The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-27 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET iNt‘ INTELLIGENCL, 0 CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues in about the same Position as last week. The rates are still quoted 41 Per cent. for the best bills, and the inquiry for ac commodation, although not so active, is very ° 13 ( 1 . There is a general expectation that with the PaYment of the dividends next week, and the quietude of business in all departments, a relaxation Will b e witnessed in the terms for discount. A further sum of £22,000 in gold was taken into t he Bank on Saturday. The Kuscuisko, from Melbourne, has brought 55,508. Th e Poonah, which left this morning for Bombay, t ook out £6,070. , The accounts from the manufacturing districts 'Qr the last week have, in most instances, been of an b oth character. At Manchester prices of u °t l l cloths and yarns have further given way ; While the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and 44 ddersfield has continued very dull, owing to the u ncongenial weather. At Leicester and Notting ak there has been little change of importance ; While in the hardware districts of Birmingham, *lieffield, and Wolverhampton, there has continued t° be a very gloomy tone, consequent upon the 100 k -out in the iron trade and the l a te b an k fa ilures. The news by the Canada has caused a great deal ° f fluctuation in the Federal and Confederate bonds. t he;, 'United States Government 6 per Cent. 5-20 'clads, after rising to 57 58, have partially reacted, a nd are now 56 57, an improvement of about 1 per i eent. Th e C on f e de ra te Loan is ab ou t 21 p er cen t. '°Wer, being 33 34. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 4oegram, the French 3 per Cent.' Rentes were 67f. e. Opens firm. When the markets for stocks and shares opened morning the appearance of affairs was very k lverse, and although the after improvement has . 44 been important, the tendency is in many in ',4'nces decidedly better. The Funds were at one t ie I per cent. worse, but the decline inducing ' lll *Chases, a rally took place, and Consols are tted, 898 1 for money, and 891 for the account. e New Threes and Reduced annuities are 871 1 ; Cheque r Bills, 3s. to 6s. prem. ; India 5 per , 104 104 ; and India Bonds, 11s. prem. An almost general downward movement has taken 'ace in Foreign Securities, and business is not very e , L ive. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 731 ; do. i' °llB olides, 531 1 ; Mexican, 258 26* ; ditto New, s ie ; Greek, 201 21 ; Spanish Passive, 321 4 ; do. °ertifi.' cates, 178 f ;Italian, 631 ; ditto New, 31 3 In the Railway Share Market there has been a 44 ther fi rmer tone, and prices have in some in 4,talices exhibited a slight improvement. Great E astern, Brighton, and South Eastern have each 4 anced 55., and Metropolitan £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain rather a 411 , but without any material change to report in I'4l4es. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have also been at +4 Very moderate request. Alliance remain steady 4 ; 34 1 ; London Joint Stock have declined to 4 7, South Eastern to 94 ; London Financial are dealt in at 20i 21*, and Hudson Bay Cora at 15i ; South African Land and Finance quoted 1,1 prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 11i O r eltl• ; and South of England Waggon Company, prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. I , GOVERNMENT FUNDS. r°l l , l ' Cent. Consols i „,°. Account, April 6 894 r 1 r Cent. Reduced B7l 4 e -l t 3 per Cent 8 74 4 Z 2 4 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — C ° . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 i ptities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 to. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 4.F , (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -e 'lequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 3 Do. £5OO . 6 Do. £lOO and £2OO Ba nk 7, of England Stock, 51 per Cent — , _,- 41 1( f i 'AN LTOVERNMENT SECURITEES. an Sto lOl per Cent., AprillB74 — D Oi Account c ,t,°. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 i ) °. Account b ° . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 °• Certificates — °• b Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — b (). 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 °. 54 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. per Cent., Aug. 1866 — 1, 0 . Bonds, £l,OOO — pm ' - ' O . under £l,000 ,4t,,,,, FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ki, - „'""a, n Bonds, 5 per Cent eluan 5 per Cent -- 0 . 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 13 4 Do. 1863 tio ts Ayres 6 per Cent ti.); , 1t... i I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) g r. b.. U Cent — t o 0 . 4 1 per Cent Vtobian 6 per Cent. ij, a , , 6 per Cent. b" 5 per Cent., 1861 D a ,?• Scrip, £55 paid — pm f:` 4l3 per Cent., 1825 — C. 5 per Cent., 1864 b k 0 .5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — , tubi an Principalities tr, ° £65 paid 3l die 1 1 ,do r N e w Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2l tZ. ? Provisional Land Warrant pica 7 per Cent , 9l 5 31 U 0 £lOO Bonds — b Do. 1864 961 44 6 4 (, e ° Scrip, £SO paid 1)- per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons • D 0 Account b O . Coupons (i,,, 0 Account — ritemala 5 per Cent. .1, 11 ,; :) . 1839 and 1850 ,i \ 4O l 5 per Cent (Marenuna.na Railway) 681 -I\-.01865 ir'° Scrip, £25 paid ei ta 13, tt , b u 3 per . 0 . Account c en 264 6 1)0 Dc 1864 2 5 1- , b„ -- °Per Cent. Anglo-French 5 14 +I ,',. French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis k v ;,„ - Levide an 6 per Cent., £3O paid — pm ki e ;" 6. sh Imperial 5 per Cent b ranada — b 2 per Cent b o Deferred N ° Land Warrants (Hectares)— b l an 44 per Cent. N u per Cent. (Uribarren) b 4 4 per Cent., 1862 i' ° °k Account b geese 3 per Cent., 1853 b° o Account . , b 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, , q4 fi ° Account „. IY l ala 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., ell per Cent., 1850 D 9 , 1860 b ° ,, "„ per Cent., 1859 b - ° per Cent., 1862 ii i 0 1864 _ NI: ,91 4 tigOian 5 per Cent ti )4 , ° : Account e° B ll. 3 per Cent h o Account 484 b o ll `Tew Deferred D Account 4l 401 h ° passive l i ,° A.cco un t 324 i e i sb. Cert. of Coup not funded R. ° Account 174 1 ~ , 11 1 81, 14 per Cent. — b~ O 6 per Cent. 1854 — I) Account A 941 34 .13 0 per Cent. 1858 b, Account 714 e' £ l OO Bonds' I) o 6 Per Cent. 1862 b° Account 7 34 1 4 ij o . £lOO Bonds 731 1 1. I D o ‘ , 6 Per Cent. 1863 if. ll , 'roaranteed, 4 per Cent N' l ' A ela 3 per Cent. - ___ h o. .'"tecount ho . ' A ' Per Cent, 1862 — 5 0 . g- t ,ccount , ° Per Cont. t‘il, t . bividends on the above payable in London. iNZ, II, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins itc4 -1 . ) 4 1 per cent., Ex. 25f. t 1) 0. 4 1 Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 44, 1 ; 1 ,,Per Cent. Cortifi.....tes 1,13 0. A ttentes, 3 per Cent. II i , NC-ecount o 6 Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f 0 A ccount 634 D 0.8,, , TWO O'CLOCK. b ,:::I_lktloney "'"-count 4F„ it . A 4' v ACLISE'S GREAT PICTURE OF THE DEATH 1, 1 4 1 1 tl sON.7 according to the Athenteitin, will pro tit til:)43 finished in about six weeks ; the artist is now en- S e- 14 .toning the whole work, a task which, owing to : 41 41,„ 1111 ar nature of the water-glass process, involves an :I)a N l ae deal o f l a b our; every por ti on h as t o b e gone over 74 ita I Y—not in the comprehensive and large manner 7 Practicable in oil painting. SHARE. MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid • Closing I Business Price. done. 46 98 128 129 5 6 66 68 1 6 17 81 1.'6 107 1 9 471 18: 7 8 1284 12 113 i 1441 120 30 83 90 7:i i3l GI f 5 49 52 45 47 +CO 1141 115 87 (8 104 1(.5 38 39 1181 111 95 96 57i 58 121 i 1251 Ii q - 1 ) 13c/ 1311 100 1(2 52; 531 z 4 15 103 107 66 67 93 0 37 38 10 1t p 8 i 9} P 118 120 1 lip 76 77 11 11i 138 142 44 46 67 59 57 63 834 8( 84 9 155 153 961 7 128} 3 4p 108 110 47 49 74 77 47i 6 81 8 13) t 4). 