessing a pugilistic encounter, was dispersed by two police constables before the affair had been completed• • The officers charged the crowd in gallant style, and suc ceeded in capturing one of the combatants stripped to the buff, as well as a, ringleader. THE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1866, if , 1,.,,---, .. r 'z -t.- , _ ,1,,ric:1:02:,,_ • .10 , n rt .4-.---T151:- A 11, 41 i 1 l a - I h HER MAJESTY• WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Princess Louise and Princess Leiningen also went out driving. His loyal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone : left the Castle for Greenwich Park. llcr Majesty held a council to-day at one •'clock, at which were present Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right lion. G. J. Goschen. Mr. helps was clerk of the Council. Lord Camoys and Major-General F. Seymour, C. 8., were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen. The Mayor of Windsor, accompanied by the town clerk, had the honour of presenting to her Majesty an address of condolence from the Cor poration of Windsor on the recent decease of the King of the Belgians. The Lord and Groom in Waiting were in attend ance. CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Deputy Recorder.) Frederick Augustus King, 32, agent, was indicted for stealing 241bs weight of cigars, value £5 Os., the property of Henry Leyland. The jury acquitted the prisoner. Alfred Martin, a carman, lately in the employ of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, was in dicted for stealing on the 22nd March 15 dead fish, the property of his employers. The duty of the prisoner was to convey fish between Black - friars and Billingsgate, and deliver them to the parties to whom they were directed. The prisoner, previous to delivering the fish, abstracted those he was charged with stealing. Thorogood, a constable belonging to the Great Northern Railway, said he saw the prisoner on the day mentioned ' in the indictment with his van neai Billingsgate Market. He was delivering the goods from his vehicle. He saw the prisoner secreting some of the fish under the straw of his van, and he also saw Lim give a largo plaice to a man named Wells, who hid it under his jacket and went away. A boy named Macarty was looking after the van, while the prisoner was away. He saw the boy put the fish in asack which Martin had taken from the packages he had to de liver. He watched the van, and ultimately he got into the vehicle and told Martin ho was a con stable, and asked him how many fish he had stolen that morning. The prisoner replied, pointing to the sack in the corner of the van, " There they are." He then searched the straw and found nine plaice and seven large soles. He asked where the man Wells lived, and he said ho did not know. When they got to the station a pair of soles was taken from the prisoner's pockets. This evidence having been corroborated, The Deputy-Recorder summed up the evidence, and The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Deputy-Recorder sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A TRADESMAN CHARGED WITH FURIOUS DRIVING.— Mr. Thomas Clements., stationer, of N 0.21, Little Pulteney street, was •harged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and furious driving, to the common danger of passengers. Sherer, a young man residing in Great Portland street, said that about 8 the previous evening he saw the defendant galloping his horse, attached to a cart, down Prince's-street, Leicester-square. The defendant directly afterwards returned, still galloping his horse, and then he (witness) noticed that he was drunk. At last the defend ant's cart came in collision with a cart containing timber, and he then wont up and held the defendant's horse till a constable came up. Police-constable Stevens 190 0, said the defendant was very drunk, there was a large crowd assembled, and a .bundle of linen was taken from the cart the defendant came in collision with. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 20s. or 7 days. The owner of the linen stepped forward, and asked what she was to do to recover her loss, and the owner of the cart said ho had a claim for damage done to his cart. Mr. Tyrwhitt recommended the applicants to the county court. - - A PICKPOCKET AT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—John Holdsworth, a sullen looking fellow, was charged with attempting to pick pockets, at St. James's-hall, last night, as the audience were leaving. The case having been proved by a police sergeant, Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, it bring believed that other charges will be proved against him. The Prince Von Teck. his highness the Prince von Teck, whose ap proaching marriage to the Princess Mary of Cam bridge we annnounced yesterday, is the only son of his Royal Highness the Duke Alexander. of Wurtemberg (uncle of the late King "William of Wurtemberg), who was married morganatically on May 2, 1835, to the late Claudine Countess of Hohenstein, Countess of Kis-Rhede. The Duke Alexander is a general of cavalry in the Austrian service, and proprietor of the 11th Regiment of Austrian hussars. Prince Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, who is about to become allied to the Princess Mary, was born on August 27, 1837, and is consequently in his 29th year. his highness has two sisters, the Princess Claudine, one year his senior; and the Countess Amelia von Hohenstein, who was married at Vienna, in 1863, to Paul, Baron von Kugel, a retired