The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-08 00:00:00

XONEY -MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England directors have held their weekly court, and have notified that no alteration has been made in their rate of discount. Notwith s!anding this decision it is generally considered likely that the reserves of the establishment have been largely strengthened, and that further facilities roust SO•Jn be offered the commercial classes. The rate in the open market for the best short-dated Paper is Gi per cent. At the second ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the East India Land, Credit, and Finance Company, held to-day, a dividend of Bs. Per share, free of income tax, was declared. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as under:— 1866. 1865. Great w e ,t ern . £64,668 £63,139 North western •" •••• ... 102729 97,362 Beath Western ••• ••• •• ... 22,141 19,990 ~11lighten • • • •• • . 16.346 15,089 31 idland • 48,433 46,256 ficuth Eastern ••• ••• 19,147 17,910 LLGreat Northern •. • ... 33,438 33,421 a ncashire and Yorkshire ••• •. . 41,070 33,927 ristol and Exeter 5,823 5,648 North Eastern ••• 66,479 58,647 11 , anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ▪ 19,629 17,320 Lon don, Chatham, and Dpver .:. 8,030 6,826 These returns, when compared with the corres- Ponding period of last year, show in most instances 'very saisfactory result. On the Great Western there is an t i ncrease of £1,529, on the North Western ° f £5,227, on th e South Western of £2,151, on the Brighton of £1,257, on the Midland of £2,177, on the South Eastern of £1,237, on the Great North -7° of £l7, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of 4 ,343 on the Bristol and Exeter of £175, on the k anehester, Sheffield, and London of £2,307, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,204. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram the French t ee per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 62e, 41ni raated. The anxiety felt respecting the Joint-Stock Dis count Company continues to absorb very general at tention. A circular has been issued by the direc tors intimating their intention of convening an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, and teconnnending the voluntary winding-up of the ~e °" 'Pany. The shares have been dealt in to -443T at 10 discount, and as £lO has been ofld 11 P, there is consequently not a margin Profit left to proprietors who are desirous of being rid of the securit?. The English Funds show w e . akness, a n d a l so a ll o th er stocks it: sympathy Bwlth the depreciation in share p r ope r ty. C onso l s . v 4! for money, and 871 1 f or th e accoun t. Th e W e ly Thre es are 85 1 , an d R e d uce d A nnu i t i es, 841 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 3s. dis. ; Bank of Eng '4lld Stock, 251 ; and India 5 per Cents., 1021 1.: There is little animation in the Foreign Stock tiarket, and quotations tend downwards. Turkish II Per Cents. are 371 38 ; Mexican, 22/ ; do. „ e lr, 20 ; Greek, 15416 ; Spanish Passive, 271 ; `ge C ertificates, 161 ; Italian, 611 1 ; Confede- Z t e Loan, Brazilian Scrip, 11 2 prem. eY i ,Ptiall Railway Scrip, 1 prem. ; and the New Th 'ian Loan, 21 1 prein. United States Govern ent 5-20 Bonds are 701 s ; Erie Shares, 531 54 ; and Illinois, 771 78. !tt the railway share market there has been ve 3' li ttle animation, and in some instances prices South- Eastern a shade fl a tt er. G rea t W estern, Midl an d , an d °44- Eastern have each declined 55., and Great w stelll'ern A Stock £l, while Brighton and North rrern have each improved 10s. q r 'll e For e i gn an d C o l on i a l li nes are a l so flat. :a Trunk of Canada have declined to 368. Al and Miscellaneous Shares are very qu iet. e o al ien have declined to 28 8 ; London and colinty to it 7 - • ; Barned's Bank are dealt in at ; Atlantic Telegraph at 21 8 ; Joint Stock Dis cotin't have declined to 10 91 dis. ; National Dis -181141 Co. to 131 1; Overend, Gurney, a n d C o . t o , ; London Financial are quoted 3 21 dis. ; j rnPeri g l°- American Telegraph Co., 1 prem. ; and al Land Co. at Marseilles, 3f 31 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a h...%l7ZitxM.ExT FUNDS. BGi i 1 I "' fi r Cent. Consols 871 i 7 a op-,?•liecount, April 5 851 4 NC - 1 g e nt. Reduced 85 .I 41 5/ Nei per Cent ij v ,, 2 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 A -' Per Cent. Jan. 1873 11,41iities. 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 k 'JO ' Aug 1880 — • or 30 yrs, expue o -vo (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 6 - 3 Zt3cpier Bill s , £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. Do, £5OO — litt hi ,. l3 ° £lOO and £2OO — 251 50 1 --"` (4. England Stock, 5 htper Cent h ith., 1.131 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t7,ll,Btock, loi per Cent., April 1874..• 1021 1 1 I),,''' ° per Cent. July, 1870 4, 4,Per Cent, Oct. 1888 j3O „.‘-',ertißeates 1:),.: - , L, afaced Paper 4 per Cent 102 4.; ": Per Cent., Jan. 1872 iv,' Bob° per Cent., May 1879 00: ~ 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 , Bo °da, £l,OOO pm Under £l,OOO dr k'OREIGN FUN Nti DS—CLOSING _PRICE6. h 4 tiric r . t'e Republic, 6 Cent,t.”£ls pd Pot ' i roy l i' l ,„• 44 bonds, 5 per 18a0 12;" 4 / 1 5 per Cent ' ItPer Cent, 1852-58-60 °' 1863 D D o . °. 1865 731 21 xd. 1)0 geeennt pin ' ll , 6 ,7 e A r IP, £35 paid 1 ) 0 4- Ayres 6 per Cent iv Account ii,u) fl.oo Bonds litik,,l:!pr Cent. (Deferred 3 CubDo 4 ," Per Cent per Cont.) — 382. i ; , ‘ ',l Per Cent k - %Tail 6 per Cent. p,l Cent. Dubin Per Cent., 18 2 5 ~,13 "141 P rincipalities 69 `go c) ..l4„"eee,, lint . 0 () "",-, t .NeW Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 7,..z-croyisional Land Warrant )(7 4.11 ,, i per C en t 9o- 9 0 D o ' "eend Issue 1) 0 4 'o 411,00 Bonds 9ll 3 . 1864 921 Do 1.00 Bonds ( ; 1) o . ;°, ',ler/fluent Railway Debentures — D- . " - ,,k0 Paid • pm ( 1 , - Per cents b o .. A „,,,,, t ~ 1824-5, ex Coupons — lsi i t Do -„01Ipous , o , • It te4 lal "t t,liab sAce° a ' 5 Per C en t . — leue. Atftre Per Cent, 1865 I.'xi ta inana Railway — bo. e4 4 t 3 Per Cent b ° 22 g (:co b ant 201 n li on 8 Pe r 1864 i, Cent. Anglo-French paid be l'eltil 6 c t £3O paid 4 rl a i, 1 per en ~ 8 * Q 'trial 5 per Cent ul na D 2 Per , s o bef eat 321 ti tio Lan r °' 0 4 Warrants (Hectares) D 0 ,Per 0, 1) 0 u u ,,.. at, 1864 — lo4oallieecl, 4 per Cent 1 ,0. 40...,Per Cent., 1865 661 ';',.'o3 ~,5..01..1it k . ,) 41 . 1',7,r U at. (Uribarren) — h OO tier Cent., 1862 08 1 -~8 ° 3 Per Cent., 1853 I'laiko,e,culint toll" Per Cent., 1822, £St — D° 41 P , er C ent. 1850 --v o a h.t.'"r Cent., 1860 e nt., 1859 50 Per 0 901 89: 9 01 1i, r ,.5 pe ,eut. 1862 '4Oi.ohrk`-'elit. 1864 lil - " Per Cent D 0.6 0 A i 3 Per -..e ooillit Cent )9 0 ~"Nv I) fe,, 1)0 ilee°ll4et err ed 371 1 130 4'Bive k e°lllai Do kn ish ~.._, ................... . l ' - ' 4 e , " 1 ef Coup not funded —l6i. .1. T,ediai ANtii .. . , -I) o.. ti r' Per C e nt . ........ kist i 61*r C ent. 1864 DOA Do erjer Cent. 1854 'Jo G s - uunt ..... b o A Per c ent i:4L 664. b, 'ee'Ontlt • 8 D° I).f 100 t0n..(.1.8. D 0 A tr c ent. l_ii.., .................. _ 7. .:Zieorilt b° . 6 p,rl):f.)/Ida D o per k,ent., 1863 Ire° A . Ceut• 186 5 ,p a id Scrip — I) t,e0„....t 7 u p3B 7i 0.4 ,ll .............. • Per ,-. rl ztle,i, ,C en t. kxuaranteed — •••ott ' Per Cent. — 1./ 0 r 0u,,, .................. _ 'iel, 1 ,...e., . Per e„‘ -3 rit., 1862 no`:ulDat .... . .uo. li fer CelnBt6. I n D° . ividencts o . n . Z e . . 41;o— v — e - p — a . y . ;lll3 . .in London. ij° 4 . 3 c1 e . r Cei lt., 18 61, Ex. 25f. ..... -. —. "'tilt eO,„ D "tl s for 1 THREE O'CLOCK. Dot ik t , e -°4037 .............................. 861 1 04xit Apvil 863 7 .., ......... •(.. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. .0--- Share/ Railways. Bristol anti Exeter Caledonian Cain brian . . 93 95 130 132 65 70 /3 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 !Cork and Bandon. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. E.London, tcrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Wcstern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Ang,l. st. No. Great N ort 11 ot Scotland Great Northern Di. A stock Do. B stock 118 12) 38i 39, 6i Tt 121 126 11 , If Do. New, is. at 25 pn O t S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste.n -Originat' D.-. S. V4 l . Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... 83 00 t.9i 59 Do. W. Mid.— Oxto 60 61 39 41 31 33 102 1 04 119 i 120 87 80 96 Oi 38 40 44 18 121 12 9= r 3 (3 6 1 132 *3 2f If 1 Ili 97 98 Do. Newport Do. He, eford Lanc-tshire & Yorkshire , LJndon and Blackwall, Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. t.x. A Lon. & .North Western Lon. & South Western.. Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan-- Do. New Do. Extension 1 Metropolitan District Do d'.. do. Do. and St. John'sW'dl Midland Do. £9 Share 123 123 ; 1 2 21r 12 :14 Do, Birmin.. & Derby ►lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern— Berwid Do. G.N•E purehaat Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 61 63 7 28 109 110 70 ;2 105 1(8 Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union South Devon •outh E stern 35 37 104 114 p 122 125 1% 2p 14 2p 75 77 11 12 148 149 68 70 112 114 51 53 75 7 6 8 9 140 143 3 }p 102 104 Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale ot Neath Waterford & Kilkennz Waterloo & Whlteha I West Comma' 51 53 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ss 81 01 1211 4 134 401 501 i 1191 a v 64 38 121 I g P 2 I 132} 9S 71 1231 1 3 92i 1002 71 1071 36 63- 74 i p aid. l Closing Business Price. done. lIRITISII Atlantic f¢ Sl.Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,.tCen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. 1 1 shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. , 872-3- $.....• • • Calcutta & S. E., Bra .;4.e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben.lal, gu., 5 do East ludfan, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Eitasioi Grand Trunk of Canada) Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prd. Bouds Do. do. deterred Do. ?d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. ~'o. Gua. 5 t,er cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great W , R. of Canada.. Do. New .. Do. is p. C. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5) do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O Do. 4f do 43 do Do. Fitch Extension lfelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 6pc Istpf. bs. Scinde 1 Do. Delhi Do. do . Do. Puttjaub.... Do.lndus COLONIAL GO VER' British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. &Attz Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Ito. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. r. Inscribed ski Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 180-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 , Do. 5 per cent. ..15 April and 15 Oct., 11:00 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c. Do. 1878, do Kauritius, fi p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. Is7B Do. 188?, Mayls, Nov. it Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.,: l Nntal 4 40 v. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.Gp.c.Ja.SOul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186( Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1871 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c . Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18f , 84 Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril ,S; Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. Cravat Drakewalls • East Bassett allogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnisiake East Lovett E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Uam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L txey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist 41; Grenville Elerod's Foot .... 8 9 15 17 560 68) I 1 18 20 7 8 31 31 4 1 21 304 3 Si 5 7 20 21 11 2 34 4 18 29 3lii y 33 40 41 5 5 7 4 41 21 10:1 35 41 13 15 Ifingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley 4 Viwyndy Iron Ore, lin] - New Se ton - Northßoskear Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Pr, , vldenee UnylMant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow ~ ~ i :32 34 390 410 2 :8 22 9 11 19 20 1 6 I 2 S.Wheal Fran. tillogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Citgan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Tielawney (Lis 8 10 75 fso 165 175 80 115 I 25 27i 3 51 2'5 215 16 17b1 L'ILEFE LiENUE SRA kt KS. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 100 GLWestern. Wt. Midland, Oxford Ist guaranteed stock, 111 k Lancashire and Yorkshire, 8 per cent. stock. 128 London and N.Western, Bedford and Cambridge 87 North Eastern, York. 11. and Selby purchase, 10f North Eastern, G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref., 1061 I'ItiGFEMENce, 611 ALMS AND sTOCKS. Midland A and B £5 pf, 1 3 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London Tilbury, and Southend, 96t Nottingham and Grantham It. nad C., 90 FOREIGN RAIL WAY 6. