The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-09 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies• MONMOUTHSHIRE. The report of the directors states that the traffic receipts for the past half year ending December 31 were £5,885 more than at the corresponding half of 1863. The gross traffic receipts amounted to £71,429 against £65,544 for the corresponding period ; the working expenses to £33,170, or 46 per cent. against £30,355, or 46 per cent., showing an increase of £2,815 ; and the net earnings amounted to £38,259 against £35,190, showing an increase of £3,069 over the corresponding half of 1863. The sum of £4,000 had been transferred to the reserve fund to provide for the cost of relaying various portions of the rail ways and for other contingencies. The average rate of interest paid on the borrowed capital was £4 6s. 9d. per cent. per annum. The balance of £20,210 (less income-tax) would yield a dividend at the rate of si t per cent per annum on the ordinary shares, which rate the directors recommend to be declared, leaving £1,277 to be carried forward. The dividend for the corresponding half of 1862 was at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The directors considered it necessary to apply for powers in the present session to raise additional capital to the amount of £200,000 by shares, and of £50,000 by debentures, for sundry new works, and the further improvement of the Western Valley lines. The capital account showed that £1,248,530 had been expended, leaving s balance against the company of £4,026. SAMBRE AND AfPUSE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Moorgate-street ; Mr. Sheward in the chair. • The report (an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun) was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, explained that there were sundry items they had to pay as compensation to officials on leaving the service of the company, because they were not retained by the Grand Central Company on leasing the line. They had an item of £452 for bad debts, which was not much for a company. There was 1700 more put down for the London offices and directors. There was an item of £16,000 which had been carried to capital as profit on exchanges, which did not belong to that account, and they now proposed to place it to the credit of revenue to meet the future differences of exchange. The net rental of £40,000 a year for the line being payable in Bel gium, there would be a small loss in exchanging it for English money payable in London, and it was proposed to deduct that loss from the £16,000 which had been accumulated by the profit on exchanges in sending English money on capital account to Bel gium, the sovereign being valued in Belgium at about 25-if. on the average, while in their accounts it was estimated at 25f. There were only two small accounts outstanding—one of £l2O respecting income tax in Belgium, and the other about £6O or £7O. Under the agreement the dividend would never be less than it was that day, viz., at the rate of 2 per cent. on the ordinary stock. Mr. AUSTIN seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Some conversation then ensued with regard to items in the accounts, which were explained by the Chairman. The £40,000 a year was payable to the company in four quarterly payments clear of all ex penses ; and the directors intended to pay the divi dends in future on Ist April and Ist October in each year. _ _ _ Mr. HOYES was not satisfiedwith the explanation, and wanted in future more detailed accounts. The CHAIRMAN said he would - endeavour to meet the objection raised by Mr. Hoyes in the future statements, and he could assure him all the accounts were perfectly correct. _ _ _ Resolutions were passed adopting the report, ap proving the dividend of 4s. per share for the past half-year, and authorising the item in the capital ac count of £16,897 as profits on exchanges, to•be made available for meeting any future losses on exchanges. On the motion of the Chairman, seconed by Mr. Noyes, the election of Mr. 11. T. Taylor as a direc tor of the company was approved and confirmed. It was stated that those who intended to hold their shares should register them, as it was requisite to have 8,000 shares represented in Belgium to con stitute a legal meeting. The board had done away with all fees to encourage registration and facilitate the holding and transfer of shares. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the directors. CENTRAL ARGENTINE (LIMITED). The first general meeting of this company was held yesterday at their offices, Gracechurch-street ; Mr. H. Brockett in the chair. Mr. G. Woolcott, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the company's articles of associa tion for tlte line from Rosario to Cordova, had re ceived the sanction and approval of the Government. The board had concluded the contract with Messrs. Brassey,Wythes, and Wheelwright for the construe tion and completion of the railway with its buildings and works, also for stocking and equipping the line with the necessary rolling stock and plant, and for maintaining, working, and managing the same for two years after completion. There was every pro bability of the early opening of the line to the first station from Rosario—namely, Cacarana ; and it was confidently expected that upwards of 100 miles would be finished and opened for traffic early in the year 1866. A change had been effected in the terms of the concession, whereby all bona fide charges in respect to the working of the line would be allowed, instead of the same being limited to 45 per cent., as originally conceded. The Government had subscribed for 2,000 shares in the company, and between 6,000 and 7,000 shares in addition had been taken by per sons resident in the republic, so that it was confi dently expected that £200,000 would be there in vested in respect of the shares subscribed by the contractors, with a view to being placed in South America. The directors had appointed Mr. T. Armstrong, of Buenos Ayres, as the resident director of the company. Previous to taking any active steps with respect to the colonisation or disposal of the lands granted to the company on each side of theline, the directors had determined that they should be accurately surveyed and the boundaries determined and marked. Negotiations had also been opened with the Government, by which it was expected that possession of the lands ceded would be obtained at an earlier period than that fixed by the concession. The subscribed capital amounted to £4,000,000 in £2O shares, of which £4 10s. each had been paid up. Warrants for the payment of the guaranteed inte rest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum on the paid-up share capital would be payable on April 20 and Oct. 20 in each year. The directors ex pressed their strong conviction that the undertaking would prove a highly profitable and valuable invest ment. The capital account to Dec. 31 showed that £224,212 had been received, and £136,855 expended, leaving a balance of £87,357. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they had contracted for the construction of the railway at the fixed rate of £6,400 per mile, including everything. Eight miles in length hid been entirely completed, eight miles more were in a forward state, so that in the course of a compara tively short time 32 miles would be finished, and it w _ as arranged that in the summer of next year one half the line, or completed from R osar i about 120 miles of it, would be o to Frayle-Muerto, which was the fi rs t town of importance on the route. The Goverment had acted in a very liberal manner to wards them. The line passed through a rich and beautiful country, and the lands were increasing in value. Mr. WATERHOUSE seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. An unimportant discussion ensued, in the course of which the report was adopted. The retiring directors and auditors were re - elected, and th e re muneration of the latter was fixed at 20 guineas per annum each. The meeting was then made special, and certain words in the articles of association were altered t o satisfy the requirements of the Stock Exchange, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the directors. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday Mr. Calvert, Q.C., opened the case for the promoters of the proposed Hadlow Railway, for an extension to Tunbridge and Maidstone, in the committee of which Mr. Ingham is the chair man. The referees reported that they had inquired into the opposition of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and were of opinion that the proposed junction at the Tunbridge station, eros img the main line of the South-Eastern was not, as alleged by that company, objectionable. Inasmuch, however, as the referees had not reported on the subject of station accommodation, the committee referred the bill back to them. After hearing the case of land owners and on engineering grounds against the Havant, Hambledon, and Drooford Railway, the committee threw out the bill, and then proceeded to hear Mr.. Merewether, Q.C., on the Poole and Bournemouth Railway Bill, by which it is proposed to make three extension lines and working arrange ments. Mr. Clerk addressed the committee against one of the extensions for the South-Western Com pany, who objected to the engineering features of the proposed junction with their line at Canford Magna, and the referees having reported against it, the commitee :rejected that portion of the bill, but passed the two other extensions. The portion of the bill of the Colne Valley, en abling them to raise further sums of £40,000 by shares and £13,000 by loan, has been approved. The hearing of the case of the Whitehaven Junc tion and Cockermouth and Workington Bail ways Bill occupied the attention of Mr. Roger's Com mittee, Mr, Millward, Q.C., stating the object of the,,promoters to be to give effect to an intended lease of the Cockermouth and Workington Railway to the Whitehaven Junction for 1,000 years, to raise £30,000 b/ shares, and £lO,OOO by loan. General evidence occupied the committee all day. Mr. DODSON, the Chairman of Ways and Means, inquired into the Bristol and Exeter, on objection to locus standi of Somerset and Dover Railway ; Cale donian (Barrhead and Paisley branches) ; Furness ; and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 2). SELECT COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS. Yesterday the Select Committee reported that the standing orders may be dispensed with and the bills proceeded with in the following cases :—Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton, on striking out all powers relating to No. 2 railway; Sidmouth Railway and Harbour ; Dublin South Suburban, powers for con struction of five and six railways to be struck out, no property to be taken outside the limits of devia tion shown on the plans, and amended books of refe rence to be deposited ; Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil, various powers on amended plans and sections being deposited ; and South Wales and Great Western Direct. BRIGHTON HOTEL. The annual meeting of this company was held yes terday at the London Tavern, Mr. A. Smee in the chair. Mr. Linclford, the secretary, read the report,which stated that the net profit for the five months since its opening had been £4,156, which, after payment of interest on debentures, mortgages, &c., left £2,686, out of which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, leaving £l,OOO to be carried forward. The report was adopted, and the dividend declared as recommended. - Messrs. Burke, Dugdale, and King, the retiring directors, were then re-elected. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. _-_-...... - _ ____ THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. Last evening a meeting of the electors of the city of Westminster was held in St. James's-half, Picea- dilly, at the invitation of the Hon. Captain R. W. Grosvenor,!who is a candidate for the representation of the city in Parliament. The Hon. Frederick Byng, who occupied the chair, briefly introduced the candidate. Captain Grosvenor, on coming forward, said the numerous readers of the Times might have seen beneath the advertisement in the paper on Satur day last inviting the electors to the present meet ing another advertisement asking them not to promise their support to any candidate for the pre sent, as it was intended to bring forward an " able and proper candidate." He respected the quarter from which this advertisement emanated, but it was a proof to him that when one went electioneering compliments must be placed among the things which, however much to be desired, were not to be expected. After referring to the services of Sir De L. Evans, the retiring member, he said that objections had been made to his candidature on the grounds that he rested his claims on his social position, that he was too young, and that he was untried. But he did not feel himself disqualified because his father was a Grosvenor and his mother a Wellesley, and he was not so young as some persons had sought to make out, and he believed that an untried man in many cases made a better representative than a man of note in whom a constituency would merge themselves. He then stated his opinions. He was opposed to church rates, yet a loyal member of the Church. He was favourable to an extension of the suffrage, but thought the measures of reform proposed by Mr. Baines and Mr. Locke unwise, as he had faith in the leaders of the Liberals, who were pledged to bring forward such a measure as would enlist the warmest support of the whole party. He was favour able to the ballot, as he thought that all persons should be protected in the exercise of the franchise. With respect to the Poor Law, he thought that a union rating would do away with many social wrongs which now press hard on the people. He was favour able to a consistent non-intervention. He thought that if England's patience got exhausted under re peated insults from the Northern States, and she entered into a war with that power, the verdict of Europe would be, if America were worsted, that she had brought the misfortune on herself. If, however, they thought he would move one finger to involve this country in the horrors of war, or attempt to move her from the dignified position she had hitherto held and now holds, then they had better wait for the " able and proper candidate" promised them. He ex pressed himself as determined to be the nominee of neither party in the constituency, but to hold an in dependent course, and concluded amid loud cheers by saying that if elected he would go to Parliament to serve them faithfully according to the dictates of his conscience. Mr. Grenfell, M.P., said he was op posed to the hon. candidate in some particulars, but thought he would be a valuable member of the House of Commons, and moved a resolution pledg ing the meeting to support him. Mr. J. Abel Smith, M.P., seconded the motion. Dr. Brewer, amid ge neral interruption, made a speech as to what was . required in a candidate, and was followed by Mr. Beal, who put a variety of questions which, he thought, the candidate should be requested to an swer. He suggested at the same tune that the meet ing should be adjourned for a week that he might consider the questions. The suggestion was no t adopted, and the 'potion on being put to the meet ing was declared to be etincarried,leetthg thecluo c u o gnhdedwith declara tion was disputed. rrh a vote of thanks to the chairman. CANTERBURY. Lord Athlumney has issued an address to th e electors of Canterbury, announcing his intention to retire from the representation of that city at the close of thepresent Parliament. The reason assigned by his lordship is that the state of his health is such that he cannot give the time and attention necessary to the discharge of his Parliamentary duties. Th e Liberals have brought forward Major Lyon as a candidate for the pending vacancy, and his address offering himself has appeared simultaneously with that of Lord Athlumney. At the election on the re signation of the Hon. Henry Butler-Johnstone, in e a: itn i s g 1862, Major Lyon was the def eated candidate, Mr. 11. A. Butler-Johnstone, the C onservative, being returned by a majority of 3 only. Major Lyon's present address contains no stateme nt of his views, which are, however, known to be those of an ad vanced