captain of cavalry. Formerly the eldest son and daughter of the Duke Alexander of Wurtemberg were styled Count and Countess of llohenstein, but by a Royal decree, dated Dec. 1, 1863, they were raised to the dignity of prince and princess, with the title of highness. Their Royal and Imperial Highnesses the Duke and Duchess Philip of Wurtemberg, attended by the Countess von Auersperg and Count Gronsfeld have left the Clarendon Hotel for the Continent. His Excellency the French Ambassador enter tained his Excellency the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Brunnow, his Excellency the Austrian Ambas sador and Countess Apponyi, his Excellency the Saxon Minister, the Earl and Countess of Dudley, the Earl Cow per, the Earl of Sefton, the Countess of Airlie, Marquis Caumont la Force, Viscount de Vire], Baron Baude, Gon. Sir E. Cust, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Petre, &c., at dinner last evening, at the French Em bassy, Albert-gate. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch have left Dalkeith Palace, for Bowhill, Selkirkshiro, for a few weeks. The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith arrived in town late last evening from Dalkeith Palace, near Edin burgh, for the season. The Earl and Countess Stanhope arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-place yesterday from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Wellington at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Earl and Countess of Verulam are expected to arrive at their residence in Great Stanhope -street to day from Gorhambury, near St. Albans, for the season. The Earl and Countess Percy are expected to arrive at Northumberland House either to-day or to morrow from Albury Park, Surrey, for the season. Surrey I heatre. Last evening Mr. Watts Phillips's new drama, in five acts, entitled " Theodora, Actress and Empress," was produced at this theatre in a style of glittering splendour which speaks highly for the liberality of the management of Mr. It. Sheppard. The piece, we are informed, has been written spe cially for Miss Avonia Jones ; therefore she is the brilliant star around which all the lesser planets cluster. The scene of the drama is laid in Con stantinople, in the reign of the Emperor Justinian, a circumstance which gives full scope for the most gorgeous scenery and dresses. The plot of the , piece, briefly related, is as follows :—" The curtain rises upon Constantinople in the sixth century, dis covering Miriam and her former lover Creon. Miriam swears vengeance against her lover in con sequence of his having deserted her for Theodora, who at that time was an actress in the circus, whence she was driven for having assumed the colour of an adverse faction, to which Creon belongs. Having a high ambition, and being impressed with _ . the idea that she was to become the spouse of a potent monarch, Theodora consents to fly with Creon as his wife. An interval of 19 years is supposed to have elapsed between the first and second acts, during which time Theodora is divorced from her husband and marries the Emperor Justinian. The second act is laid in Carthage, and the scene is the encampment of the Roman army beneath the walls, where Creon, by the Empress's command, receives sentence of banishment, but entreats his son Philip to intercede with his mother for a remission of the sentence. In Act IV. Philip meets his mother in Byzantine Palace, Constantinople ; but Theodora having been forewarned by Miriam that Philip is an impostor accordingly refuses to listen to him. Philip, in order to establish his identity, seeks for certain papers which had been confided to his care by Creon, but through the agency of Miriam they have been ab- stracted, and he is accordingly cast into a dungeon. Theodora, although believing him to be an impos tor, and that her own son had died whilst an infant, feels the ties of nature, and is unable to give the order for his execution. Constantinople is subse quently besieged, and Creon for a short space of time is victorious, and releases his son. Philip is shortly afterwards wounded, and it is whilst hiding from the troops that he is discovered by Miriam. Theodora, arriving on the scene about the same mo ment, is informed by Miriam that the dying man is her son, and producing the stolen papers, states that her vengeance is complete, and upon a grand tableaux the curtain here falls. We cannot say the new drama is free from blemishes, but they are of a description that may easily be removed. The greatest fault is the ex treme length of the drama ; but, although it posi tively never hangs fire, yet in the form we saw it last night it so closely approaches that great cause of ill success that the sooner compression is effectedthe better, because it cannot but increase the success that attended its first representation. Miss Jones, as Theodora, the Actress - Empress, has a most effective part, which she performs with all her well known power and effect, whilst her dresses are of the most gorgeous description. Miss Pauncefort sustained the character of Miriam with great ability, and Mr. James Bennett and Mr. Fernandez enact the parts of Creon and Philip with care and discretion. The applause during the performance was enthusiastic, and none more deserved the ap probation conferred on their exertions than Mr. Gates, the scene painter, who has produced some of the most elaborate and splendid scenery ever witnessed in any theatre in the metropolis. All the artistes were called for at the termination of the play, and Mr. Sheppard announced the piece for repetition every evening until further notice amidst universal applause. THE SUPPOSED MURDER ON THE LONDON, CHAT HAM, AND DOVER RAlLWAY.