The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INZELLIGENi-ii It being a holiday at the Stock Exchange to-day, there is, of course, nothing to report in that depart ment. Money continued in the same easy state, with but little business doing. The following has been posted in the Stock Exchange :—" New Grenada Debt.—Messrs.Baring Brothers and Co. have received the following re mittances on account of New Grenada dividends : From the Custom House of Santa Marta, £4,600; Cartagena, £4OO ; and Sabanilla, £B7 10s. 11d. ; total, £5,087 10s. lid." From the manufacturing districts the accounts received during the past week represent that busi ness generally has remained inactive. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have been a shade cheaper, while there has only been a limited inquiry for spring fabrics in the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield. The lace and hosiery trades of Leicester and Nottingham have been sea sonably active, and at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton there has been little variation of importance in most departments. The Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Com pany have received by telegram, via Suez, the re sult of the operations of the months of January and February last : Company's share of profit for January, £650 ; quartz crushed in February, 4,500 tons ; yield, 6 dwts. 15 grs. gold per ton ; remit tance, £6OO. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols 3 per Cent. Reduced B4l New 3 per Cent B4* New 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Rod Sea Telegraph), Aug., I°.oB — Mar Exchequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 3 per Cent. Do. £5OO Do £lOO and .£2OO Bank England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per C ent., O ct. 1888 Do. Certificater J 8 Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Ceat., Jan. 1872 Do. per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l3 pm Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — in Austrian Bonds, 5 per C ent, 18 59 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1863 ... Do Account Do. Scrip, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. ilecount Do .£1(0 Bonds Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do Scrip, .£25 paid Do. 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities Do Account Fquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant.,,,,, ffgyptian 7 per Cent..,,,,,,,, Do., Second Issue Do. Do £lOO Bonds .........1864 92 Do £lOO Bond s 11 Do. Gove rnmen t Railway .De ..bentures — 93 Do. £25 paid ................................. Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons _ DDo. Account o. Coupons ................................. Cruatemala 5 per C ent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account 21 20 Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French....... Montevidean 6 per Cent.. £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 p er Cent .......... N3w Granad a Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land WalTants (ITAeturea) Do. 6 pe r C ent, 18 64 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Pei - uNian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do 3 per Cent. (Uilbarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — Do. Account - - Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Da 41. per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pe• Cent. 1839 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 por Cent 721 dis ad Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account 361- Do Passive Do Account 264 6 Sranish Celt. of Coup not funded Do Account l5l Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4i per Cent. 1864 Turkisii 6 per Cent. 1851 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 186 4 Do Account 691 Do 1.00 Bonds Do 6 per Cent.,1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account i Do. 4 per Cent. Guara n t ee d 3G 71 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto account Divideuas on the above payable in London Austrian, a pm. Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ..Belgian, . 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. . Dutch 'it per CAnt., Ex. 12 Guil ........ Do per Cent. Certifica.ws .... French llentes 3 p er C ent. . —"ltalian ........ 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. . ..... Do Account Consols for mo ne y TWO O'CLOCK. 86i 1 00 Account B6i I The Price of Gold. -- The ivurre of exchange at New York on London for bills at 130 days' sight is about 1081 per cent. At these rates there s no profit on the importa.lon of go d from the United States. rue quotation of gold at Paris is about i per milk pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.23 per £1 sterling. On comparing' these rates with the English Mint price of £.i too, per ounce for standard gold, it appe..rs that gold is nearly 3-Kth, pm. neut. Boar titit in London titan in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 stcrlin_ Standard gold at the Engll h Mint price is, therefore, at about the Same price in London and Hamburg. MAZZINI AND THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT.—The Naples correspondent of the Paris Temps says that Maz zini will probably be proposed at Nicastro, where an elec tion is to take place on the Bth, and where he has already had from 75 to 80 votes. Messina, it is thought, will re turn him again. THE ANNUITIES TO P R INCESS HELENA AND PRINCE ALFRED.— The two acts of Parliament have been issued granting annuities to Princess Helena of £6,000 on her marriage with Prince Christian, and £15,000 to Prince Alfred, " subject to such slinietions as her Majesty may direct." Both annuities are to be " free of all t axes, as se f ments, and g char es." The annuity o f P r i nce Alfred nes s ie to from the 6 th August l as t , w h en his Royal High_ came of age. THE GIGANTIC BIRD.--Professor Owen writes Paragraphs like that on the ' Gigantic Bird' fatal usuallyto include ele ments which th e naturalist sees to be the interpret ation attach e d t o t h e facts ; yet these may be well deserving attention and inquiry. N ew Z ea l and was stin s undoubt e dl y the laud of hu ge bi rds, but, like their few exig conpeners in other parts of the world, the head was small; that o f a Dinernis, thrice the balk of the largest g ostrich, does not exceed 8 inches in length. The notice of the remains found in the province of Nelson assures me that they are those of a saurian reptile, and indicate the Jurassic age of the beds of limestone in which they have been petrified. Parts of a Plesiosaurus were discovered in that province by Mr. J. H. Hood, of Cluny House, Dunkeld, in 1861 ; but the present are of another kind. Should this letter appear and meet the eyes of any colonist able to grant the request, I would only ask for a single vertebra (joint of back or tail) and one of the supposed feathers of the 'gigantic bird,' and promise to return the name of the animal. As my table this morn ing gives unmistakable evidence of a coming avalanche of inquiries as to the meaning of the paragraph from the "colonial newspaper„ to which you have added your cir culation, " to will please to accept" the above as an Answer." SEA. TS. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCK, '1 Railways. I p aid. ' Closing t Business Price. done. itiribtol anti Exeter ... 