The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-13 00:00:00

gar ;unday. e son and ; and her ,einingen , as the au- the Pre' ighnesses Beatrice, Princess °he, and 5 IN ISE Royal ttended by o the Pad en route for a order to es Were at incess left )ecial train the train, as reached . en joying Station at left Ed- Hanover- George's d shortly jar Christ" 3erkeley- lota for L's Hotel, ra Hotel continue s of eve r y d a very hich pre -1 hostility lic. Th e idents , o f this they a re nmensity re to the and wi led " the thereby mspira c i ntants of Mr. Eire rn for the ying er er : our area : e mother, por tion 0 1 y acts th 3t oring our lave hoe rely do We to all the li this 1111- also i n re )ellency in enter our a nd un" fresh se mtlenien thy all ave lately yus rebel id also for alumni °ll6 sh acts, ha ve 'afoul:ood from their )joice • that iblic being end I f e el ave coin° y to bring 1.1,3 , it° .—_ WTI rebel' to life and my inure" g coming d to Mr.; some , 0 d a pray. lout the genera l Iwo Bar m i n ister ler to the xmrse of Darkabl° r MONEY DIAPKET AND COMMERCIA TWELVE O'CLOCK. Notwithstanding the disquietude in Stock Ex change circles, and the rumours which questioned the solvency not only of private firms but also of Joint-stock companies, and the consequent depre ciation of prices, there is now a better and more con fident tone. In the Money Market, although the rates are stringent, the future is regarded in a more encouraging light. Gold is now being taken into the Bank instead of sent abroad. Yesterday a small sum, namely, £6,000, was received there, and as the exchanges are slightly improving there is a probability that more will soon follow. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, during the last few days, there has been a very limited amount of business transacted. Sugars have been neglected, and quotations have shown a Slightly downward tendency. Tea has been with out material change, and superior qualities of colonial coffee have sustained fully late rates. Rice, however, has been neglected, and tallow has been In Very limited request at barely previous rates. The English Joint-Stock Bank has been admitted a member of the Clearing-house. Hitherto the pri vilege has been accorded by virtue of the amalga illation with the old firm of Olding and Co. Venezuela Six per Cent. Loan 1864.--The Gene ral Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited) are in receipt of advice from their agents, Messrs H. L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guaira January 25, 1866, of duties collected (and remitted) on account of the above loan, as follows :—Per Statement, No. 44, from Ciudad Bolivar, $l2l ; per statement, No. 75, from Puerto Cabello, $ 6 , 7 08.40 ; per statement, No. 76, from Puerto Cabello, $1,436.46 ; per statement, No. 62, from La Guaira, $542.30 ; per statement, No. 63, from La Guaira, $11,583.22 ; total $20,391.38. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 80c. The greater portion of the business now going on at the Stock Exchange is directly connected with the settlement of the account in the foreign and Share departments. Consols, however, are f per cent. better, the latest prices being 87 f for money, and 87* f for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86i 878 ; Bank Stock, 247 ; and India 5 per Cents, 1028 In the Foreign Stock Market prices continue to be well supported. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 388 ; ,Mexican, 228 4 ; do. New, 201 8 ; Greek, 13 14 ; Spanish Passive, 27f I ; Certificates, 154 16 ; Italian, 601 4 ; Confederate Loan, 5 6 ; Egyptian Scrip, 8 8 prem. ; Brazilian Scrip, 1} prem. ; United States 5-20 Bonds 67 4 ; Erie Shares, 50i 51f ;'rand Illinois, 738 I. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been chiefly connected with the settlement of the account, and prices, in several instances, are a shade firmer. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have advanced £2 ; Metropolitan, 15s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland, each 102. ; and North Western, 58. Great Westan, however, have de clined 58. Foreign and Colonial Railway shares have re mained very quiet, and Grand Trunk of Canada have reached about 1i to 2 per cent., being dealt in at 474 481 Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, but at steady rates. Alliance are dealt in at 27 1 ; London Chartered of Australia, at 23 1 ; London Financial, at 121 ; and Overend, Gurney, and CO. ) at 19 1. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK „ GlovEnzasEzrr FirNns. 0 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, March 6 B7/ 1 ;,,,Per Cent. Reduced B7 6/ 71 ~„•1 3. ew 3 per Cent B6-/ 71 N D 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 — . 1)0 - per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Q•nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do, for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — L2chequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent, — dig Do. .£5OO — die Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent INDIAN GovERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — -- Do Accot_ D.„O. O per c ent. July, 187 0 „lie. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 4 ' o - Certificates - Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — D o. 5 per Ce n t., J an . 1872 Do. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — -Do. 4 Bonds, £l,or Cent., 00 Aug. 1866 — _ Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. „Untrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 .a razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 , Do. 1865 — Do Account 7 41 5 „ Do. Scrip, £35 paid olienos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. A.ccount ~ _Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) DO ‘ 2 kilian 6 per Cent — . 41 per Cent uolembian 6 per Cent . C uba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 ' Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid D anubian Principalities „ Do Account '''cluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ~,‘Provisional Land Warrant 'alj . Ptian 7 per Cent 93 0., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds 93/ , Do. 1864 — &Jo £ l OO Bonds Greek 5. per c ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Acco 120. Coupons _ Do- Account t • l ,, ll ateinala 5 per Cent. — ualian 5 per Cent, -1865 Do Account P?' liaremmana Railway — -"`",.szlean 3 per Cent "0. Account • 22/ Do 1864 — V,Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — ntevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid zorish Imperial 5 per Cent ~o W Granada — -u 2 per C en t Do Deferred 1:1 D ° Land Warrants (Hectares) ~ 6 Per Cent, 1864 — p Li° Guaranteed, 4 per Cent e v ,t ll ( r . r ec s ou pe n r t Cent, 1865 r-,o 3 per Cent. (llribarren) 13 -- ',° 4 -} per Cent., 1862 s','lnguese 3 per Cent., 1853 4 .'0 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 45/ Account -418 sian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4/ per Cent. 1850 3) 11 3 4 1 per Cent., 1860 -,-, -- c) pex Cent. 1859 - ` - ' , l -,° 5 per Cent. 1862 9 Ol 1 ' lO S . per Cent. 1864 — ardinian 5 per Cent bo Account - Do B Per Cent 13413• -2 181 1 ii. 3 per Cent '-'O. Account Do New Deferred — Do Account PassiveDo, , 1-'0 Account 27/ 1 t ' a rdsli Cert. o f C oup no t f un d e d l 6l g Account l6- 116 7 „ o dish 4 per Cent. Ti4,01,:j0i4: AccountBhijereent.lBlBs4 91* 1858 'Jo Ace() t 7o± D o x 1 1 D 0 :); '" '' 0 ; : 6 e l .PP: :: : u B o nds. t e tt i 1862 D. £lOO B onds 671 0 12) ~ per Cent., 1863 — jp " Per Cent., 1865, p a id u p S cr ip 3B+ / 1:100 Account Pe n • 4 Per Cent. Guaranteed , p z uela 3 p er C ent. — tltto account Du 6 Per Cent., 1864 — --. 