The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

MOtEY MARKE2 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. --- The Money Market is a shade easier, and there is a better feeling prevailing in discount circles. The rates, however, show no change of importance, 5. 1 and 6 per cent. being still the lowest charges for three months' paper, and 51 per cent. for bankers' short -dated acceptances. No gold operations of importance took place at the Bank yesterday. Mr. Candlish, M.P. for Sunderland, has joined the Board of the London Steam Collier and C oa l Company as Chairman. S ubscriptions are invited by the London and South African Bank for an 8 per cent. loan of £50,000 required by the Durban Corporation, Natal, for improving the thoroughfares of the borough authorised by a law of 1865, and for which the secu rity Offered consists of 1,875 acres of the town lands, besides the general revenue of the corpora tion, upon which a charge of £5,000 exists. In the foreign and colonial produce markets dur ing the last few days there has been very little activity. The operaticns in tea have been deferred until the public sales, which commence this day. Sugar has remained at about previous rates, while superior descriptions of coffee have been in fair re quest, at steady prices. In rice, fruit, and spices there has been no change, while tallow has been in moderate demand, at steady quotations, for both present and forward delivery. Co mpany An allotment of the shares in the Mysore Coffee has taken place. Two O'CLOCK. the to Reuter's telegram, this morning, 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 75c. Flat. T he English Stock Market has continued to show l nereak,„..l symptoms of bUoyancy, and a further Pro vement of 4 per cent. has taken place in the rel , und s• The a s p ec t o f a ff a i rs both here and o n t no Continent is more promising, and speculators a re therefo re purc h as i ng f or a r i se i n va l ues . f °u se's are quoted 861 4 for money, and 864 Bthe account. The New Threes are 844 4 ; and 8 e Reduced A nnu i t i es, 844 4; Exchequer Bills, )3 3 ' t ° 3 s. dis. f or M arc h ; an d s s . di s . f or Ju n e ; ari k of England Stock, 243 ; India Stock, 212 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1034 ; and ditto Enlaced 51 Per , C ents., 1074 t , 4, - good business has also been negotiated in t x ore jail Stocks, and the market has presented a mrin aPpearance. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 334 ; Spanishetica/ 204 ; ditto New, 181 ; Greek, 13 ; Italian Passive, 254 26 ; the Certificates, 154 ; lian, 534 54-4- ; Egyptian Railway Loan, 4 2 Government ; and Brazilian Scrip, 3 24 dis. ; United States' ~eyernment 5-20 Bonds, 684 69 ; Erie Shares, u4 i 53 7 and Illinois, 791 4. Business in the Railway Share Market has continued inactive, but in a few instances prices are a Shad e firmer. M e t ro p o lit an have advanced 155., Great Eastern 10s., and Great Western and Lanca -I,'Lre and Yorkshire each 55., while Caledonian 'lave declined 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are, in some eases, a shade firmer. Alliance are dealt in at 24- 1 . 4 ; Bank of New Zealand at 19 ; Imperial Bank at 284 - A Oriental Bank at 47/ ; General Credit' at 4 4 ; National Discount Company at 131 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 14 141. The Scrip of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company is quoted 14 2 prem., and the Pasha of Egypt's New Loan Scrip 4 14 prem. The subscription list of the Mineral Rights' A 1330- elation was closed yesterday afternoon, and the number of shares applied for was nearly 40,000. l'he allotment will be made in a few days. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, GOVERNBIEN'T FUNDS. u per Cent. Consols Do. Ac coun t , M ay 9 B6l 1 3 per Cent. Reduced B4l I. I 14 ,ew 3 per Cent B4l i 41 ew 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — -1)0 • 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 y N expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yie, r expire sth April;lBBs — Do (Red Sea. Telegraph), Aug., 1908-If—arch. J une dis . 5 4eilegtior Bills, £1,000,3 p er Cent. 3 Do. £5OO B 0 £lOO and £2OO D 0243 13a 01 England Stock, 5 per Cent lA. A.ccount t 4,41)4x 0.0x1v., T SECURITIES. 41 , dian st oc ve. Iteco k, u - n i t olP l e E r N Cent., AprillB7l 212 DoDo. 5 Per C en t . J u l y, 1870 1 , 4 per Cent , Oct. 1888 .-,0. per _ 1.,;(2,• Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent .°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 `',,c). D ebr Cent., May 1879 107; 1-,(3. , 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ _ Do. Bonds, £l,OOO 1) 0. under £l,OOO Pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republi c , 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — 11 razilia n 5 per Cpm rian Bonds,entpe 5 r Cent, 1859 94-} Do. 11 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ............ Do. 1863 ..................... Do. • 1863 1 1 Do. Scrip, £45 pa id 7 1 b uertos Ayres 6 pe r C en t 32 4 I 3 - die ad .„130 .£l(0 Bonds ,-"„? 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 p er C en t . ) -. on 6 per Cent •', l O Scrip, £25 paid ~ uo. 41. per Cent telombian 6 per Cent. lillbal, 6 per Cent 0 11 ' 811 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities %lA% Account ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t o . 0., P rovisional Land Warrant li Ptia ll 7 per Cent -,0. r•• - , 7 iecond Issue 4-'0 £lOO Bonds 93 21 " n ° £IO Do. 1861 BB 1 0 Bonds 131,°0. Government Railway Debentures — die tir iu i. • £35 paid .17 4 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons , 0. Coupons Dol4 5 per Cent 1865 ; Account k te .• Marernmana Railway — ej le ati. 3 per Cent , D o 1861 _ kr 6 per Cent. Anglo-French _l, _ntevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid ••••Lootio, hew .. Imperial 5 per Cent ...Granada uo 9 ,-, Is) - p er Cent e r , 1) .,. eferred 1) 0 - 'lanci Warrants (Hectares) D° 6Aler Cent, 1864 — Pe v riaranteed, 4 per Cent I) ' 44 5 per Cent., 1865 G4l b° Account 641 . 6 ( u :s 3 per C ent. (Uribarren) — b n 4 1 Per Cent., 1862 b e It gUese 3 p er C ont., 1853 451 b o 3Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, - 7. lit, A p ccount .11 8 0 ' 411 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St Da 4 i Per C ent. 1850 .1)0!1 Per C ent., 1860 B 0 ' 5 Per Cent. 185 9 Nadi 5 Per Cent. 1862 Per C ent. 1861 B9l 90 891 n :I . anish . 3 Ce nt ° . c per Cent ✓ „Z t i count No w Deferred . Do • a cco unt - u 0 BPassive Accountl3l,4° 1,148 h Crt. of Coup not funded .u 0 Account Wedikdi 4 D o 41 Per Cent. _ A arki,,-o,,Per Cent. 1864 13 0 - A " u Per Cent. 1854 _ J 3 ., '''ccolint 88 00 A per Cent. 1858 b e Ac count bo flOO Bonds 1) Per Cent. 1862 ,0 Account 64 4.6)°,, 4100 Bonds 651 6 t o " , 6 per Cent., 1863 0 " Per Cent, 1865, paid up Scrip — &loci A.ecuut 331 4 31 Veoe'zitPier Per Guaranteed Ditt."`a 3 Per Cent. il ~,., account t,`, : u Per Cen• t•, 1862 — 4e count 1 , 1) 0 -uo. i t • 1864 34 z Per Cent — 1),,,.0:, Di •vld - enas on the a b ove p a y a bl e i n L on d on . ••,. 21 D o 4 %re , ( "Ant., Ex. 12 Gail olo t , i Per Cent. CercaLes 931 . eti li,entes 3 per Cent. 'quar k 5 bp Per Cent., 1861 , Ex. 25f. A ecQunt 4 TWO O'CLOCK. t 0 -, 1180 1 , 8 f 4,1 0. or no _Jney 86 s/409411t. ~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ..--_---- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing i Business Share ! Railways. I paid.) r r i oe. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ..... 'Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. &London, bcrip Certi.i 89 91 127 228 55 85 13 15 4 6 87 70 70 72 127 k Do. Glasgow ez S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 2) 15 (1' 114 116 40 4t , Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock 121 121 1 7 133 Do. New, is. at 25 pn' GtS, and IV. of Ireland Gt. Western Do. S. Val. Rail gua.l t7l 53i Do. South Do. IV. Mid.