The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-09 00:00:00

The Court of Common Council and the Guildhall Exhibition. At a Court of Common Council held yesterday at Guildhall, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, Afr. T. WEBBE R said he should like to ask a ques tion in reference to a matter.ofiti considerable import ance connected with the exhibition at pre 'sent going on in the Guildhall, and which was r epresented to the public as an exhibition by the w orl=ing classes. What ho desired to know was -whether the exhibition was conducted in accordance with the terms of the motion agreed to by this court ? He had been over the exhibition, and it ap -neared to him that instead of being an exhibition of •works of art by the working classes, it was merely an exhibition of articles supplied by some of the gigantic tradesmen of the City, and that it was made tl.O use of by them to exhibit their own goods. (Hear, bear, and confusion.) Mr. BUTCHER rose to order. There was no motion, be said, before the cou rt. (Cries of 4 4 Hear, hear.") Mr. WEBBER said he was determined to bring the matter before the court, as he considered it affected the credit of the corporation, and that such a course o f proceeding as h e alluded to o u g ht not to hav e been permitted, and was contrary to the terms of the m otion that had been agreed to. (Hear, hear.) If the name s of the persons who made the articles that were exhibited bad been attached to them he should not have said a word, but he did object to persons of the class he had referred to holding themselves out as exhibitors at a working man's in dustrial exhibition. (Hear, hear.) The exhibi tion was not an exhibition of working men at all— it was an exhibition of influential tradesmen, and he was sorry to see their hall made use of for such a purpose, and he hoped it would not occur again. (Hear.) The LORD MAYOR said he thought it right to explain that in opening the hail on the previous day he believed he was merely acting in accord ance what he considered to be the wish of the court. (Hear, hear.) He knew nothing whatever of the arrangements that were made by the City La nds Committee, to whom the matter was entrusted, and he had nothing to do with these arrangements. Mr. 11. L. TAYLOR said that no complaint what ever could be made, so far as the Lord Mayor was concerned, who had performed the duty of opening the exhibition in a most proper and satisfactory manner. (Hear.) With regard to the exhibition itself, he quite concurred in what had been said by Mr. Webber, and thought that they had made a great mistake in allowing the Guildhall to be made use of for the purposes of the exhibition. (II ear.) Deputy FRY here interposed, and said that there was no motion before the court, and the discussion ought not be prolonged. Mr. TAYLOR said it was not his intention to pro long the discussion, but he repeated that it was his opinion that the use of the hall ought not to have been allowed for the purpose of such an exhibition as the one that appeared in it. The only course, however, that could be taken was for some member to give notice of a motion that the permission to use the hall be rescinded on the ground that it had not been applied for the purpose for which it was intended. (Hear.) The matter then dropped. CLEANSING THE FOOTWAYS OF THE CITY. Mr. C. GRIMWADE then brought forward a mo tion, that the Commission of Sewers be required, in the forthcoming contracts, to make arrangements for the cleansing of the footways of the City. This motion led to rather a long discussion with out any result, and eventually, after an amendment proposed by Alderman Sidney, that the Commis sioners of Sewers be requested to enforce the law which required every householder to cleanse the footway before his house, had been put and nega tived, Mr. Longden moved the previous question as another amendment, which was carried. RAILWAYS IN THE CITY. Deputy SNELLING presented a petition from the inhabitants of the ward of Langbourne for the court to oppose the City and London-bridge Railways Bill in Parliament. Alderman SIDNEY presented a similar petition from another ward in the City, and they were both referred to the Law and Parliamentary Committee. LOCAL TAXATION. The REMEMBRANCER reported that a committee of the House of Commons had been appointed for the purpose of considering the subject of local taxa tion in the metropolis generally, and upon the mo tion of Mr. LAWLEY, the subject was referred to a special ward committee, to watch the proceedings of the committee referred to, and to take such steps thereupon as they might deem necessary. THE TRAFFIC IN THE CITY. Mr. M'ClEonoE inquired of Alderman Stone, the chairman of the Police Committee, whether any additional policemen had been appointed under the recent resolutions of the court for the purpose of re gulating the traffic of the streets of the City ? Alderman STONE replied that the subject had been under the consideration of the committee, and when the 50 additional constables were appointed there would be 91 constables specially employed to regu late the traffic in the City. At present two-thirds of the 50 additional men were under probation, and he hoped that by the time when the new Traffic Regulation Bill that was before Parliament had be come law the whole number of men would be ap pointed and ready to assist in carrying out the pro visions of the act ? (Hear, hear.) THE CORPORATION GAS BILL. Mr. J. F. BONTEMS, the chairman of the special committee appointed to consider the important question of the supply of gas to the citizens of London, then proceeded to propose a motion having reference to the subject. He said the court was aware that after one of the most severe struggles that had ever taken place upon a private bill in the House of Commons, the city had attained the second reading of their Gas Bill by a considerable majority. (Hear, hear and cheers.) Ile thought he ought not to omit to express his opinion that they were very much indebted to Mr. Crawfurd for the able man ner in which he had introduced the measure to the House of Commons and the able and zealous sup port he had given to it—(hear, hear)—and also to Mr. Alderman IV. Lawrence for the manner in which he had supported the rights of the citizens, and thus succeeded in defeating the determined opposition of the supporters of the gas monopoly. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He considered that they were also very much indebted to Sir G. Grey, the home Secretary, for tie assistance he had given them in defending their rights and allowing the measure to go to the committee that was already appointed to consider other matters connected with this important subject. (Hear, hear.) The court was aware that the committee to whom the subject had been referred would have to take into conside ration questions relating to the supply of gas as it affected the whole metropolis, and this being the state of things, the committee of which he was chairman considered that it would be advisable that they should have the power of conferring with all the vestries and metropolitan boards, and co-operate with feating the he attain Led o n o to i o n i g the impo r t an t o bj ec t o f de se which had led muchythat at present existed, and and well grounded com plaint, not only on the pa r t of the citizens of Lon don,the.metropolis generally. a resolution to the effect stated. RESSER ROGERS SCC Oded the resolution, which was D carried unanimously. Il ABOLITION OF RELIGIOUS TESTS. Mr. Deputy C. REED moved that the City of Lon don School, of which this corporation is the Patron, having sent up to the Univ ersit y of Ca mbridge several scholars who have taken high positions in the university examinations, but have been debarred from acquiring the honours and emoluments to - which they were entitled by their scholastic attain ments by reason of their inability to subscribe the declaration prescribed by the Act of Uniformity, this corporation do petition both houses of Parliament to pass a bill " to repeal certain