—Yesterday evening the inquiry into the death of Henry Walls, whose body was found on the above line of railway, was resumed by the coroner for Westminster. The circumstances of the case have already appeared. The police had traced the missing coat to the possession of a labourer, who had picked it up from under an archway some seventy yards distant from the place where the deceased was discovered. The surgeon stated that the injuries received by deceased were such as might have been caused by a railway carriage passing over his body. Inspector Williams said that every attempt had been made to obtain additional evidence, but without result. The jury's verdict was to the effect that there was no evidence to show how the injuries causing death had been produced. MISSING SHIP.—The Entracht, of Carolinertsiel, sailed from Hartlepool on the 4th of January for Bremer haven, and hap not yet arrived at that port. TITAItES. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF EXTEBERY.—EIIen Field, a strange-looking woman, about 40 years of age ; was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing two gold seals, part of a gold chain, a gold key, and a French 5f.-piece from the person of Mr. Jacob Merchant, a licensed vic tualler. The prosecutor is the landlord of the Bromley Arms public-house, in the Fairfield-road, Bow. Yesterday morning the prisoner, who was understood to be a hard working woman, but addicted to strong drinks, entered the Bromley Arms. She was intoxicated, and demanded re freshment, which Mr. Merchant refused to serve her with. She then became very disorderly and abusive, and used bad language and threats towards Mr. Merchant and some guests, who were drinking brandy and water. Mr. Merchant remonstrated with her, and finding that to be ineffectual ho took her by the shoul der with one hand and opened his door with the other, and attempted to put her out of the house. She immediately l i snatched at his gold watch chain, to which two gold seals, a gold key, and a five-franc piece were attached. The chain broke, and part of it was left in the prisoner's hand, with the seals, key, and coin, which she put into her bosom. Mr. Merchant and Mr. Thomas Sayers, a sign writer, fol lowed her, and met with a police sergeant, named itipp, No. 5 K, opposite the station-house in the Bow-road. She threw herself down, and made a determined resistance be fore she was secured. Nothing was found upon her. This morning at daybreak Mr. Sayers travelled over the zig-zag course which the prisoner took last night, and upon the very spot where she had the struggle with Ripp one of the gold keys was found. The other property was not recovered, and Mr. Merchant valued it at £3. The case against the prisoner was plain and direct. She is a widow, and was in custody ten years ago, but for what offence had passed out of the recollection of the police. She made a long defence, admitting that she was intoxicated and abusive last night, but denied having snatched at Mr. Merchant's chain. He threw her ou her back and cut her head, and it was while leaning on her that his chain broke, no doubt, and in no other way. Mr. Merchant denied using any violence. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. Execution at Lewes.----;This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) John Leigh, who was convicted at the last assizes of the wilful murder of Mrs. Horton, a relative of his own, and the keeper of a public house at Brighton, was executed this morning in front of Lewes Gaol. There was a lar,p, assemblage of spectators to witness the dread sentence of the law being carried into effect. THE GREAT ENFIELD VOLUNTEER RIFLE MATCH. Yesterday the great Enfield Rifle Volunteer (simultaneous) Match, among battalions and com panies of Volunteer corps throughout Great Britain, was commenced; and, continuing as it will till Sa turday next, the 14th inst., it promises to be the largest and most important event in connection with the shooting of the Volunteer force during the year. The entries this year amount to the sum of £9OO, being £4OO more than last year. The general committee for promoting . the success of the Match includes the names of upwards of 60 well-known rifle shots, and the management of it (which, as it will be seen, is no slight duty) is in the hands of the following gentlemen : Captain Macgregor v London Scottish Rifles, Ensign Pixley Victorias. Captain Mackenzie .3d Ross-shire. Captain Field lion. Artillery Coy. Mr. Dighton • l2th Middlesex. Captain Goodliffe London Rifle Brigade. Sergeant Baines 2d Middlesex Ad. Batt A large number of the representatives of the metropolitan Volunteer regiments commenced shooting yesterday, as also did many of the provincial regiments. The ranges of which the match is being shot are 200, 500, and GOO yards, seven rounds, and the conditions are as follows : Position—at 200 yards,. from the shoulder ;at 500 and GOO yards, any position. Any number of men are entitled to compete, and for battalions the high est 20 scores, and for companies the highest 10 scores on the registers of the shooting, will be taken as the match score. There will be between 7,000 and 8,000 competi tors in the contest. LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—CAISTOR (near Great Yar mouth), APRIL 7. —During hazy weather and a strong wind from ENE. yesterday, lights of distress were seen in the direction of the Cockle Sand. The Birmingham No. 2 lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution, stationed at Caistor, was at once launched, and found a large steamer to the northward of the sands. Her engines had broken down, and she was quite unmanageable and was drifting with the tide. She was the steamer Corton, of Newcastle, bound from that port to Havre with a cargo of coals. With the assistance of the Scratby lifeboat, which had also put off to the steamer, the Caster lifeboat men succeeded in taking the vessel and her crew into Yarmouth Roads. — PILLING (Norfolk), APRIL 7.