The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-30 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET ...,..- AND COMMERCIAL IV TELLIG E N CB, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market is assuming a firmer aspect, as the time for the liquidation of commercial bills 1 Pproaches. The tendency of the specie movement 2 8 also inducing caution on the part of brokers, and the general quotation rate for first class bills is now equal to the Bank rate. In exceptional instances short -dated paper has been taken at 5-k per cent. Au amount representing £llO,OOO in geld was 'alien from the bank on Saturday. At the second ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the International. Contract Company, the report of the directors repeated the explanation they submitted in the last report of t heir meeting for limiting the dividends to 10 per Cent The official returns relating to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for the three months ending March 31 has been published ; from t hese it app ears th a t th e tota l d ec l are d va l ue o f t h e exports for that period have amounted to £46,991,165 i n gamet £35,635,707 in the co rres p on di ng p er i o d o f I-86 5, and showing an increase of £11,355,458. The increase was most perceptible in coals, culm, cotton y a rns, cotton manufactures, earthenware, haber dashery and millinery, hardwares and cutlery, linen Y a rn, linen manufactures, and woollen and worsted manufactures. The importations of the principal articles have been larger as regards raw cotton, flax, Petroleum, raw silk, tallow, sheep and lambs' wool, Wheat, Indian corn, flour, rum, brandy, unrefined su gar, tea, and wine, but smaller as regards 4e ° 1 1 3 , guano, provisions, coffee, fruit, and tobacco. The shipping accounts exhibit a slight decline in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade d uxing the sa me p er i o d f or t h e en t r i es i nwar d s, b ut sting is an i ncrease i n th e c l earances outwar d s, w hil e In the Coasting trade the,same results are generally apparent. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram this morning the French Rentes were 65f. 35c. Panic. \4 The English Stock Market has been unfavour .l4 influenced by the continued warlike telegrams 4 j° ll l Italy, and a decline of n e ar ly I per cent. has o a ken place t o -d ay i n th e f un d s. C onso l s are quo t e d ° 6 l to k for money, and 86k to for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are quoted 84/ to 85 ; Bank stock, 244 ; India Five Per Cents., 105/ ; ditto Bonds, 15s. prem. ; and dit to £l,OOO, 15s. prem. u Sales h ave predominated in the Foreign Stock ket, and prices a re genera lly l ower . It a li an kltocit is 46i 4 ; Turkish 5 per Cents., 31k ; Mexican, 19i 20i ; Greek, 12* ; Spanish Passive, Ali ; the Certificates 151 16 ; Brazilian Scrip, 4 the ; Egyptian Railway Loan, 3* 3 dis. ; and S tates New Egyptian Loan, 1f 2* prem. United Government 5-20 Bonds, 68k 69i ; Erie *fla res, 51 52 ; and Illinois, 79 Business in the Railway Share Market has re taained very quiet, and prices generally have shown increased depression. South Eastern have ; e r , c eded £1 ; Great Northe rn a n d Midl an d, eac h ; and Great Eastern, North Western, and atl etropolitan„ each ss. In the Foreign, and Colonial lines there is little C hange of importance. sank and Miscellaneous Shares continue exceed ingly inactive. Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are quoted / dis. ; London and Finan cial, 5i 44 dis. ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., dis. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £1,025 7s. Bd. on account of the dividend On the debt of Ecuador. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK , GcvEn D atErrr FUNDs. u Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, May 9 B6l t . B,„Per Cent. Reduced B5 4i Llevy 3 per Cent B4/ 0 " 6 'w 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 -- A I)0 - 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — "41nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, exire sth April;lBBs — Do (Red Sea Tele p graph), Aug., 1208..ia—arch. June. E I c-equer Bill s, £ l,OOO, 3 p©r Cent. — Do. Do £5OO — £lOO and £200 auk Do o E fou gland Stock, 5 per Cent Acct 4 13 I I •Azi GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -ladian Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 — D°. Account 1051 z, 5 Per Cent. Oct. 1870 1 -," :) . 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 4-'°- C ertificates _ Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent D D °- 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 n ° ' Per Cent., May 1879 — De.'-'°• Per Cent., per Cent., Aug. 1866 t, Bonds, £l,OOO l5 "o• 'under £l,000 A r , FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. A gelatine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — pm ....1 40 . • b -n an Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 razzli n 5 per Cent Do ' " 1 1 . Per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 , Do. 1865 -.0 Account 7O D e Q • 3_} t dis g o • k- , erlp, £45 paid p j nee Ayres 6 per Cent — ei n , ° , 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) D . 7 s o 6 . per Cent B6 Do. clip, £25 paid — pm ,o• 41 per Cent — Col o ue• 6 per Cent einbia' n 6 per Cent. C a n„6 per Cent. b a . ""84 rap er Cent., 1825 — nubi P • art. b o. , rincip z lea account Illador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 0 Dc ., Provisional Land Warrant — B . iP )ti an 7 per Cent — c ) ., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds D o tDO .tlOO Bonds • 1864 to. G overnitent Railway Debentures. (I r a £ 3 5 paid 1' per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do -,0. Account lt. Coupon s ternala 5 per Cent. — 4444 5 per Cent 1865 Do. A ce _ n_ ount kext?. X aremmana Railway D lca4 3 Per Cent ~ D o 1864 sr° per Cent. Anglo-French — outevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid i7o °llB ll Imperial 5 per Cent eiN,r Granada — -'-'0 2 per Cent Do Deferred ~, Do Land Warrants (Hectares) D o uo * -per Cent, 1864 — uluaranteed, 4 por Cent e nlvia n 5 per Cent., 1865 , Oo Accout — ,ortlia.„__ 3 h " 0 per Cent., 1853 Do" ° 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — It . Accou n t 118siall s p er Cent., 1822, £St Do 41 B 1 per Cent. 1850 3 'ti Per Cent. 1860 ,_ 3 pez Cent.lBs9 ,'? 5 Per C ent. 1862 9Ol e la 4- "! 5 per Cent. 1864 _ V ill iao per Cent 8 -.0. Account Pau la , 3 per Cent Do Account 1, 1)° New Deferred — 'Jo Account Do p assiv e — li o tl ar °,. Acc o unt 0; 8 , 0 Cert. of Coup not funded - —.. Q .ccount l5/ 1 D e c (11 . 8 . 11 4 Per Cent. — T tift , li Per Cent. 1864 1-,''ela 6 per Cent. 1854 — .„,-.-'0 Accou t li c 6 n — 00 Accou Cent. per lB5B — Do nt — lb) ° £lO O Bond s n 6 Per Cent 1862 — ,0 Account 631 -.0 £lOO Bo d D o 6 0 s D o ~ Per Cent., 1863 59/ Do 0 , Peer Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — DO-,..Act Account 32 1/ 21 11 2 V 4 Per Cent. Guaranteed elle4uela 3 per Cent. tott6o account ,-, per c e -... , .-,,, 1862 -,-,0 Account 121- 1864 32 lttili a • tetras on the a b ove p a y a bl e i n L ondon. bon I 6 1,,-, Cent., 1861, E x . 25f. — A ccount 461 7 6/ 1 Co ttsoi s for mono 86 1 TWO O'CLOCK, 1 IN. Account y .......____ Alt) t; , JRDER OF A POLICEMAN IN DUBLIN.