1 , Caledonian lrd ,n.brian . Cork and Bandon al Cornwall .. al Dublin & Belfast June. 10( Dun„Perth, & a b.Juno. ltl &London, terip Certi. 24 Po 92 127 28 0 55 6.5 11 13 15 11 5 7 , 0 67 70 .0 70 72 - - vo. 1 , Glasgow & S. Western 10 Grew Eastern, )rd. sE k. to , Do. E. Angl. at No. to Great North 01 Scotland 10 , reat Northern to A stock 101 118 12 39 4 6 7 )0 1 121 t 23 ) 0 1.8 140 Do. B stock Do. ew, is. at 25 pii lO Gt S. and W. of Ireland 10 , Gt. Western -Original lo I) . S. Val. Rail bus. 101 Do. South Wales Do. W Mid.—Oxtord 101 Do. Newport Ol Do. He. eford ... 0( Lanwhire &Yorkshire 10( London and Blackwall 10( Lon., Brigh., &S Coast 10 , Lon., Chat., and Dover 104 Do. Metrop. cx. A.. 10( Lou. & Nor th Western 10( Lon. & South Western 10( Man., Shot., & Lincoln 10( Metropolitan ... all Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District. al uo d do. Do. and -t. John'sW'd I Slid and Do. £9 Share Do, iiirmia . & De; b) lot •lid Kent . North British ....... Do. ' Ed., Pth & Dun lO4 Nth. Eastern—Berwich 101 Do. G.N •E purch 16.1 Do. Leeds Do. York lO4 Do. Carlible ..... 104 Do. Stock. & Darling. al Do. do. 1860-61 ti North London .. l O, Do. do. 181.4 Do. io. 1865 'North Staffordshire 10 N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ci ntral scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mia. Shropshire Union k( South Devon -outh E stern staines, Wok., dr Wok a' Tafr Vale 1 Do: C Vale of Meath Waterford & Kilkenny 10 Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornw . ) I 10( RITISti Atlantic & St.Lawrencel al Bom.,Baroda, • Cen.ln. 11 gu. 5 per cent.. Do. 14' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron al. Do Preference Buff. ,Brant, & Goderich •20 00 6 p.c. 87-3- • 10 Calcutta & E., Urn 101 a; e Town & Dock, gu. 10( I ) emerara, 7 p.c. per. p al i•;ast. Ben al, gu , sdo 10( East I dian, gu. 5 p.c. 101 Do .1 Extension I! ;rand Trunk ot Canada .01 Do. Equip. Mort, Bond. I charge 6 p.c al. Do. let -'ref. Bonds al Do. do. deferred . al: Do. 2d Pr , I. Bonds al' Do. do. deterred I io. 'd Pref. stock .l Do. do. deferred Do. Ith Pret. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0. ,04 o. Gila. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 6 p. c (it. Sou h of India .. gu... 5 per cent D . 42 , per cent lO, Do Great W s. of Canada.. al D New . Do. 6p. c. Bd . , pay 1873 al o. 5• do. pay. 1877-.' Indian Branch, limited '4 IVladras, gua. 5 p.o tOl Do. 42 do ......... 04 Do. 43 do ........... Do. Fifth Extensioc. Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Linds. 10 Mel. & Hudson's flay_ al N. l{l .C'da,6pclstpf.in. .0 Do. &biDelhi de ...... A , f i Do. do Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus St Flo J l4 1, •OLON[AL GOVERN - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1472 10 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do 6p. o. Feb. & Aug l ' .i D.). sp. o. Mar. & Sept 10 - I to. sp. c. Jan. t July 10 - Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 10 - Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 10 - Do.Api.&OCt 1890-1900 10 - Do. do: 1880-9 10 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 101 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April ana 15 Oct., 1900... 10 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p.. 10 - Do. 1878, do 0 - Mauritius, ap. c, 18;3, Jan. and July - Do. 1 , 78 - to. 188'4 Mayls, Nov. 10 - Do. 1895, Feb.. Aug ll - Natal • •ov. o per cent it - N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly It - N. S.W. Gov. 5 lye., 186, It - Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 87 , it - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189_ •0 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 10 - Do. 5 per cent—. . 10 Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 lO - Queensland Gov. 6p. c 1 - Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868- 1 - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 - Vio,6 ov. Ja July 1 - Do. do, el pril & Oct ll - - - BRITIS MINES. . 3.,aiu. Consul. tiold, lina I Chiverton t lifford malgamated. 30 14 16 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 s+o 68 East Bassett (Mogan, 296 18 20 CarakAin ').1.1.4 , 8 9 Eas, Cam Brea 3f 31 44 nest Grenville East Gunnislake 8.3.0 Ear.t Love .1 3.9,0 7 9 E. Russell iTavlstk 1u.8., 3 3+ Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 16 5 7 4 (it, at L x,y, limited all 20 •,!1 Great South Tolgus u. '4.1 4 A 14 Great Wheal 14.9.6 1 14 G. Wheal Vor :Heist 1U 25 26 Grenvil.e B. .8.0 34 3/ Herod's Foot IOS. 33 10 Ilingstun ;owns 5 1 , !.6 4 5 Margaret , Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 - Marke Valley. 4 vtiwvudy iron ore, lieu • I 2i 1 d New Sean - North Roskear Wh'l Bassett: Isloizau 1.4. 0 I I North Whe:tl Crotty Prosper United 7.1.n - - Pr vidence City lant 10.1,7 32 34 S. Caradun ; St. Cleer) li 390 110 StJuth Coudurrow 3.2. t, 2 .1 S. Wheal Fran. ,illogan 18.1 k 9 8 22 jitray Park ,35.15 6 9 11 9 19 :0 ill 4 6 1 1 9 8 10 11 75 SO 176 165 175 56 82i 876 16 25 276 8 3 5 66 205 215 7 14 16 Tin Croft 5 Vigra and Cl gan, Ilia a West !‘assett (II (wan 1 W. Caradun t L skeard ' West Chi rerton 1 West Beton. ..... Wheal Bassett 'lllop - ,an Wheal Buller (Redruth 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Setou Wheat Tieiawnev Lis rICEFERNN(I.IS tSHAH S. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 93} Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pt., 100 Manchester, Slieflield. and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 124 South Eastern (Reading Anns., £1.0.6), 22j eltKleEltit;NCE S.IIARE:, ANI).4TOCK , London, Brighton. &a, 44 per cent., 1858, 92 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS London and Blackwall, 876 FOREIGN BAIL WAYS. Bahia and San leranalaou. Hal, qua. 7 per oent.. 151 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldin), 71 i FOILEIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Xining, 31 4 r rontino and tsolivia uold. lira., li United Mexican, Um., i Yudanaututana of S. Australia, lim„ 11 BANK Agra and Masterman's, lim., 5<4 . "e7l 6k Anglo Fgyptian, Um., 12 ; Bank of Egypt, 31i Bank of London, 26 I Chartered Bans ot India, Australia. and China. 23f I °lonia! lim., 434 Consolidated Baulk, lim., 91 European Bank, Um., 10; ; Imperiat ottoman, Ditto, new. Ili Latta Mortgage Bank of India. lim.. 44 London Chartered Bank of Australia, z 2 London and County. 77i New Zealand Bank Corporation, lira., ; Union of Australia, 61 Union of London. 624 MISCELLANEOIrIit. A Telegraph. 8 per cent. gua., 24 Australian Mort. Land and Finance. lira., 5j Berlin Water Works, lim., 101 Ctty of Lon on Beal Property, 'im., 41 Credit it oncier and Slobilier or Englana, 74 6; Ditto, new, 6 4 Crystal Palace, 38, Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim., 4; nelson's Bay, 16 Imperi, I 3i ercantile Credit Asso., lim., 243 international Contract, 44 International Financial -iicicty, Bro., 5} Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour . 9 London Financial Association, 1im.,;91 31 dram Irr gamin and Canal, Ditto (all), 16; 17 National Discount ompany. 