Liberal. He is in favour of an ex tension of the suffrage, the ballot, and the abolition of c hurch not yet known whether the Liberals will bring rates.twi ri forward a second candidate to oppose Mr. 13u -Johnstone ' and the Conservatives appear to b for the Liberals to take the initiative. FROME. Lord Edward Thymic having announced his in tention of retiring from the representation of this borough at the next election, a very active canvass TfIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1865. has been pursued during the past week by Sir Henry Rawlinson, in the Liberal .interest, and by Mr. Wickham, a resident in the town, on the part of the Conservatives. The constituency is small, and pretty equally divided, so that whenever the elec tion does take place the contest is likely to be a close one. correspond. The jemmy had been inserted into the ring of the padlock and the lock - wrenched off. The desks in Mr. Lyons's office had also been forced open. I afterwards went to the shop of Mr. Folkard, pawnbroker, and gave certain information there. This morning I took the prisoner into custody at the Southwark Police-court. On the way there I told him he would be charged with breaking and entering the warehouse of Mr. Crane, in Birchin lane, and stealing a number of revolvers ; and that he would also be charged with receiving the parti cular revolver produced, knowing it to have been stolen. He said, " I had it from a man in Black friars-road, and I was to have for myself all I could get for it over £l." He did not, he said, know the man, nor did he know where to find him, but he would try to do so if he was liberated. He gave the name of James and refused his address. He said he had no occupation. Mr. Alderman Lusk remanded him. attended by the riderless Ballycasey, Mistake fourth, Mer rimac fifth, and Emblem sixth. The others, who were widely distributed, were pulling up, and did not pass the post. The Aintree Stakes of 5' sovs each, 2 ft. to the fund, with 50 sovs. added. Winner of any handicap after the pub lication of the weights (Feb. 20, at 10 a.m.) 71b extra. One mile. 20 subs. Mr. Saxon's Idle Girl, 4 yrs, 7st (T. Grimshal 1 Mr. Beadman's Stockinger, 6 yrs, B st 61 b aleslop 2 Mr. Wadlow's Queen of Trumps, 6 yrs, B st 21 b (Loates 3 The following also ran :—Gemma, Twilight, Aurelian, and Jarnicoton. Betting— 3 to 1 agst Idle Girl, 4 to 1 each agst Aurelian and Twilight, 8 to 1 each agst Gamma, Stockinger, and Jarnicoton. Queen of Trumps got away in front, followed, in close company, with Jarnicoton, Idle Girl, and Gemma, Aurelian and Twilight lying off. At the canal turn the Queen in creased her lead, but, on entering the straight, she was headed by the favourite, who was joined half-way up by Stockinger. From this point a good race ensued, Idle Girl winning at last by a length ; a length separated the second and third, Gemma was a bad fourth, and Jarnicoton fifth ; Twilight and Aurelian were the two last. - Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, for all ages. A winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights 71b extra. Entrance 2 sous. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. T. Hughes's Juliet, aged, Bst 1 (Loatel 1 Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 5 yrs, B st 31 b ...(T French 2 Mr. Saxon's Miss Harriette, 2 yrs, s st 121 b (Seaton 3 Lady Sefton and Lightfoot also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Gipsy Girl, 7to 2 agst Juliet, and 4 to 1 agst Lady Sefton. Juliet, getting away with a clear lead, made all the run fling, and won in a canter by three lengths : a like distance separated the second and third. Lady Sefton was a bad fourth. Match of £5O each, h.ft. ; list. each. Gentlemen riders, Two miles over six flights of hurdles. _ Mr. Shaw's Careless Boy, aged Mr. Lucas's Vision, 5 yrs 2 Betting-2 to lon Careless Boy, who made all the run• ning, and won easily by a couple of lengths. YORK SPRINT "G MEETING. TUESDAY, Acceptances for the Great I May 16. orthern Handicap. Two Age st. lb. East Lancashire 5 8 12 La Toucques Oldminster Buckenham 6 8 3 Gibraltar Dr. Syntax Prince Arthur 4 7 13 Bel Demonio Clown Black Deer Change 5 7 10 Welcome Fantail Thalestris 5 7 9 Hollyfox Golden Pledge 5 7 7 Gratitude Hymettus 4 7. 7 Stanton a 7 4 Greville 4 7 4 Harkforward Joco Cathedral 4 7 4 Ratcatcher ' ,o 7 Age st. lb. Battaglia Claxton 4 7 0 Flatterer Sister to Drake 4 6 13 Revival 4 6 13 Gondola Finesse 4 6 12 Castle Espie 4 6 12 Verger Buckfoot Brown Bread Huntsman'sDaugh. 5 6 6 Industry (late Tar latan) 4 6 4 Alice Fauconburg 4 6 2 Spring Gun 3 6 2 Grappler Swordsman Nu (in 71b ex) 3 6 2 Macbeth Jeanette Sidewind Benanoar 3 6 0 Renfrew Ceres 3 5 7 Club Queen 3 5 9 Flying Horse Ilighflyer's dam colt 4 7 2 Ghillie Callum 4 7 0 STATE OF TRADE CARDIEF, March 7.—The steam coal trade is in a moderately buoyant state, and nearly all the colliers are in regular employ. There are good orders in hand from the Continentkl markets, and the ex ports to the West India Islands are large. The reduction by the Great Western Company of the tonnage rates to the metropolis has caused a consi derable increase in the quantity of Welsh coal sent to the London market. Quotations are firmly main tained. The house coal merchants are well supplied with orders, and the Irish and West of England demand is good. Coke for locomotive purposes is in fair request, and the patent fuel works are on full time. The lock-out in Staffordshire has not as yet affected the trade of this district to any extent, and there has been no accession of orders through it. LEICESTER, Bth.—The hosiery trade in most de partments is steadily improving, and the operatives are finding increased employment. At Loughbor ough, Hinckley, and in the country districts gene rally there is rather more doing. Cotton yarns are fluctuating, but high prices are yet quoted. Spinners are generally working to orders. There is no ma terial alteration in the price of wools, the market being quiet. NOTTINGHAM, Bth.—The lace trade still remains quiet, and though orders are coming in they are only small, and more for assorting up than for ordinary stock. Silk Mechlins are rather more in demand and black silk laces and edgings are likely to be more used, the fashions being in their favour. The plain cotton net branch is very depressed, and until there is more steadiness in the cotton market it is probable it will remain so. The Continental trade as a whole remains very quiet. The hosiery trade continues active, and a fair amount of business is being transacted. Buyers, however, act with cau tion, and decline to place orders in advance owing to the unsettled state of the cotton market, in which there is an unsteady feeling, and yarns are expected to decline in price. Another Robbery in the City. A very daring robbery has been committed at a house in Birchin-lane, one of the busiest thorough fares in the city, connecting Cornhill with Lombard- street, and in - the immediate vicinity of the Royal Exchange and the Bank of England. The premises in question, No. 6, consist of a shop on the ground floor, with offices above, all of which have a common entrance from the street. The first floor is occupied by Mr. Lyons, a stock and share broker, the second by Mr. Crane, an agent for the sale of fire arms, and _ . the third is at present unoccupied. No one sleeps on the premises, and the occupant of the shop, beingthe last to leave in the evening, closes them for the night, asin the case of Mr. Walker, the jeweller in Cornhill, Like him, too, there is reason to believe that the shop. keeper himself unknowingly locked in the thievewho afterwards ransacked the place and escaped with the spoil. It so happened that Mr. Lyons on Saturdaylast before leaving his office for the day took from an iron safe in it the money and securities for money which he had there and depositedthem with his bankers, but he left in it a cashbox, which, however, contained only a few documents of value to himself. That being so he thought he would at once leave the safe-door open, for otherwise in the event of thehousebeing robbed the thieves might spoil his safe by forcing or attempting to force it open. Failing to pick the lock of his office