41 ,SIONS. 53 SO 1011 1021} id :p 4} 5 0 70 g 8 100 75 1 , 0 102 99 100 10U 101 17§ 18 143 9 61 66 56 68 60 6.1 53 55 50 63 45 18 25 27 21 26 105 101 d p id hp 93 100 81 8 1 )2i )2d 85 co 77 E 0 100 101 93 95 88 9U 62 64 3 5 82 84 100 i 1011 [OO 101 d t 8 Itl 94 97 'T SECUR 90 92 r 9 91 89 91 79 81 18 8? F;3 ICB 105 107 106 108 105 107 102 104 105 107 102 104 105 107 IEB 109 105 107 88 02 08 100 02 01 93 IG3 105 87 90 91 V 3 102 101 ITIES. 105 107 103 110 'NE S. 51 8 29 31 580 59) 20 25 14 15s 0 4 11 11 124 31 41 4 6 19 10 2 2 33 4 4; 5 36 31 4 5 7 5 61 1/ 01 16 18 35 45 12 14 1i 2 3 N 33 35 530 550 20 25 15 17 14 IN 7 8 6 7 CO 52i 190 100 ICO 105 Ili 13 1 195 205 19 20 i i `Vol., & Str. Val 1 Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon-- Cornwall Do. A (A gets no div tillop.c.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther.) D A stock Do. B o Do. _New. ts. at 25 pry , Gt 5, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n OrLinal 1) S. Vii. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. 111 Id. thcord Do. Newpo t Po. lle cford Lane shire 8c Yorkshire L ndon and Illackwali Lon , Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do.* shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 11 shares Mid Kent Nolth British Do. Ed., Pth Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & De. dn. 1855-: 8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 .. North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st Shrews & Weichpool Shropshire Union South Devon South E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny' West Cornw ill W.Hartlepool Har.&lt. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. IsRITISII P Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda..t Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. 1 shares Buffalo tS6 Lake Huron _ Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1 , 374 Calcutta & S. K, lim a e Town & Dock, gu Demera. a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben _al, gu SCo East I dia., gu. 5 p.o. Do .1 Extension Grand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deli rred Do. Pd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. Sou' h of India (tim gun. 5 per cent D . 41 percent Do. Great W. s. of Canada D. , . New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 10. 5i do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras. gua, 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension 31e1b. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B sT. C'da, pc lst pf.bds Sclnde Do. Delhi Do. do ! " ,4 Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo COLONIAL GO VERNMEI British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31, 1572. ... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.‘t July 187744 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1)0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p c. Inscribed sk Capo G.Hopc, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do; Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. t Natal qov. 6 per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova So .tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18,84 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITE Cam Consol. Um Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara•ton as k, Carn Brea East Grenville East Love.l E. W'l Russell (Tavistk G am & StA übyn (Gwen. Gr..at L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist u Grenvil e Herod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret .Uny Leland Make Valley wyndy Iron Ore, Nangiles Nevi Seton North Downs.. North Roskear NAV ill Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty E'rosper I inited Pr vidence tiny lAlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft West I , vassett (Mogan IV. Caradun (L skeard West C hi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea LudeAt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seto!' Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal tint Mb:FEB.IOON SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred.. El Great Western, 51 est Alkdland, Newport perp. 6 per cent. opt. till '6 , i, 118 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di_to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1321 FREFErtigNCE SCARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern 5 per cent. ird., 105 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 7911 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Imperial Mexican, lim., 31, Sambre and Mouse, 7i I South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 FOREIGN MINE/3, Cape Copper, lira., 111 Cobre Copper, 261 BANKS. Alliance Mtn.), 34} I Anglo Austrian, 7} Anglo Egyptian, Urn., 13 Continental. lim., Ditto, new, 10 116 European Bank, lira., 131 Imperial Ottoman, 17i. Land Mortgage Bank 01 India, lira., 5 41 London and County, 71i 2} London Joint Stock, 47 61 London and South African, 22 ti Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 111 South Australia, 35 South Eastern, Jim., 9 Standard of British South Africa, line., 23 Union of A ustralia, 53/ Union of L0nd0n,524 11 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 64 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 174 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Him ; 31 80, bay Gas, lim., 54 Commercial Union, 1 nsuranae, 81 Credit Foncier and Mobilhr of lfngland, 101 Ditto. new, 8 1 Ebbw Vale, 71 Egyptian Cora. and Trading, lim., 41 Electric Telegraph, 11:34 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 81 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 61 Home and ei lonial A ssurance, lira , 41 lludson's Bay, 151 Imperiul Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 6f International Financial z•ociety, lim., Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,, Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 00, 811 Joint Stock Discount. lim., 8/ London Financial Association, lim., 211 London General Omnibus Company, Si Ili tdras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto, new, 184 Milwall Iron Works, 5L National 1)i-count Company, lim., 14f National Provinetil Marine, 14 Ottoman Financi a a ssociation, lim., 74 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 4/ Royal Mail Steam, 97 Smith, Knight,!and Co., Rm., 3 Telegrai h t onstruc. and Maintenance, Jim., 84 Thames and Mersey Marine (insurance), Upper Assam Tea, lim , 64, 'OSSE :SH M: 32/ 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.9 30.17.6 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1865. MARKETS---This Day. MARK-LANE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, in which about an average business was transacted, at very full prices to a slight ad vance. Malting barley, oats, flour, and peas commanded extreme quotations, with a fair demand. In other kinds of produce very little was passing. The Continental market continues firm for wheat, at very full prices. Spring corn may be considered steady. The American markets are dull. