The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-17 00:00:00

EY MARKET AND COMIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The directors of the Bank of England have not :he it necessary to make any alteration in -he rate of discount, which remains at 10 per cent. quieter and a somewhat easier feeling is notice able in all quarters, and the brokers, although not negotiating bills freely, are more inclined to take those of short date. The Gazette return, which will appear this evening, will be perused with interest, 4 . 8 the changes it will show will no doubt be very Important. At an ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Otago and Southlands Invest- Ment Company, the report presented by the direc tors stated that the net profit for the year ending 31st January, 1866, amounted to £3,342. The in terim dividend at the rate,of 8 per cent. per annum declared on the business to 31st July last required £1,525 2s. Bd., leaving £2,014 5 . 15 s . 11d, now avail able for distribution. Of this sum the Directors recommend that £1,546 19s. 6d. be applied towards the payment of a further dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, free of Income tax, and that £245 19s. 3d. be written off the preliminary ex penses, leaving a balance of £221 17s. 2d. to be carried forward to the credit of next account. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram this morning, the Pr each Itentes were 64f. 15c. Rather firm. En g l ish Goverernment Sec ur iti es are very fi rm, an d in all the markets for the principal securities Cthere is still an improving tendency. The English o n ds have v ar i e d on l y to a limited extent, and lis ols remain a t 86k 871 f or money ; and 85/ 86 ior the account, ex div.,—the latest prices current yesterday afternoon. Politics, homo and foreign, o 4 cre ate anxiety ; and a lth oug h more fi rmness W prevails there is an indispositi on on th e part of the public to make investments, or to en gage largely i n s p eccu l a ti ve enterpr i se. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 4t a decided improvement, and they are evidently attracting the notice of those who have been very much disappointed at the career of 'many of the limited liability companies. Indian Securi ties are at higher prices, and the stock at the Bank of England has advanced. In fact almost every 1110vernent is indicati ve o f a return of confidence, h "gh much reserve is still evinced. In the F ore i gn Stock Market prices have, with I ,e v* exceptions, been well maintained. Turkish _assive, r Cents. h ave a d vanced to 3N ; Mexican bonds r emain at 16 /, b u t th e new l oan i s / higher at 14i ; P Greek have declined / to 10 11 ; Spanish to 2 lfr ; the Certifi ca t es , Ito 14k. ; an d Italian to 394 404 ; the new Italian Loan is 1 , 8 . 59 ; and Brazilian Scrip 7, 5 dis. ; and Danu aula4 Principalities loan, 56 ; Egyptian 7 per Cents. re p er 84 ; P ortuguese 3 per Cents, 431 ; Russian 5 A Cents. 1862 , 83, 84k, and ditto 1864, 88. ,Merican securities are steady. United States i 0-2 nc* - 0 B onds, 651 66 ; Erie Shares, 45f ; a n d 11l t . Business in th e R a il way Sh are Market has con :lied inactive, and in some instances prices have a slight depression. Great Eastern and , °r th-We s t ern have each receded ss. ; and Great Northern A Stock, Lancashi re an d Y or k s hi re and 4li ciland each 10s. W Ile For e i gn and Colonial undertakings remain n i tholit material ch ange , w ith th e except i on of ‘ .lr and Trunk o f C ana d a , w hi c h h ave declined to 20i. ~ ank and Miscellaneous Shares are very quiet. 14 i iance are marked 141 to 161; Bank of London, to 151 ; London and County, 75 ; Union of ''', e ndon, 50/ t o I ; C re dit F onc i er and Mobilier of t'" l gland 1 to 2 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 151 to Na tional Discount Company, 11/ ; and Overe n d, 11111 e3r, and Co. are marked 17s. dis. BR ITISH FUNDS 6 GeVEurasmyr Yurms. _ONE O'CLOCK 87 i 8 i 7 1 i 7 15,11' Cent. Consols 8 "0 Account, May 9 Bs} 6 5- i• N Cent. Reduced B4} 51 I sie W 3 per Cent B5 i 1 D o Per Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A i , u.,0 per Cent. Jail. 1873 — 11 114 ties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 h ,o• for 30 yrs, expire sth April:lBBs.- Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908-irar—ch. June. k e 10 10 dis heqUer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 10 dis Do. £5OO 3 dis 8 " n o £lOO and X2OO ani• ~ 2421 1 3 C o cu England Stock, 5 per Cent toan Stock, 10i 41) Account Indi 10 GO VERNMENT SECURITIES. 4 per Cent., , • Account "• 5 April 187 o ° , A Per Cent. July, 1870 D i ; A Per Cent., Oct. 1888 D.* kiertifientes 86 e o . --i'faced Paper 4 per Cent D o : u per Ce nt., Jan. 1872 1011 1 Do, 5 i Per C ent., May 1879 D o beh, .13 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do . °l lds 4 , £lOOO 7pm par dis oOeler £l,OOO , Arg mi FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Ster--Que,Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm art,zifa.4 3 5 6 0d5, 5 per Cent, 1859 — D o. A per Cent — ll Per Cent., 1852-58-60 D o. 1863 D o b 4. • 1865 GE e ttell o ,'" ° A liP, £45 paid DO l '"Yros 6 per Cent . — D per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) an 6 n 8 Jer Cent k, 4 ,"P, £25 paid D o ' ,'I Per Cent ellg p por6c. en Cent. — 0 ;1 0 ' ". a Pe e r C e en rt t . - dis 84 D o P I t il 7 Per Cent B2l 2 D-, ..econd Issue B6l 3f ° 100 Bonds Do. ' Bond s Bl t I D ° 0 1864 _ Do Ci9vernment Railway Delientures. die tir eel i X O O paid .1) 0. 5 Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons .0 Actount I.) ° ' C o ll Pos t,bact). Account 4} ttli f , e°l4l B, 5 per Cent. — 1)0°'41 5 per Cent 1865 Account ..... - h_.• karemmana Railway — 6 L o " . a : c 3 c Per Cent ount 161 1 D n 141 1) 0 6 1864 14,„, Per Cent. Anglo-French . kti - Z,Tvi, dean 6 per Cent., £3O paid v e 0 Imperial 5 per Cent Iv Granada I,bo 2 per Cent lb 3 per Cent., 1853 t ° 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, It . Account 43 1 'Nan 5 p er C en t ., 18 22, X St " I\ o 4} per Cent. 1850 r.,0 41 per Cent., 1860 "0 3 p er Cent. 1859 t 841 3 i .,0 5 per Cent. 1862 88 1 41', 5 - per Cent. 1864 ii-uilian 5 per Cent 13,„ °,• Account V 1 Account Cent n° .... ,0 lvt D 0 -Lievr Deferred n Accounts 1..-io a sive 3nt,„°;Account 22} xj""sh Cert. of Coup not funded ‘ l, 4 A ,Ccount 151 0 su 4 per Cent. — Th l li ti Per Cent. 1864 D ' 4l 6 Per Cent. 1854.. — 06 h° A ccount D o DA per Cent 1858 D° ''' °c ° ll llt ... ........ ,o .ti ni , ...,ond.; ................ 65 4 D o 6 , ID; ijOent. 1862 )o,t, - " c ount ... • .. . 0 _ 4100 Bonds ..................... 65 ° 6 0,,., Per Cent.,1863 — 1:1 0 ,h oer Cent paid up Scrip — 13 ''•ecount 1 1865, - . 30/ 1 1 ° * l Per C ertoz i , ol, „ Cent . Guaranteed — titt o a "' er. ! Per Cent. 06 act .... . - .0, APer Cent 1862 • ...ec ouilt ~ -.... Do. A.di 301 ,pll;!°ol:2l)4},iervneid.,.7.43teitoo,oEtillela2l;oa j e;;;;able in London. , re n t Per Cent. Certifica6es per Cent. 13 ° 4 , -Akbever Cent., 1 861, Ex. 25f. c oOnt to il sol e too n TWO O'CLOCK . A fcir , . v 1 . .....cco,,, ,the, ............ 87 11 , u lust 851 6 1.1 The n,_ . •••••,.....—_________ ht '4B 4i:r ill° at Verviers (Belgium) fitted up for ._ ..i. ..-, e ... .., roy ed r ,lormances, was almost entirely de qnr• two days since by fire which burst out 111 1; th e nee a %j ell 0 farewell representation of the company had 1, Par t 0 ueen performing there for some time. th e b .f the furniture of the cafe was saved, but of dattiall:le'd!lig itself only the bare walls remain. The inj4r:a. 's estimated at 20 ,000 fr. No person was SHARE 'his Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. I Paid./ Closing I Business Price. done. Bristol and Exeter lO Caledonian lO Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... al Cornwall al Dublin & Belfast June 10( Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc e lel E.London, ucrip Certif all Do. Glasgow & S. Western 10( Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 101 Do. E. Angi. st. No. 2 10( Great North of Scotland 10( Great Northern lOl D. A stock .. 