The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market presents symptoms of activity this morning, owing, no doubt, to preparations for the settlement of the fortnightly account at the Stock Exchange. The lowest rates of the brokers are 5 and G per cent. for the best bills. £5,000 in gold was taken to the Bank of Eng land on Saturday afternoon. The report of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway states that the line from Buenos Ayres to Chascomas was completed and opened on the 14th December, and that the Finance Minister for Buenos Ayres had publicly announced that a sum of money had been deposited in the Provincial Bank to meet any claim on the 7 per cent. guarantee. It also states that the works have been completed within the contract sum, and nearly twelve months Within the time stipulated, thus saving a consider able amount in the payment of interest during con struction. The public meeting of the holders of New Grenada bonds, originally fixed for Wednesday, the 28th inst., has been postponed to Thursday, the 29th inst., in consequence of the 28th being the settle ment on the Stock Exchange. At a meeting of the shareholders, to-day, of the British American Land Company, the report pre sented for adoption stated that the disposable balance amounted to £4,770, out of which the directors Proposed the declaration of a dividend of 15s. per share, free of income-tax, payable on and after the 10th of April next, which will amount to £4,500, leaving a balance of £270 2s. 4d. to carry forward. The subjoined is a copy of a circular addressed to the shareholders of the Credit Foncier and Alobilier of England : " The Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, (Limited), 17 :and 18, Cornhill, London, E.C., 24th March, 1866. " Sir,—l beg to forward you herewith the notice of the next ordinary meeting of the company. " Although the directors do not, as a rule, recognise the Pulley of addressing their shareholders upon every varia tion in the quotation of the shares on the Stock Exchange, t hey take this opportunity to state, in answer to some in quiries that have been made by shareholders, that there exists no ground whatever for the depreciation in the market price of the shares of this company, which has so U naccountably taken place within the last two or three days. " They can only attribute the fall to the circulation of unfounded and unjustfiable rumour, and amongst others that of the actual, or intended, resignation of the managing director, for which there is not a shadow of foundation. "There is, in fact, no reason, so far as the position of th e company is concerned, why the quotation of the shares 1 4 the market should not be as high as it ever has been. " The directors feel they are justified in making this statement, seeing that the affairs of the company are in the most prosperous condition, as will appear by the accounts i " ° be presented at the forthcoming meeting, and which will sent to you in due course.-1 am, Sir, your obedient Servant, " ALFRED LowE, Secretary." The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have not been of a satisfactory character. At Manchester the market for shipping "arils has been flat, and cloths suitable for both home a nd foreign requirements have been in less request. At Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield the late un favourable weather has caused a falling off in the demand for spring goods, while the same cause has acted prejudicially against the lace and hosiery branches of Leicester and Nottingham. In the hard- Ware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wol verhampton, however, most branches of trade have been seasonably active, and the operatives generally are fully employed. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GCVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Der Cent. Consols 7 a Do. Account, April 5 lPer Cent. R e d uce d B4l 5 e W 3 per Cent 844 1 5 6 'w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — I)0 . 3 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — a nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 .„DO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — '-'0 (Rod Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March. t Xehequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 8 4 Do. £5OO — Do £lOO and £2OO Ba nk 0: England Stock, 5 per Cent D 0 Account — 1x0u....1 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. l dian Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 — "o. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 ."0. Certificates — DO. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — P i ., o . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 `,- I ,°. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — D 0• Deb., 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 DO. Bonds, £l,OOO — D O . under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4r gentine R e p u blic, 6 per Cont., .£l5 pd 1 pm t tts trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 ra ,zilian 5 per Cent — L'o. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 , Do. 1865 — 4,0 Account — Scrip, £35 paid 4 pm •Alenos Ayres 6 per Cent 1)0. Account Do XICO Bonds — r , Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Dok,hilia 6 per Cent ~ Scrip, £25 paid Pm t 4 -', 0. 41 per Cent tuba, 6 per Cent. — tjba, 6 per Cent. D anubian 3 per Cent., 1825 '4,llubian Principalities I,„'-' 0 Account - I, ll ador N ew Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t'o., Provisional Land Warrant gYptian 7 per Cent i) °., Second Issue D O 4 -' 0 £lOO Bonds , Do. 1864 914 . T ., 4 -' D O £lOO Bonds ' O . Gove rnmen t Railway Debentures — c i o. £25 paid t ri c k 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 0 . Account 4 . " 0 . Coupons it tla rl ternala 5 per Cent. — a 4 5 per Cent 1865 tin• Maremmana Railway `',.lean 3 per Cent " 0 . Account n ° Do 1864 i0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French t9videan 6 per Cent., .£3 0 paid irrish Imp er i a l 5 per C en t erll Granada — D 0 2 pe r C ent 0 Deferr e d 1) 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) °I I 6 per Cent, 1864 i), ° Guaranteed, ,4 per Cent n 5 per Cent, 1865 D O . Account D ° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — 41 per Cent., 1862 11 ' O . Account °Piguese 3 per Cent., 1853 /1013 A pccount er Cent, 451 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4 11 ; i l s 'an 5 per Cent., 1822, £St — 1 D ° 4 1 per Cent. 1850 ? 41 p er C ent., 1860 L° 3 per Cent. 1859 D 0 5 per Cent. 1864 t ut nian 5 per Cent Nkri; - June. 6 dis 6 dis I)omaish Acco un 3 per Cent 42; ,t 1 . 4 "° New Deferred— '''o Account 60 Passive — ° Account 271 D 4l Cert. of Coup not funded — 1.t.0 Account l6 } j s ec lish 4 per Cent. — T °. 4 i per Cent. 1864 ti b il(is h 6 per Cent. 1854 0 Account 93 4 b n 6 _ Do per Cent. 1858 -„0 Account 661 i DO £lOO Bonds - 13 ° 6 per Cent. 1862 t 0 Account . 0 0 .£lOO Bonds D: -c o ' 6 r Cent ,1863 - " Cent . , 1865, paid up Scrip — 3_ _o . ' i i i ti Accoun t V A °. 4 per C en t. G uaran t ee d — -4eznela 3 per Cent. bitt o b° account — 6 per Cent., 180 — —O. Account ' -Do. 1864 — °' li per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. k „etll4 ; 5 pm. Cent., Ex. 10__ Florins .1),,P4, 41 per cent.. Ex. 2ot. 601 i lj a i : 2 i pe a , Cent., Ex. 12 Gull .t','r „." err Cent. Certificates _ ktalF e u tentes 3 per Cent. — _ 0 4 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 0 Account Co, TWO O'CLOCK. r,'''ols for mono "0 Account y .....,____ C bt a ~ n -I-TT L ASS DRILL AND THE POLICE.