The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-07 00:00:00

ONEY XARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE o'CLocK. There is no alteration this morning in the position of affairs in the discount market. The supply of capital afloat is abundant, but the rates continue very firm at 71 and 7} per cent. for short-dated P a per, tho b rokers believing that another upward The this wee k i s almost certain. sum o f £ 15,000 was taken into the Bank of E ngland on Saturday afternoon. The Mediator, from Melbourne has arrived this morning with £9,984. The following Tur is the rep or t o f M essrs. Coleman, quand, Y oungs, and Co., Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., an d Mr. Allen, who were appointed by the. directors of th e I mperial Mercantile Credit As sociation to examine the accounts and securities, in order to reassure the shareholders with regard to certain adverse rumours which have been so in- JUriously circulated to the prejudice of the corn- Paa3r : "That the result of a careful examination in detail of I;athe Se curities s h ows, according to the best available infor ation, that they, together with the amount of profits in ne an d undivid e d , are of sufficient value to cover 'thin about £lO O,OOO, the full amount of the several ad- Van ce to provide for the present depreciated value of other invest although, owing to the nature of certain of the securities, and partly to the large amounts in which some of them are held, th ey are not all immediately convertible. The examination dates to the 14th ult." t The advises from most of the principal manufac bring districts report that last week less activity Prevailed owing to the advance in the ue money a nd th e unsettled state of political val affairs onthe conti nent. C onsiderable depression has prevailed i the Liverpool Cotton Market ; while at Man limited !ie!iter both cloths and yarns have been dealt in to extent, at a f ur th er d ec li ne. In the woollen districts of Leeds, B ra df or d , an d Huddersfield less shop, t itY has p reva il ed, although prices generally n o materi a l a l terat i on. At Leicester and ~lottingham the hosiery and lace trades have been F3l:4° na bly active, while in thelhardware di s t ric t so f t—trritingharn, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, th ere ' 5 B been little change of importance. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to „,.ellter's telegram, the Three per Cent Rentes were T\oted .30 . 55f. Panic continues. Ilenetary and political affairs are still exercising _ 44 eXtreme deg,ree of depressive influence over the ranlarkets for stocks and shares. The different depart ._elits may be said to be in a state of debility, but 134 g there is really nothing to mar the general pro ptiect.s of the Country, a reaction may be confidently •t tfielpated. Consols are 861 1 for money, and 86/ or the June settlement. The New Threes and 11,edyeed Annuities are quoted 841 1; Annuities, 13 1 3-16 ; Bank Stock, 242 1 ; and India 5 1)er „. C ent., 1051. 1 5 11 !al the Fo re i gn Stock department the decl i ne i n c et has b een general and severe. Turkish 5 per ents. are 29 - Gr l e,o, 4 ' Mexican, 17 1 ; ditto New, 151; t • 1 01 111; Spanish Passive, 231 ; the digs'Cer 9'fieat 141 1 ; I ta li an, 391 401; Braz i l i an Scr i p, 6 8 , ; United St a t es G overnment 5-20 B on d s, .." 4- 67 i ; Erie Shares, 47 48 ; and Illinois, 761 77. Business in the Railway Share Market has re :anied ve ry qu i et, and prices generally exhibit less -rnin ess• Great Northern A Stock, Metropolitan, and S outh -Eastern have each declined £1; Midland, I°B . ; North Western, 10s. ; and Great Eastern, ss. In the F ore i gn an d C o l on i a l un d erta ki ngs t h ere h as been little change of importance. Great Lux erabourg have declined to 121 1. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very dull, h ave generally at further reduced prices. Alli ance "ave receded to 191 ; Imperial to 251; London a oiqt Stock, 471; Union of London, 521 ; London I:lnancial, 11 ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, 711 dis. ; Hudson's Bay Co., 154 1 ; and Overend, Gurney, a nd Co., 13i, 14. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. OCYERNMENT rusns. 