13 Overeud, Gurney, and Co., Um., 164 PRINCE NAPOLEON had an interview, which lasted for two hours, with his cousin, the Emperor, before quitting Paris. He has now resolved to establish his resi dence out of France, probably in Naples. He has realised all his property in France, having sold off even his stud and harness stock. His only property in that country now is the Palais Royal and the Chateau of Meudon, which both 13310ng to the state. PRINCE LUCIEN BONAPARTE, the eminent linguist, has just returned to London from the frontiers of Spain, Where he has been staying for some time, studying the affinity of the Basque idiom with the Spanish and French lan guago. 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MARKETS.---This Day. MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was very quiet, and prices in some instances had a drooping tendency. Barley was very firm, at ex treme rates. For oats, beans, and peas there was a mode rate demand, on former terms. The flour trade was very quiet. On the Continent the business doing in wheat is very moderate, at about late rates, For spring corn the trade is tolerably firm. At New York both wheat and flour have sold heavily, on rather easier terms. Ve►y moderate supplies of home-grown wheat and spring corn were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad consisted of 21,344 quarters of wheat, 9,038 barley, 16,234 oats, 650 rye, 1,279 beans, 6,395 linseed, 11,568 rape and oilseeds, 3,090 maize, and 582 sacks of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day, the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate, and in but middling condition. The trade was slow for all qualities; never theless, the supply of good and fine produce was disposed of at last Monday's prices. In the value of inferior samples no change took place. The market was moderately supplied with foreign when' The trade generally was quiet, on formor terms. _ . Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. Barley was in very moderate supply, and the trade ruled firm, at full currencies. The malt trade was steady, at quite previous quotations. The market was moderately supplied with oats. For most qualities there was a fair demand, and prices ruled arm. Beans were in short supply, and the trado was steady, at full prices. Peas changed hands at the quotations of Monday las The market was very moderately supplied. The flour trade was quiet, at the prices of Monday las CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 465 Do., old 46s 515 Do., white, old S.!H 5s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do., noir' Talavera, new 52. 60s Re— Barle y y—Grinding 7 8 s 325 Malting 365 435 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67. Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 215 28s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2ls 275 Cork, white 23. 28s Scotch, Feeding 225 275 Beans—Tick Pigeons ... ...... 465 505 ' Peas—Grey, 355 375 Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 280Ib 43, 46s Suffolk 32, 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 265 31s French, per sack 34.9 385 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of foreign stock on offer in our market to day was very limited, and in but middling condition. Rather a large number of beasts from France have been stopped by the Customs' authorities this morning. Th e arrivals from Norfolk were 84 Scots and crosses ; from Aberden 111 ; from Dundee 31 ; and Berwickshire 208 Scots and crosses. -The supply from Ireland amounted to 200 oxen and heifers. As the dead markets are heavily supplied with meat, the demand for beasts was far from active, and prices were a shade lower than on this day so'nnight. The general top figure for Scots was 58 per 81b. There was a moderate show of both English and foreign sheep, in full average condition. A demand having sprung up in Birmingham, Peterborough, and other towns and cities in the midland districts, the mutton trade was very active, on higher terms. The best Downs and half-brods, in the wool, realised 6s 8d to 7s ; out of the wool, 53 4d per 81b. from Lam Bs bs to — , t s he re s r upe m l . y of which was scarce —s o ld f reely at There were no calves in the market. Prices, therefore ware nominal. We were fairly supplied with pigs, in which only a limited business was doing, at late rates, viz., from 4s to 5s per 81b. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s dad Crse. dz inf. beasts... 3 8 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 1 Second quality do ..1 2 4 1 Prime ollidown , i 0.6 8 7 0 Primt large oxen ..4 6 4 8 La ge coarse calves.o 0 0 0 Prime Scuts, 10 5 0 Prime small d0......0 o 0 0 Crse. and int. sticep.4 0 4 8 Large hugs • 4 4 6 Second quality do ..4 10 5 6 [ omall porkers ....... 4 8 5 0 Lamb....t.:s 9d to 94 Od. Suckling calves, —s to —s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s t) 338 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply, Foreign supply. Beasts 930 Beasts 235 Cows bheep Calves — Ca yes s The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 6,916 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 9,527; in 1864, 4,115; in 1863, 6,130; in 1862, 2,252 ; and in 1861, 3,258. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs, Calves. P. Antwerp Bremen ... 28 ... ... 48 ... Gothenburg.— ..• Cadiz Calais.. ••• Corunna ....... Dordt. ••• Dunkirk Delfzyh. Hamburg l4 Harlingen l3O ... Havre— •.• Ostend ••• Oporto — Rotterdam BO3 1001 71 ... 101 154 - ... 36 ••• ...—' •e• -- 277 ... - ... - ... 100 - ••• - ••• - ••• 100 ... - ... 4 ... Total 1,104 5,261 119 142 290 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 375 ... 2831 ... • 133 ... 776 1863 A statement and co m p ar i son of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, April 3, 1865, and this day, Monday, April 2, 1866. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. April 8, 1865. April 2, 1866. d s d. 3 Bto 3 10 42 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0 40 4 8 410 5 8 510 6 4 68 7 0 80 9 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 40 4 6 48 5 0 a d sd Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 10 Second quality d 0..,..., 4 0 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4'B Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6 4 6 6 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 Boasts 4,180 Sheep 17,750 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 4, 18 64.—Beasts, 4,310 sheep, 22,870—calves, 137—pigs, 410. April 6, 1863—Beast; 3,4 lo—sheep, 19,720—calves, 82 —pigs, 360. 930 18,350 NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Per Blb by the carcase. a d Inferior beet a 10 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 4 0 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prim- small do 4 6 4 ti Large pork 3 10 4 6 Lamb, 7s 0 s d s d Inferior mutton 3 6 4 6 Middling mutton 4 8 5 t., Prime do 5 2 5 4 Veal 4 8 5 4 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 Id to 8s ud. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. 4os to 80s 97 Yorkshire do 6os to 90s ), 77 Flukes Bos to 110 s 77 Rocks 40s to 60 s 19 WOOL. Since the close of the public sales, very little business has been done in colonial wool by private contract. Prices, however, have ruled firm. For English wool there is a moderate demand, and previous quotations are well sup ported. The imports into London last week was about 25,000 bales. Current prices of English wool per lb. g d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 8i Half-bred do 1 11 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing a d 1 Oi 2 0 2 Oi 1 8 2 0 1 10 1 111 TALLOW. Owing to the holidays very little business is passing in tallow to-day. The quotation for P.Y.C. is 493. per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow commands 475. 