101 Do. B stock 1:1 Do. IN ew, is. at 25 pn , 10 Gt 6, and W. of Ireland 104 Gt. Western -Original 1.1 Do. S. V.O. Rail gua. 104 Do. South Wales ..., 1:;i Do. W. Mid.— Oxi ord 104 F 8 90 126 29 55 65 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 20 15 d 112 111 38 40 6 7 10 1 123 125 )0 1 2 131 54 56 56 58 33 t 0 31 Si .„. Do. Newport toi Do. Hereford loi Lancashire & Yorkshire _ _ 11 , ,:ndon and Blackwall 10. Lou.,' Brigh., & S Coast 10 ,Lon., t'hat., and Dov, r 10, Do. Metrop. A 101 Lyn. & orth Western 101 Lon. & South Western 101 Man., Slid., & Lincoln lul Metropolitan al Do. New Do Extension 1 Metropolitan District al Do. du. do. 1 Do. and ;- , t. John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share 1 Do, Hirmin & Derby 10; id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lOl Nth. Eastern—Berwick 101 Do. G.N•E purchast 16.1 Do. Leeds ..... 101 Do. York lOl Do. Carlisle . . ... 101 Do. Stock. & Darling. al Do. do. 1860-61 ll North London Do. do. 1864 1211 12 93 95 0 23 27 10 119 ;20i 12 04 )0 61 63 11 :20 1:8 7 2 3p 8 Id 11 83 88 0 - 0 122} 123 5 If If 10 94 41 )0 54 55 )0 5 27 )0 ICB IA 10_ I 70 72 10 108 110 11 5i 56i 43 10 11 p 19 120 124 7 1 2p, 7 1 2p 10 3 75 11 108 112 10 148 150 10 66 68 1 48 49 71 ?3 7 8 L 40.143 1 3 y 100 103 52 54 Do. ,so. 1865 North Staffordshire 10( N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 101 iJo. Scot, Mid. stick 10( Shropshire Union 10i South Devon lOl South 1.1,, stern 4taines, Wok., & Wok all Taff Vale lOO Do. C .. 3 Vale a Neath Waterford & Kilkenny 10u Waterloo & Whiteha j 2 West Cornwall lOO BRITISH Atlantic & St. Lawrence al Born., Baroda, k Cen.ln. 101 gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares 1 Buffalo & Lake Huron al Do. Preference al Buff.,Brant,Sf Goderich 6 P.m 872-3- 11 4 Calcutta & S. E., lim lOl ale Town & Dock, gu lO4 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p al East. Ben_al, gu., 5 do 101 East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 101 Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunk of Canad% 101 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o al' Do. ist Pref. Bonds al Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prif. Bonds.. a Do. do. deferred .... Do. d Pref. stock— . a] Do. do. deferred .... a' Do. 4th Pref. stock ' a, Do. do. deterred a] Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 101 o. Gua. 5 per cent V Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent lov Do Great W. s. of Canada all Do. New .. .... 18 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 all 1)0.5 1 do. pay. 1877-8 all Indian Branch, limited 2 Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 Do. 41 do lOO Do. 43 do lOO Do. Fifth Extension 5 Cor. 6p. c. Brads. 10C Mel. & Hudson's Bay all N. RLC'da, 6po let pf. be 0( Sande ...... . 1( Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punimub Do.lndus St. Flo '‘u 1 COLONIAL GOVERN British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 10 Catt.Gov.6 p. c.Ja. d 6 July 1877-t 4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 Dd. sp. c. Mar. .ft Sept 10 , Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July 101 Do. sp. e. Inscribed ak 101 Cape (I. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 101 Do.Apl.&oel 1890-1900 101 Do. do: 1880-9 u 101 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 101 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOl Ceylon, Nov. 1858, 6 "p.t. 101 Do. 1878, do lOl Mauritius, 6 p. o, 18;3, Jan. and July Do. 1 ,, 78 00. 188?, May 15, Nov. I 10. Do. 181)5, Feb. & Aug l 2l Natal ~ov. per cent lUi N. uly 10( N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c., 1811() 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 t, 10( Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 z 101 New Zealand, 6p. cent lot Do. 5 per cent lOl Nova So Ala Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 l9l Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOl S. Aus. Gov. 6 p,c 1868-0 101 Do. 1878 & upwards l ,l Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 10 1 Do. do, April & Oct lOl BRITIS !Cam. ConsoL Bold, ilia. Ichivellon . Clifford A malgamated.l 3 , Devon G. Coos. (Tavist Drake walls.. East Bassett (Illogan) 2l Nast Caradon 2.1 East Uarn Brea Grenville 2.1 East Gunnislake .. 8.3 East Loved 3.4 E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk 10.1 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 61 Great L ixey, limited al Great South Tolgus O.l Great Wheal Busy l4. G. Wheal Vor (Heist %J , 4! Grenville B. I Elerod's Foot ..... • Ilingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.1 )Starke Valley 4.1 nwyndy Iron Ore, llw New Se fon .... North Roskear Bassett(lllo,gan 4.4 North Wheal Crofty Prosper United 7.1 Pr videnee UnyL.lant 10. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow 3.2 S.Wheal Fran. (1110gan 18.1 stray Park 35.1 Tin Croft . • Vigra and Clogan, lira.. al West Bassett (Mogan .. 1 W. Caradon (I,,skeard West C hi rerton West Seton 4: Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth 11 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Se ton Wheal Ttelawney (1.18, 'OSSESSIONS , 11 i 04 B 6 10 100 IC2 8 it) 11 4 41 11 8 9 78 80 )0 96 98 )0 60 65 11 100 102 10 100 IC2 )0 101 i 102 I 20 22 !I 85 87 11 60 63 1 55 6.) 55 57 1 50 55 1 41 41 1 42 45 .1 27 30 .11 .. >0 108 lib .6 1 2 p 6 14 2 p 99 101 91 93 151 16 6i bid 4i 46 83 -5 I}o}l 100 101 91 03 86 88 I 81 83 )0 8 S t 00 98 100 Ibo 97 99 2 6 iOO 96 98 00 108& 9 E 151 15 14. ,24 ENT SECUR 10 92 94 0 90 93 )‘) 90 93 )0 77 79 JO 76 79 00 102 101 )0 102 101 )0 102 104 10 102 104 10 86 8) 10 102 104 10 10.7 1 9 )0 102 )0 107 1. 104 * IC4 10 90 10 87i 10 9} 0 72 1(4 tO9 (06 106 101 95 RSti 98 73 10 I 98 100 10 98 100 0 1 104 106 10 1 102 103 MINES. 7} 6 7 10 6 8 1 510 53) 1.0 I :96 33 15 ME, 5 6 3t 2 :4.0 2 3.6 9.0 8 9 ,8.0 3 36 16 5 7 11 21 22 14.6 f 16 .9.6 1 10 15 17 18.0 2i a 10.0 33 40 10.6 46 6 17.6 4 6 10.6 n 2f 26 16(1 r3f 35 40 St 13 15 1.0 3.1 ft I ~fi .6.7 32 34 11 375 400 a.° if S 18.9 5 20 15.6 4 6 9 13 15 111 3 5 1) 1 9 6 7 11 671 721 171 130 140 51 80 85 16 121 171 1 8 3 6 iBl 195 205 7 13 15 I ,-KNIFEItENCIC btiARES. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., 9) North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 41 per cent., rd., 91 ['REFERENCE ma ARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, dm., 4i per cent. 1858, 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS . Chester and Holyhead, 53 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock,:s FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent.. 14 ;real Luxembourg, 12 Ottoman (Smyrna to Ai din), South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 121 I FORICIGN MINNS. - - Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lira., St. John del Key, lira. , 52 3 ISAMU, Agra and Masterman's. lira., 26 3 8 4 8 Allilnee, Um.. 15 11 16 Bank of London, 16 141 151 Chartered Iler. of India, London, and China, 351 8 City, IS Consolidated Bank, lira., 7, itluropean Bank, lira., 2 Imperial Bank, 24 3} imperial Ottoman, Ditto. new, S 5 Lard Mortgage bank of India, lim., 31 3 London and County, 75 6 41 London Joint Stock, 45 London and %i estminster, 94 Merchant Bank, lira 18 Midland Bank, lira ., 161 17 Linton of Australia. 494 50i Union of London, 505 DOCKS. East and West India. 13 ondon and St. Katharine, 69 MISCELLANEOUS. Angb-Mexican Mint, 16 t..ntic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 211 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Inn.. 41 a Commercial Union, Insurance, 6, Consolidated Discount. lim . 11 Credit r oncler and Mobilier of England, f 1 Of 2:11 Crystal Palace, 33 ast Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim., 21 Ebbw Vale, 6/ Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 6 51 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 12 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., aii Hudson's Bay, 151 I Int - rnational Financial Society, lim., 31 Land Securities, 1,m., 21 e London Financial Association, lim., 3 21 5 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 3 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim., lf National Discount ompany. 