door the thieves had cut away the jamb into which the bolt shit, and had then prised the door open with a:crowbar. They wrenched open a drawer in the same way, but without finding in it anything of value, and they took from an open drawer a quantity of post age stamps. Of course, they soon discovered the cashbox in the unlocked safe, and that they forced vio lently open, leaving it afterwards bulged and broken in a room above. They were more successful in the apartments on the second floor, in the occupation of Mr. Crane, which were stored with a choice selection of small arms, especially revolvers, in which he trades, in the capacity of an agent. Having forced an en trance by cutting away the bearings of the lock and prising open the door they carried off about 50 re volvers, some of them worth five and six guineas each, and of the value in all of £l3O. On Saturday the premises were closed for the night at 7 o'clock, and the robbery would appear to have been effected in little more than an hour afterwards, for two of the pistols stolen from the rooms of Mr. Crane were pledged about 9 o'clock the same evening at the shop of a pawnbroker in the Borough. Yesterday a man who gave the name of James Roberts, but refused his address, was brought before Mr. Alderman Lusk, at the Justice-room of the Mansion-house, and charged with being concerned in the robbery. Mr. John Henry Crane was the first witness called. He said—l am agent for fire-arms, and occupy an office on the second floor of the house, 6, Birchin-lane. I do not know the prisoner. No one sleeps on the premises. The robbery was effected be tween the night of Saturday last and Mondaymorn ing. On Saturday evening about 6 o'clock I locked up my office, leaving the shopkeeper below, Mr. Chamberlain, who is always the last to leave the premises, to lock the outer door. I pass through his shop to get into the street. On that night I had left nearly 140 pistols in my office. They were sample revolvers and others, and some lay on a table in cases, and others below the table in holsters. On my return on Monday morning I found my office had been broken into and about 50 pistols of the esti mated value of about £l3O stolen. On examining the premises I found that a padlock which I had placed on the door over and above the ordinary lock had been wrenched off and the door itself had been prised open from the jamb without the lock having been injured. When I arrived the place was in charge of the police. The revolver produced is one of those stolen from my office. The cost price of it would be about £3. Of the 50 stolen 16 were in holsters, and the thieves left the holsters behind. Mr. John Chamberlain, umbrella manufacturer at 6, Birchin-lane, said he occupied the shop on the ground floor, and was the last to leave the premises on Saturday night. He left at 7 o'clock. He first locked and bolted the front door of the shop on the inside, according to his custom, leaving the key in the lock on the inside, and then left by the back door, on 'which were two good locks and a padlock besides. Before leaving he did not go upstairs to see if any one was in the upper part of the house. He returned on Monday morning a little before 9 o'clock and found the back door by which he usu ally entered all right, but he was alarmed on going into the shop and not finding the key of the front door in the lock on the inside where he had left it on Saturday evening. He also missed a green bag from the shop. He then went upstairs and found that the office of Mr. Lyons on the first floor had been forcibly entered, and on going to the second fl fo o r o c r ed he op fo e u n n . d i th ie at call tha of Mr. Crane h ed t in apoliceman, , ad also been and d left the premises in his charge. Witness did not know the prisoner. Frederick William Jarrey, assistant to Mr. Fol kard, a pawnbroker, at 160, Blackfriars-road, de posed that on Tuesday afternoon the prisoner, whom he did not know, entered the shop and offered to pledge the revolver produced, asking 30s. on it. Having taken two similar pistols previously in pledge, and having received some information, his u police, s s suspicion e w a excited,prisoner n a t n h d e h m e e c a o n m t i m m u e n ta m. te g d a w e i t t a h in th ed e in the shop by witness's master. Witness returned with a constable, and gave the prisoner into custody. Edward Hancock—l am a city detective officer. On Monday morning last I went to 6, Birchin-lane, and examined the premises. I found that a great part of the door post of Mr. Lyons's on the first floor had been cut away and the lock forced. Ivent to the second floor and found that the door of Mr. Crane's office had been forced with the " jemmy" produced. Mr. Crane had handed me the "jemmy" and a dark lantern, which he said a constable had found on the stairs. I compared the jemmy with marks on the door and the lock, and found them to SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. LrvEupooL, March 8. Rarely since the days of Lottery, Peter Simple, Abd-el- Kader, and other giants of the steeplechasing world has this event excited so great an interest as on this, its 28th anniversary. The revival of cross-country racing which the last two or three years have witnessed has led to a very strong entry and an equally strong acceptance on this occasion, and Mr. Topham may fairly be congratu lated on the success of his handicap. It was at first denominated a very open affair, but time and consideration have narrowed this view, and the opinion that there were about half a dozen in it has been pretty generally endorsed by the public. Many horses have figured in the quotations, but the amount invested has been comparatively trifling, and the leading favourites have alone been backed for money. Lord Coventry's success the last two years had, of course, the effect of making his representatives very for midable, while the Irish and French divisions were in great force. The accident which deprived the latter of a the dreaded L'Africain's services we mentioned yesterday, and Tony Lumpkin was the chosen of the former. Arbury, who ran second last year, hadretrograded within _ _ _ the last 48 hours, after having been backed for a consider- able amount during the past week. Lord Coventry's ad- vice to his friends to back the two" seemed to have been :ollowed, but George Stevens being announced to ride Emblematic had the effect of still further strengthening his position. Never before had there been seen such a concourse of people as crowded the stands and spread over the ground on Aintree this morning. It was a Derby-day in the scene of excitement at the railway station, in the rush for car riages, in the struggle to win the narrow way that led to the _ . enclosure. The line of people extended from the first fence to Beecher's-brook, and the thronged roof of the stand was a sight to see. Twenty-three horses, all in the bloom of condition, a magnificent sight, came to the post, and the race, the incidents of which will be found fully described below, fell to Alcibiades, after a fine struggle with an ox treme outside; Hall Court. The Sefton Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners ex tra. Six furlongs. 56 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Wild Duck, 6 yrs, 7st llb (inc 71b extra) (Carroll) 1 Lord Stamford's Gownsman, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Morris) 2 Lord Uxbridge's Arkansas, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ...(Heartfield) 3 The following also ran :—Jane Shore, Leprochauu, Worthless, and Jupon. A. Ward weighed for North End, but did not get to the post in time to start. Betting-5 to 2 agst Wild Duck, sto 1 each agst Gown man and Arkansas, 6 to 1 agst Jane Shore, 7 to 1 agst Worthless, and 8 to 1 agst any other. Jane Shore cut ont the work at an indifferent pace, but - . was headed after running a few strides by Jupon, who came on with the running into the straight, where Jane Shore gave way, and Gownsman then went to the front, and came on in company with Wild Duck and Arkansas to the distance, where Lord Westmoreland's mare, who had been previously disappointed, headed him, and won, after a show of a race, by half a length. There were three lengths between the second and third, Jupon was fourth, Worthless fith, Jane Shore sixth, and Leprechaun last, beaten off. A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 50 sovs added. Winners extra. One mile and a half. Four flights of hurdles. 