6d. net cash. Particulars. 1863. 1864.. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 44,626 54,055 39,682 33,156 Price of Y.C. 143 s 6d to 41s 9d 40 s Od 49s Od to 43s 9d —s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 945 700 1,365 980 Ditto from June 1 70,556 66,266 82,030 93,720 Arrival last week 75 227 780 1,216 Ditto fr( in June 1 75,903 82.474 76,691 94956 Price of Town SEEDS. In linseed, sales progressed steadily, and the trade for rapeseed ruled firm. Agricultural seeds, however, met a slow sale at about late rates. Cakes moved off freely on former terms. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in hops, to-day, is extremely limited. Prices, in a great measure, are nominal. Last week's im, port was 26 bales from Antwerp, 109 Dunkirk, 57 Boulogne, 7 Hamburg, and 58 Rotterdam. New Mid and East Keats Bos to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats New Sussex Yearlings —s to —a „ POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROU GII-S TREE T. THE STABBING BY A SWEETHEART.—AIIII Lees, the young woman charged with stabbing a young man named Edward Glavin, her sweetheart, outside the New Royalty Theatre, Dean-street, Soho, was again brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt. On being placed at the bar, Sergeant Stephens, 11 C, handed the magistrate the following certificate— " Charing -cross Hospital, April 2. "I certify th a t Ed w i n Glavin is still an inpatient of this hospital. " J. GROSVENOR MACKINLAY, Resident Medical Officer." In answer to a question Sergeant Stephens said the injured man was progressing favourably. The prisoner was again remanded for a few days. Naval and Military Intelligence. A number of additional mechanics are now em ployed in the saw -mills at Chatham dockyard cutting out the frames for the improved screw steamer Blanche, 4,300 horse power, the keel of which has just been laid down at Chatham dockyard. The Blanche is intended to be an improved screw sloop, of the Amazon class, and is one of four other wooden unarmoured vessels of the same class built from the designs of Mr. E. J. Reed. Her principal dimen sions are---Between the perpendiculars, 187 ft ; length of keel for tonnage, 158 ft Sin ; extreme breadth, 36ft ; breadth of tonnage, 35ft 10in ; breadth moulded, 35ft 2in ; depth in hold, 19ft. 4in, and burden 1,081 tons; her mean launching draught is to be 9ft in. The iron-used ship Research, 4, 1,523 tons, 200 horse power, Commander R. A. E. Scott, is No. 4 dock at Chatham, where she is having some rather extensive alterations carried out, the chief of which is the continuation of her midship battery deck fore and aft, by which additional comfort and accommo dation will be provided for the officers and crew. Her sides will be indented, as in the case of the Pallas, to allow her battery guns to be fired ahead and astern. The screw steam storesbip Fox, 2, Staff Com mander Moriarty, from Woolwich and Sheerness, arrived at Plymouth, on Saturday, having in tow a mortar vessel which is to be fitted as a swimming bath for the boys belonging to the Impregnable. The screw steam sloop Icarus, 3, left Plymouth on Friday, for China, taking supernumeraries. The paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. T. Aplin, from Spithead, arrived at Plymouth on Friday, and is appointed to leave to-day, with Commander Spain and a party of seamen, who will navigate the screw steam sloop Vestal, 4, to Devon port. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. H. Alington, to the Britomart, lieut. commanding ; Lieut. H. F. Stephenson, to the Heron, lieut. commanding ; Staff Commanders J. E. Davis and James Penn, additional, to the Fisgard, for service in the Hydro graphicalaster , t o Department the ; George F. M'D ougall, for service in th e Hydro graphical Department ; A. G. Joll, master's-assist., to the Barracouta ; Frederick T. Doane, midship man to the Barracouta. Inspection of Cavalry Barracks by her Majesty. On Saturday her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Princesses Helena and Louise and Prince Arthur, attended by Major-General Sey mour and Lady Waterpark, &c., inspected the new wing lately built and the improvements now in pro gress at the cavalry barracks, Spital, near 'Windsor. The Royal party occupied open carriages, and, pre ceded by outriders, left the Castle shortly after 11 o'clock, arriving at the barracks at a quarter past the hour. The Ist Regiment of Life Guards in full uniform, with band, under command of Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros—the other officers present being Lieutenant -Colonel the Earl of Mountcharles, Cap tain the Hon. R. W. Grosvenor, Captain the Earl of Tyrone, Captain the Hon. Cecil Duncombe, Cap tain Bateson, Lieut. Limbert, Quartermaster Han ley, &c., paraded in front of the green facing the officers' quarters, and received her Majesty with a royal salute, the band playing, and the regiment prosentingtl~e"Queen ex;tered the barracks. Her Majesty droveslowly by the regiment, which was drawn up in line, the four squadrons (dismounted) on parade including about 280 of all ranks, the actual strength of the regiment being, it is under stood, over 400 men. The Queen having inspected the ranks alighted from the Royal equipage, and with the Prince and Princess proceeded to the north wing of the barracks, - which, at her Majesty's sug gestion, has been greatly altered, in order to give better accommodation to the troopers. Colonel de Ros and Quarter -Master Hanley had the honour of conducting the Queen and the Royal party round the barracks. The new floors have been erected over the stables in the north wing, each of these containing six large apartments, severally capable of accommodating 14 troopers, while at each end of the flat there are two smaller rooms for non commissioned officers. The whole of the rooms are well arranged and ventilated, having been erected by Messrs. Myers, the contractors, from the War • office plans. Communication between the floors is obtained by light iron balconies, protected by veran dahs projecting from the front of the building. Her Majesty ascended to the first floor, and visited one or two of the apartments, including Corporal- Major Partington's, and expressed great satisfac tion at the increased comforts provided by the new arrangements. The Queen next visited the library, children's school, and hospital in the south wing. From the latter the Royal party walked to the plot of ground lying between the Spital-road and the Infantry Hospital, where an extensive group of buildings is being erected as an addition to the pre sent barracks. The buildings in question form part of the plan which was projected in consequence of the inspection of the cavalry barracks by the Queen, and the suggestions for improvement then thrown out byher Majesty. The principal feature in the rear group is the married soldiers' quarters —an exten sive structure 258 ft. by 