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Ili Banta and San Francisw, gua. 7 per cent., 151 Dutch Rhenish, 22 Great Luxembourg, 161 Recite and San Francisce, 11m., gua. 7 per cent., 13 Sambre and Meuse, Ef San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 16 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, ' 6j f FOREIUN MIN Br. Alamillos, limited, Australian, 11 cape Copper, Jim., 11 i t Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, Care Copper, 16 rontlno and ixolivia Gold. 1im.,1?, St. John del Rey, lira.. 5 2 i 4 Tudanaihutana of S. Australia, lim., 11 DOCKS. I ondon and St. Katharine, 71 4 BAN tits. Agra and Misterman's. lira., 5 3 ,1 Alliance, tins., 281 8 18 Anglo-Italian. lim., 16 .61 Australasia, 73 Bank of British Columbia, 211 Barned's Bank, lim., / Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., Chartered Mer. of India, London, and Chirla,:46l Consolidated Bank, lim., 9; 10 EastiLondon, lira., Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 0 / 1 8 European Bank, lim., 12/ Imperial Ottoman, 131 Ditto, new, 12/ London and River Plate, 551 5 Ditto, issued at 1/ pm., London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23; London and 11 estminster, 901 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 15& , National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and 3d issue, 451 Provincial Banking Corporation, Ern., 61 7 0; 7 Union of Australia, 53 Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOUR„ Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2; f Canada Company, 87 8/ Co.nrnercial Union, Insurance, Credit Fonder and Idobilier of England, 81 Ditto, new, 71 Ebbw Vale, 18 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lint, 41 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of Landon. lira.. 4; Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 51 il International Financial Society, lim., I 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, fi per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 80 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 6.1 National Discount tompany. 131 National Provincial Marine, Urn , 1 orth British and Mercantile Insurance, 19 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Rm., 18,i I l'eninsula and Oriental ateam, Ditto, new, 501 , ;ESSIONa 53 6) 102 103 Ip 7t 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 if:s 106 36 67 84 90 66 68 60 63 59 61 50 55 47 4) 41 44 35 37 25 37 10), I'o4 i 31, P 9 UM 91 93 161 161 3/ 42 14 84 e 6 1 is 99 101 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 62 986 996 98 99 I i'l 98 99 T SECU: 04 £6 93 D 6 05 97 r 0 82 7i SO 101 IC3 104 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1 8 102 104 103 035 103 105 1(4 106 93 101 93 95 93 95 87} 88 100 102 89 81 f 8 100 98 100 104 106 1061 1071 [NES. FOSS 11 M 2.1.0 291 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.1) THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 11,60. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) DOW V. DOW AND 3fACANN. Dr. Deane, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Inderwicke, appeared for the petitioner ; and Mr. Murphy for the respondent. The petitioner in this case was a merchant, and he prayed for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, who filed no answer. The respondent pleaded denial, misconduct on the part of the petitioner, neglect and want of proper provision for her. The parties, who were both young, were married in May, 1851, and shortly after tie petitioner went to Shanghai, where he was engaged in business, and left his wife behind as she was far advanced in pregnancy. About two years afterwards she joined him in Shanghai, where they remained till 1856, when they returned to England. There were five children issue of the n.arriage, three of whom were living. Mr. John M'Lean, father of the respondent, proved the marriage, and said that at that time the petitioner was about 24 and his daughter something younger. Shortly after the marriage the petitioner went to China, leaving his wife behind him, as she was in the family-way. She followed him in about a year afterwards, and they lived together at Shanghai. His business called witness to Shanghai, and he went to see the parties in 1853 and 1854. Ile was there between three and four months, and, up to that time, they appeared on excellent terms. In 1857 they. returned to England. In 1860 they left for China, but the respondent became so ill at Marseilles that she was obliged to return to England. The petitioner made the respondent a most liberal allowance, but he could not state the amount. He had settled £6OO a year on her on her marriage. She had regular remittances from him. About seven months after her husband's departure she took a house at Birkenhead, and afterwards removed to Rhyl. He knew the respon dent, who was in business, and was connected with a line of steamers running between Birkenhead and Rhyl. Mr. Macann was living at a hotel at Liver pool in 1863, when an explosion took place on the Mersey which rendered his hotel uninhabitable, and he removed to the respondent's house. He remon strated with his daughter, who said that she was old enough to take care of herself. In 1864 she re moved to Rhyl, and went to live in a house there, in which Mr. Macann had an interest. Witness and his wife lived in the house, and Mr. Macanu occupied apartments there. The respondent com plained that the house was too large, and he and his wife took a small house, expecting that his daughter would come and live with them, but she remained in the house with Mr. Macann. She afterwards removed to Melbourne Hall, Surbiton, and he and his wife took a small house near her. At that time Mr. Macann wfts in great difficulties, and the furniture of his daughter was seized in consequence. He remonstrated with his daughter, who was very wroth with him, and he had a row with Mr. Macaun. That was about the fall of the year 1864, and Mr. Dow was expected home in the November of that year, and he understood from his' daughter that she was going to Paris or Lyons to meet her husband. She left on the 22d November ostensibly for that purpose, but he had never seen her since. Mr. Dow returned, and was first in formed by him of his wife's flight. He iden tified the handwriting of the respondent in a letter addressed to the petitioner, which was written in a most affectionate style, although at the time she was in the family-way by the co respondent. Mr. Borraidaile said that his brother's wife was the sister of the respondent. In January, 1865, he went at the request of Mr. Dow to Brussels, and was accompanied to the Bellvue Hotel by a Mr. Nasmyth, clerk to the consul at Brussels. He found Mrs. Dow there, and in answer to him she said she expected Mr. Macann in the evening. He did not notice in what condition Mrs. Macaun was at the time. He identified a photograph as a like ness of Mr. Macann, and showed it to Mr. Arnold, the proprietor of the hotel. Mr. Nasmyth proved having served the parties with a citation, and Mr. Arnold ,to their living together as man and wife. Mr. Murphy, at an early stage of the case, said he was not prepared to cross-examine witness or call any evidence on behalf of his client. The jury found for the petitioner on all the issues, and the Court made a decree nisi, with costs, against the co-respondent. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. MEETING (THIS DAY). At a meeting of the shareholders of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, held this day, the report stated that immediately after the meeting of October, the directors proceeded to issue the 12 per c'ent. capital, and by means of public subscription, aided by ar rangements with the contractors, the whole amount for executing the work required was provided. Up to that time the board believed, and had been so advised, that an extraordinary meeting of the company had power to confer a first prefer ence upon the 12 per cent. capital, but be fore the negotiations were finally concluded, a case was submitted to eminent counsel, who decided that such a course was not authorised by the company's Acts of Parliament. The direc tors were therefore compelled to abandon this method of raising the money for the present year's expedition, and will consequently return to all sub scribers for the 12 per cent. shares the deposits which they have paid. Subsequent negotiations with the contractors, in conjunction with whom the best legal advice has been taken, have shown that the only way in which the undertaking can be completed this year is by the creation of a new company for carrying out the work, and accordingly the Anglo-American Telegraph Company has been formed, with a capital of £600,000, and such privileges as, it is expected, will cause the shares to be readily taken up. In the constitution of the board of this new company, the Atlantic Telegraph Company has been duly represented, and has entered into a working agree- ' ment, the particulars of which will be submitted for the information of the shareholders in this company at the extraordinary general meeting on the Bth March. The contractors, in anticipation of the subscription of the whole capital of the Anglo-American Company, of which nearly one-half has been already bona fide taken up, are proceed ing with the manufacture of the cable, and the necessary work has also been commenced on board the Great Eastern, so that the expedition may be ready to sail as early in the season as po3sible. The conviction of all those whose experience gives weight to their opinion upon the matter, remains unchanged as to the almost certainty of success„ during the ensuing summer, and this conviction is enhanced by the very perfect state in which the submerged cable, and that on board the Great Eastern are found to be at the present time. The report was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting adjourned. Liverpocl Cotton Marker. —nig Day. Market opens strong. Sales probably 12,000 bales Or more. THE QUORN HOUNDS.—The dispute which has arisen among the members of the Quorn hunt, after many attempts at an adjustment of differences, has at last come to a termination, and the master, Mr. Clowes has resolved upon giving up hunting ; and this celebrated pack of fox hounds, which has been kept up for hunting in the county of Leicestershire, is now consigned to Messrs. Tattersall for sale. The pack consisted of 114 fox-hounds. A com mittee of gentlemen has been formed with a view to sustain the hunt, but at present nothing definite is decided upon. THE TELEGRAPH IN IRELAND.—Yesterday, the statute to amend the Telegraph Act, 1863, was issued. The Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland may take posses sion of the telegraph, and use the same for her Majesty. The powers in the act of 1863 are vested in the Lord-Lieu tenant, and various sections in the recited act can be used in Ireland, such as the priority of sending messages by the crown and requiring a telegraph to bo placed for the ex clusive use of her Majesty. Compensation is to be given to the company by the crown. Warrants for one week to be issued to take possession of the telegraphs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FROM TIIE REFORMATORY TO PRISON.--Peter Brush, a boy about 15 years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox with robbing his mother, Mrs. Brush, of No. 4, Tyler-court, Berwick-street, St. James's. • The prosecutrix, a respectable-looking woman, said the prisoner was her son, and had been, in con sequence of his dishonesty, a t the Feltham Reforma tory, and since he had come home he had been in the constant practice of robbing her, taking every thing he could put his hands on, and so afraid was she of being robbed by him that she had to lie awake of a night to see that he did not rob her. On Monday, as she was going out, and being afraid to leave the prisoner in the place, she told him to go out, and locked the room door, leaving her little girl inside. Instead of the prisoner going out he went down stairs till after she had left the house, and he went and ordered his sister to open the door. The child said she could not, as she had not got the key, and the prisoner then told her to open the window. and let down a blanket, and he would tie something at the end of it for her, so that he could pull it up. The child did so, and the prisoner then told he r t o l e t th e bl an k e t drop, and he would throw it up to her. Instead of doing so he made off with it, and was not seen after till that morning, when she found him lying in a dirty coal cellar at the bottom of the house. Anne Brush, a little girl about 8 years of age, corroborated her mother. Henry Witt, 67 C, said the prisoner had once been sent from that Court for a month for being found down the area of Craven Chapel. Mr. Knox said the boy had been at Feltham, and that had done him no good, as he was daily plundering his mother. He should remand him to see what could be done with him. Naval and Military Intelligence. Major-General George Marmaduke Reeves, C. 8., formerly in command of the 99th Regiment, died on Friday last. The deceased was educated at the Royal Military College, entered the army as ensign July 1, 1824, and had been constantly on full-pay until his promotion to the rank of major-general. Among other active service he served throughout the campaign of 1860 fn the north of China, com manded the 4th Brigade at the action of Sinho, the taking of Tangku, and storming the nearest North Taku fort, and was wounded severely in three places frnd slightly in two, but did not quit the field until all the remaining North Forts had surrendered. Ile commanded the advance from Tientsin, and the 4th Brigade in the actions of the 18th and 23d of August, and surrender of Pekin. The gallant of ficer, in recognition of his military services, was made a Companion of the Bath in 1861. Ile had received a medal and clasp fcr his services in China, and a reward for " distinguished services." The Racoon, 22, screw corvette, Capt. Count Gleichen, with her tender, the Whiting, improved class of wooden gunboat, 60-horse power, Lieut.