—Late last ciggt (Sunday) a police constable in this city, while on ~„u tY , was fired at and mortally wounded. It appears that t 7° shot did not take effect, and that he cried out to stop !d4B ratlrderers Then a second shot was discharged, which olled him r 5 Then It is said that a civilian and tavo soldiers Were seen running when the cry to stop the 114444 was Lord. IsT9 urea Wm made. rICKPERENCE btlAtiNs Midland, Leicester and Ilitchin 4 per ct.. 67 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 894 south Eastern (tteading Anna., £1.0.6), 22} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 'ahia and San Francisco, 11.n. 1 gua. 7 per cent., 141 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 81 Recite and San Francisco, Lim., gua. 7 per cent., 121 San Paulo, Lim., gua. 6 per cent., 151 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 144 FOREIGN 41 t Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 21 Duji Pedro, Nor h Lel Rey, Linares, Urn., 2 BANK Agra and 31 asterman's, lim., 461 51 Affiance, lbw., 22i 3 21 Bank of London. 221 Consolidated liana, urn., 9 Ei Lug ish Joint 6toek, But, 7 Etuopean Bank, lim., 7i S luiperia, Ottoman. 11 .- - - new, 1 London Chartered dank of Australia, 22 dental Banx Corporation, 47 Union of A ustralia, 53 Union of London. fi4 MISCELLAN Credit Fonder and Robilier of England, 41 i I Crystal Palace, Ditto, Preference, 111 English and Foreign Credit, 4 3} ii en. Credit and Finanoe 01 London. Ilm., 3i Hudson's Bay, 16 Imperial illercantile Credit A 550.,11m.. International Financial -ociety, dm., 4 London Financial Association. lim , 15 14t Madras Irr gation and Canal, - ,13, Ditto I7i National Discount i ompany, Ditto, issued at 5 prem., of whioh 3 is to pay, 51 North British Australasian, 50 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 14 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Rm., 81 Warrant Finance, din., bi MR. DOULTON, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.— Great indignation is felt by the Liberals of Lambeth at the conduct of Mr. Doulton in voting against the Reform measure of the Government. A public meeting is to be held at the Horns on Tuesday (to-morrow) evening to consider what steps shall be taken with reference to this matter. Several old supporters of' Mr. Doulton are (we are informed) expected to take part in the proceedings. THE INHABITANTS OF CAMPDEN HILL, Brompton, Kensington, Chelsea, and Fulham, are in arms and, we believe, prepared to oppose the employment of two monster brick-kilns that are now neatly, if not quite, com plete in the once market-gardens near Earl's Court and the South Kensington Museum. It will provoke no wonder that such should be the case when we add that the kilns in ques tion comprise two enormous chimney-stalks, at the base of which are radially placed twenty-four large furnaces, twelve to each, for burning the bricks that are intended for use in the many miles of tunnels and other works of the Inner Circle Railway ; to this spot the contractors propose, as we are informed, to bring all the brick-earth that may be required for the purpose, from various parts of their uudertAkiug, and Ulm Duna it.—Aavimen. SHARE MARKETS, This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. I p aid. / Closing I Business Price. I done. 'lrristol find Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc fil.London, scrip Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. et in Do. E. Angl. at. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B stock Do. ;New. is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wale's 6. Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord Do. Newport 1)o. Hereford......„ Lano,shire,t Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. I , :x. A Lon. & orth Western Lon. it South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Jletropolitan Do. New Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. . Do. do. do. Do. and Ut. John'sW'd Mid.and Do. £9 Share Do, 13irmin . & Derby ►lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern— Berwie!. Do. 17.N•L purehamt Do. Leeds Do. York De. Carlisle Do. :)took. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-, , i North Lc'ndou Do. do. Isii4 Do. , 0.1865 'north Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C, ntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Min. bitJek Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern -;taines, Wok., .1; Wok Pall' Vale Do. C Vale ot Meath Waterford & Kitkeun) Waterloo & Whlteha West Cornwall 8 01 127 128 55 65 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 20 15 d' 114 116 394 4)4 6 122 124 1 7i ;38i 67i 58i 57 59 39 41 31 31 tO) , (2 1201 12 N 03 27 29 1201 121 V 92) it, 61 63 133,E 131 2i 3kp 1 1 IMP 92 (..5 123 1234 I 2 }: 92 04 t 7 t 8 6 27 109 119 71 72 109 110 36 20 2 4 :G iOB 1!.,: 119 i 66 (.8 49 61 75 7 6 8 9 140 H 3 1 3 ). 100 :03 52 64 BICITISLI lESSION:% Atlantic & St. Lawrence Botn.,Baroda,. Cen.ln. 54 53 1(3 104 1 0 41 5 8 9 gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Burn,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- .. • Calcutta & ~ E., lirn Jai.e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Benvil, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist 'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock 1 76 80 96 98 C 2 67 le° 102 101 102 11:31 Iclj 22 24 85 87 63 C 6 55 6, 55 57 50 55 41 41 4') 41 25 27 25 27 1096 1.06 16 21. If 2 p Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 4f per cent Do. Great Wi a. of Canada 99 101 91 93 D,,. New .. 10 Do. 6p. o. Bds- pay 1873 iC Lao. 5) do. pay. 1877-8.. 0 Indian Branch, limited it Madras, gua. 5 p.o t Do. 42 do t Do. 4i do 151 16 5 41.1 Di 4'6 83 -5 01 1 100 191 91 83 86 811 Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. lil.C'da,6pclstpf. be. Scindo . Do. Delhi Do. do • . Do. Punjaub.... Do. Indus St. Flo "u 61 $3 8 , 99 100 98 99 id 97 99 100 {lOO 2 100 100 —_ • .UL'. VIAL Go VSRN.kiENT British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 100 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. op. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 00 Ib3 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept la, 90 t 3 100. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 7 4 SU 785 1 Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 100 76 79 Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 tOO lu t IC4 uo.Apl.&Oct . 1890-1900 100 iO2 101 Do. do; 1.80-9 , 100 102 104 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 . 10u 102 io4 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April Lni. '5 Ga., 1000... 10u 86 81 Ceylon, 1 , 7,,v. 1868, 6p. 100 I , 2 1 , 4 - Do. 1878, do LOO h-5 1 7 Mauritiub, u. e, 1$ , Jan. and July Do. 1-78 .0. .88:, May 5, Nov. 10 104 6 Do. 1805, Feb. & AU2' lOO 104 06 alai ov. u per cent l O, 99 101 N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.,k I ul) 100 " 00 J. N. s. W. Gov. 5 p.c., Ise., 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 18, Ito 187, 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189, iOO 074 "8, New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 96 Do. 5 per cent.... - Nova So Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 28 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868- • 100 -- - - Do. 1878& upwards 1 0 105 XO7 Vic,G ov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, tf pril & Oct lOO 103 104 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 30 10 12 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 52! 