The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-06 00:00:00

NIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. e The discount market continues in an active and .s s3r state. The capital on offer is more than suffi t'.'ent for present purposes either trading or specula blve, and the rates remain at 4i per cent. for the en es h t , b ills, with exceptional transactions at 41 per ` - `u• There is no doubt but that much of the paper 4 1v °1° being put i n t o c i rcu l a ti on was k ep t b ac k l as t e ek in anticipation of cheaper money. The acc ounts from the manufacturing districts for th e Past week have in several instances been of an tuigatisfactory, character. At Manchester prices of b oth cloths and yarns have experienced a decided kn eell ne, consequent upon the late advices from am erle a• The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, H uddersfield, has been dull, o ,ving to the un favourable weatherhaving checked operations of - L T s P r ing goods. The hosiery and lace trades 'eicester and Nottingham have shown symptoms h re covery from their late depression, while in the I\ a , dw are districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and olverhainpton, there has been little change of i4j r p „ Nr tailne to report. te : o ue report of the Merchant Banking Company 4, 111111 ,, ends a dividend of £1 per share, absorbing 00 , and making, with the distribution of 12 4 ( 1 . in June, an aggregate at the rate of about be per cent. p er annum. Th e sum o f £ lO,OOO i s to e p l aced to rese rve an d £l,OOO t o p re li m i nar y ex pe4,,ses, leaving £5,139 t o b e carr i e d f orwar d. to T he second ordinary general meeting was held T it (la y of the shareholders of the European Bank. O, : r eport recommended that a dividend of 7s. 6d O . ut be e declared, being at the rate of 7 per 413 `'. per annum on the mean capital, which will sorb £14,074 17s. 6d. ; out of the remainder the f ith e ,, et ° l l propose to carry £lO,OOO to the reserve a' , and the balance to profit and loss newaccount. Two o'CLocx. t e i 4 e t Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 70 e g :aln• the French 3 per Cent: Rentes were 67f. de e English Stock Market has experienced further teciation to-day, the funds having receded * per 140 at • The English department appears to be the Inactive, the business negotiated being very t itai te d; and sales forming the principal part. Con alse depre sse d an d are quo t e d 881 Bfor money, a ta ° ,?* for the April account. The New Threes 10 3 educed Annuities are 87* ; India 5 per Cents. ta 104 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101, and r ° quer Bills 4s. to 7s. prem. d o re ign Securities are, with one or two excep 8, tolerably firm, but there has been very little 72 1 s B . Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 4: do. ;Consolides, 53f ; Mexican, 26 *1 ; do. I; ( i t ; 25 i 4 ; Greek, 201 21*; Spanish Passive, 32* i ; Certificates, 16* 161 ; Italian, 641 ; do. New, ha 'l's. • and the Confederate Loan, 40 42.hu ued , e Railway Share Market business has con inactive, and prices in some instances ex ta. ' l ed less firmness. Great Eastern have declined a nd Great North A Stock, Metropolitan, and 1-orrtilt_ Stafford, each 10s. ; while Lancashire and taZ hi re, and North Eastern (Berwick), and South 1.1 1 have each improved ss. 4 8 t ile Forei gn an d C o l on i a l un d er t a ki n gs there den ii little change of importance. t e ai lk and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit no ma alteration, as prices declined. Alliance are 47 at 33i 4 ; London Joint Stock are dealt in at Union of Australia at 541 ; and London (N teial at 211 ; West London Dock shares are 11 prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 I : prem. ; l ari. re Pelitan District Railway, 41 5i prem. ; and Railway, 21 prem. a g o BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 'lle ) IntE FUNDS. Do °ett. Conso lsNT BB -1 I 4 o. Recount, liller e e '"elint, Mar. 9 B4 kevi , 3 4 t. Reduced B7 4 'eve i P e r Cent 874 7 , D o. z Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — N i , i Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — D o. f lee, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 kDo ( Z 3 0 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ke1 1 ,,,,,‘ El Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — q l ler Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — )3 £5OO 7 at k _ Of o. £lOO and £2OO I , IN ) - Jngland Stock, 54 per Cent 246 ik iia ' i l iA3l GovEnNatErrr SECURITIES. bo I f t Oek, 1 4 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do ,Recount D o. ',Per Cent. July, 1870 1 )0. 4 - -ceount b o. Per Cent Oct. 1888 13 0. ,Certificates — Do, 6 n iaeed Paper 4 per Cent — 0 61Per Cent, Jan. 1872; N. e Per Cent, May 1879 — b o. ,Per Cent., Aug. 1866 — b°l'l o, i t lle, £ l,OOO — -.der £l,OOO — pm Ate} F OREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. bl!iab • D _ K,,11 . 6, - , Bonds, 5 per Cent 4, 0, 4 T 5 per Cent ___ b h -- sb_Per Cent, 1852-58-60 ', 0 4 0 , A u. 18631 — n (11',JO f ''"Yres per Cent — tli a Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 0,b,P4,6 Per Cent — Ltoi 4 7 Per Cent — I la, 6 per Cent. — Do 11 Per Cent. bl ) o. Per Cent., 1864 — k h llisl i '''' l l), £55 paid — pm ,uos",_Per_Cent, 1825 — D A) 0, 5 Per Cent. 1864 9 8 eki l l,. Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — a 4 11 ? rincipalities *04,,,,u,1 0 aid 3 i- dis ' . 0 ., i.;: s l evr Con . solidated, 1 per Cent — rtia t , u 7 v isional Land Warrant — Per Cent , o, l e o , o o l3 zid o Issue 94 54 95 D° t o . lids b kie r i _ 1864 (} r ho A ce % <Coo paid pm Zit 6 0 tit — Do A Per Cents. 1824-5, ex Coupons ti n ee ennt ' 2li 204 e ' i l 0 Pons I kto det ount lb, r tial n ~tv. 1831Ln - per Cent. Do R ' and 1850 0 18; Per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 684 li " ( lb e °° kic h ti P, £lopaid b o !I , b bce° 4s, ~ ke Per Cj n t, 1I nt ip 6 pe 1864 25; II ° r Ceat. Anglo-French — ) 4t re4c Scrip, — the k O3 evi d h Ex. 25f 20c 4 e lt t iell t e , a n 5 per Cent., £3O paid —pm h_Qr kii 'APerial 5 per Cent e2eada ~0 be, r Cent _ .1 1 ' ) c L 'erred q an • , a4 4 , warrants (Hectares) bo 3 , 1 Per Cent. b° li ver Cent. (Uribarren) 7 -- o. Per 0 o tt A e Cent. 1862 ' — bltti le Zinit b ° A ce — 3 Per Cent., 1853 D ° ° a pe uulat -- ) 1 4 , A e 4 - Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, D0)4,14 Pert 41. r Cent., 1822, £ St., b° Cnt., 1850 b ° ( , 8 ,. D e ,. , 1860 p b ° b c ,, k,..;eut., 1859 ek,,t, ' - 4 ‘-;ent., 1862 titian 1864 thL ) : A ee s Per Cent ' 9O Vill, 3 'ant D ° /tee Pe r Cent — b c, ° l%/ 6 ,:1i,, , t 47/ n ° l'ap. •'"eferred tbit i c e „, 1) NI 0 ill it 321 f 1 )v ° A e q• of ecti ,eeo u „, t Coup not funded - eli. ; !lti 4 151 161 158 N-94 16 Per C ent. — Do c e ,6- 1 ' Cent. 1854 — t, 6 110 Unt I), 4 ke Cent 1858 — b ti4llnt 701 70 e G p e il ends Do A r 0 , 1) 'ke ent. 1862 .0..4 ( r 0 xnt . .. 6. t . . 721 14 V'uo qPer o e 4 a B i 2f e s ,)4, aa,,,not• 1863 _ ,00,tiejami.ee,i 4 „ -, per Cent be . Ace 3 - , "r Cent. t ic ; 6 pe °ll nt l'iO . AP•c r c eui,.lB6 6 Quilt 2 Per c ...... B o.o _, 41 4 41 ivi d0 ''-, 18 64 4l b t lki 4 a, 5 pe tlcla on the above payable in London. Itch, p er r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins I^ l . 5 4 1 Pero ce nt., Ex. 25f. '1;44 Der Centt., Ex. 12 Gail It e, Iterit Certift,..tes — NA s eo l ,," t. a Per Cent. — °, 4 I)<* Ce . t" — CeOli za /a , 1 861, Ex. 25f. 0,41 1451 e, D r A, 0 Iley TWO O'CLOCK. 8 , 0 1,, 0u1at ., ................................. ..... 8 i April 4ceo.ur.4 ....................... 