- Commanding James M. Morris, is under orders to sail immediately from Spithead for Queenstown, Ireland. The Whiting, which has been commis sioned independently of the Racoon as that ship's tender, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday on a trial of her new machinery and boilers, under the supervision of the officials of the Portsmouth dockyard factory department and the steam reserve. The Mersey, screw wooden frigate, 3,773 tons, 1,000-horse power, preparing for commission at Portsmouth, yesterday made a first trial of her machinery under steam since her refit in the steam basin at Portsmouth with satisfactory results. The Mersey shares with her sister ship, the Orlando, the honour of being the largest and swiftest of the wooden unarmoured frigates in her Majesty's navy. The Danae, 4, screw sloop, 1,081 tons, 300-horse power, the further construction of which at Ports mouth yard was temporarily suspended some little time since, has been again taken in hand and will now be completed with her new form of fore-body —an entire alteration of her lines from the " dead flat" forwards, and the substitution of an upright for an infalling stem from above the water-line. By this alteration it would appear that the Admiralty have at length discarded the fanciful theory of the modern school of French naval architecture--the submerged bluff plough-coulter shaped bow, and have allowed their chief constructor, Mr. E. J. Reed, to give the Dauae a fore-body more in accord ance with his own ideas. The Supply, 2, iron screw storeship, Staff-Com mander Bawden, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Mediterranean, calling at Gib raltar on the 24th of February. A number of naval and marine supernumeraries from ships on the Mediterranean station were brought to England in the Supply, and were transferred to her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, yesterday forenoon, the Supply afterwards sailing from Spit head for Woolwich to discharge her cargo of old and returned•stores. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander James A. R. Dunlop, to the President, vice Mould, promoted to be 9, re tired captain ; Lieut. Edwin D. Acklom, Lieut. C. Talbot, and Lieut. Chas. J. Vidal, to the Pallas ; Lieut. Edwd. R. Foster, to the Ra3oon ; Cornelius Fox, master additional, to the Asia, for service in the Mersey ; John J. P. Ilitchfield, master, to the Pallas; James Robertson, master, additional, to the Indus, for service in the Jason; C. W. M'Conachy, second master, to the Sharpshooter ; Robt. Creigh ton, surgeon to the Pallas ; Dr. Adam Robertson, assist.-surgeon to the Cambridge ; Edward W. Led, acting-assist.-surgeon, to the Pallas ; Alex. Thompson, paymaster, to the Pallas; Matthew Inman, assist.-paymaster, to the Pallas; George Murray, clerk, to the Pallas ; and Richard S. S. Ross-Lewin, assist.-clerk, to the Pallas. The Cattle Plague. --.•---- LANCASHIRE (SOUTH). 1 . The plague spreads rapidly around Bolton and Leigh, and fresh outbreaks are reported every day. ! In Westhoughton, a township lying between Bolton and Wigan, Superintendent Scott visited a farm on Thursday where the disease had not made its ap pearance more than a week. He found that one cow was being dragged dead into a field, two were nearly in the last stage, a bull was lying dead in the corner of the shippon, a fat calf, for which the owner had been offered £5 a day or two previously, was dead on the barn floor, and the remainder of the stock of 17 were beyond recovery. It is not to be wondered, therefore, that the disease is spreading in this town ship as well as in many of the adjacent hamlets. In the neighbourhood of Leigh the attacks increased considerably in the last week, rising from 29 to 37, and the deaths also increased from 14 to 22. The experiMent tried by Mr. Diggle, of West Leigh, of isolating his cattle by sending them down his coal pits, has hitherto proved perfectly successful. In all 26 animals are now provided for in his mines, where they appear quite healthy. The mines are well ventilated, and a temperature of 57 deg. is maintained in the four sheds which have been pre pared. The disease makes no rapid strides around Wigan, but the report for the past week shows that there was no foundation for the hope that it was dying out. In the Wigan Union its, chief seat is Hindley, where several farmers have lost the whole of their valuable stocks, in spite of every precaution and the trial of the popular remedy. During the week also it has made its appearance at Go'borne, and there has been an outbreak at Latham, near Ormskirk, one of the principal agri cultural centres in the county. The Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society, at a special meeting on Monday, did not come to a conclusion as to whether a show should be held this year, but postponed a decision for a couple of months. The district depends in a great measure, now that the Cattle Plague Act has passed, upon Liverpool for meat, and fortunately for the country butchers, the public abattoirs there remove what would otherwise have been a great difficulty, as there is accommoda tion there for slaughtering 9,000 head a week. So far the act does not appear to have caused much in convenience, though the butchers grumble at certain alleged extortionate charges of the railway companies. WESTMINSTER. IMPUDENT ROBBERIES.—James Johnson, a low looking fellow, was charged with stealing an um brella from the person. There was no prosecutor, as he had left town, but a remand was asked for. Henry Gills, 287 B, said at a quarter past one he was on duty in Queen's-row, and heard a cry of " Stop thief !" He saw the prisoner running, with an umbrella in his hand, and stopped him. Prisoner said, " It's only my father running after me, and this is his umbrella." The prosecutor, who was not sober, then came up and gave the prisoner in charge, saying he had snatched it out of his hani. Prisoner then said he put three gentlemen in a cab, and one of them dropped the umbrella, and he picked it up. At the station he repeated this, but the prosecutor's wife identified the umbrella as her husband's. Prisoner adhered to his statement about the gen tlemen, and he was remanded till Wednesday. Joseph Blake was charged with stealing a sheet. Inspector Morgan, 277 B, met the prisoner at 1 o'clock in the morning with the sheet under his arm, and asked him where he got it. He said he found it in the ruins in Victoria -street, Westmin ster. The sheet was stolen from the leads of Mrs Elizabeth Blackmore's, 6, Wilton-place, some time in the day. The prisoner was charged with unlaw ful possession. Prisoner denied that he had come by it otherwise than he had stated to the constable. Mr. Arnold remanded him on the charge of felony. Attempted Sale of Damaged Tea.