—A barque struck the beach at Wexham, about two miles and a half south of this place, last night (reports Mr. J. Riches). The wind was blowing hard at the time from N.E., and there was a heavy sea on. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was at once got out and proceeded to the scene of the wreck ; but before her arrival the crew had been fortunately rescued by the Horsey beachmen in one of their boats. The vessel proved to bo the Thomasine, of South Shields, laden with coals and coke, and she is likely to become a total wreck. COURTOWN (County Wexford), APRIL 6.—The schooner Victory, of Wexford, bound from Dublin to Penarth with a cargo of oats, parted from her cables during a gale of wind this•morning, and came ashore near Glyn Head (says James S. Scott, Esq.). The Manchester No. 4 lifeboat (the Alfred and Ernest) of the National Lifeboat Institu tution was thereupon at once launched ; but after she had been out about two hours news came to Courtown that the shipwrecked crews had been saved by other means, and the lifeboat wag accordingly recalled to the chore. MEETING OF LIBERALS, THIS DAY. A very numerous meeting of the supporters of the Government in the louse of Commons was held this day, at the residence of the Premier, Earl Russell. The subject discussed was the amendment of Earl Grosvenor to the motion for the second reading of the Franchise Bill on Thursday next. The meeting was of a private nature ; but we be. lieve we may say that the Government feel certain of a majority whenever the division takes place. The debate in the House of Commons is fully expected to extend over seven or eight nights. The American Navy. The Nary Register for 18GG, just published, gives the following particulars of the reduction of the American naval force :—Since the close of the war 255 vessels have been disposed of by sale, and 13 have been lost. The number of vessels retained in the service is 318 ; of which 73 are laid up in ord nary, 63 are building at the different navy yards, 14 are fitting out for sea ervice, 35 are under repair, and 39 are employed at various naval sta tions as tugs and despatch boats, or in the Ord nance Department. This leaves 94 vessels, of which 90 are attached to squadrons, while four are employed as supply steamers. These vessels are distributed among the different squadrons as fol lows : Vessels. Guns. European Squadron Brazilian Squadron 51 East Indian Squadron 5 86 West Indian Squadron Pacific Squadron Atlantic Squadron 9 74 18 138 uad, , Gulf Sq Iron Special service Receiving ships 6 142 Supply steamers 4 23 _ --- Total Aggregate tonnage 103,622 (old measurement.) Ocean Travel. More than a thousand steam voyages across the Atlantic will be made during the present year by the vessels of fifteen different lines. This is more than in any previous year. The well-directed en terprise of steamship owners has reduced to a minimum the perils and discomforts of ocean travel, so that now it is little more than a pastime to cross the Atlantic. The steamers now running between England and the United States are generally staunch and fast, ably commanded, and sufficiently provided against disaster. The regular and extra steamers now in the ser vice of the Canard company will make 156 voyages during the present year ; the Inman line, 204 pas sages; the National Navigation Company's steam ers, 104; the Montreal Steamship Company's, 104 ; the North German Lloyd's, 52 ; the Hamburg- American Company's, 52 ; Guion and Company's, 52 ; London and New York line, 52 ; the French Transatlantic line, 26 ; the New York and llavre line, 26 ; the Liverpool and Boston line, 52 ; the London and Boston line, 52 ; the Anchor line, 34 ; the British and American Steam Navigation Com pany's, 52 ; and the Baltimore and Liverpool line, 52. This list numbers 1,074 passages, or an ave rage of ten per week ; a striking illustration of the rapid growth of commercial intercourse between Europe and America, as well as the travelling patronage received from each. The Coal Fields of America. By direction of Earl RUSSELL, reports have been made by our Secretaries of Legation concerning coal in foreign countries, and a body of information of high commercial value has thus been collected and published as a blue-book. The most remarkable of these reports has reference to the United States, and perhaps our conception of the possible future of that country cannot be formed upon any more certain basis than is afforded by the enormous extent of its coal-producing area. The area of bituminous coalin Great Britain it is 8,139 square miles ; in British America it is 18,000 miles ; and in the United States it is 133,132 miles. If the amount of workable coal in Belgium be taken at 1, that of the British Islands becomes rather more than 5, that of all Europe 8:1, and that of North America 111. According to another calculation the total quantity of workable coal