11 ilk Ditto, issued at 5 p rem. , of which 32 is to pay,"3l:4 Ocean arine Insurance), 211 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. lint. 17 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, ;2 3 Ditto, new, 48 Scottish Australian Investment, Um., 121 South Australian Land, 32 Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, 41 Warrant Finance, lim., A telegram from Lausanne announces the death yesterday morning in that town of Mr. Ferdinand Flocon, member of the Provisional Government in 1848. TIIE stiN, torsuo.N, THURSDA Y EVENING, MAY 17, 1866. THE DERBY DAY. Stalker, Duke of Y Knapsack. The two way, were pulled up, 'ork, Harefield, Tacitus, Plutus, and latter, who were beaten off a long and did not pass the post. the winners of the above race, with e 1823 : The following are other particulars, sine THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs. Yr. Owner. Horse. S u b . S trs Time. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. 1823 Mr. Udny llmilius 60 11 --,..-- 1824 Sir J. Shelley ... Cedric 5B 17 EPSOM RACES—THIS DAY. 1825 Lord Jersey ... .. Middleton 1826 Lord Egremont... Lapdog 57 1 9 • 1827 Lord Jersey Mameluke 1828 Duke of Rutland Gadland 1829 Mr. Gratwicke ... Frederick B9 17 1830 Mr. Chifney 1831 Lord Lowther ... Spaniel ........ ~.... 105 23 Mr. Stevens's Adainanthea (Covey) 3 1832 Mr. Ridsdale St. Giles lOl 22 1833 Mr. Sadler Dangerous 124 25 Bavarde colt also ran. 1834 Mr. Batson Plenipotentiary... 123 23 Betting-60 to 4' agst Bavard colt, 2to 1 agst 1835 Mr. Bowes Mundig l2B 14 Ib is filly, 3to 1 agst La Mute,. 1836 Lord Jersey Bay Middleton ... 8 21 1837 Lord B.vuers Phosphorus ... ... 133 3 1 17 Won by a head. 1838 Sir G. Heathcote Amato 134 23 STAND PLATE. LL M oo r rr . dd I Westmoreland'sll o v d a s t o o n l G : s ,B l ß s i a o N n le D d no l 1839 Mr. W. Ridsdale Bloomsbury 143 21 1840 Mr. Robertson ... Little Wonder 144 17 (Heartfield) 1 154 29 1841 Mr.,Rawlinson ... Coronation (Griffishaw) 2 1842 Colonel Anson ... Attila lBO 24 Charon (Kenyon) 3 1843 Mr. Bowes.. Cotherstono 1814 Colonel Peel ...... irlando 153 29 Betting -2 to 1 agst Sandal, 4to 1 agst others. 1845 Mr. Gratwicke ... Merry Monarch 137 31 Won by a neck. 1816 Mr. Gully Pyrrhus the First 1 93 27 255 1847 Mr. Pedley Cossack 188 32 252 TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES . Mr. Beadm,haFsneeh'os.dC;ro,mmissioner 1848 Lord Clifden Surplice 215 17 248 Mr. Chaplin.'s Problem (Grimshaw) 1 Baron — ot Rothschild 's Chignon 1849 Lord Eglinton ... Flying Dutchman 237 26 3 0 (Clements) 2 1850 Lord Zetland Voltigeur 1851 Sir J. Hawley ... Teddington 204 24 250 a ' nd . Phantom Sail also ran. (Daley) 3 1852 Mr. Bowes 192 83 251 Daniel O'Rourke.. 181 27 3 2 Ve li rdi 1853 Mr. Bowes West Australian.. 195 28 255 1854 Mr. Gully A n d over 217 27 252 Won by a length. 1855 Mr. Popham Wild Dayrell 191 12 254 EPSOM CUP. 1856 Admiral Harcourt Ellington 213 24 3 4 The Duke .. 1857 Mr. W. I'A nson Bli n k B onn y 202 30 245 .............................................. 1 1858 Sir J. Hawley ... Beadsman. 2OO 23 254 The Clown .................... .... .. 1859 Sir J. Hawley ... Musjid 246 30 259 EPSOM FOUR-YEAR OLD STAKES.IB6O Mr. Merry Th orman by 224 30 255 240 18 243 Audax ................................. .. ............... w.o. 1861 Colonel Towneley Kettledrum. 1862 Mr. Snewing Caractacus 233 34 2 451 SOUTH-WESTERN STAKES. 1863 Mr. R. C. c,a Naylor Macroni 255 31 2 511 186' Mr. I'Anson Blair Athol 238 30. 2 432, Godmersham ................................ 1 1867 I Cnt. de Lagran ge Gl a di a t eur 249 30 243 Effervescence ............. • 1866 Mr. R. Sutton ... Lord Lyon 274 26 249 ...................... 2 Actea............................................ . . But one disturbance of any especial importance, in fact, fell under our own immediate observation— looking down for hours upon that stupendous throng from our " coign of 'vantage" upon the Grand Stand. It was a disturbance, however, in its way, of the most disgraceful description well imaginable. It occurred, too, at the moment of supreme expectation—when every one was most upon the alert : namely, very shortly before the Derby was run, and after the course had been pretty well cleared. Regarding the scene from the distance from which we viewed it— namely, from our elevated post upon the Grand Stand, it was the infliction of Summary Punishment upon some miserable Welsher, hard-by the boundaries of the Ring—the unhappy wight being set upon and hammered upon the head and thrashed about the body, as the phrase is " within an inch of his life," by the surrounding mob—the vindicators of the outraged majesty of Lynch Law! So summary, in truth, was the punishment administered, that, before the victim could be rescued by the police authorities, he had had every stitch of clothes, from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, torn from his body, so that when he was expelled beyond the barriers he was as naked as he was born—the remnants of his clothing being after- wards shredded into at atoms by the victorious Lynchers. It almost seemed as if the vigour of the police alone saved those same Lynchers from the unintended crime of manslaughter. The weather, unpromising at first, improved in the afternoon ; there was no rain ; but the Derby Day of 1866 will be remembered as a cold, un- genial one, even for May. The following is a detailed description of the racing. The EPSOM Tows PLATE of 50 sovs handicap) for a ages ; winners extra. One mile. Mr. Hodgkinson's Dayrell, by Wild Dayrell, 4 yrs, 7st llb (inc. 51b extra) (Elphick 1 Mr. Hodgman's Victoria, 3 yrs, sst 91b (car sst 111 b (H. Clarke 2 Mr. G. Newton's Pinchbeck, 3 yrs, sst 11lb (A. Reeves 3 Mr. Hodgman' s Vi xen , 4 yrs, 7 st 7 1b (Heartfield) 0 Mr. Alwyn's Tom Cpke, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (car. 6st 111 b) (Page) 0 Dotting—a to 4 agst Dayrell, 3to 1 agst Victoria, and 4 to 1 agst Vixen. Won in a cantor by three lengths. Pinchbeck a bad third, close up with whom came Vixen fourth. The 87th DERBY STAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr, olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 51b ; the second horse received 100 soya out of the stakes. Mile and a half. 274 subs. Mr. R. Sutton's b c Lord Lyon by Stockwell (Custance) 1 Lord Ailesbury's ch c Brother to St. Albans (T. French) 2 Duke of Beaufort's ch c Rustic (Cannon 3 Lord Exeter's bc. K n i g ht o f th e C rescen t (J. Ad ams C Mr. Bowes's b c Westwick (Ashmall ( Mr. W. C. Brown's br e Harefield (Nightingall) Mr. Rickards' br c Knapsack (Deacon Lord St. Vincent's b c Redan (H . Grimshaw I Marquis of Hastings's b c Blu e Rib an d (C owley Count F. de Lagrange's b c Plutus garrY) Lord Stamford's ch c Freedo m ....(A. Edwards Mr. T. Dawson's br c Stabber (Morris Baron Rothschild's b c Janitor (Wells Baron Rothschild's b c Robin Hood (J. Daley Mr. W. Hanks's ch c Hidalgo . ... (Carroll Prince Soltykoff's br c Duke of York (J. Mann) Mr. Chaplin's b c Vespasian ~ (J. Grimshaw Mr. Watt's gr c Strathconau (J.*Snowden Mr. Ribgy's ch c Abergeldie... . .(J. Goater Mr. R. C. Naylo r ' s c h c M onarch of the Glen (T. Challoner) (Loates .(Lynch` Mr. Savile's br c The Corsair . Mr. G. Bryan's ch c Laneret JYri- Mr. SavilO's b c Sealskin (Doyle, Lord Glasgow's b c Toxophilite, dam by Game Boy— Physalis (J. Osborni Mr. Limf.olu's b c Tacitus (Maidment I Mr. M'Kenzie's The Czar .