—Sir Richard i ssu e, Chief C omm i ss i oner of the Metropolitan Pol i ce feu d all order on Saturday di rec ti ng th a t th e superin the a nts of each division were to take measures for having ti o „ W , 61 0 of the men instructed in cutlass drill, thou n addi " ") the military drill which i.s now taught SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid.) Closing I Business Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. Cork and Bandon Cornwall . . Dublin & Belfast June. ,Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. r.LLondon, scrip Certi. Do. - Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angf. st. No. 2j Great North of Scotland Great Northeru D.). A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pnr‘' Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D••. S. Vii. Pail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.--Oxiord Do. Newport • Do. Hereford Lanclahire It; Yorkshire L irirdon and lilackwall Lou., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dovcr Do. Mctrop. Ex. A Lou. Jz North Western Lou. 46 South Western Man., Shet., do Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension...., Metropolitan District Do do. do. Do. and :,t..fohn'slV'd Mid , and Do. £9 Share . Do, Birmin &, Derby Ohl Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. U.N•E purchast. Do. Leeds Do. York DG. Carlisle Do. Btock.Sz Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. Sr S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon -south 14; .stern itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C ... Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkeuny Waterloo & Whiteha West CornwAll BRITISH Atlantic & S t.Lawrence Bom.,Baroda. Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. 1 4 " 'shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- • • Calcutta & S. E., lira _'ate Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Ben4al, gu., 5 do, East ludian, gu. p.c, Do. J Eitaasioti Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred •• • • Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deterred .. • • Do. :3d Pref. stock... • Do. do. deferred •• • • Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred . `. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c. • Gt. South of India ...• • la. 5 per cent D .. 41 per cent... • Do Great VV, s. of Canada.. D. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 00. 53 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do 4q do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. 13nds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 111.C'da, 6pc lst pf.bs. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub.... g o vz Do.lndus St. Flo 90 92 131 32 63 67 13 15 5 7 67 70 70 72 118 120 39 40 6 7 122 124 1,8 140 8 91 4",9 GO 51 60 90 12 34 36 .01 •02 I'4o 121 86 88 91 00 37 39 43 15i 120 122 92 Q 3 63 64 132 134 2: 2ip i l 1 111 , 1 96 98 f 23 123 i /8 94 of t 8 8 3U 109 110 71 72 100 110 35 37 10 11 p 120 124 11 Op 14 21.) 74 711 10 12 150 152 63 70 112 114 51 53 73 74 8 9 140 143 3 Ip l 100 102 51 53 58j 71 ESSIONS 5s 60 IC2 103 P iP 6t 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 102 104 33 35 83 90 65 87 55 60 59 61 50 55 45 49 42 45 32 34 20 34 109 1?0 16 2p' 14 2 p A 9 100 91 93 16 %7 3 1 ,1 94 96 86 e 8 1 yd 100 10 9 93 87 89 62 fil 8 82 99 100 98 99 97 99 NT SECURITIES, - British Columbia, 6 per - c a c n e n G t . 0 , v D .6 e c p .. c. 3l j , a1172j.u. 100 - 1877-84 - Do. 6g. c. Feb. & Aug luo 90 04 -- Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10' 90 94 - 1)0. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 71 60 - Do. sp. e. Inscribed ak 100 78 10 - Cape G.Hope, 6 P.C. 1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl.&Oct • 1890-1900 100 105 107 - Do. do; 1880-90 100 105 107 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 1(2 11.4 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 n - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 100 11.2 101 - Do. 1878, do lOO 110 1 8 - Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1.78 - Do. 188(, Mayts, Nov. . 0 10') 104 (06 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 1.20 1(2 104 - Natal 4i ov. 6 per cent l9O 109 102 - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul3 100 93 95 - N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 100 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 875 881 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 9l 95 - Do. 5 per cent.... .. 100 79 81 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 08 100 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 - 5. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- - 991 - Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 0 105 107 - Vic,Gov. p.c. Ja &July 100 - - - Do. do, a prit & Oct lOO 106 107 1064 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. hold, linst 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated. 30 15 17 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 500 58) - Drakewalls 2.1.0 I 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 20 - East Caradon 2.14, 8 9 - East Carn Brea 34 3/ 41 - East Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 - East Loved 3.9.0 7 9 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Ur.at L ixey, limited PI) 20 21 - Great South Tolgus 0,4.6 11 2 - Great Wheal Busy.•.,, 14.9.6 34 4 - G. Wheal Vor (Heist 40 26 23 - Grenville 6.18.0 31 3/ - Herod's Foot . 8.10.0 33 40 - Hingaton Downs 110.6 4 5 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 - Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 41 4 liwyndy Iron Ore, lin, 2/ 2i 14(1 - New Se con - North Roskear - N.WIII Bassett(lllogan 0.4.0 1 4 North Wheal Crotty 2.13. t. / 1 --- Prosper United—.. 7.1.6 - Pr Nidence Uny Ldant 10.60 32 34 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 390 410 - South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (illogan 18.18.9 18 22 -- Stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 - Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Mogan, lim all 4 6 - West Bassett (Illogau - W. Caradon (Lkskeard 9 8 10 - West Chiverton ll 75 80 - West Seton 474 165 175 - Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 51 821 871 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 274 - Wheal Mary Ann (Mem 8 3 5 - Wheal Setou -- Wheal Ttelawney (1.18 7 15 17 ~ K NielilltENCE bIIARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 98 Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pl., 9 , Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent., 53 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Western 4} per cent., 93i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 15a Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 7i 8 San Paulo. hum, gua. 6 per cent., 16 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 16 FOREIGN MENEV. Alamillos, limited, I/ Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3I Cobre Copper, ll General, 19 Scottish Australian, lim.. St. John del Itey, lira., 51} Washoe Gold, Urn., Ditto (DI), 5 a BANKS. Alliance, lirn.. 27 Anglo Austrian, 6 Bank of New Zealand, 18i Consolidated Bank, lim., English and American, lim., 4/ Imperial Ottoman, l2i Ditto, new. Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m.,11 London and County, 77 6i London and %1 estminster, 95 National dank, 75 Oriental Bank Corporation. 