The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL fN T 71,1, 1-z TWELVE 0' CLO C . The Money Market to-day is very quiet, and the supplies of floating capital are ample. It is almost a holiday in the City, the attendance being considerably below the Saturday average. The movements of the precious metals during the past week have been of an extensive character, and have amounted to about £815,684, chiefly from Australia and the West Indies and Pacific. The exports have been to the extent of £165,650, the greater portion of which has been despatched to Bombay in silver. The official returns relating to the trade and navi gation of the United Kingdom for the two months ending the 28th February have been published. From these it appears that the total declared value of the exports for the two months has been £29,470,811, against £21,865,553 in the corre sponding period of 1860, showing an increase of £7,605,258. The increase has been most percep tible in coals and culm, beer and ale, cotton yarn, cotton manufactures, haberdashery and millinery, hardware and cutlery, linen manufactures, silk manufactures, sheep and .lamb's wool, and woollen and worsted manufactures. The importations of the principal articles has been larger a regards raw cotton, provisions, rice, cocoa, wheat, flour, brandy, unrefined sugar, tea, and tobacco. The shipping accounts exhibit a slight increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade for the entries inwards, and also for the clearances outwards, while in the coasting trade for the like period there is a decrease in the tonnage employed for the entries inwards, as also for the clearances outwards. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 67f. 45c. Extreme quietude has marked the close of busi ness for the week in Stock Exchange circles, and prices show little variation. For several days there has been a considerable diminution of speculative enterprise, and for the moment little desire is mani fested to open new acounts. Consols are 8611 for money and April, and 861. for the May account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are about the same as before. Foreign Stocks are extremely dull, and without the slightest variation of importance. Turkish 6 Per Cents. are 371 ; Mexican, 201 s ; New, 181 4 ; Greek, 13f ; Spanish Passive, 261 ; Certifi cates, 154 ; Italian, 581 4 ; New, 761 i ; Con federate Loan, 67 ; Chili= Loan, 11 prem. ; and Brazilian Scrip, 1- 11 dis. United States 5-20 Bonds are 711 ; Erie shares, 55-1 i ; and Illinois, 80k. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been very limited. Great Northern A Stock has de clined £l, and Great Eastern and North Western each ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain without material variation. Grand Trunk of Ca nada, however, have improved to 31i ; and Great Western of Canada to 16f Bank and miscellaneous shares are quoted at about former rates, Bank of London being marked 25i ; London and County, 77i ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 68, 7i ; London Finan cial, 9,10 i ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., 15k, 6i. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, April 5 B ...per Cent. Reduced B4f f New 3 per Cent B4, * oew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., no_ March. June. txchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 dis Do. £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank 61 England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 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 — pm ,Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 lio . . . 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account 721 „ Do. Scrip, £45 paid otlenos Apes 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do £llO Bonds n ,_ _vo 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 'unian 6 per Cent Do Scrip, £25 paid Do. 4.} per Cent C olombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Panish 3 per Cent., 1825 — uanubian Principalities L Do Account 4 quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — .„ Do., Provisional Land Warrant — 4 gYptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 92 1/ Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures — f , Do. £25 paid week 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons ' l llatemala, 5 per Cent. I tllian 5 per Cent 1865 ~Do. Maremma,na Railway — Rtexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 — i .1) 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 14 ontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid ....„, KT ' 4o orish Imperial 5 per Cent "elv Granada Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) "" 0 . 6 per Cent, 1864 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ' e , uvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)., — Do 4 per Cent., 1862 0 Do. Account ' ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 - bo. Account R ussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 D 0 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 — D, O 5 per Cent. 1862 ▪ uo 5 per Cent. 1864 — 'ardinian 5 per Cent O Do. Account 'Panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account 261 6 'Danish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account l5l 'Wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41- per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .„ 10 0 Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 D 0 Account — D 0 £lOO Bonds — uo 6 per Cent. 1862 D 0 Account 69/ D 0 £lOO Bonds uo 6 per Cent.,1863 ,Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — 4 .,, , 0 Account v- 4 -'O. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed E'nezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto account — Do 6 per Cent., 1861 — i Dividends on the above payable n Loudon. kistyisn, 5 p3r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins . 1), gia L , 43,- per cent.,Ex. 25f. .uch ~: Fe* Cont., Ex. 12 Gull — 1, IN) 1 per Cent. Certificat,es — ije,lach Rentes 3 per Cent. Il s ian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. uo Account TWO O'CLOCK. o nsols for money 86i () 0 Account MISS ADA DYAS.—This accomplished young 4 1 1 ` ar "ss, whose engagement at the Newcastle Theatre Royal \v a t bee n so hi g hly success f u l , i s t o a pp ear a t Sadler's e lls on Easter Monday. We congratulate the new ma .°nlent at Mr. Phelps' old theatre, says the Newcastle chT '°nide on Irwing secured the services of so clever a 4e m . 4.117 g lady. Miss D y as has earned the hi g h o p inion of PaYgoers in this district, and enters upon her metro r°4tan career with their warmest wishes for her success. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share; Railways. Paid. IClosing Price. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & wb.June &London, t crip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Dl.Astock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pn . GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D •. S. V.O. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxlord Do. Newport Do. Hereford. Lane ;shire & Yorkshire L •ndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., ('hat., and Dovc•r Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., she., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New Do Extension.,..... Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and John's W'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, /Armin & Del 1)3'1 id Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (3.N •E purchss i l Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. .10. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock , o. Scot, Mkt. stuck Shropshire Union South Devon ,ouch E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornw dl I Business done. 90 92 127 28 55 65 t 3 15 5 7 87 70 70 72 118 12D 39 41 6 7 121 123 I'B 140 10 02 69 60 53 60 90 12 34 3i •02 I.zo 12, 91 05 37 39 93 (5 121 :22 92 0 63 61 182 1 34 2f 4p 1 1f1 • 95 17 123 I2:It IS 92 d 4 t 8 60 8 30 109 110 71 72 109 110 35 37 10' 11 1, 1 1 120 121 1 11 211 1 tb 2pl 74 76 10 12 150 152 67 70 112 114 50 5' 1 73 75 8 140 143 ; 3 1 1" 100 102 51 53 BRITISH POSSESSIONS 100 Atlantio & St. Lawrence all 5 60 et Bom:,Baroda, Cen.ln. 100 102 103 1034 gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. F shares 8 p 4P 204 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 6( 7 10 Do Preference all 10 11 100 Buff.,Brant, & Goderich / 6 p.c. 872-3- 100 76 80 st Calcutta &S. E., lim lOO 96 98 st ape Town & Dock, gu lOO 65 70 00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p all 100 10 2 it East. Ben,al, gu., sdo 100 101 1 02 st East Indian, gu . 5 p.c. 100 102 104 1041 36 20 Do. J Extension st Grand Trunkof Caned ' 100 29 31 31 (00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 83 90 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 59 61 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 45 49 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc all 30 33 100 Do. do. deterred st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c tOo 108 109 lin 20 0. Gus, 5 per cent l6 1 t 2 I ) 20 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 14 2 p et Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent st D 41 per cent lou 91 93 204 Great Wcs. of Canada all 16 17 164 204 D.). New . .00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 all 1(4 46 94 3 101. io. Si do. pay. 1877-s all 86 8 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 1 6 0 st Madras, gua. 6 p.o 100 100 10 991 100 991 st Do. If do :00 9 93 at Do. 43 do lOO 67 89 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 et Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 50 Mel. & Hudson's Say all 62 114 st N. 111.C'da,6pc Ist pf,bs lOO 8 82 st Scinde 100 99 100 st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do tj e h 2 4 1 • st Do. Punjaub lOO 97 99 at Do.lndus St. Flo 4 °, 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872.... 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-+ , 4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 90 t 4 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10.) 90 94 1)0. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 74 80 761 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 78 40 Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 102 164 Do.Apl.&Oct ,1890-1900 100 105 107 Do. do; 1880-9. 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9' 100 102 1(4 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 22 Ceylon, Nov. 1808, 6p. (. 100 1( 2 104 Do. 1878, do lOO 1(4 1 8 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 ()o. 1882. Maya% Nov. 10 • IC4 106 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug l9O i. 2 104 Natal • ov. o per cent lOO N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&.l ul) 100 93 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1861 , 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 187, 100 90 95 91 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: 100 876 *B4 886 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 95 Do. 5 per cent.. . 100 79 81 - Nova So tia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 98 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 s.Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 106 107 lO6 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. ConsoL cold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 540 68J Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 291 18 20 East Caradon 2.14.8 8 9 East Cam Brea 3l 31 44 I'fast Grenville 2. i 4.0 31 4 East Gunnislake 8.3.0 1 East Loved ' 3.9.0 7 9 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8... 3 3i • Gam.dt StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Grout L .xey, limited all 20 21 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 { 1 4 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 11 G. Wheal Vor (Heist .0 40 25 26 251 Grenville 8.18.0 34 3 1 Elerod's Foot .... 8.10.0 33 40 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 4 5 Margaret ( Uny Lelant 1 3.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 45 4 lawyndy Iron Ore, lin, 2/ 21 d New Se ton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 1 North Wheal Crotty -- Prosper United.... 7.1.6 Pr videnee UnyLwlant 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 390 410 South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 xi S.Wheal Fran. klllogan 18.18 9 18 22 -- Stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard 9 8 10 West Chi verton ll 75 80 75 West Seton 474 165 175 Wheal• Bassett 'Mogan 51 821 874 Wheal Butler (Redruth 16 25 274 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton - Wheal Tzelawney (Lis 7 14 16 ricErimcm Great Eastern, E. Counties E) Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. ►Manchester, Sheffield. and Lth, South Eastern (Reading Anne. LIE SHAKES. x., No. 2, 95} . pt., 100 looln, 6 per cent.. 1201 1., £1.0.6). 224 I" 1-I,NFEB,ENCIs; SllAttES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 4} per cent., 1858, 92 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall, 87. ;FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, lhn., gua. 7 per 0ent.,151 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aid►n), 71 FOREIGN MINER. Chontales Gold and Silver kilning, 3; 4 •''rontino and isolivia uold, lira., 16 United Mexican, lira.. I rutianaututaua 01 S. Australia, lim., 31 BAN'. Agra and Masterman's, Um., 53/ Affiance. . 271 6k Anglo Egyptian, lim., 12 Bank of Egypt, 31i Bank of London. 26 Chartered Bank 61 India, Australia. and China, 231 olonial lien.. 431 Consolidated Baud, lim., 91 European Bank, lim., 104 Imperial Ottoman, - Ditto, new. 114 Lau Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 42 London and Couuty. 774 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lira., Union or A ustralia, 51 Union of London. 521 MISCELLANEOI , 3. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Australian Mort. Lard and Finance, Bin., .4 Berlin Water Works, lim.. 104 City of Lon:on Beal Property, 'im., 4} Credit Fonder and Ilobilier of England, 74 G Ditto, new, 63 Crystal Palace, 38s Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Urn., 44 nucleon's Bay, 16 Imperisl Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., International Contract, 44 International Financial ociety, lim., 54 Italian Irrigation (Canal Ca7our , 9 London Financial Association, 1im.,:94 M dray Irrgation and Canal, Ditto (all), 164 17 National Discount ompany, 13 Overend, Gurne3 - , and Co., lim., IC4 The Price of Gold:- The course of exchange at crew York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 108 a per cent. At these rates there s no profit on the importation of go'd from the United States. trio quotation of gold at Paris is about # per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Zd I7s. Mid. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.rs that gold is nearly 3- Mho per cent. dearer in London nail in Paris. By advim3 from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per Cl stcrlin . Standard gold at the Engli,h Mint price is, there'ore, at about tile same price in London and kiainburg. 59 1 i i 1231 21 61 TFE SUN, LONDON, sAru - B DAY EVENING, MARCH 81, 1860. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. There were only two or three charges of drunkenness brought before - Mr. Knox this morning, a rather remark able circumstance, considering that a holiday has inter vened since the last sitting of the court. PLAYING AT PITCH AND Toss IN HYDE-PARK.—Two boys, named Randell and Townsend, were charged with playing at pitch and toss in Hyde-park, with a number of other boys, yesterday (Good Friday) afternoon. The case was proved by Millin, a park constable, who also stated that the boys wero making use of very bad language. _ _ The boys said they were not tossing for money, but for partners, as they were going to play at Cricket. Mr. Knot said he believed the park constable, and fined the boys 2s. 6d. each. AMERICA. (Per the Java, via Crookbaven.) NEW YORK, MARCH 21 (Evening). THAMES. How PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN TIIE PUBLIC STREETS. Thomas Hoare, a boy, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with furiously driving a horse and cart in a public thoroughfare, to the common danger of passengers. Mr. Partridge asked the police constable to give him a short outline of the case, and this having been done, the magistrate said—l will send these cases for trial. Acci dents and loss of life so frequently occur that small fines are quite inadequate to meet the case. Take a deposition, Mr. Pyer. William Church, 304 K, stated that about 10 minutes past nine last night he saw the defendant in a cart drawn by a spirited horse, which he was beating with his whip, and proceeding at a furious pace along Sidney-square to Sidney-street, Stepney. He heard the screams of a female who was terribly frightened, and who fell down while at tempting to get out of the way of the horse and cart. She was, fortunately, not hurt beyond the fright. He saw the prisoner put the whip handle in a socket and seize the reins with both hands. Mr. Partridge—Did he loosen and shake the reins to urge the horse onward ? Witness—No, sir, he did not; he tried to pull the horse back. He was unable to do so. The horse had been flogged into such it, furious pace that he could not stop it. He ran into a gateway where he intended to put up, and the shock was very great. I took the prisoner into cus tody, and he said the horse had overpowered him and got beyond his strength. The prisoner, in defence, said that he could not stop the horse, and called S.irah. Skinner, the wifo of a pewterer, who merely said the bogy was in her husband's employ, and that he always behayed well. He could not pull up the horse. Mr. Partridge, after consulting with Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, said he did intend to have committed this case to the sessions for trial, but he found he could not do so No one was injured by the furious driving of the prisoner Great blame attached to parties who intrusted young lads like the prisoner with horses and carts in the streets of the metropolis. The prisoner had flogged tho horse with his whip into a furious gallop, and could not stop it. The number of accilents and loss of life from the practice of reckless and furious driving in the public streets was fright ful. He fined the prisoner 405., and in default of payment committed him to prison for one month. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. This Day. - LoNDoN, March 31.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, March 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Madras, from Mauritius. QUEENSTOWN, March 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Chil lian, screw steamer, from Jamaica ; Cowlitz, from New York. LIVERPOOL, March 30.—Wind E.—Arrived—Achilles, from Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, March N.—Wind E.—Arrivod—Hertha, from Stettin for Brest, towed in leaky, and with other damage. SOUTHAMPTON, March 31.—Wind S,S.W.—Arrived.— Poonah, from Alexandria. GRIMSBY, March 30.—Wind for Bombay. LEITH, March 30.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Cavalier, for Quebec. :LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 30.—Balaklava, from Algoa Bay; Pa trian, from Antigua ; Eleanor and Theodosia, from St. Michael's ; British Prince, from Calcutta ; Witch of the seas, from Cape Town; 'Thurso, from Foo-Chow ; Fairy Vision, from Valencia. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, March 30.—Alexandra, screw steamer, for Genoa Herperis, for Mauritius—both from London. Anchored.—Brunelle, from London, for Quebec. A movement has been inaugurated in Texas to provide a homestead for General John B. Hood, of the late Rebel army, in that State, which he claims as his home. General Dick Taylor is reported to have leased from the State of Louisiana the new canal connecting New Orleans with Lake Poutchartrain for $750,000. Speaking of the only living child of the late " Stonewall Jackson," a writer in the Richmond Enquirer says :—" She is a bright little cherub three years old, with fair hair, blue eyes, and a complexion of mingled lilies and roses—the lilies, however, greatly predominating : altogether, perhaps, she does not look very robust. She wore a Maria Louise blue merino, trimmed with narrow velvet ribbon, edged with white. Her little cloth cloak was of a light drab colour, ornamented with bands of silk and fancy buttons. Her hat was of English straw, trimmed with blue velvet and blue and white feathers. A tippet and muff of ermine completed the costume of the little fairy, and she looked as enchanting as any mother's darling need look. She was borne in the arms of a coloured nurse, of whom she seemed very fond, and to whom she was prattling with exuberant gaiety. The dark-eyed, sad-looking lady who followed her in widow's cap and garb of deepest mourning, completed the pic ture of sunshine and shadow." EARTHQUAKE AT SEA.—The Board of Trade have received the following report from her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Friendly Islands concerning the loss of the John Wesley, missionary ship, under remarkable circum stances :—" Harbour of Nukualofu, Friendly Islands. Captain James Welch, master of the brig John Wesley, of London, 237 tons register, has made the following sworn deposition. lie says:—' The John Wesley was bound from Habbai to Tonga and back to Habbai and Vavon, and from thence to Sydney, on a mission voyage. On the morning of the 20th November last, about two a.m., the vessel was reaching slowly under two double-reefed top sails only, made out land ahead, and immediately wore round head offshore, and lay to for daylight, watches being properly set and a good look-out kept. I was on deck with my chief officer at 3.40 a.m. looking at the sand. Saw nothing at this time unusual, but at 4.20 found the ship in an alarming race of current ; saw a reef to leeward, and ship driving down rapidly towards it. Filled on vessel and made sail. At 4.30 the vessel struck on the outer edge of the reef. Lowered the port-quarter boat and sent to Nukualofu for assistance. This was done at great risk, the vessel striking heavily at the time. Watched an op portunity and got the starboard-quarter boat over to the port side. Launched her out to land the missionaries. Just at this time