18ft. Bin., the height to the eaves being 24ft. It is divided into an upper and lower story, with verandahs and staircases, and when finished will provide accommodation for 34 married troopers with their families. To the north-west of this is the recreation room, 67ft. 9in. by 36ft., and 47ft. high. This will contain a fine room for recre ation 50ft. by 26ft., a coffee bar, reading and writ ing rooms, library, and other apartments. Near the married soldiers' quarters is an infant school, calculated to provide accommodation for 50 infants, while almost in a line are the washhouse and laundry, which will be fitted with coppers, drying closets, ironing tables, &c., and the b a th-h ouse. Staff-ser geants' quarters, school and fencing-room, are, it is believed, in contemplation. The plans were prepared at the War- o ffi ce , and th e i r carrying out is under the supervision of a military foreman f r o m th e corps of Royal Engineers. The contractor for the new buildings, which are making great progress, is Mr. Sawyer, of Dulwich. The works are to be completed in July, and the building will, it is expected, be handed over to the military authorities by Septem ber. In a short time the works for the remodel ling of the south wing of the existing barracks are to be commenced, and while these are being executed a number of the troopers of the Royal Horse Guards, who relieve the Ist Life Guards at Windsor this week, will be lodged in the Riding School at Windsor Castle. The Queen displayed great inte rest in the married soldiers' quarters, and conversed for some time with the officers in attendance upon the subject. Her Majesty having finished the ex amination of the new buildings returned to the parade and entered her carriage, the regiment (which had remained drawn up in the meantime) changing front and facing the Royal equipage. A troop of non-commissioned officers and men then went through the " post " practice, under Riding master Cox, at a gallop, the exercise including the various cavalry sabre cuts and thrusts. Her Ma jesty and the Royal family, who appeared greatly amused at the dexterity displayed by the horsemen, returned to the Castle at noon. THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT BR G.JITON- 2 This Day. The annual grand demonstration of the Rifle Volunteers as usual took place to-day at Brighton. Long before the non-military portion of the Great Metropolis had shook off their balmy sleep, the martial strains from the different bands which headed the corps was heard in all parts of London, as the gallant hearts proceeded to the railway sta tions at Victoria or London-bridge en route to Brighton. The weather this morning was unfor tunately very unfavourable, and at one time it was much to be feared that the great military display would be celebrated under very depressing circum stances. However, towards 10 o'clock the rain ceased, and the watery clouds passed away. Among those who travelled in the royal train, we believe, were the Prince of Hohenloe, the Duke of Sutherland, and the Duke of St. Albans. With respect to the volunteers, the first train, conveying the 3d Middlesex Artillery, the 2d and 3d London Rifles, and the 26th, 28th, 37th, and 39th Middle sex Rifles, left London-bridge at half-past 5 o'clock. Three other trains, carrying in all something over 10,000 men, followed from the London-bridge station at intervals of about half an hour. Fro m the Victoria station three trains left with above 5,000 men, making a total of between 15,000 and 16,000 men from the metropolitan corps. These were the first in Brighton, they are due about seven o'clock. All these corps left the station by the Montpellier-road, and marched by the London-road and Rose-hill-terrace to their different rendezvous on the Level, St. Peter's Green, the North Steyne Enclosures, the Pavilion Grounds, and the Old Steyne Enclosures. Such as arrived early were allowed to break off and get refreshment, arrange ments for this purpose having been made by several of the corps at the Town-hall and otherplaces. The country corps, from the east and west, arrived generally speaking, later than the London corps. BRIGHTON, Sunday Evening. The Volunteer Review which is pow an esta blished periodical event of Faster Monday, and the Brightonians have set about celebrating the event with a zeal and enthusiasm that exceed anything displayed by them on former occasions. But this is only what might have been expected after the moment it became known to them that the Prince and Princess of Wales would be present at the Brighton Downs to mani fest the interest in one of the most im portant national movements of our times. The weather-glass is watched with painful anxiety. Friday was a fine day here, but after midnight there was rain for some hours. Yester day there was no rain to speak of till about three o'clock, but then it began to descend in heavy and determined-looking showers, and continued to do so till seven or eight o'clock. This has been a fine, sunny day, with the exception of about half an hour in the afternoon, during which there was a heavy shower. The decorations in honour of the Prince of Wales commence at the railway station, where along the arrival platform four rows of benches, extending to a length of about 140 feet, are erected. These will all be covered in scarlet cloth. The metal pillars which support the shed along this portion of the platform will be hand somely festooned in draperies of various colours, and decorated arches are to spring from pillar to pillar so as to give the seats the appearance of a series of boxes in a theatre. Admission to those seats will be by tickets issued from the company's office. The ladies' first-class waiting room is being fitted up as a reception room for the Prince and Princess of Wales, and in it refreshments will be provided for their Royal Highnesses and the Princes and Princesses who are to accompany them. In another apartment refreshments will be served to the Ladies and gentlemen in attendance on the Royal party. It is expected that the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Duke of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Prince of Hohenlohe, the Prince of Teek, the Duke of Sutherland, and the Duke of St. Albans, will leave the Victoria Station of 'the London and Brighton Railway shortly before 10 o'clock to-mor row morning, and arrive here at about 11. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BRIGHTON, Monday, 12 o'clock. The review just commencing. Weather fine. Town full of visitors. The Reform Bill. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--It is now just nineteen years, a lunar cycle, since I was requested to come forward as a candidate for one of the metropolitan boroughs, and, when acting upon the advice of an experienced political friend I declined the proposed honour. It now appears unlikely that I shall again have a similar chance of serving my country, as circum stances occurred shortly after the making of the above mentioned proposition, which gave a par tisular turn, rather scientific than political, to my future career in this transitory world, as your journal testifies. As an outsider, however, I regard with sincere interest in the appearance of the new Reform Bill, and now that Earl Russell has taken his bat in hand fob a second innings, after nearly 50 years' labour in the useful cause—as the Annual Register testifies—l hope he may not leave the ground with out carrying out his long-cherished wishes upon this subject. Mr. Thomas Moore, the poet, although one of the people, was a croaker respecting the old Reform Bill, which he feared would produce revo lution ! But 35 years' experience has shown that his editor, Earl Russell, was correct when he made the following sensible remarks respecting his friend's unfounded panic about Reform. Earl Ru ssell said " A reformed Parliament is a far stronger barrier against wild innovation than the Parliaments chosen on the old models could have been. Lord Melbourne, in his speech in the House of Lords, truly said, " that the consent of the people formed the strength of the Parliament, and that wheff" that consent was wanting, it was time to change the form of the governing body. On such principles those of Lord Grey's Cabinet who had been against Reform acted in unison with those who had been long its advocates, Lord Grey and his colleagues, in thus combining to bring in the Reform Bill, acted with true patriotism and foresight. They knew the institutions which they amended, the people with whom and for whom they acted, the principles of sound policy and the course required by honesty and wisdom." Moore feared the temporary satisfaction of the measure was " the torrent's smoothness ere it dash below :" but his noble editor pointed " to the ad vantages of real representation, the abolition of slavery, the commutation of tithes, the reduction of prohibitory duties, the repeal of the corn laws, the equalisation of the sugar duties, the repeal of the navigation laws, the promotion of education, and other measures, which during twenty years had been enacted by the Reformed Parliament." To which list may now be added, the repeal of the taxes on knowledge ; the famous French treaty, abolition of window-tax, the partial diminution in the Fire Insur ante Duties, with other minor legal improvements prior to the dissolution of the recent Parliament. At the present time these remarks are worthy of notice.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, CHARLES COOKE. London, March 31, 1866. [Certainly there is no earthly reason, to our mind, against Reform—only let it be Reform ! Unlike its great predecessor, the present Reform Bill is really and truly no Reform Bill at all—it is only a bit of a one ! [ED. SUN.] The three great agitators against the Reform Bill, Mr. Lowe, Lord Elcho, and Mr. Horsman, are defined by a Radical as the dgrees of comparison—Lowe, Lower,Lowest. Spectator. THE COSMOPOLITAN was six months old on Sa turday, and, in repl y t o many ki n d i nqu i r i e s, says itself, we are happy to state that its success is far beyond our calculation at starting. Relying solely upon a purely cosmopolitan support—that is, upon subscribers who seek. something better than mere partisan or sectarian views of political and social questions—the Cosmopolitan is finding readers and friends in all parts of the world. A GEOGRAPHIC PUZZLE.—In Victor Hugo's new work, " Les Travailleurs de is Mar," ho translates the Firth of Forth am " La Premi4o de la Saatriemc" 59 I i 91 7f 85, 5 121- 104} 3} 31 i 991 100 99 .ITI6B. REVENUE RETURNS, I.—The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen tioned periods, ended March 31, 1866, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarters ended Customs • , :am;t6 Taxes Property Tax Post-obi:0 Crown Lands Idis..ei.aneous To ta's Customs Ex he Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post-offi e Crown Lands .. Miseellaueou, Totals June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, 3farch 31, 1863 1865 1865 1866 X £ £ 5,178,000 5,259,000 5,470,000 4.8:5,000 9,332,000 5,1'0,000 2,4P.,000 2,172,000 2,13,000 ~4 '7,000 242,000 1,3!7,000 2,2 0.000 81. 4 000 ,451,000 V6'%,000 1,145,000 1,130,000 :0,4.00 7. , ,000 90,000 35,5_0 297,,9: 8 6,4i5 17, 4, 49,52) !14,46 June 30, 183 t 5,416,000 4,864,000 2,539,000 1, 1 31,000 2,4 9,000 weO,ooo 69,000 4,5, 0 18,274,;00 Customs . Excise ****************** Stamp ************** Taxe ***************** Proper y *********** Post-Otfi e ********** *** ** Crown Land . . * DSia .... e I.neotto .. ........ t5,4=1,000 2,4 5,000 434,000 1,914,0)0 1,003,003 90,0u0 ',354,520 18,007,4 5 117, 92.45 Quarters ended Sept. 30, 186, 5,624,000 4,352,000 2,267,000 168,000 7ri ,000 1,015,000 6 ,000 483,48] Dec. 31, 1801 5,932,000 5,000,000 2,221,000 1,2114,000 1,580,000 1,090,000 B',ooo 852,591 March 31, 1866 'l4, 92,4,9 5, 7 ,000 5,34-2,000 2,501,000 39.-,000 3, 27,000 1, 1 :05,000 1,15,451 18, 0 69,590 .Year e 1866 49,177,15 21,276,003 19,788,000 9,56, , ,600 3, , 50,000 t,39','.0 4,250,000 32',uu0 2,87,4,292 uded 1 1866 2',5)x,000 19,558,000 90-0,000 3,292,000 7,4M8,000 4,100,000 310,000 2,993,436 Total .... 70,3 3,436 67,812,292 IL—lncrease and Decrease in the periods ended March 31' 1866, as compared with corres ponding periods of the preceding year:— Quarter en B ded Mai. y ear ended 1 .. Increase. Decrease. -----Increase. —Decrease. - 4 1 X -- ________—_. X Cue oms ••a , • • '29,3,000 I tAcise Stamps •• 76,000 S ,00J ' • . • • Taxes • • 14,000 58,.00 .. Prop , rty Tax Post-Office .• •• • • • • 150,000 .. Crown Lands ~ 6,01 •• ) .. 10,000 • • Miscellaneous Tota's ••• ~.. r,_ Tota's . _ _ l‘et Decreas 349,814 ;e ~354,1 ,734,000 18 Net D, 478,000 2,979,144 rease !,501,144 lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended March 31, 1866, the appli cation of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or deficiency upon such charge : Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con solidated Fund, fbr the Quarter ended Dm 31, 18e5, viz.:— Great Britain . Ireland £9:0,724 ----- lncome received, as shown i n A ccoun t I 17,7 Z 91 0 9,721 2,965 Amount raised on acco unt o f P ortt fi catioas. per 27 and 28 Vict., o. 109 Amount raised by the issueof Exchequer Bonds, pea Act 28 and 2) Vi c t ., c. 29 1,000,005 Amount received in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c. Ditto for New Courts of Justice - 100,000 3 1,0,Z0 46,000 Balance, being the Defici ency on March 31, 1866, £20,151,709 upon the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to June 3.0, 1868, and ior'whick Exchequer Bills (Deficiency ; wilt be 'issued in that Quarter 2,132,674 Amount applied out of' the Income in Redemp tion of Deficiency 15111 s issu d in the Quar ter to March 3., 1866, for the charge of the Cunsolidated Fund in Great Britain on Deo. 31. 1865 : Total Deficiency Z2,573604 Deduct— Amount 11 deomed , with Sinking Fund ..... 