3ner Cent. Consols O. Account M. 9 8 , ay II if iPer Cent. Reduced - fr Pe 3 per Cent B4* 1 IsZo ,NV 2* per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ ' - ' 0 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — annuities ~ 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Dolie for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3 13-16 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 * ! zrrch. 1:z 1., 4 dis °-,equer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. o, Do £5OO — Bank £lOO and £2OO -., GA E 0 Accounllglandt Stock, 5 per Cent .trit, / ,„ Ind. ----, GOVE RNMENT SECURITIES. ITV Stock,n 1 01 per C en t., April 1874 1) 0. A_ D r ,°. 5 pe r Cent. July, 1870 D -. -;°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 O. Ce rtificates _ _ b • Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent _ b °. 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 _ ,-, 0 . 6 1 per Cent., May 1879 _ t.": 3). n ob Cent., per Cent., Aug. 1866 b 'l3°ruls, Xl,OOO 5 °. u nder £l,000 A rgenti ne il:OßElG N FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ..,,,,,Ipublic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm tauastrian Bonds 5 per Cent, 1859 r ,zili tto 5 Per b ent 0. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ~ lio, 1863 , Do, Lo A ccount 1865 ..ccount 67 8 7 1 6 1 D o. s . _ paid 71 }- 41 7 9 dis Sue 011 P, £4,3 paid tooo3 Ayres 6 per Cent 1) 11 0 1, ti 6 per Cent tc)DO L 'criP, £25 paid 4 i Per Cent 0 6 e olo .Per Cent Cub r abtati 6 per Cent. — ~ 6 per Cent. "Jartish q Danubian--- - Per Cent, 1825 P rincipalities t uo. Account 61 120114°1. l`TeW Consolidated, 1 per Cent lo} tg °.,.Provisional Land Warrant — ptiau 7 per Cent B5 r , 0 ., Secon ' lO £ l OO Bo d ndslssue —D o 1864 —l3 £1 . 87 D 0 00 Bonds 0. Government Railway Debentures — . (4 1) ( ., (3 ' 45 0 paid 4 6 dis n ek 5 per Cents , 1824-5, ex Coupons 0•-0. Account * ll 101 0 . Coil/ions P,. 1) , 0. Account r 4 ll, L . tex tia l a 5 per Cent. — vali ao r ., 5 per Cent 1865 ky•-10. M areraraana Railway — •-•kercican 3 per Gent 1)0. Account ~ Do 1864 tr's'o 6 per Ce n t. Anglo-French . il ont evidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid °otish l elr Grana mperial 5 per Cent ' P orts g uese da 3 per Cent., 1853 1.2 ,0 3 par Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 421 42 Rual-'O. Account , 3 ittn 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — - 1, ,0 41 per Cent. 1850 '}),° 3 per Cent. 1859 Dol 5 per Cent. 1862 ~ 5 per Cent. 1864 — Do'aan per Cent s Account 13,401811 3 per Cent D 0 Account u o 1.,T _ , N ew Deferred .--,0 Account D O Passiv e 1 3, 4 : 04- eeinunt 231 4 "r-,`"llish Cert. of Coup not funded ~, .-,0 Account l4l 1 o\tedish 4 per Cent. — I, u l-)0 : 41 per Cent. 1864 rl'asho Ac cunt ..-▪ ' 86 71 ,0 6 per Cent. 1858 1,‘,0 Account 110 .£lOO Bonds D o , 6 por Cent. 1862 L,N -i'o •Account 6si 1 i e XlOO Bonds D o I) ,_ 6 per Cent., 1863 u 5 per Cent 1865, paid up Scrip — ID e .° Ac (mut 1 v- e u • 1 per C ont. Guaranteed 30} 30 291 D 4 ° 741 e1a 3 per C ent. Ditto account 0 A c co unt 6 per ” t 1862 .. -I-'- 1864 l :'f:: , 01.1ds on the above payable in London. I) utA i --;) DO - 11 P" Cent Ex. 12 Gull pi. ipentnt dertificates itoiclis 3 per Cent. 'h i " P, tent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Co --'0 Accoun 411 1 391 u sols THREE O'CLOCK. for money 330 . Ac count, 9th inst. June. s, Retur ns received at the General Land Office taken ow that in the month of Feb ruar y 4,461,023 acres were ore Pat the Oregon City Land Office, in the State of win c h °llll or homestead and actual settlement, besides number c' cash sales were Made. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. I raid) Closing I Bu s ines 0 I I Price. I done' 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June E.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 89 91 127 128 55 65 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 2) 15 cl' 113 113 381 39, 6 7 Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.,. A stock Do. B stock 122 123 1 ;Si !33j Do. New, Is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. V LI. "tail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 631 54- 57 59 3S 40 Si 8•i Do. Newport Do. Hereford... Lane shire ,t Yorkshire Lindon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast, Char., and Dovur Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. & :North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New 1',.0, 121 95 07 23 26 17.1 a 3201 92 13 60 02 130 i Hli 2& 31, 1-k qv 92 95 Do Extension...... Iletropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and t-t. John'sW'd Nlid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birrnin Derby id Kent . 