—Rmark- able Prosecution. _ _ ____.e._ ____ At the Guildhall police-court, yesterday, a sum mons was taken out by the Commissioners of Sewers for the city of London against Messrs. Henry Brown and Thomas Alexander Roberts, auctioneers, carrying on business at No. 22, Throg morton-street, for offering for sale 350,0001b5. of tea, which was the salvage recovered from the fire at Beal's-wharf, Tooley-street, and which was unfit for human food. Alderman Stone sat to hear the case. Mr. Baylis, the solicitor to the Commissioners of Sewers, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Poland (barrister) appeared for the defendants. Mr. Baylis said the tea was offered for sale by the defendants at the Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing-lane, on the 25th of January last, on be half of the fire insurance offices. The trade were in dignant at the quality of the tea, but with that ho had nothing to do ; his complaint was that the tea was unwholesome, and unfit for the food of man, and if he did not prove that, his complaint must drop to the ground. Ho believed that he should prove that it was not only in a bad state, but that in some cases it was stinking, and consequently unfit for the use of man. A long discussion ensued as to whether tea was " food," within the meaning of the act. Evidence was then given of drawing the samples from Beal's-wharf, and Dr. Letheby said am food analyst for the city of London. On the 23d of January five samples of this tea were brought to me sealed up, and I made a careful examination of them. In the first place, the samples consisted for the most part of very much damaged tea and charcoal--burnt wood. Secondly, I found they were all more or less in a state of putrefaction, the glutinous matter in them smelling very strongly. Thirdly,, I found, upon infusing them in water, that they turned out an infusion that had none of the characteristics of good tea. The description ap plies to all of them. The infusion smelt of putre fying matter. They had little or no taste of tea, and the solution was a pale colour, instead of being a dark colour, as tea usually is, and the strongest matter in the tea was in some instances entirely de composed, so that it gave no discolouration, and in the other cases almost entirely decomposed, so that it gave very little discolouration. I next found that they yielded per 100 grains from 3.4 solid matter to 6.2, the proportion of good tea being not under 20. I have no hesitation in saying that they are unfit for human consumption. Cross-examined by Mr. Poland—Tea is never coloured with copper, nor coloured at all when it is good. Ordinary green tea is coloured with a kind of clay, with Prussian blue and with turmeric, but they are not deleterious or injurious to health. The good green tea has a great deal of theine which is not found in common green tea. Mr. R. M. Holborn said he was a tea dealer, and his firm had been in business for 90 years. The firm was Holborn and Son. He attended Messrs. Brown and Roberts' sale on Jan. 25, and protested against the sale taking place. He had had samples drawn from the bulk by his servant. He had examined the teas, and in his opinion they were unsound. He did not call them tea—he called them corrupt matter and dirt. He said in the public sale room that it stunk, and so it did. He did not think it-- he knew it. (Laughter.) He would neither buy nor sell it, nor deal in it at all. Mr. Poland contended that the defendants could not be convicted by the act the summons was taken out under, as it was an act obtained by the Com misioners of Sewers for the City, and had no juris diction beyond. There was no exposing for sale in the City, and the fact of a contract being made there when the goods were out of the district could not be construed into an offering for sale within the meaning of the act. Mr. Baylis • said the offer to sell took place in the City, and for the penalties the defendants were liable. After some further discussion, Ihe summons was dismissed, the inquiry havi ng asted nearly four hours. METER A in lr t . ho Sa s n a t e l r e e y d II a r will appear to morrow monie Society's performance of the " Creation." ET n E igitt lI (Friday) Lij.— A TELEGRAPII LINE SIR THOUSAND MILES LONG. —The telegraph has '..lately been extended far up Fraser River, en route for Russia, and is now in working order from New York via San Francisco, to a point 400 miles above New Westminster, on Fraser River, making in round numbers about 6,000 miles.—Panan ta Star. BRITISH CHESS ASSOCIATION.—At a general mooting of the British Chess Association, on Tuesday, Lord Lyttelton in the chair, it was resolved that the pre sident and other officers shall hold „offico for two years and bo re-eligible ; also that a general committee of not less than 30, and managing committee of 16, shall transact the general business of the association. It was also resolved that a general meeting be held every year for business and a congress every alternate year. A new theatre is about to be erected at Paris, in which the works of Greek and Latin authors will alone be performed—such as those of Euripides, Sophocles, 2Eschy lus, Terenceand others. Something like 3,000,000 francs have already been subscribed in shares, and tho architect has completed his plan for the building. SUFFOLK. Mr. J. Hutton, cattle inspector for the Long Melford district and the borough of Sudbury, re ports that the rinderpest has again made its appear ance in Glemsford, at the Lodge Farm, occupied by Mr. Morley. There has been no change of stock on that farm for a year, and the plague has not been nearer than the Court Farm, occupied by Mr. Wm. Byford, a mile and a half distant ; and in another direction on the farm of Mr. Geodchild, about two miles distant. The parish has been free from the plague about six weeks, till this outbreak. The last case in the district of 21. parishes occurred a month ago at the farm of Mr. Hanchett, Stanstead, who had all his cows swept off. Mr. Hutton, on the sth inst., found a beast at Mr. Morley's diseased, which was immediately killed and buried, and eight more beasts that had been herded with it were also slaugh tered. Five bullocks and a cow which were herded on the same premises but not in the same stock-yard, have been put into quarantine in a meadow, medi cine administered,-and their coats well bathed and rubbed with a disinfecting fluid. A flock of sheep, now lambing, have also been isolated and removed from the precincts of the farm build inns. The inspector states that, previous to his appointment, the disease was in the parishes of Glemsford, Melford, and Stanstead, and lie has reason to fear that, notwithstanding all precautions used, there is still a dangerous virus lurking in that district, which remains dormant for a time, but every now and then breaks out in different parts. At Sudbury the Town Council have appointed a commissioner under the new Act, who, with Mr. Hutton, the borough inspector, visited on Tuesday all the cow-sheds in the town, examined and branded the cows, and took an account of their value. They found all the mulch cows healthy, and the sheds generally clean and in a satisfactory condition. 