88 pe,,„ *Vool Cotton Market—This Day. titmfili h I ,_ ilti.,'Aay,,,Cr-,4..,"tte.r feeling prevails to-clay, and Sa "N'eq 4 g ` 444 in Borne instanees, have beeia im -1)On. Sales, 5,000 bales or more. ii cp e ` k to- a v 0 f of a ir e , 5 ,vOO SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. I Paid.i Closing I Business Price. I done. ir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon.. • • • Cornwall Do. A A gets no divJ Do. B till6p . c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wrstern Great Eastern, Ord. s t k. Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther 3 D A stock Do. B o Do. Yew, is. at 21 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original D S. Val. Bail gua. Do: South Wales :. Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newpo t Do. Ile . eford Lanc shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bri S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lou. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle DO:i shares Metropolitan. Do. New . Hid and ... Do, Birmin it Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. :4 shares %lid Kent .. No , th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling.) De. 4.. 185548... Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18f4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st ook 'zirews &1i elchpool Shropshiie Union' South Deton -outh E stern ;tallies, Wok., dc Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny , West Cornw tll W. Har lepool Han& R Do. A irredeemable Do. A. redeemable BRITISH P Atlantic do St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, gu. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron, Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug.l, 872 do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., Um.. Ca e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East, Ben2al, gu, 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Eitasion Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bond 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 24 Pri f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim ) gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wt s. of Canada.. D.-. New Do. G p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Po. 5 ) do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited IMadras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's Bay.. New Brunswick & Can. Class A and B pc Ist 'Abdo Scinde Do. Delhi V. a Do. do Do. Pun aub Do. Indus St Flo " 91 93 13th 132 ti 6 66 68 )6 17 87 89 107 I'9 45} 16i 7 8 1271 128 1101 141 127 3 88 90 731 73: 49 5! 46 49 102 t 1131 114 81 66 10 104 37 28 116 /16 951 96 6 , 61 118 119 It W I 1311 131; 100 102 S t 53 5 /6 1074 10, 63 65 9) 100 381 391 1' 12ip 9/ 1 10c. 118 I'2o 114 12 1 Vp 78 79 11i 111 138 142 44 46 G 9 61 5i 53 86 86 9 1 160 165 3i 4q, 109 111 75 78 ISIONS. 55 67 100 101 id . 1 .1 1 4i 6 ti 74 78 g 7 oa 75 85 1( 0 102 09 100 100 101 17i 18 83 93 66 68 56 68 60 61 53 55 50 53 45 48 25 27 2t 26 10) 101 id P E P 93 100 8 9 2i 12d 85 (0 77 tO d 991 10 0, 9: 94 88 9J 62 64 3 5 82 84 08 100 9i 100 Id Id vg 160 94 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR: British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31. 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-M. Do p. c. Feb & Au. 2: D sp. c. Mar, & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. • & July D0..5 p Inscribed sk Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 1)o. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July _ Do. 1,78 Do. 1882, May ;5, Nov. Natal , -;ov. o per cent.. N. B.Gov 5 p.c.Ja.S; July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,18C6 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1875 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 few Zeitland, 6 p. centl Do. 6 per cent. Nova So tia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 187.8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July Do. do, e pril & Oct BRITE Cam Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ast Cam Brea East G:enville Eart Love.' E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam .& StA übyn(G wen. Gr..at L •xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist a GrenviLe Herod's Foot ... El ingston Downs Margaret (Tiny Lelant Marke Valley M wyndy Iron Ore, lira Nangiles New Seton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Uny Lfilant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft West liaesett (Illogun W. Caradun (L skeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth %V hea Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal T elawney (Lis Wheal 100 100 104 100 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 2.1.0 9) 9? 90 92 93 9.5 73 80 78 80 103 106 105 107 106 108 101 106 1.2 104 108 110 102 104 101 106 1(8 109 105 107 90 93 98 100 92 91 90 91 101 105 87 90 92 95 102 104 ,I 1 M . INES. 21i 3 32t 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 li 18.18.9 30.17.6 6 6 29 31 580 59.) 19 2 1; 14 15 6 6, 4 44 10 11 3f 41 6 17 '8 If 2; 34 35 2} 3 z. 14 36 31 4 6 8 1 41 5 Ofd 16 18 35 45 474 5i 10 3.12.8 8 586 7 12 H t 2 3 36 33 35 530 550 20 25 15 17 141 15 74 86 7 1 00 626 190 100 100 105 Hi 133 190 200 19 20 i i 105 107 107 i 104 iIE S. [ARKS. PREFEREN Great Western, 4 per cent. irr PREFERENCE SHi Great Eastern 4} per cent. pr., Ditto, new pa cent -pf., 94j London, Brighton. &c., 41 per cent., 1858, 97 London, Chatham, Arc., Mctrop. Ext., U 6 per cent., 701 LINES LEASED AT FIXED_RENTAL3 Lancaster and Carlisle, 2:21 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 54 RES D STOCKS. FORE) GN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 i 11ahla and San Francisco k 11.n.) gua. 7 per cent., 15 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 12 FOREIGN Australian, 11 Y aoananiutana of S. Australia, lira., 2 BANKS. Alliance (tim.), 331 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd., 181 Bank of Queensland, lint, 2lj Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 312 Chartered kier. of India. London, and China. 51 i C olonial, lint., 422 East London, lira., 61 European Bank, lim., 112 2 2 • imperial Ottoman, 172 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint., London Chartered Bank olAustralia, .24 London and Cuuuty, 742 London Joint Stock, 472 7 London and South African, 22 London and 11 estminster, 95 Merchant Bank, lint ,:332 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lina.,` ‘ :9j South E istern, lira., 102 Union of Australia, 8314 j 4 Union of London, 532 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Um.. 813 Bo.bay Gas, lim., (1 6 Ditto, new, 31 City of London Real Property, lim., 2i I City of Milan Improvements, hm., 9 1 City Offices, lim., 56 Commercial Union, Insurance, Bi 9 Credit Fonder and Mobiii. r of lowland, 9 East India Irrigation and Canal. 64 Egyptian Cora. and Trading, lim., 41 Electric Telegraph, 113} Gellivera, lim., 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lira.. 61 .1 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., International Financial society, lim., 61 Joint Stock Discount. lim.. 81 London Financial Association, lim.. 211 Scottish Australian Investment, lim.. 121 Telegra‘h Construe. and Maintenance, lira., 81 By advicn from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.5 per £1 stcrlin Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 5-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills st 60 days' sight is about 244) per cent., and the premium on gold 127 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the importation of goNI from the United States. 