— Oxtordl 57 69 39 11 34 31 101 I C2 I :211 Do. Newport Do. Hereford . Lanciahire &Yorkshire; London and Black wall .Lon., Brigh., & S Coast' Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New S 5 97 29 :32 1201 12111 92 93 61 63 1 133/ 1331, 2 1 3 1 * 1 11'1 94 Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. Do. do. de. Do. and St. John's W'd Mid and Do. £9 Share 122 /I 1 12 ; 4 92 J 4 , Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purcham Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... t 7 68 6. 27 1181 109 j 71 72 ICBi 109 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Ea stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale 3.54 sail Ics I 1 V 122 121 1 2p, 1 21 74 7 6 108 112 119 351 , 66 68 49 51 744 75 Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whlteha West Cornwall 40; 1 5 1 1 , 2"1 $ 1 9i 3 t 14 211 lit 131 i 4 01 i 93 2 123} } 1091 8 9 140 143 2 34, 100 103 51 53 75 4 • BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic & St. Lawrence all 55 57 at Bom.,Baroda. t Cen.ln. 100 102 103 gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. F shares 8 p o 204 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 54 61 51 10 Do. Preference all 94 104 too Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. ••• • • ltr° 76 80 at Calcutta &S. E., Urn lOO 96 98 st care Town & Dock, gu lOO 65 70 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• all 100 102 It East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 /02 1011 at East Indian, gu. 5 P.C. 100 102 103 1024 20 Do. J Extension 15 et Grand Trunkof Canada 100 %9 31 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 85 87 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 63 C 6 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 2d Prd. Bonds all 57 59 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 45 49 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stocic all 30 33 100 Do. do. deterred at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c tOo 109 110 109 81 20 'o. Gus. 5 per cent l6 14 2 p 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 14 2 p at Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent at DJ. 44 per cent lov 91 93 204 Great Wes. of Canada all 151 16 154 f ; 204 Da. New .. ...... 18 5 41 100 Do. 6p. 0. Bds. pay. 1873 all 94 eti 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all 83 t 5 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 1 4 0 at Madras, gua. 5 p.c at Do. 41 do lOO 90 92 at Do. 44 do lOO 86 88 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 9 2 at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay all 62 64 at N.RlArda,6polStpf.b9 lOO 8' 82 at Scinde 100 99 100 at Do. Delhi 1 d too 98 go 98 1 1 2 Do. do 2., st o Do. Punjaub.... p-12. 100 97 99 at Do.lndua 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872.... 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. a Feb. & Aug 1:0 90 14 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 90 94 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 7 t 80 Do. 5p c. Inscribed ak 100 77 SO Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 101 I ) o.Apl.&Oct • 1890-1900 100 105 107 Do. do' 1880-9,• 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9: 100 102 104 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1000 lOO 90 az Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c. 100 102 101 Do. 1878, do. 100 106 1 8 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1378 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. i! 101 104 (06 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug l.OO 1(2 104 Natal , iov. 6 per cent DO 100 102 M.8.G0v.6p.c...Ta.&J ul) 100 93 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,186t 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189.: 100 874 88,: 874 8 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 95 Do. 5 per cent.. Nova Soutia Gov. 6p. 0 sterling, 1875 l9O f 8 103 97 queensland Gov. 6p. C lOO 98 100 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. la &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1021 1031 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lim 1 - - - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 14 16 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 540 580 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 i I - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 21 23 - East Caradon 2.14.0 8 9 34 - East earn Brea 3l 31 45 . - Kast Grenville 2.14.0 4 - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 5 4 - East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.6 3 31 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great Laxey, limited all 20 21 21 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 * 14 - Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 14 - G. Wheal Vor (Blelst.n) 40 25 26 255 - Grenville 8.18.0 35 34 - Hcrod's Foot .... 8.10.0 33 40 - (lingston Downs ...... 5.10 .6 44 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 - Marie Valley 4.10.6 4 44 4 Awyndy iron Ore, Um 22 24 14c1 - New Sewn - N or th Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan 4.4.0 1 _ Nproorstphe-Wr uhleitgeCdr.o.f.t.y 7 2..1 1. 3 6 .0 1 1 - Providence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 32 34 - S. Caradon (St . Cleer) l5 375 400 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 If 2 - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 36. 18.1 1 8 5: 9 6 1 4 5 20 6 - • Stray Park - Tin Croft 9 13 15 5 Vigra and Clogan, HM all 3 5 -- West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (LAskeard 9 8 9 - West Chirerton ll 725 774 - West Seton 475 135 145 134 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 55 SO 85 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 20 22 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 b - Wheal Seton - Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 13 15 YILEFERENtIN Great Western, 4 per cent irred 80* (it-Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2cl guaranteed stoCk, 11i Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Btristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 41 per cent. irred.. 08 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 41 per cent., rd., 951 North Staffordshire, 21 PREFEnENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c., 41 per cent., 1865, 92 London, Chatham, &c., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 641 4 LAUE 6. mum UN RAIL WAYS Bahia and San Francisco, 11,n., gua. 7 per cent„ 15 Great Luxembourg, 14} Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 7} FOREIGN MrNicp. Chontales Gold and Silver !dining, 3 i 21 i Washoe Gold, lim., 21 1 BANKS. Alliance. lim., 211 1 Anglo Austrian, 51 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 11 Bank of British Columbia, 211 Bank of New Zealand, 19 British and Californian, lira., 41 Chartered &Ter. of India, London, and China, 40 City, 201 Consolidated Bank, lim., 9; it English and Swedish, lim., 13 wuropean Bank, lim., 88 , Imperial Bank, lim., 288 Imperial Ottoman, 101 11 Ditto. new, 10 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Urn., 12/ London and County, 77 8 7/ London Joint Stock, 461 London and South African, 15 London and 11 cstminster, 964 oriental Bank Corporation, 471 Union of Australia, 521 Union of London, 511 2 18 MISCELLANEOUB. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, hua., t. Consolidated Discount. Urn , 5 Credit Fancier and blobilier of England, 61 Ditto, new. 6k _ . Credit Fonder of Mauritius, 11m., 7 Ebbw Vale, if Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 2; 31 Gen. Credit and Fins 11 of London, Hui.. 9 k I Hudson's Bay, le k imperial Mercantile Credit Asso.. lim.. 2a a International Financial society, lim., 4{ Land Securities, lim., 3 National Discount iompany, 13} Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., A4l 14 Ditto (all), 8} Universal Marine. Insurance, lim., 3} APPREHENSION OF AN ABSCONDING CASHIER.--It was stated some time since that defalcations on the Worcester Savings Bank to the amount of between .£4,000 and £5,000 had been discovered, and that the supposed culprit was Benjamin Bolton Wilkins, the cashier, wh o l e ft Worcester suddenly in August last. Detective White house was despatched to New York in pursuit. R e l e ft Liverpool on the 21st of March, arrived in New York on the 2d inst., apprehended Wilkins on the 4th, started for England the same den arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning, and reached Worcester the game evening. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVtNING-, APRIL 17, 1866. ‘Din t giroi 44. HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Monday. The Rev. G. Prothero performed the service yes terday morning at Osborne before her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were also present. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice attended the service at Whippingham Church. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Monday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with his Highness the Prince of Teck, attended by Major Grey and Lord Alfred Paget, proceeded to King's Lynn this morning, by the 11 o'clock train. The prince's yacht, the Dagmar, Lord Alfred Paget commander, arrived in the Lynn Roads yes terday, and the tender was brought up to Lynn, for the purpose of taking his royal highness on board. The royal party drove to the ferry landing, and embarked on board the screw tender, which at once proceeded through the Norfork Estuary into the Wash. His royal highness is expected to return this evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary, attended by Colonel Home Purvcs, returned to town from Sandringham to-day. The Prince of Roumania. Prince Charles of Hohenzollern- Sigmarin gen , who has been elected to rule the Principalities of Wal lachia and Moldavia as Prince (or Hospodar) of Roumania, in the room of the deposed Prince Couza, is second son of Prince Charles Antoine, the head of the house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who, it will be remembered, renounced his rights in favour of the late King of Prussia in 1849, receiving the prerogatives of a puisne prince of the Royal House, and who as late as 1861 was, in his own person only, raised to the rank of royal highness. The new rulers chosen for the Principalities is the issue of the marriage of his father to Josephine-Frederica Louise, daughter of the late Grand Duke Charles Louis Frederic of Baden, and is now within a few days of completing his 27th year, having been born on April 20, 1839. The baptismal names given to his highness were Charles Eitel Frederick Zephyrin Louis. He is at present in the Prussian military service as an officer of the 2nd Regiment of Dragoons. His highness has three brothers— Prince Leopold (the heir to the family honours), Prince Antoine, and Prince Frederick ; also a sister, the Princess Marie. The new prince is con nected with the reigning family of France ; his aunt, the Princess Frederica-Wilhelmina, having married, in 1844, Joachim Napoleon Marquis Pepoli, grandson of the King of Naples, Joachim Murat. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi entertained on Sunday evening a small circle to dinner. Among the guests entertained wer e — The Earl and Countess Granville, Prince Gortchacow, the Portuguese Minister, Count Pahlen, Baron de Baude, Marquis de la Force, Mr. Edward Erskine, and Mr. Henry Greville. The Earl and Countess of Westmorland have left'the St. George's Hotel. The Eail and Countess of Dudley have left their residence, Dudley House, Park-lane, for the Continent. The earl and countess are expected to return to town about the middle of May. The Countess Poulett has arrived at her house in Hanover-square, from Paris. Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton received at dinner last evening, at their residence in St. James's square, his Excellency the French Ambassador, his Ex cellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bern storff and Countess Theresa Bernstorff, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchioness Towashend, Viscount St. Asaph, Lord and Lady Lyve den, Baron and Baroness Ferdinand de Rothschild, Sir Coutts and Lady Lindsay, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Col. North, M.P., Mr. Courtenay, Mr. G. Howard, Mrs. Ford, &c. Lady Taunton gave her second dance last night at the family residence in Belgrave-square. A very largo circlo of friends responded to her ladyship's invi tations. Lord and Lady de Lisle and Dudley and the lion. Mr. Foley, M.P., havo arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Lady Townshend Farquhar's dances are fixed to take place on the 7th and 14th of May. Lord Llanover has arrived in town from Llan over, South Wales. Herr Pauer has received the decoration of court musician from the Emperor of Austria. M. Felicien David, who was reported ill at Mos cow, has just returned to Paris in good health. There is to be an International Exhibition of Works of Fine Art at Berlin ; to remain open from the 2d of September to the 4th of November next. It is said that Mr. Wells, the portrait painter, and Mr. Joseph Durham the sculptor, will bo elected to two of the vacant associateships. A contemporary is mistaken in announcing Benedict's oratorio, " St. Peter," for this year's Norwich Festival. The new composition which that gentleman is preparing for the occasion is of a serious, though not of a Biblical character, and lies within a smaller compass.— Athenmum. The Era says the first hundred nights of the " Africaine" in Paris have produced the sum of 1,060,000 f. The authors, being paid at the rate of 500 f. per night, re ceived 50,000 f. The tax levied for the poor of Paris is the eleventh part of the receipts, and consequently will roach the large sum of 96,364 f.---nearly £4,000. _ . At a grand dinner recently given by the homoeo pathic doctors of Paris, it was announced that a universal congress of all the followers of Hahnemann will take place in 1867, and that all works bearing on this system of the rapeutics will be exhibited at the Grande Exposition of the Champ do Mars. M. Gustave Dore and M. Nadar have joined the committee of subscribers to the testimonial to Mr. George Cruikshank, while MM. E. Fournier and F. Michel re present French literature in the same body. Mr. Byron has a new comedy, in three acts, nearly ready for representation at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, where Mr. Robertson's comedy of " Society " still holds its own, having been played nightly for 22 weeks. M. Henri de Coene, a Belgian genre painter of some note, the son of an equally celebrated artist, died a few days ago at Brussels, aged sixty-seven. M. Gustave Dore has now finished his illustra tions, 30 in number, for Tennyson's " Idylls of the King.' They will be engraved in London. Mr. Webster announces two of the popular operettas of M. Offenbach —" Crying Jenny and Laughing Johnny," and "La Belle Helene," at the Ade]phi. GARIBALDI AND GREECE.