220,000 422 287, 73 --- Amount applied out of the I ncome to Supply Ser- 2,353,6:4 vices 10,C21,739 Amount Advanced for New Courts of Justice Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended sibrch 31, 1846, viz.:— Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,595,040 Terminable Debt Princip.i of Exchequer Bills 1,2 8,900 Interest of Exchequer bills 53.912 Interest of Deficiency Bills The Civil List 102,171 Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund 455,580 Advances for Public Works,&c. 269,18 Sinking Fund Burping Balance in Irela n d beyond the charge of 9,329,425 the Consolidated Fund in Ireland fur the cuarter ended .:arch 31, ,866 642,705 £22,287,473 CHARLES DICKENS AND CUCKSTONE, The Sunday Times thus graphically descants on three speeches at the Theatrical Fund Dinner : Charles Dickens spoke well, as he always does, though almost too shortly. An after-dinner speech cannot indeed well be too short, but such speakers as Dick ens cannot often be encountered ; and those who are fortu na t e enough to be pr esent on an oc casion like the present are inclined to regard as grudging and parsimonious the brevity which, in fact, is dictated by good sense, good taste, and knowledge of the world. In these days, when pho tographic portraits are multiplied by thousands, and permeate all our cities, towns, and villages, there are few who can be strangers to the personal ap pearance of 'Mr. Dickens. His appearance, how ever, undoubtedly adds weight to his oratory ; and when the well-graced and singularly felicitous sen tences he always combines are delivered with the full charm of voice and manner he possesses, the result, of course, is wonderfully pleasing and im pressive. There was little in his speech he delivered on Wednesday evening to distinguish it from any similar speeches lie has before delivered. Its only defect was, as we have hinted, in very fact, a grace, and the regret men experienced when the voice left off ringing in their ears was, in fact, a tribute to the art of the speaker. About Mr. Buckstone's success nothing surely need be said. Everything that Buck stone does is Buckstonian—that is to say, irresistibly comic—and the power of voice and manner over an audience was never more convincingly shown than on the present occasion, when the utterance of the simple words "My Lord Mayor" convulsed half his audience with laughter. His speech was, how ever, very clever, and the tone of humorous though respectful persiflage with which he treated the Lord Mayor tickled vastly his audience. There was, in fact, a species of duel between Mr. Buckstone and the Lord Mayor, in which, though no hurt was re ceived on either side, one or two very vigorous lunges were forcibly given and dexterously avoided. The story about the borrowed armour tickled the audience immensely, and the twinkle of the speaker showed that he himself relished the joke not a whit the worse for being a trifle mischievous. His re ference to the possibility of his having been an al derman was told also well, and the retort of the Lord Mayor that Mr. Buckstone was better in his place as a brilliaat actor than as a second-rate alder man, was fair and successful, though, perhaps, no altogether well founded. WARREN'S BLACKING.—When the great black ing -maker of London despatched his agent to Egypt to write on the pyramids of Ghiza, in huge letters, " Buy Warren's Blacking, 30, Strand, London," ho was not " cheating" travellers on the Nile. His blacking was really a superior article, and well worth the price charged for it; but he was " humbugging" the public by this queer way of arresting attention. It turned out just as he had antici pated that English travellers in that part of Egypt W e re e indignant at this desecration, and they wrote bac e k te to ne London Times (every Englishman writes or tdhernoa to denouncing " write to the Times" if anything goes wroug o ? e , nt pyramids the "Goth" who had thus disfigured thesetetearne, ~ B u y War by writing on them in monstrou , s T i he Times published ren's Blacking, 30, Strand, London." several of those awful, these letters, and backed them up peculiar to the great maker, "Warren, 30 as a man who had uo respect for Strand," was stigmatised andit was hinted that he would pro tho ancient patriarchs, . grand, and dictatorial ntaltVohilicahl tehdeit:lraic:lkinYg bably not hesitate to sell his blacking on the sarcophagus of Pharaoh, , o r any other" mummy —if he c ou ld only make b ‘ yit. In fact, to cap the c li max, Warren was denounced "humbug." These indi gnant articles were copied into all the provincial journals, an d very soon, in this manner, the columns of every newspaper in Great m o n e as y a Br i ta i n were teeming with this advice : " Try Warren's Blacking, 30, Strand, London." The curiosity of the public was thus aroused, and they did " try" it ; and, find ing it a superior article, they continued to purchase it, and recommended it to their friends, and Warren made a fortune by it. He always attributed his success to his having "humbugged" the public by his unique method of advertising his blacking in Egypt ! But Warren did not cheat his customers, nor " practise an imposition under fair pretences." He was a humbug, but he was au honest, up right man, and no one called him an impostor or a cheat. The liumbugs of the World. 13:i P. T. 13arnum . . , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE --This Day. VICTORIA CLUB 13ETTDTG—THIS DAY, NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Peail Diver (taken) sto 1 agst Drum (taken) 7 to 1 agst Whalebone (taken) 7to 1 agst Ealing (taken) 10 to 1 agst Peeress (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 100 to 8 agst Neroli (taken) Very little betting. Most of the members being at New market and the Ealing and Blackheath Races. MAN 'CHESTER BETTING-SATURDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Eakring (taken) Bto 1 agst Whalebone (taken) 10 to 1 agst Drum (taken) CHESTER CUP. 14 to lon the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst Delight (taken freely) 100 to 3 agst Redcap (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 7to 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) SPORTING NO .CES. 41.- The Newmarket Handicap has a very small acceptance. Pearl Diver, from the forward position he occupied in the Northamptonshire Stakes, is now first favourite. Eakring and Whalebone have likewise been backed fur small amounts. Black Prince is not expected to run. From the very indifferent lot that will contest the race, it is ro use looking beyond PEARL DIVER or EARRING to furnish the winner. The Eighth Biennial Stakes, which will be decided over the Rowley mile, has a brilliant entry of • fifty-eight, but much of the interest attaching to the race has been destroyed through the scratching of Lord Partsmouth's Robin Hood. The pick of the horses engaged are Mount Palatine, Mazeppa, Monarch of the Glen, Westwick, Claros, Ischia, The Primate, The Student, The Peer, King Hal, Geojerat, Magician, Custaloga, Ammunition, La Dauphine, Lochiel, Staghound, Dalesman, Tomahawk, Warwick, and Gladiator. Neither The Student nor The Peer is likely to run, but as Monarch of the Glen, Mount Palatine, Westwick, Staghound, Dalesman, Gladiator, The Primate, and Ischia will probably join issue, the contest is sure to be exciting, and though Monarch of the Glen and Mount Palatine are said to be vastly improved horses, The Primate and Dalesman carry my confidence. In the half mile Beacon Stakes nine two-year-olds have been engaged, the entry including Mr. Chaplin's Derby colt Hermit, Achievement, Photographe, and Hornet. If Hermit is brought out he will win, but in his absence Photographs may just beat Achievement, who, how ever, is reported to be a splendid filly. On Wednesday the Derby Trial Stakes and the Column Stakes are the only closed races of note. In mile and half Derby Trial Stakes King Charming, Proserpina, Gontran, Archimedes, Christ mas Carol, The Grinder, and other horses