three tremendous tidal waves carried the vessel clear over the outer edge of the reef, and left her nearly thy, it being at this time near high water, and it was with the greatest difficulty we saved the boat from being stove or drawn under the ship with the rebound and drawback of the tremendious force of water. At length succeeded in getting the missionaries and ship's papers into the boat, and landed them in the island of Jan, about one mile and a quarter distant. At six p.m. got the largo boat out, and commenced saving provisions, stores, luggage, cargo, &c., and landed them also on the island. At four p.m., the Vice-Consul and the Rev. Messrs. Whewell and Moultan arrived firm Nukualofu, and ren dered every available assistance, They reported a very severe shock of an earthquake felt all over the Jongu group at daylight, accompanied by a most alarming and sudden rise and fall of the tido, carrying away houses and everything before it, which accounts for the unusual race of current and tidal waves. At six p.m. all hands went on shore, and rigged tents, it being unsafe to remain on board, the sea breaking heavily, and danger of masts and spars falling, the ship at this time lying on her beam-ends, and water flowing in and out with the tide. (Signed) James Welch.' Sworn before me, James Cocker, 11.8. M. Vice-Consul." In 1864 the largest average yield of wheat in any of the " loyal Atlantic States " was in Connecticut -164 bushels to the acre ; of rye, 154 bushels to the acre, in Delaware ; of barley, 27 bushels, also in Delaware ; of oats, Vermont and Connecticut, 33 bushels ; corn, Ver mont, 38 4-5 bushels, and lowa 36 2-3; of buckwheat, Kentucky, 20 1-3 bushels; potatoes, New Hampshire, 164 bushels; leaf tobacco, Massachusetts, 1,650 pounds per acre ; of hay, very little difference ; sorghum molasses, Delaware, 134 1-3 gallons. In 1865 the highest average yield was as follows:—Wheat, Minnesota, 20 3-5 bushels; rya, Kansas, 29 bushels ; barley, Minnesota, 29 bushels ; oats, Minnesota, 411 bushels ; corn, Nebraska, 494 bushels; buckwheat, Nebraska, 26 2-3 bushels; potatoes, Minnesota, 197 bushels, 33 bushels per acre in excess of the yield in Vermont, the second on the list s and 1371 bushels greater than the yield in Kentucky; of tobacco, Connecticut, 1,350 pounds per acre ; hay, Kansas and Nebraska, two tons per acre ; sorghum molasses, Ohio, 130 gallons per acre. ALARMING ILLNESS OF THE AUTHOR OF " THE CHRISTIAN YEAR."—We deeply regret to announce the serious illness of the venerated author of " The Christian Year." Mr. Keble, for whom prayers were offered in seve ral of the London churches yesterday, lies at Bournemouth in such a condition that a few hours may bring a change either for life or for death. Out of 200,031 emigrants who landed at New York last year, 4,591 went into the southern state, and 2,435 went into Canada. The Fenian excitement has somewhat subsided. The Irish celebrated St. Patrick's-day quietly throughout the Union. No Fenian demonstration took place in the United States or in Canada. Washington despatches state that very little appre hension exists in official circles 'that the Fenians will attempt an invasion of Canada. No belligerent act justifying interference has yet come to the knowledge of the Government. Considerable excitement has prevailed at Halifax. The Militia has been called out, and the forts manned by artillerymen. The departure of the West Indian squadron for Halifax by the order of Sir Frederick Bruce is con firmed. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Dawson has introduced a resolution declaring that the Go vernment cannot guarantee a Mexican Republican Loan. After'a short discussion the resolution was laid over. The House of Representatives has agreed to re consider the vote rejecting the Foreign Loan Bill, and has recommitted it to the Committee of Ways and Means without instructions. Mr. M'Culloch has sent a statement to the House showing that the funds held by the Government on the 10th inst. were $57,000,000 in coin and $65,000,000 in currency. The House has received a report from Mr. Stanton, stating that there were 152,000 men in the Federal military service in Ja nuary last. The House was adjourned until the last Thurs day in May. Advises received here from Vera Cruz to the 6th inst. state that M. Saillard had left for France. Brownsville despatches state that a French man of-war had captured a vessel from the United States, with arms for the Liberals, on the coast of Tamau lipas, and had taken her to--Bava. General Getty has released all the Bagdad fili busters. According to Matamoras papers Crawford was permitted to escape because he possessed proofs of the indirect participation in the Bagdad affair of officers high in Federal service. The Germania, City of Washington, and the Peruvian have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Gold, 128&. Exchange on London, 1391. ; on Paris, 4f. 10c. Stocks firm, but active. New York Central, 931; Illinois, 1161 ; Erie, 821; Five-twenty Bondi, 1031, Cotton dull—middling upland, 40c. Flour and wheat dull. Corn slightly firmer. Provisions steady. Coffee heavy. Sugar slightly firmer. Molasses steady. Petroleum dull—crude, 24c. to 25c. ; re fined, 38c. to 40c. Sales of cotton at New York since Friday, 6,000 bales ; receipts since March 1, 37,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, March 19. The cotton-market is depressed—middling, 40c. to 42c. The day's sales are 3,000 bales. _ MISCELLAJNW US NEWS. " MESSAGE" OF BRIGHAM YOUNG. Although Utah is known to the law only as a Territory, with a Governor appointed by the Pre sident, and a territorial delegate (William H. Hooper) in Congress, Brigham Young persists in calling it " The State of Deseret," and has just sent a message to the Mormon Legislature, under date of " Executive office, State of Deseret, Jan. 22." In this document, which has the merit of brevity, Brigham discusses the affairs of Utah from the extreme Mormon standpoint ; gives thanks for abundant harvests, praises the uLtiring industry and enterprise of the pcople, and proceeds as fol lows : Thus has a State been formed and brought into being, of which the honourable members of the Legislative Assembly are the true representatives. 'Tis true our state organisation has not yet received the sanction of Congress and the General Govern ment, yet it is considered best for us to maintain it intact, that whenever the propitious moment shall arrive our State may be able the more readily to assume the robes of sovereignty. Notwithstanding the seeming neglect on the part of Congress in hearkening to our petition for admittance into the Union as a State, we are still progressing in the founding of a commonwealth which must, ere long, win its way to place and power. Settlements are continually extending east and west, north and south, throughout the entire limits of the State, and an extensive traffic has been opened up with our neighbours on the north and west. * * * It is now about four years since the adoption by the people of our State Constitution and the formation of our State Government, yet Congress has not chosen to aet upon our memorial, praying for admission into the Union; and I regret to add that indications do not appear favourable for such action during the present session of Con gress. This delay on the part of our Government appears the more remarkable, as other territories of less extent and population have gained their status as States, and no good