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were only moderate. The imports from abroad were : Wheat, 1,784; barley, 6,255; oats, 16,340; tare; 1,606; linseed, 9,174; rapeseed, 230 ; sundry seeds, 75 quarters; flour, 732 sacks. The arrivals of wheat fresh up to our market to-day were small from Essex, but there was a moderate show of Kent produce on the stands... The general condition of the samples was but middling. For all qualities the trade was firm, Kent wheats at the commencement of business being held at an advance in prices from Monday last of 2; per quarter. The bulk of the supply, however, both of Kent and Essex produce, was disposed of at an improvement in the quotations of this day se'nnight of Is. per quarter. Very little American wheat was on offer, and the mar ket was but moderately supplied with other descriptions of foreign wheat. There was a steady demand for all quali ties, at fully late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, and prices ruled firm. The supply of barley on sale was moderate., The finest malting qualities were firm in price ; but secondary and inferior samples were a dull inquiry. Grinding and dis tilling barley moved off slowly, at late rates. Malt was in slow request at previous currencies. There was a moderate supply of oats on sale. Nearly all descriptions were in steady request, and fine samples commanded rather more money. Peas quite supported last Monday's currency, the trade being firm, owing to the short supply on offer. English flour was in fair demand, and in some in stances a slight advance took place in prices. Eoreign flour was quite as dear as on Monday. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wdeat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 428 Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 123 478 Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1803 Talavera, 1864 nye— barley—Grinding 22s 258 Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s4s 61s Brown Kingstown and Ware 548 61s • Chevalier , 648 (5s Oats —Yorkshire and Lineolnsh., Feeding. 19s 238 Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBa 23s Cork, white l9a 233 Scotch, Feeding l7s 22s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey. . 333 368 Maple White 36s 338 Boilers.. Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk.. . . 238 278 American, per barrel 2lB 258 was decidedly lower in price, as compared with the close of last series, but which subsequently commanded more at tention, the better qualities realising more money than at last sales. A full average- business has been done for ship ment to the Continent, but scarcely any transactions have taken place on American account. Considerable heaviness continues to prevail in the market for English wool, and, some instances, a further decline has taken place in prices. Last week's import was 926 bales from Algoa Bay, 2,131 New Zealand, 3,411 Port Wakefield ; 516 bales from Bahia. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd s d Fle.ces -South Down hoggets ..1 10 111 Half-bred do 2 1 2 2 Kent f1eece5......... ll 1 111 bouth Down ewes and wethersl 8 1 10 Lcice•ter do I It 2 0 Sor's -Clothing I 6 1 It Combing.. -1 8 2 1 Particulars. 1851. 186! 1863. 1864. 1805. Stock this day.... 72.244 41.1'8 0.496 54.5 8 4,),2f7 Price of Y.C. .. 1 63 5386, 1 1: i :4)46s td 10 43591 to 42801 so 40e 6tl to 8°- 8011—5 od .—s ed Delivery last week 673 —1,861 1.571 1;251 17,42 Ditto from June 1 68,62: 105,1:1 69,611 i 65,566 60,665 Arrivals last week 828 82:1 812 100 180 Ditto from June 1 113,773 89.565. 75,828 81.217 75,9.1 Prioe of Town .... 5.1, 64 4SB 6.1 45s 9.1 438 9d 438 9d SPORTING NOTES. ' The Warwick meeting was as usual remarkable for the knocking about of several of the favourites for both the Two Thousand and the Derby. On the first day, after the sensation caused by the defeat of Catalogue in the Trial Stakes, the little excitement created at intervals by the retrogression of Breadalbane for the Two Thousand, and the opposition to Liddington for the same event-3 to 1 would have been taken that neither starts for it—alone seemed to keep people alive. Tuesday's card was robbed of its fair proportions by the falling through of the two matches which stood first for decision—that between Mr. F. Wombwell's Jumps, 4 yrs, and Mr. Granville's Oi Polloi, 5 yrs, for £lOO aside being off ; whilst Mr. Formby walked over for the "pony" forfeit in the second one between Jessie Brown and Brimstone, in consequence of the latter being lame. The voyageurs by the morning trains therefore who remained behind to refresh the inward man, reached the course in ample time to witness the opening race, and lose their money ot Catalogue, for whom, in the absence of Lord Burleigh, Gemma, and Exchequer, the Trial Stakes, where in she was opposed only by East Lancashire, Stockinger, and Cedric, was considered such a "moral," after the indifferent foam shown by Lord St. Vincent's horse at Doncaster, and by Stockinger at Nottingham, that liberal odds were betted on her. The Danebury "flyer" met with an unexpected opponent, however, for the possession of this " little lot" in East Lancashire, who, beautifully handled by William Boyce, ran the longest, and snatched the race out of the fire by a head. The gentlemen recovered their losses on the next race, which turned out the real " certainty" it looked on paper, coupled with the betting for Gownsman, my selected, who met Tragedy, the only opponent of the slightest pretensions amongst the other five starters, at 81b for the year. Backers burnt their fingers by meddling with the Holywell pair in the Willoughby Handicap, for which only four started—viz., Manchester, Stanton, Buckfoot, and Plaything, all of whom were in amateur hands except Stanton, who carried 61b extra for the third-rate profes sional assistance of Hobson, his stable-boy. The old horse, nevertheless, was the favourite, and as Buckfoot ran in his shoes, few apprehended danger from that quarter, even with Mr. W. Bevill up ; but the latter fairly outrode the professional, and amidst the cheers of the Ring, upset the " pot " with which Buckfoot's stable com panion was entrusted—Mr. Aspinall's commission alone, on dit, amounting to £7OO. Mr. Brayley, who puts it down as pluckily as most people at the proper time, stood as much, within a "century," on Golden Dust for the Stand Handicap (one mile) which followed, in the face, too, of an equally " hot" favourite of Lord Westmorland's, whose Wild Duck, we take it, was more relished by the fielders than the gentlemen this course. It was a fine race with the two favourites and Hawkshaw, who at one moment looked like upsetting both "pots," until the others hung a little towards him through distress. The Marquis of Hastings was alone bold enough to have a cut at Qui Vive in the Two-Year-Old Sweepstakes, wherein the latter's 31b allowance reduced his weight to within 11b of the filly's who failed to obtain anything like a "measure " of Mr. Pardoe's little beauty, however, though his lordship's good intentions enabled the " plungers" to get back a trifle towards their previous losses by laying liberal odds on the winner. The fields on Wednesday for two or three events were much larger than on the yesterday, but the sport generally was remarkably tame ; the Two Year Old Stakes, which brought out the largest field of the meeting, alone creating more than a passing interest. The racing, in fact, did not commence in earnest until that event came on the Lapis, and from the circum stance of the Welter Handicap going off in a walk over by Gemma, and the Debdale, which preceded it, being very little better, owing to one of the two starters stopping to kick every now and then, the telegraphing of fifteen start ers for the three furlong Surrey created quite a sensation. Large as the field was, it was soon apparent that the " dark" division included nothing very formidable, although three or four—Mr. Saxon's Merry Lass, Mr. Hartley's Alberta (in Stevens's stable), Prince Soltykoff's El Ole, and Mr. Morgan's Harriett (in George Oates's stable)—were more or less "fancied a bit ;" consequently, speculation was chiefly confined to Qui Vive and Prosperine, malgre their penalties for previous successes, and odds were freely betted on the descendant of Blacklock, not withstanding his trainer's openly-expressed fears of the conqueror of Chapel Royal at Liverpool. Much of the interest that the present race created at the outset was marred by the long and wearisome