1021 3 2j 1) 1 105 i 5 37i II 5i 36 61 110 1 91 1 ITIES. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LIVERPOOL RACES—Tits DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MOLYNEUX CUP. LIaVEN CUP. Reporter Stortneock Frank Snowdon Lysbrian Lady Sandford Five ran. Won by a length. HANDICAP STEEPLECITAS E. Lord George. The Rogue.. Five ran. Won by 20 lengths. SPRING CUP. Jezabel WeMeek Caithness Nino ran. Wou by a length and a half ; bad third TIANDICAP PLATE. Vigil 'Pauttica, Malvern.. Bank of England Returns,•--This Evenino .• An Account, pursuant to t . cap. 32, for the week ending' ;he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, March 7, 1866. ISSUE DE: .AUTMENT. Notes issued .....C28,150,670 Governmt. Debt X 11,016,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £28,150,670 £28,150,670 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal .£14,553,000 Rost Public Deposits • • (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Governmt. Seen rities(ineluding Dead Weight Annuity) £9,915,483 Other Securities 19,305,309 Notes 7,116,213 Gold and Silver Coin Accounts) 6,057,725 Other Deposits 1 2 ;700,588 Seven Day and other bills 429,180 £37,536,871 March 8, 1866. .£37,536,871 W. MILLER, Chief Cashier. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.--This EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at fire o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS, On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Ardmore ['arbour 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 the purpose of amending the law on this subject, which was read a first time. CATTLE PLAGUE BILL. On the motion of Earl of GRANVILLE, tho house went into committee on this bill, the standing orders Nos. 37 and 38 being dispensed with. . . . . . Clauses 1, 2, - a,nd3 were agreed to without discussion. Clause 4 with some verbal amendments was agreed to. After some conversation some other classes were agrqed ,o. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. Tho SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. COOLIE EMIGRATION. Mr. BA ILLIE COCHRANE asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any inquiry has been instituted into the terrible loss of life in the coolie emigration ships in those voyages which. are called by seamen the voyages of death : Whether he is 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 had been 're ceived 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 cent. of the coolies wore 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 bo 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 connected therewith, he intended to take any steps to remedy this evil ? The LORD ADVOCATE supposed that the hon. gen leman refer red 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 through. However, he was quite open to reconsider the question if it should be desired. THE THAMES HEAD 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 navigation, 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 be 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 TOTTEN RAM 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 R,65. Tho ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said the motion 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 ho 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, ani he could see what the amendments were, he could not say when the bill would bo re -considered. NAVY ESTIMATES. Mr. FERRAND asked the Secretary for the Admiralty when ho 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 from England to that country ; and, if so, whether this 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 HARTINGTON 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 he in tended to move the adjournment on Friday, the 23d, to the following Monday fortnight. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS AMENDMENT BILL. Sir G. GREY moved the second reading of the bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE presented a groat number of peti tions against the bill. Mr. DISRAELI said ho was one of those who t , bo e ug . b l t i the oaths ought not to be lightly altered. ha IA d not to that had been rejected in the last sessio n deal with a real grievance. t showed that men on each side of the house a grievance.the oaths in existence shou the second reading Thtethß,ritiaonmeenatholic gentle ded as a very great would be well to have au of the bill, because ho i n the form of oath which he Id wa ll s ot Uo o t pp re e_ g s_e ar He should place on the "; istered to the members of that uniform oath to bo takefenlbtbli3t,nll members of the house. thought might to be admin house. giatified to learn that the present Sir w ire opposed, because it showed the that had been made that immense progress .on ques tion.Gbill as . G U n ot EY to He hoped the motion was now in a fair way of settlement, and that the same unanimity of feeling that had existed up to the present time Would prevail when they came to consider the amendment of the right mentlernan opposite (Mr. Disraeli). Si i r no il v . e C d A t i h it _ e xs' rcjection of Mr. Ate r N a E f l e v w D o E b G s er T a E t i o r n o s from eand the bill, which ho said was a measure to deprive Parlia ment of its Protestant character. [LEFT SPEAKING.' The sum of £35,000 was sent into the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. In consequence of some legal difficulties having arisen which prevent the possibility of carrying out the concession obtained by the Naples Public Works Company, the directors have announced their inten tion of returning the deposits in full to,the share- holders. Messrs. Clench, Smith, and Co., the finan cial agents, will also pay 5 per cent. interest fur the time the amounts have been paid. The 0 d Method of Horz e Training. We extrftet the ,following from "Here's Sport Indeed," by Lord William Lennox, in the llar,± i...umber of the Sporting Magazine:— As the racing season is about to commence, and the 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 paCks; and often the stud-groom undertakes the office of getting the horses into condition for running. The above system, which we think is au 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 thee 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 au exact view of the state of his body, whether he be high or low in flesh ; and it is also necessary to consider whether ho 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 diapento, 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 ho possibly might have become less heavy, less idn the e h