32 subs. Mr. T. Turner's Knave of Trumps, 5 yrs, 9st 81b Page) 1 Mr. T. Wadlow's West End, 6 yrs, lOst 91b (Inc 1b ex W. White) 2 Mr. Barber's Cutler, 6 yrs, 9st 41b (Mr. ( Mumford 3 Mr. Lucas's Vision, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b (F. Martin) 4 The following also ran ;—Zara, Duchess, Rod in Pickle, and Corsica. • Betting-3 to 1 agst Knave of Trumps, 4to 1 each agst West End and Duchess, and 5 to 1 agst Corsica. Knave of Trumps, in company with Duchess, Corsica, Cutler, and Rod in Pickle, got away, in front, and made the running to the first flight of hurdles, which Duchess, who had gradually crept up, cleared in advance, the lot running in a body to the mile-post, where the Duchess suddenly disappeared from the front, and became the absolute last. Rounding the canal bridge turn Rod in Pickle assumed the premiership, and with Knave of Trumps, Cutler, and West End in close attendance, came into the straight together, but on reaching the hurdles beyond, Lord Sefton's nomination was beaten, leaving Knave of Trumps with a slight advantage, which he retained to the end, and won easily by two lengths. A neck between the second and third. Vision was a bad fourth, Zara fifth, and Duchess sixth, Corsica and Rod in Pickle being the last two. The Grand National Steeplechase, Handicap, of 20 sovs each, h ft, with 100 soya added. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. Four miles and a quar ter. 103 subs, 43 of whom declare and pay 5 sovs each. Mr. B. Angell's Alcibiades, 5 yrs, list 41b aptain Coventry 1 Capt. Browne's Hall Court, 6 yrs, lls (C t...(Capt. Tempest 2 Lord Coventry's Emblematic, aged, 11s 101 Philosopher, rreshraa Stanton, rr t a o u d (G. Stevens) 3 The following also ran :—Embl em , Fl y fi sher, Joe Maley, Acrobat, Meanwood, Arbury, Express, Merrimac, Light xtarket HGeaarrdt,enPerri,nircheess Dwarf,Dagmar Ballycasey, Tony Lumpkin, The Czar, Ace of Hearts, Mistake. Betting-5 to 1 agst Emblematic, Bto 1 agst Stanton, 10 to 1 each agst Joe Maley and Emblem, 12 to 1 each agst Arbury and Princess Dagmar, 100 to 8 agst Tony Lump kin, 100 to 6 each agst Alcibiades and Light Heart, 25 to 1 agst Czar, 28 to 1 agst the Dwarf, 33 t o 1 agst Merrimac, and 40 to 1 each agst Flyfisher and A cro b a t . In consequence of the delay in weighing out th e jo c k e ys, it was upwards of half an hour after the time set down on the card before the 23 competitors reached Mr. Marshall at the post. After this failure they Were despatched in close company, with the exception of Acr o b a t, w h o j um p e d round at the moment, and resolutely resisted all the per and in consequence was per suasion be ion hi o n f d h . i O s n rid se e t r tl t i o ng fa i e n e t ili o t s h b ei i r t' places Meanwood rushed to the front and entered the enclosures with a lead of two or three lengths, having on his right Joe Maley, Hall Court, Merrimac, and Light Heart, and on his left lay Alcibiades, Flyfisher, Arbury, Tony Lumpkin, and Mistake. in whose wake were Emblem, Princess Dagmar, Stanton, the Dwarf, and Market Gardener, who were whipped in by Philoso pher, Ballycasey, Emblematic, and the Czar. They ran thus to the first fence, which Joe Maley cleared slightly in advance of Meanwood, who was followed in a body by Merrimac, Arbury, Hall Court, Alcibiades, and Emblem, the others being widely extended and equally fortunate in getting safely over, with the exception of Market Gardener and Tumbler, who refused, and, although repeatedly put at it by their respective riders' could not be got over and re turned home. Proceeding over the plough, Meanwood again headed Joe Maley, and reached Beecher's-brook several lengths in advance of Merrimac, close in whose wake were Joe Maley, Arbury, Hall Court, Emblem, Stanton, and Alcibiades, having Tony Lumpkin, Dwarf, Flyfisher, Mistake, Princess Dagmar, Freshman, and Emblematic as their immediate followers along the canal side. At this point the tailing became extended, and on entering the course Arbury was observed with a slight lead of Joe Meanwood, and Hall Court, who, as they ap proached the thorn fence opposite the Stand, were joined by Alcibiades, Emblem, Tony Lumpkin, and Merrimac, who cleared it without a mistake, and proceeded nearly in a line to the artificial water jump, which Joe Maley, Arbury, Emblem, and Hall Court took nearly abreast. On landing the former took a decided lead, and led round the turn into the meadows, but at the fence beyond he blundered, and fell heavily, and was not after perse vered with. This mistake left Arbury with the com mand, closely followed by Meanwood, Hall Court, Merrimac, Emblem, Mistake, Emblematic, Alcibiades, Tony Lumpkin, and Flyfisher; the others following at wide intervals, headed by Stanton, Philosopher, and Light Heart, and a long way in their rear by Express and the Dwarf, the two latter being pulled up and wa lked back to the enclosure at Beecher's-brook. Arbury ca me to g rief by over-jumping himself, and his chance was thus com pletely extinguished, leaving Meanwood once again with the lead, but before they had crossed the succeeding piece of plough ho was completely pumped out, and Knott at once resigned the contest. These retirements enabled Merrimac to bring his colours to the fore, Hall Court going on second, Alcibiades third, with Mistake and Lord Co ventry's two following close in his wake, to three fence s from home, where Emblem gave way to her stable corn panion, who joined Mistake at the next fence, and fol lowed the leaders to the fence into the course, which Hall Court cleared several lengths of Merrimac, who was shortly after headed by Mr. Angell's favourite, who waited upon the leader to the hurdles at the entrance into the straight, which the pair cleared together, and raced for those oppo site the Stand, which Hall Court cleared in advance, but was caught opposite the Stand, and defeated, after a fine race, by a head. Emblematic finished a bad third, closely SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS -4- TIMES.—The present week may possibly be as memorable in the annals of British industry as that which witnessed the outbreak of the American war and the paralysis of the great cotton trade. Next to cotton stuffs, one of the chief manufactures of this country is iron, and the manufacturers of iron, mas ters and men together; are deliberately combining to suspend their trade, and create by their own pro ceedings a distress scarcely less serious than was in flicted on Lancashire by the quarrels of Federals and Confederates. We couple the workmen with their employers in these remarks, because both par ties are answerable for the consequences impending. The proceeding immediately before us is iermeda " lock-out"—that is to say, an act of the masters ; but this " lock-out" originated in a " strike," or an act of the men. The whole case, indeed, derives its importance from the fact that though its proportions are alarming in the extreme they do but express the condition to which Trade Unions and trade conflicts have at length brought the industry of the kingdom. Some time ago the Staffordshire ironmasters re solved upon reducing the wages of the men in their employ. The North Staffordshire men struck against this reduction and refused to accept it ; the men of South Staffordshire consented to the abatement, and were willing to continue their work, but at the same time they agreed to support the malcontents' in North Staffordshire by contributions from their earnings. At this the masters took alarm, and rea sonably enough, for it was plain that if the Northern men could carry their point against their employers by the aid of the South, they would afterwards enable the Southern men to accomplish the same object in a similar fashion. These have been the tactics of Trade Unions for some time past. A general " strike," by impoverishing every district at once, would put the men at a disadvantage, and leave them without the means of sustaining the