reason can be assigned why Deseret should be thus excluded. The question as to how long it will be proper for us to submit to have thus our constitutional rights and franchises withheld from us is an important one; but we leave its solution to Him who rules all things. If favours beget obligations, few indeed are the requirements that can be justly claimed at our hands. Other Territories—besides being admitted into the Union with subsidies, grants of lands for schools, railroads, and other public uses—have had extended to their citizens pre-emption rights, and appropriations for various purposes, and otherwise been the recipients of the patronage, benefits, and bounties of the parent Government, while Utah has been held off at arm's length, and has grudgingly had doled out to her the scantiest pittance ; but, after all, it is not the empty forms and enactments of law, muster-rolls, nor worm-eaten parchments that constitute a State ; it is the living people—an intelligent, industrious, educated, enterprising people, which constitute a Government, and are, moreover, the source of political power in govern ments, based, like ours professes to be, upon demo cratic principles. EXPORTS TO TILE UNITED STATES. The shipments of British produce and manufac tures from this country to the United States, last year, amounted in value to 211 millions sterling, being upwards of 41 millions more than 1864 , and nearly 6 millions in excess of the aggregate of 1863. Manufactures of cotton, linen, and wool alone con tributed as much as 12 millions towards the total in 1865. Of the last-mentioned textile, that de scription known as worsted stuffs was exported to the extent of 31- billions ; the other classes, em bracing cloth, duffels and kerseymeres, carpets and druggets, shawls, rugs,' &c., having added another million. On comparing the statistical ac counts for the years 1864 and 1865, as reproduced below, it will be seen that on cotton goods there is a clear increase in the latter year of £1,322,346, on linens of £1,114,452, and on woollens of £1,679,746. The other more prominent items ex hibiting increases are haberdashery, &c., £175,931 ; hardwares and cutlery, £165,197; tin plates, £317,438 ; silk manufactures, £60,001 ; and under the uuenumerated list the advance is not less than £741,546. On the other side of the account there is a falling-off on coals of £10,262, on lead of £84,370, and on iron and steel of £1,215,991 ; these decreases, without doubt, having been the result of the cessation of hostilities. The quantities of textile fabrics shipped should perhaps be inserted. They are recorded as follows in the official accounts :—Cottons, 64i million yards in 1864 against 1221 million yards in 1865 ; linens, 764 million yards in 1864 against 112 million yards in 1865 ; worsted stuffs, 47 million yards in 1864 against 881 million yards in 1865 ; making an aggregate increase last year of the enormous quan tity of 135 million yards. MAXI3IILIAN'S ARMY. The Washington Star has information from an officer lately in the service of the Emperor lklaximi- Han, in Mexico, to the effect that in January last his force was, in round numbers, as follows : French, 30,000; Austrians, Belgiaus, Egyptians, &c., 10,000 ; Mexican guerillas, 5,000 ; making a total effective force of about 45,000 men. This force has 120 field pieces, and includes twelve regi ments of cavalry. Maximilian has on paper a native force of 30,000 men, under foreign officers, but this has proved entirely unavailable, for when ever the attempt has been made to muster. them, they desert in such numbers that it requires the services of all the reliable troops near the rendez vous to watch them. It is said that Marshall Bazine, Chief of Staff, had gone to France to ask for a reinforcement of 30,000 men, and it is highly probable, as recently Marshal Forey, in the French Chambers, stated that a feinforcement was required. It is also reported that the Austrian Government had started a proje3t to induce the emigration of 100,000 men to Mexico, and that the number of men would be mustered ont of the Austrian service, with the understanding that they would go to Mexico and enter the service of Maximilian, by building up military colonies, and holding them selves ready to support the Emperor when called upon. The Production of Cotton. Before - the American war that country supplied 3,400,000 bales out of the 4,225,000 delivered for consumption in all Europe, or more than three quarters. The cutting off of this supply by the war, and the very high prices that prevailed for five years, stimulated foreign production to the utmost. We look to the results for evidence of the ability of other countries to compete with the United States. Four countries were looked to for the new supply— the East Indies, Brazil, West Inclies,!and the Medi terranean country. In the East Indies special efforts were made to extend the culture, which in creased from a delivery in Europe of 573,000 bales of 400 pounds in 1860—which was the production under the old order of things —to 1,258,000 in 1863 ; 1,607,000 in 1864, and declined to 1,320,000 in 1865. There are other signs that the increase in that country has culminated, even in the face of the high prices of last year. In the Presidency of Madras there were last autumn only 931,727 acres of cotton under cultivation, against 1,063,300 acres the year before. From Egypt and Syria the imports were 158,000 bales in 1860, and 837,000 in 1865, with strong symptoms of a decline in production. Brazil has disappointed the great expectations based on her. Her delivery in Europe was 106,000 bales in 1860, and 149,000 in 1865. Expecta tions of any supply from China and Japan have been abandoned. Even at the high prices of several years past the foreign production of cotton appears to have culmi nated. It is evident that America will still control the markets of the world, even at much higher prices than prevailed before the war. Testimonial to Lord Palmerston. The late Premier took a great interest in the prosperity of our town and county, being one of the largest proprietors in both ; to all our charities he was a generous benefactor, never having been known to refuse any appeal ; and to the churches of every sect he was liberal in. subscribing. When he got possesion of his Cliffony estate in 1837, then almost as populous as a rabbit warren, with upwards of 1,100 holdings on the rundale system, he managed by kindess to get the whole estate squared and the rents reduced to their value, many of the tenants having voluntarily gone to America, their passages paid and arrears of rents forgiven. He endowed the Roman. Catholic Church with eleien acres of a glebe and a good house, offering double that quantity of land to the vicar of the parish, which, we believe, is only let from year to year, to be given to the Church of England when it will be accepted by the incum bent. On his Cliffony estate he erected the harbour of Mullaghmore, at an outlay of nearly £16,000, to save the lives of the fishermen and encourage the fisheries of Donegal Bay, while he expended very large sums in drainage and other improvements. As a great statesman, he was the friend of civil and religious liberty at home and the upholder of his country's honour abroad (the name of a Briton being, like that of the Roman citizen of old, respected wherever the flag was unfurled), and one of the best of Irish landlords, we think that testimonials or monuments worthy of the man should be