—The Diritto publishes the following letter from Garibaldi in reply to an address from the Democratic Society of Greece :—" Caprera, April 10, 1866. —My dear friends, —I not only agree to belong to your society, but I am grateful for the confidence you re pose in me. I will serve the cause of Greece with the same devotion as that of my own country, and I regard you as brothers. Let the ancient classic land of Lepolnideaisnshyaokuer off the yoke of its oppressors, and th e brightest day of my l r i a f n e k w a. ill b l e v t i h th at i a n ffe w n h u i n c n h l an a d m a g b r l a e ti t t o nd ta e k , take am, acac., G. GARIBALDI. —T. o my friends in Greece." THE GUILDHALL EXHIBITION—CLOSING CERE MONY. —A meeting of the committee of management was held last night in the Guildhall, to, complete the arrange ments to be observed on the occasion of the closing cere monial, which takes place this afternoon. As already an nounced, Mr. George Peabody will officiate in the distri bution of prizes to the exhibitors—the Lord Mayor pre siding on the occasion. There will be music from half past 2 till 4 p.m., when the Lord Mayor will introduce Mr. Peabody, the band playing " Hail,Columbia." The secre tary will then read the report, after which the presenta tions of prizes will take place, followed by " Auld Lang Syne," by the band and chorus. A vote of thanks will then be proposed to the Lord Mayor and Mr. Peabody, succeeded by a prayer and doxology, the proceedings ter minating with the " National Anthem." There will be a musical performance in the evening, and at 10 o'clock the doors of the exhibition will finally close. THE ADVANCE OF WAGES MOVEMENT.—The journeymen tailors of Edinburgh have resumed work, after a three weeks' strike, at an advance of 15 per cent, on their former rates of wages. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Friday, April 20, a special settling day in the shares of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, Limited, and which are to be marked in the official list. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. ;Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Smith, Shee, and Lush. KNOWLE V. NUNN-DISEASED MEAT. In this case the Plaintiff . , a farmer near Leeds, brought an action to recover damages for the loss which he sustained through the death of five bullocks. It appeared that the plaintiff purchased six bullocks from the defendant, who gave him a warranty that the bullocks were free from disease, but instead of being as he stated at the time of the sale 14 days in his possession, they had beosu purchased only 4 days previously at Leeds market, and had boon brought from the Newcastle market, where as it was well known, the cattle plague prevailed at the time. Two of the bullocks were diseased, and commu nicated the plague to bullocks of the plaintiff, five of which died. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Keating and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for £3O, being the value of only two of the bullocks, but the learned judge gave plaintiff permission to move for a rule to have the amount awarded increased to £231 10s. 4d. Mr. Maufsty, Q.C., appeared in support of the rule nisi, which was granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. --+-- 130 W-S MEET. CHARGE OF FORGERY.—A respectably-dressed man, named Griffiths, was placed at the bar, charged with 'orgery. From the statement of Mr. Mullins, the solicitor, it ap peared that the prisoner was formerly in the service of Messrs. Boone, Gould, and Co., publishers, Bouverie street, and the cheque in question was originally drawn in 1862, by a lady named Phillipson. The fact that the forgery was not discovered until the present time was occasioned by the lady residing in the country and her banker's book not having been made up until 1866. The cheque was originally drawn in favour of Messrs. Boone, Gould, and Co., in payment for a book, the price of which was £3 3s. The cheque it is supposed came into the prisoner's posses sion, as he had access to the letters as they arrived from the Post-office early in the morning. A re ceipt was produced on the part of Miss Phillipson purporting to be that of Messrs. Boone and Gould for her account. The endorsement on the cheque and the writing on the back of the bank notes was supposed to be that of the prisoner. He had obtained £33 3s. for the cheque by inserting an additional igure 3 before that originally written in the cheque by Miss Phillipsen. He was remanded. WESTMINSTER. FRIGHTFUL CASE AND VERY. PECULIAR RESULT.—John Godwin, a man who has been two or three times convicted for assaulting his wife, was this morning charged with assaulting and wounding her in several places. Mrs. Sarah Balleford, mother of the accused's wife, said that she had been wounded in the head in many places, and came to her yesterday afternoon covered with blood, when she put her into a cab, and, after calling at the police-station, conveyed her to St. George's Hospital. She had before this complained of her husband ill-using her, and witness went to their lodgings yesterday after noon to give her the money to procure a warrant against him, immediately after which the attack which gave rise to the present charge was commenced. James Brooke, 34 B, said that after accompanying the prosecutrix to the hospital he went to apprehend her husband. He found a pool of blood inside the door and a shovel, the edge of which was covered with blood and hair, and corresponded with wounds on the woman's head. The wife left the hospital without the consent of the surgeon. A woman here exclaimed, " The wife is present." Mr. Arnold said ho would hear her account, but instead of giving it she turned out of the witness-box exclaiming, "Let him come home." Mr. Arnold—l must insist upon your telling me what your husband did to you ? The Wife—l don't know, perhaps he didn't do anything. Let him come home ? Mr. Arnold—l must hear from you how this occurred. You have wounds on the head. The Wife—l dare say I got them myself. I don't know anything about it. It is no good asking me. I have got nothing to say. Mr. Arnold—You have seen the shovel produced, with human hair and blood upon it. The Wife.—That's not the shovel it was done with at all. Mr. Arnold.—Which was? The Wife.—l don't know, I suppose I fell upod a shovel. I don't know anything about it. Mr. Arnold (to the wife's mother) —And your daughter yesterday gave you a clear account of how this occurred ? The Mother.—She did. Mr. Arnold (to the wife). —I shall not bo trifled with. Will you tell me how it occurred ? The Wife.-1 don't know anything about it. Mr. Arnold.—The prisoner is remanded for a week, and I shall commit the wife until the same time to the House Detention for refusing to give evidence. THAMES. ASSAULT ON. A .POLICEMAN.—John Brand, a stout and powerful German, a cigar maker, of 22, Greenfield-street, Commercial-road, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting John Turner, a policeman. At ono o'clock this morning the prisoner was in com pany with two females in Greenfield-street and making a disturbance. The policeman requested the prisoner to be quiet, and leave the place. The prisoner resented this and used very foul language. He threatened to strike the con stable, and said he was close to his own door, and would do as he pleased. The constable did not wish to provoke so irritable a man, and walked away. After going round his beat he returned to Enfield-street, and saw the prisoner and the disorderly women on the same spot, and making a disturbance. He again request l ed him to depart. The prisoner would not, and repeated his threats and bad language. Turner then made an attempt to take the prisoner into custody, and the prisoner made a blow at his face, which the constable parried, and it fell on his breast. The constable attempted to secure the prisoner, who made a second blow at him, and that was also parried. Another constable named Dillon, No. 210 H, who was not on duty, got out of his bed on hearing the disturbance, and assisted in taking the prisoner into custody. Mr. Paget fined the prisoner 405., which he paid. John Berrey was n-,xt