52i Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 51 MISCELLA.NEOI, I / 3 . Berlin Water Works, lira., 10 City Offices, Um., 51 Credit Fonder and Aobilier of England. Gk Ditto, new, 54 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., n 4 Gen. Credit and Finance of Lonaon, 4 31 Hudson's Bay, 161 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., him., Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 9/ Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. Ib7o, issued 81f Land Securities, London Financial Association, lim , 84 8 London General Omnibus Company, lim, ilI .dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 16/ National Discount Company, 1121 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. him., THE HEALTH OF THE SPEAKER.—The following letter from the Sneaker has been addressed to Sir Denis Le Merchant, principal clerk of Parliament "Speaker's House, March 23, 1866.—S ir,—l beg you will express to the House my thanks for the indulgence that has been shown me. It has been a great vexation and annoyance to me to have been kept so long by an unfor tunate accident from the service of the House. I have benefited very much by the complete rest ; and I trust that at the end of the recess I shall be able at once to resume my duties.— I am, &c., J. EVELYN DENISON. To Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart." 7MR. GLADSTONE AND THE REFORM BILL-- Arrangements have been coneuded for a grand entertain ment which will be given to Mr. Gladstone at Liverpool, on Thursday-, April 5. On that or the following day, he will address his constituents on th e sabject of the Mom Bill. YOSS: 01i3iit 1021 2 3 321 89} l'6j I 7 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1866. MARKETS.---This Day. MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was very quiet. As regards the best samples, however, the market was firm at full prices. Good and fine malting barley changed hands at high quotations. For other descriptions of spring corn the trade was steady. Flour was dull, at barely late rates. On the Continent the wheat trade is quiet, at late prices. For spring corn, however, the markets are rather firm. At New York the export demand for wheat and flour is still much restricted. But moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad con sisted of 8,156 quarters of wheat, 8,517 barley, 19,817 oats, 695 beans, 135 peas, 254 tares, 9,771 linseed, 25,646 rape and oilseeds; 930 maize, 300 sundry seeds, and 3,229 sacks of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English grain were moderate, but in poor condition. The trade for good and fine samples ruled inactive at last Monday's de cline in the quotations : otherwise, the English wheat trade was dull and prices had a drooping tendency. About an average supply of foreign wheat was on the stands, but it consisted to a considerable extent of conti nental produce, the show 'of American 'qualities being lithited. In most descriptions sales progressed slowly at the prices of Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request at late sales. There was a slight increase in tho supply of English barley exhibited for sale. There was continued firmness in the trade for all descriptions, and last Monday's currency was well supported. For malt there was only a moderate demand, at last week's currency. The supply of oats on sale was moderate. The trade ruled quiet on former terms. Beans were in short supply, and the trade was firm, at an advance in the quotations of ls. per quarter. Peas moved off steadily, at full prices. The market was but moderately supplied. The flour trade was very quiet, on former terms. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old 46s 51s Do., white, old .sls 5s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —e —9 Do., new Talavera, new s2s 60s Bye— Barley—Grinding Malting 36. 435 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 668 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 215 285 Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2ls 275 Cork, white 23. 28. Scotch, Feeding 225 275 Beans—Tick . Pigeons .... 468 505 Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 348 Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel French, per sack 34s 38. wool trade is firm, and prices are rather on the advance. Last week's import was about 16,000 bales, almost entirely from the Australian colonies. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd s d Fleeces—South Down hogots 1 8 1 9i Half-bred do 1 11 2 0 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing Naval and Military Intelligence. MALTA.—H.M.'s screw troopship Simoom, Capt. B. Lethbridge, arrived at Malta on the 16th inst., after a rapid passage of only nine days from Kings town, having on board 29 officers, 7 staff sergeants, 636 non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 1 school master, 1 schoolmistress, 67 women, 66 children, and 7 servants, of the Ist battalion 60th Rifles ; one officer, one lady, and one soldier 2d battalion Bth Regiment. The troops were landed on the following day at Fort Manoel, and are now temporarily en camped on the slopes of the island, where they will be kept until the arrival of the Tamar, with the Ist battalion Bth Regiment, which is to relieve the 2d battalion 4th Regiment, when the 2d battalion Bth Regiment will vacate Fort Manoel and occupy the barracks at Floriana, on the departure of the 4th, and the 6th Rifles will then take up their quarters in Fort Manoel. The Ist battalion 22d Regiment is expected to embark on board the Simoom, for St. John's, N. 8., on the 24th inst. The Industry, screw storeship, Staff Commander Youel, has left Malta for England, with condemned stores and a few naval invalids. The Caledonia, 35, ironclad (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, had left port for gun exercise. The Pelican, 17, screw corvette, Commander R. P. Cator, is daily expected from the coast of Syria. The paddlewheel surveying steamer Hydra will pro ceed, about the 2d April, to resume surveying ope rations on the coast of Greece. Capt. Shorttland, appointed to the command of this ship, in place of Capt. Mansell, retired, is expected by the next Marseilles packet. For ten days the town has been kept in a state of excitement by several disturbances committed by officers and soldiers of the garrison. On the evening of the 10th inst., in the vicinity of the theatre, a dispute arose between some officers of the 100th Regiment and a Maltese shopkeeper, which led to a serious disturb ance, in which several policemen and civilians re ceived black eyes, and were otherwise maltreated. Lieut. Fox and Ensign Merritt were tried for the assaults on the police, sentenced to a fine of £l5 each, and bound over to keep the peace for one year in recognizances of £5O, and to be imprisoned for three months. Two soldiers of the same regiment, concerned in the disturbance, were sentenced to 25 days' imprisonment. On the evening of the day on which the sentence was passed on the officers a large number of soldiers assembled opposite the shop of the accuser, a man named Preca, evidently with the intention of avenging themselves on him for having brought the charge forward, and had it not been for the timely intervention of the main guard, called out by the police, and a picket of the 100th Regiment, the matter might have become serious. On the following evening, being St. Patrick's day, the regiment was confined to barracks. A number of officers of the 4th Regiment were also charged with committing a disturbance and assault ing and striking the police on aprevious night. Capt. De Robeck was fined £5, and the rest were liberated with an admonition. It was only a few months ago that two officers of the Ist battalion 22d Regiment were sent to prison for three months for an aggra vated assault on the police, and it is feared that the clemency shown towards them in first commuting the sentence, and then pardoning the offenders, has