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

ova. lykrWA, I arch 8. l a y after• Princess carriag e oxburgbe a l s o took ed 8t the ,f dining ales. Y Prince ppel an a r Slough ant to OA e drive' le s eason ea rly 1" rowede d e sty re; Le Royal officers her )13' prince ss o val foni jos ich th e ' The ter, W WI _ .9 OW" to che ck s i n g tbe le ad, he rl' 0 0 3 e ste am r ovJg% ' Ai 4 :: 0 co or poo le W I . so6' ,1 0 7, -Of Ills tir Pa 1211 MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a good demand for money in discount circles, owing to a very large number of heavy bills arriving at maturity to-morrow, and to payments connected with revenue. The general rate is about equal to the official minimum, viz., 7 per cent. The sum of £85,000 in gold was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. The Bank of England return for the past week is favourable, but the alterations have not been very important. Annexed are the particulars : Active Circulation Decrease _ ....E20,734,425 ... ... 83,675 14,030,504 ... • • • ... ... 83,930 796 378 Increase 20,584 Public Deposits ... 6,0.57,725 Increase ... 608,944 Other Deposits 12,700,588 1), Xullion Increase Rest _'ecrease 41,725 Seven Day and Other Bills ... 429,180 Increase 22,994 Government Securities ... 9,915,483 Other Securities No alteration. 19,305,309 tncrease 493,192 Notes Unemployed ... ... ... ... 7,416,245 Increase 71,140 The Bank of France return is very satisfactory. The bullion has been increased £712,000, and the Treasury accounts £74,000 ; while there has been a decrease of £472,000 in the bills discounted, of £750,000 in the notes in circulation, of £16,000 in the advances, and of £280,000 in the current accounts. During the last few days there has been very little animation exhibited in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Tea has been neglected, while only moderate transactions have taken place in sugar, at about previous prices. Coffee has been in fair request at steady quotations, but tallow has remained inactive, and late rates are barely supported. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 70c. Unanitnate3, but firm. A slight improvement has taken place in the English Stock Market, and Consols are now quoted 8 64 / for money, and 87 for the account. There is no doubt that much of the recent depreciation in the Funds has been caused by sales, in consequence of monetary wants to pay for calls, &c., connected With joint-stock enterprise. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 849 859 ; Bank of England Stock, 2501 252 ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 k ; do. 4 per Cents., 95f ; ditto Debentures, loot. No particular change is noticeable in Foreign Stocks. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 38 1- ; Mexican, 22 ; do. New, 194 20 ; Greek, 15i k ; Spanish Passive, 271 9 ; the Certificates, 16 3-16 5-16 ; Italian, 611 ; Brazilian Scrip, l 9 29 prem. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, / k prem. ; and Chilian Loan, 21 k prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 703 1 ; Erie Shares, 543 ; and Illinois, 77k 78. Business in the railway share market has re ruined very quiet, but in one or two instances slightly higher rates are current. North Western have improved 55., and Midland, North Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern each 10s. ; while Brighton have declined 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little Change of importance. Great Western of Canada have improved to 16} I ; and Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to 34k. Bank 2.nd Miscellaneous Shares continue quiet. European are dealt in at 12 ; London and County at 77 ; Oriental Bank Corporation at 538 ; London F inancial at 12/ ; Joint Stock Discount at 103 dis. ; and National Discount at 124 3; ; Anglo-American Telegraph Co.'s shares are quoted I I prem. ; and Imperial Land Co. of Marseilles, 33 31 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cent. Consols 3 D o. C Aee t ) Re unt d , u A ce p d ril 5 per en! New 3 per Cent B4- 5i 85 4i 5} Do. q per euL. J.,,,, 1”9.1 : , 0 per Cent. Jan.ll6ds 4 - 11 nuities. 30 yrs, e xpire sth Jan., 1880 're sth April, 1885... -.raph), Aug., 1208... ' - Cent. — it .1874 1021 4 Do, . 954 O. • . Do. Enfacea .L aper 4 per Cent — D.,,0. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D O. 5i per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pin tlustrian Bonds,*s per Cent, 1859 Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 L 0 Account — xd D • Scrip, £35 paid `4l,enos Ayres 6 per Cent Lk.. Account ~D 0 £IC 0 Bonds — (-, 1 :` - '„° 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) DOv4iian 6 per Cent 99 4 r , ~ 4f per Cent — selonibiau 6 per Cent. — e b a, 6 per Cent. b alliBll 3 per Cent., 1825 klubian Principalities r), 69 t.: Account ctiador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2 E?pt 0.1 ian 7 p er rov Cent ional Land Warrant — 901 , Second Issue — '-'0 .£ l OO Bonds 9ll , Do. 1864 93 4 3 Do £ lO O Bonds ''''''. Government Railway Debentures 9ll Creek D £l5 paid b 5 per Cents.. 1824-5, ex Coupons Accountlsl ~,0 . -'-',O. Coupons Gus '. Account it.ernala, 5 per Cont. — ‘ ri lal l 5 per Cent 1865 ...• 0 Account- ' 774 1.) ,„„°.• Alarenarriana Railway 614 r; l eao 3 per Cent L'o. Account 1 , Do 1864 _..... 1.1 0 .- „ ° , 6 Jre Cent. Anglo-French lit - n - Tvidea n 6 per Cent., £3O paid N -1.1811 1 m rial 5 per Cent D°w Gr anal: D , De e r Cent 1/0 , _ 0,, ~ ierred 0. ' t , Li and Warrants (Hectares) 13 ',per Cent, 1864 — 13,,,,? kl uaranteed, 4 per Cent — ir a n 5 per Cent., 1865 tie. Account D o ° !,Per Cent. (Uribarren). — 1) - 4 Per Cent., 1862 poo Account DoB'llese 3 per Cent., 1853 IL 3 ,Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 454 i $48;: Aeeouiat .1),-, 4t , t 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — D, - ', 1 Per Cent. 1850 D ° Zi Per Cent., 1860 - b r , u, Pei Cent. 1859 I],. ," Per Cent. 1862 t 44,7. Per Cent. 1864 934 t...i.a0 5 r . .__._ .-- ptiuis, per tient 11, It 3 per Cent ly: Account 00 Acco° ziw Deferred — ..• 364 1 30 Pas s i ve — I,a..ccount 274 4 041811 Cert. of Coup not funded — Sees o ccount l6 4 0 h 4 per Cont. — rr 9. 4-1. - urki B ,_. Per Cent. 1864 1:: , .1 6 per Cent. 1854 ,00 Account —Do 6 b o A Per Cent. 1858 b o Acco unt — D o 4100 Bonds — D 0 ° per Cent. 1862 ,account 674 4 .00 .£lOO Bonds 013000 CentsA:ceolt-ult :: 1863 " 6 'I, lir .01)44)4 P p e e r r O C 'ent 1865, paid up Scrip — 38 enezuela 3 peenrtc. G en u t a . ranteed 9Bl ... account — 0! t i Per Cent., 186° .. Accou n t 4 , 0. 1 .1 • 1864 — 2 . Per Cent _ 44, Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 5 Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins L to-,,,1' Per cent 2 _ Ex. 25f. k' b„ -- 9 - l'O* Nut., ' Ex. 12 uil _ ,„1-e}!.,Per Cent. Certificates — ital. xtentes 3 per Cent. la n 5 er 0 0 , P Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Account °ll -`lols f TWO O'CLOCK. Dor Mono o. A ccount A Y .............................. 86i i --‘ "Pril tii , g ..... milemmit•••• 87 P 3 95 30 !32 65 70 13 15 4 8 87 70 70 72 118 12) 38i 39 63 74 121 126 14) 14 83 0 G9l 59 60 61 39 41 31 33 IC2 1 01 119. E 120 87 8; 96 e 38 10 41 48 121 )22 9*.4 43 63 6 132 2g 11! 