sentenced to one month's im prisonment, for a violent assault on Stedman Nicholls, a constable. CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—PatIiCk and Mary Kelly, rough-looking, desperate Irish couple, were charged with unlawfully wounding Mary Daly, of No. 2, Turner's court, Robin Hood-lane. The female prisoner and the'prosecutrix quarrelled on Christmas-day last, and some blows wore then exchanged between them. Mrs. Kelly had not suffered the sun to go down upon her wrath, bat often v3wed revenge, which she attempted to put in force last night. She entered the abode of the prosecutrix, and cut her face and nose with a teapot. The male prisoner then made his appearance, and said he would stab any one who struck his wife. He then took a knife from his pocket, and cut Mrs. Daly across the wrist. The injured woman was fearfully wounded and was carried to a surgery, where her wounds were dressed. Her arm was in a sling, and there was a surgical plaister across her noise. The defence was that Mrs. Daly had some time ago struck Mrs. Kelly's father. The prisoners were remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THROWING CAYENNE PEPPER IN A BARMAID'S FACE. — Josiah Silverstone, porter, of No. 17, Dnke-street, Man chester-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Amelia Edmonds, barmaid at the Flying Horse, No. 2, Oxford-street, by throwing cayenne pepper in her face. The complainant said—The prisoner last night came into our house and was, served with a glass of ale. He then lit his pipe, and afterwards set light to a piece of paper containing cayenne pepper and sulphur. I went round the bar to take it from the prisoner, when he threw the contents of the paper . into my f ace , some o f it go i ng into great pain. The prisoner afterwards sorry, and that he had been sent to do it. It is t h e third time it has boon done— my eyes, said id a and that causing by prisoner before , but by others whom I have seen with him. It has caused the customers to leave the house. ca he sm vi g as m verye Police-constable Richard Smith, 742 A, said--I was ealled to No. 2, Oxford-street to take the prisoner into cus tody for throwing cayenne pepper into the complainant's face. He said he was sorry for it, but it was given to him by a gentleman outside the house. The prisoner—l have no questions to ask. lam sorry for it. Mr. T yrw hitt—That is no answer to th e c h arge , an d I consider the man who is hired to do such an act baser than the ono who sets Lim on. It is a mean and petty way of injuring some poor girl. You are a base fellow, and you will go to prison with hard labour for a month. ELECTION COMMITTEES—This Day. The proceedings in the cases of Maidstone, Horsham, Bridgwater, and Nottingham were resumed this morning. NEW LONDON CA UE CRES.—Monday, May 7, has been fixed for the consecration• of St. Saviour's Church, which has been erected for a very destitute por tion of the parish of Iroxton. After the ceremony of con secration the new building will become the parish church, wholly free, for about 8,000 souls of the labouring, artisan, and warehousemen class. The Rev. J. T. Jeffcock, M.A., of Oriel College, Oxford, formerly curate of Swaffham, Norfolk, will be the first incumbent of the new church and district. A now church, to be dedicated to St. Cyprian, is to be erected in Park-street, St. Marylebone, for a district to be erected out of that parish. The Rev. Charles Gut* 8.D., of Sidney Sussex College, Cam bridge, curate of All Saints, Margaret-street, will be the first incumbent. HORRIBLE MURDER IN DRURY-L &NE. (THIS DAY.) ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. This morning another horrible crimo was added to the list which it has been our painful duty to publish during the last few days. In this case the parties are in the lower walk of life, and inhabited a small room in one of the courts in Drury-lane. The scene of the murder is Feather's court, a cul de sac, containing about a dozen houses, the majority of which are let out in single rooms to those whose necg . ssitics compel them accept that mode of living, and and a public house called the Blue Anchor. About half-past six this morning the terrible discovery was made that a married woman named Mary Whitley, a resident at No. 8, Feathers-court, .had been brutally murdered, and on the police entering the hou se th e body, of the unfortunate woman was found lying in a pool of blood in the passage, her head resting ou the bottom of the stairs. The constables proceeded up-stairs, and on going into the front room on the third floor they there ieund the body of a man named James Whitley, the hus band of the murdered woman, lying bathed in blood, which was flowing from a deep wound in the throat. The divisional surgeon of the, F Division of police was immediately sent for, and on his arrival an examination of both the man and his wife was made. The woman was quite dead, and on her throat there was a dreadful punctured wound, which, without doubt, was the cause of death. The man was not dead, although the wound on his throat was so deep and severe that recovery is altogether out of the question. The wound was a clean sharp cut across the throat, similar to that which would be produced by a razor or some such keen instrument. Dr. Harvey did all that was possible at the moment, and without the least delay the man was con veyed to King's College Hospital, where he lies until death, which is certain to follow, takes place. A strict search has been made in the room and a clasp knife covered with blood has been found, and this without doubt is the instrument by which the fearful deeds have been committed. No particular noise was heard to proceed from the room the Whitleys occupied that morning, so that the inference to be drawn is that some quarrel had taken place between the man and his wife previous to his going to work, and that he hadcut her throat during the quarrel, and then made a desperate attempt at self-destruction. The two led a very unhappy life, and tho quarrels between them were very frequent. Early on Saturday morning last there was a very serious disagreement between them, and the woman on that occasion shouted " Murder," but as that was by no means an unusual cry in the neighbourhood, the other lodgers took no notice of the circumstance, and slept on until their usual hour of rising. It then became known that the husband had threatened to "do" for his wife, but his threat was looked upon as that of an angry man, and one that was not so near its realisation as .has turned out. Another shocking matter in the tragedy is, that there are seven children left, of the respective ages of 3,5, 6,9, 10, 11, and 17. Five of the children have been taken to tho Strand Union, and the other two, as they expressed a wish to be conveyed to their uncle's residence, have been con veyed thither. Whitley was a bricklayer, doing a small business on his own account. The murderer, it is said in the neighbourhood, has been excited to the commission of the crime by feelings of jealousy. The age of the man 'was 43, and the woman 38. On arriving at King's College Hospital at noon to-day, our reporter was informed that the man was, to the astonishment of the surgeons of the establishment, still alive, although recovery was beyond all hope. The body of the unfortunate woman has been conveyed to the dead-house of St. Mary-le-Strand, where it awaits a coroner's inquest. DEATH OF THE MURDERER. The man Whitley died from his wounds to-day at a quarter before 1. MARKETS.---This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. Demand inactive. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load. A moderate inquiry. WnTrEcHAPEL.L3leadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 188 to £2 5s per load. Trado slow. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has remained very dull, the trade having deferred their operations until the public sales, which commence to-day. SUGAR.—The market continues dull, and prices gene rally are unchanged. Refined goods, however, are in better request, and, in some instances, command a slight advance. COFFEE.—Thero has been a fair enquiry, and superior descriptions of Ceylon fully maintain previous quotations. RICE.—A very limited business has been reported, and pries have'shown no material variation. TALLOW.—The tallow market has been very steady throughout the past week, with a fair business doing, chiefly to close contracts for April to June, there has been -a good demand for forward periods, the lust three months being most in favour; but the importers have not been ready to satisfy the wants of buyers at current rates. On the spot, the trade demand is light, owing to the greater abundance of the home make. Last week's prices are well maintained at 48s 3d ; spot, 48s ; April to June, 48s 6d ; June, 49s 6d ; October to December, town tallow, 465, nett cash. Australian beef, 475; Odessa boef, 47s 6d. France and the German Question. PARIS, April 15. The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes the fol lowing article, signed by M. Paulin Limayrac, upon the position of France, considered with reference to the probability of war between Austria and Prussia : " Let us examine the present state of things with calm, and reflection, particularly in so far as it con cerns France. " It would be useless to disguise that Europe fears a crisis. Now, any impending war may affect a country by exposing it either to general or particu lar dangers. The latter, which are by far the most' serious, only threaten the Powers directly engaged in conflict. General dangers exist for the States who have not to take part in the struggle ; and this would be the position of France in the event of the outbreak of war between Austria and Prussia. " The effects of war in Europe are felt much more now than in times past, even by the nations keeping aloof from hostilities. Such is the inevit able consequence of the more frequent communica tion, stronger bonds of connexion, and stricter soli darity which 50 years of peace, the march of ideas, and the immense development of international com merce have established between all nations. " It does not therefore depend upon the Empe ror's Government that France should be spared her share in the general effects of a war which might arise in Germany. Whatever legitimate influence it may possess, this Government has not the means of preventing war everywhere and at all times. It is given to no person in the world to suppress all passions, restrain all ambitions, and resolve all difficul ties. "The Emperor's Government, in the affair of the Elbe Duchies, as in all matters in which it has no part, had only the right to give counsel and offer friendly observations. It did not fail to intervene in that manner and within those limits ; it did so with zeal and loyalty, and recommended every means for a peaceful settlement. " In order, also, to be better listened to, the E m .. peror's Government always preserved and has main tained a strict neutrality upon that question. It took part neither for nor against Austria or Prussia. It never addressed either Power, except on behalf of European order, nationalities, and the universal in terests demanding the maintenance of peace. " With greater reason, it gave no encouragement on either side to ideas of war. Nothing in its atti tude, in its acts, or in its language, authorised Aus tria or Prussia to suppose that it viewed the com mencement of hostilities with any other sentiments than those which it professed at the London Con ference and elsewhere, since the question of the Duchies arose, and which may be expressed by an earnest desire not to see Europe disturbed by this question. " The Emperoes Government has thus well served the interests of the country—first, by doing all in its power to remove the idea of war, and then, by securing France, should war unhappily be inevit able, in a position which places her aloof from the conflict. In a word, if war broke out, France, like all neutral Powers, would only have to suffer the general effects of the war, and would not be exposed to the particular dangers reserved for the Powers so placed as to be drawn into participation in hostili ties. "These simple observations will suffice to show the exaggerated nature of the panic which has reigned in the world of business during the last two days. Is it, besides, absolutely certain at present that we shall have the war, the sole prospect of which causes so much uneasiness ? If some symp toms show it to be imminent, are there not others which appear to form an obstacle, and are these less significative ? Do they not, on the contrary, prove that the two parties confronting each other have a consciousness of the terrible responsibility assumed by him who should make the attack ? Does there not everywhere exist an extreme solicitude in de monstrating the reasons which militate against war ? " Let it be observed with what care Austria and Prussia seek to cast upon each other the responsi bility of provocation, and determination to cause a conflict. Let us also bear in mind the multiplied efforts of the minor States to prevent collision, and the manifestations in favour of peace made by nu merous meetings in all parts. Finally, we must not forget the steps which are being taken by the great Powers of Europe, who, although neutral, are not ' indifferent. The state of affairs is not therefore desperate. In any case it is not, for France parti cularly, of a nature to justify the alarm that we have witnessed. It is unworthy of a great country to put on these frightened airs, and drive allinterests into a disastrous flight by cries of ' Sauve qui pent!' More confidence and calm would better become France, who cannot forget the wisdom and modera tion displayed in all the European crises by the So vereign who for the last 15 years bas presided over her destiny." TEE NORTHUMBERLAND. MILLWALL, MONDAY AFTERNOON. It was arranged that the groat attempt should be made this afternoon at half-past 2 to launch the Northumber land, and thousands of persons embarked on board the different river steam-boats to witness the attempt. Un fortunately their curiosity was not gratified, as owing to the lashings of the after starboard camel not being perfected the directors were compelled to forego the attempt to get the Northumberland afloat. The Admiralty had sent two powerful steamers, and early in the morning it was confidently expected that success would attend the exertions of all, but such was not the case. It cannot be said that failure of any de scription occurred to-day, the failure being simply that owing to the cause above stated, no actual attempt to move the huge vessel took place. It is fully expected that by to-morrow afternoon all will be complete, when the great attempt will be made. The disappointment to the thousands of persons who hadavailed themselves, and that too to a dangerous extent, of the Greenwich steamboats to witness the launch, was extreme, especially as many of them had to endure for hours the pelting of the rain and a biting cutting wind from the south-east. MR. GEORGE PEABODY. Mr. Mayall, the eminent photographer, of Regent-street, has just completed a life-size portrait of this eminent gen tleman, which has been taken and coloured expressly for the purpose of presentation by Mr. Peabody to the Institute bearing his name in Danvers, Massachusetts. The positive is a most extraordinary one, it having been printed life-size from a negative no larger than half-a-crown. This operation is performed precisely as we enlarge subjects