portions of the Act of Uniformity relating to the declaration made by fellows of colleges." The hon. deputy in the course ofan able speech, urged th e i m p o licy of retaining this declaration in enlightened times like the pre sent; and the great injustice that was done to young men of high attainments solely because they were This motion was also agreed to, and the court then adjourned. The Betting Nuisance in the City, At the Guildhall Police-court yestere,ay, Mr. Lawley, of Farringdon-street, and Mr. Walter, of Shoe-lane, members of the Court of Counnon Coun cil ; Messrs. Holditch, Comfort, Bone, R. Barclay, Arnold, Dickinson, Simms, Herring, Kimber, Wil liamson, and Dr. Wilson, and a large number of the influential inhabitants of the parish of St. Bride, waited upon Mr. Alderman Hale, the presiding magistrate, to complain of an evil which had re cently assumed such a serious aspect as to threaten the entire suspension of the business of many of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, and the total blockade of the chief thoroughfares going east, west, north, and south. Mr. Lawley, who headed the deputation, said he appeared there at the request of a number of re spectable inhabitants and tradesmen in and near Farringdon-street, to complain of a very great evil which had become a public scandal—he alluded to the daily congregation of betting men and others of an equally disreputable character, to the number of 1,000 and upwards. They took possession of the footpath, swarmed into the carriage way, and, in fact, occupied the entire 2troct, 60 that not only was the business of the inhabitants brought to a stand still, but the public traffic was seriously obstructed, and unless most stringent measures were promptly adopted would become one of the greatest scandals ever known in the city of London. The police, it appeared, were powerless to mitigate the evil, having no authority to interfere, notwithstanding the tho roughfares were completely stopped up. The deputa tion accompanying him represented the parish of St. Bride, and they came to the court to ask the worthy alderman, with the co-operation of his brother ma gistrates, and the assistance of the police, to adopt similar proceedings which proved so successful in mitigating the evil some years ago. Until very re cently these men had been in the habit of congre gating on the Ruins in Farringdon-road, or Victoria street, but even there the nuisance was so great that upon the complaint of the inhabitants, the open space known as " the Ruins" was enclosed by a hoarding, and the betting fraternity shut out, and, conse quently, driven back to their old quarters. There was a bill now before Parliament which would give the magistrates and police increased powers to deal with the public traffic ; but he would suggest that the opportunity should not be lost to obtain further powers to deal with the betting nuisance. Mr. Walter said he had spoken to the police with the view to get rid of the nuisance, but their reply had been that they had no power to interfere. He wished, however, to remind the court that on a for mer occasion, when the matter was taken up by the order of the magistrates, the evil was so far abated that there was no very serious ground for complaint afterwards, and it was now hoped that the magis trates would again take the matter in hand, and put the same law into force that was found so effectual in remedying the evil on the occasion he referred to. Mr. Bone said the nuisance was increasing day by day, and it was so great that at the time they left Farringdon-street that morning to come to complain to the magistrate there were not less than 2,000 persons congregated there. Mr. Alderman Hale said he understood that the betting men did not now infest the Sunday Times corner of Fleet-street as formerly, but that they now congregated at the north-west corner. Mr. Walter said that was the fact, but that the inconvenience extended all up Farringdon-street and Fleet-street. Mr. Alderman Hale said the police should be ap plied to, for he remembered that on former occa sions men had been brought before him, and ho had sent them for trial at the Central Criminal Court, and they were convicted. If the police would bring any one of those men before him he could assure them that all parties should have ample justice. The nuisance complained of four years ago was a most dangerous one, as it was not merely an inconve nience to every one, but it was a hindrance to busi ness, an obstruction of the thoroughfare ; it tended to corrupt public morals, and was calculated to be productive of the most serious consequences in pri vate families. In this case the nuisance appeared to have outgrown its former dimensions, and if it was found necessary to invoke the strong arm of the law to suppress it the inhabitants might rest as sured that the magistrates would exercise their power to the utmost to assist them in getting rid of such an intolerable evil. Mr. Martin, the chief clerk, said if it could be proved that the men were engaged in betting trans actions they might be proceeded against by indict ment. Mr. Alderman Hale said if the police saw men with memorandum books in their hands, and a num ber of persons around them apparently interested in what they were reading or writing, they might fairly assume that such men were conducting bet ting transactions, and interfere accordingly, parti cularly if they saw the same men so engaged day after day. It would, in his opinion, be a clear in fringement of the law, and the persons so engaged must take the consequences of their conduct on themselves. Mr. Martin said there were several betting men who had been prosecuted and allowed their liberty upon recognisances to appear when called upon. He would supply the police with the names of those men, so that if they should be found in connection with the nuisance complained of, they could be deal with at once, as an example to all others offending. Mr. Foster, the assistant superintendent of City police, said he would give instructions to the officers to look out for these men, and in the meantime he would report upon the present proceedings to the commissioner. Mr. Alderman Hale said before the ruins were enclosed the betting men assembled there and were in the habit of taking possession of the covered portion of the Metropolitan Railway station when ever it rained ; but an application to Sir Richard Mayne eventually led to the routing of the fellows. It appeared in this instance that in driving them from the Ruins it was getting rid of one evil to make room for another of greater magnitude, for they were out of the way to a certain extent upon the Ruins. Mr. Holditch, of the corner of Farringdon-street, said he had more opportunity of seeing the real ex tent of the evil than perhaps any one in the parish, and he assured the magistrate that on the previous day he sent one of his young men out to count the number of persons congregated, and after counting 1,500, he came in and said there were so many more that he could not count them all. Mr. Alderman hale said if they met in such im mense numbers it must be a great obstacle to busi ness of all kinds, and there was quite enough for tho police to act upo n . Mr. r. ilolditch said the re were pu bli c -h ouses i n th e nei ghbourhood to which great numbers were at tracted in consequence of persons advertising their betting transactions from their houses. Mr. Alderman Hale said he remembered one of the houses t o W h ich Mr. Hold itch had referred. He was against g rant i ng the licence in the t trst instanc e , but he would tak e care and mention matter at the approaching licen s i ng d ay. In the meantime wished the police and th e p u bli c to understand that he he was prepared to render them every assistance in his power, and that in all cases brought under his notice he would exercise all the powers vested in him a 5 a magistrate with the utmost rigour to put down the nuisance arising from the congregation of such ---------- d laza- hp' unable conscientiously to subscribe to tl.