1 111 97 98 123 123, 2 21 92 94 61 63 7 28 109 110 70 ;2 106 118 35 37 106 1161 A 122 125 11 2P 16 2p' 75 ;7 11 12 148 149 68 70 112 114 51 53 1 75 76 8 9 110 113 3 IL I 102 104 51 53 ,ESSIONS. bs 15) IC2 103 id ip 7* 8 10 11 .74 78 96 08 65 70 100 102 101 102 105 106 36 37 88 90 68 68 60 63 59 61 50 f• 5 47 4J 41 44, 35 37 35 57 109, 1:04 21' 11 A 9 100 91 93 161 telf , 3 411 4,2 91 81 d 6 1 40 9J fOt 90 92 86 88 B 4 66 82 981 991 98 99 98 99 59¢ I 10211 T SEOUL?, 94 96 93 1;6 95 9? 0 82 7S SO iot 103 104 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1 8 163 in 11 4 106 93 101 93 i)5 93 95 876 88 100 102 8t 84 F 8 100 98 100 104 106 106 i 1074_ Fi MINES, 8 9 15 17 660 58) t I 18 20 7 8 33 44 3} 1 21 )()6 3 31 5 7 20 21 1} 2 31 I 18 29 3} 3t 33 40 4i 5 5 7 4 4} 21 Itd 35 41 13 15 1 t 32 34 390 410 2 ti 18 22 9 11 19 20 1 6 1 2 8 10 75 E 0 165 175 , 80 95 25 27i 3 5 2'5 215 10 17; r Ili It it; b Great Western, 4 per cent irred , 81 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pi.. 1 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 4h per cent. irred., 97; North :astern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 79 AILLO. EINES LEASED AT F.l2iii,D IiANTALn. London and Oreenwich, 60 rreston and Wyre, 41 r•oItEIGN RAIL WATS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 1} Belgian Eastern Junction, Namur and Liege gua. 11t. per annum, 9f MIN Kb. Chontales Gold and Silver alining, Si bon Pedro, Nordi Del Rey, i f rrontino and Bolivia hold, lim., If BANKB. Alliance, Rm., 28 71 Anglo-Italian, Um., 161 51 ustralasia, 74 Bank of New Zealand, 19 City, 211 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10 English and American, liat. Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., Si European Bank, lim., 12 Imperial Ottoman, in Ditto, new. 12 London and River Plate. 551 5 Ditto, issued at 11 pm., London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 21 London and 11 estminster, 964 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 151 National Provincial of England, Ditto, d and 3d issue, 451 Provincial Banking Corporation, Ern., el 7 61 7 Union of Australia, 53 Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2; 1 Canada Company, 87 81 Commercial Union, Insurance, 71 Credit roncler and blobilier of England, 81 1 Ditto. new, 74 Ebbw Vale, 18 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Urn., 4; 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lim.. Gen. Credit and Finance of London. Dm.. 4; Imperial Mercantile Credit A 800., lira., 51 International Financial Society, lira., 55 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), - Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redern. 1870, issued 90, 50 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 64 National Discount Company. 131 National Provincial Marine, lira , 1 orth British and Mercantile Insuralibe, 19 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 181 1 Peninsula and Oriental Stearn, Ditto, new. 501 CATTLE PLAGUE AMONG SHEEP.—In two places in Fife and one in Forfarshire there have been out breaks among sheep of a disease which post-mortem and other examinations, in the opinion of the veterinarians, prove to be rinderpest. A good deal of alarm and desire for confirmation of the statement that the disease is really rindorpest is felt; the general opinion, since th© confine ment of the English outbreak to one flock in Norfolk, and the experiments on sheep in Edinburgh, have been in fa vour of the all but absolute immunity of sheep from the plague.—Scotsman, SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ltailvcays, Pail. Closing Price. 1 Buslncas I done. tiTistol and Exeter . -.:aledoni cambrian work and Bandon. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc &London, scrip Certi Do, Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B stock Do. New, ts. at 25 pn4 GtS, and W. of Ireland, it. Weste. n D.. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.— Oxt ord, Do. Newport Do. Hereford.. Lane 'shire & Yorkshlr I, , ndon and Blackwall iLon., S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dovcr Do. Metrop. Ex. A ILon. & :North Western Lon. & South Western Shel., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do Extension..... Metropolitan Distrle Do do. do. Do. and fit. John'aW'd %lid 'and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin . & Derby •lid Kent Nortlißritish Do Ed., Pth & Dun Nth. Eastern—llerwici, Do. ti.N•E purcha, Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Car ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. d.o. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 1,0. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha 1 West Cornwall BRITISH 'Atlantic Sz Si. Lawrence Born., Baroda, k Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. , 872-3- i .•••••• • Calcutta & S. E., lim ]al e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 East. Bengal, gu. 5 do East Icdian, gu.:s p.c.l Do. J Exlcnsicai Grand Trunkof Canada. Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds, 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d PrLf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred • Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred I Gt. India Pen. gua. s p. c ; 0. Gua. 5 per cent I Do. New pia. 5 p. c Gt. Sou;h of India gum. 5 per cent D . 4.1 per cent Do teat W. W. of Canada-1 Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bda. pay 1873 [Jo. 5 4 do. pay. 1877-8.. , Indian Branch, limited, Madras, g - ua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Exteusiot, Mrelb. Cor. 6 p. c. !Inds. 31e1. ,t Hudson's Bay N. !I I. C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde ...... =1 Do. Delhics Do. do Do. Puniaub Do. Indus St.llo "`" COLONIAL GO VEIL: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Les. 31, 1572.... Can.Gov.6 p.e.Ja.Jz July 1877.4±4 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Au 4.. D.). 5 p. c. Mar. A. Sept )o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.Flope, 6 p.c. 1873 , o.Apl.&Oct. 1690-190 Do. do; 1 , 80-9 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9 Do, 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.t. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Autr 1 Natal '4ov: o per cent N.8.G0v.6 p.c.J W. Goy. 5 pr.., 186 t. Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 x• Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Se ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-1 , , 110. 1878 & upwards rVic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja Jul) Do. do, A pril & Oct , BRIT I Cam. Consul. ti old, lim Chiverton lClifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East ()am Brea Mast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk t; am. & StAubyn(G wen. Gnat L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal busy G. Wheal Vor (lielst ie Grenville llerod's Foot •••• Ilingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, lin, New Sewn North Roakear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United..... j Pr. vidence Uny lan t S. Caradon (St. Cleer) Suuth Condurrow S. Wheal Fran. t Mogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Cicgan, lim West ;assett (Mogan W. Caradon (L , skeard West Chi rerton West Seton . Wheal Bassett "Hogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men W heal Setou Wheal Trelawney (Lis 100 10 P POSS 1051 i 5 351 if 1091 i i 'TIES. 2.1.0 294 at 2.14.0 8.3.