in the magic lanthorn, the large sheet of prepared paper being just as sympathic as the smaller ones, the only difficulty being in surmounting the supply of light, because as the picture enlarges the rays ;of light become less powerful. However, all the difficulties have been surmounted, and within one fortnight Mr. Mayall has pro duced a painting, and at the same time, a likeness which all who have the good fortune to look upon must be ac knowle to be a perfect triumph of art. Such is the plea sure of the eminent gentleman, whose directions have thus been carried out, that he has ordered a duplicate copy for presentation to another institution, in which he takes a lively interest, in America. DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF A CHILD AT WATER- Loo Sunday afternoon one of the female assistants at the refreshment rooms on tho Windsor plat form of the Waterloo railway station found a small paper parcel in one of the water-closets adjoining the ladies' waiting room, and upon an examination the parcel was found to contain the dead body of a fine newly-born male infant. There was a dark-coloured mark under one of the eyes of the child, as if it had suffered from violence. The body was transferred to the charge of a constable to await an inquiry. TERRIBLE CRIME AT GATESHEAD.—On Saturday great excitement prevailed in Gateshead owing to the dis covery of a shocking murder of a little girl named Sarah Melvin, five years of age, on the previous night. The body was discovered lying by the roadside at Caw's-hill, the hands being tied together and a rope fastened tightly round the neck. A subsequent examination showed that a most diabolical outrage had been committed on the child, which was last seen alive some five hours before the dis covery of the body on Friday night. From a variety of circumstances it is concluded that the outrage and murder were perpetrated elsewhere than at the place where the body was found. The police have of course taken the matter in hand, but as yet no discovery has been made. THE DEVONPORT ELECTION PETITION. The Western Morning News believes that it has been decided to abandon the petition which has been presented against the return of Messrs. Ferrand and Fleming. This result is stated to be due to the evident indifference of the gentlemen on whose behalf the petition was, nominally at all events, presented. Mr. Phinn, Q.C., had lately found it was not to his interest to accept a seat in a Parliament in connection with which he was more profitably engaged in other ways ; and Mr. Brassey having now given the cold shoulder to his Devonport friends, for putting upfor Sand wich, it is seen to be useless to proceed, although Mr. Brassey would have been seated if only 19 votes bad been proved to have been illegally given to Mr. Fleming, an easy task indeed, according to the Liberal assertions on the subject. If the disfranchising clause in the Reform Bill is passed, however, the same result will be effected by a more economical and satisfactory process. THE NEW BISHOP OF LIMERICK.—The Very Rev. Dr. Chas. Graves, who has been nominated to the bishopric of Limerick in the room of Dr. Henry Griffin, deceased, was educated at Trinity Coll., Dublin, where he took high academical honours at the time of proceeding to his degree. In due course he became a fellow, and at the present time holds one of the senior fellowships of the college. He has also , been for some years dean of the Chapel Royal in Ire land, first chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant, and chaplain to the household. The diocese of Limerick, over which he will have episcopal jurisdiction, is worth (net) £3,961 a year. The area is 506,222 acres ; population, 172,622 ; benefices, 56 ; perpetual cures, 5. The director of the Italian Opera at Paris has engaged Mdlle. Eugenia Mole, the young Italian artiste with a perfect tenor voice. She will make her debut in the " L'ltalians in Algori" of Rossini, and will take the first tenor's part. The Corsican Brothers," with new scenery, proper lea, and effects, is about to be produced the Lyceum, and the tragedy of "H amlet" is to be performed on the 21st of this month, and repeated some two or three evenings after. Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. The market opens with a steady demand : and with a slightly better feeling in prices, but the quo tations are still a penny below Friday. Sales pro bably 12,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LONDON, April 17.—Wind this day at noon —South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but a little cloudy. FALMOUTH, April 16. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sebas tian, from Matanzas. LIVERPOOL, April 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Princess Dagmar, from Bombay ; Cornelia, from the Cape of Good Hope. ' NEWPORT, April 15.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Perseverant, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, April 16 —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Galatea, from Teignmouth for Quebec ; Duke de Brabant, from Bombay. DARTMOUTH, April 15.—Sailed—Star of tho Ocean, for Ichabol. Munn, April 16.—Wind S.W—Arrived— Besgio Stanton, from Mauritius. PILL, April 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Klasina, for Baltimore. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April 16. Stella (steamer), from Bordeaux Zingra, (steamer), from Alexandria. Arrived, April 17.—Pauliva, from Rostock. T ue sday Mor nin g . DEAL, Passed—Tyne Queen, scr ew steam ror, f r om London, for for the Cardiff; Mary Lister, of Mitford, fm the west, north. The report of the directors to the bond and stock.. holders of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada states that the increase of the gross receipts' for the half-year ending Dec. 31, as compared with the corresponding half of 1864, has been at the rate of 14 per cent., and the increase of the ordinary working expenses 5 per cent. The gross receipts of t h e whole system had been £714,780, the ordinary workbag expenses £395,674, and the whole expen diture for renewals and works £89,689, which leaves a balance of £229,417. The amount due from the company to the postal and military bondholders is adjusted and a dividend paid to August last, and a further dividend at the rate of £1 9s. February l as t d ec l ared. per £lOO to '5.,...~ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING.—MONDAY. Newmarket-heathis generally,in one of the two extreme of mud or dust. To-day it was the latter that gave us a taste of its quality in the early part of _the day, succeeded by rain in the afternoon. The great race of : the meeting— the Two Thousand—hardly excites the usual interest Booked as a certainty for Lord Lyon since the disappear ance of Student from the rank of favourites, speculation on it has been paralyzed, and the belief that the field would be small as it was moderate in quality has made it almost a dead letter in the market. In the Prince of Wales's Stakes, a handicap over the Rowley !tine, Mr. Chaplin's Brownielaw,_who was the fa v6urite, despite evin c i ng signs of temper and boring on hts horses at the finish, Managed t o w i n. There was a close finish between the three placed in tlio Maiden Plate, the favourite natty, a Buccaneer filly, and Primrose finishing a bend anti neck from the Marquis of ilases Prodigal,whicb, comi ng on the victory of the Dukei t n in the Handicap Plate; proves the Danebury stable, to be in form. The rain held up, and the afternoon turned out fine, The Princess of Wales's Stakes of 10G sovs each, h ft, for 4-yr-old fillies, Bst 101 b each; penalties and allowances. One mile, 7 furlongs, N yards. 