44 Di vidends on the above payable in London. tei,§ lll , 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Dutch Per cent., Ex. 25f. i!j e o - - 4 1 1- re,- Omit., Ex. 12 Guil — Pr e , ,s•r h 5 a ntes Cent. Certificates — Ital. e " Itentes 3 per Cent. lan 5 — DO Per Cent. 1861 Ex. 25 1 . -...— 0 Account ' ' — • C O , TWO O'CLOCK. ..8 0 1, ~ .„0 i.or money •II • Account 871 1 - - -- , A. /sT E kr. 1 W L IFE OF SHAKSP ERE —I LLUSTRATED. .— scrip"• 0 - RalliW e l l announces for publication, by sub tion on i n Jane w work on the life and gs of 411 sPere, t o graying,. bo extensively illustrated with writin wood en- SIIAR7 7 . MARKETS.---This Day. DI.NA itailw BrUAW and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. Cork and Bandon.-- Cornwall üblin & Belfast Juno Dun„rerth, & a b.Junc E. London, ~crap Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 1 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D. A stock .. Do. B stock Do. New, Is. at 25 pa. Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste , n . I) S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., ('hat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & .North Western- Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... . Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and .`,t. John' aW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Binnin.. & Derb . q id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern— Berwici Do. G.N•E pureham Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1864 Do. ..to. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union South Devon ^outh E stern ;mines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo (Sr Whiteha I West Cornw.til AND STOCK Closin4 Busine donerice. Q 3 95 129 30 70 80 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 114 116 39 40 61 7i , 28j 129 146 )17 92 94 581 59, 59 61 39 *I 35 37 WI 'O3 121 122 b 9 91 9i 98 35 37 126 :26 94 15 59 59 186 138 3 Si{ 1 la' 98 10 124 125 li It 3 93 95 39} 81 126 91.1 6) 133 e 125 41 68 59 7 28 111 113 724 1061 BRITISH P' Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference _ _ _ Bulf.,Bran t, & Goderichl 6 p.c. 872-3-' ....... Calcutta & 6. E., Urn. e Town & Dock, gu. Jemerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben, ai, gu. ' 5 do, East Lidian ' gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. ist eref. (fonds Do. do. deferred ... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred 1)o. d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred • Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. Po. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India ....• • gua. 5 per cent DDo . 4/ per cent.. • • Great Wfm. of Canada Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i dg Do. Filth Extension Helb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. Hl.C'da, 6pc Rapt bs. Seinde Do. Delhi Do. do ci Do. Punjaub a. Do.lndus 72 73 100 107 37 38 10 11 p i 124 )26 2 261 2 2 EI 77 79 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 55 57 73 74 8 8 147 150 3 11 101 103 51 f 3 ISIONS. 56 99 10; d tp 7 7, 10 11 75 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 101 102 103 95 45 87 89 68 70 60 63 60 62 53 48 51 44 47 40 42 37 40 , 102 103 1 , A P 93 WO 91 93 161 36} 41 4 92 34 84 e 6 1 6d 9:1 101 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 98 994 98 99 4 ,1 98 99 - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1372 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-64 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 93 96 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10J 93 96 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 79 81 80 - Do. sp. c. inscribed sk 100 78 80 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 103 Oo.Apl. &Oct , 1890-1900 100 104 106 Do. do; 1880-9, 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9! 100 101 103 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 - Ceylon, Nov, 1868, 6p. t 100 101 103 - Do. 1878, do. 100 106 1 8 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan: and July - Do. 1.78 - Do. 1882, May ;5. Nov. 10 103 105 - Do. 1895, Feb. 43z Aug lOO 104 506 - Natal •;ov. per cent MI 99 101 Nt.ll.Gcv_6p.c.Ja...k.l uly iuo toa - N. S.W. Gov. 5 we.,186f - 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187, 100 92 94 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189.: 100 87 89 138/ - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 100 102 - Do. 5 per cent.... .. 100 8s 84 Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9O S 8 103 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 586 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-11 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards l' 0 104 108 106 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - - Do. do, i%pril & Oct lOO 105 106 1054 BRITISH MINES. Cain. Consul, sold, lira. 1 - Chiverton t:lifford `• malgamated 3O 15 17 - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 57) 590 - Drake wal ls 2.1.0 1 - East Bassett (Illogan;„ 244 18 20 - East Cara.'on 9 .14. t 6 7 East tarn Brea 3l 44 41 - I , ,ast Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3.,' - East Loved 3.9.0 114 26 - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.3 3 3 2 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 ) CrGreat L txey, limited all 20 21 - Great South Tolgus 0.54.6 16 2 Great Wheal Busy-- 14.9.6 34 - G. Wheal Vor 'Heist c, 40 3C 32 - Grenville 8.18.0 34 34 - Herod's Foot . 8.10.0 40 42 - Hingston Downs 5.10.6 54 54 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 - Marke Valley • 4.10.6 4 44 4 3lwyndy Iron Ore, lin, ',24 2i lid - New Seton - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 1 I North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United. -.. - - Pruvidence UnyLelant 10.6.7 37 89 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 410 430 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 74 - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 ' 8 22 -- Stray Park 35.15 6 9 11 - Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra aria Megan, lint, all 4 6 - West Bassett (Illogaa - W. Caradon (Llskeard 9 8 10 - West Chiverton ll 79 82 - West 5et0n...... - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 56 95 r 0 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 27 30 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 - Wheal Seton -- Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 17 18 This was an action brought by the plaintiff forocompen sation for injuries sustained in consequence of the alleged neglect of the defendants. The plaintiff was a passenger on the North London Railway, and in the same carriage that he was travelling in two ladies were also passengers. The train arrived at the station and the two ladies alighted in safety, but the plaintiff alleged that as he was stepping from the carriage the train re-started, the result of which was that he. was thrown on his head on the platform, and sustained such severe injury that for 13 weeks he was incapacitated from following his ordinary occupation, and caused an outlay of a considerable sum of money for medical attendance. After the accident he did not com municate the fact to the porter or guard on duty, but as he was leaving the station he told the ticket collector that he had met with a severe accident, and that he should make the company liable for the injury he had sustained. He contended the number df the company's servants