( 3.9.0 10.8. THE SUN, LO.N.DON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE SANDERS, AN EX-AMERICAN CONSUL. This bankrupt, a prisoner for debt, was formerly one of the American Consuls in this country, and he applied to-day for his release. His debts amount to £10,325, and he had, it appeared, contracted with the late Confederate States for building for them and supplying them with cer tain iron-plated steam vessels for the postal service. There was no opposition, but his honour ordered the cause to stand over until the 23d inst., in order that certain matters might be put upon the file. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SKELETON-KEY THlEF.—George Davis, a middle-aged man, and who it was stated had been twice convicted, once receiving a sentence of penal servitude, was brought before Mr. Knox for com mittal, oa the charged of stealing a quantity of wet linen, the property of Mr. Hugh Smith, tailor, of Silver-street, Golden-square. Mr. Smith, hearing a noise in one of his rooms, went there and found the prisoner crouched down, and on asking him what he wanted, he said he was " looking for Mrs. Sullivan." Mr. Smith, although not satisfied with the prisoner's excuse, allowed him to go, and directly of ter his servant girl found in the room a strange bag full of wet linen belonging to Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith then gave information to the police, and the prisoner was traced to. a public house in Pulteney-street, and taken into custody. Sergeant Cole, of the C division, now attended, and said that on the 29th April, 1864, he had the prisoner in custody at that court for entering a room by means of skeleton keys. Nothing was stolen on that occasion, but the keys were found in the water-closet, where the prisoner had placed them. The prisoner was then sentenced to three months' imprisonment, it not being known at the time that he had previously undergone penal servitude. The prisoner was a regular skeleton key thief, and was in the habit of entering poor persons rooms and stealing whatever he could lay his hands on, particularly linen. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial. Bear Hunting in Norway. " I'll bet you five to one in tenners,' you don't kill a bear this summer, old fellow !" " Done !" was my prompt reply. Such were the parting words addressed to me by an old college chum at the club the night before starting on my annual visit to the land of bears and salmon. For years it had been my ambition to shoot a bear ; and as Norway is, 1 take it, the nearest corntry to our shores where such creatures aro to be found, I have been a pas senger thither every year, by the Hull and Christiana steamer. How I have toiled yeas after year without success ; how I have been a regular " bear slave ;" how I have camped out night after night; hew I have put myself to every possible inconvenience, to say nothing of lying for hours on my stomach in close proximity to the carcase of a de funct cow, is best known to myself ! Knowing also that the first requisite for a bear-hunter is to give up his whole time and thought to the one object, 1 have never even wetted line on a salmon stream, have never hunted rein deer or elk; and if ever I have shot a ptarmigan or caught a few mountain-lake trout, it has been solely "for the pot," and not for sport ! I had with me a regular Norwegian bear-hunter, a re puted "bear-hero !" said to have slaughtered scores of bears in his time. I suspect Ole was a humbug, and that I should have done much better without him. My reason for thus aspersing his character is this : he had frequently heard me say, " that if I could only kill a bear, I should be satisfied !" and, therefore, I assumed ho argued " that it was expedient for him to try and prevent me from shooting a bear as long as he could, fearing that if once I succeeded, his lucrative employment as my " vadc-mecum" would be at an end. But if such were his real feelings on the subject, he certainly suc ceeded in disguising them admirably, and in keeping me well employed too. On an average, I should say, once in a fortnight Ole would come to me with tidings of "another bear," and thus never let hope quite die out of my bosom. One day when Ole was out of the way, news reached me that a bear had been seen the night before at a neighbour ing Soeter (chalet). I determined, therefore, to go and in vestigate the truth of the statement for myself, and reached the said Scoter with my battery a little before sun-down. Ole, I left word, was to follow me. The Swter-girl was an old acquaintance, for I had often had a glass of milk there when out hunting. Sho was ter ribly afraid lest the bear should kill any of her outlying heifers, for one had certainly been prowling about the cow house for the last night or two, and as she bad heard I had just reached my old quarter, thought the " Engelksmarid' would come and shoot• the bear for her. Of course I gave her a dollar on the spot. I confess I could not see any traces of bear; but the girl's earnestness of manner re-assured me. Indeed, I had so often been victimised by false reports that I began to be rather cautious. That Ole was at the bottom of many o them, I feel convinced now ; but at that time I did no suspect him. Acting on my fair hostess's advice I ensconced myself at the window of the Scetor, whence I could have a complete view of the whole terrain. There I sat hour after hour, Fstening to the inharmonious snoring of my companion, who, en passant, I may add, made nothing of going to bed in my presence. I was beginning to get tired, and was on the point of throwing myself down on a bench to have a nap, when I distinctly heard acme animal approaching. Nearer and nearer it came, till I could plainly discern the outline of what seemed to me the body of a monstrous bear. "At last," I thought, "at last !" and taking as steady an aim as possible, I fired. To rush out of the hut, totally regardless of the risk to which I might be exposing myself from the attack of a wounded bear, was a moment's work. " Yes ! my bullet had sped .well !" " It's killed—it's killed," I shouted through the night air in an exuberance of joy. 0 horror! just, then, the unfmlunate quadruped uttered not a growl, which one might expect on such occasions from a wounded bear, not a roar, but the unmistakeable bellowing of a dying calf. Yes ! there was only a mass of veal before me, and that was all. It was the favourite heifer that had strayed away the day before, and had now only returned to be potted by the deadly bullet of an Englishman. Never shall I forget the cries and the lamentations the girl made over her dying favourite, or the buckets of tears she shed. The loud sobs of the maiden in a treble key, accompanied by the bellowings of the expiring calf in a bass, made, indeed, such a concert in the upper regions of the atmosphere as is seldom heard. I can only say that if the girl humbugged me with re ference to the bear (and I feel cons :need that she and Ole were confederates in the matter), it served her right "in re" calf ; and that I regret having paid her the 20 dollars I did for the calf, and the extra two dollars " hush-money," to say nothing about it, but to give out that " the heifer had been made an and of by a bear. Yes ! bear hunting is an expensive luxury (?). Crest fallen and savage I returned home to my tent, and re counted all my mishaps to Ole, who naturally sympathised with me.