100 10 10 10 100 'OSSE "'BE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1865 MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The demand for wheat in the country markets, held on Saturday, ruled inactive, but prices of all good and fine produce were steadily supported. For barley, the trade was quiet, on former terms. Oats, beans, and peas were steady. Flour was in fair average request, at late currencies. On the Continent, the wheat trade continues quiet ; but the export demand for most descriptions of spring corn rules somewhat active. At New York, both wheat and flour have further advanced in price. Notwithstanding that the export demand is very limited. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were small. The imports from abroad amounted to 16,655 quarters of barley; 2,782 rye; 50 beans; 6,333 linseed; 3,917 oil-seeds ; 4,970 maize ; 90 sundry seeds ; 275 sacks. and 1,000 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex were very moderate, but there was an increased supply of Kent produce on the stands. The total quantity of English wheat exhibited for sale, however, was small, whilst the general condition of the samples was but mid dling. There was a great want of activity in the demand for all qualities ; nevertheless, all good and fine dry samples steadily supported last Monday's currency. Inferior and damp produce changed hands at about previous rates. The supply of foreign wheat on sale was but moderate Both for American and Continental descriptions the trade was slow, yet no change took place in prices from Mon day last. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at about stationary prices. _ _ With English barley the market was but moderately supplied, but there was an extensive show of foreign pro duce on sale, for the most part of poor quality. Good and fine malting qualities met a slow sale at barely late rates ; otherwise, the barley trade was dull at about previous quotations. The trade for malt was quiet, on former quotations. The supply of oats on the stands, ex granary, was mode rate. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, and last Monday's prices were with difficulty supported. No alte ration, however, can be made in the quotations. Beans were in short supply, yet the demand for them ruled inactive at late rates. For peas the market was steady owing to the small supply on offer, and all descriptions commanded previous rates. In flour about an average business was transacted at previous quotations. The market was scantily supplied with barrels. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 388 to 11s Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 4ls 45s Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 ... 46s 52s Rye-- Barley—Grinding 22s 258 Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 548 618 Brown Kingstown and Ware 548 618 Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Linoolnsh ' ., Feeding l9B 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBB 238 Cork, white l9B 238 Scotch, Feeding l7s 228 Beans—Tick; 3ls 335 Pigeons, Peas—Grey .. 33s 38s Maple White 368 388 Boilers 348 37s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk 258 27e American, per barrel ... 21s 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a large supply of foreign beasts on offer here to-day. A portion of it was derived from Belgium, Hun gary, Switzerland, Holstein, and Normandy. Some of the French beasts wore in prime condition, and disposed of at high rates. The show of foreign sheep and calves was only moderate. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were by no means extensive, and the quality of most breeds was only middling. From Scotland the re ceipts were remarkably good. The show from Ireland was inferior. The beef trade was somewhat heavy, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last of 2d per 81bs. A few very inferior Scots and crosses sold at 5s 4d ; but the general top figure did not exceed 5s 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,900 Scots, crosses, &c. ; from other parts of England, 700 various breeds ; from Scotland 260 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 110 oxen and heifers. The supply of English sheep was on the increase. About a moiety of it was out of the wool. Good and prime Downs and half breds moved off freely, at very full prices —the top quotations being 6s 4d to 6s 6d per 81b. Other wise the mutton trade was heavy, at 2d per 81bs less money. Clipped Downs realised 5s 2d to 5s 4d, and clipped Lincolns, 4s 8d to 5s per 81bs. Lambs were in fair average supply, and sluggish request, at from 6s to 6s 8d per 81bs. Calves moved off slowly, at late rates, viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 8d per Blbs. The demand for pigs was steady, at full currencies. Per 81b to sink the offal. s de d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 0 Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 10 6 2 zeeond quality do ..+ 2 4 6 Prime a'thuown Go 6 4 6 6 Prime large oxen ..4 8 4 10 La - ge coarse calvcs.4 6 5 2 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Franc small do 5 4 5 8 3 6 4 0 4 2 4 10 e r o e a d n g d u m a u l t. quality dotie e p . . 54 4 6 5 5 5 2 Large ai l p hogs Lambs....os O s d to 0. Oil ers Suckling calves, 19s to 215; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each , Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4,250 Beasts 1,430 C.,ws .. Cows. Sheep .... .. Calves al Ca ves .. Pigs 37) Pigs lOO The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted tos,46shead. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 6,539 ; in 1863, 3,961; in 1862, 1,398; in 1861, 1,964 ; and in 1860, 3,570 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam Antwerp 56 Boulogne 243 ... Bremen Calais Corunna Dordt. Dunkirk Hamburg Harlingen 462 ... •.. ... 2 ... 4 Ostend 46 377 ... 3 264 Rotterdam 832 1056 196 495 Oporto ,.. •.. ••• ... --- •.. ---- •• ... 82 .. - ... 1 ••• 85 Total 1655 2225 ... 284 ...1301 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, 1864 l9lO 4648 ... 328 545 1863 1862 1861 749 1011 ... ... 167 37 1860 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, March 7, 1864, and this day. Monday,.March 6, 1865. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. March 7, March 6, 1864. 18G5. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 3 10 3 6to 4 *0 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 4 8 410 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 6 4 6 6 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 0. 4 8 4 .5 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 410 Beasts 4,210 Sheep 16,890 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 9, 1863.—Beasts, 3,470 sheep, 16,570—calves, 131—pigs, 350. March 10, 1862—Beasts, 3,760 —sheep, 16,459—calves, 133 —pigs, 340. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of town and country killed meat are on sale at these markets. For most descriptions the trade is steady at the annexed quotations:— Per 81b by the carcase. salad Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Middling do ..3 8 4 0 Prime large d0.....4 2 4 4 Prime small c10....4 6 4 8 Large pork 3 6 4 6 adad Inferior rautton 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton 4 4 4 8 Prime do 4 10 5 Veal 4 2 5 2 Small pork... 4 8 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. The hop market remains without change from our last report. The demand is chiefly confined to good and fine samples of last year's growth, and for such fully previous rates are obtained. Inferior hops are a dull inquiry at about stationary prices. The imports into London last was 87 bales from Antwerp, 170 Bremen, 26 Rotterdam, and 472 bales from New York. Mid and East Kent ..... 