at the station was altogether inadequate to the requirements of the number of passenger s using the station at night time. The medical evidence for the plaintiff went to show the serious nature of the injuries sustained, which were very severe. For the company it was contended that the accident arose altogether from the neglect of the plaintiff, and not from any blame attributable to them. The regular signal was given on the train entering the station, the porter called out the name of the station, the doors of the carriages were opened, and the passengers left the station in safety with the exception of the plaintiff. The theory of the defence was that the plaintiff did not rise to quit the car riage at the proper time, but that he remained in it too long, and when he was stepping on to the platform the signal had been given by the guard for the train to move, and that as in ordinary cases a sudden jerk was generally the result, and just at this particular moment the defendant, unfortunately for himself, was stepping from the carriage. The ;guard of the train and the porter, in evidence, said they did not see the defendant fall, neither did they hear at all of the accident, although they opened all the doors of the carriages composing the train, and closed them again as the train went out of the station. The judge, in his summing up, explained the law on the subject, and told the jury, if they thought the matter was purely accidental, their verdict should be for the company. The jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. C. Wilde.) CONRADI V. CONRADI AND FLASHMAN.-JUDGMENT. The petitioner in this case, which was heard some days since, is steward of a steamer plying between Dover and Ostend, and the co-respondent is a gen tleman of fortune. The petitioner prayed for a dissolu tion of marriage by reason of his wife's adultery, and both defendants denied the charge. Subsequently to filing of his answer, the co-respondent obtained leave to amend his plea by placing on the record a charge of adultery against the petitioner. It was fully proved that there was an improper intimacy between tho co-defendants at Dover, where all the parties resided, and that it was carried on frequently during the absence of the petitioner in France. On the other band the co-respon dent established his counter charge of adultery, and the petition was accordingly dismissed. An application was afterwards made on behalf of the co-respondent that the petition might be condemned with costs which he (the co respondent) had incurred in proving the counter charge of adultery, and judgment was reserved. His Lordship now decided that the petitioner was rea sonably liable to the costs in that part of the co-,respon dent's relating to the adultery, subject to some deduction arising out of certain frivolous charges which the co-re spondent made. FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Bahia and San Francisco li,n.) gua. 7 pet oent., 151 Belgian Eastern Junction, 1; Sambre and Meuse, 5i per cent. pf., 9i FintHIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 5 4i rrontino and isolivia hold, lim., I cy BANlib. Alliance, lira.. 27 Anglo-Italian, Um., 15 British and Californian, lira., 4 Consolidated Bane, Hrs., 9g European Bank, lim., 12 Imperial Ottoman, 13 Ditto, new, 11i: London Joint Stock, 47 London and 14 estminster, 98 Union of London, 53 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Credit Fonder and Nobilier of England, • Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 51 East India Irrigation and Canal. 8 Gen. Credit and N'insuwe of London. lira.. 51 Hudson's Bay, 17 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 4 London Financial Association, lira., 12 M 'drag Irrigation and Canal, 13 Oriental Gas, Um.. 5i f Overend, Gurney, and Co., lira., 191 Quebrada Land, /tail, and Mining, lira., 41 Foreign Mail Packet List --- MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and st. Helena.... China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 13 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 13 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 13 Ditto, via arseiiles Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via 3.larseil e 3 ...............Feb 13 Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Souiliarnr)- .Feb. 19 ,Feb. 13 .Mir. 6. Feb. 24 Feb. 22. ,Feb. 19. Feb. 13 ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Feb. 9. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 11. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Feb. 13 Cuba and Mexico Feb. 28. Bahamas, via New Y ork. Mar. 8. Bermuda, ditto., : .,, .. ~,,,, .••• • • • rob. it 1F22 49j Si 41 40i THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, 'FEBRUAIVV 12, 1866, LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. -•-- COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a special jury.) GORE T. WALPOLE. This was an action for alleged trespass and false im prisonment, and the defendant the Right Hon. Mr. 'Wal pole, who had been Ncretary for the Home Department, under the Conservative Government, pleaded not guilty, justification, and, finally, that the alleged offence was voided by the Statute of Limitations. The plaintiff conducted his own case, and the defendant was' represented by the Solicitor-General and Mr. Hannan. The plaintiff read a vory lengthened document which occupied some hours yesterday, when the case was com menced, from which it appeared that he claimed damages of £5,000 for illegal detention in Bethlem Hospital for two years and nine months, and also for being confined in the Queen's Bench prison in a room with criminals. The case is likely to occupy a considerable time, owing to the number of witnesses whom it is proposed to examine for the defence. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jtrry.) CATCHPOLE V. THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY. Emigration to the Southern States. --gb•-- - The Commissioners of Emigrattn at New York have lately published the annual statement of the number of emigrants which have arrived at that port. They numbered 201,275 in 1865. The desti nations of the new corners are also given, and as the Southern people are eagerly inviting white emigrants to settle among them, it will be interesting to know how they have succeeded since April last; It there fore appears that of the whole number of emigrants, Arkansas acquired 5 ; Alabama, 10 ; Florida, 5 ; Georgia, 21 ; Louisiana, 294 ; Mississippi, 34 ; North Carolina, 27 ; South Carolina, 45 ; Texas 21 ; Vir ginia, 583. Total, 1,045; or less than one two- . hundredths of the whole. The great Western States absorbed the greater proportion. Illinois took seventeen thousand, lowa over thirty-seven hun dred, Michigan over four thousand, and Wisconsin nearly sixty-five hundred. Even Massachusetts absorbed nearly ten thousand of the new-comers, whilst New York retained the lion's share, over ninety-one thousand. The Southern States, by natural advantage, fertility of soil and climate, with undoubted means of enriching the industrious ad venturer, hasmany attractions which no other States in the Union possess. Why, then, the reluctance of adventurers to seek this rich country, where wealth and independence is promised to every man that labours ? Undoubtedly it is because there has not yet been shown by the inhabitants such a respect for the rights of industry that it will be profitable for any man who believes in the dignity of labour to settle among them. So long as the South endea vours to degrade labour by oppressive laws, which are