delay that preceded the start, which was a very good one, however, when it did take place, though the contest quickly merged into a match between the two favourites ; nor was the issue ever in doubt, as Proserpine, albeit soon out by herself, was in trouble before reaching the distance, where Qui Vive shook her off, and galloped home the easiest of win ners—proving herself so much superior to what the most enthusiastic admirers of his perfect symmetry and splendid action had previously estimated him, that, pony though he is, it may be some time before we see his conqueror. Ar kansas had been "tipped" far and wide as a "good thing' , for the Great Warwickshire Handicap, on the strength of a favourable trial with Dunkeld, and the horse, in conse quence, was at such a very short price at "the lists" when the stable commission was sent out, that it was impossible to get any money on at all. Accord ingly, Arkansas was struck out at two o'clock, and with the wail of the - Wandering Minstrels still " on the wind," the foolish public aro deserving of little pity for their rashness and stupidity. Five runners being required to secure the added money, the Holywell stable started three—viz., Stanton, Nu, and Buckfoot—their opponents being Joe Maley, the steeplechaser, and the veteran Gibral tar. Tho latter, who may be termed a " revival," as it was announced last season he had broken down, and would go to the stud, was backed against the field—that is, against "Scott's lot," as Joe Maley was never in it; and when it oozed out that Mr. Aspinall had declared to win with Stanton, though no notice to that effect was posted, be quickly displaced both Nu and Buckfoot, who were quite as good favourites at the opening of the betting. That the previous day's running of Buckfoot and Stanton was no "fluke," as many insinuated, was confirmed to-day, as Buckfoot looked all over the winner until Adams stopped him in the straight, to enable Stanton to carry out his owner's declaration, which he managed to do without much difficulty, so far as Gibraltar was concerned. A dozen of the thirteen entered went to the five furlong post for the Walton Handicap, and Tragedy, the favourite, who manages to "keep the pot boiling"for Mr. Pardoe, literally ran away from the lot. It was a great performance of Gemma's (who is getting into condition and form likewise) running so forward with the "steadier" of 9st 101 b, and Mr. Wombwell never rode a bettor race, considering that all the others were professional jockeys. The remainder of the racing, which had to be hurried on to make up for lost time, in consequence of which not half a dozen bets were laid on the match, was almost devoid of interest ; and the weather turning colder than ever after the heavy snow storm that fell during the running of the Hunt Cup, few stopped to witness the Hurdle Race, which proved to be the "dead moral" for Knave of Trumps that his Liverpool suc cesses indicated. Hisi Aintree performances, coupled with his flat racing prestige, stamped Knave of Trumps as the best steeplechaser of the day. There was a little betting "by fits or starts" on future events; but the two sensation horses--Liddington and Breadalbane—were in no better odour for the Two Thou sand, though anything over 5 to 1 would have been taken to money about the latter for the Derby, one offer alone being made by a noble lord to take five and a half "mon keys." Bedminster was all the go to-day for the Guineas at 10 to 1, and Lion for the Chester Cup at 100 to 7 ; whilst " any odds" were offered against Peon for the City and Suburban, coupled with offers of 2 to Ihe doesn't run for it, in consequence of having met with an accident. Almost equal sensation was caused by the announcement that Merry Hart and Summerside were scratched for their Chester and Epsom ongagements,which course was adopted by their noble owner to prevent anything being got out of thom. There are several fixtures for this week, including Lich field, Reading, Lewes, Chelmsford, Banbury, York, and the Grand National Hunt at Wetherby ; the most im portant of which are Lewes and Chelmsford. Earl of Surrey or the best of Ten Broeck's pair, Charmian or Ala bama, will win the Chelmer Handicap, and East Lancashire or Greenland the Lewes Spring Free Handicap. A FRESH MAN. CITY BETTING-THIS DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 15 agst John Davis (offered, 7 to 1 taken) Bto 1 agst Skeffington (offered, 9to 1 taken) 100 to 8 agst Hartley (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bevor (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst Mcestissima filly (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lampoon (taken) 30 to 1 agst Arkansas (taken) 50 to 1 agst Master Richard (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Liddington (taken) 100 to 12 agst Chattanooga (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Breadalbane (taken) 100 to 6 agst Broomielaw (offered) 20 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) Very little betting. [ADVERTISEMENTS.] Now ready, price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. Bd., "BAILY'S TURF GUIDE." Spring edition, 1865. London : A. H. Baily, Cornhill. G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, supplies the Latest Edition of " THE SUN" round the Royal Oak and Notting-hill by eight o'clock. Baily's Spring Turf Guide, this day, 2s. 6d. post free.— Commissions executed. GENERAL WHITING.—The news of the Confede rate General Whiting's death, from wounds received in the defence of Fort Fisher, will be read with sincere regret by all who had the pleasure of knowing a man of such rare modesty and great merit. He expired in a Federal prison, and was buried at Governor's Island on the 12th of this month. It is just this time four years he was preparing the works against Sumter, in the full belief that Southern independence was already secured.—Army and Navy Gazette, TAT TERSALL'S.---Th's Evening, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 7to 1 agst John Davis (taken and offered) CITY AND SUBUBAN. 10 to 1 agst Mo3estissima filly (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lampoon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Agatha (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady of Coverdale (taken) CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 apt Lion (taken) 20 to 1 agst Clown (taken) 20 to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) 50 to 1 agst Victorious (taken) 66 to 1 agst Persuasion (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 30 agst Liddington (offered—take 4 to 1) 100 to 15 agst Breadalbane (taken) 10 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 10 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ariel (taken) 33 to 1 agst Audax (taken) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Breadalbane (taken) 7to 1 agst Liddington (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst The Duke (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Archimedes (offered—take 20 to 1): 20 to 1 agst Oppressor (offered—take 22 to 1) 30 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Congress (offered) AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 15. Mr. Stanton has transmitted the following de spatch from General Sheridan, giving the particu lars of his operations since Early's defeat. Headquarters, Middle Military Division, Columbia, Virginia, March 10. _ _ . General—ln my last despatch, dated Waynes boro', I gave you a brief account of the defeat of Early by Custer's division. The same night this division was pushed across the Blue Ridge and entered • Charlottesville at 2 p.m. the next day. The mayor of the place and the prin cipal inhabitants came out and delivered up the keys of the public buildings. I had to remain at Charlottesville two days. This time was consumed in bringing over from Waynesboro' our ammuni