1108 to 200 s per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex . Yearlings lOOB to Ms Bavarian American loos to 144 „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair average supplies of potatoes are on sale at these markets. On the whole, the trade is steady, and very little change has taken place in prices from last week. The imports last week was 125 tons from Havre. Per ton. Yorkshire Regents Flukes.... l3os to 145 s Kent and Essex Regents 9os to 105 s Scotch Regents Rocks Foreign Bos to 70s WOOL. The first series of public sales of colonial wool for the current year were commenced on Thursday last. The arrivals are large, and greatly in excess of last year, viz. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Murray.) IN RE SIR E. G. CULLING EARDLEY, BART. This bankrupt was described as of Trognell, Tunbridge wells, then of the Albany, and now of Florence in Italy. To-day was appointed for proof of debts and choice of assignees. The court (which is a singularly inconvenient one) was crowdedwith creditors of the bankrupt, and some of the proofs were very closely contested. In one instance Mr. Sidney tendered a proof, in which the consideration for certain bills was not set out. Mr. Lawrence said that the bills were for £235 and £350, and there was a charge of nearly £5OO more for interest. Mr. Sydney pointed out that this was a judgment debt. The Registrar said that the consideration ought to be set out. A great many debts, some of which were for large sums, were then proved. The claim for £l,OOO for articles of vertu was objected to, but ultimately allowed. A creditor, who proved for a large amount for jewellery, admitted that he had in his possession a pair of diamond earrings, valued at £3OO. They had been ordered by the bankrupt, and would be taken back into stock at a discount. After a considerable disturbance, during which the usher vainly endeavoured to procure silence, assignees were chosen. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—This Day. +-•n- The adjourned sessions for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning, at the. Sessions House, Clerken well-green. A respectably dressed man, named Dowsett, who de- Scribed himself as an author and printer, was indicted for stealing a book from the board in front of the shop of Mr. Reeves, near Temple-bar. The case was proceeding when Mr. Truelove, the book seller, who, it was said, saw the prisoner walk away with the book, refused to take tho oath on the ground that he had great objection to do so, especially as he could give his evidence without doing so. This step on the part of the witness created some diffi culty. The counsel for the prisoner urged that his client ought to be acquitted if the prosecutors were not in a posi tion to prove their case. After some delay the trial was postponed until to-morrow morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. ROBBERY AT A PRINTING-OFFICE.—James Lapierre was placed before Mr. Vaughan, charged with stealing a quan tity of type, tho property of Messrs. Hurst and Clayton. It will be recollected that the prisoner on the last exami nation went to Mr. Macallum's printing-office, in Roll's buildings, and there offered a quantity of type, about 601bs, for sale. It was bought as old metal, and the prisoner, having received the money for it, went away. He returned again in a short time, and told Mr. Macallum that he had a lot more metal for sale, and produced a quantity o f t ype i n " pi e ," w hi c h, on Mr. Macallum examining he discovered to be Sanscrit and nearly new. This aroused his suspicion, and he told the prisoner to leave the metal and call again. He then communicated his suspicions that the type had been stolen' o Inspector Avery, of the F. division of police, and an officer was put upon the prisoner's track. The prisoner in a short time returned to Mr. Macallum's office to give a fuller description. of the typa he was going to bring, when sergeant Ackrill, who was in waiting, apprehended him on a charge of stealing the property. The prisoner protested his innocence, and said he had been employed to sell the type by a man named Moss, who was in Messrs. Hurst's employ. The prisoner, on this, was remanded till to-day, in order that some inquiry might be made into his version of the story. Sergeant Ackrill this morning said he had some addi tional witnesses, and accordingly produced the following evidence : Moss (the:man from whom the prisoner said he received the type), said he was a pressman in the employ of Messrs. Hurst and Clayton, printers; and that on Thursday, the day of the robbery, ho met the prisoner, who asked him how he was getting on and where he was at work. He told him he was at the old place, Clayton's, and by this time they got to the office. The prisoner followed him in, and, when there, said, " What a lot of type you've got." I could sell some of it f or you. " He ( w it ness ) sa id, "F or God's sake don't talk i n th at way, you mu st not do that." The prisoner, however, took no notice, and having picked up about 401bs. of it went away with it. In about a quarter of an hour he returned, and said he had sold the type for 7s. 6d., and he then handed over to him 3s. 6d. He never gave the type to the prisoner to sell, neither did he tell him he had received the type in lieu of wages. Mr. Vaughan—Why did you not prevent the prisoner stealing the type ? Moss—lt was done so sudden, I didn't know what to do. He'd have sold the whole of the office if he had bean left alone. Mr. Vaughan—You say you saw him take up the type and go away. Hoiv long afteithat did you remain 'in the office ? Moss—About an hour. Mr. Vaughan—Did you give information to any person that the prisoner had stolen the typo ? Moss—No. Mr. Vaughan—Why not ? Moss—l knew I'd done wrong by receiving the money, and I didn't like to say anything about it. Mr. Holmes, a printer employed at Messrs. Hurst's, said the witness Moss had been in the employ of the firm about sixteen months, and every confidence was placed in him, The typo now in court, he was quite certain, was the pro perty of Messrs. Hurst. The prisoner, in his defence, said Moss met him on the Thursday in question and told him he had got a nice little lot of type to sell, which he had received in lieu of wages, and that if he could sell it he would pay him for his trouble. He told him it would be a great deal better to sell it to some working printer than to a rag shop, as he would get more for it. The prisoner then went to Mr. Macallum's and showed him the type, ho said it was of no use except to melt down. He sold it to him for that pur- pose. Mr. Holmes said there could be no truth in the assertion that the type was given in lieu of wages. He was certain such was not the fact. Mr. Vaughan committed the prisoner for trial, but said he would admit him to bail if he could find responsible sureties. „I MARLBOROtTGILS TREE T. WILFUL DAMAGE AT A LICENSED VICTITALLER'S.