‘e ec . ~e numbers of disreputable characters in the pub tion required of them, before they could obtainlie thoroughfares. , _received Th atbtehi being m g , t h a e n d o n r l e y ti retired. fellowship, that they were bona fide members o the The deputation then thanked the worthy Alder- Established Church ; and he concluded by inzoxing 1 • man for the kind consideration with which he had the resolution for the adoption of the Court. business brought under the Alderman HALE seconded it, and the motion Ins criminal case, Mr. Alderman Hale claimed, ,presiding mag i s t ra t e ' s not i ce, an d t h at not b e i ng an agreed to unanimo usl y• '.ding to ancient custom, a pair of white gloves, The Hon. DE PUTY then moved another res ‘ blu. ordina-,7 tion :—" That, reg ardin g the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge as national institutions, the full ad-- a "'presentation indicative of, as termed on circuit, a vantages of which should be enjoyed by all classes; '' maiden assize." of her Majesty's subjects, without respect to religi— ous distinctions, this corporation do petition both houses of Parliament to pass a bill to provide for I the abolition of religious tests in connection wit) i academical degrees and offices in the University of 1 Oxford." Naval and Military Intelligence. The ironclad frigate Bellerophon,:l4, 1,000-horse power, Capt. E. Tatham, having received on board a supply of coals and had her compasses adjusted, was under orders to leave the Nore yesterday after noon for Spithead, to which she will be navigated by a number of seamen, engineers, and stokers be longing to the Medway Steam Reserve. Mr. W. Eames, assistant chief inspector of machinery at Chatham dockyard, will proceed round to Ports mouth with the Bellerophon to note the working of her machinery. During the time the Bellerophon has been lying in the Medway since being put out of dock she has been inspected by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in- Chief, yr ho expressed himself in unqualified terms of approval of the manner in which she has been fitted and despatched from Chatham dockyard. On arrival at Spithead she will commence her speed trials over the measured mile in Stokes Bay at light draught of water. The trials of this ship are looked forward to with great interest, as decisive of the true measure of value of the French bow as possessed by the ships Magenta and Solferino, and adopted by the English Admiralty in the Bellerophon. The Racoon, 22, screw corvette, Captain Count Gleichen, accompanied by her tender, the screw gunboat Whiting, 4, 60 horse power, Lieut.-Com mander James M. Morris, sailed from Spithead yes terday afternoon for Queenstown, Ireland. The Minotaur, screw, iron frigate, Master Frank Inglis, is having her outfit continued alongside Portsmouth dockyard. The coal bunkers of the ship are being filled up to their full capacity ; the cupola furnace has been taken out of the ship, and an auxiliary steam boiler shipped and fixed in the space vacated by the cupola, and a stern gallery is being constructed round the line of the stern win dows of the admiral's cabin. The Minotaur is nearly three months ahead of the Agincourt in her outfit, and it is therefore not unlikely that she may finally be selected as the flagship of the present Secretary of the Admiralty on his assuming the command of her Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean. The Minotaur and Agincourt, when armed with the new seven and nine inch rifled guns, will be unrivalled in speed and power of attack and defence among the broadside gunships of war of all nations. The screw storeship Fox, 200 horse power, Staff Commander H. A. Moriarty, arrived at Chatham yesterday from Plymouth and Portsmouth, with supplies of copper and other stores for the use of the dockyard. The Fox took up moorings in the har bour opposite the dockyard. The headquarters of the 13th Hussars will leave Norwich towards the end of this month. York is understood to be the future destination of the regi ment. The 62d Regiment has left Pembroke dock for Gosport, Weymouth, and Portland. The men were despatched by a special train drawn by two engines via Heyland. During the time the regiment was at Pembroke dock the conduct of the men was excel lent, and a general feeling of regret was evinced at their departure. A numerous party of convicts arrived at Chatham yesterday from Pentonville, for employment on the works at St. Mary's Island for the enlargement of the dockyard. Another large party of convicts will also arrive at Chatham from London to-day. The convicts, to the number of about 1,000, employed at Chatham are engaged in making the excavations and constructing the walls and foundations of the large basins and docks now in course of formation. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander E. J. Lawson, to be inspecting commander in the Coastguard service, vice Commander C. A. J. Heysham ; Sub-Licut. Reynell. J. Fortescue and Sub-Lieut. Robert N. Hamond to the Icarus ; Sub-Lieut. J. F. Hodgkin son to the Pallas ; William E. Campion, chief engineer, to the Pallas ; George W. Hill and Francis J. S. H. Napier, midshipmen, to the Pallas ; James J. Conway and William Stewart, first-class assist.-engineers, to the Pallas ; and Edward J. Huystnans, acting second class assist.-engineer, to the Pallas. TH E SU.N, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1866. The Cattle Plague. The Archbishop of Canterbury recently addressed all the suffragan Bishops of the province of Canter bury, counselling them " to request the clergy of their respective dioceses to invite their several con gregations to assemble in the house of God on such day during the present Lent as, from local cir cumstances, might be most convenient, that they might humble themselves under God's mighty hand, might deprecate His judgments for their sins, and pray Him to avert our present calamity." In pur suance of the letter of his Grace the Metropolitan, the Bishop of London has addressed the following pastoral to the Dean of St. Paul's the archdeacon's rural deans, incumbents, ministers, chaplains, and curates in sole charge in and throughout the whole diocess of London :—" London-house, March 5. Rev. and dear Brother,—l have determined to name Friday, the 23d inst., as a suitable day for special prayer and humiliation in this diocess on account of the great calamity of the cattle plague. Weighty reasons have been alleged against the ap pointment of a day on which, through the interven tion of the authorities of the State, a general cessa tion from labour might be enjoined. But, in com mon with his Grace our Metropolitan and my brethren the other Bishops, I feel assured that our people, in the midst of the claims of business, will prize an opportunity of specially marking their sense of dependence upon God in this great trial. It seems right, then, that before this Lent closes, and when we are approaching the commemoration of the Lord's death and passion in the Holy Week, the usual services of this season of quietness and pen►- tential self-recollection should on one day be made to have a special public reference to the present suf fering of the country. You will no doubt arrange that, for this purpose, your church shall be open on the day I have named, not merely for the services usual among us each Friday in Lent, but at such hours and for such services as you deem will enable your people to avail themselves of the privilege of united worship and of hearing the Word preached. You will probably announce in church on Sunday, the 18th, in what special manner you thus propose to mark the day.