—Land and Water. The Bishop of London, who has lately been ill, km. a. tar i . e.aren, t this morning at gt. Pane, .:'o'ittiiien. t° nw " "nnrina"" We hose reason to believe that at the meeting of the Conservative party held yesterday, at the house of the Marquis of Salisbury in Arlington-street, it was re solved that no oposition should be offered to the introduc tion of the Reform Bill on Monday next, but that during the interval its introduction and the second reading, which it was understood would be fixed for after Easter, the party would consider what course should be pursued, and Lord Derby would take another opportunity of meeting his sup porters. _ _ On Thursday Mrs. John Macfarren gave " An Evening at the Pianoforte," in " An Entertainment on Music and Musicians," at the London and South-Western Institution, Brunswick House, Wandsworth-road. Mrs. Macfarren commenced her entertainment with an interest ing discourse upon "Music, its Ancient and Modern In fluences ;" afterwards bringing to notice various composers, with some remarks upon their history and associations. Illustrations were given from the works of Weber, Haydn, Handel, "Mendelssohn, &c., in which Mrs. Macfarren's ad mirable execution at the pianoforte elicited rapturous ap plause. Several of the pieces had to be repeated, amongst which may be noticed "Fantasia on National Airs," "Bonnie Scotland," "Beethoven's Sonata in E flat," and "The Butterfly" (Brissac's "Caprice Etude.") The vocal illustrations were also given with pleasing grace, and were greatly esteemed. The canzonet, "My mother bids me bind my hair" (Haydn), was rendered by Miss Marian Walsh, and gained an encore ; and "On voulez-vous alter,'' sung by Madame Gilardoni (Gounod), elicited a similar compliment. "Oh sweet summer morn," a charming duet, from " She Stoops to Conquer" (G. A. Macfarren), was sung by Madame Gilardoni and Miss Walsh, and was re peated with graceful ease. Another song, from the "Sol dier's Legacy" (Macfarren), was encored. Mrs. Macfarren performed a selection from "Lucia di Lammermoor" at the close, and brought to a successful termination a charm ing evening at the pianoforte. SEBISTOPOL.—The St. Petersburg Gazette gives an account of the annual banquet of the defenders of Sebas topol, which took place on the 26hb. of February. General Todleben, who was present, gave an interesting account of the impressions produced on his mind by a recent visit to the scene of his heroic defence. Ile visited the cemeteries of the Russians and the allies, and said that both were maintained in a becoming condition. BETTER PROSPECTS FOR RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.— It is said that the London and North-Western Railway Company are now building sets of saloon carriages, in which all the required and desirable comforts will be pro vided. There will be smoking-rooms, coffee-rooms, &c. The express train will not stop at any intermediate station, as water will be taken up at Rugby while the train is in motion. The journey between London and Liverpool will thus be performed in four hours. POSITION OF FRANCE.—As an act of jus tice to America it should be borne in mind that the sovereign people of that country do not object to the empire of Max;milian merely because it is an empire. They have never officially objected to the imperial rule of Brazil and Spain on the South, or of Russia, England, and France on the North. They hold friendly relations with all the contiguous possessions of those empires, and hope to continue them. tut the act of the Emperor of France, in taking forcible control of the Republic of Mexico and converting it into an empire against the known wishes of a large majority of the people of that country, is an act Which, under the circum stances, cannot but be regarded as an unfriendly one towards the United States. Americans would be recreant to the lessons of their patriot fathers, to all o n h law of h records their r o f Repüblic past history, to every n and every noble im pulse the t nationalities, if they did n usurpation of Napoleon. I p n uolts t e h p i r s oof p te r s o tth te e s a t gsiattrinuisgstg thetlng h i eresponsibility of the people of America, and not the hasty action of parties, or of a few armed citizens, that must be considered at the tribunal of mankind. The President and his constitutional advisers, acting under the authority of both Houses of Congress, must be the only cri terion by which the conduct of America toward France can be rightfully judged. This action of the American Republic has yet to be officially pro claimed. Meanwhile, it would be no more than fair to all concerned that all judgments for the pre sent be suspended. We are confident America means to do right by Mexico, and that she will do no injustice to the position of France. The quotation of gold at Paris le about per futile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 I7s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-lotla per Cent, dearer in Loudon than In rartl. THAAIES. lIIGIIWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.—WiIIiam McGuire, a well-known and desperate thief, was charged with being concerned with another in com mitting a highway robbery with violence. Last night, a German sailor named Frederick Krantz, belonging to the ship Success, in the East India Dock, was on his way home, and he was stopped in Limehouse by the prisoner and another man. One of them put his cap over his eyes, blinded him, and half suffocated him, while the other rifled his pockets and took from him all his money, consisting of a half-sovereign, two half crowns, and some halfpence in a purse. They knocked him down and ran away. The prosecutor got up as soon as he could,saw the prisoner running, and pursued him. He was met by Owen Sheen, a police-constable of the Thames division, No. 57, to whom he stated that he had been robbed, and, pointing to the prisoner, said that was one bf them. Sheen immediately started in pursuit, and chased the prisoner from the West India Road, Gun-lane, Rich-street, across the West India Road again, and then run him into the Eastern Music-hall, at the junction of the East and West India Dock Roads. He was soon drawn out of that place, and captured by the police-constable. Krantz could possitively identify him by his mous tache and his general appearance. It was the pri soner who put his cap over his eyes, and held him while the other robbed him. He was quite sober and collected. Sheen said the sailor was sober, and that the rob bery was committed at half-past seven in the even ing. He believed the prisoner had been convicted before. The depositions were formally taken, and the prisoner committed for trial, but he will be brought up again before trial to prove former convictions, if any, against him. ANOTHER SAILOR ROBBED.—Michael Lynch, alias Arthur Casey, a returned convict, was charged with robbing a drunken sailor, named John Sharp, of his coat and hat. The sailor was on the step of a door on Tower hill last night, and the prisoner near him, " evi dently taking a great interest in his welfare." A police-constable of the A reserve, who knew the prisoner to be a bad character, questioned him, and he said he was taking care of the sailor i; „:2N . eviiipunute ihrn - cceitiove - oft: — llinairor was put on his legs, and he walked away. Some time after wards the sailor was found in the neighbourhood of that horrible place, Rosemary-lane, bleeding and insensible, on the ground, alid without his coat and hat. The prisoner was sought after, and he was detected in the act of selling the missing coat. He was at once captured. The sailor was so drunk last night that he could only say he was knocked down. He could not say by whom or where. Former convictions were proved against the pri soner. He had been 4 years in penal servitude, had been 6 months in the House of Correction on another conviction, and in prison for other offences. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial, and on the sailor being charged with being drunk and incapable lectured him upon his folly, and dis charged him. WDSTMINSTER. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY BY A LAUNDRY-WOMAN. — Hannah Peatman was finally examined, charged with feloniously stealing six pocket handkerchiefs and other articles, of the value of 125., the goods of Eliza Peachy, her mistress. Eliza Peachy said—l am a widow, and live at 38, Raster-street, Chelsea. I am a laundress. The prisoner has been in my service as a dryer and fol der for three months, and left three weeks ago. She did everything on the premises. While she was with me I missed some work and linen of various kinds belonging to my customers, which I have had to refund to a large amount. I had eight other women at work for me, but missed nothing till the prisoner came into my service. The handkerchiefs and other property produced are part of what I missed. William Watts, 253 B— To-day I went with the prosecutrix to No. 22, Smith's-terrace, Chelsea, and found the prisoner at work. Prosecutrix gave her in charge, and prisoner denied the imputation. I went with the prisoner to No. 5 in the same street, where she lodged, and in her room found the em broidery identified. Prisoner said, " That's the work." In a table-drawer I found the other things produced. I have been to other places, and found prisoner has stolen other things and given them to her sister, among them a table cloth belonging to the Reform Club. Prisoner, having been duly cautioned and the charge read over, pleaded guilty. The worthy magistrate thought it a case where other people were suspected by the dishonest con duct of the prisoner, and a case where no clemency could be shown. He sentenced her to the full term of six months hard labour in the House of Correc tion. Lifeboat Service. BERWICK-ON-TWEED, Thursday Night. About 12 o'clock this forenoon (reports Mr. Sinclair, Lloyd's agent) a schooner was observed running for the bar, and as it was low water at the time, wind N.E. and a heavy sea—the Manchester lifeboat, named the Albert Victor, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was launched, and proceeded to the bar to be ready to render any assistance. About two o'clock the tug steamer went over the bar, and having got hold of the vessel held there until about 4 p.m., when she towed her towards the bar, but in coming over it the vessel was struck b' several seas, and the tow-line broke. The vessel then drove on the Spittal Point, and lay nearly broadside on to the sea. The Albert Victor at once darted through the surf, and succeeded in taking out the crew, six in number, and in landing them safely. The boat behaved very well, having been struck by several seas, and shipped a good deal of water, which was immediately emptied. The ves sel is the Norwegian schooner Johanna, Captain Hansen, bound to Aberdeen with a cargo of battens. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—The first portion of the river wall of the Thames Embankment, extending from King's College to Norfolk-street, Strand, having been completed and inspected, workmen were employed yester day morning in cutting and removing the outer pile of the coffer-dam used in its construction. This was effected by a novel and efficient apparatus, propelled by steam power, which sawed the immense balks of timber close to the bed of the river. This method has been adopted instead of drawing the piles, in order to prevent any damage to the foundation of the wall. The portion already uncovered, although wanting the superstructure, has a very handsome appearance as seen from the river. IMPERIAL P . HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on tho woolsack a fire o'clock. 'PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, tho Ardmore Harbour Bill was read a second time. CASHEL'S DIVORCE BILL. This bill went through committee. SALMON FISHERY. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY introduced a bill for tho purpose of amending tho law on this subject, which was read a first time. CATTLE PLAGUE BILL. On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, tho house went into committee on this bill, the standing orders Nos. 37 and 38 being dispensed with. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to without discussion. Clause 4, with some verbal amendments, was agreed to. Afterlome conversation some other classes wore agreed The principal debate arose upon a clause giving to the Privy Council a discretionary power to discontinue the compulsory slaughter of cattle after the passing of the act. The Duke of RICHMOND objected to the clause, and proposed to amend it by deferring the discretionary power until after the 15th April, the date fixed by the 12th sec tion of the Cattle Diseases Act. Lord GRANVILLE supported the amendment, believ ing that it was desirable that the experiment of compulsory slaughter shoUld bo tried for a few weeks. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH believed that it would be impossible to get the local authorities to carry out a system of compulsory slaughter, which had originated in a moment of panic, and which would be more injurious than the disease which it was intended to meet. He should recommend that a discretionary power be given to the local authorities, to order compulsory slaughter or not, as they might deem it advisable in the circumstances of their respective localities. After some remarks from the Duke of Argyll and Lord Kinnaird in support of the clause, and from support of Lord Spencer in the amendment, the committee divided, when the amendment was carried by a majority of 57 to 24. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH then proposed a clause giving immediate discretion to local authorities to suspend the compulsory slaughter of cattle which were recovering, but, after a brief discussion, the clause was negatived by 50 to 24. The only other clause which led to any debate was ono proposed by Lord LICHFIELD, the effect of which was to close all markets and fairs for a considerable time to come. Lord GRANVILLE objected to the clause, and pointed out the inconvenience that would arise from restraining the action of the Privy Council. Lord SPENCER supported the clause, which, upon a division, was carried by 24 to 2'2. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and, by a sus pension of the standing orders, the bill was read a third time and passed. The Savings-banks and Post-office Savings-banks Bill was also read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. COOLIE EMIGRATION. 