had a bad effect on the soldiers and some of the young officers of the garrison. Since writing the above her Majesty's gunvessel Star, 4, Commander W. Gordon, has arrived from Portland and Gib raltar, having on board as passenger the Rev. Mr. Gordon. She left the former place on the 20th ult., and the latter on the 10th inst. This vessel is to relieve the Surprise, 4, Commander G. Tryon, ordered to England to be paid off. The Tamar, 2, screw troopship, Capt. Stirling, has also arrived from Kingstown. She left that port on the 10th inst. with the Ist battalion Bth Regiment, for this garri son, consisting of Col. Hinde, C. 8., Major Baynes, 32 other officers, 5 officers' wives, and 9 children ; 709 non-commissioned officers and men, 76 women, and 92 children. Mr. Page and Capt. Langford, Royal Navy, has also arrived by her. This vessel is to convey the 4th Regiment to Halifax. The Dutch frigate Adolf Herteg Van Nassau, 51, Capt. Uhlen bech, has come in from Vessingen in 18 days, on her way to Smyrna. A court-martial was held on board her Majesty's ship Hibernia—president, Capt. IV. Chamberlain, of the Resistance, officiating Judge Advocate, Mr. Fegen, secretary to the Commander in -Chief, to try Mr. E. Hocken, assist.-engineer, first-class, of her Majesty's ship Phcebe, for drunk enness. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sen tenced to forfeit his seniority as assist. -engineer first class, and to be reprimanded. It was telegraphed that the quarantine restrictions lately established at Malta on arrivals from Alexandria had been removed, and soon after the following notice, signed by the Chief Secretary to Government, was promulgated on the subjest :—' Official information having been re ceived that there has been no case of cholera in Egypt since ,the case reported on the Bth inst., and that the public health is perfect, without suspicion, of cholera both at the Isthmus, as also at Gaza, Jaffa, and Jerusalem, the officer administering the Government, having heard the opinion of theßoard of Health, has been pleased to direct that the Go vernment notice of . the 12th inst. shall be cancelled, and arrivals from Alexandria placed in free pratique with these islands.' " The whole of the vessels comprising the squadron of wooden mortar boats laid up at Chatham since the termination of the Russian war have been re moved from the moorings they have occupied for several years past at Yantlett-creek, and by direc tion of the Admiralty have been converted either into mooring lighters or dockyard tenders, for ser vice at the various naval ports, for which use their size and tonnage well adapt them. The last two of the vessels left Chatham a day or two since for Sheerness and Portsmouth dockyards. There now remain a considerable number of the iron mortar vessels laid up high and dry at the eastern end of Chatham dockyard, where each vessel has been roofed over to protect it from the weather. No de cision has been arrived at by the Admiralty as to the ultimate use to which they will be devoted, while every precaution is taken, by frequent inspec tions and repairs, to keep each vessel sound and fit for any service to which the squadron may ulti mately be devoted. A most distressing accident occurred yesterday morning at Woolwich, by which a young officer belonging to the garrison, Lieut. A. IL Gorges, B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, lost his life. He had mounted his charger on which he was accus tomed to accompany the troops, and was about to take a gallop across the review ground before the parade for morning service at church, when the horse rushed forward and sprang on the raised foot way in front of General Belson's house, in Kempt terrace, where, after struggling for a moment, it fell on the pavement, rolling over the rider and crushing him beneath it. Dr. J. S. Little, sur geon-major to the Royal Military Academy, was promptly in attendance, and found the sufferer al most lifeless, but still breathing. He was hastily conveyed to the Herbert Hospital, but died before his arrival. The disaster which befel Lieut. Gorges was witnessed by a number of persons who were passing at the time, and the news soon spread throughout the town and garrison. He obtained his first commission in the Royal Artillery in 1857, having passed the Royal Military Academy with success. The horse hadbeen under a course of train ing for some time past, having been entered to run in the Royal Artillery cteeplechases, which took place on Thursday last. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieuts. Henry F. Nicholson, S. I\l'Dougall, F. W. Lowther, 11. Bridger, and C. F. Gordon, to the Bellerophon ; Lieut. W. Collins, to the Cockatrice ; Lieut. C. P. Bushe, to the Cum berland ; F. W. Rea, master, to the Bellerophon ; N. Littleton, surg., to the Barracouta ; James F. Fitzgerald, assist-surg., to the Barracouta. FOOD SUPPLIES OF WESTERN EUP,POE.--MT. Fisher has received the following note with reference to a copy of the above work presented to her Majesty the Queen :—" Sir Thcmas Biddulph has had the honour of laying before her Majesty the Queen Mr. Fisher's work on the "Food Supplies of Western Europe," which her Ma jesty has been graciously pleased to accept.—Buckingham Palace, 22d March, 1866, ELECTION COMMITTEES—This Day. NOTTINGHAM This committee re-assembled to-day, but the taking of further evidence was adjourned until to morrow. li7erpool Cotton Market.—TLis Day. Market quiet. Sales probably 7,000 bales. VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENC THE BRIGIIioN REVIEW. Tho detailed lists of the volunteer corps which have signified their intention to take part in the Easter R:view at Brighton have been published. A force of 15,650 inert will go from London, and 6,181 from different parts of the country, chiefly from Sussex, making up in the aggregate an army 22,135 strong. It is the intention of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to be present on the very interesting occasion. The in vitation received a most gracious reply (conveyed through General Knollys in the affirmative, coupled with the request that the Mayor of Brighton (Alder man H. Martin) would wait upon his Royal High ness at Marlborogh House, on Wednesday evening, respecting arrangements. Accordingly the Mayor, accompanied by David Black, Esq. (Town Clerk), attended at Marlborough House, and had the honour of an interview with the Prince of Wales. His Royal Highness having been informed of the proposed arrangements made several inquiries, and then stated his determination to visit Brighton, ac companied by the Princess of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge. The Mayor presented a copy of Wyld's plan and a sketch of the town. The Royal party will reach Brighton by a special train on Easter Mon day morning, and upon their arrival they will pro ceed to luncheon at the Pavilion. Their Royal Highnesses will -then leave for the Race-course, and the recent addition to the Grand Stand will be placed at their disposal. Upon the conclusion of the re , view a special train will convey the Prince and Prin cess of Wales to town. Suitable arrangements are being made to give eclat to the occasion, and it is rumoured that a public illumination will take place in the evening in honour of the event. On Satur day week Colonel Erskine, Inspector-General of Volunteers, visited Brighton to make himself con versant with the arrangements of the forthcoming . review. He expressed approval of the police arrange ments of last year, and in a conference with the Mayor and chief constable it was decided that simi lar plans should be adopted on this