—MichaeI Donovan, a chickweed vendor, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with %Wilily breaking a pane of glass of the value of 305., the property of Mr. Hodge, of the Rose and Crown, Tottenham-court - road. Mr. Hodge said that on Saturday night the prisoner, who for several Saturday nights past had been in the habit of annoying his customers, came into his house and was very abusive. He shoved the prisoner out, but as soon as he got outside, he, with a stick, deliberately broke a pane of embossed glass, of the value of 305.. He then sent for a constable, and gave the prisoner into custody. Evidence in corroboration of Mr. Hodge having been given, The prisoner said he was violently thrust out of the house, and he was hurt. It was explained to the magistrate that the little injury Mr. Selfe—Are they in any distress? Witness—Not the least. They have a nice house, well furnished, in John-street. I have trusted her with every thing in my place and never missed anything. The pawnbroker's shopman said his master did not wish to prosecute ; he only gave prisoner into custody becauge she persisted she had picked it up, when she had not, as it was not dirty. Mr. Selfe—l don't think it at all probable a jury would convict, and as the prosecutor does not wish to proceed further, she is discharged. 74,100 bales, against 50,000 bales in 1863-4. The receipts from Port Philip are very large, viz., 32,058 bales, against 10,780 in 1863-4. From Sydney and Queensland the im port is 10,963; Adelaide, 10,041; Swan River, 53; Van Diemen's Land, 531; New Zealand, 371; and the Cape, 19,320. Up to the present time the attendance of home and foreign buyers has been good ; nevertheless, there has been a want of activity in the biddings, but the leading change in prices, as compared with the close of last series, is con fined to Port Philip produce, which—owing to the large quantity to be brought forward—changed hands at a decline in value of id to 1d per lb. In other descriptions of wool no quotable change took place. Privately, the English wool trade is still devoid of activity, and the small amount of business doing is at fully the late decline in prices. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd 6 d Flexes South Down hoggets ..1 11 2 0 Half -bred do.. 2 2 2 4 Kent fleeces 9 0 2 Oi r• °nth Down ewes and wethersl 10 11t Lcice ter do 2 1 2 2 Sorts Clothing 1 6 1 Combing 18 21 SEEDS. A moderate amount of business has been transacted in clover seed, and late prices are fully supported. Canary seed is dull on former terms. Most other agricultural seeds are in limited request at previous currencies. The trade for East India linseed and rapeseedis far from active, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. Cakes are dull, but not cheaper. rump, White,p.bus.2ta to 22s - Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown —a — a White, Tares, Spring. ...• • 8 New winter, bush )Os Canary, per quarter 41s 50s Rye grass Clover, Red Eng., et. 623 120 s White Foreign Red s4s 70s White s6s 803 Trefoil ..... 35s 48s Carraway 33s 335 Coriander its 245 Hempseed, per qr 405 438 Linseed,Eng.sowing 70s 7.s Crushing 695 64s Baltic — s -s Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo Os £ll Os Foreign 4910 s £ll Os Rape Cakcs,p ton £5 Os £5 lOs Rapeseed, new,pr iar 748 788 TALLOW. Scarcely any change has taken place in the value of tal low to-day. On the whole, the market, though by no means active, is steady. px.O, is quoted at 40s Gd per cwt on the spot. Town tallow commands 41s 3d net cash. Rough fat is selling at 2s lid per 81b. Particulars. 1851 . . 18t12 I! 1863. 1884. 1885. Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 71,84 , 6966.1 Sol 6.6 Od 43.619 48691 lo s Od 45.770 57.049 43a94 c 0,41501 so Od —5 Od 9H ',152 65,962 61,374 1,132 373 73,462 80.576 455 9d 438 Oct , 44.438 40s 6(1 to —s Od 1,989 7 ,336 1,051 74,753 43s 9d 8:3 1,866 68,232 100,083 1,635 2,4 5 11 0 ,985 86.971 60s 3d 45s 9d the prisoner had received was through his falling while on the way to the station. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner would have to pay 80s, the amount of damage, and a fine of 2s. 6d., or a month. The prisoner—Well, never mind ; it don't matter. CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS. --Alfred Hatton, of the Old King's Head, Bear-street, Leicester-square, was called upon to answer the complaint of the police for per mitting drunk and disorderly conduct in. his house. The defendant did not appear, and the case was heard ex parte. Godwin, 206 0, proved that on the 18th ult. he went to the defendant's house at a quarter to four o'clock, and saw 12 men in front of the bar, most of them drunk and fighting with their fists and sticks, and a person drunk behind the bar and acting as landlord. Two men wore stripped to their shirts to fight, and their shirts wero nearly torn off. Sergeant Bason, 12 C, said that on being spoken to by the last witness he went into the parlour. and saw several men drunk. He visited the house at a later hour and then saw several men there drunk, and making a great noise, singing; shouting, and stamping. The defendant was fined £5 and costs. WESTMINSTER. ►SINGULAit CHARGE OF ROBBING AGAINST A RESPECTABLE MARRIED WOMAN.—Elizabeth Beach, a middle-aged wo man of very respectable appearance, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a table-cover. William Chase, shop-boy to Mr. Miles, pawnbroker, said that between nine and ten on Saturday evening he saw the prisoner take the table-cover from their door and walk away with it. He followed and tapped her on the shoulder, when she gave him up the table-cover, which was worth 9s. She immediately said she picked it up. Prisoner—l declare I did so. I was passing a shoe maker's next door to this pawnbroker's when I saw this table-cover rolled up as it is now on the ground. I took it up and placed it under my arm, great part of it being then exposed, so that anybody it belonged to might own it. This man tapped me on the shoulder, and on his saying the table-cover was his, I gave it to him. Mr. Selfe—Was the table-cover hanging up ? Witness—No, it was hung on a board at our door. Mr. Selfe—Was it fastened in any way ? Witness—No, it was not ; it was lying with other goods of a miscellaneous description. Mr. Selfe-- , ls there anything known of the prisoner ? The Police—She is a very respectable married woman. Mr. W. Boltori, from 2, Wallow-street, Brompton, stepped forward and said, "She is a very honest, upright woman, incapable of committing a felony. I have known her a length of time. She is a married woman, with three young children." THAMES, EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN A DWELLING HOUSE.—Louisa Beere, a servant girl, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being concerned with her two sisters, Jane Beere and Mary Ann Birch, in stealing a large quantity of pro perty in the house of Mrs. Letitia Jane Goldsmith, No. 33 Trinity-square, Tower-hill, and also with stealing £lolos in gold and three £5 Bank of England notes, the moneys of Mr. James Alexander, a merchant dwelling in the same house. Dunnaway, a detective police-sergeant, No. 11 H, said that Jane Beere, who had been in the service of Mrs. Goldsmith, and her sister Mrs. Birch, were remanded on Saturday by Mr. Cooke for a week. On Saturday night, in consequence of what the prisoner, Jane Beere, said to him after she was remanded, he went to the house . , No. 138, Leadenhall-street, where the prisoner was at work. He said to her, your sister Jane told me to-day, at the time I was searching the room, that she handed to you a purse containing a £5 note and .f. 4 10s. or £5 in gold, I don't know which. The prisoner denied this, but while on the way to the station-house she said my sister did give me the purse. I threw it away in the corner of the room. She also said she wished to see her mother. The prisoner's mother was sent for, and she said in her daughter's presence that the purse had been de stroyed. He asked the prisoner what she meant by its being destroyed, and she said she threw it in the fire. He went to No. 69, Banner-square, St. Luke's, where the prisoner had been living, and sifted the ashes. He could find no trace of the purse. . Mr. Puget remanded the prisoner until Saturday next.. AN EXTRAORDINARY CAB FARE.