11r. BAILLIE COCHRANE asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any inquiry had been instituted into the terrible loss of We in the coolie emigration ships in those voyages which are called by seamen the voyages of death ; whether he was aware that during the last year ten per cent, of the coolies who were embarked in those ships were drowned; and whether, more particularly, any inquiry had been insti tuted into the loss of the Eagle Speed off Haliday Island in August last, under most disastrous circumstances ? Mr. M. GIBSON said a communication lad been re calved which stated that there had been great loss of life amongst the coolies by fever, and the Indian Government had, as it was said to be of a typhoid type, directed every precaution should be taken. With respect to the second part of the question he had to say that it was an overstate ment to say that 10 per cant. of the coolies were lost. The loss of life by the disaster to the Eagle Speed was 262. With respect to the last portion of the question, an inquiry had been instituted by the Indian Government, the report had but just been received, but it would be laid on the table of the house without the least delay. THE POOR IN SCOTLAND. Mr. D. NICOL asked the Lord Advocate whether, in the present unsatisfactory state of the law in respect to the management of the poor in Scotland, and the heavy and increasing' expense of litigation connee,ed therewith, he intended to take any steps to remedy that evil ? The LORD ADVOCATE supposed that the hon. gen tleman referred to the disputed question relative to the settlement of paupers. He was very sen sible of the evil, and a year or two ago he introduced a measure on the subject, but he did not re ceive that support he expected, and the measure fell throup,h. However, he wa5_32i1e .... 921 . 1 to reconsider_ tbo THE THAMES lIEAD SPRINGS. Mr. BATHURST asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he intended to introduce a bill on the sub ject of the Thames nal :gation, as recommended by the select committee ; whether he was aware that the Thames and Severn Railway Bill sought power to convey the water pumped from the Thames head springs by a culvert into the watershed of the Severn; and whether it was to bo left entirely to local proprietors to resist such proposals ? Mr. M. GIBSON said it was intended to introduce a bill with respect to the Thames navigation, but it was the opinion of the Board of Trade that the other matters would be most properly considered in a select committee. UNION RATING. Colonel TOT TEN LIAM asked the the Attorney-Gene ral for Ireland whether it was his intention to introduce a measure this session applying the principle of union rating to that part of the United Kingdom ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND (said it was not the intention of the Government to introduce such a measure. IRISH FISHERIES. Mr. BLAKE asked the Attorney-General for Ireland whether he intended moving for leave to introduce a bill to give effect to the recommendation of the special com missioners for Irish fisheries, as contained in their report for 1865 ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said the question had been considered, and ho hoped to introduce a bill very early after Easter. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. In reply to Mr. HUNT, Sir G. GREY said he could not say when the bill would come down from the other house, because he believed there were very extensive amendments to be made therein. Until the bill was returned to the house, and he could see what the amendments were, he could not say when the bill would be re-considered. NAVY ESTIMATES. Mr. FERRAND asked the Secretary for the Admiralty when he intended to go on with the Navy Estimates? Lord C. PAGET, in reply, said to-morrow evening, as he proposed. TRANSPORT OF CAVALRY HORSES. Mr. O'REILLY asked the Secretary of State for War whether the horses of cavalry regiments lately sent to Ireland had been removed rrom England to that country; and, if so, whether that was not in violation of the Orders in Council for the prevention of the introduction of the cattle plague into that country ? The Marquis of lIARTINGTON said it was quite true that a cavalry regiment ordered to Ireland did take their horses with them, but in so doing they did not contravene any order in council. THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Colonel WILSON-PATTEN said it would be for the convenience of many hon. gentlemen on both sides of the house if the Government would state when they proposed to move the adjournment of the house for the Easter holi days ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho in 3nded to move the adjournment on Friday, the 23d, to the 'ollowing Monday fortnight. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS AMENDMENT BILL. Sir G. GREY moved the second reading of the bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE presented a great number of peti tions against the bill. Mr. DISRAELI said ho was one of those who thought the oaths ought not to be lightly altered. Tho bill that had been rejected in the last session had not to deal with a real grievance. The Roman Catholic gentle men on each side of the house at that moment showed that the oaths in existence was not regarded as a very groat grievance. He should not oppose the second reading of the bill, because he felt it would be well to have an uniform oath to be taken by all members of the house. He should place on the table the form of oath which he thought ought to be administered to the members of that house. Sir G. GREY was gratified to learn that the present bill iwas not to be opposed, because it showed the immense progress that had been made on that ques tion. He hoped the motion was now in a fair way of sealement, and that the sane unanimity of feeling that had existed up to the present time would prevail when they came to consider the amendment of the right gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli). After a few observations from Sir H. CAIRNS, Mr. NE WDEGATE rose and moved the rejection of the bill, which he said was a measure to deprive Parlia ment of its Protestant character. After some observations from Mr. 'VALLEY and Mr. T. CHAMBgRS, the second reading of tho bill was carried by 298 to 5. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN called attention to the case of Mr. Ferguson, who was recently attacked by a policeman in plain clothes, and moved for papers. Sir G. GREY declined to go into the case as it was at present under judicial cognisance ; but, in justification of the magistrate, he mentioned that Mr. Ferguson was re manded on the deposition of the policeman, taken when he was supposed to be in a dying condition. He declined to give all the papers asked for. The house then went into committee of supply on the Army Estimates, and the following votes were agreed to : £1,134,800 for the Commissariat Establishment and movement of troops. _ . £454,400 for Clothing Establishment. £603,300 for Barrack Establishment. £41,100 for Divine service. £22,000 for martial law. £246,500 for Hospital Establishment. £842,600 for disembodied mil:tia. £85,200 yeomanry. £348,100 volunteer corps. £45,000 enrolled pensioners and Army Reserve. £965,000 manufacturing department. £128,000 warlike stores. A Civil Service vote on account of £1,828,000 was also taken. Tho Marino Mutiny Bill passed through committee, two motions by Mr. Taylor to omit the clauses empowering the inflicting of corporal punishment and branding being rejected after a sharp discussion by divisions of 71 to 22, and 52 to 21 respectively. Tho Vaccination Bill was read a second time. The remaining business was disposed of, and the house adjourned at 10 minutes past 1 o'clock. The 0 d Method of Hone Training. We extract the following from " Hero's Sport Indeed," by Lord William Lennox, in the March number of the Sporting Magazine:— , As the racing season is about to commence, and tile nominations for the year 1866 are considerably greater than those of any former year, we