(Cameron € Betting-6 to son Lord Lyon, sto 1 agst Rustic, 12 to 1 agst Redan, 15 to 1 agst Toxophilite colt, 20 to 1 each agst Blue Riband and the Bribery colt, 25 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen, 30 to 1 agst Vespasian, 83 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent, 40 to 1 agst A,bergelnie, 50 to 1 agst Strathconan, 66 to 1 agst Westwick, and 1,000 to 15 each agst Plutus and Robin Hood. The customary interval of an hour appointed for the ac commodation of those holding paddock tickets for the inspec tion of the six-and-twenty competitors having elapsed, the bell rang for clearing the course. This was scarcely done when Lord Lyon, Monarch of the Glen, and Hidalgo were seen threading their way through the crowd from Tattenham corner, the trio having performed their toilet at the Warren stables. The favourite was, of course, the centre of attrac tion, and as he reached the stand in charge of his owner the confidence of his partisans was considerably increased by Mr. Sutton raising his umbrella above his head in answer to their repeated plaudits. Scarcely had this little episode subsided than the remainder of the field made their appearance, headed by Strathconan, Rustic, and Blue Riband, who, having taken their preliminary canters, re turned to the enclosure, and then joined Mr. M'George. As usual, they missed the first and most favourable oppor tunity of getting away, though Tacitus jumping round the contrary way, and in consequence nearly half an hour was consumed before a satisfactory start was accomplished. Soon after the colours of Freedom, wide on the right of the moving cavalcade, were seen in advance, in whose wake were seen Stabber, Robin Hood, Blue Riband, Knight of the Crescent, Redan, and the Bribery colt in close com pany ; a length or so on their left came Toxophilite colt, with Westwick, Janitor, Vespasian, and Abergeldie form-. ing the next division, in the rear of whom were observed Tacitus, Harefield, Laneret, and The Czar, the latter being left at the post. As they entered " the furzes" by the mile and quarter post, Blue Riband rushed to the front, and, heading Freedom, who immediately disappeared from the van, came on with the running at an improved pace, evi dently to servo his stable companion, Robin Hood holding the second honour, closely attended as they fairly rounded the turn into the old course. Here Lord Lyon was seen gradually moving to the front, and fairly on the hill he ran up to the quarters of the Baron ' s secon d string, attended with the most jealous solicitude by his most dangerous opponent Rustic. To these succeeded Knight of the Cres cent, Redan, the Bribery colt, Stratheonan, Vespasian, Janitor, and Lord Glasgow's colt, who followed the leaders in a body round the turn into the straight. At this critical point the shouts from the Stand announced the defeat of Blue Riband ant Robin Hood, who before the road was reached had disappeared from the front, leaving the favou rite in the centre of the course, with a sli g ht l ea d of Redan, but the latter dying away to nothi ng i n the next few strides, the pair gave way in turn to the Bribery colt, who came up full of running on the lower ground, and taking a clear lead as they came on appeared to have the two favourites beaten at the distance. Half way up, however, Custance, who had, having ridden with great patience, disposed of the "Danbury favourite, gradually drew upon the leader, whom he caught in the centre of the stand, and coming with one run, landed the popular colour of Mr. Sutton in the last stride by a head. There were three lengths between the second and third, Lord Exeter's colt finishing a head in the rear of Rustic. Janitor was fifth, Strathconan sixth, Vespasian seventh, and Blue Riband next. Then came, nearly in a line, Redan, Monarch of the Glen, Westwick, and Robin Hood, who herded a lot of pulling-up liorieo, the extreme roar cmprion rroed,m, waiting, not to be shaken off ; and that Knight of the Crescent, Redan, and the Bribery colt are well to the front. Then the horses are seen emerging into the straight run home, and glasses are put aside, for now most people who hope to see any thing can see for themselves. As the rush comes nearer, and the clatter of hoofs begins to be heard, a horse with unfamiliar colours is seen where the favourite had been and ought to be. A cry is raised " Bribery colt wins, by Jove !" And amid the feverish excitement that now prevails it certainly looks as if the " dark " horse is to carry off the great prize of the turf. But now the jockey with the black jacket and scarlet cap is seen making his effort, and gaining gradually upon the horse which alone remains between him and victory. "his Lordship is too late," several voices cry, and so really he appears to be. The cost has plenty of running still in Urn, but Lord Lyon has more, and, drawing up head to head with his dangerous rival, as the two pass the centre of the Graad Stand, is in the next breath hailed the winner by a short head. Rustic, a big, showy horse, from which one would have expected better things, comes in a bad third ; Knight of the Crescent a good fourth. There was less excitement than usual at the close of the race, for the victory of outsiders is more of a surprise than the victory of favourites, which comes pretty much as a foregone conclusion. Mr. Sutton received with entire equanimity the congratulations offered to him. Coolness, indeed, is the characteris tic of the veteran turfite, who wins or loses with equal imperturbability. The value of the stakes was £7,550. According to Benson's " Chrono graph" the race was rather a slow one. It occupied 2 min. 49 sec., while that of last year was run in 2 min. 45f sec. ; and that of 1864 (Blair Athol's year) in 2 min. 434 sec. The most gigantic assemblage of pleasure seekers ever gathered together on Epsom race course, was—under the skilled supervision of Mr. Dorling, the indefatigable and world-famous Clerk of the Course (aided immediately by an admirable bodyof our metropolitan police)—marshalled with a perfectly astounding skill to the enjoyment of one of the most delightful holidays that ever gladdened the hearts of so vast and orderly a multitude o Englishmen. "He who has not seen a Derby-day has not seen England." So our foreign visitors have said and written; and yesterday some 200,000 people went to see the great race run and to exhibit thisphase of English life, less, no doubt, for the edification of in telligent foreigners than for their own amusement. Every year one hears murmurs ffom old-time people who complain that the rail has overcrowded the course, taken off the finest equipages from the road, and robbed the Derby-day of half its pictu resqueness. But every year the railways seem to bring more branches and more feeders to bear upon Epsom Downs and swell the throng of sightseers there. Upon this great metropolitan holiday the greatest happiness of the greatest number should . certainly be the object aimed at and hoped for ; and yesterday our railway system, viewed from the Derby stand-point, seemed really beneficent. The opening of new routes or new links of communication left no excuse to those who wished to study horses or men at Epsom. If you wanted to reach the Downs quietly, and were not afraid of a five-mile walk, the South-Eastern Company invited you to go by the Betchworth route from London-bridge and Charing-cross. If you had no time to lose in walk ing, and wanted to combine pleasure with despatch, the Brighton Company would convey you from Lon don-bridge or Victoria and land you on the course. The South-Western Railway was the via media, and happily, also, as far as we heard, the via tuts. This company volunteered to take you from Waterloo to Epsom town, whence, as all the world knows, the walk to the course is more or less easy, according.to age and wind. Then the new metropolitan lines brought their complements of passengers from each suburban station, and, interlacing the great trunk railways, seemed to bring all England into direct com munication with Epsom. How the traffic could be worked with safety, either way, was one of those ques tions which, when once in motion, you hardly liked to think about. Now-a-days, even setting Derby days aside, the full tide of life is not at Charing cross, but Clapham Junction. " We get down by rail without dust; but when I was young I must confess I liked the fun of the road." This was the sentiment of a cheery old gentleman who had just gained, not without struggle and loss of breath, a seat in one of the fast rains on no matter what line. But, railways notwithstand ing, have the fun of the road, or the glory of the road departed ? In the glimpses we caught of it, the horsemen and the four-horse drags certainly seemed to be less numerous than formerly. But the omni buses, the coaches, andthe vans, the well and the ill appointed barouches, the broughams, the chaises, the carts, and the nondescript vehicles which are kept in reserve for use on Derby-days only,—•these seemed to be in as great force as ever. Then the road is favoured by the fair. Painful experience shows that gay dresses and wide skirts are not im proved in• the inevitable crush at railway stations-. So the ladies drive, or rather are driven. And one of the pleasantest sights of the day, though not the most picturesque, is the humble vehicle packed close with the owner's belongings ; women with smiling well satisfied faces, who, as well as husband or brother, have earned a right to enjoy themselves, and are doing so thoroughly, in their own way. 