122 1221 2 , 92 04 North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern — Berwick Do. 14.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... t 8 6 27 109 109} 71 72 109 110 Po. Stook. Si Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 36 3 10 11 p 120 124 1 2p 2p, 74 76 108 112 149 151 66 68 Do. .to. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock, t)o. Scot, Mid. st..)ck 1 Shropshire Union South Devon South R.stern . 48 60 73 74 8 9 140 143 1 3 } 100 103 Staines, Wok., do Wok 'Pair Vale Do. C Vale of Meath Waterford Kilkenny Waterloo dz Whiteha West Cornwall 52 54 BRITISH POSS. I Atlantic &Sl.Lawrence Born., Baroda, .e Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares . . Buffalo & Lake Huron] Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, da Goderich l 6 p.c. 872-3- •• • •••• • Calcutta AL S. E., Um al e Town Zg. Dock, gll 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Ben,al, gu. , 5 do East Indian , gu. 5 p•e• Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunkot Caned% Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. tat rref. Bonds Do. do. deferred ...• Do. 2d Prtt. Bonds Do. do. deterred ... • Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do: do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D., 41 per cent Do Great W« s. of Canada.. D. New Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Ito. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4i do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth 11:xtenoiou Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. Itl.C'da,6pc lst pf.bs. Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do te . Do. Punjaub...• „;", Do.lndus St. Flo 100 100 100 all 100 100 COLONIAL GONER; 113ritish Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1672. Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. D. , . 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sx Cape G. Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 Do. Apl. & Oct Is9o-10t0 Do. do; Ib.Bo-9u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900.:. Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6". Do. . . 1878, do Ifturitius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 .. Do. 1882, Alay 15, Nov. , Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal giov. is per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..10 uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 1861 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1871, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189= New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 percent.... Nova Soutla Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. C S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov.6p.o.la & July Do. do, e pril & Oct BRITIS: Cam. Consol. bold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Love E. W'l Russell (Tavistk StAubyn(G wen. Gr e at L ocey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal tsumy G. Wheal Vor (Heist , ti Grenville Herod's Foot .....• fling-Bton LOWne M a rgaret (Tiny Lelant Marke Valley ttwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton ........ North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (I Rogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.. •• • • • • Pr, videuee UnyLniant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Ckgan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 6 7 8 10 520 640 18 6} 74 3 Si 3i 4 8 9 2.1.0 29i 2.14. t) 3f 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8, 3 3a 5 21 't2 I a, 1 1} 111 20 - 4 - 3 - 38 10 la 5 4 6 31- 41 21 1,0 35 40 13 15 i i 4 I 4.4.6 2.13. e 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 5115.6 9 all 32 84 375 900 if 2 )5 20 4 6 13 1 5 3 5 1 2 8 en 7 2 i 130 140 so 85 20 22 3 20) 2 0 13 15 rti.k.;FEBEINtIN b Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 896 93 Manchester. Sheffield. and Lincoln, 6 per cent.. 11 9 Ditto, £6, 4i North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 44 per cent., rd., 956 PREFEttENCE SiARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4i per Cent. pr., Ditto, 5 por cent.epf., 85 e London and S.