occasion. The gallant colonel rode over the review ground, with which he was much pleased. On Saturday, in anticipation of the Brighton Vo lunteer Review, most of the metropolitan volunteer regiments, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, marched out into the various parks for either battalion drill or blank cartridge firing, and the musters were very excellent. The Queen's (Westminster) mustered in New Palace-yard, and marched, headed by their bands, to Hyde-park, for battalion drill. The London Rifle Brigade mustered in Finsbury circus at three p.m., and marched, via the City, Pentonville and Euston roads, to the Regent's-park, for light infantry drill, skirmishing, and blank cartridge practice. The South Middlesex mustered at Beaufort House for battalion drill at five p.m. The London Irish paraded at 4.30 p.m. in front of their headquarters, Adelphi- terrace, and marched to Battersea Park for battalion drill The North Middlesex mustered at the Cavalry Barracks, Albany-street, Regent's-park, and marched to Primrose-hill for blank cartridge firing and light infantry drill. The various Tower Hamlets corps mustered very numerously in Victoria-park for battalion drill and blank cartridge firing. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a falling off in the supply of foreign stock on sale here to- day, compared with Monday last, but its quality was tolerably good. The show of home breeds was confined to 50 beasts from Norfolk. The arrivals from Scotland were 232—viz., 231 from Aberdeen and 61 from Dundee ; and from Ireland, 150 head. The demand for beasts was somewhat firmer than on this day se'nnight ; nevertheless, sales progressed slowly at that day's currency. The best Scots and crosses sold at ss. to ss. 2d. par Sibs., and a fair clearance was effected. With sheep we were fairly supplied. Their quality, as a whole, however, was only middling. There was an im proved inquiry for all breeds, and the quotations advanced fully 2d. per 81bs. The general top figure for Downs and half-breds was Gs. Bd. ; but a few very superior sheep rea lised 7s. por 8 lbs. Downs, out of the wool, sold readily at ss. 4d. por 8 lbs. ' During the gales of last week 700 foreign sheep were thrown overboard from the various steamers. The few lambs on offer produced very high prices —viz., from 7s. Bd. to 9s. per 8 lbs. Calves, the supply of which was wholly composed of foreign, moved off slowly at last week's quotations. The top figure was ss. Gd. per lbs. The sales for pigs was inactive, yet prices were sup ported. They ranged from 4s. to ss. per 8 lbs. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Second quality do ..1 4 4 6 Prime n'thdown 0o 6 4 6 8 Prime large oxen —4 8 4 10 Large coarse ealves 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Crse. and int. stieep.4 0 4 8 Large hogs .4 4 6 Second quality do ..4 10 5 6 Small porkers ..4 8 5 0 1imb....0e Od to 6 Od. Suckling calves, —s to —s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s t) 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Foreign supply. Beasts 2,340 Beasts ',910 Cows. — Cows Sheep Calves lO5 Calves lO5 t'igs 6lO 'Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 13,151 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 7,160; in 1864, 4,905; in 1863, 3,687 ; in 1862, 2,054 ; and in 1861, 20,351. Total supply. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp Boulogne 224 ... 712 ... 30 Bremen 2B 110 ... Gothenburg — Cadiz ,,, Calais.. — ~. Corunna — ••• Dordt. Dunkirk Delfzyh. Hamburg 561 ... 842 ... Harlingen 660 Havre Ostend Oporto Rotterdam ...2433 ... 1851 387 133 - ••• --- •.• - 7 ... 21 „,„ •.• - •.• 40 ... - ... ”' - •.• --- :.. 70 ..• ••• •.• 25 ... - ... 7 ... Total 4,309 8,101 110 336 295 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 17 88 •.. 3350 _. .- 225 -.1797 1864 1431 -. 2416 8 .- 367 ._ 680 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, March 27, 1865, and this day, Monday, March 26, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. March 27, March 26, 1865. 1866. rid $ d s d sd. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 4 0 310 to 4 0 Second quality do. . 4 2 4 6 4 4 4 6 Prime largo oxen 4 8 410 4 8 410 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheop Second quality do. Primo coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6 6 6 8 6 4 6 8 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 4 8 5 0 Primo small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 410 4 8 5 0 Beasts 4,750 2,340 Sheep 19,560 20,250 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 28, 1864.—Beasts, 3,020 — sheep, 17,590—calves, 88—pigs, 420. March 30, 1863—Beasts, 4 , 3 9 o—sheep, 24,070—calves, 147—pigs, 490. NENVGATE AND LEADENIIALL. These markets are fully supplied with Scotch and coun try-killed meat. Generally speaking the demand is steady, and, in some instances, the quotations have an upward ten dency. rer 81b by the carcase. s d a d a d a d Inferior beer 3 2 3 6 Inferior ra111t011....3 6 4 2 Middling do. 3 8 3 10 Middling mutton.. 4 4 4 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 4 Prime do 5 0 5 2 Prime small d0....4 6 4 8 Veal 4 0 5 0 Large pork 3 10 4 6 Small pork 4 8 6 0 Lamb, Cs Od to Os od. BOROUGH HOP. For the time of year the hop trade is tolerably active, and prices rule firm, as compared with last week; the quo tations exhibit no material change. Last week's import was 110 bales from Antwerp, 122 Hamburg, 60 Rotterdam, and 247 bales from Boulogne. Now Mid and East Keats Bos to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats 7) New Sussex Yearlings —s to —8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale are moderate, and con sist almost entirely of home-grown produce. The trade is quiet at about stationary prices. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do 6os to 90s „ Flukes „ Rocks 40s to GUs ,) SEEDS. There was a steady demand for linseed, and the trans actions iu rapeseed were to a fair extent. Agricultural seeds commanded but little attention. The cake trace ruled firm, on former terms. WOOL. The demand for wool at the public sales of colonial de scriptions continues very active. The inquiry is extensive both on the part of home and foreign buyers, and the late improvement in prices is well maintained. The advance from last genets varies from I.d. to 2d. per lb. The English TALLOW. The tallow market is quiet to-day. The quotations for P.Y.C. on the spot is 50s Cd per cwt ; town tallow, 49s 9d net cash ; rough fat, 2s 7d per Blbs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 44,496 54,528 40,267 32,920 Price of Y.C. I—s Od —s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 1,574 1,251 1,251 1,451 Ditto from June 1 69,611 65,566 65,566 92,740 Arrival last week Ditto fn in June 1 75,828 82.2-17 82,217 93,177 Price of Town POLICE IN cELLIGENCE.—This Day. GUILDHALL. THE FIRE AT THE " DAILY TELEGRAPH" OFFICE.— Herbert Poole, a young man lately in the employ of the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph, was placed at the bar charged with wilfully setting fire to the premises of his employer. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the prosecution. He said he had no person ho could call as a witness who actually saw the prisoner commit the act, but short of that he thought the evidence he should adduce against the pri soner would be such as to fully bring home the offence of arson to the prisoner. Having stated the nature of the evidence he had to produce, Mr. Lewis called Mr. Whitehurst, who said—l am manager of the Daily Telegraph newspaper. The premises occupied extend to both sides of Peterborough-court. They are insured in three of the principal fire offices. The prisoner was in the employ of the proprietors; bad been so for five months; be was called a time keeper. He bad charge of a book (produced) in which it was his duty to enter each man's name with the time of his arrival and leaving. Ho had no business in any other part of the establishment without letter or message was given him to carry. About five o'clock I heard there was a fire on the premises. I went to the paper warehouse immediately. The paper warehouse is on the second floor, and is used for the purpose of storing dry and damp paper, which is served out to the machinery department below it. No one could leave the paper room without being seen by those in the machine room. There is no other access to the machine room by two open stair-cases from the machine-room, but there is, however, another entrance, which com municates with the lobby in which the prisoner was stationed. On going into the warehouses. I saw the fire had begun at the furthest corner of the right hand side of the room; fire was also apparent as having taken place in the centre of the room. The fire was under con trol in twenty minutes, but it was put out finally in about half an hour after it first commenced. On Monday, the 12th March, the prisoner gave me a report of a fire which he said he had discovered and put out on the Saturday pre ceding. I thought the fire had been a malicious act, and I sent for the police. The fire occurred in an occupied part of the premises, and very near the carpenter's lumber room. On examination it was found that the fire had raged in throe distinct places. In my opinion the fire occurred in five different places. The foreman kept the key of the place, but a labourer had access to it, as some repairs were going on. I had my own opinion about the matter, so I did not make any inquiry about it. I believe there has been another fire on the establishment, but that occurred I believe before I became manager. I have only held the appointment since Christmas. Cross-examined —I have not heard of threats on the part of some of the people employed. There have been one or two anonymous letters sent the proprietors, but they have been thrown into the fire. Edward Brandt—l am engaged in the paper department of the Daily Telegraph. I left about 4 o'clock on Saturday A lad named Hamilton was the only person left in the paper department when I quitted it. There was no fire when I left, and everything appeared perfectly safe. The prisoner had no business in the paper room but to deliver messaget. When I left I passed the prisoner's lodge, but did not see him. Henry Hamilton—l saw the last witness leave the paper room at 4 o'clock. Just before I left the prisoner came up to me in the paper room, and asked when the men had all gone. Everything was then safe. My time is not entired in the prisoner's book on Saturday last, but Brandt's name and time is there set down correctly. James Kemp said he was the gasman employed at the Telegraph office, and on Saturday he had been at work outside the office with an assistant named Latham. On putting away his tools he heard some one running down the stairs leading from the paper warehouse to the machine room, and, on .looking to see who it was he found it was the prisoner. He had a wild appearance, and seemed in a great hurry. On looking through a small glass placed in the paper-room he saw the fire raging, and immediately he raised the alarm in Peterborough-court. 'William Latham corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Fleming, the fireman, gave his evidence with respect to the fire, and the examination after the flames had been ex tinguished, and his impression was that the fire was not an accidental one. The prisoner was remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STABBING BY A SWEETHEART.—AIM Lees, a rather good looking young woman, about 19 years of age, described as a shirt maker, of No. 21, East-street, Manchester-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with cutting and wound ing a young man (said to be her sweetheart) with a knife, with intent to do him/grievous bodily harm. John Walter Taylor, a lad, living in Rutland-street, Soho, said—On Saturday night, shortly before 10, I was in the New Royalty Theatre, when I saw the prisoner, whom I knew. She said, " Walter, lend me a knife," and I did so. On leaving the theatre I Asked her to give me the knife back, and she said that she would do so pre sently. She was standing in the next doorway to the theatre, and I went into the theatre again ; she had not given me the knife back again. George Knight, of No. 16, Silver-street, a lad, said—l saw the prisoner outside the New Royalty Theatre on Saturday night and Glavin in the theatre. Glavin had been playing the part of a soldier in one of the pieces. I afterwards saw the girl in the theatre. I saw her leave when the performances were over, and sa•w her strike Glavin in the breast. I afterwards saw Glavin pull a knife (the one produced) from a wound in his breast, and the wound then bled. The prisoner ran away before we could turn round. I went with Glavin to the shop of Mr. Peppin, chemist, at the corner of Compton-street, and he afterwards went to his home, where I left hire. After Glavin pulled the knife out of the wound he put the knife into his pocket. Glavin has since been In Charing-cross Hospital. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did the prisoner say anything at the time ? Witness—No, sir. John Vaughan, of No. 3, Church-passage, Compton street, said— I was at home on Saturday night when Glavin came in. He said he had been injured, and gave the knife produced le his father. We then went into a back room, and on my asking what was the matter with him, he re joined, "I am stabbed and done for." Ho was afterwards taken to the Charing-cross Hospital, where I went to see him twice yesterday. I took the knife to the police sta tion. On asking Glavin who did it, he said, "Ann Lees." I was with the sergeant when the prisoner was taken into custody. He did not say anything. Sergeant Stephens, 11 C, said—By instructions of In spector Bowles, who informed me that a young man had been stabbed and taken to the Charing-cross Hospital, I went there and saw Glavin in bed, and in consequence of what he stated, and the house-surgeon saying that Glavin was dangerously stabbed, I :went to East-street, Man chester-square, and took the prisoner into custody. She said nothing at the time, neither did she at the station when charged. I have boon to the hospital this morning, and the young man is still in a dangerous state. I received the following certificate ; "Charing-cross Hospital, March 26. —I certify that Edward Glavin is now an inmate of this hospital, suffering from a punctured wound of the:chest. w. 0. BERRY, House Surgeon." Mr. Tyrwhitt (to the prisoner)—Have you anything to say why you should not be remanded ? The Prisoner (who had not put any questions to the wit nesses)—l have nothing to say, only that he struck me. The prisoner was then remanded. From what can be ascertained, it appears that the pri soner and Glavin (who is about the same age as tho pri soner), have been keeping company for about 12 months, and that Glavin, being anxious to break off the engage ment, tried to avoid her on Saturday evening, and there is doubtshe did. but this annoyed her , a nd p ro mpted her to act as We understand that it is more than probable that Vice-Admirals Lord George Paulet, C. 8., whose health is in a ♦ery sad state, Lord Edward Russell, C. 8., the Hon. George Grey, and Sir John Kingcome, K.C.8., will be among those officers who will retire from the Active List, and accept ths Greenwich Hospital pensions. —Army and Navy Gazette. SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST OF DEVON.