'The costermonger, whose holidays are few, drives down with his womankind by his side, or behind, as proudly as though he owned the best equipage of the day ; and it is something on such a festival to see that he does not forget those -who have a claim upon him, and that he finds a pleasure in increasing theirs. Yet to those who went by road yesterday one thing seemed wanting. The suburban turnpikes were there no longer. At Kennington, where stop pages used to be so frequent, there was a clear way; but it was not quite clear that the abolition of the pike and the tell was compensation for lost oppor tunities of " chaffing" the much-enduring pikemen, and of exchanging sallies with the bystanders. It may be as well to mention here that last night there was a revival of the stupid practices of flour-throw ing—not by people who had been at the race, but by those who had assembled near Clapham-common to witness the return home. Several ladies who were attacked in this cowardly way looked as though they had been in a snow storm. In one in stance the assailants caught a Tartar, for the gen tleman who received a flour-ball in his face, and was for the time almost blinded by it, jumped out of his carriage and, amid general cheering, gave the men who had thrown this missile a horsewhip ping which they are not likely soon to forget. The police should be instructed to put a stop to practical jokes of this sort, which are sure to reuse bad blood and to end in disturbance. Apart from these few unpleasant episodes of the return, which are in no way chargeable upon the holiday folk, there was a prevalent joyousness and good humour among the vast multitude on the journey down and home as well as during the races—a general regard for de cency and order which could not fail to strike the least observant. If a handful of policemen cleared the course easily, and prevented all confusion, it could only be because the mass of those assembled on the Downs belonged to a law-abiding and order loving people, who knew how to amuse themselves without violence or coarseness. On the Derby Day the inveterate racing or betting men are a small minority at Epsom. Probably 19 out of 20 people on the Course know very little about the horses, and care very little which of them wins. But in " the ring" the betting-man has his little world, and there is supreme. The first race is much attention t o it. B u t run, nobody payi ng when, very soon afterwards, the bell rings for the great event, the air becomes vocal with offers to lay against everything in the race, to lay against parti cular horses in the race, to lay on the field, to ac commodate you in any conceivable way with the odds then current. Men . with queer hats and neckerchiefs of glaring colours bellow out invita tions of this kind till they nearly deafen you. Some have their names and addresses printed in gold letters upon their hatbands as a guarantee of sub stance and good faith. Others, perhaps better known, roam about, betting book in hand, without any such means of identification. All invite you to deposit with them sums varying from £5 upwards, on the assurance that, if the horse you fancy wins, they will repay you the odds which they offer. They seemed yesterday to fight shy of Lord Lyon, but they never tired of " pelting" Rustic and Redan. "I'll lay five to one, bar one." " I'll bet against Blue Riband," " I'll lay against Vespasian," pro nounced Vespassion. " What horse do you want to back, sir ?" "Is there any horse you fancy, sir?" These were some of the endless cries one heard, in every variety of tone and of accent, cockney and provincial—the accent which breathed of the more or less sweet south, and that which unmistakably disclosed the hardy speculator from the West Riding. Above all this hubbub rises the great roar of the crowd outside the ring. And to all save ab sorbed bookmakers this sound, and the spectacle of thousands upon thousands of men clustering upon the hill-side opposite the Grand Stand, or ranged by this time in long dense lines on either side of the course, has in it something almost majestic. After the usual rush to the paddock, where the knowing ones make their last observations and gather mate rials on which to found their last last bets, the ex citement increases. Lord Lyon is the first to show in the course. The favourite seems in perfect con dition and "He doesn't run ; he flies," is the criticism passed upon his trial canter by one of his admirers. To the uninstructed eye the same favourable cri ticism might be passed upon other horses which gallop past, full of fire, and hardly seeming to touch the ground. They are soon gathered in a cluster at the starting-place, but much time is spent, and six or seven false starts are made before they get fairly off. Then the whole six-and-twenty toil up the hill, and only practised eyes with good glasses to help them can tell how the race is going. The few who can distinguish colours at this distance pro claim aloud that Blue Riband is leading ; that the favourite has now deposed him; that Rustic ie in The MANOR PLATE of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with certain allowances. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. One mile. Lord Westmoreland's Lady Sophie, by King Tom, 8 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. Porter's Fortun a t us , 3 yrs, 7 st llb Mr. Johnstone's Flirtation, aged, 7st Pryor 3 Mr. Johnson's Owlet, 3 y rs , 7 s t (Pryor 0 Mr. Hodgman's Vigorous, 3 y rs , 7 s t llb (Heartfield) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Lady Sophie, and 2to 1 bar one. Won in a canter by three lengths. A bad third. Mongrel, pulling up, was fourth, and Vigorous last. The BENTINCK PLATE (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages. Winners after publication of the weights, 51b extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. W. Morris's The Warrior, by King Toni, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Edwards 1 Mr. Porter's British Tar, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Mordan 2 Mr. G. Angell's Catalogue, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Huxtable 3 Sir R. Bulksley's Pamunkey, 3 yrs, Est 71b ... (Kenyon 0 Mr. Ledger's Bay Leaf, 3 yrs, Est 61b Mr. J. Nightingall's c by Chanticleer—Mermaid, 2 yrs, sst 71b Mr. G. Mather's Papoos e , 4 y rs , 7 s t 101 b ...(C. Norman 0 Lord Rendlesham's Black Duchess, 4 yrs, 7st 41 (Elphick) 0 Betting —Even agst The Warrior, 5 to 2 agst Pamunkey, 6 to 1 agst Catalogue, and 10 to 1 agst British Tar. Won easily by four lengths, with two lengths between second and third. Pamunkey was fourth, Black Duchess fifth, and Bay Leaf sixth. The BURGH STAKES, of 5 sovs each, with 30 sovs added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age ; with sell ing allowances. Half a mile. 11 subs. Mr. Chaplin's Mongrel, by Surplice or Pelion, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (X4O) (J. Grimshaw 1 Mr. Stephenson's Salliet, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (X4O) ...(Parry 2 Mr. Stevens's Newnh am , 3 yrs, 7st 81b (X4o)...