510 Drakewalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 296 18 x 0 East Carauon 2.14.0 65 7i East Carn Brea 34 34 41 r.ast Grenville 2.14.0 34 4 East Gunnislake .. 8.3.0 1 East Love , ' 3 . 9 .0 8 9 B. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.. 3 35 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L ,xey, limited all 21 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 I 1, Great IVheal Busy 14.9.6 1 11 G. Wheal Vor (Heist 4 4O 22 5 Grenville 8.18.0 3 Herod's Foot ..... • Elingston ,owns 5.10.6 46 5 Margaret •thy Lelant 13.17.6' 4 13 Marke Valley 4.10.6 3.1 45 4 Ilwyndy Iron (ire, liar 21 21 10:1 .. NNoewrthSeßtoonake.a..r. .... 81 13 15 4 ‘ 3 3} 35 40 N o'lrVt h'llßa,hessat e ett r (l o t i l t ol .an. 2.13.04.4.0 1 I h II Prosper United.... • ... 7. 1 . 6 32 34 Pr vidence Uny Ltlant 10.6.7 S. Caradon (St. (.leer).. 15 375 400 South Condurrow 3.2.0 it S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 5 2 0 -- Stray Park 35 .1 5 .6 4 Tin Croft 9 13 15 5 Vigra and Cl, , gan, lim all , 3 5 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 9 8 9 West Chiverton ll 724 776 West Seton Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 54 80 85 Wheal Buller atedruth 16 20 22 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Setou -- Wheal Trelawuey (Lis 7 13 15 too 100 5 100 all 100 100 16.13.4 POSS. WO 100 100 all 100 100 THE SON, LONDoN, AIONDA Y EV EriiNgi, _APRIL 30, 1866. MARKETS.—This Day. forward at the next public sales will be unusually exten sive. According to the latest statement, the arrivals since the close of the last sales have been :—From Sydney, 16,366 bales ; Port Philip, 59,703 ; Van Diemen's Land, 3,786 ; Adelaide, 14,848; New Zealand, 8,267 ; Swan River, 2,077 ; Cape, 13,042. Total, 118,089. The wool trade since our last has exhibited rather more steadiness, but the aggregate business doing is very moderate, and at rather drooping prices. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd a d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 91 1 101 Half-bred do 2 0 2 1 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 71 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing LITERATURE. Ilain John Orpington. By the author of " Lady Flavia." Three vols. Bentley. Plain John Orpington, the village practitioner of Whiteparish, if not greatly liked, is highly est eeme d and respected by a wide circle of patients. He is generally spoken of familiarly as " Orpington," " John Orpington," or more frequently yet, as " Plain John Orpington." " His blunt speech, his almost Spartan homeliness, and his downright dogged honesty," having gained for the village d octor this distinguished appellation. The unwary reader of the history of this " plain, blunt man " naturally believes him to be a diamond in the rough, and imagines that his uncouth manners an d forbidding appearance conceal a kindly nature and a good heart. Such is the hopeful anticipation of Blanche Morton, who, as a friendless orphan, comes over alone from India, by her dying father's desire, to trust her own fate and her small fortunes to the tender guardianship of plain John Orpington. While the hearts of returning emigrants on board the Homeward Bound exult at the prospect of a return to friends and country, the forlorn Blanche, to whom England is no home, turns a mourn ful gaze on the receding shores of her native land, where her two parents lie buried. One of the lady passengers Fanny Devenport, a charming widow, as good as-she is charming, makes friends with the lonely girl, and proves ultimately a very guardian angel to the orphan in opposition to Plain John, who is a guardian of quite a different descrip tion. A heavy fog, of impenetrable denseness, is the kindly welcome that England bestowes upon her returning children, and as poor Blanche parts with her only friend at the railway station, she con fides to her the shrinking terror which from the very commencement of her journey has in creased upon her, and which seems to weigh more heavily upon her heart as she draws nearer to her place of destination. There is nothing in the appearance of Whiteparish, and the doctor's large, straggling, half-ruined abode to cheer the spirits of the traveller, while in the aspect of the two elderly maiden sisters—the one stern and forbidding, the other a would-be juvenile, with a fawning air and treacherous smile, there is everything to chill and repel. If she is hungry, she is told that she may have some cold meat, on this exceptional occa sion, but, as a rule, the meals must be at regular hours. The poor wayfarer declines the courteous offer, and goes to her room till she is summoned to meet her guardian. Remembering her father's confidence in the worth and sterling honesty of plain John Orpington, the friendless Blanche looks forward to his protection as a refuge from unknown danger. She comes down to meet him. He takes her hand, and she looks up in his face. During all her recent forebodings and appre hensions, even on her dismal arrival at her gloomy destination, " she had hoped against hope in this unknown guardian of hers." Now that she had met him, " she knew at once that she was face to face with her Embodied Fear !" We have followed with so much particularity the opening scenes of this tale in order to give the author full credit for producing a good theatrical effect. The reader participates with the heroine in a sensation of coming horror— absolutely a " sensation," one of the rarest things to experience in a " sensational" romance. It was lamented in former days that " never were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness," and as suredly at present we may say, as far as we our selves are concerned (but then perhaps we are har dened), that there never was so much of the " sensational," and there never was so little to produce sensation ! In the situation above de scribed, the author of " Plain John Orpington" does succeed in exciting a rare emotion. Poor Blanche has met her guardian and her solitary hope is over. Here is a charming por trait of— MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was very quiet. Buyers of all qualities were very cautious in making purchases, and prices were less firm than on the previous week. For barley, oats, beans, and peas the demand was in a sluggish state, and the quo tations had a drooping tendency.. The flour trade was dull at barely late rates. On the Continent the wheat trade is very quiet, and prices are somewhat easier. At New York wheat and flour have commanded more attention, and have changed hands at rather higher prices. But moderate supplies of home-grown produce were re ceived up to our market last week. The imports from abroad consisted of 26,779 quarters of wheat, 8,397 barley, 17,046 oats, 112 rye, 351 beans, 337 peas, 109 tares, 4,240 rapeseed, 10,069 main', 410 sundry seeds, 2,857 sacks, and 2,000 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were moderate, and the condition of the produce was, on the whole, tolerably good. The demand for nearly all qualities ruled inactive, and owing to the large arrival of foreigu wheat, previous quotations were with difficulty supported. However, last week's prices were obtained as far as good and fine dry wheats were concerned, but as regards inferior qualities, the market had a drooping tendency. There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands• The trade for most descriptions was rather quieter than on Monday last. The amount of business transacted was only moderate, yet prices were in most instances supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request at late rates. The market was scantily supplied with English barley, but somewhat extensively with foreign qualities. The trade for all descriptions ruled quiet at last Monday's currency. Malt was in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. There was a good supply of oats on offer. Most descrip tions were in fair demand, at last Monday's currency. Beans wero in short supply, and the trade ruled firm, at full prices. Peas changed hands at last Monday's currency. The market was very moderately supplied with samples There was a moderate demand for flour at late sales. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old 46s 51s Do., white, old s2s 5s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do., new Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— Harley—Grinding Malting 36s 43s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 21s 28s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2ls 27s Cork, white 23s 283 Scotch, Feeding 22s • 27s .... Beans—Tick ,., 39s 42s Pigeons .., 46s 50s Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel French, per sack 348 38s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign stock on offer in our market to-day, in, for the most part, good con dition. On the whole, sales progressed steady, at full quotations to a slight advance. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our grazing dis tricts were rather limited, whilst the quality of most breeds was not equal to Monday last. From Ireland and Scot land the receipts were on a very moderate scale. The at tendance of buyers was by no means extensive, and the beef trade was by no means inactive. However, most of the stock was disposed of at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. A few superior Scots realised bs 4d, but the general top figures were 5s to 5s 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge, we re ceived 920 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from other parts of England, 300 various breeds ; from Scotland, 170 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 30 oxen and heifers. There was a fair average number of sheep in the pens in prime condition. All breeds sold freely, at very full prices. The best DOwns and half-breeds, in the wool, realised 7s ; out of the wool, 5s 6d to 5s 8d per 81bs. Prime lambs were very firm in price, but inferior lambs were rather cheaper. The quotations ranged from 8s to Os per 81bs. About 500 lambs reached us from the Isle of Wight. Calves were in short supply and good request, at from 5s 4d to 6s 4d per Blbs, being very full prices. In pigs only a limited business was passing on former terms, viz., from 4s to 4s 10d per Blbs. Per 81b to sink the offal. sd s d Crse.& inf. beasts... 3 10 4 2 Second quality tlo ..4 4 4 8 Prime larg, oxen ..4 10 5 0 Prime SeAs, ac.... 5 0 5 2 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 2 4 8 Second quality do ..4 10 5 dad Pme crs-wool sheep 6 0 6 4 Prime o'thdown .0.6 8 7 I, La ge coarse calves.s 4 6 :0 Prime smidl d0......6 0 0 4 Large hugs 4 0 4 4 rnallporkerd 4 6 4 10 - - Lamb....Ss Od to 9, vd. Suckling calves, 2ts to 248 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 3.5 each. _ _ _ .., ..._ ______ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 3,540 Beasts 1,77 G Cows — Cows. sheep Calves 4O Ca ves 2O rigs 3BO 'Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 9,128 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received . 9,284 ; in 1864, 5,814 ; in 1863, 4,518; in 1862, 2,140 ; and in 1861, 2,095. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp — ... 3338 ... ... 36 ... 58 BoulOgne l2O ... 456 ... ... Bremen...... Gestemunde 258 ... 600 Cadiz - ~. -- Calais.. — ~. -- Corunna — ~, -- Dordt. - ... - Dunkirk - ... 34 Dieppe. . 71 ... Hamburg 733 ... 1641 Harlingen — Havre — Ostend l4 Oporto Rotterdam.. Beasts. 5 ... 105 ... _ ... _ ... 41 ... -- ... • •• .. ••• ... ••• 60 ... 2 ... 43 ... ••• --- .•• - ... 113 Total 1,565 ... 6,127 ... 223 157 ...1056 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 1258 ... 2954 ... 94 ... 443 ...1109 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and s o ld i n tha Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, May 1, 1865, and this day, Monday, April 30, 1866. Per Bibs, to sink the offal. May 1, 1865. April 30, 1866. sd sd sd - s 8.. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 8 310 to 4 2 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 410 b 0 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarseLwoolled do 5 4 5 8 6 0 6 4 Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 6 8 7 0 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 2 4 8 8 4 510 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 5 0 4 6 410 Beasts 4,810 3,540 Sheep and lambs 24,160 20,320 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 2, 1864 . —Beasts, 5,270 — sheep and lambs, 25,820—calves, 209—pigs, 480. May 4, 1863—Beasts, 3,990 —sheep and lambs, 22,640 —calves, 143—pigs, 450. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are but moderately supplied with meat. Generally speaking, the trade is steady at very full prices. Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d e d ■ d Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton.... 3 6 4 4 Riddling do. 3 8 4 2 /diddling mutton.. 4 6 5 2 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime do 5 4 5 6 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 10 5 8 Large pork 3 10 4 4 - Small pork. 4 6 4 10 Lamb, 6s 6d to 8s Od. BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business passing in hops is very mode rate. Prices, however, rule firm, and without material change from last week. The imports into London last week were 8,3 bales from Antwerp, 114 Boulogne, 72 Rot terdam, 18 Hamburg, and 30 bales from New York. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex . 60s to 112 s Yearlings —s to -- s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Tho supply of potatoes on sale is moderate. For most qualities there was a fair demand, and prices ruled firm. The supply was almost wholly confined to home-grown produce. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do 7os to 100 s „ Flukes ~ „ Rocks 4l:s to 60s If SEEDS. Linseed and rapeseed have moved off freely at about late rates. For agricultural seeds there has been a fair de mand ; but the inquiry for cakes has been in a sluggish state, and prices have had a drooping tendency. WOOL. The exports of wool from Australia and the Cape con tinue large, and it ip probalo that the purply to IN Drought TALLOW. The tallow trado is steady to=day, and prices have slightly improved. The quotation from P.Y.C. is 47s to 47s 3d per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow commands 45s 3d net cash. Routh fat, 2s lid per 81bs. Particulars. 1863. 1861. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 41,032 50,417 34,519 29,525 Price of Y.C. _ t—sOd—s Od —s Od 478 3d Delivery last week....,, 1,377 965 1,147 1,065 Ditto from June 1 75,240 70,546 88,644 98,222 Arrival lest week .... 