—PLY MOUTH, 'March 25.—The Novia Scotia and New Brunswick Lino of Steam and Sailing Packets' liner Spirit of the Ocean, Captain Cary, from London on Monday last, for Halifax, was wrecked at 6.40 p.m. on Friday, at a wild spot on the coast of Devon. Out of 20 passengers and a crew of 22; the only survivors are the mate and three sea men. The Spirit of the Ocean was drifting with split sails, trying to take shelter at Dartmouth. On passing Pear- Tree Rock she became unmanageable, drifted upon a rock between Start Point and Pear-tree, and went to pieces al most immediately. A terrific gale was blowing at the time from the southward. RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS. The Great Western will run various cheap excur sion trains on Thursday, March 29, to the North (Wellington, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Welshpool, Oswestry, Llangollen, Chester, Liverpool, Manches ter, &c., and Leamington, Warwick, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, &c„ from Paddington, Reading, Victoria, Battersea, Chelsea, and Kensington); re turning on Tuesday, April 3. From Paddington and Readi n g for the West ( I Vesto n -super-Mare, Taunton, Tiverton, Exeter, Teignmouth, Torquay, Totnes, Dartmouth, Plymouth, &c.) ; returning on Satur day, April 7. On Saturday excursion trains will leave Paddington and Reading for Chippenham, Trowbridge, Frome, Yeovil, Dorchester, Wey mouth, &c. (returning April 4;) while on Easter Sunday an excursion train will leave Paddington and Reading for Chippenham, Bath, and Bristol, returning the same day ; and on Easter Monday for Oxford, Banbury, Leamington, Warwick, Birming ham, Wolverhampton, &c., returning the same or the following day. On Good Friday trains will run as on Sundays. MR. BUCKLAND'S MONKEY.—I lately had a little monkey who was such a great thief that if he had been a human being he would have been transported over and over again for numerous acts of petty larceny. I, however, turned his thieving propensities to good account. Master Jack (after I had had him some time) showed evi dent symptoms of phthisis or consumption, and I prescribed cod liver oil. It was placed openly before him on tho dining-room table, but he refused it with symptoms of disgust and sundry tail -shakings. I then poured a little into a saucer, and place d it in such a position that master Jack should find it for himself, while I pretended to bo reading and not to notice what was going on. The trap took; Jack, thinking he was stealing the oil, sucked up the prescribed dose, making a face, not implying nausea, but rather high glee at his own cleverness. This "deceit," however, was after a time discovered by the artful creature, and one day I found my friend with his long tail and arms tightly coiled round tho table lamp, and stealing the colza oil as it dropped down from the wick. Ho managed to get one of his long spider-leg-like fingers through the brass work of the lamp, and held it till a drop of oil fell on it ; ho then put it in his mouth and sucked off the oil like a child sucking sugar candy. How ho could manage to gaze at the intense light, which one would have thought would have hurt his eyes when so near the lighted wick, I know not. I fancy, however, that the light bothered him some what, for he used to frown dreadfully when he was wait ing for the oil to drop on his finger. I placed colza oil be fore him ; no, he would not touch it ; but nevertheless he had no qbjection to it when he stole it for himself from the lamp. He was certainly better and fatter for his medicine, which was so sweet because stolen, and I really think it saved his life. The engraving by Mr. Carpendale repre sents Jack taking his medicine. Jack, too, had a marvel lous prospensity for picking things to pieces, and smashing articles that came in his way ; strange to say he never tore a useless bit of paper, or broke a common or valueless bit of goods. One day he sneaked out of his cage, and had a good morning's work to himself, tearing off the leather and pulling out the lining of an old arm-chair. He was, after an hour or two, discovered in the act, and taken into custody to be duly chastised for his mischief. He cried "Murder" when he saw preparations made to punish him, but at the same time he held out his hand, firmly closed upon something in it. His pickers and stealers were un clasped, and in the palm of his hand was discovered a half sovereign, which he had most certainly found and picked out of the chair, and which probably had been buried in the lining of the chair (an old second-hand one) for years. His proffered ransom got him off his punishment; but his investigations into the structure of watches, books, ink, and cruet-stands, writing-desks, MS. notes, &c., have 2 since produced equally valuable discoveries. Nothing pleased Jack so much as to make his esc a p e, Jack Shep pard3ot fashion, from the wire carriage in which he was kept by the kitchen fire. He would pick and pick, with his long, skeleton-like fingers, till he found the staple loose. If any body happened to look round at him whilethedwtaso at work, w e o n h ul d e drop managed instantly to he get o the thee dohaoyrunfastened, and p When r e en hbee uwould . not bolt out in a moment, but push it open as gently and gradually as a burglar. He would then sneak out, and the cunning rascal woul d carr y his chin on his tail to prevent ' it rattling on the stones, and tho servants detecting his pranks. Hi s o bject was to get to my room, and onlooking found my friend nestled inside the fender. lie came into the room so quietly that I did not know ho had escaped from his cage till he called my attention by a friendly chat ter, as much as to say—" I've got loose so cleverly, you really must not scold me for it."—Frankßuckland's Curiosi ties of Natural history. rADTERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's P ills* —T hese pills are better for strength en i ng a debilitated constitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who arc suffering from weak digestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilious affections, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving these admirable pills a fair tr ial. Coughs, colds, as th ma , or shortness of breath, ass also within the range of the sanative powers of this remark able medicin e . Th e c ur e s effected by these pills are no superficial nor temporary, but permanent a nd complete. They are as mild as they aro efficacious, and may . be given with confidence to delicate females an d young children. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 10 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken and offered) 15 to I agst Breadalbanc (taken) 2 2 2 0 t t oo I tl a e g s s t t B D r e a h light lo a (e (o f f f f e e r r e e d d ) ) 25 to 6 agst Lady Valentine (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Harry Brailsford (taken) 100 to 7 agst Saladin (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Surney (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sandal (taken) 33 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken and offerod) TWO THOUSAND. sto 4 agst Lord Lyons (offered) 9 to 1 agst Janitor (taken and offered) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 30 to I:agst Student (offered) SPORTING BOOKS OtiT TIIIS DAY.