—George Piper, a master butcher, whose wife, a respectable woman, carries on a busi ness which he has neglected in Cable-street, Whitechapel, was brought up on a warrant charged with refusing to pay 40s. to a cab-driver named George Jaques. The prisoner hired the complainant's cab at the end of January last, and drove him to various parts in Stepney and other places, for ten hours, finally setting him down at the Rising Sun public-house, Oxford-street, Stepney. Here the prisoner gave the cabman the slip, by escaping over the back wall. The complainant sought for the pri soner, in vain, and went home. He came to the conclusion he had been " bilked "of his fare. On the following day the prisoner again hailed Jaques in the street, made an excuse for leaving him on the previous night and said that he had just been to his master's yard in search of him. He again hired the complainant, who drove his fare over the same ground, finishing the job, as before, at the Rising Sun. The prisoner again made his escape, and the cab-driveranever saw him again until he was in custody. A summons was originally applied for and served on the prisoner, to which ho did not appear, and a warrant was then applied for, on which Piper was arrested by Howland, an officer of the court. The com plainant drove the prisoner in his cab 10 hours the first day and 11 hours on the second day, in all 21 hours, but ho had only charged 20 hours. The prisoner said he was unable to pay the cab-driver, and he was committed to the House of Correction for 21 days. The Theatres and the Music Halls. LAMBETH POLICE COURT. The following appeared in our late Edition of Saturday evening : The adjourned summons taken out by Mr. Roberts, at the instance of the managers of the metropolitan theatres against Mr. Charles Morton, managing director of the Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited), for the performance of a stage play contrary to the act, was re sumed this afternoon. It will be recollected the magistrate last Friday week postponed giving his decision in the case as to whether or not the extraordinary successful shadow illusion, entitled " Hodge Podge," at the Canterbury Hall, was a stage play, in order that Mr. C. Morton might make a special application to the Lord Chamberlain for a license. Mr. Besley, attended as heretofore for the metropolitan managers ; and Mr. Plentice, instructed by Mr. Mercer, of the firm of Mercer and Mercer, 9, Mincing-lane, solicitors for the company, appeared for the defence. Mr. Norton, seeing the whole of the parties in court, said—l understand from Mr. Besley that the Lord Cham berlain has refused to grant Mr. Morton that which he required. Mr. Prentice—That, sir, is not quite to the case. I attend here to-day to ask that you will postpone-your deci sion for a few days. A petition has been presented to the Lord Chamberlain, and no answer has yet been returned. Mr. Morton is here, sir, and he will, if you de sire it, tell yoU what . has been done. It is not correct to Say that the license has been refused. Mr. Besley—The answer, I believe, that has been given by the Lord Chamberlain is, that when the theatre in the Canterbury Hall is properly constructed, he will grant the required license. Mr. Norton—ls Mr. Morton here ? Mr. Prentice—He is, sir, and quite prepared to tell you everything that has been done. I have to ask, sir, whether you are aware that in your absence, an application has been made to your colleague, Mr. Elliot, for another summons against Mr. Morton for infringing the 15th section of the act whereby he has in curred a penalty of £5O each night "Hodge Podge" is shown at the Canterbury Hall. I think it exceedingly unfair that behind your back, sir, such an application should be made, and I cannot think that the lessees of Her Majesty's and and other theatres can be parties to such an application. Mr. Norton (having read the notes of the application re ferred to) said—lt appears to me the great difficulty in the matter is who is to move. It appears as if in these matters the Lord Chamberlain was altogether superseded; and the question that occurs to me is whether or not we are not now trenching too much upon his pOwers. Mr. Besley—l hardly think that such can be the case. Mr. Prentice—The parties represented by my learned friend appear as if they were desirous of being public pro secutors. (Laughter.) Mr. Roberts—lt is laid down in the 15th section of the Act of Parliament that every stage play should be previous to its representation submitted to the Lord Chamberlain, and that in the event of such not being done the parties repre senting a a piece should be fined for each representation. Mr. Prentice—That is a matter not at present before the Court, as the summons is not actually granted. Mr. Roberts—The magistrate said he would grant the summons, but that he would consult you, sir, before ho named a day for the hearing. Mr. Norton—The summons has not actually been granted. I have seen Mr. Elliott, and he informed me that he directed that in the event of any new point arising in this case you could apply to him on Thursday. The real matter before the court is an application for the post ponement of my decision. Mr. Robert's—lt is an attempt to delay your judgment. Your remarks, sir, on the last occasion, have been well advertised, and instead of gracefully bowing to your decision and withdrawing the objectionable performance, its popularity has been greatly increased. If " Hodge Mr. Roberts—Every night the piece is represented, Mr. Morton incurs four penalties. The actors can be taken into custody by the police, so can the audience. Mr. Norton—The police, I'm afraid, would be transfixed by the beauty of "Hodge Podge"—(laughter)—so you would not have to expect much from them. (Laughter.) I strongly advise that nothing should be done in the other mat ter until this is disposed of. You can apply to Mr. Elliott of course, but if the objectionable but beautiful piece " Hodge Podge" is withdrawn, you ought to be satisfied for the present. Mr. Morton then entered into a bond for £lOO for the expenses of the hearing of the matter before one of the judges, and the parties retired. 463 123 1411 401 731 14 391 30 1161 17 161 965 1172 i 107 i I 73 1 71 111 1 581 71 84 4 .1001 I } ,ITLES. - ••• - 821 .. --- - ~. 471 ... p• - .. 313 - •.• -- ••• - ••• - 16 ... ... ... 