The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-19 00:00:00

ZONEY MARKET' AND COMMERCIAL !. N TEL), TWELVE O'CLOCK. B usiness in the discount market has been mode rately active. The capital afloat is not large, although it is sufficient for present requirements. First-class short-dated paper is negotiable at 7 : 1 and 7i per cent. The bo ll t a k en i nto the Bank of England on Saturday afternoon amounted to £57,000. The directors of the Opera Company have notified an intended issue of debentures for £lO and up- Wards, at 10 per cent. for six months, to replace t h ose falli ng due, and to provide capital for the P e niug of Drury Lane Theatre on Easter Monday the The d e b entures w i ll also carry a b onus in " e shape of a d m i ss i ons to the theatre, to the extent of 2 5 per cent., and will be secured on the whole stock in trade of the company. In the manfacturing districts during the past W eek th ere h as been a moderate amount of business transa cted in most d e p ar t men t s a t s t ea d y ra t es. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have generally maintained previous prices. In the woollen districts of Le eds, Bradford and Huddersfield seasonable oera tions hav e b een en t ere d i n t o i n spr i ng goo d s. h osiery and l ace at L e i cester an d Nottingham have bee n dull, while i n th e h ar d ware districts of Bir iz,lnghanl, Sheffield, &c., th ere h as b een no ma t er i a l ch ange. ?r he dire c t ors o f t h e S t. J o h n d ' El Rey Mining th °4ll3 anY (Limited) have received, per Navarre, 18e following report, dated Morro Velho, Jan. 17, f 66 :-- produce to Decembe r , 60,229 o it avas ; cos t 17, 1° ., £10,961 ; p ro fit f or d o ., £12,240 ; p ro d uce "aYs of J anuary , 16 , 725 o i tavas ; y i e ld , 8 , 582 Per t th ° R. Short supply of stone in consequence of ' e holidays. Two O'CLOCK. Th 4ec° rding to Reuter's telegram, the French r " per Cent. R en t es were quo t e d a t 69f. 12 c. erralrY. Littl e b us i n e ss. e 'he Mo ney Market shows signs of additional to ase, and the expectation of extended facilities tends comparative limitation of business. a e latest p r i ces on S a t ur d ay a f ternoon s h owe d b decl ine of a b ou t i n C onso l s , ow i ng t o ~ er ° l4 speculative sales. The depreciation having to the forward buyers, there is now a recovery ti t he extent of i t , the quotations at the present mo lheat b eing 87i for money, and 871 for account. 87: 1 X ew Threes and Reduced Annuities are 4'4 Exchequer Bills, 6s. 3s. dis. ; Bank Sto c k, "; I ndia Stock, 208 ; do. 5 p er C en t s ., 1024 1 ; 131 , ° e Per Cent., 974.; do. 4 per Cent. Bonds, 10s. in *; do. und er 1 , 000 , 15 s. prem. ,1. 4 - yll the Foreign Stock Market quotations are ea rne l% Turkish 5 per Cents. are 38; ; Alexi s 22 i- 23 ; ditto New, 201 ; Greek, 13i 14 ; pan Passive, 271 1; the Certificates, 16 1; L e oo nfeclerate Loan, 46; Brazilian Scrip, 11 2 e 4 1.; and Egypti an R a il way S cr i p, I prem. cried States Governme n t 5-20 B on d s are 68 1 ; e Shares, 5 9 1; and Illinois, 76 .. ti 1311siness in the Railway Sh are M ar k e t h as con poillied steady, and prices generally ar e we ll sup - O e il• Great Western, North Western, South t ri eB , te ral and Midla n d h ave eac h i mprove d 5 5., p it on 10s., a n d S ou th E astern I.'le Foreign an d C o l on i a l li nes rema i n w i thout a h il ge of importance, with the exce pti on o f G ran d of Canada, which has receded to 411. e g h., 413 , k 2nd Miscellaneous Shares are dull, a nd are l uit little ch ange as regar d s va l ues. A l l i ance 7 7 7 dealt i n at 27 291; London and County at t a 7i; London and Westminster at 96 ; Hudson 441 C°lll l ) any at 171 17f ; and Overend, Gurney, O. at 19 1 1. GC . R FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, 3 ...RNMENT FUNDS. IP Cott. Consols 3 °. Account, March 6 B7l 4 tcl:'t Cent. Reduced 877 i x W Per Cent B7l 4 !. 2 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — tiii n ° ,;., Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Do.-4"es, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 E ) for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — xe ? (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908._ Dollier Bills, .£1,000,3 per Cent. 3 6 dis . £5OO — 13 p ° ai l t. ~ £lOO and £2OO 246 1 ' °i England Stock, 5 per Cent in,P,l)lO GOv ERNMENT SECURITIES... 4 44 Stok, 101 per Cent., April 18/ 1) ° Ac . D° . count D u per Cent. July, 1870 Do 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 he. Certificates to. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent B7 D u ' 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do,°' 5 i per Cent., May 1879 — if h 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 — D e* -15°11 (18 £l,OOO lO 0 under 01,000 All. FO REIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4r'lltin Bonds,pub li Cent., £l5 pd Do. 4 Zii 4 a , 4 4 eper eSeapter C peent' 1859 951 L Per Cent., 1852-58-60 o. 1863 DD o o Acco tint 1863 — 5i i. liti'e. Scrip, £35 paid PE° .D o s Ayres 6 per Cent _ 1-,°. 4ecount el,"? 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) D il lan 6 per Cent — DanCol°. 44 per Cent ei l 4 ° ls inia 6 per Cent. , L e per Cent. 1],•" . 0 3 per Cent., 1825 if 1 per Cent., 1863 _ £25 0 (1 . 5 Per Cent., in ) , 4 • 1773-r 7, paid — D° biaz Principalities ID"Aler New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t Q P rovisional Land Warrant — t Pta ,..! l 7 per Cent _ L'° -tlOO Bonds _ D o 934 D o • 1864 1ieq.41,00 Bonds Do. 0 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons °De. Account D: C oupon s (z,..., Account ..___ it;llelnala 5 per Cent. 4-,, a4 A 5 Per Cent, 1665 10, eount ___ li,x`:. ataremmana Railway _ 1) 4 ' 44 3 Per Cent t , 0. Account b,-, 204 . J 0 e 1864 Alfm, " Per Cent Anglo-French _ 11, 1 -v ie, it • Cent.,` £3O paid ocji„ 'Mt s, per tiel,B4ll{lnperta'.l 5 per Cent to k , x , , nada _ Do 4 Per Ce nt -- 1)0 Deferred N.(3(114'11,1 Warrants (Hectares) PO O 1 ' Cent, 1864 _ vtftuvi,,uaranteed, 4 per Cent — 1) 0 '''r' 5 per Cent., 1865 p,r, •Aecount .1:04"111er Cent. (Uribarren). urt ' l. Per Cent., 1862 1, lignese 3 per Cent" 1853 ' , Jo 3 9 '6O '62 '3, Do, A Per Cent., 18 5 6 , ' 7 , '- , ' ' 454 R(Ls,..-cteeount D o 4i 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St D 3 ei per Cent. 1850 1) 0 3 2 Per Cent., 1860 _ 1 )0 , Per Cent. 1859 is ? Per Oent. 1862 B9l 931 t iarq Per Cent. 1864 D 0 44 5 Per Cent b ..CICO bands _ 8 °. lk , _ P[ini ah , j s er Cent 1)130 It cuoupetirt cent _ _ 1) ° el'? Deferred _ I)! Aceolint _ uou APassive 'l..a.ili,reeUnt 971 0 1) A ~' Ca rt of Coup not funded — led,• - '„ ) , c ount 1 16 1 0 ,1) 0 - , - ,p, 4 Per Cent. — 'tirkijs3,l3er Cent. 1864 .1) 0 ~'e : Per Cent. 1854 — 6 91 D, ft °tint Dag Per Cent. 1858 , c count ~ 4 1 ,-,,, D o 6 " Bonds 1) 0 A Per Cent 1862 D o Ac count 3 6 6 6 6 6 i bo 6 ends _ 1) 0 5 Per Cent, 1863 1 ) 0 Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 3 -81 i i f i I)0 'eeeunt V % \ liez . 10Pei %Cent. Guaranteed •uitt o 4 " Per Cent. .. — 1) 0 6 ae eeunt — 1)0. APer Cen ti _.t., 1862 Z e o eeu a••• -. 1864 '''' 4 484. bivid a payable in London. 0 ti , , nds on the above .. o'eg:i a „, ll ) u., 13:?,r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ... tititeh-ili Per cent., E x . 25f. tbo I re" Cent Ex 12 Guil — rell e l: teer Cent. Certificates — 411 41 , ritee 3 per Cent. — " 13 0 4 % , ' Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. .... ceonut ................................. 1 / 4 0 0 ,. TWO O'CLOCK. Z s°lB for re 87- 3 1 e• 4 000 °IleY .............................. 6 Unt ............ 87i ......................... ------.---___ te.i4lastilu s uppleznent to the L on d on Gazette of Saturday con liel_ h wane u rn . chi' ac count of the i nvest i ture of the King of the ap e :' Wi th the O r d er of the Garter. The proceedings g'ready appeared in The Sun. 1 SHARE MARKETS. —This Day. -,,- 01:DINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I p aid. Closing i Business Share Railways. Price. I done. Bristol and Exeter !Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & B.Lonfion, crip Certi.' Do. Glasgow & S. Wcstern Great Eastern, ()rd. stk. Do. E. Angi. st. No , Great North of Scotland' treat Northern DJ. A stock Do. B stock Do. 'New, is. at 25 pm Grt S. and W. of Ireland- Gt. Western -Original; I) . S. Val. nail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Ox:ord 1)o. Newpo - t Do. ller tford ... Lauc ,shire & Yorkshire. L .radon and Black , .vall Lon., lirigh.,& S Coast Lon., {stmt., and Dort, r 93 95 131 33 65 70 13 15 41 51 68 7u 70 72 114 116 39 4') Gf J '23 '.31 118 149 co 92 6).1 C 3 59 6 41 f 3 C 5 37 )01 . G 3 )23 724 t 9 NI 98 35 37 15 5 127 `27.; 94 v 5 05 6.5; 131 )35 3 ttfp 1 116 98 10 Do. Mctrop. Ex. A. Lon. dr - North Wester] Lon. & South NVesteri Man., Shel., do Linea Metropolitan.... Do. Net., Do Extension...... Metropolitan District. Do do. DO. and t. John'alrd Mid and Do. L 9 Share 127. 128 it 96 Do, & Derly ',lid Kent .. North British Do. Ed., , Pth& Dun, Nth. Eastern—Berwiek Do. Ci.N.E purehabt Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... CO 62 7 24 112 114 Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. At S. W. Junction Scottish Cvntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock I o. Scot, Midst Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E> stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C,. ..... Vale of Nenth . Waterford & Kilkenny Watel leo & Whiteha West Cornwall ;JUTISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen. In. Do. 5 11? e e s ;; :ere%t... Buffalo A; Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim al e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 14:ast. Ben_al, gu, 5 do East 'Alan, gu. 5 p.c. Do .1 Extension i3rand Trunk of Canada) Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. ist :'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred ... Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred .... Do. :id Pref. stock.... Do do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. istoci:: Do. do. deterred .... Gt. ludia Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Goa. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. G t. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent Do D . 41 per cent great W, a. of Canada-1 DJ. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 187' t' o. 5i do. pay. 1877- 8 . • i Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4f do Do. 4; (It? Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel Hudson's Say.. N. ltl.C'da,6pc Istpt.bs. z•cinde Do. Delhi 4 Do. do Do. Punlaub 1 1 . Do.lndus St FlO 4O COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1472.... Can.Gov.(l p.c.Ja.ct July 1877-Si - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept no. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed ak ICape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 ' , u.Apl.(l/ Oct , 1890- 19eC Do. do: 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1690-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., IQOO Ceylon, Nuv. 1866,6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, r p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 no. 1882, May 5, Nov. • : Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug at al , ;ov. It per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.0.Ja.,t.1u1) S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1861 Do. . 5 p c. 1811 to 18 7:1 Do. 5 i).c. 1888 to 189: Sew Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So tia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 tieensland Gov. 6 p. C s. A us. Gov. 6 p,c 1868- 1 ! Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July, Do. do, d pril & Oct 72 73 103 109 37 38 104 I 'il . 124 126 1i 2p, 14 2p 75 77 11 12 147 140 C 8 70 112 114 53 55 76 76t 8 9 147 150 3 11 102 IC4 51 53 :SSIONS 51 6) 99 100 i fd }0 7. 8 10 11 74 78 06 98 65 7 0 100 102 100 101 102 103 45 49 87 90 68 70 60 ( 3 62 6 4 53 56 48 51 44 $7 38 4 0 35 3 8 103 101 a 1 P A 9 100 91 e 3 17i 17 1 38 3k 42 14 84 10 1 hd 9) 101 90 92 So 88 64 66 8 82 981 Q 98 99 I - t 93 99 MENT SECUIt 94 96 93 96 95 97 r 0 62 75 SO 101 IG3 ic.l lee 104 10:S 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1 8 102 1(4 103 iO5 103 f( 5 1( 4 ;06 9J 101 93 . 95 93 95 87i 88 100 102 8 t 84 IsB 10) 98 100 104 KG IVES, 105 106 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consul. Gold, Jim. 1 Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated, 30 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 570 590 Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) 294 19 21 East Cara.mn x. 14.6 64 74 East Carn Brea 34 44 44 East Grenville East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 } East Love.' 3.9.0 11 124 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8. ;; 3 34 Gam. /fz StA übyn(G wen. 60 5 7 4 Gr. at L ,xey, limited., all 20 21 2 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 34 G. Wheal Vor (Heist •L 40 3C 32 24 Grenville Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 40 4e Liingston Downs 5.10.6 5} 54 Margaret tUny Lelant 18.17.6 5 7 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 44 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, Urn 24 LA Sew Se t o n - North Roskear , ;_.‘1 , 11•11 - 1assett(Illogay 4.4.0 North Wheal Crolty 2.13. , I 1 Prosper 1 4 nited 7.1.6 Pr vidence Uny I,dant 10.6.7 37 39 S. Caradun (Bt. Cleer) l} 410 439 Stouth Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 '8 22 • tray Park . 35.15.6 9 11 'Fin Croft 9 19 20 5 7ig - ra and Cl , gan, lfm all 4 6 iN'est I 4tssett (Mogan W. Caradun (I,skeard 9 8 !0 West Chi verton ll 774 82 West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 8 ) 95 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 25 274 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton -- Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 164 174 Mid I ll: hichatEN UN; r 4 IIAILEb onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 129} LINES LEASED AT IeIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 921 Victoria Station and Pimlico, 171 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. D itch Rhenish, 221 rear Luxembourg, 161 Sambre and Meuse, 81 - San Paulo, litn., ,ua. 6 per cent., 114 p:;:t IN NW, Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4 Scottish AustraPau, lira.. Uuited Mexican, liiu., BANKS: Agra and M saterman's, lira, 144 Alliance, 11w.. 291 9 Bank of New Zealand. 18 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 24 City, 2) Consolidated Bank, lira., 01 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 101 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartere d, 191 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 184 Imperial Bank, lien.. 20 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County. 77i 7 London and South African, 16} London and South-Western, Rm.. 19} London and 11 eatminster, 98 National Provincial of England. 'l2 New Zealand Bank Corporation. lira., 1 Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 7} Union of A ustralia, 51 Union of London, 11 DOCKS. t ondon and St. Katharine, 731 fiIISCELLANEOrra Atl intic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gam, '1 Canada Company, SO Ceylon Company, 91 City Offices, Um. 7 ef Credit foncler and Mobilier of England. 81 Ditto, issued at a prem.. of whioh £2 is to pay, 51 East India Irrigation and Canal. 91 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 41 Fore-str( et Warehouse, Gen. Credit and Finance of L,naon. lira., 5 Home and e lon 4 al A ssurance, lim,, 31 Hudson's Bay, Humber Iron Works, k Imperial Mercantile Credit Asao.,llm., International Financial society, lim., Joint Stook Discount, lim., 4ej Land Securities, lim., 31 London Financial Association. Ilm , 13 / Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 171 National Discount Company, 141 National Provincial Marine, Overend, Gurney, and Co.. lim., 191 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 5 • Royal Mail Steam, 1131 The New York Citizen, edited by Miles O'Reilly, asserts that before ten weeks there will be —somewhere —an Irish Republic existing on the face of the earth, with a flag,/ an army, a port of entry and exit, a navy of priva teers, and the tacit encouragement both of France and the United States in the prosecution of belligerent acts against Great Britain. too t,t .4oi to too I 109 10 110 1 , 0 Ino 'OSSE, 100 100 100 all 100 100 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1866 MARKETS.