—Admiral Rous' Laws of Racing, prrico ss. Baily's (spring edition) Turf Guide, 2s. Gd. Baily's Magazine, ls. Gd. Who's Who, 2s. 6d. Sent post free on receipt of stamps. G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrac e , Hyde-park, special agent for the early delivery of the late edition of the "Sus" newspaper. Copies delivered in town within half an hour of publication, and in the cuun-. try early same evening.—N.B. The late edition. The Great University Billiard Matc:A. CAMBRIDGE V. OXFORD. If Fortune denied to Cambridge aquatic honours on Saturday, the success that has attendedher cham pions at the great billiard match that afternoon must be great consolation, because it has not been by a narrow and at all a doubtful victory, but a corn pletc and perfect triumph from nearly beginning to end. The names of champions selected to contend for honours were Mr. Whickhana and Mr. Crol.ap ton, Cambridge University; and Mr. WAlliam Rodgers and Mr. Watts Russell, for Oxford. The great contest took place in one of the large rooms in St. James's Hall, around the four sides of which raised seats were erected, all of which were fully occupied, and in the centre space a new splendid billiard table was placed. At three o'clock the four players, who for a few minutes previous had been taking a few stray shots across the table, took up the i r position, and the play commenced. The game was 500 up. At the start, Oxford, owing to good and careful playing of valiant knights, took the lead, and it seemed as if they were going t o win, as the saying is, " anyhow," but when 92 had been reached, fickle For'aine turned her favours upon Cambridge, for at. that point her champions' score stood 139. Mr. 'Which ham made fine play when 174 had been, reached, and then his companion, Mr. Crompton, still fur ther strengthened the score by some very good strokes. When the marker called out the Canabridr,e score as 212, Oxford stood at 193, and at this pai n t it may be said Mr. Watts Russell's and Mr. Rodgers' good fortune deserted them. Mr. Whickham here went in, and having apparently got his hand in pulled up the score to 253. Mr. Russell followed him, and made his score 221, but again the Cambridge men went ahead, and when both had played their score stood 283. The game went on, and when Cambridge had made 306 points, the Oxford score stood at 237. Mr. Russell and his partner seemed here rather to despair of success, but they went manfully to work, and pulled the score up to 289, but at this point of the game the Cambridge score was 369. The marker shortly after called out the position of the game, viz., 400 agst 292. At 424 Whickham made a fine cannon up the cushion, which elicited loud cheering, and the game went on till 500 was called for Cambridge. The Oxford score was but 330. The play was not marked by any very extraor dinary ability, the game in fact being an ordinary good game, and nothing more. The game lasted two hours and a half. INDIA. We have received Bombay papers to the 28th of February. The following is from the Bombay Times : The latest date received from Great Britain by the Indo-European line is the 23d, but much older dates continue to come forward. In the early part of the fortnight great inconvenience was felt by the almost total breakdown of the Indian line between Kurrachee and Bombay. This has now been remedied. The Indian telegraph department is to be re modelled, with a view to keeping the lines in a more efficient state. The Supreme Government has ap proved of the scheme, and sanctioned a liberal in. crease of salaries for that purpose. The Hon. Col. W. F. Marriott, and G. Norman, Esq., have been appointed Government Directors of the Bank of Bombay, in the place of Lieut.-Colonel J. A. Ballard, R.E., and J. L. Lushington, Esq., C.S. A private soldier of the 45th Regiment has been killed in Bombay by being thrown out of the window of a house of ill-fame by two sailors. . . A conflagration has taken place in the nativetown of Bombay, by which property has been destroyed to the amount of about Rs. 80,000 (£8,000). A statement of the assets and liabilities of the Bank of India on the 31st December last has just been published, from which it appears that during the past year the bank has lost by bad debts about 28k lacs of rupees (£285,000), or about 35 per cent. of the paid-up capital, whilst its earnings have been only 2 lacs (20,000). The shareholders have re ceived no dividend for the last 18 months. Scinde has been invaded by a party of 500 Murrees. They attacked and killed several of their old enemies the Booghees, and then returned to the. hills with an immense quantity of booty. A serious conflict has taken place in Kattiawar, by a gang of ten convicts attempting to escape from a detachment of the 13th N.I. in charge of them. Nine of the convicts were shot or bayoneted, and only one succeeded in getting off. It is rumoured that the Royal Artillery in India is to be reduced by two batteries of horse brigades, two of field brigades, and all the heavy batteries. MUSIC. The Concert given by Mr. Leslie at St. James's Sall on Thursday evening was one of rather unusual.nint teeprerost- Gounod's "By Babylon's Wave" w" the first piece feature h gramme. This was followed by the most noticeable coof in the concert, Beethoven's Mass is 0, t orchestra having which, a small but complete and efficient of a most excellent been secured, was, generally sPeakinbgy' Madame Lemmens character. The solo parts were 0117 by, Mr. W. w H. Cum mings,Sherrington, Madame Sainto I ) l thei combined effect of whose the performance and Mr. J. G. Patei n the charming " Benedictus " voices were well displayed a good performance of this Mass deplored that opportunities of ) q m u o a r r e t e f t r . e q u f e t n i t s l y i n hang• I music of as high a standard, cannot and other ecclesiastical n a performance of that hackneyed be oftenerhad. Ilowina . y cred music, commonly known as " Mozart's apology for 83 ld well be sacrificed to such a purpose 1 much to aY be ed Twelfth," eon The second part of the concert contained a selection from a nied eight-voice anthems by M en d elssohn, Mr. Leslie's " Immanuel," Gounod's "B ethlehem," two sn both fine compositions and admirably rendered by the c hoir, and the glorious " Pignus future" of Mozart, justly styled the_ a e Queen of Fugues," which concluded the concert. . s . l _ consequence, however, of the greater portionhcifs t. audience, with that exhibition of bad taste wh e l i c dering it un fortunately so fashionable, not a pparently . c c na their worthy of their condescension to remain caused by seats during the last piece of a concert, the confusionlepoit the impres the general moving was such as to entierne y o f choral writing sion which Mozart's grandest special would otherwise have left. We perceive that in his next concert M. in r. which his chief Leslie returns er d to what is peculiarly his own geld, 'ri laurels have been won —the English Gleo and Madrigal School. Without dis p grageroo nt to , this, however could he not favou r us with Gounod s " Daughters o Jerusalem," or "Seven words," both unaccompanied, and therefore well su ited for the choir. Messrs. Larabton, Cock, and Co., continuo their two excellent series of " Songs" and " Chamber Trios" with unabate d vigour. Among the latest additions to the for ' mer is Mr. F. Westlake's ballad, " 0 Summer Night," a tasteful and flowing melody, and not the less attractive in our oyes from its unsensational character. At it lies within the compass of most sopranos and tenors it will be both 2z h r i a e n h oa they and contralto. we lcomed in many a:family circle. Among the, " Trios" ire are glad to see two by our well-known and g enuin ely English poet writer, :dr. G. 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