contest. A local " strike," supported from earn ings in other districts where work was continued, might be conducted with far better prospect of success, and might eventually be repeated on the same favourable conditions in one district after another. In former times this strategy would have been formidable, but the masters have now learnt organisation from the men, an d encounter them with their own weapons. Trade unions are now maintained in duplicate. Each district has its Union of masters as well as its Union of men, and one side is as well disciplined as the other. So, when the masters' Union in South Staffordshire dis cerned the designs of their men in supporting out of their earnings a strike - in North Staffordshire, they at once resolved to stop these earnings, and to de prive their adversaries of the sinews of war. They gave notice that unless the North Staffordshire men came in and resumed work they would " lock-out" even the Southern men who were willing to go on, and thus the conflict has commenced. Where it will end no one can tell, for the iron trade of the whole kingdom is, as regards this double organisation, one industry. Already the ironmasters in Northumber land and Durham are opening the question with their men, and asking whether they intend to sup port the Staffordshire workmen or not. If they con sent to stand aloof, the masters will keep their works open • if not, they will adopt the tactics of t heir brethren' in South Staffordshire and " lock-out" the hands in their employ. The reader will now ap preciate the character of the impending struggle. Its importance is due solely to the organisation and concert which incessant quarrels and long experience have produced in all our principal trades. The ori ginal dispute was nothing but an ordinary squabble about the rate of wage, but no sooner is it taken up than one " Union" after another, of masters as well as men, finds itself called upon to adopt a side. If the masters prevail in Northumberland and Wales by the threat of a " lock-out," the men in Stafford shire will infallibly have to succumb ; their sur reiader would entail other surrenders, and there fore the Trade Unions of the men may naturally be reluctant to forsake them. On the other hand, un less the masters act thus in concert and intercept the supplies, the Staffordshire masters would be beaten, and the turn of all other masters would come. We confess, therefore, that we are not in the least surprised to see it conjectured that before the end of this week the principal ironworks in the North of England and Wales will be closed. The only gleam of hope that we can discern in this de plorable strife is suggested by the very magnitude of the calamity. When things have come to such a pass they must surely mend, for the result is abso lutely unendurable. The great " lock-out" is no thing in the world but the natural and inevitable result of a system. To this end, sooner or later, strikes must come. The men were the first to dis cover the advantages of combination, and they brought their Trade Unions to such a pitch of organisation that the operatives of a trade con stituted one great body, movable by one impulse and on one plan. They could never, however, ex pect that the masters would forego the use of these weapons, or allow themselves to be beaten in detail year after year. Both sides, like armies in the field, learnt war from campaigning, and the masters are now as well organised and disciplined as the men. Twenty years ago this strife would never have been heard of out of Staffordshire. Now the whole iron trade is formed into two great groups of Unions, the masters on one side and the men on the other, and so a local " strike" becomes a national calamity. It is said that wages to the amount of £120,000 a week are stopped. already, and. what the state of things may be a few days hence it is impossible to calculate. In the Trade Returns of last year our mere exports of iron manufactures were valued at upwards of £13,000,000, and this estimate took no account of machinery. We have said nothing about the merits of the original quarrel, because; as the public will see, the import ance of the case before us depends on other con. siderations. The fact is that in the state to whicl trade has now been brought by these hostile Unions, every quarrel, however insignificant, between masters and men, may produce as complete a paralysis of a great national industry as was occasioned in the cotton trade by the American war. Nor can it be otherwise so long as the system continues of deciding the differences by " strikes" and Unions on one side, and " lock-outs" and Unions on the other. It is perfectly natural that the men of every Union should wish to support the North Staffordshire men, and equally so that the masters of every Union should resolve to support the Staffordshire masters. But in the meantime, while the whole trade is thus made a party to every local squabble, and a machinery so ruinously extravagant is brought into play, our fo reign rivals will improve the opportunity to get the business out of our hands. They are running us close already, and we have but little margin of advantage to spare. We do trust, therefore, that the alternative which found favour with the building trades a short time ago may not be forgotten in the case before us. The master builders and their men did agree with tardy wisdom that it was better to submit a dispute to arbitration than to settle a commercial question by endeavouring to starve each other out. Whether the ironmasters or their workmen were right in their estimates of the wages which the trade could afford we cannot say, but we can say, and the pub lic will say too, that it is the very height of folly to bring such a controversy to an issue by suspending the trade throughout the whole kingdom and jeopardizing its existence altogether. HERALD.—Next to having a good cause the best thing is to have a good advocate. Many a doubtful suit has been won by clever counsel, and many a verdict had been recorded against the merits through an able lawyer's skill in putting a harm less aspect on an ugly set of facts or explaining away an obvious but unfavourable inference. And if there be any man who should know this maxim thoroughly we should surely expect to find the pre sent occupant of the woolsack more conscious of its practical importance than any other person living. Skilled in all the arts by which a man of consider able, but by no means commanding, ability can rise over the heads of his competitors to the highest legal honours ; having used his talents at the bar and in the senate with extraordinary success ; having for many years practised side by side with the leading members of his profession, and having had ample opportunity of observing the tactics of those who endeavour to win a popular vote or to sway a po pular assembly, we are sure Lord Westbury would never willingly rely upon an advocate wanting in so commonplace a quality as ordinary discretion. And, perhaps, if his lordship had the power of choosing, he would take care that no one who had the conduct of his cause should be wanting in this particular. Unfortunately, however, the practice of public jour nalists is not regulated by forensic etiquette. A big brief and a heavy fee are not the only requisites to ensure an able and influential pleader at the bar of public opinion ; and so it comes to pass that Lord Westbury, like other men, must bear the burden of his mistakes, and endure the animadversions of ad verse critics as best he may. When he mixes himself up in matters such as are now engrossing public at tention he must rely for his defence on such journals as choose to espouse his cause or deprecate the cen sures of his assailants, and he must trust to the merits of the one for any effective qualification of the bitter ness of the other. We are sorry to say that we cannot congratulate Lord Westbury on his good fortune in this particular. For a vindication or palliation of - is share in the Patent Office scandal he has had to trust to his old friends in Printing-house-square. The Times, which lauded the Bankruptcy Act long after it had hopelessly broken down, which puffed his proposal