cation and pontoon train. The weather was hor rible beyond description, and the rain incessant. The 2d division were occupied during the time in destroying the two large iron bridges, one over the river and another over Moses Creek, near Charlottes ville and the railroad, for a distance of 8 miles in the direction of Lynchburg. On the 6th March I sent the first division, General Bevan commanding, to Scottsville, on the James river, with directions to send out light parties through the country and de stroy all merchandise, mills, factories, bridges, &c., on the Rivanna river, the parties to join the division at Scottsville. The division then proceeded along the canal to Dugmesville, fifteen miles from Lynchburg, destroying every lock, and in many places even the banks of the canal. At Dugmesville we hoped to secure the bridge to let us cross the river, as our pontoons were useless on account of the high water. In this, however, we were foiled, as the enemy on our ap proach had burnt both this bridge and the bridge at Hardwicke. The third division started at the same time from Charlottesville, and proceeded down the Lynchburg railroad to Amhert Court House, de stroying every bridge. The bridges on this road are numerous, some of them over 500 hundred feet in length. We have found great abundance in this country for our men and animals. In fact the canal has been the great feeder of Richmond. At the Rockfish river the bank of the canal was cut, and at New Canton, where the dam is across the James, the guard-lock was destroyed, and the James river let into the Canal, carrying away the banks and washing out the bottom of the canal. The dam across the James at this point was also partially destroyed. I have had no opposition. Everybody is bewildered by our movements. I have had no news of any kind since I left ; the latest Rich mond papers were of the 4th, but contained nothing. I omitted to mention that the bridges on the railroad from Swop depot on the other side of Staunton, to Charlottesville, were utterly destroyed ; also all the bridges for a distance of ten miles on the Gordonsville Railroad. The weather has been very bad, indeed, raining hard every day, with the exception of four days, since we started. My waggons have from the state of the roads detained me. Up to this time we have captured 14 pieces of artillery ; 11 at Waynsboro' and 3 at Charlottes ville. The party I sent back from Waynesboro' started with 10 pieces, but they were obliged to destroy two for want of animals. The remaining eight pieces were thoroughly destroyed. We have cap tured up to the present time 12 canal boats, laden with supplies, ammunition, rations, medical stores, &c. I cannot speak in too high terms of Generals Merritts, Custers, and Nevins, and the officers and men of their command. They have waded through mud and water during this continuous rain, and are all in fine spirits and health. Commodore Hollins, of the rebel navy, was shot near Gordonsville, while attempting to escape from our advance in that direction. (Signed) P. H. SHERIDAN, Major-General. The following despatch from General Lee forms the only Confederate account published in the Northern journals in relation to the recent events n the Shenandoah Valley : To the Hon. John Breckenridge, Secretary of War. March 10. General Rosser reports that on the 6th he attacked the enemy near Harrisburg and captured a few prisoners. On the morning of the 7 t h inst. he again attacked them near Reid's Hill, having detained them for a day and a night at the river, he caused them to retire in haste, abandoning the only piece of artillery they had and their ambu ances. He annoyed them a good deal and enabled many of our men to escape. NEW YORK, March 14. General Schofield advanced from Newbern, within four miles from Kinston, where General Bragg attacked him on the Bth inst. Lee announces the result of the batile in the fol lowing despatch to Mr. Breckenridge, the Secretary of War : " General Bragg reports that he attacked the enemy yesterday four miles in front of Kinston, North Carolina, and drove him from his position. He disputed the ground obstinately, and took a new line three miles from his first. 'We captured three pieces of artillery and 1,500 prisoners. The mumber of the enemy's dead and wounded left on the field is large ; ours is comparatively small. The troops behaved most handsomely, and Majors-Ge neral Hill and Hoke exhibited their accustomed zeal and gallantry. The correspondent of the Herald says that the troops captured were surprised, and consisted of two entire cavalry regiments and a portion o f another. General Schofield furnishes no report of this battle, but has sent the following despatch, dated Wises Fork, 10 March, to General Grant : The enemy made a heavy attack upon the centre, and left to-day, but'swas decisively repulsed with heavy loss. Their dead and wounded were left upon the field. We also took several hundred prisoners. Our loss is small. General Conch is only 12 miles from here to-night, and will be up early in the morning. We took prisoners from Lee's and Stuart's corps. They say that two corps are here and that the rest of Johnston's army is coming. Correspondents estimate the total Federal loss at 2,000 men. They captured 2,000 prisoners. Schofield reports, on the 12th inst., that on the night of the 10th Bragg was fairly beaten near South West Creek, and was retreating across the Neuse. He is now on the north bank on that river, at Kinston. The railroad from Newbern is K where the com pleted to within three mile of Kinston, Federals are entrenched. The Confederate forces in Kinston is estimated at from 15,000 to 25,000 strong, with a ram for the protection of the bridge across the Neuse. It is said that Lee and Breckenridge have visited an inspected Kinston. A despatch from General Lee announces that General Hampton attacked General Kilpatrick at daylight on the 10th inst., and drove him from the camp, taking his guns, waggons, many horses, several hundred prisoners, and relieving a great number of Confederates who had been captured. The guns and waggons could not be brought off for wane of horses. Many of the enemy were killed and wounded. Our loss is not heavy. Lieutenant- Colonel J. S. King was killed, and Brigadier Gene ral Hume, Colonels Hagan and Morrison, and Majors Davis and Fergusson, and others were wounded. The locality of the fight is not mentioned. General Sherman has informed Hampton that he had ordered the execution of 26 prisoners in retalia tion for a similar number of foragers having been murdered after capture. Hampton replied that he would execute two prisoners for every Confederate soldier murdered by Sherman. The foragers, he said, had burned dwellings, and he had ordered the shooting down of all house-burners. He should hold 56 hostages for the soldiers Sherman had or dered to be executed. The Confederate Senate has endorsed Hampton's answer. A despatch from Sherman, dated Laurel Hill, North Carolina, Bth March, says—" We are all well. We have done finely. I omit details for obvious reasons." His base of supplies will be established at Wilmington. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THrs EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION, The royal consent was given, by commission, t o th e Consolidated Fund (X 175,650), the Game Licence; the Industrial Exhibition, the International Exhibition (Dub lin, 1865), and the British Kaffraria Bill. THE GRIEVANCES OF THE INDIAN ARMY. - - Lord DONOUGHMORE presented petitions from seve ral officers in the Indian army, praying for a redress of the grievances of which they complained. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Westminster Improvement Bill, the Waterford and Passage Railway, and the Wexford Harbour Improvement Bills were read a third time and passed. _ CRIMINAL CONVICTION AT SLIGO. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved for copies of the papers relating to the conviction of a young girl recently tried by the magistrates of Colooney, in Sligo, named Catherine Gaughan, on the 25th of February last. A complaint had been made by the young female against Michael Hart, Hineford Hart, and others, on the charge of assulting and ill-treating her in divers ways, and putting her: into duress and de taining her in confinement for some days, until she was released by a magistrate's order ; and also of the con viction of Sub-Inspector Broke, and others of the police, from having been present at that outrage in open day and declining to interfere and rescue Catherine Gaughan from the . brutal treatment to which she had been subjected ; and for a copy of the decision of the inspector-general of the constabulary upon the conduct of the individuals of the force incul pated on that occasion. The noble lord entered into a detail of the facts connected with this case, from which it appeared that the female in question, who had attained the years of discretion, went to Scotland, and there seceded from the Roman Catholic Church. On her return to Ireland, this act led to the com mission of the offence which he had brought under the notice of the house, in consequence of the failure of her friends and the Roman Catholic clergymen to coerce her to return to the creed from which she conscientiously departed. He was not one of those who had any bigotted feelings to wards members of the Roman Catholic persuasion, among whom he had many friends. He had used his influence towards the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act. He understood that when that act was passed it was with the distinct understanding that no attempt would be made to undermine the Established Church, but that im plied promise had been broken, of which fact this present case was an excellent illustration. He con tended that in regard to this young female the police had acted under the direction of a Roman Catholic clergyman in (violation of ju-tice and law, and that such a state of things was a disgrace to the present day. He re gretted to say that this was not an isolated case, show ing the practice that prevailed in Ireland, because from facts which had come to his knowledge he would bo in a position to lay before their lordships another case, which would prove that the Irish constabulary were merely a machine in the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy. (A laugh.) He could asssure their lordships that ho was quite satisfied as to the accuracy of his statement, and he felt bound as a firm member of the Esta blished Church to warn theirlordships against the attempts that were made in Ireland to subvert this Church by acts similar to those he had brought under the notice of their lordships, and which he feared were of too frequent occurrence. Earl GRANVILLE said that the Government had no objection whatever to produce the papers referred to. [LEFT SITTING. j HOUSE OF COMAIONS--THis EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Hastings and St. Leonard's Gas, Oswestry Local Board, Ross Improvement, Shrewsbury and North Wales Rail way, Holston, Roads, King's Lynn Docks and Railway, London and South Western Railway (Kensington, &c.), and Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway Bills. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was on offor here, to-day, a full average supply of beasts from Normandy, Portugal, Switzerland, Ger many, and Holland, in improved condition. The supply of foreign sheep was good, of calves and pigs only mode rate. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our grazing dis tricts, as well as from Scotland, were tolerably good, and mostly in prime condition. From inland the receipts were limited. Prime brands were in steady request at full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. The best Scots and Downs told at ss. 2d. per lb. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire we received 2,100 Scots and crosses; from other parts of England, 700 various breeds ; from Scotland, 380 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland 120 oxen and heifers. With sheep we were but moderately supplied. Those in the wool were taken off steadily at full prices. Prime shorn sheep ruled steady, but inferior breeds declined 2d. per 81b. The general top price of Downs and half-breeds, in the wool, was 6s. Bd., out of the woo], ss. 4d. to ss. 6d. per 81b. A few very prime half-bred tups, in the wool, sold as high as 7s. per 81b. Lambs were in fair supply and sluggish request, at from Gs. to 7s. per 81b. We have to report a steady fall for calves, at full prices viz., from 4s. 6d. to ss. Bd. per 81bs. Pigs were quite as dear as last week with a fair inquiry. Per 81b to sink the offal. s de d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts...l 6 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 6 0 6 4 second quality do .. 2 4 6 Prime s'thaown 00.6 0 6 Prime largt oxen ..4 8 4 JO La ge coarse calves. 4 6 5 2 Prime Scats, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......5 4 6 8 Crse. and int. stieep.4 6 5 2 Large hogs .3 6 4 Second quality do ..5 4 5 10 Small porkers 4 Z 4 10 Lambs....6s td to 7. Od. En:11111g calves, 19s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 275 each. Head of stock on sale. _ Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4,750 Beasts 1 B2O Cows — Cows. Sheep .... .. Calves 1.4 Ca yes ll4 Pigs 460 Pigs 220 The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 7,160 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 4,905 ; in 1863, 3,687 ; in 1862, 2,054; in 1861, 2,035 ; and in 1860, 2,602 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Antwerp Boulogne lBB ... Bremen lB ... Calais Corunna Dordt. Dunkirk Hamburg Harlingen ...... 475 ... - Ostend 4B 339 Rotterdam 1005 ... 1029 Oporto... Vigo 178 ... - --- .• • 60 ... ::: - ... 46 ••• - - ... 134 1 179 ... 853 Total l7BB 8350 ... 225 ...1797 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, 1864 1863 1862 ... 267 ... 10 1861 ... 426 ... - 1860 statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, March 28, 1864, and this day, Monday, March 27, 1865. _ _ _ Per Blbs. to sink the offal. March 28, March 27, 1864. 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 8 3 6to 4 0 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 4 8 410 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 6 6 6 8 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 4 5 0 4 6 5. 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 410 Beasts 3,020 Sheep 17,590 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES oN SALE, March 30, 1863.—Beasts, 4,390 — sheep, 24,070—calves, 147—pigs, 490. March 31, 1862—Beasts, 4,6 lo—sheep, 14,060—calves, 142 —pigs, 360. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Tho arrivals of meat from Scotland and the West of Eng land, this morning, are moderately good, and there is a f air supply of town-killed meat on offer. The trade gene rally is steady, and prices rule firm. rer 81b by the carcase. adad tided Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton.... 3 10 4 2 Middling do. 3 8 4 0 Middling mutton..l 4 4 8 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 10 3 0 Prime small d, , ....1 6 4 8 Veal 4 0 5 0 Large pork 3 6 4 4 Small pork. 4660 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale tontines small, and the trade for all qualities rules firm, at fully last week's currency. The best foreign hops continue in request, and prices of such rule Arm. In other respects, and more especially as regards old hops, the market is dull. Last week's import was 20 bales from Hamburg ; 32, Antwerp ; 100 Bremen ; and 110 bales from New York. Mid and East Kent ..... lles to 20Cs per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex . Yearlings llOB to libs Bavarian - s American 9os ►o 13:s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets aro moderately supplied with potatoes. For most qualities there is a fair average demand, at about the rates current last week. The import since our last report has amounted to 60 tons from Dieppe; 140 tons from Dunkirk ; and 120 tons from Rouen. Per ton Yorkshire Regents .. Flukes 130 s to 18 s Rocks BOB to 9Us Scoteh Regents. . 