consider that we cannot do better than offer a few remarks upon a most important subject—that of training the racehorse. Many noblemen and gentlemen train in their own parks; and often the stud-groom undertakes the office of getting the horses into condition for running. The above system, which we think is an excellent one for those about to be engaged in hunters' stakes, hurdle or steeple-chases, is not generally approved of. Still, we think it has one advan tage, and that is that the horses are always well fed, which in some few stables, when done by contract, at so many guineas a week, is not equally attended to. Wild Dayrell, the sire of so many racehorses, is a proof of what may be done by private training. Although trainers (like doctors with biped patients) disagree in their mode of preparing horses, we think the following system, founded upon rea son and experience, will prove to be the best : As a month is the least time that can be allowed to draw the animal's body clear, and to refine his wind to that state of perfection which is attainable by art, it is at first necessary to take an exact view of the state of his body, whether he be high or low in flesh ; and it is also necessary to consider whether he be dull and heavy or brisk and lively when abroad. If he appear dull and heavy, and there is reason to suppose it is owing to too hard riding, or, as the jockeys express it to some grease that has been dissolved in exercise, and has not been removed, then the proper remedy is half an-ounce of diapente, given in a pint of good sack, which will at once remove the cause, and revive the creature's spirits. We fear the worthy knight, Sir John Falstaff, omitted the nauseous drug, and stuck to the vinous prepa ration, or he possibly might have become less heavy, less Bantingish, than he was. After this, for the first week of the month, the horse—not Prince Hal's fat boon companion —should befed with oats, bread, and split beans, sometimes the one, sometimes the other, as he likes best, always leav ing a portion in the manger, that he may feed at leisure, when alone. At feeding-timo, whatever is left of this must be removed, and fresh given. By these means the animal will soon become high-spirited and full of play. Every day he must be ridden out, and every other day it will be pro per to increase his exercise, but not so as to make him perspire too much. The beans and oats should be put into a bag, and beaten, until the hulls are all off, and then win nowed clean ; and the bread, instead of being chipped in the common way, should have the crust cut off. If the horse is in good health and spirits when taken up for its month's preparation, the chief business will be to give him good food, and as much exercise as will keep him in wind without over-tiring him. When he takes more severe exercise afterwards, towards the end of the month, it will be advisable to have some horses to gallop with him. This will put him on his metal, and the beating them will give him spirits. It is, however, to be cautiously observed that he is not to be pressed to full speed for ten days or a fortnight before the race, and that the last gallop must be in his clothes. This will make him run with much more vigour when stripped for the race. In the second week the horse should have some food, and dried oats that have been hulled by beating. After this they are to be wetted in a quantity of white of egg, beaten up, and then laid out in the sun to dry; and when perfectly free from moisture, the horse is to have them. This food is very light of digestion, and excellent for the animal's wind. The beans at this time should be given more sparingly, and the bread should be made of three parts wheat and one part beans. If his system should cease to be cool, he must then have some ale and white of esrqs beaten together. lu the last week the mash is to be omitted, and barley water given in its place every day un til the morning before the race. He should have his fill of hay at first, and then it ought to be given more spar ingly, that ho may &ma WA ilia clay when the high-mottled racer is to appear on the course, he must have a toast or two of white bread, soaked in sack, and the same just before ho is led out to the field. By this means the two extremes of fulness and fasting are equally avoided, the one damaging his wind, and the other occa sioning faintness that may make him lose his race. After he has had his food, the litter should be shaken up, and the stable kept quiet, that he may not be disturbed until he is taken out to run. The above was the old-fashioned manner of training, in days when bottom as well as speed was required ; and and wo have given it in the hopes that officers and sportsmen who occasionally wish to get their horses into condition to run for a military or hunting sweepstakes may profit by our advice, without going to the expense of a trainer, who swallows up almost all the winnings, and, in the event of losing, mulcts the owner of many days' pay. MARKETS,—This Day. MARK LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were moderate. The condition of the produce was tolerably good. On the whole the trade ruled firm, and Monday's currency was well supported. Abc ut an average supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. For most de scriptions there was a fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request ; nevertheless the quotations were well supported. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. Good and fine malting qualities changed hands at fully late rates. For other descriptions the trade was firm at extreme quo tations. The malt trade was very firm at extreme rates. The supply of oats on sale was tolerably large. There was a fair demand for most qualities, and prices ruled firm. Beans and peas changed hands at about Monday's currency. The flour trade was steady at former terms. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 2390 1580 1370 240 1150 Irish Foreign 3OBO 2970 260 - -14,160 270 sks. bls. NEWGATE AND LEA.DENIIALL. These markets are scantily supplied with beef, the deniaud for which is steady at enhanced rates; for other kinds the trade is firm. Per 81b by the &arum s d a d Inferior beef 3 8 3 10 Middling do. 4 0 4 4 Prime large do 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Largo pork 3 10 4 4 sd e d Inferior mutton 4 0 4 6 Middling mutton 4 8 5 0 Prime do 5 t 5 6 Veal 4 6 5 Small pork. 4 6 5 2 Lamb, N Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The transactions in all kinds of hops have been very moderate ; nevertheless, as regards prices, the trade must be considered firm. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents ' 70s to 120 s „ New Sussex Yearlings —s to —2 ~ • COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been inactive, and quotations gene rally remain steady. SuoAn.—There has been less activity, and only a small quantity of West India has been disposed of at about for mer prices. COFFA very limited amount of business has been done. Fully late rates, however, are current for both plan tation and native Ceylon. RlCE.—There continues to be a moderate demand, with out, however, any material change in values. TALLOW. —The market is dull, and the few operations entered into have been at about previous rates. p.y.o. oh the spot is quoted 49s 6d, and last three in h out s 51s per cwt. THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT BRIGHTON.