for confiscating small debts, when all the traders in the country were loud in its condem nation, which has extolied him to the skies as our heaven-sent law reformer,- and which is ever ready to act as his lordship's fugleman at all times and on all occasions, has once more come forward to do battle on his beliolf. And so far as putting a bold front on the affair goes, it must be confessed that the leading journal has shown itself an apt scholar of the legal dignitary. When the rumours about Mr. Edmund's resignation became too loud to be disre garded the Lord Chancellor came forward with his proposal for inquiry, and when the news it had so stu diously ignored was in everybody's mouth his most faithful adherent in the daily press began to give tongue. It is wonderful, however, to see how diffe rently different people may look at the same transac tion. In the simplicity of our hearts we had imagined that it is ill for the slightest imputation to rest upon the wearer of the ermine. On this account we felt it our duty to dwell upon the circumstances of Mr. Edmunds's resignation • upon the admitted de falcations at the Patent Office • the reported pres sure by which he was compelled to resign his ap pointment in the House of Lords ; on the Chancel lor's extraordinary reticence when introducing the matter to the Lords' committee, and the tacit assistance he afforded to a grant of a pension for faithful service to a public servant who, after hold ing sundry lucrative offices for several years, is as yet uncleared from the imputation of being a de faulter to a very serious extent. Of course we sus pend our judgment on this last point until Mr. Edmunds's defence has been made public, and the statements on both sides are be fore the world. But our concern just now is not with Mr. Edmunds, but with Lord West bury—not with the clerk in the Patent Office, but with the Chancellor on the woolsack. We say, and we know that the public feeling of the entire country is with us in saying, that the Chancellor's silence when introducing the matter to the Lords' committee was an act for which he is highly censurable. Such members of the com mittee as spoke on Tuesday night expressed them selves with the warmth of honourable men who felt that they had been to some extent imposed upon. They had been invited to consider their officer's petition for a pension, without a word being breathed to them as to anything that officer had done to render him unworthy of the boon he sought, and the matter was introduced to them by the keeper of her Majesty's conscience, who excused himself for this flagrant instance of the suppressio yen by saying that Mr. Edmunds had not rendered himself liable to criminal proceed ings. We should like to know how any mer cantile company or trading firm would deal with their confidential clerk, who recommended his em ployer to pension off an underling in whose accounts there was a possibility of serious deficiency, because he thought it would not be advisable to prosecute the offender. Yet this is exactly what the Lord Chancellor has done, and for the credit of our order we should have thought that for this he would be condemned by every journalist of reputation. It appears,lowever, thatwewere mistaken. The Times feels bound to say that the Lord Chancellor seems to them blameless. The circumstances are singular, but the Mr. Edmunds of the Patent Office was an entirely different person from the Mr. Edmunds at the House of Peers. If the one dealt improperly with the public money there was no complaint of the sort against the other. Like the fighting bishop who played mad pranks as a soldier, the Times can understand how a man can deserve a public pension for being honest in one place who has been charged with grave irregularities in another, though whether he had the opportunity for improperly dealing with money as reading clerk we are not as yet in formed. In permitting an officer to resign against whom grave charges had been made, our contem porary can see only a laudable anxiety " to relieve the public service of a person whose conduct had been faulty," and this " fault," we are left to sup pose, was condoned by the delinquent's paying over £7,872, and disputing the balance of £9,000 and odd, which his superiors still assert to be due from him. As for hoodwinking the committee, that is a question, as the Times with charming naivete re marks, " on which very different opinions may be very legitimately held." The Chancellor may well have been surprised that Mr. Edmunds was willing to pay part of his balances and to relinquish all his appointments. The Lord Chancellor did not think fit "to pursue" a fallen man, and the com mittee, " who had ample opportunities of becoming acquainted with the whole case, at once granted the pension, probably thinking that Mr. Ed munds's faults in another department ought not to preclude him from receiving the reward of his long labours in the house !" We leave our contem porary's apology - for Lord Westbury to speak for itself. " Save me from my friends," the Chancellor may well exclaim, when he peruses the wretchedly weak and flimsy excuses put forth on his behalf in an article devoted to his defence by a journal which has always been his unreasoning partisan. But as the Peers protested against the silence of the Chan cellor, so must the press protest against the conclud ing paragraph of the Times leader. The writer of the sentences we have quoted is perfectly well aware that the committee knew nothing, and could know nothing, of the charges against Mr. Edmunds; that it was not until after they had made their report that they heard anything of the matter, save by vague, uncertain rumour—rumour which they were not only at liberty, but were bound to disregard, when the proposal for Mr. Edmunds's pension was introduced to them by that gentleman's highest offi cial superior. Of the disingenuous concealment of which Lord Westbury was guilty we have already spoken, but we know not whether even his lordship's silence be a graver offence than our contemporary's deliberate endeavour to transfer the blame from the Chancellor to the committee. Nepotism and job bery on the woolsack are offensive enough, but we are inclined to think that the journalist who excuses them by perverting the facts of a perfectly notorious case may fairly be charged with acting in a manner even more reprehensible than the official he vainly i endeavours to defend. f r ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.-- W inter coughs are alike distressing to the patient and aunoying to those around him. The mode of cure is simple, innocent, and effective. Holloway's Ointment should be rubbed upon the front of the chest and between the blade bones twice a day, while the blood is undergoing purification, by appropriate doses of his Pills. A double resuit is thus secured : the air tubes are relieved of accu mulated phlegm, and the lungs are freed from an impure circulation. These favouring conditions remove the cause, and the cough ceases. By the same means, and with equal facility, the treatment by Holloway's inestimable remedies will overcome ulcerated and sore throats, diphtheria, bron chitis, pleurisy, and all wathmatical and pulmonary conges tive complaints.; The Architects' Benevolent Society. The annual general meeting of this society was held yesterday, in the rooms of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 9, Conduit-street, Regent street. The meeting was presided over by the pre sident, Sydney Smirke, Esq., R.A. The report, which was read by the Chairman, stated that upon the whole the position of the society was satisfactory. At the same time it was true that the annual amount received last year did not come up to that of the year 1863 ; but it would be found that that excess was due to the zeal shown by the collector, Mr. Hill, who in 1863 had collected a large amount of arrears of subscriptions. The number of subscribers had increased ; eleven new members had been added to their list, and only to° had been lost through death. Every individual item of expenditure in 1864 was somewhat lower tha fter n ill 1863. The total expenditure during the ye ar, the deduction of sums due to