140 Podge " had been withdrawn there would have been no second summons asked for. Mr. Prentice—What we desire is time to see the result of the application to the Lord Chamberlain. That the other side wish to refuse, and I must say that the metro politan managers are acting in the most oppressive manner. Mr. Norton—Does the Lord Chamberlain know that the case has been already adjourned ? Mr. Prentice--The fact, I believe, was mentioned in the petition that has been sent to him. Mr. Roberts—Lord Sydney and the Hon. Spencer Pon sonby have both visited the Canterbury Hall, so they are well acquainted with the matter. If Mr. Morton will with draw the piece, I will withdraw the otheiPsummons. Mr. Prentice—l should not make any reference to the other summons. If you give your decision to-day, sir, and it should be against u s , I s h a ll h ave to ask you for a case, in order'that the Whole question may be tried in one of the superior= courts. I shall' not advise my clients to withdraW the piec4. Mr. Norton—Well, I think, under all the circumstances, I had better pronounce a decision. Mr. Morton must pa V. and thel cost of the summons. Mr. Prentice—And you, sir, will give us a case ? Mr:Norton—Certainly. Mr. Roberts—There is a case already before the Common Pleas from Birmingham. Mr. Prentice—That shows that we also ought to have one. Mr. Roberts—lt is not quite so bad as this one. Mr. Prentice—This, I've no doubt, is the worst you ever heard of. (Laughter.) We are no parties to the case you mentioned. Mr. Roberts—Since your remarks, which appeared so favourable to Mr. Morton, the Canterbury Hall has been crowded to excess. Mr. Norton—My remarks were favourable to Mr. Morton, and also, I thought, to the Lord Chamberlain. Some change will eventually be made, and I thought that change might as well be made gradually as suddenly. Mr. Roberts—There is a negotiation, I believe, going on between the managers of the theatres and the proprietors of the music halls to see whether matters cannot be arranged between them. • Mr. Norton—l'm very glad to hear it. Mr. Morton—l have heard nothing of it yet, sir. Mr. Norton—Well, it is the best thing that can be done. If Mr. Morton follows my advice he will withdraw the piece until the matter is fully decided. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Feb. 21. The retreat of Beauregard before the steadily ad vancing columns of Sherman, the evacuation of the line of the Congaree River without a battle, Sher man's unopposed entry into Columbia, his forward march upon Charlotteville, with the supposed in tention of effecting a junction with Grant, and the sudden, though by no means unexpected, evacuation of Charleston, are events that have followed too rapidly upon each other to permit of a due apprecia tion of their actual importance or their probable in fluence upon the future fortunes of the war. Thesan guine people who habitually look upon every victory as final, who " break the backbone of the rebellion" with every little or great success of Federal strategy or valour, are more sanguine than ever that the cause of the South is hopeless, and that on the day of his second inauguration Mr. Lincoln will be able to announce that he is the President de facto and de jure of the whole Union, and that the " stars and stripes" float not only over all the sea-board cities of the South, but over rebellious Richmond. This roseate anticipation, however, finds more counte nance from the sensational press than from the public ; and military critics, so far from lending the weight of their knowledge and character to support such expectations, assert that Beaure gard's tactics in retreating before Sherman are sound, that a junction between his forces and those of Lee can be sooner effected than a:junc tion between Sherman and Grant, and that Sher man's army is in imminent peril of being sud denly attacked and defeated by the combined armies of Beauregard,Hardee,and Lee before Grant or any portion of his force can come to the rescue. Whether the South will win its Austerlitz or suffer its Waterloo within the next ten days is a question that is everywhere discussed, and almost invariably decided by the political bias of the critic rather than by cool calculation and dispassionate judgment of events and probabilities. It is evident, however, that great events are at hand, and that neither the slaves of the South, nor the new and as yet unen listed levies of the North, can be brought into the field in time to take part in the spring campaign— that will, in all human probability, decide the for tunes of the Confederacy. The evacuation of Charleston will be celebrated to all future time as among the grandest and gloomiest events of the war. It appears to have been determined upon by General Lee immediately after his assumption of the supreme military power con ferred upon him by the President and the Legisla ture, and heartily approved by the people of the South. There are indications that the first move ment to this end commenced fully three weeks ago, and it is positively known that the principal citizens and the bulk of the army had withdrawn four days before the Federal commander had any suspicion of the fact; and when the Northern forces entered the almost abandoned city, they found that the Confe derates had determined to make a Moscow of it, and that the arrival of the foe was to be the signal for its destruction. Six thousand bales of cotton and two ironclads were ruthlessly destroyed lest they should fall into the hands of the enemy; the arsenals, con taining large quantities of arms and ammunition, the quartermaster's stores, the railroad station and bridges, the vessels in the building yards, and fully two-thirds of the once beautiful and flourishing city were reduced to ashes ; the other third, fronting the sea, having been so riddled by the shot and shell of the besiegers during the last six or eight months as to be virtually uninhabitable. None but the poorest portion of the population, chiefly negroes, wereleft behind. All the rest had departed, bearing with them,: there can be uo reason to doubt , a spirit of vengeance which will yet blaze forth in new and fiercer struggles. The news when first received ope rated upon the gold market to only a slight extent, sending down the premium from 202 to 196 f, or 5f per cent. The fall, however, was not maintained, and the price advanced grade ally to 194, as men of business began to calculate that the evacuation of the proud city by a proud enemy meant, under the terrible circumstances in which it occurred, not peace or negotiation, but stern resolve and unrelenting It may sound strangely in Europe, but it is never theless the fact, that New York, whatever may be the case in other cities and districts of the Union, has almost ceased to look at the war from a political or patriotic point of view, and that it is far more alarmed at the financial consequences of peace and a reconstruction of the Union than at any possible prolongation of hostilities. A victory or a defeat, or even such an event as the evacuation of Charleston, is mainly of interest or importance because it sends up or sends down the price of gold or stocks, and enables the gamblers of Wall and William streets, and the Fifth-avenue Hotel (the latter gamble by night, the former by day), to buy or sell fictitious gold or shares, and to grow rich or become poor by the early possession of exclusive information, which they turn to account in their hazardous but fascinat ing business. A greedy lust of gain has taken pos session of all men's minds, and has infected even the women, with whom it is as familiar to ask one an other " How's gold to-day ?" as it was in healthier times to inquire after husband or children, or the style of the last new bonnet. But so fierce is the money mania of the time that even gold and stocks, as influenced in price by war, seem as if theywould by b e deposed from their pre - eminence in favour of pe troleum, the price of which is in no way affected the progress of hostilities. Everybody th a t possesses a few acres of land in the immense district of country ei from Canada to Pennsylvan o ia , which petro leum is boring anddigging oil-wells. producedTo is to become rich at a bound and f "strike oil" arms on which the precious commodity has been discovered, that The Derby and Nottingham meeting were both very successful; but the performanc e o f L' Africain in the Great Midland Steeplechase was one o f th e most disgraceful over witnessed. The horse could have won by nearly a qu ar t er of a mile if they had let him. It was a more barefaced performance than that of Fille de l'Air in the One Thou sand Guineas last year. The owner, who is a Frenchman and a butcher, must remember that there