t hloielaatonst,gheberir:,e that Bantingish, than he was. After this, for the first week of the month, the horse —not Prince llal's fat boon companion h t a e i n te d lik h e 01 —shou ld l p e o , rsometimestbeioufe splite likes i3e b s e a t, ns, alwayssometimes leav inginay feed at leisure, when alone. At feedieg7timo, 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 Take him perspire too much. The beans and oats should 15e 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. II 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 aro 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 sho uld cease to be cool, ho must then have some ale and white of eggs beaten together. in the last week the mash is to bo 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 he may have time to digest it; and on the day when the high-mottled racer is to appear on the course, ho must have a toast or two of white bread, soaked in sack, and the same just before he is led out to the field. By this means the two extremes of fulness and fasting are equally avoided, the ono 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 ho may not be disturbed until ho 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 we 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. ML RKETS,--This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Nearly the whole of the supply of boasts on offer in to day's market was composed of foreigners, in fair average condition. There were 42 Norfolk boasts on sale, via Yarmouth. 'They were disposed of at higher priced—viz., from 5s 10d to Gs per 81bs. Foreign beasts changed hands at from os 2d to 5s 4d per 81bs, being higher rates compared with Monday. Sheep were in short supply and sluggish request, on former terms. In calves very little was pass ing, at full prices. Pigs were a dull sale, but not cheaper. Thirty-five foreign beasts were seized at the wharf this inDrning. The Aberdeen boats is expected to arrive with about 200 beasts for Monday. It is stated that beasts for slaughter can be moved in any part of Norfolk. Per 81b to sink the offal. sdad s ds d Crse. At inf. beasts... 4 4 4 8 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 4 Second quality do ..4 10 5 2 Prime a i thclowa u 0.6 6 6 10 Prime large oxen ..5 4 5 8 Large coarse calvcs.s 8 6 2 Prime Scuts, ac.... 5 10 e 0 Pratte small d0......6 4 6 8 Crse. and inf. sheep. t 24 lu Large hogs .4 4 6 Second quality do ..5 0 5% 8 z•mall porkers- 4 8 5 0 Lamb....oi Od to O, Od, Su„titling calves, —s to —s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s t 3 s3s each. _ Head of stock on salo. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts Cows. lO 1 Cows Sheep Calves 5O Ca. Yes 4O eigs i2'o Pigs MEAT MARKETS NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supply of beef is limited, and the demand is steady on higher terms. I;eef, from 3s 8d to Os Od ; mutton, 4s Od to Os Gd ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 8d; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; cloven £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. A fair demand. o UMBEILLAND.-3.leadow hay, .£4 4s to £slss Od; clover. £5 8s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load, Supply moderate. WHITECHAFEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 5s to £6 17s 6d; and straw, Ns to Z 2 ls p©r load, A moderate inquiry. We understand that the first returns of the inspectors appointed under the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 1866, for the county of Middlesex, for the week end ing March 3 (exclusive of that part of it within the limits of the Metropolis Local Management Act) showa total slaugh_ ter of nine cattle only. Of these eight were slaughtered at Colnbrook and one a Spring-grove. We trusi., theraero, that the plague is now confined within narrow limits in this county. lorfoPr nnagtu:bl:teal elvrienaagnea Vienna,lYasi CHINESE PIRATES AGAIN.—IIONGEONG, Jan. 29. —The Jeannet Joseph, French brig, Castro, hence Jan.l6 for Shanghai, put back on the following day, having been attacked by pirates, who killed two of the crew and plun dered the vessel. The Alma, American schooner, Eldridge, hence, Jan. 20, for Nagasaki, put back on the 22d, having been attacked and plundered by pirates the previous day. Green robes, it appears, are now very much the fashion on the continent. The charming i s r e er v s e , r h a o l w o - f ever, will learn, not without some degree of alarm, that DukeEa Earl c ) off a green dress, and discovered R :which AoG: i r t s P. was composed I B ue pities tnPh oreD(:fesnss a n t 3ts e lfr:k u l k iNna n Tant d A g ew r i:ehDkon a i auct t A t nha a canTN siennd'TsadsDe recently e. ; cl:3enrtlyi otherwise the t h e Earl of Abergavenny, Stam fordcloudri,ou ld Duke b e o f M 3 a i r o q n u m i s o u o t f h D ; orthseet ; Charles St annar d Eus tEaacrel, Viscount Westmoreland; eountßaitinoas C sa y Baddesley Clinton, nai i , it and Mr. M arm i on F errero , of tapti r u n o a v u e t h h i a s t r o ig f h t t he to st b l e ni E o3 azl of Derby by a creation older : In course of time it may fairly be anticipated that these r attainders w ill be be restoredeversed to and that other extinct or ea earldom of 'Mit es h as a collateral the ba rony he dormant titles may the irili extant peerage. u le in M s Dir. crepe, of rope ; and Danby, the male representative of the house of & of Scropa of Bolton appears to belon g to A Ir. Henry James Jones, heir general of the same illustri ous race; Mr. Lowndos, of Chesham, and Mr. Selby- Lowndes, of Whaddon, are co-heirs to t he baronies of Montacute and Monthermer ; Sir B. W. Br id g as, in all pro bability, is entitled to the barony of Fitz-Walter; Lord Dulferin is undoubtedly the senior heir of, the Earls of Clanbrassill ; Col. Kemoys-Tynte has established his co.. heirship to the barony of. Wharton ; Mr. Anstruther- Thomson, of Charleton, county of Fife, is heir general of the St. Clairs, Earls of Orkney and Lords Sinclair; a Dillon is unquestionably in existence, the rightful Earl of Roscommon ; and a Fitz Patrick, who ought to be Lord Upper Ossery ; and Mr. O'Neill, of Similes Castle, is the heir general of the Lords O'Neill, as well as the possessor of their wide-spread estate, —Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerage. ._ . . .. . . -. By advie;s from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark the short exchange on London is 13.4. per £1 s t crlin and Sta ndard gold at the Mint price is, there:ore, at about the same price in London and Hamburg% The eourre of exchange at New York on London for bills at CO days' sight is about IC7& per cent. At these rates these is no profit on the iniporta ion of go d fr.m the Unittd States. ing, ceo ;he' ent 'Cu igli the nd nd on n ar I 201 10 100 i 100 100 100 all 100 100 ME J li lil I Ii I 95i 5 2074 7