applicants, So., ex elusive also of sums invested during the year, and the balance in hand, had been during the year 18 6 '* £4B Bs. sd. ; whilst during the preceding y e ti L e amount was £77 3s. sd. It was also satisfactory to state that whilst the amount funded in 1863 was £3l 10s. 6d, the amount funded in 1864 was £ 6B 19s 6d., and whilst the balance in hand at the close of 1863 was £7l 10s. 2d. the balance in hand last Christmas was £ll4 7s. Id. These figures showed distinctly that the financial position of the society was good, and that its funds were administered with due attention to economy. The society had indee d to regret that very many members of the profession continued to withhold their support. since its foundation in 1850 the society had constantly creased year by year in numbers and the means el doing good, but it must be admitted that /to progress had not been so rapid as it ought to hal e ~ been, and that it had not reached that state efficiency which the importance of the profession justified the council in expecting. The council, however, placed great reliance on the good feel ing which pervaded the profession. It might be fairly expected that much time 131115 fairly elapse before a numerous body of men, wide l y scattered over the country with no bond of uni°ll, but that which united men of like pursuits, Nell' be induced to combine for one common object, 11°- ever excellent that object might be. and The CHAIRMAN then moved the reception _a adoption of the report, the motion being seconae' by Mr. MOCATTA, and carried unanimouslY• „ .n d A protracted conversation followed, w hich elleT o a general feeling that many of the member s of tof profession were singularly apathetic in the cau se 4s their poorer brethren, and showed (as Mr. Alec3'no termed it) " a want of heart." Various suggesl4°-0 were thrown out by several speakers with a view improving the funds of the society. • tu tioa Mr. R. W. BILLING proposed a parallel instl to to that of the actors, and expressed his readlne ss . be follow the example of any one who would subserl_,, £lOO to attain that object—nay, if it were absohlteel necessary, he would contribute £5OO. (APPS' The proposition did not meet the views of of the gentlemen present. • ea to The usual complimentary thanks were pass ow the retiring officers, who were re-elected , and of thanks to the president was passed with ne e ' t he tion. The president was compelled.to leave ta i e midst of the discussion, having to meet a P il o . body at four o'clock, and his place was 011 plied by Mr. Mair. COUNTRY MARKETS eat MAY. at 13st At our market to-day the wh trade ruled slot in . divg week's currency. In foreign nothing doing. barley in retail at reduced rates. Beans an d p eas linse ed rate request at former prices. The demand f or ' the spot continues inactive, without vari a tion in Prl The NEWCAS TLE-ON-T YNE.—TtrEsnAir• a. There was a good show of wheat from the groan area arrival coastwise was moderate, and nothing from English sold slowly at last week's rates, but old vo id had more attention, and 6 d to 1 s per q r . dearer. ' as t er unaltered. Malt is lower, and dull. Bean s and r , change& Flour moved off at late rates. r f Northumberland wheat sold from 32 s to 4.45, No ° , 268; Suffolk, 39s to 45s ; Dantsic, 39 s to 46 s ; oats , 218 Lci„ialtt barley, 26s to 31s; beans, 36 s to 40 s; rye , 27 s to 368; - 51s to 62s per qr. ; flour, 26s to 28s per sack. „„ ga; The averages wore—wheat, 38s 4d; barley, °" oats, 19s 7d ; and beans, —s per quarter. LYNN.—TUESDAY. • 10 The weather has been changeable. At to-day's the supply of wheat was moderate, and the trade sefij steady at last week's prices. Malting barley fol d ti r aor ° samples suitable for seed were in request at rather a or/ money than last week, but grinding descriptions wet,e,per• sale at late rates. Beans and oats 6d to i s p er qrldo. cheaper' sale for New wheat, 43s to 44s ; new red, 37 s to 395; o ss •, 41s to 42s •old red, 38s to 39s per 36 s tone. 0 6s t o malting, 32s to 34s ; secondary, 30 s ; ordinary', large, S per qr. Oats, 20s to 22s per 24 stone. Beans , to 34s ; small, 34s to 36s per 38 stone. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TITEsPAI• r so New white wheat, 40s to 45s ; new red, 37s to 40s P: r stone. Barley, fine, 34s ; other kinds, 26s to 31s i o , Oats, new, 20s to 24s ; old, 25s to 28s per qr. 33°9 40s to 425; new, 34s to 38s per qr. SALISBURY.--TUESDAY. 11l There was not much wheat offering a t to -dap vie e a and the general supply was less than that offe r° a t 14 ' ago. Serviceable sorts at previous rates. Ba dra t rlei week's prices. Oats, beans, and peas at un altere Flour—prices remain at 265, 2 9 5, and 32s per 09 1 i f,,e . d fr ° A ng The following are present prices :—Wheat rear u s, 36s to 42s ; barley, 23s to 34s ; oats, 19 s to 28s ; v ea a , 1 0 ' ' to 46s ; and peas, 34s to 48 s per qr. B est breA household ditto, 9d per 81b. loaf. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the ma --' -'- : 5 . ' i t i s. d. ........ 1 , 6 Davison's W. Hartley 15 0 Heugh Hall ............ 1, , 0 Hastings Hartley l4 6 South Kenos ....... 14 9 Eden Main Walls End Hetton Carway and Duffryn Hartlepool .......... .. 1 6 0 Malting 22 0 Tunstall .. . ........ i tt o: 1 0 BraddylrsHetton lB 0 Birch Gra l B ° 11 grove ... i / South Hetton Walls End Haswell l9 6 Pensher Prior ... 1 " Stewart's Ships at market, 88 ; sold, 55. Foreign Mail Packet Lis Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton..• •t gsr • 6 , Ditto, via Marseilles ........................ Brazil and Cape Vcrds, by British pacLet ....... • • .3 ▪ 10. Ditto, by British packet . ........... • . 3 f sr' • 4 , Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helenn."),tar / 5, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou; haropt°ll. Ditto, via Marseilles .................... • .... Falkland 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton ........... 0, India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southall:lo on ' . 31 0 ' 1 4, Ditto, via Marseilles ........... • -•••• .o▪ st. s. India (Bombay), via Southampton. ................ • Ditto, via M arsei Iles ................ . .... , o . s. Mauritius, via Southampton .................. 1 5. Ditto, via Marseil e 3.... ..................... •••••• f• at, 6, Newfoundland .................................... Portugal . ..... • •:.• •••• .• . Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. ...... • • ' l3 ' 14 , 45 United States and British North America, 1 1 .1. 011% tish packet ... • • ...... Amn • Ditto, by United States packet, via. Soutn ton Ditto, via Cork ................. ...... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londondam ..!...pt _, A . 0 Births. Y.P` ~...piscA i f DIGBY.—On the 7th inst., at 6, Grosveu°' , 0 40 Wriothesly Digby, of a daughter. go d ' if oj, TFLom.—On the 7th inst., at Donnyeasllo . Dublin, Mrs. Walter Thom, of a s on- tom Col l , h THYNNE.—On the 7th inst., at Silklial ll 80 Mrs. Arthur C. Thynne, of a son. a, WU ° 4 TRAVERS.—On the 7th inst., at Epson; '—e S. Travers, Esq., of a daughter. • o Marriages. HAltitKenit,somx—r.FßANClS.—GO. Harrison,tlle7th ofst.tio.sotivrgslsB‘lcial.leccell'''t Ellen, youngest daughter of W. S• Francis, grove, near Welling, Kent. 4. t S t. fi SLADER—W OODBRIDGE.—On the 7th ins, 9',,,der, to jJ• Rusthall, Tunbridge-wells, Henry York Pm. tbe R.N., to Ellen Malvina, younger daughter of T. Woodbridge, Esq, a' o lte d 100 BIED.—On the 7th inst D e a ths. M r Charle s Bird, 29, vi o , B B itn iA B v t i r e l t E Te al, o e r T t :o o . N a f— g . siotdeOnesnr:lh'etehme277otrthhd.:inn,sta.,tultterimd:gebverhlriloll,:nig li cl 64 , • o °. alle s 13 1.7. r e: inst., 13_,, Beatson, aged 54. CHANCE. —On the 7th inst , at Northfleet 5°0111,1#1097 Gray..end, R. L. Chance,' Esq., of Sun:true cleo' near Birmingham, s llllell _ , aged 83. F . LAY.—On the 7th inst., at Surbiton-hill, es lti Findlay, Esq. Frier s , a r HARRis.—On the 6th inst., at Bark Cottage, -tfarr i° ' Finehley-common, Mr. John Woodcock ..-• i 60. 151 1 ' WALREIL—On the sth inst i at Arlington 101/se' Norwood, John Walker, Esq., aged 64. London • . 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