erected in the town and county. On the top of the hill of Mullaghmore an object would be seen from all parts of Donegal Bay and large portions of the counties of Sligo, Leitrim, Fermanagh, and Donegal. A pillar of Mullagh more granite, with a design on the top, would be a conspicuous landmark, costing little ; but the great testimonial should be raised in our town, either by restoring the old Abbey of Sligo, which we believe was the intention of the late Viscount, and should this be carried out by Lady Palmerston, then a, monument on the Green Fort or Cairns Hill. We have no doubt but the country gentlemen will be most willing to join, as the Hampshire gentry of all parts did, in raising a fitting testimonial to one of whom his great opponent, the late Sir Robt. Peel, said, " We are all proud." A requisition to the High Sheriff to call a county meeting would be desirable to promote the object. —Sligo Independent. Dr. Whewell on Horseback. The only exercise to which he was partial was riding. The last fatal accident—and he had had many previous falls—reminds us that he used to be called a"a bold, bad rider." This is unjust. Bad he was not, but very careless. lie might often be seen lolling rather than sitting in his saddle, with one if not both feet out of the stirrups. That he was not, in the ordinary sense, a bad rider, the following example will show. Once, when he was staying at the then Lord Fitzwilliam's, his host said to him at breakfast, "We are all going out hunting ; how will you amuse yourself, Mr. Whewell ?" lie answered—" I have never been out hunting, and I should like to go too." Lord Fitzwilliam accordingly mounted him, and, of course, mounted him well; and, pointing out the huntsman, said, " If you keep behind that man, you can't go wrong." The hounds went away across a stiff country. The huntsman looked round from to time, expecting to see a divorce between the col lege don and his horse ; but no. After clearing an unusually high fence—" That was a rasper," said the huntsman. " Indeed," replied the other ; " I did not observe anything remarkable." So he followed till, worn out with the pace aid the weight of his load, the horse came to a stand still in the middle of a ploughed field. At dinner Lord Fitzwilliam asked his guest how he had enjoyed himself. " Exceedingly," he replied ; " and I have learned for the first time that the powers of a horse are not inexhaustible." This characteristic anecdote was reported to me on the best authority. I have been led on, almost unconsciously, to mention it, and now I feel in clined to obliterate it as unsuitable to the sad occa sion. But the truth is, I cannot yet think of him as gone for ever ; I cannot associate all that bright and exuberant life with the darkness and stillness of the grave. He will be long missed, and never forgotten.— TV. G. Clark, in Macmillan's Magazine for April. NOVEL AND DANGEROUS WAGER.—The Elgin Courier's Cromdale correspondent says :—" A servant lad iu the employ of Mr. Rose, farmer, Delliefure, laid a wager the other day, against two of his fellow-servants, for half-a crown each, that they would not stir for so many minutes a basin with a handful of snow and a handful of salt. The challenge was readily taken up by one of the men named John Mackintosh, who succeeded in gaining the wager, but by the time the last minute was expired his fingers got fixed in the ice. In a day or two he completely lost the use of his hand, and inflammation having set in he suffered great agony, and had to apply to a doctor for relief. But for the timely relief afforded by the doctor he would have lost the use of his arm for life. He is now in a fair way of recovery.' Mr. Petersen, in whose house President Lincoln died, has finally received from the Treasury the amount of his bill charged for the trifling damage done to his bed linen and furniture on that fatal night. Among the items charged in the bill was one of $l5O for injury done his carpets, $5O for personal services, $2 for gas, and a large number of similar charges, amounting in the aggregate to $293.50. He also made a claim for loss of time in exhibit ing the room to visitori, which the Secretary of War re fused to allow. The will of the Right Hon. Elizabeth Dowager Countess of Cawdor, relict of the late Right. Hon. John F. Campbell, Earl of Cawdor, D.C.L., F.R.S., was proved in London on the sth inst., by her son, the present Earl of Cawdor, the acting executor, power being reserved to the Hon. and Rev. Lord John Thynne, D.D., Prebendary of Westminster, her ladyship's brother. The countess was the daugh ter of the second Marquis of Bath, and married, in 1816, the late Earl of Cawdor. Her ladyship's will bears date Dec. 3, 1860, and is attested by Egerton Ellesmere and Lord W. Thynne, Grenadier Guards, and she died on the 16th Feb. last, at her residence, Tilney-street. Her ladyship has bequeathed to her sons, the Hon. and Rev. A. G. Campbell and the lion. H. Walter Campbell, Coldstream Guards, all her moneys and securities equally between them ; and leaves all the rest of her property, furniture, and effects to her eldest daughter, Lady Emily Caroline, wife of Colonel the Hon. Octavius Duncombe, late M.P. The will of the late Viscount Gort, who died on the 20th of October last, was proved in the Court of Probate on the 18th inst. by the present Vis count, as acting executor ; the other executors, who are also trustees under the will, being the late noble man's son-in-law, Colonel Hamilton, of the 92d Highlanders, and Mr. Basset, of Tehidy Park. The personal property was sworn under £3,000. The arrangements made in the will are entirely of a family nature. The powers of appoint ment which the deceased peer possessed under the settlements made on both his marriages' are exercised in favour of his younger children. His plate and pictures are bequeathed to his wife for life, and after her death they will devolve, with the castle and park of East Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, on his eldest son, the pre4lnt Viscount. The will of Miss Franca Cresswell, formerly of Prince's-gate, Hyde-park,-park, eras proved in London, on the sth inst., by Fran, ,is Joseph Cresswell, the nephew, power being 13served to her brothers, William Cresswell and Oswald J. Cresswell, the other executors. Her brother, the late Right Hon. Sir C. Cresswell, was also appointed an executor. The personalty was sworn under £16,000. The will is dated Dec. 6,1859, and a codicil Dec. 30,1865, and she died on the same day it was executed. The legacies are numerous, including many charitable bequests, and are to be paid free of duty. She has remem bered all her nephews and nieces, as well as a num ber of godchildren and several of her friends. To Lady Mayne, wife of Sir Richard Mayne, a legacy of £2OO ; to her old governess, Miss Knipe, an an nuity of £2O for her life ; liberal legacies to all her servants, and bequeaths her wardrobe between her two lady's-maids. She has directed that all por traits of members of her family be sent to Cress well Hall as heirlooms, and appoints her two brothers, William and Oswald, residuary legatees. The following are the charitable bequests:— £l,OOO towards rebuilding the church of Cal decote, Hunts ; £l,OOO for building a par sonage to Holy Trinity Church, Brompton ; £lOO to the national and £5O to the infant schools of the said church ; £lOO to the national schools of All Saints, Knightsbridge. To the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge, the