115 --10 Ditto In is June 1 77,995 83.116 77,766 95,264 Price of Town LAW INTELLIGENCE —(This Day). - COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Shee.) BILEOROUGH V. KENNEL In this case the plaintiff had been employed as foreman in the rebuilding of the Surrey Theatre, and the defendant was the printer of a publication called The Operative Bricklayers' Society's Circular. During the course of the construction of the theatre a number of the copies of the publication wore circulated amongst the workmen employed by the plaintiff, and tho result of somo of the articles was that the workmen became discontented, and ultimately a strike took place. The plaintiff in consequence was unable to carry on his part of the contract, and the work he had undertaken he was prevented from finishing, and thus the work was lost to him, by which he sustained serious loss and damage. ]le brought an action against the defendant, as printer of the publication, which was tried before Mr. Justice Shoe, when thejury found for the plaintiff, damages £lOO. Mr. M. Chambers this morning showed cause why the verdict should not be set aside or the amount of the damages reduced, which the defendant thought excessive. He (defendant) was not the author of the article that had proiuced the state of things which had 1 een attended with such serious results to the plaintiff. He urged the court very strongly to grant a new trial, because the defen dant was not the person who had in the first instance been the cause of the special damages the plaintiff contended he had received. He was merely the printer of the paper in question, and he contended that the proper person who should be called upon to compensate the o p p la i i n n io ti n if o w f a t s he th c e o a n u r t t h t o h r n o t fthtehdeamaratgicelse,wihf i i e t h sh t o h u o ld pl b ai e n t t h iff e alleged he had suffered had been proved. The Court refused the application on the ground that the damages were not excessive. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED 'WITH OBSTRUCTING THE POLlCE.—Letitia Groves, an unfortunate, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner, and M r. Stewart Johmann, of 3, Cam den Hill-road, Kensington , was charged with obstructing JoLhnotLhberithdboreit,lgseB c —On Saturday night, seeing a crowd of, 58 C, in the execution of his duty. persons in Princes-street, Coventry-street, and hearing the quarrelling, 1 went up and told them to go away, and they did so with the exception of the female defendant, who re fused to leave, and, set to shouting. As the crowd reas sembled, I took her into custody, when the male defen dant came up and put his hand on my shoulder, and in sisted on my telling him what I was going to do with her, and I did not give him an answer, and told him to take his hand away, and he then went to my other side, and tried to pull the female away, some other men also inter fering with me. Another constable came to his assistance, and we then went to the station; on the way themale de fendant getting in front of me, and obstructing me, and putting out his foot, and trying to throw me down. He then came to the station, and insisted on seeing that the female was not locked up, and I then charged him with obstructing me. The male defendant said—Seeing a crowd collected, I went up and asked what was the matter. Not getting an answer, and seeing a woman struggling and shrieking, I asked the constable, who said "Go to the station, and you'll see ;" and I did so, thinking that I should bo ad mitted, the same as to any other court, but on getting to the entrance I was nearly thrown down by a constable, and on my expostulating with him, and telling him that he was not justified in treating me in that violent manner, a sergeant said, "If 1 had to deal with you I'd lock you up," and I was them forcibly seized and placed in the dock with the female to answer a charge which I say is utterly base less. I have a witness to call. Police-constable 166 C—l went to the assistance of Leighton, and saw the male defendant with his hand on his shoulder. The defendant got to the station before we did, having stated that he would see that the woman was not locked up. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then if he got to the station before you did, that does away with what the constable says about his having attempted to trip him up on the way to the sta tion. Enough has taken place, and I shall dismiss the defendants. SHAMMING BLINDNESS.—John Tooke, a lad, was charged before Mr. Tytwhitt, as follows: Thomas Turner, Mendicity Society officer, said that while in Hay-hill, Piccadilly, he saw the prisoner with a board round his neck on which was painted, "Please, pity the blind and fatherless," and also accompanied by a dog. He watched the prisoner after seeing him receive several pence in a few minutes, and as he knew him not to be blind he took him into custody. The prisoner was in the habit of begging to support a worthless mother and a man she lived with. The prisoner had been two or three times before convicted for a similar offence. The prisoner begged to be allowed to go this time, but Mr. Tyrwhitt committed him for three months with hard labour. THAMES. ASLEEP ON THE ROAD.—Bonjamin Brown, hay dealer of Romford, and 28 years of age, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself, his horse, and his cart on Saturday evening in the Bow-road. Police Sergeant Ripp, No. 5 K, said the prisoner was lying on the bottom of his cart dead drunk and unable to move. The reins had fallen from the prisoner's hands, and the horse was proceeding dawn the road at a fast trot without guidance. The animal was quite sober. Mr. Partridge—What animal ? (A laugh.) - - Ripp—The horse, your worship. The prisoner said he had been up two or three nights, he was very sleepy, and a friend gave him some rum which laid hold of him. Mr. Partridge—And your horse and cart are proceeding along a public road on a Saturday evening without guid ance, and with the owner fast asleep in his cart. You are fined 20s. The penalty was paid. A VERY TROUBLESOME WOMAN.—Margaret Norton, a middle-aged woman, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and making a disturbance at the White Swan public-house, in High street, Wapping. Mr. Samuel Norton, the landlord of the White Swan, said the prisoner was married to his brother, and that she was a very dissipated and turbulent woman. She had been in the practice of coming to his house under pretence of asking for her husband, but in reality to annoy him and make a disturbance. She came to his house yesterday (Sunday) morning, at 11 o'clock, while respectable people were on their way to church and chapel, and made all the noise she could. She demanded a sight of his father's will, and said she would do some mischief if it was not given to her. He called for the police, and gave her into custody. She had broken up four homes, and ruined her husband. Mr. Partridge—Who gave her that black eye ? Witness-1 don't know, sir, indeed. The prisoner—A woman who is now cohabiting with me gave me a black eye. days' imprisonment. Partridgefined th© prisoner, and in d e f au lt seven Liverpool. Cotton Market —This Day. Market opens quiet, at falling rates. Sales pro bably 6,000 or 7,000 bales. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.—Two dogs met the other day, and approached each other slowly and surlily, with stiff backs and dignified legs. They were a large Pomeranian and an immense Dalmatian ; and the follow ing dialogue was overheard between them—Caesar : R-r-r-r-r. Fritz : R-r-r-r-r-r-wugh ! CEesar: Stop ; a word in your ear. Fritz : Don't you bite, then. What is it ? Caesar : We. don't mean to fight, you know, and don't you think we've done enough for respectability ? Come, let's be friends, and pay our respects to those small-Uor mans at the shop round the corner ; they look good, and wo shan't be seen, or, if we are, we shan't be caught ; or if we are, we can show fight. Fritz : Show it, yes ; but I protest against making it. Canal.: Agreed, agreed. And they scampered off to the Sausap shop, the best friends in Europe.--,Examiner. PLAIN JOHN ORPINGTON. "It was not his broad flat face, it was not his heavy under-jaw, it was not even the unwholesome hue of his complexion that inspired a prejudice against him. Neither was it that his hands were red, or that his lank hair looked draggled and damp: But the eyes, the terrible eyes—eyes not remarkable for form or colour—in them it was that Blanche Mort,n read the expression of what is, perhaps, the most dangerous agent of evil upon earth—a pitiless will. A cruel will, rampant, merciless, unscrupulous, strong with the blithe strength of the serpent that can twine his loose folds, as if in sport, around the trembling antelope, and presently crush the bones and devour the carcase. Poets have described eyes as the windows of the soul. What sort of a soul was that, thought shuddering Blanche, that glared out upon her from under John Orpington's black brows ?" How this pitiless will is exercised, and how Blanche's terrors become justified and confirmed we shall not reveal. We have said enough to promise the sensa tional reader a rare treat, and we may congratulate the author of " Lady Flavia" on the production of another clever novel, although the hero selected is most repulsive, and the main incidents of the story are not of a pleasing character. The Quadrilateral. One Vol. Saunders, Utley, and Co. A volume of graceful verses written by three friends and dedicated to a fourth—" the fourth angle of our quadrilateral " in a complimentary in troduction. Some of these little poems are above the average merit of such productions, and almost all are melodious and attractive. Mr. Gladstone as Leader of the House of Commons. " Warder," in the Sunday Times, writes : " I am sorry to be driven to the conviction that Mr. Gladstone has, in his first experiences as leader of the house, systematically, and apparently with deliberation, pursued a course of conduct disre spectful to, and inconsiderate of, that house. It was an act of ostentatious distrust of that house to sepa rate the question of the re-distribution of seats from the question of the extension of the franchise. Mr. Gladstone told the representatives of the people, in so many words, I have no faith in your integrity, your sincerity, your patriotism, your honour.' Such a challenge had in it not much that tended to lay a foundation of future confidence, or to generate warm personal sympathies. It was rude, dictatorial, and defiant. Then, in smaller matters, Mr. Gladstone has exhibited a lack of tact, ready judgment, and practical wisdom. It was eminently injudicious, for example, not to meet Sir Fitzroy Kelly in a more amiable spirit in reference to the postponement of the discussion on the malt tax. By not giving a promise to provide that learned gentleman with an early and suitable opportunity of bringing his mo tion before the house, he irritated a great number of gentlemen whose feelingi it should have been his aim to soothe, and offended the most earnest of his own partisans by an apparent indifference to the in terests of Reform. He lost a clear night to the great debate, and thus forgot what was due to the convenience of the Legislature in particular and the country in general. The same mistake was most flagrantly committed on Monday night last. Every body had expressed a desire that the debate should not be prolonged until next week; and, therefore, it was felt that none.of the time of the Legislature should be wasted which could by any means be de voted to the all-absorbing question. Mr. Sheridan's resolution on the Fire Insurance Duty, however, stood for Tuesday night. Mr. Gladstone is known not to entertain the most amiable feelings towards Mr. Sheridan ; and it may be presumed, therefore, that he did not feel disposed to place himself under any obligations to the courtesy of the hon. gentleman. The consequence was, that another night was sacrificed by Mr. Gladstone's peevish egotism. This is a comparatively trivial incident, perhaps, but it affords a significant illustration of those elements in Mr. Gladstone's character which disqualify him for the finer and higher responsibi lities of official statesmanship. It not only reveals poverty of resource, but serious defects of temper. And, above all, it forms another instance added to many previous instances, of Mr. Gladstone's habit of looking at the House of Commons rather as a play thingd of his policy or the ladder of his ambition, an. not as the responsible representation of that public opinion against the majestic resolve of w hick it is tensions absurd in a man of even Mr. Gladstone's pre. f to contend. But a more characteristic exhi ton o impatient vanity remains to be recorded. On the introduction of the (l udic:4a of parliarnentary reform, Mr. Gladstone gave the house pretty distinctly to understand that they need not expect any explana nations of the financial policy of the Government, or of the financial condition of the state, until that matter was disposed of. This was said with a cer tain tone of vaingloriousness and self-complacency, as though Mr Gladstone was firmly persuaded that the interest of the house in his financial measure was so . great as to constitute an inducement to hurry the Reform Bill through the house against its in clination. On Thursday night he treated the house to the very antithesis to this insult. He coolly announced that, as it was agreed to close the debate on the Reform Bill the following night, be should make his financial statement on Thursday next ! He, in fact, assumes that he shall be in office at that time. 'With the cunning of ar. electioneering dodger, he pretends to entertain no doubt whatever of the re sult ofthe division. He is as certain of a good working majority as though the lists were already in his hands. This is not amusing; is is not even clever ; it is simply undignified and tricky. " All th ese i nd i cations of moral infirm i ty have had an u nquest i onable effect upon the House of Commons, with whom Mr. Gladstone's relations are at the present moment anything but comfortable or encouraging ; and, whether the second reading be carried by a majoriy of two or twenty votes, ven ture to predict that the right hon. gentleman's reign over that assembly „m ___ is virtually at an end."