designed to reduce him to the merest pittance, and keep him in abject want, every man who has regard for the dignity of his avocation is warned away. So long as a particular class of men are per mitted to arrogate to themselves peculiar honour, they repel the advances of every stranger who might be useful to them. The emigrant will ask, for his labour at the South, as good wages as he can get at the North. If he is to compete with a class of so-called freedmen, who are compelled to accept whatever payment their generous " master race" chooses to accord under the pressure of unjust laws, j he will decline the job altogether, and go where the conditions of freedom, personal independence, and political equality are assured to him. This accounts for the fact that although the South has been call ing out lustily for white men to come down and cultivate its fertile fields, it has been found impos sible to induce more than one man in twenty-one to respond to the call among all the emigrants at the principal point of arrival in the United States. European Privation—American Plenty. It is estimated that between four hundred and five hundred millions of dollars in national securi ties have been exported from the - United States, and sold in England, France, and Germany, for the products of those countries. These bonds, drawing six per cent. interest, and payable in gold, have been sold for from sixty to seventy cents on the dollar, or at a discount of from thirty to forty per cent., and this notwithstanding they draw nearly double the rate of interest paid by European Governments. In other words, the United States received from two hundred and thirty to two hundred and seventy millions of dollars for bonds that they will have to redeem in a few years with four or five hundred millions, with interest added thereto. This unprofitable exchange is still going on with' undiminished volume, and with no present prospect of a cessation. Meanwhile, they have on hand fully one hundred millions of dollars worth of produce—beef, pork, hams, grain, and valuable timber—which they might sell in European markets, not only not at a discount, but at a fair profit to themselves ; and they can raise and sell the same amount each year, only that they lack •transit facilities for getting it to market. The great West, if it could ship its grain, timber, pork, beef, and hams to Europe at a moderate cost for freight, might and would prevent and save to the American nation from fifty to one hundred millions of this frightful loss of national securities per year. But with present railway facilities, if the West should ship one hundred millions of dollars' worth of produce to Europe, by the time it reached England it would be reduced to • thirty-three millions—fully two-thirds being eaten up by the cost of transportation, and for the sixty-seven millions thus eaten up by freight charges, the Ame rican nation—the whole country, East and South, as well as West—has to pay at least one hundred millions in gold for the discounted bonds used to supply the deficiency caused by high freights. In other words, their one hundred millions of produce ought to and might save to the nation one hundred and thirty-three millions in bonds, instead of thirty three millions only ; and this hundred millions lost them, for lack of transit facilities, has to be paid by levying a tax upon the industry and wealth of the whole Union. Nor is this the worst, for, discouraged by the high freights and consequent low prices, they do not send forward their produce, and do not, therefore, save even the little that they might. And lacking the stimulus of an accessible market and easy transit, they do not produce for export one sixth of what they might and should under more favourable circumstances. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day• LONDON, Feb. 13.—Wind this day at noon—North. Westerly, moderate breeze, and line weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH', Feb. 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Jean natio, from Savanfl/a for Bremen. Sailed—Teresa, for London. CLYDE, Feb. from Demerara. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sydney, PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Mesannee, from the Mediterranean. Sailed —The Tweed, for Bombay. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gladiator, from Pernambuco. COWES, Feb.l2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Recovery, from Liverpool for Cardiff, with loss of mainmast, sails, and other damage. CARDIFF, Feb. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Prince of Wales, from Smyrna. DOVER, Feb. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ville de Paris, from St. Nazaire. POOLE, Feb. 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—The Goodwill for Southampton. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 13—Princess Royal, steamer, from Hamburg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, Feb. 12—Her Majesty's ship Dee, from Wool wich for the west. Anchored—The Blair Athol, from Shilds for Point de Gallo. AN EXTENSIVE SUBURBAN VILLAGE IS, according to the South London Chronicle, about to be built in the vicinity of Nunhead, beyond Peckham-ue. THE FRENCH EXHIBITION.—The Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States House of Repre sentatives has, it is said, agreed to report in favour of an appropriation of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars for the purpose of transporting goods from the United States to the Paris Exposition of 1867, and for other.necessary expenses. The house will most probably ratify the proposition, and there is no reason to expect any difficulty in the Senate. TESTIMONIAL TO THE WIDOW OF STONEWALL JACKSON.---A Richmond paper, of the 9th ult., contains a card from a banking firm of Houston, Texas, which states that a draft for five hundred and twenty-six dollars in gold, payable to the order of the widow of Stonewall Jackson, has been furnished to her. The card further says :—"This amount, contributed by a portion of our citizens, at the instance of several ladies, daughters of the Old Dominion,' is but a slight expression of their solicitude for the welfare of the departed hero's family." METHODIST STATISTICS.—The general minutes of the Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church have just bean issued. It has 60 annual con ferences, and a membership of 92,959, being an advance over last year of 939. It has 7,175 travelling preachers, being an increase of 854 for the year. The local preachers numbered 8,493, an increase of 288. Its total value of church property is estimated at $13,147,233, which is $4,263,157 mole than last year. All the benevolent con tributions show au advance of more than one -fifth. In the Sunday School department there has been about the same advance. It will be seen by the above that the million of dollars which the church proposes to raise the coming year for the missionary cause is only a fraction over one dollar per member. AMERICAN WAR CLAIMS AGAINST ENGLAND.