-Western 46 per cent., 91 Midland A and B 1.5 pf, to. 5 .AILIGs LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 p r cent., it London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 86 Manchester, Buxton, and Matiock,;sl FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. 91 10 1 Great Luxembourg, 12i 1 Namur and Liege, ,gua. 6 per cent. pl., 19 I'aris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 321 San Paulo, lira., gua. 6 per cent., 14i 15 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 121 FOREIGN MINIM Frontino and Bolivia bold, Um., 2 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 43 Alliance, lint.. 2031 191 Anglo Austrian, 54 t/ Anglo Egyptian,' Inn., 5 41 54 Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and China, 194 Consolidated Bank, Inn.. 64 East London, 11m., 41 34 European Bank, lint, 5 4 6 Imperial Bank, lira.. 254 5 Imperial Ottoman, .81 4 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 34 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 21 London Joint Stock, 474 London and Venezula, lint., 9 London and 11 estminster, 954 8 National Provincial of England. Ditto, 2d and .id issue, 464 y Provincial Banking Corporation, lint., 5 South Australia, 354 h Union of Australia, 504 1 Union of London, 54 24 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Um., 9/ British bhip Owners, 4 Ceylon Company, 101 China Steam hip and Labuan Coal Company, 11 Conanerctal Union, Insurance, 51 Credit Fonder and lifobiller of England, 4 31 4 Egyptian Com. and Trading, Rm., 2 1 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 121 I 1 Uen. Credit and Finance of London. iim.. 21 1 1 2 Iludson's Bay, 151 1 1 Lnperial Mercantile Credit Aim., lim.. 7 61 71 f International Financial i-ociety, - lim. 3 21 1 London Financial Association, lim., 111 121 11 London General Omnibus Company, lim, Merchant Shipping, Rm., 10 National Discount t,ompany. 121 1 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Bra, in 1 1 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Um., SI Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 731 Ditto, new, 501 Royal Mail Steam, DO 11 Submarine Telegraph, scrip, 1 Telegraph Constructitn and Maintenance, lim., Ditto (Cl 2), 10 Union Marine, Liverpool, lim, , 21 LlDlTerottl Jae, Insurance, 21 3 IESSIONa 54 56 103 104 1 4i S 8 9 78 80 96 98 82 87 100 102 101 102 103 104 k 9 1 23 85 87 63 66 55 60 55 57 50 55 41 4t 40 41 25 27 25 27 1096 1,06 14 21. 16 2 p 99 101 91 93 15L. 16 5 444 91 46 83 •5 ] 1% Oh 100 101 1 91 $3 86 88 61 63 8 99 100 98 99 6 1.. 97 99 1 I} 1004 7 S ECUR 02 04 00 f 3 90 1 , 3 7 s 80 76 79 104 104 102 104 K 2 104 102 104 86 8) lu2 It)4 115 17 103 105 107 100 104 tC6 04 106 90 101 90 93 90 95 87i RB, 91 95 72 75 98 100 98 100 105 107 102 103 THE SCN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, MAY 7, 1866, MARKETS.—This Day. MARK-LANE. The country markets held on Saturday were quiet for wheat. The best samples steadily supported previous rates, but inferior qualities were rather cheaper. Barley, oats, beaus, and peas met a slow sale, at last week's cur rency. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. On the Continent the corn trade generally is quiet, on former terms. At New York the trade for wheat and flour is very firm, and an advance has taken place in the quo tations. But moderate supplies of English produce were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad consisted of 17,304 quarters of wheat, 3,349 barley, 41,502 oats, 110 rye, 409 beans, 45 tares, 10,544 linseed, 3,169 maize, 110 sundry seeds, and 529 sacks of flour. Fresh by to our market to-day the amount of English wheats were only moderate, but the condition of the samples was tolerably good. The trade for all qualities was firm, and an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter from Monday last was demanded. Sales, however, progressed slowly, at an improvement in the quotations as compared with this day se'nnight, of ls. per qu,,,rter. The supply of Continental wheat on sale was moderate —of American qualities small. The trade for all descrip tions ruled firm, at very full prices. Floating cargoes of