in Great Britain is estimated at 190,000,000 tons, and the total quantity in North America at 4,000,000,000,000 tons. An American writer states that a seam of coal near Pittsburg is worth " a sum equal to the " payment of the national debt nearly 27 times, and " equal to the gold and silver products of California " and Nevada for nearly 1000 years ;" and this seam of coal was purchased by the PENN family, 100 years ago, for 10,000 dollars. Nearly all American coal is of excellent quality, and it is said that when the Cunard and Collins steamers competed a few years ago in speed, the Cunard, which were Eng lish ships, surpassed their opponents by using American coal. The Next Cotton Crop. In the March number of De Bow's Review, the editor, who has just completed a tour through the cotton states, estimates the next cotton crop at not more than one million five hundred thousand bales. Ile adds :—" These figures are not likely to be in creased by anything that is now to happen, and may be greatly reduced by the ignorance, neglect, or desertion of the labouring forces, which, judging from the experience of all other coun tries, is more likely to occur than not, and re duce the crop to one million or one million two hundred thousand bales. No account is taken in the calculation of the application of white labour to cotton beyond what was applied to it before the war. The extensive mortality of the war has made white labour at the South very scarce, and so far it is absorbed in the necessary pursuits of the mechanic arts and trade, which have been furnishing most lucrative employment. The wear and tear and frightful destruction caused by the war opened other channels of employment besides agriculture. The increase of white labour at the South, so far as the next crop is concerned, from immigration, is too trifling to be taken into account. The aggre gate number of labourers introduced is insignifi cant, and so far is largely absorbed in the cities. It is only fair to add that other estimates place the next cotton crop at from two to two and a half millions of bales. • Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. ---- Australia and New Zealand, via SOuthampton April 12 Ditto, via Marseilles April 13. Brazil and Cape Vcrds, by British packet ...... May 4. Ditto, by French packet April 21. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena April 23 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 19. Ditto, via Marseilles . ..... April 13 . Falkland Islands ...... Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... April 19 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bo mbay ), via Southampton. April 13. Ditto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 13. Ditto, via Marseilles April 13. Mauritius, via Southampton AWL 13 Ditto, via Marseil!e 4 Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon ... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. April It. Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. April 13. bleat Indica and Pacific (except Bahamas and .. --- -- _ . _ Honduras) April 13 Cuba and Mexico April 23. Bahamas, via New York. May 3. Bermuda, via Halifax ... April .1 West Coact of Africa. Madeira, and Tenerilfe .... April 12 The British and Californian Banking Company have issued their annual report, which states that the net profits are, after making all deductions £9,513 7s. Bd. The directors have declared a ivi dend, payable on and after Apri l 23, at the rate of six per cent. for the half year ending Dec. 31; and have also written six per c ent. off preliminary ex penses, and carried the balance forward to the credit and loos. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. He thanked the house for the indulgence accorded him, and he said he should still have to ask a continuance of their kindness in conducting the business of the house for a short time longer. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. IltnnEnT took tho oaths and his seat for Kerry ; Mr. MALCOLM also took tho oaths and his seat for Boston. LONDON GAS BILL. Mr. CRAWFORD moved that this bill be referred to the select committee on the London (City) Corporation Gas Lill. The house divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority The bill was accordingly referred to the committee named. -37 THE MALT TAX A number of petitions were presented in favour of a repeal of the malt tax. THE FRANCHISE BILL. A number of petitions were presented in favour of th. Government bill for an extension of the franchise. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. Mr. Alderman liLOMONS moved for a return of the appropriation of the whole, or any part, of the sums voted in aid of local assessments for the relief of the poor on cer tain descriptions of Government property, specifying the amount paid in each district up to the 31st day of March, 1866.