— The New York Herald has its usual thundering leader against " perfidious Albion." It quotes the Loudon Times, which it says takes some trouble to show that France would be seriously perplexed to preserve her stability and her institutions in case of a war with the United States on the Mexican ques tion. If France is in danger from such a collision, asks the Herald, how much more so is England? Her commerce is larger and more exposed upon the seas. America could do more damage to England in a three months' war than she ever could to France. Her merchant marine is, in a measure, at the mercy of the United States ; and if America were disposed to quarrel with her, her boasted su premacy on the ocean would be of short duration. France has less to lose in this respect ; and, all things considered, England has more to fear from a war with the United States than France. France, for example, has no Canadian provinces. France has no Fenians ; no Ireland on her border in a condition of perpetual discontent and periodical insurrection. The warning, therefore, which the London Times presents to France is quite as ap plicable to England herself. But we feel reassured when our pugilistic contemporary graciously adds that the United States has no disposition to go to war with England, Bonds of the Southern States. When the rebellion broke out, the Southern States were indebted to English and other capital ists in the sum of fully £30,000,000. Their bonds were in the English market chiefly, and were con sidered good investments. The interest had al ways been promptly paid, with the exception of that on the famous Mississippi bonds, and the holders felt no uneasiness. The money procured on these obligations wer3 expended by the different States on internal improvements, mainly in build ing railways and public works. Since 1861 the interest on those bonds has not been paid, except in one or two instances soon after the Rebellion com menced, and before the Federal fleets had sealed •up the Southern ports. Consequently the interest had been accumulating, and being addekto the prin cipal makes the entire debt £38,000,000. Naturally enough, the bondholders are somewhat anxious, and they have held meetings at which a variety of opi nions were expressed as to the ability of the South ern States to make good their promises to pay. At their last meeting they appointed a committee to address a circular to the respective States and cor porate bodies, inquiring what steps they would take to meet their obligations, and proposing, pro vided the arrearages could not be settled, " to fund all the arrears up to the present date in a bonded debt, bearing the same rate of interest as the ori ginal bonds, but, if possible, having the coupons payable in London, with such a sinking fund as should insure the payment of this new debt within twenty years." This idea, we learn, meets with favour in the Southern States, and is advocated by many leading men. They feel that in, addition to the taxes now imposed upon them, it would be ex ceedingly burdensome to impost, a tax upon the people at the prescat moment for "he purpose of paying the accrued interest, and it could only be done by this additional taxation. The proposition made by the bondholders is fair and liberal, and it is probable that it will be ac cepted by the different Legislatures and Corpora tions of the Southern Staten. They cannot afford at present to send their money to England, and it will be better for all parties that it should remain where it is, to aid in building up the shattered for tunes of the Southern people, and assist in develop ing the natural resources of their country. At the expiration of twenty years they will be able to pay off the new debt, while in the interim they would experience no trouble in meeHng the interest on the original bonds. American Shipping. The Secretary of the United States Treasury, in a report submitted to Congress on the 19th of January, announced that the total amount of American tonnage before the war might )e stated in round numbers at 5,000,000, and that 910,466 tons have actually disappeared from our lists for all causes ; 800,303 tons transferred to foreign owners, and 110,163 tons destroyed by pirates." Some idea may be formed from this of the amount of injury inflicted by the rebel cruisers. The Secretary has not much sympathy for those who forfeited the privileges of the American flag in a lime of danger. He expresses the opinion that "the transfer, in many cases, it is believed fic titious or fraudulent, of American bottoms to a foreign flag, has been a favourite expedient by which to escape the payment of war rates of in urance and to avoid the risks of capture." The owners of a larg e portion of the 800,000 tons, which were nominally transferred to foreign s countries during the terrific struggle in America, are now claiming readmission to the benefits of American registry. He is unwilling to advise, in their favour, anyrelaxation of the rigour of the law." The Board of Trade of Philadelphia considered this question at a recent meeting, and it recommends "the readmission of vessels denationalised by transfer of flag, and not by actual sale, during the sailing or steamships." rebellion ;" but Opposes " t h e admission of foreign The Farmers of America. IpBe6oopleinof the United States, giving the occupa tionsne census 7 returns o f the of 8,8,03 of enumerates as farmers 2 , 42 3,895, a n d as f arm labour -24 ers 795,679. These statistics indicate that only a little more than one-third of the working popula tion of the country produced the enormous crops of that year, which included the following : Wheat, 173,104,924 bushels ; rye, 21,101,380 bushels ; Indian corn, 83 8,792,740 bushels ; oats, 172,643,185 bushels ; rice, 187 ,167,032 pounds ; tobacco, 434,209,461 pounds ; ginned cotton, 5,387,052 bales, of 400 pounds each; Irish potatoes, 111,148,867 bushels; sweet potatoes, 42,095,026 bushels. The great necessity of the country, in view of the ease with which a comparatively small por tion of its inhabitants can supply all the agricul tural products it can consume, is cheap transpor tation, so that the enormous exce::s of produce grown by the farmers of the Western States can rind a market. Let the railway capitalists of Great Britain think of this ! The New York papers would appear to have been making money during the past year. From the advertising returns the profits of the various concerns are es ti ma t e d as follows :—Transcript (official paper), $529,000 ; H era ld , $300,000; Tribune, $185, 00 0; Times, $125 , 000 ; W en d , $llO,OOO ; Post, $95,000 ; Journal of Commerce, $135,000 ; Sun, $60,000 ; Sunday Mercury, $38,000 ; Commercial Ad vertiser, $40,000 ; Express, $35,000; News, loss, $22,000 ; Nation, loss, $8,000; Round Table, about paid expenses ; and Commercial Chronicle, loss, $10,900. The Transcript is owned by the Common Council "ring," of which Wil liam M. Tweed is the chief. Its receipts for advertising are immense, as it publishes all the official matter connected with the City Cievernment. The Atlantic and Great Western Railway, with its connections, is doing much to aid in remedying this state of things, but if there were half-a-dozen Atlantic and Great Western Railways all built along the same line, and in successful working order, they would scarcely suffice to carry the immense excess of grain alone from West to East. It has often been stated by speakers and writers on America that corn and other grain is so cheap and plentiful that it is used in some portions of the United States to burn as fuel. These statements have been received with incredulity in this country, but they are strictly and literally true. In Warren and other towns in Western Illinois, as we are informed by the Galena (Illinois) Gazette the " staff of life" is being very generally converted to the useful purposes of fuel. It is said that a bushel of wheat or Indian corn will produce as much heat as a bushel of coal ; and those who have tried the experiment say that Indian corn in the ear gives considerably more heat than the same bulk of wood or coal. Ears