wheat were iu improved request, and prices were lather on the advance. Spring corn, afloat, ruled steady. The market was very moderately supplied with English barley, but the show of foreign qualities was good. The demand ruled inactive, at last Monday's currency. Malt was in but moderate request, at late rates. Oats were in good supply. Good and fine samples were in steady request, at full prices ; but inferior qualities met a slow sale, at late rates. Beans were in supply, and the trade ruled firm, at an advance in prices of is per quarter. No change took place in the value of peas. The trade was quiet, although the market was very moderately sup plied. There was a fair demand for most descriptions of flour, at late rates. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, rod, now, per qr. 39s to 463 Do., old 46s 51s Do., white, old s?.s 5s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do., new Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 36s 43s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware .... Che;alier 66s 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 21s 28s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2ls 27s Cork, white 23s '285 Scotch, Feeding 22s 27s Beans—Tick _ _ Pigeons ... 46s 50s Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 348 Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel French, per sack 34s 88s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign stock on sale here to-day. Its quality, however, was very middling, The demand ruled steady at full quotations. The arrival of beasts from our own grazing districts, as well as from Ireland and Scotland, were only moderate, but in excellent condition. Although the demand for all kinds was inactive, prices ruled the turn higher than on Monday last. The general top figure was ss. 2d., but some very inferior Sccts and crosses produced ss. 4d. per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1.000 Scots, crosses, and short-horns, from other parts of England, 600 various breeds ; from Scotland. 295 Scots :and crosses; and from Ireland, 50 oxen and heifers. There was a good supply of sheep in the pens, mostly out of the wool. The mutton trade was slow ; neverthe less, very high prices were realised. Prime Down and half-breeds in the wool sold at from 7s. to 7s. 4d. ; out of tho wool, 6s. per 8 lbs. Prime lambs were scarce and in good demand at 9s. per 8 lbs., otherwise the lamb trade was heavy at late rates. Calves were in short supply and fair request on former terms, viz., from ss. 4d. to 6s. 4d. per Blbs. In pigs very little was doing, at;d;prices had a drooping tendency. Per 81b to sink the offal. sded s ci s d Crse. k inf. beasts... 3 10 4 2 Pme crs-wool pheep 6 2 6 8 Second quality do ..4 4 4 8 Prime a'tl►aown n 0.7 u 7 9 Prime large oxen ..4 0 5 0 La ge coarse calves.s 4 5 it Prime Scuts, tcc....5 0 5 2 Prime small d 0.... •.13 0 6 4 Crse. and int. sheep. 4 4 4 j 0 Large hogs .4 0 4 4 Second quality do ..5 0 5 10 Small porkers 1 0 4 Lamb.... 88 Od to 9 td. Suckling calves, 2ts to 21e ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 3,880 !Beasts 158. Cows sheep C a lves 2 1 Ca yes ll rigs 4lO Plas The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 7,168 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 9,252 ; in 1864, 7,807 ; in 1863, 6,101; in 1862, 1,537 ; and in 1861, 5,306 ; and in 1860, 5,959. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp 5 1671 Boulogne 172 383 Bremen...... Gestemunde 386 1166 Arhaus 387 8 Calais Gothenburg 344 Vigo BO Dunkirk Dieppe. Hamburg 2Bl 1246 Harlingen ... Havre Ostend l2 Oporto Rotterdam..,., , ... 12 ... 35 ''." ••• ... - ... 37 -- ... - ... 26 et _ ... _ . 328 5 ... - ... 16 ... 3 Total .......1,952 ... 4,498 ... 120 54 ... 544 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows: Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 1694 ... 3896 ... 99 ... 512 ...1606 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the (treat Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, May 8, 1865, and this day, Monday, May 7, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. May 8, May 7, 1865. 1866. s d s d ad s d. Coarse and inferior beasts... 3 4to 3 8 310 to 4 2 Second quality do. . 