—The return was ordered. THE PROBATE COURT. Mr. LOCKE asked the Secretary to the Treasury the reason of the delay in gi v i ng effect to the suggestions made by the Judge of the C our t of Probate to the L or d s o f her Majesty's Treasury, for the future regulation of the salaries and emoluments of the clerks and officers in the Principal Registry ? Mr. CHILDERS said letters had been received by the Treasury year to the effect stated the e th h e commencementon.andlearnedg gentleman, th ezan. T he officers of the Court of Probate were a pp ointed at fi xed salaries for b y fixed duties; but the mode of remunerating those officers I was now under the consideratio n of the Tr easury, and he hoped in a short time some final decision would be ar rived at. ARMY SURGEONS. Mr. O'BEIRNE asked the Secretary of State for War whether the system hitherto followed in promotin g assistant surgeons to battalion surgeons in the Foot Guards bad not been regimental ; whether there was any intention to change that system ; and, if any change was to be made, under what warrant ? Tho Marquis of lIARTINGTON said the system in the Guards with respect to the promotion of the assistant surgeons was a regimental system, but a warrant had been issued in 1860 which gave several advantages, and also enacted that promotion should be for the future by seniority. A question afterwards arose whether it applied to the house hold cavalry. After some consideration, her Majesty, by the advice of the authorities at the War-office, had directed that the promotion of assistant-surgeons to the rank of surgeon in the household cavalry should be by seniority. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. In reply to Mr. REED, Sir G. GREY said an order in Council had that day been issued extending the time for the compulsory slaughter and compensation, which expired on the 16th of April, until the 10th of May. OYSTER FISHERIES. Mr. HUNT called the attention of the house to the re commendations of the commission which had opt on the oyster fisheries, and asked whether the Government in tended to bring in a general measure on the subject. Mr. GIBSON said the subject was under the considers _ Eheu.. tion of the Government ; but, without pledging himself to all the points recommended by the commissioners, he might say the Government were favourable to the main object. The difficulty to be surmounted related to the enclosure of foreshores. SUPPLY. The house then went into committee of supply, Mr. DODSON in the chair. The first vote which was agreed to was £40,098 for the maintenance and repair of the royal palaces. On the motion that £85,437 be voted to complete the sum of £105,437 for public buildings, Mr. BENTINOK asked the right hon. gentleman the First Commissioner for works what was to be done at the National Gallery. Mr. COWPER said the site intended to be occupied by the addition to the National Gallery was that now occupied by the workhouse of St. Martin's in the Fields, Tenison's, and the parochial schools. Tho Government had to look upon the matter from two points of view--the first was the making the addition to the present structure, and the next was whether the existing building, which was quite unworthy of its position, was to bo pulled down. The Government had not yet come to any decision whether it would be desirable to do so or not, because before they could come to such a conclusion it would be as well to know what sort of a building they were going to erect in its place. The erection of public buildings had hitherto not always been a success, and, in the first instance, it had been proposed to appoint six architects to make drawings for a new building, appropriating £2OO each to them for the expense of making their plans. It had since been found desirable to enlarge th enum T be he r of architects to 10, but he did not think it would be h wisehouse would to h further ave increase an uppurtu that opportunity of fully num ber. considering the whole of the plans before the final decision was come to. Mr. B. HOPE thought it would be well to make the number of competing architects a round dozen, because there were certainly more than 10 architects quite compe tent to produce something worth looking at. Mr. BENTINCK hoped that whatever the Governmen' did they would do it thoroughly and well. Mr LOCKE said as fax as he understood it was pro• posed to give the old building a new face, and then en large it by making the proposed additions. Mr. COWPER said that that was not so. The Govern ment had come to no decision on the matter. As far as whether it wohld be right to pull down the existing building altogether. Speaking individually, he thought it would be right—(hear, hear)—but the Government s col lectively, had come to no determination in the matter ; before they did that he thought it was but right that the house should see what was to be put up in the place of the building which was to be pulled down. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BENTINCK made some further remarks relative to the style of the building. Mr. COWPER thought the money expended in making additions to the old building would all be wasted. With respect to the style of the building, he proposed that the competing architects should enter on their tasks unfettered. He did not think it wise to purchase houses before the site they occupied was required. They had 35 years ago pur chased a site at the corner of Downing-street, which all that time remained unoccupied, and the expense of that purchase did not favour the buying of houses before they were required. After a few words from Mr. B. Herr, Sir G. BOWYER said it appeared to him that the Go vernment were going to proceed in a piecemeal manner, which they had so many reasons to lament. They were going to build up the back part of the building before they had come to a determination as to when they in tended to put up the front. He thought the Government ought to produce ono comprehensive plan iu place of doing things bit by bit. With respect to the architects he did not think it right to limit the number to 10, because there were about 1,000 architects, and by limiting the number to 10, they might just exclude the man who might