—l am your faithful servant and brother, A. C. LONDON." EDINBURGH. The commission of the Church of Scotland As sembly met here on Wednesday, and along with the commission of the Free Church Assembly, meeting the same day, and the U.P. Presbytery of Edin burgh, appointed Thursday, the 29th inst., as a pub lic fast day on account of the cattle plague. Dr. Lee proposed that the Sunday following the 29th should be fixed, when the services would be more generally engaged iu than on a week-day fast, and Principal Tulloch and others supported the amend ment, which was not, however, pressed to a division. Mr. David Smith, elder, suggested that Friday the 30th being Good Friday and a Bank holiday should be selected, but the suggestion was opposed by Dr. APRae, of Hawick, who thought that already a considerable section of this Church were showing too much disposition to observe the Episcopalian festivals, and that to encourage a superstitious at tachment to these days would result in a worse state of things than any cattle plague which had ever visited this or any other country, It was ultimately resolved to select the 29th as the day which the other Presbyterian bodies had concurred to hold. YORK. The day of humiliation on account of the cattle plague in the diocese of York, which had been re commended by his Grace the Archbishop, was ob served ou Wednesday in all the churches in York. In the evening the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean preached a sermon on the subject in the Minster from that part of the 9th chapter of Exodus which describes the hand of the Lord being on the cattle and the smiting of both man and beast. In the course of his remarks he said it was asserted in these days that the order of nature was invariable, and that events took place according to the fixed law of cause and effect. It was assumed that God in the beginning endowed every creature with special powers, and, having brought the whole into perfect order and harmony, He left it to its natural opera tion ; and although He surveyed the glorious sys tem and pronounced it to be very good, He never interposed to change any of its movements. It was therefore said that a season like the present--a season of plague and pestilence—was the result of some law of nature either known or unknown to science, and that it was useless to ask God to remove it, or to avert the dreaded consequences. The Dean did not think that the great body of reflecting Chris tians in this country would subscribe to such arguments. _On the contrary, there was an inward conviction that this was God's work ; that He had laid His hand upon the land ; that He has declared there shall be a very grievous murrain ; that He has sent it, and that He alone can avert it. The Dean made au appropriate application to his congregation, and urged attention to religious duties. 3 RE LAND. (From the 7'imes Correspondent.) DUBLIN, March 8. You can hardly have an idea of the soothing effect produced in this country by an article written in the spirit of your last on the land question. This is the real root of popular discontent. The tenants, as a rule, make the improvements, in many cases in creasing the value of the land tenfold. The rent, in the course of years, is multiplied in the same.pro portion. This increase, made pursuant to periodical valuations by the landlord, in which the tenant has no voice, the tenant class, and I may say the whole mass of the population, regard as an enormous tax on improvement, which too often amounts to a pro hibition, preventing investment and encouraging the exhaustion of the land. Still, if the farmer is to live on his holding, bad land must be reclaimed, cleared, drained, fenced, and houses of some sort must be built, and the work of improvement proceeds in re liance upon verbal agreements, or upon the land lord's sense of justice, that, at least, the tenant will not be disturbed so long as he pays the rent, which the agent, from time to time, imposes at discretion, the agent generally being an attorney paid by a per centage on the rental, and looking out sharply for costs against defaulters. But when the landlord or his agent has got " other intentions about the farm," and the occupier receives notice to quit, the law which has come into operation is not the law of equity, but a code of statutes framed, as the people believe, by the landlords themselves, with the steady purpose of securing their own interest, and recog nising no right in the occupier to the property which he has created by his industry. The people complain that, whereas in every other department of human industry the property which a man creates by his labour or outlay can be identified, valued, and sold for what it is worth, under thepro tection of law, the property which the tenant-farmer creates by his industry and outlay on the land is not recognised as his property at all, but becomes ipso facto legally the property of the landlord, unless the tenant has a lease. It may be asked why the tenant has not a lease, and why he holds land without one. To this he answers that he holds the land because without it his family cannot live, and he would give all he is worth to get a lease at a reason able rent, but the landlord refuses to give one, pre ferring to have the discretionary potter of re-valua tion, and of issuing in terrorem notices to quit. It is on these accounts that the people, whether right or wrong, regard the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland as essentially unjust and oppressive ; and, as the Legislature has so often refused to remedy the alleged wrong, which militates against national prosperity and peace, popular opinion condemns the Legislature itself as favouring injustice and oppres sion for the sake of the aristocracy, which inherits the confiscated lands of the most confiscated country in the world. These remarks receive a curious confirmation from the intelligence from Strabane, in the county of Tyrone, which has arrived just as the last sentence was written. The first arrest of a member of the Bar in connexion with Fenianism was made there yesterday evening. His house was surrounded by a large body of constabulary, all the approaches being carefully guarded. It was supposed by the people who crowded the street that Stephens was the object of the search, as one constable was seen on the roof to prevent exit in that direction. They remained in and about the house for nearly three hours. At length they arrested Mr. Underwood, who was sent by rail to the county gaol at Omagh, with a strong escort, under the command of the county inspector, Mr. Barry. The prisoner was many years ago an active member of the Irish Tenant League, and at a public dinner in the town of Omagh he was called to order by another Member fur the violence of his language against the Government, but he was warmly defended by Mr. Gavan Duffy, who was present. Mr. Underwood's enthusiastic hfun exceedingly popular the north-west, and he Nl Y ,i o t u h n t g h e I r e l tenant-farmersandism offered himself several times as a candidate for Tyrone and Donegal. After the Tenant League was broken up he became a member of the Brotherhood of St. Patrick, which distinguished itself by the demon strations in honour of the remains of M‘Manus, and which seems to have merged into the Fenian Bro therhood. I have sometimes wondered that he escaped so long, for in the evidence at one of the Fenian trials in Dublin (not published) there was an entry of money sent to a person at Strabane bearing his initials T. N. U., and it now appears that documents about pike-drilling were found in his possession. As Mr. Underwood is the only bar rister arrested, he is also the only Protestant of any note among the prisoners. He belongs to a small but a highly respectable and loyal body of Dissen ters—the Unitarians. He is descended from a " United Irishman," and was always regarded as a little eccentric. Twenty-five of the 27 prisoners arrested in Slat tery's publichouse, No. 7, Cork-hill, on Tuesday evening, were yesterday removed, under the provi sions of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, from Chancery-lane Police-station to Richmond Bride well. The other two prisoners (John Quinn, of the 60th Rifles, and William Murphy, alias M'Cabe) were brought up befnze the sitting magistrate at the head-office charged with being deserters. Murphy was committed for trial, and Quinn was remanded, pending inquiry. A letter from Cork, referring to the assizes, states : " If all the prisoners at present in our gaol were to be tried the assizes would not terminate for some months, for each gaol is chokefull of prisoners, and in addition there are a great many who were admitted to bail at the last commission and since to come up for trial at the assizes. It is the intention, however, of the Crown not to proceed against those who stand charged with having in their pos session unlicensed arms in proclaimed districts, or against those accused of administering the Fenian oath. This class of persons will not be tried, as I have been informed on reliable authority, but will be detained in custody under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. The only prisoners that will be tried at the assizes are those who are not accused of political offences, together with the graver Fenian offenders." At the last meeting of the National Association the following letter from Mr. Bright was read :-- 44 London, March 3. " My doer Sir,—l have received the copy of the resolu tion of thanks voted to mo by the Committee of the Na tional Association of Ireland. I value it very much, and ask that you will convey to the committee my gratitude for the approval they have expressed of my recent speech on the affairs and condition of Ireland. I think there is a better prospect for your unfortunate country, and I shall gladly do all in my power to assist her own representatives and the Government in such legislation as may be required for her good. Prom the present Administration I am sure you will receive sympathy, and I cannot but hope that at an early period there will be a resolute attempt to conquer the malady which, from time td time, brings so much suf fering to Ireland and so much discredit to England. I be lieve it is in the power of Parliament to remove all just causes of discontent with you, and I shall heartily co,ope rate in every effort tending to that result.—llelieve me always sincerely yours, "JOHN BRIGHT. " Peter Paul M'Swiney, Esq." The total ntunber of persons arrested under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act up to Tues day night is 176, of whom 42 are Irish Americans. Four have been discharged. The 60th Rifles proceeded by special trains this morning, which left Westland-row station at 8.15 and 9.15 a.m., to Kingstown, under the command of Col. Charles N. North, where they embarked on board the transport ship Simoom, for transmission to Malta. Two companies of the Depot Battalion, 60th Rifles, at present in the Royal Barracks, will leave on Saturday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING *MEETING.-THURSDAY. The sport to-day only included five race; and presented, after the important event of Wednesday, no feature of general interest. The Steeplechase has been the event of the meeting, and the Spring Cup, formerly an attraction for the opening clay, now only brought nine moderate perfor mers, of which the best was Jezabel, to the post. The Handicap Steeplechase was won by Lord George, the trial horse of yesterday's winner, Salamander, and both the property of Mr. Studd ; and the Molyneux Cup, a hand some tankard of frosted silver, with goblets to match, manufactured by the Entanuels, of Burlington-street, was almost a gift to Reporter. The attendance was moderate. The Molyneux Cup Steeplechase, of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sous each. Grand National Course. About four miles and a quarter. 14 subs. Lord Poulett's Reporter, aged, 12st (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. Spark's Stormcock, aged, 12st 71b (Jervis) 2 Mr. Cockburn ns Frank, aged, 12st 71b (Mr. Lawrence) 3 Betting-11 to 8 oach agst Reporter and Frank, 3to 1 agst Stormeock. Frank jumped off with the lead, followed by Reporter, Stormcock laying off, and they continued in this order for the first round, when, after coming to Beecher's Brook the second time, Reporter drew away, was never afterwards headed, and won in a common canter by 12 lengths; Storm cock, who passed Frank soon after entering the straight; gaining second honours by four lengths. A Steeplechase Handicap of 100 goys. About three miles starting at the Canal-point. 33 subs. Mr. E. Studd's Lord George, aged, lOst 81b - • (Mr. Goodman) 1 Mr. W. Hawkins's The Rogue, aged, 10st 101 b (W. White) 2 Mr. Oliver's Garotter, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Ryan) 3 Crusade and Heurlys also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst The Rogue, 4to 1 each agst Lord George and Heurlys, and 6 to 1 agst any other. Crusade took up the running, followed by The Rogue to the water jump, where Garotter wont to the front and went on with the lead, attended by Crusade and Heurlys, Lord George lying last. At the first fence after the turn Heurlys refused, and Lord George took third place, Crusade soon after falling at Beecher's Brook, and Rogue going on with the running, waited upon by Lord George to the last fence into the course, soon after which the latter passed him, and won very easily by ten lengths. Garotter was a very bad third. The Liverpool Spring Cup of 200 sous (specie), added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 Boys each: Mile and a half. 55 subs. Mr. Wadlow's Jezabol, 3 yrs, 6st , , (Kenyon) 1 Mr. W. Meeson's Welbeck, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Carr o l) 2 Mr. J. Palmer's C a ithness, 3 yrs, 6st (Cameron) 3 The following also ran : —Bradamante, Fantail, Provi sor, Pirate, Junius, Slieve Came. Betting -5 to 2 agst Bradamante, 3to 1 agst Caithness, 6 to 1 agst Jezabel, 100 to 15 agst Junius, and 10 to 1 each agst Fantail and Provisor. Provisor made play, followed by Caithness and Fantail, to the mile post, where Caithness went to the front, and went ou with the lead to the turn into the straight. Jeza bel here running through her horses, and having both Bradamante and Caithness beaten at the distance, went in, with only Welbeck near her, an easy winner by a length and a half ; Caithness a bad third. Handicap Plate of 40 sovs for 3 yr olds and upwards. Winners 101 b extra. Entrance 2 sovs. T.Y.C. 5 subs. Mr. T. Hughes' Vigil, aged, Bst 61b (Prior) 1 Mr. W. G. Craven's Panacea, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b ...(Morris) 2 Mr. It. Hineson's Malvern, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Loates) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Vigil, 2to 1 agst Malvern, 4to 1 agst Panacea. Panacea made play for a short distance, when Vigil took up the running, was never headed, and won easily by half a length. Malvern a bad third. The Craven Cup Hunt Steeplechase of 100 sovs (specie), added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. Grand National Course. Four miles and a quarter. 13 subs. Mr. Goodliffe's Snowdon, aged, 12st 91b (Mr. Goodman) 1 Mr. W. G. Craven's Lysbrian, aged, 12st 91b (Capt. Tempest) 2 Mr. J. Millward, jun.'s, Lady Sandford, 6 yrs, 12st 61b (Mr. Thomas) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Snowdon, who, alternately with Lys brian, led for the first two miles, and at Beecher's Brook, the second turn round, took a commanding lead, was never headed, and won at least easily by a length; Lady Sandford a bad third. RACING IN FRANCE. LA MARCHE STEEPLECHASES-MARCH 4. The second La Marche spring meeting took place on Sunday last. The weather was again remarkably fine and the attendance unusually large. The opening event, the Prix do Franc Picard, was the principal race, and Magenta was made a great favourite, 5 to 4 being taken, but he never showed very formidable in the race, and R. M. D., my se lection of last week, won very easily. This was succeeded by the Prix des Marnes handicap, which brought out six runners, and Niger, my second selection, won very easily by two lengths. The concluding event, the Prix de l'Avenir, for horses which had never won a steeplechase value GO soya, brought out a field of twelve, and Milton and Vaucresson were both backed at 2 to 1, and after a fine race Milton was declared the winner by a head, being again ridden by Cassidy, who rode two winners this day. An