Society for Addi tional Curates, and for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Church of England, the Colonial Bishoprics Fund, each £2OO ; and £lOO to the Bishopric of Columbia. Charitable bequests under the will of the late Miss M. F. Woodburn, of Kensington Park-gar dens :—To the Asylum for Female Orphans, the Hospital for Consumption, Brompton, and the Society for Irish Church Mis sions to Roman Catholics, each £l,OOO. To the Church of England Scripture Readers' Associa tion ; St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington ; Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Open air Mission, National Lord's Day Rest Association, Lord's Day Observance Society, Society for the Relief of Poor Pious Clergymen, and Vernon Men's Ragged School, Notting-hill, each £5OO. To the Metropolitan Convalescent Institution, Seaside Con valescent Hospital, Church Missionary Society, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, London City Mission, London Missionary Society, Ragged School Union, Seaman's Mission, City of London Hospital for Diseasesof the Chest, Nottng hill and Shepherds-bush Dispensary, Female Orphan Home, Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Society, the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, Irish Peasantry Society, the London Refor matory for Adult Male Criminals, the Artists' Bene volent Institution, and the Artists' Society, each £3OO. To the British and Foreign Bible Society, British Orphan Asylum, Early Closing Associa tion, Ragged Church and Chapel Union, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, United Law Clerks' Society, the Missionary Society, the Royal National Sea-bathing Infirmary, School for the Indigent Blind, Westbourne Dispensary, London Female Reformatory, London Society for the Protection of Young Females, London Diocesan Home Mission, Home for Penitent Females, Bene volent Society for Aged Deaf and Dumb, Associa tion for Special Services to the Working Classes, Society for the Rescue of Young Women and Chil dren, Society for the Promotion of Missions to Seamen, N otting-hill Shoeblack Brigade and Evening Schools ; Provident Society, Not ting-hill, each £2OO. To the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge ; Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead ; the Sailor's Home, Philan thropic Association, London Diocesan Church Building Society, Houseless Poor Society, Book Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Work ing Men's Scripture Association, Soldiers' Friend Association, Working Men's Association, each £lOO. To the Kensington Dispensary and the Seamen and Boatmen's Friend Society, each £5O. The Danubian Principalities. BUCHAREST, March 24. The consuls of Great Britain, France, Austria, Italy, Prussia, and Russia have addressed the fol lowing collective note to Prince John Uhika, the chief of the Provisional Government : " The undersigned have the honour to inform you that the representative of the Powers who signed the treaty of March 30, 1856, assembled in conference in Paris upon the 10th inst. The undersigned are further commissioned to recommend the Provisional Government of the Principali ties to restrict itself to maintaining order and carrying on the administration, and t 3 abstain from every step that might be taken as prejudging the decision of the confe rence. While we request you to bring this communication to the knowledge of the members of the Provisional Go vernment, wo embrace this opportunity," &c., &C. A report of the Finance Minister to the Pro visional Government displays a very gloomy pic ture of the condition in which Prince Couza has left the finances of the country. Upwards of 23 million piastres have to be devoted annually to payment of the interest and redemption of the national debt. The treasury is empty, and the daily demands of the State creditors cannot be met. Bills for over 12 million piastres, partly dated from August last year, are in circulation ; also state bonds for upwards of 23 millions, the term of payment for two millions having already expired. The salaries of officials are months in arrear, and many of the public phi:anthropie and religious institutions have been unable to meet their obligations for the last half year. The finances of the War Department are at the lowest possible ebb. con cludes the report, c, sums amou nting ''iliad to di u ti p ol, w l ;rdsof 23 million piastres above the current revenue have been arbitrarily and illegally seized and devoted to state purposes. Th e revenue estimates are far f rom being adequate to meet current expenditure upon its present footing, and the state will not nearly be able to meet the obligations it has contracted towards its creditors." THE RECTOR OF EDINBURGH ITNIVERSITY.—Mr• Carlyle, whose installation as Rector of this University takes place on Monday afternoon, will, it is believed, a rrive in Edinburgh on Satu r d ay even i ng. It is understood that, on the installation of Mr Carlyle, the degree of LL.D. is to be conferred by the University on several men distinguished in science 'and literature, among them Pro fessor Huxley, P ro f essor Ty n dal, Lord Ashburton (Presi dent of the Royal Geographical Society), and Mr. Erskine, of Linlathen. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—This PAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Petul Diver (taken) 6to 1 agst Drum (taken) 7to 1 agst Eakring (taken) 7to 1 agst Whalebone (taken) CITY AND SEDITREAN. 7 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken and offered) 100 to 9 agst Delight (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 100 to 8 agst Breadalbano (offered) 20 to 1 agst Czar (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) 25 to 1 agst Buck (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Brahma (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 15 to 7 agst Harry Brailsford (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Saladin (offered) 20 to 1 agst Sandal (taken) 22 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 25 to 1 agst Delight (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 11 to 10 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 100 to 6 agst Student ktaken) THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 7to 1 agst Rustic (taken) 20 to 1 agst Student (taken) 40 to 1 agst Stratheonon (taken) The West Riding Reform Meeting. (From the Leeds Mercury.) The following characteristic letter from Mr. Fawkes, of Farnley, will be read with interest. It has the clear sharp ring of the genuine reform metal so familiar to Yorkshiremen more than 30 years ago, and contrasts forcibly with the hollowness in certain quarters once supposed equally true. It is cause for regret that Mr. Fawkes's voice cannot now be heard as of yore in the Cloth Hall-yard of Leeds. Writing to Mr. Baines, M.P., he says : " Farnley Hall, Otley, March 27, 1866. " Dear Sir,—l am delighted to see by this morning's Mercury that the West Riding is on its mettle, will prove faithful to its hustings professions, and is calling for a public array in defence of the very sober, sound, and honest measure of enfranchisement reform introduced by the Government, and endangered by some would-be Liberal; but who, it is evident, are only reformers when it suits their convenience to appear so. " My infirmities, I more than ever regret on this occa sion, have long prevented, and still do so, my presence at a public meeting. But as I took locally, though what few will now remember, some part and great interest in the promotion of the Reform Bill of 1831-2, I should, however useless and selfish the wish now, be very sorry not to be allowed the opportunity in some way openly to recognise in this Government measure a most satisfactory reparation at last of that great blot upon the bill of '32 of its not recog nising as entitled to the franchise those operative classes from whose intelligence and industry England had become what she was. Would you, then, gratify me so much as to allow my name to appear among the requisitionists for the West Riding mooting ? and believe me very truly yours, " F. H. FAWKES. "Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., Leeds." Railway Traffic Retiums for the Week. Railways. Niles Opened. Receipts. ---...