of Indian corn can be purchased at ten cents per bushel, and seventy bushels will mea sure a cord. Coal costs twenty-five cents per bushel; and wood, including sawing, costs nine dol lars and fifty cents per cord, which is two dollars and fifty cents more than the cost of a cord of corn, besides the fact that the corn lasts longer than fuel, and produces more heat. In the town of Muscatine, in the State of lowa, a large steam mill is supplied entirely with corn for fuel, and it is found superior to and cheaper than any other. We entreat the business men and capitalists of Great Britain to ponder well these facts. We admit, and are proud to admit, that there has never before been such general prosperity as is witnessed in Eng land to-day. But we know that food is high in price in this country, and that thousands of the poorer classes suffer daily privation and hardship on that account. And yet, within four thousand miles of England, and scarcely twelve days distant from our coast, there are millions of bushels of corn and other produce perishing for want of a market, or being used as fuel. How true is that old refrain of an American poet : " Oh, millions of hands want acres, And millions of acres want bands." Ex-Confederate Generals in the Southern States. If there is any peculiarity of the American people which can surprise Englishmen and Europeans, it is the ready alacrity with which the foremost leaders of the armies, North and South, have returned to the pursuits of peace. Many of the more promi nent ex-officers of the late Confederacy are setting most excellent examples in this respect to their Southern fellow-citizens. The smoke of battle had scarcely drifted away from the field of Five Forks before Fitz Hugh Lee was gathering together the freedmen on his desolated plantation in Virginia, and engaging them at wages to assist him in work ing his broad but wasted acres. General Pillow also did the same thing in Tennessee, and other Confederate officers imitated himself and Lee. hey seemed to realise their position and the con dition of the States in which they reside, and with a true sense of duty they went to work at once, without waiting to see what the United States Go vernment intended to do in the matter of recon struction or restoration. Their country was impo verished by the war, and the only way to relieve its wants was to commence immediately to repair their ruined farms, and place them again in a state of cultivation. In their estimation it was proper to leave politics alone, and trust to the wisdom of the National Government for an adjustment of the difficulties surrounding them in their new relations to the freedmen. In• this they acted wisely, and while numbers of their Southern fellow-citizens are dissatisfied with what has been done toward restor ing harmony, the men who exposed their lives and jeopardised their property in the cause of treason have been industriously pursuing peaceful avoca tions, and counselling their neighbours, by word and example, to submit quietly and obey the behests of their Government. We learn from Cincinnati the fact that ex- Generals Pillow, Hood, Heath, Longstreet, and others, once celebrated in the Rebel ranks, have been in that city making extensive purchases of ploughs and other agricultural im plements, while at the same time they engaged some sixteen hundred white labourers to go South and aid them in developing their plantations. This movement on the part of these men should exert a great and beneficial influence throughout the Cotton States. When such personages as Hood and Longstreet set the example of enterprise and submission to the laws, and exhibit a desire to ad vance the interests of their section of the Union, it behoves their countrymen to emulate them, and abandon the foolish opposition against the Govern ment which exists in so many portions of the Southern States. The best thing the people of the late rebellious Commonwealths can do is to go to work, as Hood, Pillow, Heath, and their asso ciates have done. Rascality, whether it be steal ing, murdering, or plotting treason, is generally originated among thriftless idlers. An industrious man is a contented man, and has no leisure to de vise mischief. Considering the, miserable condition of affairs in the late Confederate States, we should think that work would be the motto, the watch word in every Southern community. The history of Mexico shows that (luring the last forty years Mexico has had thirty-seven different forms of government, thirty-two of which were Republic, and seventy-five Presidents. Its revolutions during that time have amounted to over two hundred. Many years since a Mexican protectorate was urged upon the United States Senate by General Houston, upon the ground that the Mexican people otherwise would fall 4, prey to some Euro pean Power. The project was condemned and abandoned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Copenhagon (off., 6to 1 taken freely) 100 to 7 agst Mephistopheles (offered) 100 to 7 agst Saccharometer (offered,) 100 to 6 agst East Lynn (offered, take 20 to 1) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. ' 100 to 6 agst Laura (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) 25 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 100 to 6 agst Nightwatch (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 2 agst Lord Lyon (offered, 3to 1 taken) [Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] BIRMINGHAM RACES—Tins DAT. Licensed Victuallers' Plate. - 3 miles. Run at I. Garus, Roadster, Benazet, Pot Pourri, Banbury, Acolyto Ace of Trumps, Ace of Hearts; Corsica, Equinox, Cloister, Oscar, King Tom, and Turnham Green are here. Paid forfeit—Arleseott, Northam, Manchester, Fairy King, and Ennis Lass. Craven Cup. 3i miles. Run at 2 30.—Arcus, Reporter, Cloister, Jack Gayhurst, Acolyte, Plover, and Turnham Green are here. Grand Annual Steeplechase. About 4 miles. Run at 3 15 . —Reporter, Jerry, Church Militant, Lord George, The Rogue, Ibex, Ivanhoff, Roadster, The Scrub, King of Hearts, Sprite, Acolyte, Jacob, and Ace of Hearts are here. Paid forfeit—Rhcebus and Rassington. WEIGHTS FOR THE SCURRY HANDICAP.—Two miles.— Benazet, 6 yrs 12st ; Redwing, all 4; Arcus, alOl2 ; Oscar, a 10 12 ; Aco of Trumps, a 10 10 ; Rapture, a 10 10 ; Bunbury, a 10 10 ; Express, a 10 7 ; Corsica, 5 10 7 ; Pot Pourri, a 10 7 ; Jacob, a 10 5 ; Liberty, 10 5 ; No Name, 10 5 ; Turnham Green, 5 10 0 ; and Grey Kitty, lOst. Entries for the Hunters' Plate. Throe miles.—Soda Water, Little Lady, Empress, Humphrey, Tiger, Lawyer, First Flight, Ely, Liberty, King Tom, and Grey Kitty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—Last Evening. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Copenhagen (offered) 100 to 8 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 20 to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 20 to 1 agst East Lynn (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 25 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 7to 2 agst Student (offered—take 4to 1) 12 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 40 to 1 agst Duke of York (taken) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Rustic (offered) 11 to 1 agst Student (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Augusto (taken) 25 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lanaret (taken) 10) to 1 agst Duke of York (taken) 100 to 1 agst The Peer (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —MONDAY. -LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (offered) 12 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst East Lynn (taken) 20 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gemma (taken freely) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 100 to 6 agst Cortolvin (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst L'Africain (offered) WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholomew's nomination (offered) 22 to 1 agst Mr. Brocklebank's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. H. Haywood's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Spink's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. B. Jardine's nomination (offered) 35 to 1 agst Mr. E. W. Stocker's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. W. H. Massey's nomination (offered) 40 to 1 agst Lord Stair's nomination (offered) 40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Campbell's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Johnstone's nomination (taken) BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASES—Mom)Ay. The opening day's sport at Sutton Coldfield was cele brated most auspiciously, for though the weather is Bir mingham, alike with that in and around the metropolis, was most tempestuous on Sunday, it moderated at night fall, and Monday morning broke fine and pleasant. The course, from its naturally undulating surface, was by no means bad "going," though many expected it would be. A largo concourse of company witnessed the sport, which - , calls For no special remarks farther than will be found in the accompanying returns. Speculation on future events was not mentioned. The Warwickshire Hunt Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 40 added ; for hunters, 12st each ; thoroughbreds, 71bs extra. About three miles. Mr. E. P. Wilson's Tiger, aged, 12st (Mr. E. B. Wilson 1 Mr. Haines's Brandy Wine, aged, 12st '7lb (inc. 71b extra (Mr. Parker 2 Mr. Evans's Master Oliver , aged, 12st (Mr. Drake) 3 Mr. .T. Milward's Little Lady, aged, 12st (Owner) 4 The following also ran :—Empress, Sultan, and Strand. Betting-2 to 1 agst Little Lady, 7to 2 (at first 2to 1) agst Tiger, 5 to 1 agst Sultan, and 8 to 1 agst any other. Brandy Wine was the first away, followed by Sultan and Empress clear of each other, the others at intervals being brought up by Tiger. After going about half a mile Little Lady headed Empress and took third place, but be fore reaching the Stand the first time was pulled back, Brandy Wine and Sultan going on past the enclosure side by side. At the next fence Empress was pulled up, and Mae ter Oliver soon after joined the leading pair, Tiger still be ing separated from them by a wide interval. Before enter ing the Park enclosure, Strand, fairly beaten, was pulled up, and Tiger, gradually making up his lost ground, passed Little Lady before reaching th• winning field, and took close order with Master Oliver and Brandy Wine, who charged the last fence simultaneously, after which Tiger challenged them, and Master Oliver at once compounding a fine race home between the other pair ensued, Tiger winning in the last few strides by a head ; five lengths separated the second and third ; Little Lady was fourth, close up. The Erdington Plate (Handicap) of 100 sous ; winners after Feb. 1, extra. About three miles. Lord Poulett's Benazet, G yrs, lOst 101 b (J. Page) 1 Lord Poulett's Ace of Hearts, 6 yrs, lOst 61b (Mr. Edwards) 2 The following also ran :—Crusade, Rapture, Pot Pourri, Cabin Boy, Jacob, Oscar, Cloister, and Ace of Trumps. ' Betting-5 to 4 agst Benazet, sto 1 agst Crusade, Bto 1 agst Ace of Hearts, 10 to 1 agst any other. Oscar cut out the work, closely followed by Ace of Hearts and Ace of Trumps, who went on several lengths in advance of the favourite, Crusade, Pot Pourri, and Jacob being his followers at considerable intervals, Cabin Boy bringing up the rear. In the first half mile Rapture was disposed of by refusals, and Crusade soon afterwards coming down also was out of the race, though the rider less horse still careered in front of Oscar, who about a mile from home was followed by Ace of Hearts, Ace of Trumps, Benazet, Pot Pourri, Cloister, and Cabin Boy, in the order named, at wide intervals. Proceeding over the brow of the hill Oscar held out signals of distress, and Ace of Trumps assumed the lead, but falling two fences from home, Bena zet and Ace of Hearts in his wake were left to contest the struggle, and Benazet at once headed his stable companion and won by two lengths. Nothing else passed the post. The Hunters' Plate of 40 sovs, four-yr-olds, lOst 121 b; five, ;11st 121 b; six, 12st 61b ; aged, 12st 91b; gentlemen riders; those who have won any steep lechase to carry 71b extra. About three miles. Mr. Studd's Georgians, l aged, 12st 911, (Ik , ir t . . 11, 8. Wilson) 1 Mr. W. Smith's The Lawyer, ago, T. Parke 2 Mr. J. D. 11. Chadwick's Ethe l, 4 yrs, llst (Vi b . (i E n dw 7l l b r e d x s 3 The following also ran : —First Flight, Jamaica, Orphan, Vanity, and Mountain Sylph. 9 to 2 agst Orphan, 5 to Betting-5 to 2 agst Georgians, 1 each agst Lawyer and Ethel, 8 to 1 agst any other. Orphan was the first to show in front, and with The Lawyer, Georgians, and Jamaica, lay in front for the first mile and a half, when Orphan beat a retreat, and the others, who now presented a long tail, were stopped at intervals. Proceeding over the turn of the hill The Lawyer held the lead, and Georgians passing Jamaica went on in pursuit till within two fences from home, when she went up to Mr. Smith's horse, whom she quitted at her ease, and ran home an easy winner by four lengths. Ethel, beaten a long way, was ridden home by Mr. Edwards, and passed the post w ith the crowd. The Sutton Handicap Plate of 40 sous; winners extra; the winner to be sold for 50 sous. About two miles. Captain Shaw's Express, aged, 10st 101 10st 41 agst b States Express, s 3) d isq ) . to 11 Su Mr. Drax's Red Wing, aged, lOst 111 b b ......... (tton Mr.B Betting - 6 J. i ß n e g l — h a 6 m; o 4 s Equinox , on Equinox, 6 yr a 2 to 1 Ex (I ;J Land) 0 agst Red Wing. Red Wing made all the running, and won in a canter by 100 3 ards; Equinox refused after going about half the dis tance, and not being got over, took no further part in the race. An objection was lodged against the winner, on the ground that his jockey dismounted before walking his horse back to the Stand, and after investigation the Stewards awarded the stakes to Express. The winner was not sold . The lluut Cup of GO sovs., weight for age ; winners extra. About three miles. Mr. Martin's Arens, aged, 12st 71b (J. Page) 1 Mr, Pen's Jack, aged, 13§t (iuo. 71b extra). „„„ „(Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Pot Pourn, Hallarton, Turn. ham Green, and Gayhurst. Betting-5 to 2 agst Turnham Green, 3to 1 each agst Pot Pourri and Hallarton. After going about three-quarters of a mile Arcus took up the running, and won easily by a length. Only the two placed passed the post, the others being beaten off. FRES FOR 1866. rARY. Nottingham Spring 27 Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B RACING FIXT FEBR Lincoln Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich '2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Windsor Summer Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Carlisle 3 Newmarket J uiy Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham , l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT. Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCTO Northampton Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE Lincoln Liverpool York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter 2B Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O EMBER. Richmond • 18 Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 ' Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton Worcester 22 30 RM. Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring IG Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Epsom Slur mer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Ilungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 2G Currugh 26 Worcester 'L Y. . Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l UST. :BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Reoe !pm Hallways. 1866. 1805. ----, 1866 1865 £ 4 1,825 1,681 583 612 Belfast and N. Counties . Belfast and Comity Down.... Blyth and Tyne Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 121& Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 Cambrian 11) Cockermoutla K & Penrlth .. 311 Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 6l Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 Deeside l7 Do Extension Dublin & Reif ast J unction .... 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 Forth and Clyde aunction Furness, &c 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eitstern,Nrik.,&E.l.lnion Great Northern lO4 Great North of Scotland 5B Do Branches 42 Gt. Nortlin. & Weatn. (Irel.) 7ll r it.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 8874 Great Western l2BO Hull & Hornsea Highland ... 246 Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 261 Llanelly 461 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 London, Chatham, & Dover; j 134 all Metropolitan Lxteosion j 12 Do. Kent _oast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheilield, & Lincolnsh Ranch. S.J un.& A ltrincham 94 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6776 Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 2Ol Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 12071 North London ll North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby ll4 lifiymney l B4 ScottishNorth-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 315 Tad' Vale 6l Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 %V'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 8 25 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 261 26 Bombay, Daroda, & Cen. India 306 185 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1U8? Eastern of France ..... 1551 1483 Eastern Bengal ... ..... 110 110 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1177 1377 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 Great Luxembourg 134 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 343 315 Madras. Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 Northern of Canaaa Northern of France 721 724 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & 3lediterrn 2006 197 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1613 Recife and San Francisco. &c. 771 774 Se nue l(5 105 Do. t'unjab, ttc 253 45 South Austrian, &c ". . 1653 1527 Southern of France e63 823 Victoria Welland. %Vest & N-Wn. of France 1,141 5.3 5,687 6,410 25 572 22,841 2,023 1,042 "332 - 326 297 305 342 152 128 471 366 1,396 1.170 26) 248 91 62 1,358 1.282 1,561 1.495 266 23) 2,890 2,591 250 231 3,618 2,808 9,433 8,372 32,956 31,402 35,084 32,631 1,693 1.349 1,084 923 705 413 7.952 7.465 64,395 60,879 92 78 2,755 2,226 1,617 1,640 4j,383 35,370 159 23 167 92 474 493 207 474 387 1273} 106,330 99,122 470 f 2 ,781 18.771 2671 17,913 15,614 127 j 7,983 8,618 111 2,100 1,5 27 780 610 42► 1,067 919 2i 6 19,638 16,358 94 1,416 1,253 28 1,531 1,386 31 3,6 9 ,418 6511 49,299 44,024 2608 5,085 4,441 44 2,092 2,417 22,411 <0,446 66.394 53,9,1 4,360 3.106 8,061 0.345 9.1 46 1,104 1,0.13 6,G 1 5,062 1,134 688 3.468 3,29 20,699 19.121 5,286 6,388 2,699 2,566 109 149 375 3t6 1.251 911 689 571 32,r44 31,863 565 287 2,800 4,496 5,333 5k,016 31,543 6,333 12,165 4,011 473 11,306 7,17( 15,320 785 51,674 0.4 123,318 62,7 6 .• 1,037 2,158 267 44,932 21,356 10.520 45,118 4?,76 The Price of Gold. Tne quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mule pm,, and the short exchange ou London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about t-ltths per cent. dearer iu Paris than in London. By advice s from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sttrlitti. Standard gold at the Engll,ll Mint price is, therefore, at about the same price in London and Hamburg. n,e courre of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 108/ to 104 per cent. At these rates there i s n o profit on the importation of go'd frau the Unite Sates. HYDE-PARK IMPROVEMENTS.—The alterations which were commenced during the past autumn in Hyde park, for the purpose of widening the carringe drive on the north side of the Serpentine the entire distance from Hyde-park-corner to the turn of the road adjoining Ken sington-gardens, have now been completed. An impor tant part of the improvement effected in this locality is the formation of an entirely new foot path along the whole distance, on the park side of the road, for the purpose . of giving more accommodation lib the throng promonadnag on the same side. MAILS FOR MEXICO, VIA NEW YORlC.—lnforma tion having been received from the Postmaster- General of the United States that letters, &c., m a y b e forwarded to Mexico by means of the United States mail packets, which leave Now York for Vera Cruz on the Bth and 23d of every month, any letters and newspapers for Mexico which may be specially directed " via New York," will in future be forwarded by that route. THE INTERNATIONAL SC ULLERS' MATCII.—Our readers will be happy to learn that there is some prospect of the match between Kelley and Hamill being satisfactorily arranged for the approaching summer The bringusthe news that Kellesar Our latest foreign files oin: fi k v 6 e Ylip m p il e e r r o a f ce P u eb p . o 3 n a course to be e p he po d, viz.,to to meet Hamill upon the co Y nd as itio e n x s pr l ess t ed r h o i s s wsebilliu gness N ro e w w after his arrival in London, and a second, alsoeonf by Hamill, over the usual metropolitan course, provided Kelley is beaten in the first encounter. Harry, it is said, has de posited £250 in the hands of the editor of the Sportsman, so that all now remaining to be done in order to effect the match is for Hamill to cover the amount named, which we are confident ho will immediately proceed to do. JUMPING DOWN A COALPIT.—On Saturday last at Beeston, near Leeds, Sarah Twidell, the wife o f a collier, but who had for some time been separated from her hus hutd, committed suicide by jumping down the shaft of a coalpit. The shaft was of considerab le depth, an htfull d the f woman was killed on the spot, her bo d y being rig y mutilated. THE WOOLLEN TRADE.—WhiIe the woollen manufacture of the United States has doubled since the war commenced, it is shown by official figures that in the four years ending June 30, 1805, woollens imported make a g rand agg g t r h e o a w to o o o f l, s s l l 3 lo 3 d2 o y o , ,o a o n o d , of which the unrnanufactured wool amounts to 287,000,000 of pounds, costing $45,000,000. Nearly all of the imports of wool under the late tartiff came in either at three or six cents per pound, the duty averaging less than five cents. The wools of Australia and South Africa, which are fine morinoes, are invoiced at less than twenty-four cents per round. 121 i 408 121 4! 71/ 887} 1270 13 246 145 403 24, 26} 461 MI 11611 71)3 308 10.5 i 10 6,7 361 9,0 5 4,407 5,551 69,975 2,610 39,418 6,462 35, 06 5,1 2 52U 10,597 7,990 15,857 .933 1,038 VOL 137,915 67,99 i , 5 1,375 1,`47 49,607 27,0;;0 14, 78 jo. 100 yc 20 'OSSK 100 100 100 all 100 100