3lO 4 2 4 4 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 410 i 0 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 5 2 5 0 6 2 6 8 Prime Southdown do 5 8 6 0 7 0 7 4 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 2 4 8 5 4 510 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 410 4 6 410 Beasts 4,820 Sheep and lambs 23,750 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 9, 1864.—Beasts, 4,870 — sheep and lambs, 22,640—calves, 158—pigs, 480. May 11, 1863—Beasts, 4,32 o—sheep and lambs, 24,410 —calves, 149—pigs, 370. NEWGATE AND LEADENFIALL. Only moderate supplies of meat are on sale in these markets. On the whole, the demand is steady, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d a d a d Inferior beef 3 2 3 8 Inferior mutton.... 3 6 4 2 Middling do. 3 10 4 0 Middling mutton.. 4 m 5 6 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime do 5 8 5 lu Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 4LB 5 8 Large pork 3 10 4 6 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 Lamb, 6s 6d to 8s Od. BOROUGH HOP. On the whole the hop market is steady, and prices rul e firm. The imports into London, last week, were 57 bales from Antwerp; 128 Hamburg; 100 Ostend; 91 Bremen 94 Rotterdam ; and 117 bales from Boulogne. New Mid and East Kents BO6 to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings —s to — 0 " BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Moderate supplies of potatoes are on sale. The trade is dull, yet previous quotations are supported. A few parcels of new Scilly potatoes have arrived at market. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do 7 os to 95s . „ Fl u k es Bos to 110 s Rocks 40s to 50s SEEDS. Linseed bee moved off slowly ; but in rapeseed rather more business has been passing. For agricultural seeds there has been a fair demand. The value of cakes has been fairly supported, but the inquiry for them has been WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool will be commenced on Thursday next, the 10th inst. The arrivals since last sales comprise 121,100 bales from the following places : New South Wales and Queensland, 16,366 bales; Victoria, 59,703 ; Tasmania, 3,791; South Australia, 17,205; West Australia, 1,932 ; New Zealand, 8,267 ; and Cape, 13,836 Total, 121 1 1.00 )7400. Win onnuat A bus ine ss passing iu all kinds of wool is very moderate. In prices, very little change from last week has taken place. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd a d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 91 1 101 Half-bred do 2 0 2 1 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 71 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing TALLOW. The tallow trade is quiet, and prices are rather lower. P.Y.O. is quoted at 47s per cwt on the spot. Town tallow commands 43s 6d net cash. Rough fat, 2s 4i-d per Slbs. Particulars. • 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 40,612 50,030 34,454 27,982 Price of Y.C. 1 —s Od —s Od —s 011 47s Od Delivery last week...... 699 1012 1,318 1,543 Ditto from June 1 75939 71,558 89,962 99,763 Arrival last week Ditto In in Juno 1 78,272 83.761 79,395 95,264 Price of Town CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. The May sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, the Recorder, and other civil officials. The calendar contains the names of 71 persons for trial, and the offences with which they stand charged are of a more serious description than usual. Amongst the pri soners there aro, for abduction, 2 ; arson, 2 ; burglary, 5 ; child stealing, 1; forgery, 3; manslaughter, 2 ; murder, 1; rape, 1; wounding with intent to murder, 2 ; feloni ously demanding money, 1; embezzlement, 2 ; and the re mainder, although in the minor class, are many of them very serious charges. The Recorder having addressed the grand jury, referred to several of the cases contained in the calendar, and in a short time afterwards the trials commenced. William Smith was indicted for feloniously uttering two counterfeit shillings within ten days. The prisoner selected public houses for committing the fraud. Both the spurious coins were found to be from the same mould. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' im prisonment with hard labour. John Phillips was indicted for having in his possession seven and a half counterfeit crowns. The prisoner and another man went into an eating house in Westminster, and in payment of the articles he tendered a bad half-crown. The fraud was discovered and the prisoner ran away, and while he was trying to elude capture he was seen to throw away a purse, which on being picked up was found to contain seven half crowns all counterfeit. Two of the counterfeit half crowns in the purse wore from the same mould as the one uttered. The prisoner, in defence, said he was as " innocent as a Tho jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned judge sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. ROBBERY BY A BANKER'S SERVANT.—George Rolston, a young man, servant to Mr. Charles Ctesar Hopkinson, banker, No. 3, Regent-street, was charged befc,re Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing 30 silver forks, 35 silver spoons, a gun, and other articles, of the value of £7O, the property of his master. Mr. Hopkinson said—The prisoner was in my service. On returning home about eleven o'clock ou the night of Sunday, the 29th April, the prisoner was not at home. I sat up some time for him, and as he did not come in I went down to the pantry, and not finding the prisoner's clothes there I sent to my housekeeper for a list of the plate, and I then missed a quantity as well as a gun, a powder flask and shot pouch, and other articles. I also found one dupli cate relating to the plate. I then gave information to the police, and on Saturday went with a sergeant to South ampton, where I gave the prisoner into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What is the amount of your loss ? Prosecutor—Above £6O. The powder-flask and shot pouch produced aro my property. Sergeant Shellingford, 4 C—l accompanied the prosecu tor to Southampton, where I met the pi isoner in the High-street. I told him that I was a police officer, and that I should take him into custody for stealing plate and other articles from his master. He replied, "I am sorry for it. I know I have done wrong. I pledged the gun at Southampton for 305." I took him back to the hotel, where he was staying, and found on him a duplicate re lating to the gun, which was pledged in the name of " Bateman" at Mr. Emmanuel's, East-street, Southampton, for 30s. On searching the prisoner's portmanteau, I fount in it a powder-flask and shot pouch. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Where is the plate pledged? Sergeant Shellingford—All in Loudon. The prisoner, who put no questions to the witnesses, said—l am guilty. _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded him for the attendance of tho pawnbrokers. THAMES. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. —John Wilson, a well known and very desperate thief, 18 years of ago, was bi ought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting and robbing Carl Froeting, a German tailor. The prosecutor was on his way from the City -with 19 pairs of men's trousers over his shoulder, when the prisoner and another man advanced towards him from the corner of Dock-street, Whitechapel. The prisoner butted the prosecutor with his head, knocked him down, and thon made a snatch at his watch chain. The chain was screwed from the watch, and the prisoner handed it to his companion and ran away. The prosecutor immediately pursued him, and called out " Stop thief." Police-con stable Panther, No. 196 H, stopped the prisoner, and the prosecutor came up and accused him with having knocked him down, and robbed him of his chain. The prisoner said " It's not me, sir; I have just come out of a publichouse." He then made a determined resistance and said he would not be taken alive. Panther soon over powered him and conveyed him to the station-house. It was stated by Panther that the prisoner was one of three men under recoguizances to appear at this court to-morrow on a charge of stealing a watch. The case was one of conflicting evidence. Foster, 207 H, an intelligent detective officer, said the prisoner was in custody three nights in succession for stealing watches, and was a bold and notorious thief. Mr. Partridge—The prisoner is committed for tris i l. Prove a former conviction, if any, at the sessions. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OP A TILL.