produce the best design, s He should have much preferred it if the competition had been made a thoroughly open one. He should like to know to what the new building was to be devoted, whether it was to be for pcitures already there, whether there was to be an exhi bition, or whether the new portrait gallery was to go there. At all events, the house ought to know exactly what was to be placed in the new building. Mr. BENTINCK would like to know the tribunal which was to decide on the designs. Mr. COWPER said that no steps would be taken with respect to rebuilding any portion of the gallery until a complete plan had been submitted to the Government. The tribunal would be constituted as fairly as possible, amongst whom, of course, ' there would be some artists, who no doubt could be found unbiassed by professional feeling. There were many pictures at Hampton Court Palace, the South Kensington Museum, and the British Museum, which might be placed with advantage in a national gal lery. He did not think there would be anything to_Ff?' vent the lighting of the new building with gas. w com "! respect to the stone of which the building was to be or e posed, experiments were now going on on thhieche no t 0, doubt the building they were then assembled in . w w de o c u a l y d h s a n d o s w et t i h n e . best means of preserving stone where The vote was ultimately ag reed to. d eed to The following vote s were agre £48,925 for Royal Palaces. £105,437 for Public Buildings: g Embassy-house, C0n x£9128:700690 forfo r Gardens.Filmuobayrnasisitypeu_orobernoksoususianeastudeobafplinpeledaire'eaenbsdas• Madrid. £1,485 for E £3,000 for British stantinople. . c .£ 6 7 3 ,5 , 5 2 0 5 o f o f o r rWiceeswt Westminster -bridge. n o s r t e e i b-ri doffice .ge. £58,000 for Site for Public Offices. £23,500 for Probate Court and Registries. £27,070 for Public Record Repository. £6,000 for Nelson Column. The postponement of the vote of £116,000 for the Patent office was moved by Mr. BOVILL, who complained of the p i n o a i n d e t l u g a t o e u a t c d c o e f m e e m t s o d accomm n odation s m p a ro n N a i g d e e m d e i n n t, th all e d pre m s a e i n n t ta o i ffi ni c n e g , that the large surplus of fees paid by patentees should be applied to putting the establishment on a more satisfactory footing. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in defence of the vote, a...... stated that the present provision was merely temporary, and no comprehensive plan for securing more complete ac commodation could be settled until the general question of the policy of tt a Patent Laws had been considered and determined. After some discussion, the motion was withdrawn, and the vote was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a string of resolutions on the Crown Lands Acts, as a neces sary preliminary to the introduction of a bill for the better management of the Land Revenues of the Crown. Among Other provisions he explained that the bill would transfer the forestal riP-hts of the Crown over Epping Forest to the Board of Works, would give the management of all fore shores to the Board of Trade, and would make provision for the enjoyment of the estate of Claremont by the Queen during her life or pleasure. The resolutions were agreed to after a short conversa- Several bills were forwarded a stage, and the house ad journed at five minutes past 1 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CREWKERNE RACES-THIS DAY. HASLEMIY HANDICAP. Sir Bobby 2 Benazet . 3 Eight ran. Won by 10 lengths. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 2to 1 agst Delight (taken) 6to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) 6to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 10 to 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 11 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken) 30 to 1 agst Morris Dancer (taken) 30 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Czar (taken) METROPOLITAN STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Eakring (taken) sto 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 7to 1 agst Lucifer (taken) 10 to 1 agst Staghound (taken) 10 to 1 agst Sandal (taken)' CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Delight (taken) 84 1 530 4 ttt t 000 1 0 1 4 1 agst Dalby (taken) 16 to 1 agst Gong (taken) 22 to 1 agst H arr y B ra il a ford (taken) agsttt S t Lord L Rococoaln d o al THOUSAND. iot t antkk, (taken) t Aann (taken) TWO N ) pe n ) 8 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) TATTERSALLS'--Last Evening. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 2to 1 agst Delight (taken) 6to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 11 to 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 16 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken) 25 to 1 agst Morris Dancer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Shrapnell (taken) 66 to 1 agst Nukuheva (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Skirmish (taken) METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Eakring (taken) 9 to 2 agst Treasure Trove (taken) Bto 1 agst Lucifer (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 9 agst Delight (Laken) 100 to 7 agst Dalby (taken) 20 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (taken) 33 to 1 agst Rococo (off.) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Pitt (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Sandal (off.) 1000 to 15 agst Moulsey (taken) 2,000 GUINEAS. 