--This Day. MARK LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was very inactive. The sale of good and fine dry samples, however, was steadily supported ; but damp wheats sold at higher quotations. For barley the trade was firm, at fully late rates. Other articles met a slow sale at previous quotations. On the Continent the wheat trade is quiet, and, in some instances, prices aro rather drooping. Oats aro firm ; but other articles are a slow sale. At New York the export de mand for wheat and flour is very limited. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of ;home grown wheat were very small. The condition of the pro duce was very bad ; consequently, the trade—notwith standing the short supply—was in a most inactive state. The saleable parcels on the stands found buyers at quite previous rates, and the least damp quality changed hands in the courso of the day at about late prices, but the re znaiuing portion was very difficult of disposal, and remain unsold at the close of business. The supply of foreign wheat on sale was moderately good. Dry parcels were in request, and sold at very full priced. For other qualities thole was a fair average de mand, and the quotations ruled firm. . _ . Floating cargoes of grain wero in moderate demand, at full currencies. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. The trade for malting descriptions was very firm, and rather higher prices were obtained. Grinding and distilling pro duce moved off steadily, at quite late rates. The malt trade was decidedly firm, and last Monday's currency was well supported. The supply of beans on sale was but moderate. Most descriptions commanded more attention, at full prices. The market was but moderately supplied with oats. The demand, however, ruled quiet, but without leading to any quotable change in prices from Monday last. have commanded but little attention, and the quotations are almost nominal. Linseed cakes have changed hands steadily at full quotations. Cottonseed cakes, however, have met a slow sale. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT lIOUSE OF LORDS—SATunDAY Evnum, The LORD CIIANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at four o'clock. There was a full attendance of peers, but no business was transacted until 20 minutes to five o'clock. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CO4PUS ACT IN IRELAND. The Bill for the Suspension of the Habeas Corptis Act in Ireland was brought up from the House of Common; with the usual prayer for its assent by their lordships. Earl RUSSELL, in moving that the bill be read a first time, said that her Majesty's Government had not adopted the extreme course involved in this bill without due consideration of the circumstances which existed in Ireland up to the present time. They had been compelled to resort to the introduction of the bill solely by the ne cessity of the case. It had been discovered that a power ful conspiracy had arisen in Ireland, the object of which was to subvert the Government of this country in Ireland; and the acts of the conspirators had been so notorious as to show that they wanted to exhibit their strength and not to seek concealment of their object. It was indispensably necessary that immediate action should be taken by the Government, and, accordingly, proceedings with which their lordships were familiar had been adopted to suppress the movement, but these had been ineffectual. Had it not been for the civil war in America the present disturbed state of Ireland would not have arisen. At the end of that war a million of dollars were subscribed at ono time with the view of invading Canada, and afterwards with the view of invading Ireland. The object of this Fenian movement was to take possession of property in Ireland, to upset both Churches in that country ; it was, in fact, a movement directed against vested rights and religion. (Hear, hear.) Of course it was the object of the origi nators of this movement to procure as much support as they could on behalf of their object, and for that purpose they had established an organised system throughout Ire land and the United States, where a sympathy with the movement was felt. All these facts had come to the know ledge of the Lord Lieutenant and the Executive, and at tempts had been made to arrest the progress of the nioveinent, but it . had been , found that these attempts had been inade quate. As a protif of the extent to which the movement had extended, the noble lord referred to the attempts which had been made to tamper with her Majesty's soldiers, which, to their credit; had been unsuccessful. Under these •circumstances, - there was no course left open to the Government in order to prevent dis order, the devastation of property, and the other effects that would follow on the progress of such a movement, even if it were temporarily successful, but to adopt the most stringent measures which had been sanctioned by precedent in times of emergency. (Hear, hear.) The emisssaries of the Fenians from America had been so numerous that the Lord Lieutenant said he could not be held responsible for the safety of Ireland without ho was armed with the powers sought by the bill, and the Govern ment felt that the time had arrived when they could ask the Legislature to give its assent to the bill, which un doubtedly was one of great power. If Government wore to allow the proceedings to go on, and if they were to allow the military measures b go on, Government would be in curring a very great responsibility in not asking for power to put an end to such a state of things. Tho prin cipal emissaries in the Fenian conspiracy were men from America to whose employment the termination of the civil war had put an end. The suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act would enable the Lord-Lieutenant to lay his fingers on those men, and thus they would be placed with those who had already had their trial by the ordinary tribunals of the country. It might be said that the Government was asking for this very stringent mea snre without having measures of a remedial nature to back them up ; but he thought that in putting down this con spiracy the Government were taking the highest and best remedial measures in their power. (Hear.) The object of passing the bill, in fine, was to preserve the peace in Ire land, and to maintain the authority of the Queen in that country. (Hear, hear.) He now moved that the bill be read a first time. The motion was then agreed to. The LORD CHANCELLOR, the standing orders hav ing been suspended, put the second reading of the bill. The Earl of DERBY said he did not rise for the pur pose of offering any opposition to the motion, because he supposed that the state of matters in Ireland had altered very materially since the opening of Parliament. He should abstain from all lengthy remarks, but he could not certainly coincide in the observation that the Fenian con spiracy was solely the result of the termination of the civil war in America. The time might come when further explanation might be called for, but at the present time all that was to be done was to assent to that measure which nearly 370 members of the House of Commons had approved. There had been an insignificant minority of six in the other house, and he did hope that there would not be even ono member in that house who would hesitate . in the cause Of order,lut that the power would be given to the Government which they by their bill now asked for. The bill then passed through its other stages. TELEGRAPH (IRELAND) BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved and obtained leave to bring in a bill giving the Lord-Lieutenant power over tho telegraph lines in Ireland. The house then adjourned during pleasure. The Royal Assent was given to the bill at a quarter to 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. HOUSE OF COMMONS-SATURDAY. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND. (Continued from our First Edition of Saturday) Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know what had induced the hon. member for Birmingham to deliver the speech he had just delivered himself of. Was it for the pur pose of smoothing or conciliating the present condition ? —(hear, hear)—because if such had been his intention he (Mr. Roebuck) must say he had missedhis mark. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") The hon. member had taken the opportunity to find fault with everything that had been done for Ireland for the last twenty years, but he did not agree with him in such a statement. Every matter brought forward for the amelioration of the condition of Ireland had always been most atten tively and carefully considered—(hear, hear)—but one thing the hon. .member for Birmingham had not done : he had not in one instance placed his finger on one thing that been done detrimental to Ireland— (hear, hear)—neither had he made known in ono particular what he considered ought to have been done. (Hear, hear.) It was all very well to be an admir able declaimer, and to lament over the miseries of Ireland, but he wanted to know what they were. (Hear, hear.) One of her great grievances was the Irish Church— (hear, hear)—but did they not think that the Church of England was as great a grievance to the Roman. Catholics. Ho thought the state of Ireland would not be at all improved by the speech of the honourable member for Birmingham, but quite the contrary. Mr. HORSDIAN condemned the speech of the hon. member above him (Mr. Bright), but it appeared to him after the most minute attention that the hon. member had forgotten to say whether ho disapproved of or agreed with Fenianism. There was one thing of which ho felt perfectly convinced—that the Fenians would place a high value on the speech of the hon. member for Birmingham. He could only imagine his motive for delivering it on the present occasion was because ho had prepared it for the motion of the hon. member opposite (The O'Donoghue) on the Address, and had , then been precluded from delivering himself of it, and therefore he was unwilling that so much eloquence should be lost. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member for Birmingham seemed to him to bo "One of thbse patriots of the world alone; The friends of every country but their own." He (Mr. Horsman) could not think the people of Ireland would look upon the hon. member for Birmingham as a benefactor in the past, or a safe guide for the future. Mr. DILLON thanked the hon. member for Birmingham for the speech he had just delivered, which he looked upon as the truest, noblest, and most generous address it had ever been his good fortune to hear. He was opposed to the bill now sought by the Government. Mr. J. S. MILL hoped the Government would use the enormous powers given by the bill cautiously, and that they would not go to sleep again for the next 15 years, but that they would direct their energies to the improve ment of the condition of the country. _ After a few words from Mr. MooRE and Mr. CONOLLY, Sir G. GREYsaid he co;;1::1;;;;t - say a more Fenian speech than that delivered by th e h o n. member for Bir mingham he had never heard. (Hear, hear.) 1 10 con demned the Fenians in Ireland as a body of lawless ma rauders, banded together for the appropriation of property of every kind. (Hear, bear, and No, no.) Hon. members might say, " No, no," but he contended that life and pro perty were the chief objects of assault in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He denied that the Roman Catholic clergy were to be looked upon, according to the member for Sheffield, as the abetters of conspiracy ; lie emphatically denied such an assertion ; on the contrary, he (SirG. Grey) was of opinion that the peace of Ireland, up to the present time, had probably been preserved by the Catholic clergy. (Hoar, hear.) The O'DONOUGHIJE thanked the hon. member for Birmingham for his speech, and said if the tenour of it was acted upon it would go far to put down Fenianism. (Hear, hear.) He thought if the Government had determined to thoroughly investigate into the matters that had brought the Fenian movement and say so the greatest good would re sult. (Hear, hoar.) He could not agree in that which had been said, viz., that robbery and murder were the great aim and object cf the disaffected in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Co ercion was not what was wanted in Ireland—(hear, hear) —it would only create panic and intensify disaffection, and produce exactly the opposite result that the Government desired to bring about. Ono of the greatest triumphs for Stephens would be tho action of the Government that day. (Cries of "No, no.") He said "Yes, yes ;" and further that when the news arrived in America they would come to the conclusion that the matter was much more important than it really was. They would say "We must subscribe, we must get our ships ready, for the movement must be im portant when the Government of the Queen comes forward in the British House of Commons and proposes to suspend the Constitution. He could only.deeply regret that the Government had been so precipitous as to introduce this bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the time, he thought, had now arrived . when the house ought to come to a decision on the bill now before it, but before it did so he thought it was sight ho should refer shortly to some of the' observations adddreised to the house during the -debate. • With respect •to the act referred to by the hon. member for Buckinghamshire as being repealed just at the time it was wanted. Now that act was passed for &different object to that which the hon. member now states it would apply to. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not think the Government would have been justified in putting in action an act passed for vagrants and vagabonds against those whom it was now sought to restrain ; and with respect to the want of fore sight of which the Government had h.!en accused of in that respect, it should be borne in mind that the bill for the repeal of the act had been moved in the House of Lords by the Earl of Donoughmore, a very distinguished member of the party opposite. (Hear, hear.) With respect to tho speech of the hon. member forßirmingham he could not but say he had listened to it with feelings of pain and regret, and he could not but think that on the present occasion it was entirely out of place. (Hear, hear.) The re presentatives from Ireland have not protested against the passing of the bill. He contended they had the unanimous feeling of the house in their favour, because the members for Tipperary and Tralee had not ex pressed their disapprobation of the bill because they ap proved of Fenianism, but because they thought it would irritate rather than allay the present state of feeling, and because they considered it unnecessary. The Government had waited until the last moment before they took the step they were now asking the house to assent to. They did not propose the measure because there was a danger of the separation of Ireland, because the loyalty of the majority of Irishmen was too well known to the Sovereign who now occupied the throne to give rise to such a sup position. (Hear, hear.) They brought in the bill to act against those who had been misled. (Hear, hear.) That was their duty of to-day, and to the duty of the day let them for the present confine - thernselves. (Hear, hear.) He felt that before the clock chimed again (4 O'clock) the bill would have passed from that house to another place for it to give its judgment, and such a pro ceeding would show that the House of Commons was equal to the emergency, and was not slow to guard even mis guided people against themselves. The SPEAKER then put the question that leave be given to bring in the bill, The "ayes" answered in a very numerous and emphatic manner, but on the "noes" being called for The O'Donoghue objected to the motion, and a division took place, when there appeared— For the introduction of the bill 364 Against it 6 Majority —3sB The announcement of the numbers was received with loud cheers. The bill was then brought in and read a first time. Sir a GREY moved the suspension of the standing orders, when the bill was read a second time, committed, and read a third time, and passed without further opposi tion. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASICRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old 46s 518 Do., white, old s!e s's Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —g Do., new - s Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 3os 38s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown ,_ Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s 26s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 203 26s Cork, white 228 27s Scotch, Feeding 2ls 263 Beaus—Tick Pigeons ..., 46s 50s Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel METROPOLITAN CATTLE. For the time of year, our market to-day was well sup plied with foreign stock. The demand both for beasts and sheep was steady, and prices ruled firm. Calves sold at high quotations. Fresh up from our own grazing districts the arrivals of busts were moderately extensive, and the quality of the stock was good. The receipts from Scotland were to a full average extent, and in prime condition. Owing to the more favourable weather the beef trade was decidedly more active than on Monday last, but enhanced prices wore with difficulty obtained. However, the quotations were 2d per 81bs higher than on this day week, the primest Scots and crosses having realised 4s 10d to 5s per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, lissex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,900 Scotts, crosses, ; from other parts of England, 1,000 of various breeds; from Scotland, 800 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 200 oxen and heifers. The supply of English sheep on sale was but moderate. Most breeds, however, came to hand in good condition. The mutton trade was firm, and, in most instances, an ad vance, as compared with Monday last, of 2d per 81bs took place in prices. Prime Downs and half-bred; in the wool sold at Gs 8d to 6s 10d, and prime Downs, out of the wool, at quite 5s 4d per 81bs. There were a few lambs on offer, and they changed hands at fully late prices, viz., 8s per 81bs. Calves were in short supply, and the quotations ruled high, the top price being Gs 8d per 81bs. There was a fair demand for pigs, at fully late rates. Per 81b to sink the offal. dsds d s d Crse. dr inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 to 6 4 Second quality do ..4 0 4 4 Prime o'thilown to.6 6 6 10 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 8 La tze coarse calves.s 8 6 2 Prime Scuts. (tc....4 10 5 0 Pr me small d0......6 4 6 8 Crse. and int. sheep. 4 2 4 8 Large hogs .. .4 4 8 Second quality do ..5 0 5 8 Small porkers 4.10 5 2 1.amb....08 Od to 0 , Od. Suckling zalves, 29s to 2is ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s t) 33s each. _ _ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply, Beasts 4,510 'Beasts I no Cows Sheep 17,200 Sheep 5 620 Calves 146 Ca ves 3S l'igs 415 ,Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week amounted to 7,606 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 4,507 ; in 1864, 2,865 ; in 1863 2,889 ; in 1862, 1,282 ; and in 1861, 3,059. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Boasts. WOOL. The amount of business passing in all kinds of wool is very moderate. The demand both for home-grown and colonial qualities is much restricted. Nevertheless, prices rule tolerably firm. Advices from Australia are more satisfactory as regards the now clip. Current prices of Ecglish wool per lb. sd s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 81 1 93 Half-bred do 1 111 2 Oi Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 1 10 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing PDLICE INTELLIGLNCE.—This Day, - o -- MARYLEBONE. MR. S9THETtN AND THE SPIRITUALISTS.—Robert Cooper, 11, Newman-street, Oxford-street, was brought up on a warrant charged with publishing a defamatory libel upon Mr. Sothern, the actor. The libel was published in a weekly periodical called the Spiritual Times. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine anti Mr. Montague Williams ap peared to prosecute, and Mr. Lawis, son., defended the prisoner. Mr. Ballantine, having opened the case, called Mr. Sothern, who most emphatically Jenied all that was stated in the paper alluded to. Mr. Lewis now wished, on behalf of his client, to tender an apology. Mr. Knox said it was too late JO do so. It came with bad grace when tendered after the accused had been dragged to the bar of justice for trial. The depositions were taken, sad the prisoner was fully committed to the Old Baily for trial. Mr. Lewis applied that prisoner be admitted to bail. Mr. Knox consented to take bail. Tho prisoner in the sum of X5OO, and two sureties in .£250 each. WESTMINSTER. DASTARDLY REVENGE.—A tespectable-looking woman, who appeared overwhelmed with grief, came to the court this morning and entreated the magistrate to help her to recover her child. • Mr. Selfe—Who has got ft? Applicant—My husband. Mr. Solfe—What objection is there to your husband having the child? You are not living together, I sup-- pose ? Applicant—No, sir, we are not. He was brought here in May last and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for cruelly ill-treating me. Since that time we have not lived together. He then swore that he would have his re venge of me, and he has now had it. He has got posses sion of my child, which will break my heart. Mr. Selfe—What is the child's age ? Applicant—Six years. He is unfit to have the child, and has only taken it for revenge. Mr. Selfe—Have you any more children ? Applicant None alive ; all the others are dead. Ile knows how fond 1 am of the little boy, and that makes his cruelty the greater. Mr. Selfe—How did he get possession of the child ? 2[Applicant—The child and I were taken in with fever to the Fever Hospital at Islington, and finding myself a great deal better I asked permission to leave yesterday ; and when I was ready I asked for my child, and then found my husband had had his revenge ; ho had taken it out in the state it then was the previous day. I shall never see my child again. The woman hero broke out into such a paroxysm of grief that the worthy magistrate endeavoured to comfort her, and told ono of the summoning officers to see to the matter immediately. THAMES. CRUELTY TO A HoßsE.—Edward Barton, lato a carman in the employ of Mr. Thomas Morrison, Farnlough, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with cruely ill treating, abasing, and torturing a valuable horse, the pro pelt, of his employer. - Mr. William Love, the chief officer of the Royal Society for the Preventio n of Cruelty to Animals, stated that the prosecutor was a town, c armau and contractor in an ex tensive way of business, and the owner of a great number of valuable horses. Mr. Fanclough bad brought this case under the notice of the Royal Society. The prisoner was in charge of three horses and a Tan on the 2d of Febru ary, to fetch some hogsheads of sugar from the brandy quay of the London Dock. On arriving at the dock the de fendant was seen making an attempt to back the van under the warehouse where ho was to receive the sugars. The pri soner went about the business in a very clumsy manner, standing at the head of the leading horse and bawling out to and flicking his whip at the shaft horses. Some move ment on the part of the near-side horse at the pole dis pleased the defendant, who thereupon gave utteranc o to a volley of fearful oaths and imprecations, and turning the butt end of the whip in his hand, went up to his horse and deliberately struck it a tremendous blow on the face, which staggered the animal and caused a gash from which the blood flowed copiously for some time. Happily, the horse did not appear to have sustained any permanent injury, though the blow was calculated to crack the bone. The prisoner's employer having a large number of horses was anxious that their waggoners and other servants should be taught that such acts_of violence and cruelty wore illegal. Mr. Love then called Mr. A. W. Ashy, clerk to Messrs Bedell and Co., of 37, Mark-lane ; John Wilkinson, a cooper, of No. 7, Gloucester -buildings, Back Church-lane, in support of his statement. George Young, an officer of the Royal Society, saw the prisoner one day last week in the Loudon Dock, and asked him how he came to strike the horse in the way described, to which he replied, " The horse was obstinate, and I lost my temper." The prisoner in defence said ho was very sorry for what ho had done. Mr. Partridge—You have committed an act of great cruelty. It is a very bad case indeed. I fine you 40s. and costs. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Tlis Day. The market opens With a depressed tone on ac count of American news. Sales probably 6,000 or 7,000 bales. MR. GLADSTONE AND MR. DISRAELL—During the course of his remarkable speech on Saturday evening Mr. Bright paid the following noble tribute to the genius of the Leader of the Opposition and the capacity of the Leader of the Government :—Take the Chancellor of the Exchequer (exclaimed the hon. member for Birming ham—in as splendid a burst of eloquence as the House of Commons has for a long time past listened to) - take the Chancellor of the Exchequer: is there in the world, in any legislative assembly, a man, as the world goes, of more transcendent capacity, I say even of a more honest wish to do good to the country in which he occupies so con spicuous a place. Take the right hon. gentleman oppo site—the leader of the Opposition —is there any legislative assembly in the world at this moment a man leading an Opposition of more genius for his position, who has given proofs in every way but one in which proof can be given, that he is competent to the highest duties of the high offices of State. Theso men, great mon whom we on this and on that side can to a large extent admire and follow, fight for office, and sit alternately on this side and that—suppose it were possible for these men; with their intellects, with their far-reaching vision, to examine 'this question thorcughly, and to say for once whether this leads to office and to the miserable notoriety that men call fame, which springs from office, or not, "if it be possible,-we will act with loyalty to the sovereign and juatice to the people, and if it be possible we will make Ireland a strength, and not a weakness to the British Empire." It is on account of this fighting for party, and the gains which party gives, that there is so little result from the great intellects of such men—they grind, like Samson of old, in brazen fetters at their task, with Heaven-gifted strength, and the country and the world gain little by those gifts Which ought to win them the blessings of the world. Mr. Mill's Dead Failure in the House of Com mons—is thus made the best of (and bad is the best) by the Spectator, which remarks that in his maiden speech in the House on the cattle plague debate of Wednesday, "he was not distinctly heard, and the Parlia mentary gossip about the speech was at first unfavourable His argument, it was said, was thin,' and his manner almost petulant. The truth, no doubt," says the Spectator with an amusingly left-handed apology, " was that he was somewhat nervous, and that this made a style always some what dictatorial seem fretful!" Rather significantly—Mr. J. S. Mill was interrupted during the delivery of his few remarks on Saturday evening by loud calls from the House of Question ! Divide ! Time ! Pretty plain indications that the Philosopher has already earned a recognised position in the House of Commons as a bore ! RAPID LEGISLATION. — The efforts of the Fenians to revolutionise Ireland will assuredly bo unsuccessful, but they have unintentionally been the means of compelling both Houses of Parliament to depart from their customary mode of proceeding and even Commit a breach of the Sabbath. Through the instrumentality of the Fenians both houses Another very unusual if o n t o tunp r s e c : on unprecedented ent ed Sunday thing mhoa arisen rsning. from the same cause : a bill has received the Royal assent within ton days from the meeting of Parliament ATTEMPT TO U PSET A RAILWAY TRAIN IN IRELAND. —On Friday morning, about three o'clock, as the up mail train from Galway to Dublin was passing near the 65th mile post, three miles from the Moat Station, in the parish of Kilmonaghan and county of Westmeath, the engine driver felt a serious shock, which nearly threw the engine off the rails. On the line being examined it was discovered that several largo stones had been placed across the rails. Both the engine guards were bent, but no further injury sustained. The company have offered a reward of X2OO for such information as may lead to the discovery of the prepetrator of this outrage. f-;01 I 621 3i 1261 1 9 Fi►3 5 I 1271 P 7; 109 Teo 1021 J 441 li 39 8 1031 1} 941 1 11 91, 87i Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Aalborg Antwerp 2245 ... ... 18 Boulogno 66 977 7 Bremen .•• Gothenburg Cadiz ••• '''' -- •• • ..."-. ••• ....-. ••• ..."." 81 ... ---- ... - ... 29 ••• Dordt. Dunkirk Delfzyh. Hamburg 175 305 Harlingen 349 .., Oporto — Ostend 876 4 Rotterdam ... 529 1630 149 150 Tonning Total 1,119 ... 6,115 ... ... 186 ... 186 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. rigs. 1865 1864 779 1725 335 26 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Feb. 20, 1865, and this day, Monday, Feb. 19, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Feb. 20, 1865. Feb. 19, 186 G. sd r d r dsd. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 2 3 6t03 10 Second quality do. Prime largo oxen 5 0 5 2 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality .do. Prime coarse-woolled do 5 8 6 0 510 6 4 Prime Southdown do 6 2 6 4 6 6 610 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 5 8 6 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 4 410 410 5 2 Beasts 4,210 5,340 Sheep 11,860 20,930 Calves rigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 22, 1864.—Beasts, 3,970 — sheep, 18,760—calves, 108—pigs, 388. Feb. 23, 1863—Beasts, 3,36 o—sheep, 16,240—calves, 143 —pigs, 510. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are well supplied with town and country killed meat. For most descriptions there is a fair demand, and prices rule tolerably firm. Per 81b by the carcase. • s d a d s d a d Inferior beef 210 3 2 Inferior mutton.— 3 8 4 0 Middling do. 3 4 3 10 Middling mutton-4 2 4 8 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do 4 10 5' 2 erime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 5 4 Large pork 31J 4 4 Small pork 4 6 6 0 Lamb, Cs Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business passing in our market is very moderate. The market, however, presents a steady ap pearance, and prices of most descripticas of hops rule firm. Last week's report was 135 bales from Antwerp, 15 Hamburg, 17 Harburg, 17 Bremen, 82 Rotterdam, 107 Harlingen, and 8 bales from Boulogne. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kants New Sussex Yearlings' BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale are largo. In newest descriptions sales progress slowly at barely late rates. The arrivals are almost entirely confined to home-grown produce. Kent and Essex regents scotch do. Yorkshire do COs to 95s „ Flukes 7Cs to 100 s 1, „ Rocks 45s to 60s 1, TALLOW. The tallow trade is firm to-day, and P.Y.C. is quoted at 47s 9d per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow, 46s net cash. Rough fat, 2s 41d per 81b. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 45,845 60,889 46,401 40,353 Prico of Y.O. —s Od —s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 1,384 2,085 1,638 2,290 Ditto from June 1 63,796 57,161 71,372 84,267 Arrival last week lO 129 50 Ditto from June 1 71,332 80,205 72.752 90,137 Price of Torre SEEDS. Linseed has moved off freely at full prices, but the de mand for rapeseed has ruled heavy. Apieultural peoda CATTLE DISEASES BILL. On the bringing in of the report of the committee on this bill, Sir J. FERGUSON moved tho insertion of the follow ing additional clause :—The powers of each cattle plague board shall extend over the whole of the county for which it is appointed, and over all burghs situa ated therein, excepting cities and burghs which have to elect members to Parliament, and whereof the population within the Parliamentary boundaries of any such burghs exceeds 20,000. After a short discussion the house divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it Majority against the clause —46 Some further verbal amendments having been made to some of the other clauses of the bill, it was ordered to be read a third time. The house then adjourned. BOMBAY TELEGRAM—Feb. 13. Exchange in London for a first-class bank bill, six months' sight, 2s. lid. ; Calcutta rate for do., 2s. 1 11-16 d. ; exchange on Calcutta at sight, 99 to 991 ; price of Government '4 per cent. paper, 89 ; do. 5 per cent., 103 ; do. 51 per cent., 109 ; Bank of Bombay rate of discount, 13 per cent. ; price per tola of bar gold, 991 toucl., 161 ; price per 100 tolas of bar silver, 17 to 17/ betterness, 1051. 85,000 bales of cotton sailed from Bombay during the week. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Feb. 19.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. WEYMOUTH, Feb.lB.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Fifeshire, from Shields for St. Nazairo. FALMOUTH, Fob. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Alonza, from Moulmein. IlAuwicn, Feb. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—The Dido, from London for Seaham. CARDIFF, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed.—Valenti, for Monte Video. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Blazer, from Islay. GRIMSBY, Feb. 17.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Scotland. for llavannah. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Wind B.W.—Arrived—Wini fred, from London for Melbourne. PENZANCE, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Europa, from GLOUCESTER, Feb. ;,17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nereid, from Sulina. SWANSEA, Feb. 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Viaeata, from Hong Kong. A SIGNAL HONOUR TO A YOUNG ENGLISH NOVELIST has just been offered to a well-'known London Journalist by one of the greatest organs of literary criticism in Europe—Mr. Edmund Yates's novel, "Broken to Harness," being now in course of translation into French by M. E. D. Forgues, for the Revue des Deux Mendes. We congratulate Mr. Yates upon this new and notable evidence of his widening popularity. THE ARMY IN IRELAND.—The Army in Ireland was reinforced a few weeks since by the 59th and 64th Regiments, more lately the 2d battalion 60th Rifles and 83:1 have been added, and now the despatch of the 75thand 92d Highlanders will bring the increase up to six battalions. For a time this increase will be somewhat neutralised by the embarkation of the Ist battalion GOth Rifles and Ist battalion Bth for the Mediterranean ; but the battalions they indirectly relieve, the 2d battalion 2d Queen's at Ber muda, and the 2d battalion 3d Buffs at Barbadoes, will land in Ireland on their return Jima, and be quartered in that country. Tho troops in Ireland aro being distributed more among the small towns, thereby giving a great feel ing of security to the ladies, both old and young.—Anny and Navy Gazette. The number of visitors at the Crystal Palace on Saturday was as follows :—Admissions on payment, 1,431 ; do. by season tickets, 5,287 ; total, 6,718. THE DIVISION op SATURDAY.—The minority who opposed the bill for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland were Sir G. Bowyer, Mr. Make, Dr. Brady, Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Mr. J. B. Dillon, Mr. J. D. Reardon, The O'Donoghue, and Mr. J. F. Maguire. The two latter lion. members acted as tellers. Many Irish members belonging to the Liberal party, including Sir John Gray, declined to take part in the division. THE CASE OF RYVES V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. —This case, in which the petitioner is known as claiming to bo Princess of Cumberland and Duchess of Lancaster, now stands fixed for the 28th inst., but we are informed that an application will be made on the part of the Attorney-General, on Tuesday, for an adjournment to the middle of May. The application is stated to be grounded on an affidavit stating that the solicitor to end Treasury found several hundreds of docu ments at t h e nh of last month which ho cannot digest in time behalf for the trial. of the The application is expected to be opposed petitioner by her counsel, gan Thomas. Dr. J. W. Smith a o n n d David Mor- Michael L. Sullivan, of Champaign county, Illinois, has the largest farm in the world. It contains 70,000 acres, 23,000 acres of which are under fence and in active cultivation. Much of tho work is done by machi nery. He drives his posts by horse power, cultivates his corn by machinery, ditches, sows, and plants by machi nery—so that all his labourers can ride and perform their duties. Mr. Sullivan gives employment to 200 farm hands, 200 horses, and a large number of oxen.—New York paper. The late slave States of America have an area of 928,894 square miles, and their population makes an average of 19 persons to the square mile. In order to have a population of equal density with Massachusetts thoso States would have to undergo an increase of population to the extent of 108,809,332. The' coloured race averages 34 1-3 d of the Southern people. Its distribution is (nearly) as follows :—Alabama, 45 per cent. ; Arkansas, 23 ; Dela ware, 22 ; Florida, 46 ; Georgia, 42 ; 22 ; Louisiana, 51; Maryland, 28; Mississippi, 51 ; Missouri 13 ; North Carolina, 36 ; South Carolina, 59 ; Tennessee, 24 ; Texas, 27 ; Virginia, 37. A Chicago clergyman missed his stockings on Christmas morning, and after a long search found one on each horn of a new mulch cow, which had been presented to him by his parishioners, and ornamented in this way to indicate that it was a Christmas gift. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, VICTORIA CLUB BETTLNG—Turs DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Copenhagen (takexi freely) sto 1 agst Valiant (taken) 9to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 100 to 7 agst Saccharomeier (taken) 15 to 1 agst Provisor (taken) 15 to 1 agst East Lynn (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gemma (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 20 to lagst Skirmish (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken) No betting on any oilier race. SPORTING NOTES. - The Lincoln Meeting has always been regarded as the opening of the legitimate racing - reason. There are fire races to be decided to-morrow -viz., the Trial Stakes, the Broeklesby Stakes, the Lincolnshire Handicap,• a Handicap Hurdle Race, and an All-aged Selling Stakes, the four former of which have closed with perhaps the most satis factory list of entries known since the establishment of the meeting in 1851, when it took place as early as Feb. 6 with only one flat race a day—the Trial Stakes and a Handicap, the former of which was won by the celebrated Nancy, an earnest of her future glorious career; and the latter by Post-tempore, who ran second' to her. Oddly enough there were that year exactly the same number of horses entered in the Trial Stakes as on this occasion, viz., 14, and the conditions were much alike to what they now are, except that the course was a mile and a distance in stead of a mile. The penalties and allowatices almost re duce the race to the character of a handicap, and the weights of the 14 horses entered are as yrs st lb yrs st lb Saccharometer 6lO 6 Wild Boy 4B 3 Donnybrook 6 10 6 Alberta 3 7 0 Saladin 4 9 6 Cracksman 3 6 13 Sidewind 4 9 3 Killarney 3 6 13 Rufford 4 8 3 Wise Man 3 6 13 Scarborough 4 8 3 Opposition. Old Warden 4 8 3 John of the. Isles.