(Carr, 11 3 Lord Westmoreland's Prima Donna, 2 yrs, 7st 71b (X4O Captain Day's Chieftain, 2 y rs , s s t 101 b (£4O (Kenyon 0 )...ebb Mr. T. Ballard's Knight of th e Whi st l e, 4 yrs, Bst 5(W113(.£10 0 ) Tiney 0 Mr. Hodgman's Victori a , 3 yrs, 7st 5 1 b (X4O) ( Hear(field ) ) 0 Mr. Nightingall's Ambiti ous, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (440) (Wyt) 0 Betting -7 to 4 agst Mo ngre l, st o 2 agst Salliet, and 5 to 1 bar two. Mongrel jumped off with the lead, and making the whole of the running won in a canter by three lengths. Salliet, who lay well up with the favourite, finished half a length in advance of Newnham ; the last was Chieftain. NEWCASTLE-UPO r-TYNE MEETING. TUESDAY Weights for tho Northuml Ago st lb 5 9 0 ... 4 8 12 ... 4 8 9 5 8 9 June 26. lerland Plate. Two miles. Age st lb Caithness ... ... 3 6 4 Chronometer ... 3 6 3 Rococo ... ... 3 6 3 Podargus ... 3' 6 3 Dart ... ... 3 6 2 Farce ... ... 6 6 2 Applecross ... 3 6 2 Czar ... 3 6 0 Gong ... 3 5 13 Vitula ... 3 5 13 Lady Vane ... 3 5 13 Aldcroft .. 3 5 11 Savernake ... 3 5 10 Missile ... 4 5 10 Dolan ... 3 5 10 Three per Cent. ... 3 5 10 Dark Agnes ... 3 5 Miss Williams ... 3 5 8 Antique 3 5 8 Bob Chambers ... 3 5 7 Claros ... 3 5 7 Douro ... 3 5 7 Dusty Miller ... 3 5 7 Dagmar 3 5 7 Duty Free... ... 3 5 7 Windham Regalia Brown Bread Dalby The Miner.- ... 5 8 Buckfoot ... 5 8 Lion Harry Brailsford ... 4 7 Nothing More ... 4 7 Red Earl ... 4 7 Watchbox 4 7 I Lallah Rookh ... 4 7 Lively,by Voltigeur —Sprightliness... 4 7 0 Arkenside 4 6 18 Ariel ... ... 4 6 12 Treasure Trove ... 3 6 11 Holstein ... 4 6 10 Our Jim ... ... 5 6 8 Lady Deerham ... 4 6 8 Quarantine ... 5 6 6 St. Magnus ... 4 6 6 Zenobia ... 4 6 6 The Primate ... 3 6 6 Miss Haworth 3 6 5 Honesty ... 3 6 5 Weights published Forfeits to be declared on May 16, at 11 a.m. the 22J. of May, at noon. MR. PHILIP STANHOPE WORSLEY, the translator of the "Odyssey," and author of many poems contributed to Blacicwood's Magazine, is, we regret to observe, recently announced as deceased. Mr. W orsley was educated at the Cholmeley School, Highgate, and at Corpus. WORKMEN'S HOMES.--It is only the first step that costs, says the old adage. Here we have not only the first step but a fait accompli, a model, an exemplaire. In what way can the system be applied in England ? It seems to us in many ways. It might be tried in the first place by manufacturers, who, like M. Godin-Lemaire, employ a large number of men. Again, why should it not be adopted by railway companies, who have termini and stations in our over-crowded towns ? Surely, with a very little outlay, they might be able to con struct cheap commodious dwellings for their employes on the confines of their premises. M. Godin's model need not be followed in every particular ; still tenements might be constructed conveniently fitted up, which would prove an attraction to the class of persons engaged on their works, and pay a handsome dividend to the shareholders. And again, why should not companies be formed, adhering strictly to M. Godin's system, and building spacious pro mises, adapted to develope the moral and physical health of the inmates of every age ? Once a-Week. NATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY. —Yesterday the third triennial festival of this society was celebrated by an afternoon choral service in Westminster Abbey, at which the Bishop of Lincoln preached on behalf of the institution. The objects of this society may be brieflystated as entirely directed towards the education of the poor, and above all in their religious instruction in the tenets of the Church of England as opposed to bare secular teaching. This latter principle and the principle that the Church ought not to leave the education of the poor to any Govern ment, it may be said, is the basis of the society's existence. It has been established since the year 1811. As the insti tution has progressed so it has extended the sphere of its usefulness and its operations. It now has six distinct branches, or rather objects, which it is carrying out with considerable success. The first of these is to unite with them poor schools in all parts of England and Wales, and no less than 12;500 have been thus affiliated. The second purpose is to build school-rooms and teachers' residences in different parishes, and in carrying out this pqrtion of their duty the society has spent nearly £400,000. Building London and provincial colleges for training teachers is the principal object which the society has in view, and in this direction their efforts have been most successful. Three colleges in London * are the society's own property. To 22 diocesan or provincial colleges also it has voted large building grants, and altogether under this head the society has invested nearly £60,000. In the maintenance of Lon don colleges for teachers the society has been put to an ex pense since its establishment of nearly £250,000. To 14 colleges in the country it makes yearly grants, and all the money thus bestowed the society considers as being in vested in the best possible Manner ; for, in the absence of qualified teachers, school-rooms, books, apparatus, and appliances are almost useless. ' To carefully select books for the instruction of the young is another branch to which the National Society has directed its at tention, and voted upwards of £3,000 in donation of such volumes. In connection with this branch of operations is an establishment for maintaining London and provincial book establishments. County depositories have been estab lished, and no less than £13,000 has been expended in car rying out this object alone. The annual income of the society is between £14,000 and £15,000 a year, but this sum, even with the aid which was occasionally given from other sources, is scarcely adequate to keep the society on such a footing as would enable it to comply with the many demands made upon it. The triennial service of yesterday in Westminster Abbey was the third which has been held. Among others present were his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Bishop of Sodor and Man, Lord Lyttleton, Sir T. Phillips, Mr. J. Talbot, the Rev. B. Leighton, A rc hd eacon Bi c k ers teth, &c. The service was intoned by the Rev. Mr., Jones, and the Chorus Li Rev Canon Hawkins read the lessons. The choir Was compo sed c . of the daily mo rn i ng s i ngers , ass i s t e d by those who a offi te ia r t s, e at the evening se rv i ce , an d a l so by a number of a m ate urs. was By these, after the sermon, theHalleluja h omu magnificently given. A collection in aid of t h e funds of the society was Made at the close of the service, and about' £l2O were taken M the doors. Eleven ran. _. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE. Tourmalin Myrrhina WALTON STAKES—No race. BETTING ON THE COURSE. OAKS. 9 to 2 agst Ischia (taken) sto 1 agst Tormentor (taken) 7to 1 agst Wild Briar (taken) Bto 1 agst Malasse filly (taken) ARRIVED—Ischia, Repulse, Diayonaise filly. BANK OF FRANCE. PARI s, May 17. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following results as com pared with the previous account : INCREASE. Commercial bills 35 2-3 millions. Advances 3 1-5 „ Treasury balance -10 Current account 3O Notes -5 „ DECREASE. Cash in hand -5 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS,—THis EVENING. The following bills were read a second time :—Eccle siastical Leases (Isle of Man), Drainage Maintenance (Ire land), Land Drainage Supplemental, and Cattle Assuran ce . The Attorneys and Solicitors (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. SELLING AND HAWKING ON SUNDAYS BILL. Lord HOUGHTON appealed to the noble and learned The LORD CIIANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Archbishop of YORK, expressed the opinion of himself and his brother prelates, which was in acccordance with the spirit of the petitions. RITUAL OBSERVANCES Lord PORTMAN presented a petition against the con tinuance of ritual ceremonies in the Church of England. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Suther land Walker's Estate, Buchanan's Estate, Newchurch Parish Division, Merrybent and Darlington Railway, British Gas Company (Staffordshire Potteries), Nelson Local Board, and Slough Gas. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Amicable Life Assurance, Bury Gas, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (extension of time, &c.), Alfin Valley Railway, New River Company, and Cambridge University and Town Water. PRIVATE BILLS. Lord REDESDALE moved th a t th e s t an di ng or d ers b e suspended in order that the ti me f or d epos i t i ng pet i tions praying to be h ea rd agai n st p r i va t e bi lls, which would otherwise expire during the a dj ournment of the house, be extended to the 28th instant. THE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS AT BUR LINGTON HOUSE. Lord OVERSTONE drew the atttention to a statement which had appeared in a morning paper, to the effect that the collection of paintings at Burlington House was to be removed. He thought that time should be afforded to Parliament and the country to express their opinion on this subject. Earl GRANVILLE said that the Government felt that they should be bound by a decision of the House of Com mons in giving the National Gallery, the trustees of which had funds at their disposal, the means of selecting a site for the erection of a building for their purposes. He believed that while the site of Burlington House had been origi nally selected there was some doubt on the part of the trus tees of the National Gallery as to whether it was the most elegibile. After a few words from Lord OVERSTONE, the subject dropped. lord (Chelmsford) not to prsse this bill in the face of the opposition to its provisions that were expressed against it. Ho referred to the amendment proposed by Lord Teynham, and to the general dissatisfaction exhibited at previous attempts to legislate on this subject. Lord CHELMSFORD repeated the objections ho made to the course pursued in opposing the bill after its having passed a second reading, by which its principle was ap proved. He had undertaken the duty of introducing this measure very reluctantly, but he did so in compliance with petitions from thousands and ten of thousand of tradesmen, and from which it appeared that there were no less than 60,000 tradesman, with their employds, who were reluc tantly compelled to trade on Sundays. [LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—'Psis EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS The following bills were read a second time and passed : Abercarn Roads ; Aberdeen County and Municipal Build ings; Belfast Burial Ground; Bridport, Lyme, and South Coast Railway ; Combmartin and Ilfracombe Road ; Dublin and Kingstown Railway (Lease) ; Glasgow City Improve ments, &c. ; Kilmarnock Water ; London and South Western Railway (Additional Powers) ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Additional Powers); Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (New Lines); Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (Outer Works Alteration); Mersey Pneumatic Railway; Metropolitan Rail way (Additional Powers) ; North Walsham and Dilham Canal ; Salisbury and Yeovil Railway (Capital) ; Ventnor Gas ; and NV alker and Walisend Union Gas. THAMES AND SEVERN CANAL NAVIGATION .[LEFT SPEAKING.] Bank of England Returns,•--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending ISSI7B DE Note s issued .....£26,851,825 £26, 856,82 i BANKING B] Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 5,936,219 Other Deposits 18,620,772 Seven Day and other bills 529,822 .C 42,983,125 the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, May 16, '1866. PARTMENT. Govemmt. DebLll,ols,loo Other Securities.. 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bu --- 14854825 Silver £26,851,825 lIPARTMBNT. IGovernint. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) •••• X 10,837,057 Other Securities.. 30 943, 259 Notes ............... 730 830 Gold and Silver , Coin 471,080 .£42 ; 983425 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, May 17.—Wind this day at noon—South• Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, May 16—Mercur, from Stolpemunde ; Adelina, from Foochow ; Elois, from Philadelphia ; Victoria, from Memel; Anna, from Rostock; Collier, steamer, from Dieppe. Arrived, May 17—Flecha, steamer, from Ghont ; Trident, steamer, from Hamburg ; Baron Oey, et.auier, from Antwerp;, Ranger, steamer, and Cologne, steamer, from Rotterdam. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Arrived, May 16.—Montrose, from London, for St. Vincent ; Freeda, .from London, for St. Übes ; Caldera, from London, for Bombay; George, from Barbadoes, for London. Arrived, May 17.—W. L. F. L., Commercial Code, from West, for North ; Utenage, screw steamer, from West for London. The following will be read with interest as de scriptive of the chronograph :—The chronograph, which has now come to be regarded as the great authority in all matters where it is essential to obtain the rate of speed with perfect accuracy consists of an ordinary quick train lever movement, on a scale sufficiently large to carry the hands for an 8-inch dial, and with the addition of a long seconds hand, which traverses the dial, instead of being, as usual, just above the figure VI. The peculiarity of the chronograph consists in this seconds hand and the mechanism connected with it. The hand itself is double, or formed of two distinct hands, one lying over the other. The lower one, at its extreme end, is furnished with a small cup or reservoir, with a. minute orifice at the bottom. The corresponding extremity of the upper band is bent over so as to rest exactly over this puncture, and the reservoir, having been filled with i n k o f a t hi ckness between ordi nary nary writing fluid, and printers' ink, the chronograph is ready for action. The operator, who holds tightly grasped in his hand a stout string connected with the mechanism peculiar to this instrument, keeps a steady look out for the fall of the starter's flag. Simultaneously, therefore, with the start of the race, the string he holds is pulled by him, and at the same moment the upper hand dips down through the reservoir in the lower, and leaves a little dot or speck of ink upon the dial. This is repeated as the horses pass the winning-post, so that a lasting; an indisput able record is afforded by the dots on the dial of the time —exact to the tenth of a second—which is occupied in running the race. REFRESHMENT ROOMS IN THE HOUSE OF COM moNs.—The select committee on the Kitchen in a report issued on Thursday morning, again complain of the deficiency of accommodation, and they recommend that an enlargement of the rooms be executed according to a plan by Mr. E. M. Barry in 1863, at an estimated cost of £4,650. During the present session, they say, the want of sufficient accommodation has been more manifest than in any former year. The average number of members dining during last month has been 125 per day ; and one evening before Easter as many as 239 dined in these rooms, while tho tables accommodate only 96 persons. Nearly 100 members have signed a paper in approval of the alteration, and many more have since expressed themselves in its favour. With the report is an account of the proceedings of the committee, as in the case of more important investigations. The committee at one sitting adopted a request to the wine merchants that they supply better brandy and sherries, and complaining that a drunken man who had come from a wine merchant's to replace some of the wine had taken away with him a rope and a pulley, " the property of the house." At another sitting a wine-bin was the subject of a resolution, and at a third sitting a resolution in favour of a supply of Hungarian wines was adopted, and a rebuke agreed to with regard to the dilatoriness of the waiters. At one sitting the Sergeant-at-Arms, it was agreed, should be requested " to send a requisition to the Office of Works" for 10 dozen table napkins, 12 dozen glass-cloths, and 12 dozen coarse cloths. Of three of the sittings,. told,c=aed. with becoming reticence, that " the commatee 1 seems, The wine bill for the session of 1865 amounted, 2 to £559 ls. Bd. • t on the 15th inst , Mr. John Fowler, president, this t so hac cie hair y . his Royal High ness.m elected,ll THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL E NGINEERS.