001 to 1003 Rocks Dunbar Regents. Foreign Boa to 70s WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a close to-day, and during their progress about 85,000 bales have been disposed of. They have passed off with a fair amount of activity, but only good and fine wools—owing to an ex tensive demand for shipment to the Continent—have com manded more money. Prices close at an advance of id. to Id. per lb. for good and fine Cape and Australia produce, and at previous rates for inferior qualities. These prices have been current during the greater part of the series, the chief exception to this remark being confined to Port Philip produce, which, at the commencement of the Bales, SEEDS. There was a fair average business passing in cloverseed, and prices ruled firm. White mustard seed was in steady request at full quotations. Th) sale for canary seed was limited, on former terms. The value of East India lin seed and rapeseed had an upward tendency. Linseed cakes were in slow request, and the currencies had a droop ing tendency. Cottonseed Cf Turnip, vt'llite,p.bus.2Cs to 22s Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown —a —g —s --5 Tares, Spring.— s s New winter, bush 9s 10s Canary, per quarter 41s 503 Rye grass Clover, Red Eng., et 624 12 Is White s7d 80s Foreign Red.... 51* 7es White. 56s 80.$ 35* cis ,kes wero steady. Carraway 331 33s Coriander <23 14r llempseed, per qr 4OB 43s Linseed,Eng,.sowing 70s 73 Crushing Baltic Odessa .. —s -s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo Os .£ll Cs Foreign LU lOs Lll Os Rape Cakes,p ton £5 Os £5 10s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 7fs 78s Trefoil TALLOW. The tallow trade is quiet to-day at about Saturday's quotations. P.Y.C. is quoted at 40s 6d per cwt on the spot, and 42s 6d for October to December delivery ; rough fat commands 2s lid per 81b. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. Market opens with a fair inquiry. Sales pro bably about 5,000 or 6,000 bales. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. THE ALLEGED FRAUD ON INSURANCE COMPANIES.—This afternoon the further hearing of the charges in this case came on before Mr. Alderman Stone. Sir R. W. Carden was present on the bench. Mr. John George Barry and Mr. Alfred Barry, whrrfingers, and three of their employes, Charles Thorne, James Arnett, and William Sedgwick, surrendered to their bail to answer the charges preferred against them—viz., with conspiring to obtain, and with obtaining, by fraud large sums of money from several insurance offices, and also with stealing a number of bales of jute, said to be the property of Theo dore Buxton, of Great St. Helens. Mr. Giffard and Mr. Poland, instructed by Messrs. Hum phreys and Morgan, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine for the defendants. Mr. Superintendent Bramford was present to watch the case on the part of the Commissioners of Metropolitan Po lice ; and Sergeants Brett and Hayden, of the City detec tive force, on the part of the City police authorities. The deposition taken on the last examination were read over, after which the following witnesses wore examined : Mr. Henry Finlason, accountant, East London Bank— The Messrs. Barry keep an account at the East London Bank. I produce the ledger in which their account is kept. This is the ledger with the account sketched out from the books of the south-eastern branch of the Borough. On Dec. 22, 1863, there is a freight credit of £3OO. That is the opening of the account. That is the only credit paid up to the present time. On Jan. 15, 1865, £285 in the name of Bevan and Co., on Feb. 10, 1865, there was £l5. The prin cipal account is opened in the name of Barry Brothers. It was opened on Jan. 15, 1865, when various sums wore paid in, which left a balance of between £17,000 and £lB,OOO. The case was proceeding when we went to press. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A RUSSIAN COUNT CHARGED WITH FRAuD.---Eugene Milkiewicz, about 20 years of age, described as a Russian count, of Morris's Hotel, Dublin, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt on a warrant charging him with obtaining the sum of £5 by false and fraudulent- pretences from Mr. Unwin, court hairdresser, of Piccadilly. Mr. E. D. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosocution, and Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, for the defence. On the case being called on, no prisoner was in attend ance. Mr. Lewis, jun., said he saw the prisoner at the police station last night, and he thought it then being 12 o'clock that the prisoner ought to be brought before the court. He had actually been in custody two days. Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho did not see why the prisoner should not be brought up. Mr. E. D. Lewis said they were not ready to go on with the case. They were waiting for a witness from the Russian embassy. There were several charges against the prisoner for defrauding West-end tradesmen. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could not see why the man should be detained. If a man was in custody, and brought before the magistrate who was then sitting, there would be a serious responsibility attaching to the persons detaining him. Mr. E. D. Lewis said the prisoner was only taken into custody at Dublin yesterday, and they had had great diffi culty in getting him, having been engaged ten days in doing so after advertising him in the papers. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that what he should always resist was the keeping a person at the station when he ought to be produced in court. Mr. Lewis, jun., said that what he proposed was that the prisoner should be sent for and the evidence given, and if not sufficient, then that ho should be discharged. After some conversation the prisoner was sent for, and Mr. Levitt, of the firm of Thompson and Co., No. 8, New Bond-street, having given some evidence, Mr. Tyrwhitt said he certainly should not think of dis charging the prisoner, and that the case had better be put back till a later hour of the day. After some further conversation, Mr. Lewis, jun., said he would consent to a remand, and asked that bail would be taken for the prisoner, suggesting £2O. Mr. E. D. Lewis, said there would be six or eight cases against the prisoner. Mr. Tyrwhitt then fixed the bail at £5O, with the usual notice. Tho prisoner said his father was postmaster at Warsaw, and a noble, and he therefore had a right to the title of count. THAMES. ROBBERY ON BOARD SHIP.— R o b e rt George, aged 19, and described as a Frenchman, late of the ship St. Paul, in the West India Dock, was charged with stealing 10 sovereigns, the moneys of Mr. Allen Brown Dunham, the mate of the vessel. The prisoner had been a seaman on board the St. Paul for 20 months. On Thursday last, he was left in charge of the vessel at four o'clock in the afternoon. On the follow ing morning he was missing, and the mate at the same time found his chest in the cabin open, and missed 10 sovereigns from it. He gave information to the police, and on Saturday night the prisoner was captured in the City of London Theatre by Robert Biddle, a police-constable. The prisoner was seated between two loose women, with whom he had expended a portion of the prosecutor's money. The constable found 6 sovereigns and 3s. 6d. in silver upon him, and he admitted that it was part of the money he had stolen from the mate's chest. The prisoner was asked if ho would plead now or prefer being tried by a jury. He selected the latter alternative, and was committed for trial. A DRUNKEN MomEn.