6 subs. Mr. S. Thelluson's Salliet, Bst 10Ib (Parry) 1 Mr. Merry's Moastissima filly, Bst 101 b (H. Covey) 2 The betting opened at 7 to 4on the Mirstissitna, filly but closed at 5 to 4 on Salliet. The Moostissima filly made the play at a very slow pace across the flat, and to half-way up the bill, where Salli.et came away, and won in a canter by a length. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. One mile 17 yards.. Marquis of Hastings's Tho Duke, 4yrs, Oat Glb (Cannon) 1 Mr. E. Sutton's Elland, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Thomas) 2 Lord Glasgow's Sister to Ascham, 4 yrs, Bst (T. Chal loner) The following also ran :—Attache, Rose, Eakring, Grape-, shot, Arbutus, Chronometer, Tomahawk, Denmark-, 1f0 4 ,-, vine, Boamais, and Nineveh. Betting—Even agst The Duke, 5 to 1 agst Arbutus, 100 to 15 agst Hopvine, and 10 to 1 agst any other (offered). The flag fell to a capital start, and Grapeshot at once went to the front, Chronometer, Arbutus, Tomahawk, El land, and The Duke showing well up in the wake of the leader. The horses ran in compact order to the Bushes, where Grapeshot, Arbutus, and Chronometer gave way, and Elland, closely waited on by The Duke, Sister to Ascham, Tomahawk, and Eakring, took the command. Half way up the cords The Duke made his effort, at once took the lead, and eventually won cleverly by three quarters of a length ; three lengths between second and third; Tomahawk was fourth, Eakring fifth, Arbutus. sixth, and the last three were Denmark, Chronometer, an a l Le Bearnais. The Prince of Wales's Stakes, of 200 sovs, added to a Ilan dolidcaspaonfd2su andps°wvasrdesa.ch, C l e O rt f ai t, n pest n 5 . a. f .t ee e eeee e ee ee e e ee e ee e eeee e e e ee e eeee e ee ee e e ee e yards. Mr. Chaplin's Broomielaw, 4 yrs, 8 L or d Rendlesham's Effervesence 3 yrs, s st 71b (T. Sadler)e 2 Mr. Brayley's Endsleigh, 4 yrs, bst 121 b ........ (Murra 3 Duke of Beaufort's Mr. Pitt , 3 yrs, B st ...,,,,,,(Cannon) 4 The following also ran :—Vandervelde, Pintail,Sister to the Drake, Plutus, Tourmalin, Claverhouse, Loughre% and Vulture. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Pitt, 100 to 15 each a g st Pintail and Vanier_ Betting.-2 to 1 agst Broomielaw , 100 to 30 a gst Loughres veld; 10 to 1 agst Claverhouso, and 100 to 8 agst Eff arves cence. - - - Loughrea cut out the work, the remaining horses, headed by Broomielaw, Endsleigh, Mr. Pitt, Effervescence, and Pintail running well together to the bushes, where Lough rea was beaten, and immediately afterwards Pintail gave way, as did also Plutus and Vandervelde, who had run in good positions to approaching the cords. At this point Endsleigh, who had taken up the running at the bushes, was joined by Broomielaw, Effervescence, and Mr. Pitt, but Broomielaw, although he hung very much, and seemed disposed to give in at every stride, finally won a good race by a neck ; a length and a half between second and third ; head third and fourth. Pintail was fifth, and Plutus headed the pulling up horses, the last pair being Clever house and Vandervelde. Maiden Plate of 50 sous, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Last half of Rowley Mile. Marquis of Hastings's Prodigal (Cannon) 1 Mr. Savile's Primrose (Doylo) 2 fLop',s) Mr. Brewty's Batty (Loales, The following also ran:—Lady Dundas filly, Bonno Fortune, My Love, Helier Skelter, Knight Templar, Molly filly, draba, Bus in Urbe, and Pyrrhic. Betting-11 to 10 agst flatly, 5 to 2 agst Prodigal, a n d 8 to 1 bar two. The lot ran nearly in a line to the Bushes-hill, where Primrose, wide on the right, took a slight lead of Hattv, My Love, Knight Templar, and Prodigal. Half-way uA the cords Primrose was joined by Prodigal and Hatty, and a slashing race home was decided in favour of Prodigal by a neck ; head between second and third. My Love was fourth, Knight Templar fifth, Araba sixth, Rus in Urbe seventh, the last pair being the Molly filly and Pyrrhic. Plate of 50 says for 3-yr-old; ist 41b; 4-yr-olds, Bst 121 b 5-yr-olds and upwards, 9st 31b; mares and geldings al lowed 31b. The winner to be sold for £2OO if demanded, ; if entered to be sold, for £l5O allowed 71b ; if for £100,121b; if for £7O, 161 b. Ditch Mile. Lord Westmoreland's Echo, 5 yrs, 7st 121b(£70) (Morris) 1 Mr. T. Archer's Lightning, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (£7O) (Parry) 2 Mr. John Dawson's Rappel de Minuit, 3 yrs, Est 21b (.£7O) (Cameron) 3 Mr. Chaplin's Willie Sharpe, 3 yrs, Gst alb (£7O) (Murray) 4 Gen. Angerstein's Sister to Willingham g, 3 yrs, Est 21b (.£7O) (Gibbons) Betting-5 to 4on Echo, 4to 1 agst Willie Sharpe, and 5 tolagst Rappel de Minuit. Lightning, with Echo at his girths, made the running to half way up the cords, whore Echo, who appeared in diffi culties a quarter of a mile from home, came again, and won a close race by a neck ; bad third. Mr. Archer claimed Echo, and Lord Westmoreland claimed Lightning. Sweepstakes - of 20 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b ; winners extra. First half of Abingdon Mile. 5 subs. Mr. Chaplin's Problem, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra) (T. Challoner) 1 Baron Rothschild's Water Cure, Bst 71b (J. Daley) 2 Lord Falmouth's Lady Bugle Eye, Bst 71 b . 7 (T. French) 3 Betting-7 to 2on Problem, who made all the running, and won easily by three-quarters of a length. The Spring Stakes of 40 soya each, h ft; '2-yr-olds, 6st 101 b ; 3-yr-olds, Bst 121 b ; fillies allowed 31b ; winners of 300 sous to carry 71b extra. Five furlongs, 140 yards. 10 subs. Marquis of Hastings's King Hal, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Cannon) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Atalante, 2 yrs, Est 71b (Kenyon) 2 Lord Falthouth's Reigning Beauty, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (Hustable) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Atalanta, and 6to 4 ngst King Atalanto showed the way into the "dip," whero King Hal closed with her, and a fino raco home was de cided in favour of the Marquis of Hastings's colt by head ; bad third. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL! Newmarket Ist Spring... 16 Chester I Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Omagh 21 MAY. Ascot Spring „,,„ 1 t psom Summer l5 I Salisbury Bath 8 Manchester Harpenden lO Ascot Summer 29 York Spring JU Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham J &bury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne Curnigh Worcester .................. 29 Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp A 18 I UG. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 S ou thampton 5 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l Vs T. York August 2l Plymouth 23 Lichfield . 27 Devon and. Exeter 24 Derby Su mmer . Tunbridge 2i 29 I Weymo u th 3O 1 Brighton .................... 9 Brighton Club 10 Lowes 14 14 .. Wol V 42 rballipt,On ....... Stockton l5 liastings 2l • SEPTE Breconl7 WarwickGONewmarket rDoncasterxLeicesterw frgdh r . k . B e . e .. . 1) 2 . t . . 1 1 : 6 1612 Canterbury d 18 Northampton OCTC . Curragh October._ 8 16 AMER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l 1 I Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall )BER. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester Lincoln NOV 1 E Liverpool AMR. I Shrewsbury I Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Cork MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring ring B, 9 JUNE. Curragh ................................................ 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER Carragh ......................................................... 4 , 5 , 6 OC TOI3En. _ _ Curragh ...................................................... 16, 17 18 FRENCII RACI MA NCT FIXTURES. t Y. I Bruxelles .................. 3, 6 . Vissembourg 2l Chant illy (Derby) 6 , 10, 13 Paris (Summer) ...... 26, 27 La liarche 5inn......"".. 21