6to son Lord Lyon (taken); 9to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 10 to 1 agst Student (taken) 12 to 1 agst Young Melbourne (taken) 25 to 1 Knight of Crescent (taken) 66 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Student 20 to 1 agst Redan 25 to 1 agst Stabber 1000 to 20 agst Auguste 1000 to 20 agst Stratbconan MANCHESTER BETTING—YESTERDAY. CITY AM) SUBURBAN. 9 to 4 ngst Delight (taken) 10 to 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 100 to 7 agst Copenhagen (taken) 7to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 22 to 1 agst Effervescence (taken) 25 to 1 agst Morris Dancer (taken) METROPOLITAN. 3to 1 agst Eakring (taken) sto 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken freely) A JOCKEY AND HIS VALET.—" Argue," of the Morning Post, in yesterday's paper, says—The hearing of the Grimshaw case excited some interest, and " The Prodigal" may think himself lucky in having to appear in mufti for only a month. But if he had not been recommended to mercy by the Marquis of Hastings, his suspension would have been of much.longer duration. During the court of inquiry much amusement was created by the young culprit stating that when he returned into the paddock with Prodigal he handed him over to his valet. " You mean Lord Hastings' valet," remarked the admiral. " No, sir," rejoined Jemmy, "I mean my own valet." Upon hearing which the a lmiral fairly lost the use of his respira tory organs ; for, although he had heard a good deal of the manners and customs of light weights, he was hardly prepared for such an avowal. Although lam not what is called a special commissioner, yet I felt bound to make myself acquaintedwith therate of wages of a jockey's valet ; and I am assured that Barker, who fills that responsible and confidential appointment about the person of " Jemmy," receives a salary of £lOO per annum and travelling expenses—a remunerationfar superior to that of many a country curate. THE POST-OFFICE.—Notice has been issued thati in consequence of the date of sailing of the French mail, steamers from St. Nazaire for Colon being changed from the 6th of each month to the Bth, letters from London must be despatched not later than by the morning mail et the 7th, or, when that date falls on a Sunday, on the even.-- ing of the 6th. ::Tvilbteht L tee oreelixir li b?: : iprk e v t i t r e ix the a LIVES OF THE ARISTOCRACY.—With the aid of " Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage," we have ar rived at some interesting facts. It is known that the. 1856, has just general average of human life in the British Islands is about 33 years. It is therefore worthy of note what effect good living and other accessorise of wealth have in pre serving life. In 1865-6 there died fourteen peers, whose , united ages amounted to 931 years, or an average of little over 66 years each, just double the general average. Th e oldest (Viscount Combermere) was 93, and the youngest (Baron Kingsale) 38. In the same period there died. forty baronets, whose total span of life was 2,623 years, or an average of 651 each. The oldest two (Sir J. H. Painter and Sir Thomas Staples) were 90 years of age each ; and the youngest (Sir F. D. Legard) wa9nh:ogishtegdt: most remarkable of all, there died 38 knights, a aamveoraungetedofto73the each. tota l Tofhe2o,7ld74esty(essariirrs,BF• o. 3f. Bromley) 52 rwt. h A w o re s m te a o r ) ka w g b ,a e l e e n 91 years of age, and they oungestf been closed by the All who value long life FAILURE OF AN 11081'11'AL. h ospital of St. Pope llennessy moved, and Count Wezele se- Eliza,beth, Great Ormond-street, J once. oh n and St. if knighthoo dr. . . resolution 0 committ ee , unanimous r f the d f d o e u d nd to ed the resolution, but this was negatived. chair. Pa • words " nothing conded, that the . g herein contained is to be construed as an extinction in perpetuity of the hospital," Previous to closing the hospital the committee applied to Archbishop Manning to consider what changes were ne cessary to restore the hospital to a state ofefficiency,and to carry such changes into • effect, but he declined to do so on the ground that the hos ' • • rite' was declining from the inevitable effects of a divided government, arising from the union of two works—the hospital as originally constituted, and the Order of St. John of Jeru salem. Th 3 committee of management have made a report to their subscribers, in which they state that the real expenditure of the hospital for the past year has exceeded the real income from all sources by £166 18s. 10d., and there is a debt due to the Bank of £5OO. At the whichhouid be end of 1864 they had to close one entire ward of theere i n creased subscriptions, and then made an appeal to the public forrhie preeed subscriptions, which resulted in a decline fromlhe committee, therefore, year to the amount of £llO 7s. sd. T he their past an ' therefore, felt that, so far from having re its utility, the - ticipations by the gradual extension c of and s phere of the hospital has been seriousl y ided to close seei ng n o the prospect of improvement , they all reduced, and hospi tal. The patients wore g raduY to other thos e re maining at the closing were removed . hosp it a ls,or or removed to lodgings, and one child ta ken g by a charitable lady. Sir G. Bowyer has circu latedsoehnatr home, e of the subscribers a statement in answer to the - among report of the commit tee, in which he strongly condemns managem ent of the char it y b y t he committee, and stig matisesthe the closing of the hokpital as "cruel, unwise, and mischievous."