objection was made by the rider of the second horse against the jockey of Milton, for having crossed him, but the judge's decision was not changed. The trotting mare Bayadere ran in this last race, but seemed quite unfitted for jumping or galloping. The ground was in very good going order. Particulars of the racing will be found below, commencing with the Prix de Eranc Picard (Handicap) of 100 sovs, open to all horses ; entrance, 8 sovs each, h. ft ; the second to receive 16 sovs. Three miles and one furlong. Six subs. Count de la Bigne's . R. M. D., 6 yrs, lostl2lb (G. Quinton) 1 M. E. Porte's Sentence, 5 yrs, Oat 131 b Magenta and Valentino also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Magenta, 3to 1 each agst R. M. D. and Valentino, sto 1 agst Sentence. Magenta made the running to the wall, followed by Valentino and R. M. D. close up, Sentence being last. After passing the wall R. M. D. took the lead and led over the brook, and con tinued in front the second time round and over the brook, when Sentence then took the second place, but never got up to R. M. D., who continued in front to the end, winning very easily by a length ; Magenta and Valentino, beaten off, came in together. PEIx DE MIUNES of 60 sovs, for all horses, which have never won a steeple-chase value 120 sovs; entrance 4 sovs each, h ft ; the second to save his stake: list each ; certain penalties and allowances; jockeys 71b extra. One mile and seven furlongs. Eleven subs. M. E. Porte's Niger, 5 yrs, list lib (J. Cassidy) 1 Count de la Bigne's Perla Pine, aged, list 121 b . uinton) 2 Mr. Harper's Mario, 5 yrs, list lib (G( Count ) 3 The following also ran :—Caprice, Linieres, and Gue d'Amour. Betting— 7 to 4 apt Niger, 3 to 1 agst Mario, 4 to 1 agst Perle Fine. Niger got away in front, followed by Mario, and these two jumped the brook together, closely followed by Caprice and Perle Fine. Half-way round Perle Fino took the second place, but Niger continued in front, and won very easily by two lengths; Mario was a bad third ; and Gue d'Amour and Linieres were beaten a long way. PRIX DE L'AvENIR of 60 sovereigns, for all horses, four year-olds and upwards, which have never won a steeple chase value of 60 sovereigns ; entrance 1 sovereign each ; the second to receive 20 sovs (the entries) ; four-yr olds, 16st llb ; five, lOst 101 b; six and aged, list ; the winner of a flat race value 80 sovs to carry 71b extra; maidens allowed 71b. About two miles and a quarter. 21 subs. M. U. Lunel's Milton, 6 yrs, list (J. Cassidy) 1 M. Desvigne's Vaucresson, 6 yrs, list 71b (IL Lamplugh) 2 M. D. Copp6 e ' s D uncan, 4 yrs , 9st 8113 (Dickinson) 3 Messrs. Forcinal's Lansquenot, 4 yrs, 9st 81b...(Young) 4 The following also ran :—Betty, Young Nuncio, Baya dere, Tambour do Basque, Droit-du-Seigneur, Misterton, Royal Junior, and L'llomme entre deux Ages. Betting-2 to leach agst Milton and Vaucresson, 7to 1 agst Droit-du-Seigneur, 10 to 1 agst Tambour do Basque, and 12 to 1 agst Duncan. This race was between Milton and Vaucresson, Tam bour do Basque, and Droit-du-Seigneur. On coining out of the garden the second time Milton and Vaucresson were in front, the latter stumbled and lost his place. Tambour de Basque and Droit-du-Seigneur then joined Milton, and the throe ran together to the last fenco, when Tambour do Basque fell ; Vaucresson now joined Milton and those two run a fine race home, ending in favour of Milton by a head Duncan secured the third place. On March 1, at the Hares de Vineuil, near Chantilly, Mr. T. Carter's Conversion (sister to Astrolabe), a colt, foal by Muscovite. On the 2d just, the following brood mares arrived at the above Tiaras on a visit to Muscovite, viz., Mr. T. Carter's Nobility and Obligation, and Mr, 11. Pelamarre's Can tonmle. Mr. H. Delamarre's Vermont, 5 yrs, has been stopped in his work during the last week; this horse will now be taken out of training, and will shortly be sent to the Haras de Bois Roussel. On Saturday last, March 3, Baron 11. do Mesnil's horses, including Barberouse, Monitor, Novateur, a 3-yr-old by West Australian, and two 2-yr-olds, left Ch,ntilly, under the care of their trainer, Spreoty, for England, and will be trained i the neighbourhood of Winateetar, Athletic Sports at the Cambridge University. -4.- CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday. Tho last day's athletic sports at Cambridge University took place on Fenner's Ground to-day; Alag,daleu sports, which were to have been held on Wednesday last, being held to-day. The following was the programme as carried out : One Hundred Yards—First Heat—Johnson, 1; Hoole, 2 beating two others. Second Heat—Messrs Willcox and J. N. Richardson ran a dead heat for first. Final Heat Johnson, 1; Willcox, 2 ; won by three yds. Putting the Weight—Willcox, 1, 28 feet 3 inches; John son, 2, 26 feet 5 inches. High Jump—Willcox, 1, 4 feet 11 inches ; Harley, 2, 4 feet 91- inches. Hurdle Race•—First Heat—Willcox, 1; Harley, 2. Second Heat—Johnson, 1; Richardson, 2. Final Heat—Willcox, 1 ; Johnson, 2. Throwing the Cricket-ball —Harding, 1 ; Johnson 2 95 yards 2 feet. Quarter-mile—H. Johnson, 1; Harley, 2. Long Jump—Richardson, 1 ; Willcox, 2. Throwing the Hammer—Wheeler, 1 ; Harding 2 ; 57 fee' 7 inches. Strangers' Half-mile—Thornton (Jesus), 1 ; Webster (Trinity), 2 ; Garnett (Trinity) 3. A good race ; won easily by Mr. Thornton. Mr. Webstor being out of con dition, could not spurt. Time, 2 min. 10 sec. Mile Race—Stevens, 1 ; Harley, 2. Mr. Stevens went away with the lead and was only passed once by Wheeler, but soon regained his position, winning very cleverly. Time, 5 min. 28 sec. The winner of this race is a runner of some promise, and will probably next year be heard of amongst the University winners. A Consolation Race terminated the day's sport. GYMNASIUM, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. The second competition for Challenge Cups, open to the University of Cambridge, commenced on Wednesday after noon at the Gymnasium, and was attended by members of the University. Two well-known Trinity men were um pires, and Mr. F. Grant referee. The preliminary heats for the light weights were competed for first by Messrs. G. F. Sams (Peterhouse), and W. Doig (St. John's), the former winning. Last year the winner was the Marquis of Queens berry, who gave up the cup on leaving the University. The second pair were Messrs. Rowan and Walker, the for mer winning. The final bouts will take place this day. For the middle weights, Mr. Paget (Trinity), the pre sent holder, beat Mr. Taylor (Trinity), and Mr. Doig (John's), beat Mr. Braithwaite (Trinity); and Messrs. Doig and Paget compete this day for the Middle-weight Chal lenge Cup, as well as the Heavy-weight Cup, which has been given up by last year's `►inner, Mr. Milvain. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. - -do TIMES.—It is the fashion to compare the excite ment which awaited the introduction of the Reform Bill of 1832 with the languor of 1866, very much to the discredit of the present time ; but it would be, perhaps, more to the purpose if our feelings now were compared with our feelings on the four more recent occasions when her Majesty's Ministers sub mitted as many Reform Bills to the consideration of Parliament. 