- A Possible Coalition. - 0 - Lord Derby is possible, b u t h e has no majority, and would be compelled to rely every day on Mr. Bright's forbearance, and would be unable to deal in any satisfactory way with the inevitable difficulty which will meet any Ministry in the preparation of a Reform Bill. Lord Stanley would have more chance, for many Liberals have confidence in him, the bulk of the Tory part would follow him as their best alternative, and the mass of the Undecided would be pretty sure to approve his administrative measures. He would be as little likely to plunge us into a war with America as Earl Russell, and might by dint of audacity and painstaking prepare a Reform which both parties could accept as a set tlement of the question, a Reform which, admitting the workmen to a hundred seats and redressing the balance as between North and South, should not establish a precedent leading directly to numerical rule. If he could but rid himself of Mr. Disraeli either by sending him to the Peers, or to Paris, or to both, he might found an administration which could really work, which would at intervals hold power for considerable periods, and which would in the end remodel the platform of the great Conser vative party. This, though unnoticed, is perhaps the greatest result to be expected from such a coalition. There exists in England visibly and at all times a great mass of conservative or, to express it more perfectly, of contented feeling, which ought to be, and usually has been, fully expressed in Parliament. Owing partly to the unfortunate blunder which induced the Conservative party to stake its existence upon an unsound fiscal policy, with which its principles had no more to do than with the fashion of dress or an improved system of gardening, and partly to the advance of opinion, this feeling has been thrown out of rapport with those who profess to express it it Parliament. Commercial conservatism, profes sional conservatism, labouring conservatism are scarcely expressed at all, and the Tories, resuming the old name—a fact of curious significance—have degenerated into a mere party of squires. They can compel legislation against a cattle plague, but on any non-agricultural subject are in a hopeless minority. The truth is, that from the Protectionist taint they have so long preserved, and the ex cessive incapacity of some of their leaders, city conservatism is ashamed to act with them, and they have driven the average members who want to improve - things, but not to make great changes, and who see no incompatibility between wise finance and belief in agriculture, so cial reform and a variety of grades, religious liberty and a Church Establishment, into the Liberal ranks. Lord Stanley himself, but for the circumstances of his birth and some peculiarities of temperament, would long since have been driven away, and the' party threatens every day to sink into a position in which the functions of her Majesty's Opposition could no longer be performed. A few more such elections as the last, and it would practically be, as in its present form it ought to be, extinct. If it is to survive, it must be remodelled, and the governing idea of renovation must be made to express, not agricultural, or reactionary, or even stationary ideas, but the thought of that great mass of Englishmen, proprietors, traders, and even workmen, which, though hostile to every felt abuse, is constitution ally indisposed to change, by habit distrustful of mere ideas, and by position inclined to believe that most visible evils are not organic, but only super fluous, to be removed by pruning instead of eradi cation. A party which followed Lord Stanley would be sure to drift into that position, to consi der the Constitution as almost the only fixed datum, to remove abuses, yet to be reluctant to make ex periments, and therefore to receive the cordial sup port of all Conservatives, whether urban or agricul tural. ,It would be again en rapport with the age, just as the Peelites were while Peel was alive, and might be as strong as they were, to the immense advantage not only of Conservatism, which is get ting weak, but of Liberalism, which is getting in effective by reason of the completeness of its victory, and therefore to the great advantage of the country. For such a policy men could be found in plenty, and though they would in the end be beaten, they would succeed in compelling Liberals to close their ranks, think out their policy, and propose reforms large enough and sound enough to enlist the hearty support of the people. No such coalition could be or ought to be led from the Liberal side, and we trust the experiment will not be seriously tried. The need of the country is to re invigorate the Tory party, not to enfeeble the Libe ral one, to have both kinds of opinion expressed well and fully, not to have only one expressed very badly indeed. A Conservative Ministry dependent for support on Whigs is a Ministry in cautious motion ; a Whig Ministry dependent on Tories is sure to be nearly immovable. A renewal of Lord Palmer ' ston's reign would be an intolerable evil, one which would in the end provoke Mr. Gladstone and the country into a line of action far more hostile to true Conservatism than anything yet attempted. Such a Ministry would be compelled to lay all projects of Reform aside, and so live perpetually at the mercy of those who are pledged chin deep to Reform, would see the Radical party grow daily stronger, and would fail entirely to utilize the most detest able faction within the house, the men who at heart hate Lord Stanley because he is sensible as much as Mr. Gladstone becauce he cares for the people, who subscribed for the South and justified Mr. Eyre, who would keep Dissenters out of the Universities not because of their religious ideas, but because of their social position, who hold in their hearts that God created the world for " gentlemen," and who consequently turn the house every night into a bear garden by au attempt to supply deficiencies in wisdom by their proficiency in in u or ' and and clamour. gahc L tt o iv r Lti d z S .l ' , lley could utilize itlli.inenitshfeiirt they could not at all events vote make the Lord Clarendon, or any other greaagit:Erthi4r, not, except by concessions which t _ : 1 %; a Government coalition worse because weaker It is a Con could he d set. le \ g r u b i i rge , d ir i f t Navc'eliurtld's-u:tt;teto:Cn pftaonrayseerrivoleyantei:cveaohtmiccalhla.ll'iLitoloivoloolliirnsleidl, composed exclusively swehriveahtiivser -0 OD such an administra adffe e l a c y t i s n ga promotions, o e m f fo o r c t t o paralyze z e wil will theirfi tion we may,, L iberals, avoid course a t n h y e r e e h : n i g ] g s e o t g b r e ea n t s l u y al and appeals to Lord Derby and jealousies of Stanley, but if the division is such that Mr. Glad stone cannot or will not remain in power, a coali tion of which Lord Stanley would be the leading spirit will, we think, be very nearly inevitable. it or anything else, Tcry Government included, would be more acceptable to the country than a renewalof the late interregnum. Coalitions are never popular, and this one could not last, but it would afford time to the Liberals to rearrange their ranks, harden their resolves, and select, finally, the men who are to lead them, while it wou ld secure in the end what we as Liberals believe to be a great object, the thorough remodelling of the now dying Tory party. —Spectator. 