are butchers as well as butchers boys in England, and that if another similar case happens it would be impossible to answtr for the consequences such an act would bring down fr om an infuriated mob. Englishmen love fair play, and none re joice more than we do when the French division are suc cessful in any of the great races. If M. Valliant should be successful in carrying off the Great Liverpool Steeplechase he will find that his horse will get the top weight in all future engagements, as Mandingoe (late Chamade) was treated for something similar. The Liverpool Spring Meeting commences to-morrow, and will extend over three days. The principal race for to-morrow is the Spring Handicap. Twilight has the top weight, but after the lumps of weight she gave to Tippler last week she must nearly win, unless her owner should substitute Change, who is very forward in preparation. Aurelian will, in all likelihood, represent the Marquis of Westmoreland, and, if in anything like his last year's form, must be very formidable. Revolver did not show last week at Nottingham, and may be in reserve for this race. If well, he must have a great chance. The two that are most deserving of notice are Twilight and Aurelian, and I ex pect one of them will furnish the winner. Chapel Royal, notwithstanding his 51b. penalty, will carry off the Tyro Stakes. The Grand National Steeplechase will, in all likelihood, have a very large field. The following are those that the field will be selected from : L'Africain ... Palmer. Emblematic ... G. Stevens. Arbury C. Boyce. • Tony Lumpkin ... Mr. Thomas. Jerry ... Capt. Townley. The Ilandingoe (late Chamade) Mr. F. Rowlands. Emblem ... James Adams. Flyfisher J. Monaghan. Penarth ... Geo. Holman. Joe Maley ... ... Page. Acrobat Mr. Muraford. Meanwood ... J. Knott. Alcibiade •.• ... Capt. Coventry. Hall Court Mr. Davison. Lightheart ... Mr. Bevill. Princess Dagmar J. Holmes. Agag . W. Reeves. Marble Hill ... Mr. Edwards. Fenton ... Mr. Riddell. Ballycasey T. Barton. Stanton ... G. Waddington. West End W. White. Real Jam ... ... D. Hughes. Cockatoo ... ... H. States. The Czar ... ... Mr. A. Goodman. Market Gardener ... ... D. Meany. The Dwarf Tumbler ... Philosopher... ... Merrimac Careless Boy (late Deception) ... Balder Without going through the performances of the whole of the above, I shall, as on previous occasions, at once select a lot from which the winner is almost certain to emanate. These are Arbury, Emblematic, Emblem, Joe Maley, Jerry, and L'Africain. Reducing them still further, I shall retain L'AriticAnT, EMBLEM, and EMBLEMATIC. And I shall expect the judge will hoist:the number of one of Lord Coventry's, EMBLEMATIC on EMBLEM as the winner of the Grand National Steeplechase of 1865. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING—Tries DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 agst Arbury (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Emblematic (offered) 15 to 2 agst L'Africain (taken and offered ; at first • 7to 1, taken to £500) 10 to 7 agst Emblem (offered) 100 to 7 agst Tony Lumpldns (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lightheart (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Joe Maley (taken freely) 15 to 1 agst Stanton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Princess Dagmar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Alcibiades (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dwarf (offered—take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Meanwood (taken) 33 to 1 agst Jerry (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 12 agst Lord Zetland 14 to 1 agst Gratitude TWo THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Liddington (taken) JRES FOR 1865. Vincennes Chelmsford Spring .. . ... Grand Nati ona l Hunt Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O 'REL. Canterbury Spring Abergavenny 2O Thirsk 2l Cardiff 25 25 Epsom Spring Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom BO war. were formerly considered dear at now sell for thriceas many thousaBns ds or . s Th l O s an po r a t c i r o e rt , of America in which the oil is found is called by a perversion of the Spanish El Dorado, the " Oil Dorado." Nine-tenths of the speculative energy and intellect of this city have been absorbed in this new mania. Petroleum companies are established by scores and hundreds, and " Shoddy' himself is pushed from his stool, as a thing of the past, by the new Oil King, who elbows him out of society-, out glitters him in diamonds, outdinners him at Del monico's, and counts his gains by millions, whil e " Shoddy" was contented with hundreds of thou sands. Many of these " ile aristocrats," as they are called, are illiterate Germans and Irishmen, and the airs they give themselves, and the ludicrous con straint in which they find themselves when they are for the first time imprisoned in the trammels of the biendances, afford abundant scope for the amuse ment of the laughing philosophers as well as of the cynics of society. America exported to Europe last year petroleum to the value of po,oco,oco, which, although no more than sufficient to keep the war torch blazing at its present rate of incandescence for ten days, is a commercial fact that foreshadows how great a future trade may arise in this article when the wells are more extensively pumped, and its mechanical as well as chymical value is more thoroughly investigated. As far as it goes, petro leum has undoubtedly served by its acceptance in Europe to abate the premium on gold, and thereby to maintain greenbacks at a higher rate, as com pared with the precious metals, than Mr. Chaie or Mr. Fessenden could have hoped for under other circumstances. SPORTING NOTES. RACING FIXT Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring lO Doncaster Spring - l4 Vincennes Warwick Spring AP: Vincennes Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB ocroBPL Northallerton 5 I Newmarket Ho. M Newmarket 2d Oct. ....... Vi nc ennes Vincennes SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. LONDON, March 6.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with v ßa ed— ne P n o da yl l: s t eamer , from D e e rain. f rom Shields for Barc elona. 1 I '3f u b a l r i e n h , 5 a n . — d W l i e n f t d f o l Loon; .—" nd Ar u ri March 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—P r i ncess NEWPORT, PORTSMOUT Ali ce , from Bideford for J am aica. Sailed - -Charles Ed_ ward, for Vera C ruz. CARDIFF, March s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Superb, f rom Garrucha. Sailed—Alma, for Cape Town; Abbe, for Savannah. - March 5.— ..1. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Baston Yale, 1 DE, from Bahia. PLYMOUTH, March s. —Wind from Varna. Sailed—lier Majesty's ship Nugent, for Woolwich. DOVER, March 4.—Winn N.W.—Arrived—Ona, from Cape Dargten for Hamburg. Sailed—Otto, for Rio Janeiro. SOUTHAMPTON, March s.—Wind steamer, from Alexandria. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived,, March S—MM. Peters, from Sagna la Grande ; Tisted Talernd, from Frederickshall; Carisbrook, from Foo-chow-foo. Arrived, March 6—Wanderer, from St. Michael's; Eag 1 6 from Demerara ; Sarah Jane, from St. Malo ; Alert, from Guernsey. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, March 6—Meloy, schooner, from the west, fu London. Anchored—Byzantium, from Londom for Pernambuco Juliet, from London for Barbadoes. aria' this ;Oct ig• the for Sa 7tts," the d y Old tha [ro ve Ina- a as pre" s re; R rto lier pt lls o f re s 11 1 .11 re , r ioCe 0 1 * Or ;0 110 0 ' 4, "11 20a 10 100€ 100 100 20k 20 100 lOC all i 0 ; 100 1100 2 100 100 1081