1832 is a long way off, and its circum stances were altogether different from ours. The men are changed, the chiefs are for the most part gone, and some who are left were Radicals then and are Tories now. The fault is not wholly theirs, for they had to encounter a different task from that now before Parliament, and what they did was, in fact, a revolution. The government of the country was transferred from an oligarchy to the middle classes, and even if the same men are sometimes found serving the same offices as before, they do so now by permission and free choice, and not simply be cause it is their will and pleasure. It is useless to compare 1866 with 1832 ; we must compare it with 1852, with 1854, with 1859, and with 1860, when other Reform Bills were brought forward to perfect the Bill of 1832, and to redress the very same evils and anomalies which Mr. Gladstone will have to deal with on Monday. It must be confessed that we have changed very much since 1852. Chartism was then net yet extinct, and the agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws h a d crea t e d a di s tu r b ance i n th e political world which threatened to pass into a struggle for power between the different classes of society. Lord John Russell's Reform Bill, introduced in that year, was certainly the crudest and most worthless that we have seen in our time, yet it excited hopes and fears and raised a fluttering which we l oo k f or i n va i n i n 1866 . Th e bill of the Aberdeen Mini s t r y i n 1854 was o f a very different character ; it proposed to enfranchise £lO occupiers in counties and £6 in boroughs, be sides fundholders, depo s it ors i n sav i ngs -b an k s, University graduates, and persons paying 40s. a year in income or assessed taxes ; and it contained, moreover, a provision which would enable a minority of more than a third to return a member whe re th ree members were to be returned. It provided, also, for the transfer of 62 seats from small and decayed boroughs in England and Wales to counties and new borough constituencies. The bill was vehe mently discussed even in the midst of the war, and was at last reluctantly abandoned. It is unnecessary to go through the provisions of the bill of the Derby . Ministry in 1859, or of the Palmerston Administra tion in 1860. Each of them contained large en franchising powers, each of them provided for a redistribution of seats, each of them in its turn aroused hope and inspired dread, though it must be owned that the hope and the dread diminished with every succeeding bill since 1854. The House of Commons was, in fact, learning its own mind and the mind of the country, and at last came to the conclusion that the one already perfectly represented the other, since both were profoundly indifferent to all projects of Reform. The result was a reproach to the sincerity of the Legislature and of the people, yet it was undeniable, and the last Parliament ex pired with a feeling of perfect self-satisfaction at having done what was wanted, if not what had been promised. We should be well pleased if we could believe that the measure of Monday will put an end to a protracted agitation which is not creditable to any of us. We have found out, it is true, how little the people care about Reform, and in this instance their indifference may be so far fortunate; but a session free from the disturbance of popular passions is just the opportunity which should be seized by statesmen for settling questions which have been long debated, and upon the principles of which all thinkers are agreed. The apologists of the Ministry may, perhaps, say that they, too, have bee, learning, and have at length slowly found out the limits of what is possible ; but they forget that what is pos sible depends very much on themselves. If they were united and in earnest, they would compel the support of waverers who are now uncertain, if they have not already passed into hostility. What is wanted is a bill which shall make the House of Commons a more perfect mirror of the nation by making the distribution of power within it corre spond to the distribution of power outside its walls. POST.—The changes in the management of the National Gallery make us more hopeful than we can be under an established regime of possible im provements and changes. We wish to render all due honour to Sir Charles Eastlake for what he did of good. Refined taste and general tact in carry ing out his views—in harmony with those of the Prince Consort—must be fairly allowed to him. He will leave his mark upon the Gallery. Without wishing at all to depreciate the results of his direc torship, we should like to suggest two points which may, we hope, be not unworthy of consideration by his successor. In the first place, the specimens ac cumulated of the earlier schools of painting seem to us, to say the least, sufficient. A national gallery ought to contain only very first-rate specimens. An historical series, without regard to absolute merit, might be interesting enough in a mere school of painting, but a national gallery appeals to others than artists. It is not necessary that it be made up of specimens, whether good or indifferent, which shall carry on the mere history of painting without pleas ing or interesting the general visitor. We would suggest teat what is necessary for the history of art, but fails to please any but antiquarian artists, should be kept in some separate collection. The series of paintings to be exhibited to the general public should be only of chefs-d'oeuvre. A chronological arrange ment may be useful, but this points to study rather than an exhibition of national treasures. Large ecclesiastical pictures of everlasting Virgins and Holy Families, and very ugly Saints and Martyrs, shoald not fill whole rooms. No doubt, at certain periods, the Church was the only patron of art, but these things, however valuable to the student, do not please the gene ral taste. We are in danger of being bored in an intolerable degree with the fancies of some modern theorisers on art. Private collections of noble paintings are free from this mannerism, and are much more pleasing than some of the rooms at Charing-cross. We hope that the new director will strike out a new line, and make the national collec tion something better than a museum of ancient art only. Even in the light of an historical series our Gallery is sadly deficient in pictures which show modern progress, or, if the word progress be objected to, which show modern tendencies. Pictures of the last century are very few in number. Let the Gallery be compared with the noble room which was recently erected in the Cromwell-road--not in its capacity only and suitableness for exhibition, but in the subjects exhibited, and we think every one will admit that we there saw specimens worthy of a public collection of which we have sadly too few among our national art treasures. In the next place, why have we no Gallery of Sculpture? . We have many names of great note. Roubilliac, Chan trey, Flaxman, Northcote, aro all represented in our cathedrals. Why is there not a national collec tion of specimens of these masters ? As we have so long neglected to secure them, it will be extremely difticuL; to obtain them now ; but surely We ought to begin. Purchases may be made but rarely ; but if there were a hall in which they could be exhibited, we might find that gifts would be forthcoming from time to time, as private collections are dispersed by the death of their owners ; and we should not only get noble specimens of English art, but of foreign art also, which would go far to promote study and emulation in modern artists, and which would im prove the public taste. The criticisms on modern sculpture seem to indicate deterioration rather than progress ; but this may be owing quite as much to the want of public patronage as to the deficiency in, talent and capability in mo d e lli n g. France an d Bavaria give atte n ti on an d encourag ement in thi s noble field ; England alone leaves to private patrons the promotion of a mos t g l or i ous an d elevating branch of the imitati ve art. riince Alfred's Annuity. The following is a copy of the bill as amended in committee to enable her Majesty to provide for the support and maintenance of Ids Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert on his com ing of age Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in Parliament assembied, having taken into consi deration your Majesty's most gracious message th lt your Majesty is desirous of making competent pro vision for the honourable support and maintenance of your Majesty's second son, his Royal Highne ss Prince:Alfred Ernest Albert, on his coming of aget do most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted , and be it enacted by the Quee n's most excellent Majesty, by and with the ethi c ° and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempora l, and Commons, in this present Parliament assein' bled, and by the authority of the same, as follows " 1. It shall be lawful for her Majesty, by let ters patent under the great seal of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, to grant unto his said Royal Highness, or to such persons as her Majesty may think fit to name in the said letters patent, on trust for his said Royal Highness, and sub ject to such conditions as her Majesty may direct, an annuity of £15,000 for his life, such annuity to commence from the 6th day of August, 1865, th e day on which his said Royal Highness came of age+ to be free from all taxes, assessments, and charges, and to be paid quarterly on Jan. 5, April 5, Jn i l 5, and Oct. 10. " 2. The first payment of such portion of the said annuity as may have accrued between the said date of his said Royal Hi g h nes s c o m i n g of age and the first of the said quarte r ly days which happens after the passing of this act shall be payable between th e last quarterly day of payment and the day of the determination thereof : p rov id e d th a t in the event of his said Royal Highness succeeding to any sove reignty or principality abroad it shall be lawful for . her Majesty or her successors, with the consent of Parliament, to revoke or reduce the said annuity by warrant under the sign manual. " 3. The annuity granted in pursuance of t his act shall, if her Majesty thinks fit to direct, be personal and inalienable provision, and the sa me ahau, be charged on and payable out of the consoli dated fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the growing produce thereof, ing or reserving sufficient to pay such sums as n ia i have been directed to be paid out of the said fon t : by former acts of Parliament, but with preferen ce all other payments which may hereafter be cha r g ed on the said fund. a fter pay: COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCIIES TER--THuRsDAY. Wo had a languid feeling in the wheat trade at our col market to-day, and the business done was at no Material change in prices. Oats and oatmeal were in limited rr Flour quest, and sales were made at late currencies. about the same. Beans firm. Indian corn same as hero tof ore. BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY . White wheat, 53s to 55s ; old red, 46s to 48s ; n ew is r . 40s to 44s , malting barley, 83s to 365; Page's prol ific ley, verages :—Whe 3BB to 41s per qr. 54 3 A.at, 1,010 qrs, at 44s 3d ; barley, -7 qrs., 345 10d ; oats, 160 qrs, 26s Gd. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. nd The supply of wheat to-day was barely an average, a there was a steady demand for both English and f o reig fo r previous currencies. There was again a good demand to s barley, and higher rates were asked and obtained. Oa quiet sale at about recent rates. Beans were a middling show, and the demand was dull at late prices. peas pot quotably altered. EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY. of At our market to-day there was a good supp l Y ,„ 10 try wheat, consisting of 1,074 qrs., which met a slow '" at last week's prices. Average, 7d up. Wheat on the top, 3s 6d down 'lerag ,Os 'd v do sd wn• Burley on the top, Os 6d down average, Os Oats on the top, is Od up average, Os 2cl Beans on the top, 48 Od down average, is 5d liP" Average prices. Wheat, 45s ld I Oats, 2Gs 7d Barley, 3ss 3d 1 Beans 435 8d Total supply and sales. Wheat 1074 q............ so rs ............ sold 778 Barley 1271 qrs ld 860 Oats 2271 qrs ............ sold 139. t! Beans 445 qrs ............ sold 41% superfine, 38s 6d ; superfine, 37s Od ; fine, Town-made flour sells as follows :—White,'4os,Gd; Otri' 355 6d. G AS GOW—WEDNEsDAv. The market was L very moderately attended. Trade 1 " 14 , very quiet for wheat, which sold only in retail at la: weok's prices. Flour was the turn in buyers' favour. 13‘_5err ley was not so much inquired for. Peas were rather dearer. Beans and oats were unaltered. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Du Barry's delicious and M al"' restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which contains tb.e.e ,t 0 tines the nourishment of the best meat, saves fifty t i h 1 -t., cost In other remedies, restores perfect digestion, Bf,r°„; nerv(s, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep' Or tional r, gularlty, and energy to the most disordered or e': feebled, removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dPer pepsia), habitual constipation, diarrhoea, liwmorrhoide. 111 e f e vers, 0° r d complaints, ifs,' ulency, nervousness, biliousness , throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the h ead lira reaairs, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, 0- t. , g ia sickness, irri ta j pient consumption, scrofula, burn, and headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spastng, na'Bel slliintkyinsgleeplessness, acidity, palpitst.en, hearth the pit of the stomach, between the shoulders, , t o ' ~,,C t i r r e ve ficate No. 29,410. We find it the safest remedy. - o ''''"" ; U Dr Campbell. We quote a few out of the 62.0 0 cures : C T. the benefit I have derived from Du Barry' uhs, tightnessas t asthma, a t , h b e rnonnecahti t r i s a , i D i e n s c tsi..t petite is perfectly restored, the pains in my leg, bacic , a n d chest are quite gone, and I am fast gaining strength ibis flesh. Mrs A. Owen.—Cure No. 51,812. Miss Virg o _, Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medical adl4ror abandoned all hopes of recovery.—Cure No. 49,532. O f P o , years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, neryouso:_, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sicknes near the stomach, and vomiting. 3fariaJoly, Wortham, Li a g' of Dias, Norfolk.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacob °. _,, Nazing vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme nervous_. Barry's fogorda.tituod y e 1 1 31 E ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancleibig In tins, 11b, 2s 9d;slb, 12113, 220 ; 2 , 0 OB.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Lorl7 e _ also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, Klng Wilitam-street ; li l ' e o. t i e : at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 40, Bish °l3B "' a n d; 33 0, stra __ street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court -road 1096°e; Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting - b ill; ~ St. Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stu bbs, Queene-terfr die- John's-wood. London; and all respe ctable grocers a " LO 40E1. Beware of spurious imitations. Births. ar d e n HAI,KETT —On the 7th inst., at 6 , Ladbroke- ''' °, the wife of Major Fredk. J. Colin Halkea, the needsQ Lt. Infy. a da. JEJEEBROY— M ia, of On tho sth Feb , ughter at Mazagon o Castle, p°l3l - Lady Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy,. of a daughter. Marriages. 13 UDWORTII THOMAS—On the Bth inst. at St. Hanover-square, by the Rev. W. J. 'Thomas, siic 3 , r ° f Ll;Lnigan, uncle of the bride, Philip John,Budwortcao, c),, Greensted Hall, Ongar, Esq., to Annie ily, s e : o ' . daughter of David Thomas, Esq., of The PriorY,l 3r6c . ir t JouNsToNE -WELLS— On the Bth inst., at liare-r 1, Chapel, Canonbury, by the Rev. Alex. Raleigh, Thei,p... Napier Jchnstone, Esq., of Penabury-road, Lower . . kop on to Sarah, second daughter of tho late John BIS' Wells, Esq., of Barnsbury. Deaths. Gool%o'Si ii rset - BAuGH—On the Gth inst. at at No. 31, Milton-street, ..-° square, in his 84th year, Edward Baugh, Esq. TM ant' BISHOP—On the 6th inst, at his resid ence, 58, -- street, Cambridge, William Bishop, Esq. Julia FULLER—On the 7th inst., at Holcomb, Dorking, - Anna Frances Fuller, aged 60. PERRIN— On the sth inst., at 28, Upper Dorset-str,et Eiglanizitinl.stlpyeerl, .Mary Perrin, sister of the ~" ------ ------1,;;- si London: Printed and Published by WILLIA.II ANII2. of No. 112. Strand. Punter, at Tins Surf 0 1110 0 . l i : i of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in tpe '°— t- Kiddleees.,—Friday, March 9, If .