—Frances Shepherd, a haggard, pale-faced woman, half-palsied, and with a babe in her arms, who gave the name of Day, was charged with being drunk and incapable. She was found last night in the snow with her child under her, and one would have perished from cold and the other would have been suffo cated but for the prompt assistance of a police-constable, who took mother and child to the station-house. It was stated that the child was 10 weeks old, and that the pri soner was in custody seven weeks ago for being drunk and incapable, and then was in danger of perishing. Mr. Paget—What is the woman ? The prisoner—l am a cab-driver's w if e . Mr. Paget—And you are killing yourself as fast as you can by indulging in this horrible vice, and you aro endan gering the life of that helpless babe. The prisoner—l don't often take much. we e out k s 41agof yourfor being drunk here seven s w ev e e r n e just con finement. Your child was then three weeks old. Your r. and Page int—caYpabule, were and drunkenness has brought on premature old age. Your appearance is quite shocking. I believe you are a con firmed drunkard. Go away. The prisoner, who is a young woman, crept out of the dock. She appeared to be labouring under delirium tremens. AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE THIS WEEK.- There are three steamers due at Liverpool this week with the American and Canadian mails. The City of Baltimore from New York, and the Belgianfrom Portland, with dates to the 18th of March, may be expected, the former at Queenstown and the latter at Greencastle, in the course of Wednesday next. The Cunard steamer Cuba, with dates from New York to the 22d inst., will, no doubt, reach Crookhaven or Queenstown in the course of Friday night or Saturday next. 1151# 8? 7 1 651 31 6 934 6 1:67 j 7 64 131; k•2i 10)1 ; 21 THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. PETITIONS. Mr. GILPIN presented petiti)ns in favour of opening the British Museum and other national institutions on Sunday. Col. EDWARDS presented a petition from Yorkshire in favour of the bill to amend the law with respect to chemists and druggists. Mr, IOGAN presented petitions from different parts of Ireland praying for an amendment of the law of landlord and tenant. Sir S. NORTHCOTE presented petitions in favour of the chemists' and druggists' bill. Mr. BAINES presented a petition against the bill to facili tate the discharge of insolvent debtors. ROYAL ASSENT. Tho Deputy Usher of the Black Rod here entered the house and summoned the Speaker and members to the House of Peers to hear the Royal assent given by com mission to several bills agreed to by both houses of Parlia ment. On the return of the SPEAKER, Mr. WATKINS presented petitions in favour of the Che mists and Druggists Bill. Sir F. KELLY presented a number of petitions in favour of the repeal of the malt tax. Mr. LacRE presented a petition against the Justices ca the Peace Procedure Bill. CATHOLIC STUDENTS. Mr. SCULLY moved for an address for copies of all correspondence from the Ist day of January, 1864, up to the making of the return, between the Foreign-office in London and her Majesty's representative at Brussels, or between such representative and the Belgian Government, or between the Foreign-office and the Belgian Minister in London, or between the Foreign-office and the Home office, with reference to the bourses or endowments hereto fore provided for the education of Irish Catholic students in the University Of Louvain ; and of any memorial or correspondence to or with the Foreign-office andthe Home officetoretsfioecsetivbeoloyrooons behalf d endowments. Inesnht Catholics withto. refer ences. _Agreed BISHOP COLENSO. Mr. DUNLOP asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, looking to the recent decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of Bishop Colenso by which, with reference to colonies with representative Legislature, or in which the Church of England had not been established by law, patents for the erection of episcopal sees therein, purposing to confer ecclesiastical jurisdiction, were pronounced to be contrary to law, it was the intention o f th e G overnment to advise her Majesty to abstain henceforth from issuing any more such patents for colonies so situate, and also from nominating successors under the existing illegal patents to bishops who may die or resign, leaving the voluntary associations of which such bishops were the chief ministers to provide successors according to the rules and canons they have adopted or may adopt for the government of their own non -established communions ; and particularly whether this course would be recommended in reference to Canada, where by an act of the Canadian Legislature to which the Royal Assent was duly given, all connection between Church and State has been expressly abolished. Mr. CARDWELL said with respect to Canada the prac • tice of issuing patents has been discontinued. Tito bishops there are selected by the Church in the colonies, and derive their civil rights from the colonies. With reference to the other matter referred to, the recent decision had led to the necessity of giving that matter the most serious considera tion. go letters patent, however, would be issued until that consideration has been brought to a close. EPISCOPAL SEES IN THE COLONIES. Mr. DUNLOP asked the Attorney-General to what extent and effect, if any, patents erecting episcopal sees in colonies having representative legislatures, or in which the Church of England had not been provionsly by law established, and purporting to confer ecclesiastical juris diction, were valid and operative ; and also to inquire under what statutory or other authority the Queen, as Sovereign of the United Kingland, issued patents for the erection of episcopal sees, in accordance with the religious system established by law in only ono part of the United Kingdom, England, in colonies which uever were, at any time, colonies of England, but have been, from their origin, British colonies. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said it was more diffi cult to say for what these letterspatent provided than what they did not. It had been determined by the Judicial Com mitee that there were no legal dioceses in the colonies to which the late inquiry related, and that the letter patent constituted no legal connection between the Church in these colonies and the united Church of England and Ireland. It was farther determined that the letters patent granted to the bishop did not introduce into those colonies any part of the ecclesiastical polity of Eng land, and that they gave no legal power to the bishops which they might not have under the voluntary system. He found also in the judgment that letters patent were not valid to create ecclesiastical corportions which the colonies were bound to recognise. UNION CHARGEABILITY BILL. Mr. VILLIERS, in moving the second reading of this bill, said the union principle having been adopted for the purpose of administration instead of the parochial system, it was desirable that the same principle should be adopted with regard to settlement and rating instead of retaining these latter within the area of the parochial system. This was the .principle which the bill • sought to bring into operation, and it was founded on the results of several inquiries by committees of the House of Commons and Royal Commissioners. It had been contended, in some quarters, that the bill was in troduced to benefit the town population at the expense of the rural districts, but this was altogether a mistake, as such certainly was not the intention of the measure. The late member for North Devon, he believed, was in favour of the bill. (LEFT SPEAKING. 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