122} 136, 7 571 12C1 t 1 92a 62 :33i 3 123 21 7k 31 41 1041 3 261 6 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--.This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING. Tais DAT A GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Cathedral (taken) Cto 1 agst Windham (taken) Bto 1 agst Dalby (taken) 10 to 1 agst Miss Haworth (taken) 10 to 1 agst Regalia (offered) DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Rustic (taken) 3to 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 100 to 7 agst Radars (taken) 100 to 7 agst Vespasian (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCB. OLD TRAFFORD RACES-SATur.DAy. Trial Handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 added ; certain winners 51b extra. About one mile on the fiat. Mr. Turner's East Stanley, aged, 7st 91b (E. Iliehardsor) Sir IL De Trafford's Mildred, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Carve 2 Mr. Smith's o.ultou Lowe 5 yrs, Bst - (v .) 3 Mr. Dobson's Moor g a me , 4 y rs , 7st 131 b (car 7st (Nr:18 or,) 4 Mr. Phillips's Jolly Boy, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Sle'igh) 5 Mr. llineson, Malvern, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (1Iaz1el Nod) 6 Won easily by half a length. Persuasion will struck out of the race at 8.30 a.m. Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 'l5 added ; certain winners 71b extra. About two riles. Mr. Copelan g 's Stanton, age d , li st 71b (in. 71b ex.) (M t. Edwards) 1 Mr. Smith's Oulton Lowe, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr. T. Newton) . 2 Betting-4 and stol on Stanton. Tbe game son of, Newminster cut out the work by a couple of length s , which distance he soon increased. Though Mr. Edward s permitted Mr. Newton occasionally to approach hint vn the way (after Oulton Lowe dwelling at the hurdi r , the straight), the race was never in doubt, and St/Anton passed the post an easy winner by four lengths. The Hunters' Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 20 added five-yr-olds, 12st 21b ; six and aged, 12st 71b ; winners 141 b extra; jockeys, 71b extra. Two miles and a half, over the Steeplechase Course. Capt. Hughes's Tom Tit, aged, 12st 71b ... (Capt. Ricardo) 1 Mr. J. Taylor's Kilkenny (h.b.), aged, 12st 71b...(Owner) Mr. 0. Fermin's Little Peter, aged, 12st 71b Mr. J. Millwr.rd 0 Tho City Steeple Chase (handicap) of 5 sous. each, with 50 added; certain winners 71b extra. About thre e es and a half. Mr. Clayton's Crusade, aged, list 131 b (in 71b ex.) (E. Mr. Copeland's Bri an B orhoime, aged, list 51b (in 71b ex ones) 1 .) Mr. Fermin's Woodbine, 5 y rs (Mr. E dwards ) 2 , lOst ... (G. Waeadington) 3 Mr. Hall's Blue Light (h. b.), a ge d , lOst 51b (Mr. T. Newton) 4 Sir H. De Trafford's Jerusalem, aged, 10st 71b (J. Knott) 5 Mr. Taylor's Young President (h.b.), 6 yr s , l Ost 71b (E. Johnson) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Crusade, sto 2 agst Woodbine 5 1 agst Brian Borhoitne, and Bto 1 agst any other. to RACING FIXTI RES FOR 1866. Ascot Spring.,:.. 1 Salisbury . Bath 8 York Spring Harpenden lO Epsom Summer l5 21 1 C.. 29 West s a sa ney e se o te Drayto n r JU. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton Odiham Beverley l3 Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l5 Liverpool Summer 19 Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne.. 26 Worcester JU Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract 9 Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Radcliffe Spilsby ' 21 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Caen Goodwood 3l AUG Deanville 7 41 Brighton Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 St oc kton l5 I Oxford l6 I Hastings 2l (York August 2l Dover 23 Plymouth Lichfield Tunbridge 23 Yarmouth Derby Summer . ,.j Weymouth 99 Baden Baden 3l :MBER, SEP TE Warwick September 46 Leicester Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn 21 Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. OCTi Bedford Northampton 2 Royal Caledonian Runt and Kelso Newmarket2d October-. Et Newmarket Houghten ... 22 IRISH RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Cork MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 1 JUNE. - —. 0 urragh — 26, 27, 28, 29 ___ __ JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curragh 4,5, 6 OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RAC. INTG FIXTURES. Bruxelles 3, 6 Vissembourg 2l Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 Paris (Summer) 26, 27 La Marche 2l • JUNE. _ _ Vincennes 3 Montaüban Toulouse 24; 28 LY. Abbeville Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Saintes 2B, 29 Caen JST. Le Mans Laon l9; 20 Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l Toulouse St. Omer Rouen 1 Dietz 8, 9 Amiens AUG Deauville....., 4, 5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg SEPTE. :AMER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LONDON, April BO.—Wind this day at noon --South. Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LIIEnpooL, April 29.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—California, steamer, for Barbadoes; City of Limerick, steamer, for New York SWANSEA, April 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Collean Bawn, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Garland, from Val paraiso. OFF LIVERPOOL, April 28.—Arrived—Stromboli, screw steamer. CARDIFF, April 28.—Wind W.—Sailed—Berwickshire, for Bombay. CowEs, April 28. wind N.E.—Arr ived—A tlav screw steamer, from New York, and then proceeded for Bremen,. TROON, April 28.—Wind' S.W.—Arrived —Che v alier from Belfast, for repairs. DOVER, I April 29.—Wind S.W.—Arried—Alice, from Caen. R_Balled—City of CLYDE, April 27. Wind I.S.S. Montreal, for New York. LB: ELE:::OC:lB7:l3foloruiday Morning. Twelfth of May, from Arrived, April 30. DEAL, 111 0 r, • y Morning. iil29.—Eliza and Selina, fr t o h m , Arrived, Ap' Passed, April for the west. fSoyrstellkeehnlo.rth, from the manufacturing di str i cts the accounts for the last week have in some instances been more sat i s f ac tory. Business a t M anchester in both cloths andyarns, however, h as b een dull, and t h ere i s little disposition evinced to enter in operations for either home u se or for exportation. The woollen trade of L ee d s, B radford, and Huddersfield has not been active, but p r i ces h ave rema ined steady. At Leicester and N o tti ng h am rather more activity has prevailed in the hosiery and lace departments, and in the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton more animation has prevailed from America. consequent upon the receipt of considerab le orders ELECTORAL STATISTICS.--There are in England 121 municipal boroughs and market and other towns, with a population of 5,000 and upwards, which are not now re presented in Parliament. Amongst the largest of them are Burnley, i n Lancashire, w hich has a po p ulation of 28,700 ; Staleybridge, whic h has 24,921; Croydon, 90,325 ; Gravesend, 18,722 ; St. Ilelan's, Lancashire, 18,396 ; Mid dlesborough, 18,922; Leamington, 17,958, &c. Then there are 14 metropolitan parishes, or parts of parishes, contain i n which are not within anyg a r e p p o r p e t s t e l anttieodn borough u pwards ;th o e f y s a , O r e oo as , follows :—Chelsea, 63,439 ; Fulham, 15,539 ; Hammersmith, 24,519 ; Hamp stead, 19,106 ; Kensington, 70,108; Battersea, 19,600; Clapham, 20,894 ; part _of Lambeth, 19,146 ; Putney 6,481; Streathatu, 8,027; Wandsworth, 13,346; Leigh, 6,162; LeWiSharn, 22,808; and part of Fluuatead, 19,21.9. CTS T. Share, a