- 4 ,---_-.-., 1866. 1865. 1866 1865 E L Belfast and N. Counties 9Ol 901 2,006 1.8.7 Belfast and Comity Down 441 4.i 591 610 Blyth and Tyne . 36 36 2,428 1,83 1 Brecon and Merthyr ........ 61 61 1,251 t. 50 Bristol and Exeter 121,i 1211 6,393 6,2,8 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 403 26 347 24,317 Cambrian Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 316 155 Cockermouth and Workin 9 9 440 304 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 401 336 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6i f i 347 13 I Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 654 1,658 1.752 Ceeside l7 17 2 6 294 Do Extension _ Dublin & ',Must J unction 63 63' 1,299 1.217 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,3.'5 1.395 Dublin and 3leath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 911 2,3,2 2,167 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &C 5O 5 ) 4,094 2.412 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union .714 Great Northern lO4 40i 33,835 33,161 Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,541 1.746 Do Branches 42 4! 1,123 1,166 tit. IN orttin. & Westn. (Irel.) B3 711 652 421 'it Southu. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 38%1 8.462 7 913 Great Western 1292 1270 05,631 63.i(6 Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 1,714 1,531 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u3 403 41.512 36 110 Limerick and Ennis..... 2ll 241 245 2 , 1 Limerick and Foynes 261 26} 112 78 Llanelly 461 161 048 715 Llynvl Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2674 17.617 15.t54 London, Chatham, & Dover; 1 j 1344 12/ 7,989 6,312 1 all Metropolitan Extension 12 11 } 2,v31 1,673 Do. Kent . oast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend ilan.,Shellieid,& Lincoinsh lianch. S.J un.& A ltrinch am 9l 94 1,400 1.187 %laryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (inel. N.-Western) 6774 6631 48,1 7 44,678 Midland 61t. Westn. of 1 rind 2lOl 2004 4,9-4 4 111 llonrnouthsh. Hail. & Canal 44 44 3,015 2.911 North British, Edin., Perth .and Dundee 6Bl . _ . . ... __ N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1201 North London ll North Stallordshtr 6561 23,63 Z 116U} 65.667 60,7;4 9 4.452 2 973 258 8,179 7.40 1 97 98 191 1,0 5 1,0,A 138 5,439 to 68 1,121 833 79i 3.90 i 3,580 308 19,361 .7 6 7 61 6,7.2 5,500 105 i 2,507 2.39 k 10 136 761 31 t+.9 4th 77 1.2 9 1, 261 10 523 6.12 Pembroke and and Tenby ll6 linyinney Scottish North-Eastern 1 35 Somme. and Dow 66 South Devon south-Eastern 315 fad' Vale 6l Ulster Vale of Clwyd. .. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 Irhaven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 266 Bombay, 13aroda, & k en. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukic lBO Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France l5 1 Eastern Bengal ......... 11,ast Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1.577 Great Centrai of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 6,41 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southeen of India .great IVestern of Canada 343 Madras 6ll _ .. .... ...... ___ 828 30, 16 Z 2,67{ 76{ 8 9 674 26& 36) 330 185 i 8,103 1,293 lgy 4,r 90 5.693 1.81 5,879 5,665 1403 310 11051 - - 1077 25,896 25,107 261 7,275 6, 44 585 1,310 21,915 134 0,110 4.6.8 79 5:1 485 315 16,,6/ 8,931 671 8,541 7,349 2125 1,573 bladrid, Saragossa &Aiicant 7 7 8 713 Northern of Canaan .., 9l 91 2,062 1,361 Northern of France 724 724 57,633 51,310 Norwegian. Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & 3 1editerrn 2006 1971 14 ,8 130,4 i 3 Paris and Orleans 1621 1618 7.5,159 08,302 Recife and San Francisco. &c 77¢ 774 1,371 1 , 55 Sc nde lts 105 2,297 4 !.',1 0 Do. Punjab, &c 251 45 1,8.8 243 South Austrian, &c .. . 1798 1646 51,513 49, 93 southern of France 663 823 2 ,132 26,780 Victoria Welland West & ii-Wn. of France RECENT WLLS AND BEQUESTS• (From the Illustrated London News.) THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This i3ay. MANCHESTER BETTING—Tuts Day. 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 SUBITHHAN. 7to 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) United States Postal Arrangements. Saturday evening , a o'clock Mails for the United States are made up in London every W e driesdiimorning, and Wednesday evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening of the Wednesday p.m., and those_ morning mails by 6 o ' cloc k a .m. that ( - lily. Newspapers must always be o uth a l a n ' mails must reach the General Post - office by posted half an hour earlier. The Wednesday and Saturday's mails are taken up at Queenstown, on the following day, p h t e on W s e te d a n m es e d rs a . y morning Mails from the United States are due in London on by ItehtotreLtiavkeerpnobo3l, thie steamers. s Mondays and Thursdays of each week. ' Periodical works nut of daily publication, issued in the shape of pamphlets, may be bent to the United States, California, and Or • by following rates : 'Zell, at the —Not exceeding 2 oz., I.d. packet,2 oz but not exceeding ; above d • '4 oz. Bd.; with an 3 oz., tid.; above 3 0 -, ~ but not excee leg , addition of 2d. for every addit i ona l ounce up to 16 ounces, above w hi c h t h e rivilege does not extend. At the same rate of postage, an y pamphlet not weighing more than 8 oz (even ihoug it be not a periodical publication) may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon. This postage is only the British portion, a further suns being charged on delivery. seat in periodical works must always . be t a cover open at the or pamphlets more than one being sent in a single cover), and ends (not must be prepaid. Other printed papers or the postitge books (except those specified above), addressed to the places above named, are liable to letter rate of postage. There must be no writing, or other marks upon such periodical works, pamphlets, &c., or upon the covers, ex cept the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent; nor upon the coVers must there be any printing, except the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent and the names and addresses of the senders Any other writing, &c., will render the packetaliable to letter rates of postage. DEATH OF MR. GEORGE RENNIE, F.R.S.—We gret to announce the death of Mr. George Rennie, the eminent civil engineer, who died yesterday afternoon, Lt his residence in Wilton-crescent. He was the son of an eminent father, who established an imperishable Herne by his great engineering works. igh and In in t her olte- I by rorct ince icess and urg, ided lsor had lay, ring oke and. )wn ring ge's Aire W. Lner ster ra 6de )ort rer 61so 100 100 100 100 100 all 12'I 133 Of 95., 5