—At the meeting of the members of Prince Alfred, K.G. , was by acclamation, a . honorary member. seven members and six associates the present session, declared to be duly elected, includ ing the ordinary ballot, the last of Collet first class Henryfirst were balloted for andlss Mr. James Melville Balfour, chief ing in the former c LI g ch in i a e e ferainssgistenptarte engineer r O t o a n g o t , h N e .Z.; Londonli r. East Indian Railway C ; a g y in ; e e M r r t o. James nj r go e in s n i a d et eehri t engineer " Great Eastern Jonathan Dickson Ikin, Westminster ; Mr. ARlcalovinV:f:hidrsiitlees,hlvdeNi the eyi r o Ml a isrirtt; district Davis, Western act i n lt g ail e w n Water works ; and Mr. William Smith, chief engineer of the Cal mate Waterworks ; and in the latter class, Mr. J. Henry Cotterill, Sloane-street; Mr. Charles Foote Gower, West minster; Mr. James Sidney Hargrove, Westminster; Mr. John Gillet Livesay, surveyor to the Local Board of Health, Veutnor, I - lAT -• "• ; Mr. JOhn Gordon M'Kenzie, Swansa. and Mr. William Barrow Turner, Dalton-in-Furness. THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND !—Karl Blind, the step father of the unfortunate young man who perished in his attack upon Count Bismarck, has recently written the following exculpatory letter to the Times f "Sir,—With bleeding heart, and bowed down with grie f, wh 0 I place the palm of martyrdom on the grave o b i' o h m .ra l wil has been his mother's pride and delight. an a d wh om loving ever regard as my true son. A . nobler, he,lnagine. From nature than his, it would bo impossible I to I carried away to sae love of country and freedom he was Fatherland the mice_ himself, in order to spare to t fullof devotion, ries of a wicked war. His was aheart full of filial kindness, full of the most generous aspirations. If others blame him let it not be expected that I, to wh om right he looked as a father, sho uld g ive the to any one of saying that I reprob a te him whose inspirati ons h ave b een the 'purest, and who has enthusiastically—although to the deepest sorrow of my disconsolate wife, of myself, and m y family - given up his young and promising life in his country's cause.—l am, sir, yours obediently, KARL BLIND, —May 10." BILL. The adjourned debate on this bill was resumed. It was intimated that the promoters were [ i gnite pre pared to certain amendments. The motion for the read ing of the bill that day six months was withdrawn. REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL. Mr. CROSSLAND gave notice that, in committee on this bill, he should move that an additional member be given to Huddersfield. EAST INDIA—THE DECCAN. Sir F. KELLY moved for a copy of all treaties and en gagements subsisting between his Highness the Nizam of the Deccan and the British Government, and of all corre spondence between the two Governments relative to the districts assigned by his highness for the maintenance of " The Hyderabad Contingent," together with an account of the income and expenditure of the above districts, and of the cost of the contingent. The return was ordered. EDUCATION. Sir J. C. JERVOISE asked the Vice-Prssident of the Committee of Council on Education, when the copy pre vented on the origin', propagation, of the Cattle Plague, 27th and 28th April, 1866, would be in the hands of mem bers ? Mr. BRUCE said it bad been ordered that a copy of the document be furnished to every member, and he hoped the order would be executed in a few days. GUNPOWDER IN EDINBURGH. ilv.ehp lkl leyt r h . teo ly th . h ! e l v l ai MILLER expected asked so the Secretary of State for War em on ori t a o is bwehaiebhle hadto give been a sent fav o u t o r a t b h l e e War-office during the last two or three y ears p raying for the removal of the gunpowder stored at Leith Fort and Edinburgh Castle, the quantity i n the magazi ne at the former place being said to amount to 130,0001b5. weight. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he had received representations from Edinburgh- with respect to the store ing of gunpowder in Edinburgh Castle, and the quantity had had been greatly reduced in consequence. With respect to that in Leith Fort, it was not practicable to reduce that for the present. Inquiries were going in o s u te lv a ith of respect to Mr. Gale's plan for securing stored gunpowder, and if that should not turn out satisfactory, next year he should take steps for erecting a new storage Fort. THE ELECTORAL RETURNS. Mr. SCHRE IBER asked the President of the P oor - law B oar d when tho return s would be p resent ed of the numb er of Walesmalebetween occupiers x l i no andth the 2 cities o. and borough of England an d Viscount ENFIELD said he had just presented a great portion of tho returns, and ho hoped to be able to produce the rest soon after Whitsuntide. THE LATE PANIC. Capt. GRIDLEY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he was aware that the directors of the Bank of England had declined to make advances upon the lodgment of G‘wern ment securities on the ground that they ought to h realised ; and, whether he considered tho directors had complied with the 'expressed understanding that they, on getting permission, to increase the issue of bank notes, 39 81 91 8 , 133, 3 4 1 2 I a 1201 114 20 934 8 636 2 1261 9 i I 7t 7 8 2 I 123} 2] 8 I€Bl 9 10'4 102 3 II 211 2 20 ;IT L ES. 771 7 8 99 Ei I 1011 21 ~~ were to afford accommodation to bankers and mer. chants ? Mr. WYLD said he also had a question on the subject, but he would vary it by asking the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he considered the Bank had fairly carried out the directions of the 'Government. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he bad not received any representations in the way of complaint of the manner in which the Bank of England had acted during the late panic. There were, however, certain rnmours abroad, and they had reached him, and he did not think it could be said the Bank had refused accommodation In support of that he thought the best answer would be the actual amount of the advances made by the Bank on Government security. In the seven days, including the day of the panic, finding the Bank advanced no less that £2,834,000 on Government securities, and with respect to the accommodation afforded to commerce in general the figures themselves would be the best answer 'to any complaints. In the five days the Bank had granted discounts on bills to the amount of £,9,350,000, making together advances and discounts no less a sum than £12,225,000. He could not believe that the house would think that the figures showed any disinclination on tho part of the Bank to give it assistance. The Bank autho rities had acted quite up to the intentions of the Govern ment, they had proceeded on the prudent rules of the establishment, in preference to giving everything the. everybody asked. With respect to the refusal with re reference to Government Securities the Bank authorities suggested on the Monday morning when they were brought that the parties should try the open masket as the panic had greatly ceased. At the same time it was inti mated that where sales could not be effected without great and serious loss, then the Bank would be quite ready to meet the wants of those requiring assistance. - The refusal of the Bank directors was given to applicants for an un limited amount of discount, and he thought they were right in such a determination. TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. Lord NAAS moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was the simplifying the mode of the tenant compensation for any outlay made in the permanent im provement of the land. NU- earl and the has )ust in aid yal ,er- la he to ' br ed or 72} 2 18 17