--The following circular has been issued from the War office :—" The Secretary of State for War has approved of a review of volunteers taking place at Brighton on Easter Monday, the 2d April. Applications from corps desirous of attending this review must be made on the proscribed form (War-office form, No. 1,629) through the lords lieu tenant of their respective counties, and delivered at the War-office on or before Wednesday, the 21st March, after which date no further applications will be received. It is, however, particularly requested that commanding officers will make their applications as early as possible before the above date, as their doing so will greatly facilitate rail way and other arrangements.—GEOßOE ERSKINE, Colonel. War-office, March 8, 1866." SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE—Thi s Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tars DAT-. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 11 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Pepper's Ghost (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken frerAy) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Gong (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dalby (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Saladin (tztlam) Very few members present, and speculation limited. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MARCH. Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Croxton Park.... Northampton .......... 1 ........... Windsor Spring Newcastle 5pring,,,,,,,,. No winarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Thirsk lO Epsom Spring ............ 12 Newmarket Ist Spring... 16 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh..... Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Epsom 5ummer............ 15 Uxbridge ......... 21 Manchester Ascot Summer Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bib ury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich 1 liungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 2B Curragh i Worcester L Y. JU Carlisle Newmarket July Poncetract AbingLon. Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l Brighton AUG Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton " 15 Oxford l6 1 Hastings 2l i York August 2l Plymouth _Lichfield Devon and Exeter T u u bi i dg e 24 Derby Summer Weymouth % 30 SEPTEMBER. Warwick September 4 Richmond %A"... 18 Curragh Leicester 6 Monmouth ................ 20 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canierbury lB OCT, Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton 2% Worcester Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE Lincoln Liv-erpool BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hun 19 IRISH RACING- FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Tree() MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 JUNE. Curragh 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. 4, 5 I Downßoyal Corporation 18 SEPTEMBER. Carlow Curragh 4l 5 , 6 OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 CONTINENTAL RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MARCH. La Marche 4, 25 I Vincennes ll, 18 APRIL. Vincennes Pau 2, 4 I Bruxelles Paris (Spring) 2,8, 15, 22, I 26, 29 I Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l Vissembourg 2l Paris (Summer) - 26, 27 Vinconnes 3 Montaüban Toulouse . 2 4: 24 Toulouse St. Omer I Abbeville 1 Lo Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Saintes 2B, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31 UST. 1 Le Mans ... Laon l9, 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 I Baden-Baden 3l Rouon Metz B, 9 Amiens AUG Deauville....., 4, 5, 6 1 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 SEPT] Ttatat-Baatua D, 7 Chantilly IMBER. rails (Autumn) 23, 30 OCT , Paris 14, 18 Chantilly IBER. Vincennes [ADVERTISEMENT.] G. MARTIN will send information from the Course before or after the race a good thing for Northamptonshire Stakes. For terms, send stamp directed envelope to 8, Bouverie street, Paddington. Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. Market opens very firm. Sales:probably 12,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, LONDON, March 9.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, March B.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrivcd—lm manual Laugesand Mirella, from Shields for Shangha,e, with damage. LrvEnrooL, March B.—Wind E.—Arrived—Aldersons, from Poinaron. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, March B.—Emily, from Caen ; Berlin, screw steamer, from Hamburg. Arrived, March 9.—Dragon, screw steamer, from Rot terdam. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed.—Prince Oscar, for Callao ; East Anglian, for Liverpool—both from London. Anchored.—Thos. Clift, of Prince Edward's Island, from. London, for the west. Bank of England Returns..--Last Evening, An Account, pursuant to t' cap. 32, for tho week ending Le Act 7th and Bth Victoria, V'ednesday, March 7,186 G. ISSUE DE Notes issued !..„.£28,150,670 'ARTMENT. Governmt. Debt.Xll,ols,loo Other Securities 8,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £28,150,670 £28,150,670 BANKING D: Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Depusits (including Ex chequer, Say ings' Banks, Commissioners of National :PARTMENT. Goyernmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) - X 9,915,483 Other Securities.. 1:01/,,,J0 Notes ............... 7,416,24,5 Gold and Silver Coin ........... 899,831 t A h : r e ounts Debt, and Div Deposits O 12,700,5 88 6,057,725 seven Day and other bills 429,180 :67,536,871 March 8, 1866. £37,536,871 '. Maul., Chief Cashier. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Souill anipton Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles 3lar. 16 Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet April 6 . .tGo,obeydruroenpceh, Ascension Mar. s . CChapineDaoi,tirenang„ and Singapore via So t ti Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles . aarr.. 22. M , r . 16. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton' ..... gar. '6. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Mar. 22. Ditto, via M arse ill es India (U°l nbaY), via Southampton.. ................ Mar. 16 Mar. 10. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles Mauritius, via Southampton ................... 10.ar. 4 April 6. ......... . Portugal ......... IsTew D th i u tt n o ci , l v a i n a d Marseil:e3. ................. ............ Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon •• • 0000 United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ........................ • .......... Mar. 22. Ditto, by United States packe t, via Southamp ton ....................... Ditto, via Cork ................ •• • Ditto, by Canadian packe t, via Londonderry Mat% 9 West Indies and ratline (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico .................. . Cuba and Mexico ........................... Feb. 28. Bahamas, via New York. April P. Bermuda, ditto ..................... . .............. Mar. 4 West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe 3lar. 12, THE WESLETANS AND TILE lIUMILIATION.—This morning the Wesleyan Methodists had services in all their London chapels, and observed the day as one of humilia tion on account of the cattle plague. The seryicee my) well attended. UST. _,~. Share 100 at 1 20 20i 10 100 1 !PO 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 MEN .81 9 1231 4 HO 1211 2 ii2j I 132 k i 123 i 1071 4 "I i IJ.