- a 6 13 With Scarborough at the post I should look no further for the winner, but, with several more important handicaps in view, ho will in all probability be an absentee. Saecharometer will be reserved for .the Lincoln Handicap. The race will be a match between Saladin and Alberta —the former for ehaee. There is a very larso entry for the Brocklesby Stakes. Among the horses nominated are the following ten engaged in the Derby ;—Viscount St. Albans, by St. Albans out of Garnish ; Whirligig, by St. Albans, out of Maypole ; Charles 11., by Monarquo out of Frolic (bought at the Middle Park sale by Sir F. John stone for 650 gs); Regentess, by St. Albans out of sister to Little Lady (bought at the Royal sale by Mr. G. Jones for 300 gs); Littleport, by Newcastle or Van Galen out of Eastern Princess; Verulam, by St. Albans out of Theo dora ; Fitzwilliam, by Mildew out of Wentetorth's dam ; Politician, by St. Albans out of Marionette's dam ; Liber tine, by Newminster, out of Licence ; and the colt by Vedette out of Firmament's dam. And there are also the following Oaks fillies engaged :—Filly by Dundee, out of Sacrifice ; filly by Oxford, dam by Mountain Dee; out of Ibis ; filly by Dundee out of Blanche of Middlebie ; Re gentess (also in the Derby, as above) ; Miss Bateman, by Marsyas out of Curse Royal; Phantom Sail, by Zudyer Zee out of Helios ; Amour Propre, by Lord of the Isles out of Savoir Faire ; Bounceaway, by Zuyder Zee out of Press Forward ; Laverne., by Chevalier d'lndustrie out of Lizzie (bought at the Deans Hill sale by Mr. Thellusson for 300 gs) ; Jessie of Dunblane, by High Treason, out of Sweet Jessie's dam; and Confessional, by Sur plice out of Smut. To give an opinion of the probable winner would only tend to mislead intending speculators, as, at this early period 'of the season, it is im possible to tell the probable starters. The acceptances for the Lincolnshire Handicap is the largest ever known, no fewer than 54 out of the 80 nominated having cried " con tent." There is no doubt but a large field will face the starter, for the stables are all reported to be remarkably healthy, and the open winter has admitted of the horses being got more forward than they ever were previously so early in the year. The entry, it will be seen, includes re presentatives from all the great stables with the exception of John Scott's, Drewitt's Godding's, and Baron Roths child's. Goodwin has two in—Saccharometer, 6 yrs, 9st and Delight, 3 yrs, 6st. Tho former has always been a great horse this distance, proof of which we had last year by the style in which, carrying 9st 81b, he cut down Gemma, 9st 121 b, Lytham, 9st 51b, and eight others for the Queen's Stand Plato at Ascot; and though he was subsequently "on the shelf" until Shrewsbury, he then proved that he still retained his former speed, and but for the way he was bullied at the post owing to false starts, might_ have finished nearer to Money Spinner, to whom he was giving three stone five pounds, a pretty good guaran tee of his ability to now not only dispose of his stable companion, Delight (better known as the Placid colt), but all the other three year olds engaged. Mr. A. Heathcote has accepted with Donnybrook, 6 yrs, Bst 10lb ; Skirmish, 4 yrs, 7st 61b; and Inheritress 3 yrs, sst 91b, and - of this trio Skirmish is entitled to the preference, as he has remarkably good speed. Lord Stam ford has two in—Gemina, aged, Bst 91b, and Thalassius, 4 yrs, 7st 51b. The former ran in 12 races in 1864, of which she won five, and 19 times last year, when she only got her head first on three occasions, her best performance being the win of the Craven Stakes at Epsom, beating Breeze and Sidewind, giving the former 61b, and Lord Westmorland's filly 251 b; but she showed in good form at the Liverpool Autumn Meeting, when she won the Sefton Handicap, beating a large field. The Chilton stable accepted with Stockinger and Wild Bee, for the latter of whom I have the most fancy, but as he only runs on 41b better terms than Skirmish, they are bound to finish close together. Twi light, trained on Wroughton Downs, by T. Brown, is too old to win a race of this kind. William Day's His torian, 5 yrs, Bst, is also well in, and if any demonstra tion is made in his favour he ought to be kept harmless. Lucky Star, 4 yrs, Bst, trained by Bloss at Newmarket, is not out of the fray. Joseph Dawson has Knight of Snow don, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b, and Musician, 3 yrs, 6st, engaged. The former, though fancied at Newmarket after the pub lication of the weights, never has showed form good enough to win a race of this kind. Danebury accepted with three, viz., Copenhagen, 5 yrs, 7st 12lb; Pantaloon, 4 yrs, 7st 1 llb ; and William Pitt, 3 yrs, Est 71b. The latter has not been very well treated by the handicapper, but neither he nor the others have much to complain of, particularly Copenhagen, who has to be only half as good as repre sented to win easily enough. On his public form he is no more than fairly treated, for when three years old he ran wretchedly for the Two Thousand and the Derby, the only two races for which he started, and last year ho wa s beaten easily for the Stockbridge Cup by Attache. His defeat for the Two Thousand and Derby was attributed to the hardness of the ground. If the mony is all right he will be hard to beat, as John Day makes few mistakes. Claxton, 5 yrs, 7st 81b, has not sufficient speed, though he is remarkably well in. The Fiudon stable accepted with four, viz., Idler, 5 yrs, 7st 51b ; Provisor, 5 yrs, 7st 51b ; Sidewind, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; and Lady Sophie, 3 yrs, 6st 41b. The first and last named have but a very remote chance, but should the stable back either of the others, it will be worth rowing in the same boat, particularly should it be Provisor. Henry Goater has three in —Filbert, 4 yrs, 7st 51b; Junius, 5 yrs, 7st 21b; and Mephistopheles, 3 yrs, sst 91b, of whom the last is to be preferred ; but there must be something wrong, as he has been nearly knocked out of the market. Tho principal Epsom stable is represented by Valiant, 5 yrs, 7st, who is well enough in to win, if in form. Fobert stands with East Lynn, 4 yrs, 7st, but though that is not a back-breaking weight, it :mist be remembered that he is a roarer, and never distinguished himself on any course longer than the T.Y.C., his best performance being at the Liverpool Autumn, where he beat Skylark at 161 b for the year, after having been defeated a day or two before by both Queen of Trumps and The Clown, who gave him respectively three stone fluepounds and two stone two pounds. Welbeck is only a plater. Papoose, 4 years, Est 121 b, has as yet shown no more than plating form. Advance, Est 121 b, is trained by Blanton, and ran tolerably oon the only two occasions he was out lust year. tCaith ness I hear good accounts, as a lso Miss Williams, Treasure ra c c o o p , E tt A n G y vi op h in is io ni n, os w t i a ll go to bury with the aid of anger-. D T a ro n v e e, and Oracle. .The o ns opponents being Saecharomoter and -Miss Williams. Sand Ace of H earts are the two Mo st trustworthy i n the Hurdle einurdle Race. The Steeplecaso I expect will be won by The Rogue or Rook the Gardener. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTURES FOR 186 G. FEBRUARY. Lincoln . , ... ................ 20 Nottingham Spring "7 MARCH. Derby Spring ............... 1 Crofton Park l6 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spri ng D oncaster Lewes Spring Newmarket Craven Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring - Chelmsford Spring RIL. T hirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup Chester Curragh Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring .Y. ,n,i ............ 15 Uxbridge .................... 21 Manchester ........ ...... 23 Ascot SAmmer . 29 • I ' . rvrl , _ . ....,• LirerPoul Beverley 2O Ipswich I-Ling-010rd Newcastle on-Tyue Curragh 2G Worcester :MI3ER. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridg 3 Chelmsford NOVE Lincoln " 1 Liverpool 1 ttttttttt {WWI 5 Shrewsbury Leamington ~,,, ,„ tJ 190 100 100 10 100 100 90 I