have been nomi nated against Gladiateur, but as the French horse is well he will have no difficulty in winning. To the mile Column Stakes there are 16 subscriptions, and as Young Monarque is reported unfit, Crown Prince or Beelzebub should be the winner of the stakes. On Thursday, the Seventh Biennial Stakes, the Claret Stakes, and the Abingdon Stakes are the principal items in the card ; 79 horses are entered for the Seventh Biennial Stakes, the list including Pantaloon, The Duke, King Charming, Ostregar, Tennyson, Anti- Macassar, Chimney Sweep, Audax, Nukuheva, Friday, Sydmonton, Kangaroo, Archimides, Al, and Jezabel. The Duke, though the distance is further than he likes, will probably be the favourite, but it is on the cards for him to be defeated by SYDMONTON or FRIDAY, both of whom can stay the severe ditch in course. On Friday the Bennington Stakes, D.M., must fall to Esca ; the Port Stakes, T.M.M., to the Duke or Zephyr; and the 100 Sovs Sweepstakes) D.M., to Dalesman. The Student, after having been nearly knocked out for both the Two Thousand and Derby, has now assumed a more healthy appearance for both events. No doubt he will either be knocked out altogether this week or see half his present price. Rustic, after receding a point or two, is now as firm as ever. On Public form he has no right to be at his present short price. Those who keep keying against him will have no cause to regret it when the race is over. A FRESH MAN. Murder in Paddington. Daniel Elmore, Bridge-terrace, Harrow-road, was taken into custody last night for the murder of his wife. At ten o'clock last night the prisoner met his wife with another man outside a public-house, when angry words passed be tween them, which resulted in Elmore knocking his wife down, kicking her in the stomach, and then running away. A police constable picked the poor woman up, had her con-. veyed to the police-station, and the surgeon called in, who stated that the woman must have met an almost instanta neous death. The unfortunate woman has left several small "children. Latterly she had been much addicted to drink, and this led to repeated quarrels with her husband, who is a dairyman in the service of Mrs. Evans, Harrow-road. He was ap prehended a short time time afterwards in a publichouse in the Harrow-road. Li 4erpool Cotton Market. —This Day. Market opens with moderate demand. Sales probably 6,000 or 7,000 bales. About Giants and Dwarfs. veheisit.Ao'afwaTenoorrak ;If T a o g i az n i T ne h .) umb, his wife, The approa ( c i rsi " ng m he renowned Commodore Nutt, and Minni e Warren is our apology for this article, if any apology were needed. W e have before us a "Sketch of the lives, personal appearance, character, and manners" of Mr. Charles S. Stratton (better known as General Tom Thumb) and his wife, with a history of their courtship and marriage ; together with some ac count of "remarkable dwarfs, giants, and other human phenomena of ancient and modern times," and (to follow the title) "also songs given at their public levees." This is the age of biographies and autobiographies of men of all ranks, and it was fit that the public should be made aware of what is known concerning the company of little people whose names are given above. Passing over any mention of Goliath, and that Roman Emperor who reached the astonishing height of nearly eight feet, we are reminded of O'Brien, the Irish giant, whose height, was eight feet four inches, and of M. Louis, known as the French giant, who grew till he was seven feet one inch and then stopped. The race of giants has, we regret to say, got by degrees smaller and smaller, until those who can boast of being seven or eight feet in height having come to be sought for with great zeal by enterprising speculators, who make fortunes by exhibiting their overgrown fellows. In corroboration of this, we need only point to Anak and Chang, the biggest representatives of mankind now in. existence. But, turning from great to small people, let us see what the chronicler says : —" As there were nations of giants, so there have been and are communities of dwarfs and pigmies. Ancient history speaks of a nation of pig mies in Thrace only eighteen inches in height. The Esquimaux aro generally less than five feet in height, and the Laplanders scarcely average four feet. The wife of the Emperor Augustus had a dwarf, named Sanopas, who was two feet ten inches in height." Then, as the reader curious in these matters will he aware, there was Geoffrey Hudson, " a remarkable dwarf, eigtiteeu inches high, and a great favourite with Charles 1.," besides which there was Count Browlaski, a "Polish gentle man, who at 23 years of ago was three feet high." Major France and Stevens was the first American dwarf exhibited ; he was 40 (" after suitable training beneath the pe r rs sd n b n y Pa inches high. The visit of Tom Thumb to Ipin t r h oue i s s ste c npr o rte : oe n tpiio c ol r ena y , but WS regret to hear that if f f o M n r ly . Bfrazutmh?ei circumstances c l u B m 44 s a w n i will eb:orfe theme triumphs e npehnsoi,ns r that the General is full Americo. of ad to the Queen and his imaginesubsequent her quiet borne, under his wife, "havingthe live d kh a d friends have watched over paternal roof, where her kable events to adventure usrheoiunldprniavtautreaaltlilfye record, no startling welfare, has no rower a lit , ' to relate; she is in wonder, and needs no incidents to kindle publi c c • • ty This little marvellous hi s tory curiosity years old, and 32 l a dy is 24 round, di m pled face , and sh e d resses richly and with Even ex quisite. taste." w ith Tom Thumb and his little wife the course of true love at first ran but cumbrously, although 3fiss Warren acknowledged that " his society was very agreeable to her, and that his absence was to her a source of pain " When the General had worked up sufficient resolu tion to pop," the little woman replied that she loved him, but could not many without the consent of her parents ; and she addedarchly, "You know that my mother objects to your moustache!" Ordinary lovers would have skedaddled, to use a Yankeeism, upon hearing this; but the General was equal to the emergency. He replied boldly, "I will cut that off, and my ears also, if that will induce you to give au affirmative answer to my question." This heroism had its effect upon Miss Warren, and they were m arried in 18113. The happy pair received the congratulation o f au r, the bride immense number of friends, and, what was better, was laden with the most costly wedding gifts. is 20 88 Minnie Warren (sister to the wife) Genera l ' s y e ars old and 24 inches high ; and Commodore Nutt is 22, an d 29 inches high. ----- A SPRING OF NA —The Police Gazette of Kertch, in the Crimea, announces that an engineer named Peters, who has been boring for naphtha on land conceded to Colonel Novossiltzew in that neighbourhood, has dis covered an abundant spring. The workmen, after piercing through a hard rock at a depth of 120 feet, were surprised by a sudden gush of the fluid, followed by a crackling noise Soon after a quantity of hot salt water was thrown up, mixed with clay. This continued for about half an hour, and was succeeded by a flow of pure naphtha, yielding less than 4 000 gallons in 21 hours. . • et et 50 20 et et 100 1031 i 1 9j j 161 1 13} 91 3