—John Male, aged 18, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with-attempting to steal money out of a till in the shop of Mr. William Davis, a cheesemonger in the Globe-road, Mile-end. Mr. Davis detected the prisoner leaning over the counter in his shop and in the act of taking out the till from its place. Mr. Davis asked him what ho wanted, to which he replied, how much is a truss of straw ? The prosecutor said wo don't sell straw in a butter shop, and forthwith gave him into custody. Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he would be tried by him or at the sessions. The prisoner —l will be tried here. Mr. Partridge—There is no doubt of your guilt. You are sentenced to three months' imprisonment and bard labour. DISRAELI ROAD!—A new street at Putney is being formed by a Mr. Wylson, and ho has named it, with the sanction of the Metropolitan Board of Works, "Disraeli-road," in honour of Mr. Disraeli. A PERTINENT QUESTION. —Some £50,000 are being converted into a monument to Prince Albert in Ken sington-park. Would not this amount of money spent in establishing a bath-house, a soup-house, and a school house for the poor, have been quite as acceptable an offer ing in the eyes of God, or of "Albert the Good ?" The " children cry for bread, and you give them a stone."— Cosmopolitan. VOTING FOR TREMSELVES.—Eighteen members who hold Government offices voted for the second reading of the Franchise Bill. The gentlemen who voted that they had confidence in themselves are Messrs. Baring, Bruce, Cardwell, Cowper, Forster, Fortescue, Gladstone, Goschen, Lawson, Villiers, Headlam, Layard, Adams, Brand, Collier, Sir It. Palmer, Sir George Grey, and the Marquis of Hartington. If the members of the Govern ment (says the Cosmopolitan of Saturday) could not have voted confidence in themselves, instead of a majority of 5 for, there would have been a majority of 13 against the Government. Considering this, no one, we think, can deny that the Government was absolutely defeated. han.yeFaniClaan.oessutar, W. A. Guy, ALB., J. meetingof sel o eete f d c th an e nacrile as foll ows : —J. C . THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—At , the the li for election i n t o th e Royal sßdioudccai kn etet ysi ,I S , T,o recommendedwcmi a e . s t D y ~ r, e o ai t e n d . v T . h TF u b h. Thursday e s N d vt Hector, M.D., J. W. Kaye, Hugo Mailer, Ph. D., C. Mur chison, M.D., W. H. Perkin, the Yen. Archdeacon Pratt, Capt. G. H. Richards, R.N., T. Richardson, W. H. L. Russell, Rev. Dr. Selwyn, Rev. R. Townsend, and H. Watts, B.A. Three of the fifteen are mathematicians, four are of the medical profession, and three are chemists. Dr. Hector is director of the Geological Survey in New Zea land, and Archdeacon Pratt resides at Calcutta. The election is fixed for the 7th of June.-- The Athenaum. SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX,.-._A correspondent of the Reader asks Professor De Morgan why the Romans based their notation under a thousand upon six letters as under—combinations of these making all their figures up to 999. The connexion, he adds, will then be inquired by the writer between the number 666 and the text of Isaiah UT. 11, where a number is the subject of a drink offering! _ _ _ D C L = 500 / 5 plus 1 100 50 5 plus 1 10 =--- 6 6 I I 5 plus 1 6 - • 666 SPORTING NOTES. At the Bath meeting which takes place to-morrow there will no doubt bo great changes on the Derby. The closed races for Tuesday are the Beaufort Cup, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Biennial States, the Bath Handicap and County Members' Plate, the Trial Stakes and a Selling Plate remaining open till this (Monday) evening. The Beaufort Cup, two miles and a half course, has a splendid entry of thirty-eight, the list including the names of Dalby, Breadalbane, The Miner, Christmas Carol, Mail Train, Ackworth, Blue Riband, The Primate, Wild Agnes, Sydmonton, Friday, Elthain, Eakring, John Davis, Elland, Nightwatch, Salpinctes, and Cam buscan. The best amongst the three-year-olds is Blue Riband, but over the tiring course at Bath, the elder horses are entitled to the preference, and I most esteem the chances of Miner and Dalby. For the Fourteenth Biennial Stakes Robin Hood takes an allow ance of 311), and, consequently, the elected of Danebury— probably C e ylon—will have a severe task to lower th e colours of Lord Portsmouth's colt, who will bo much fitter than when he ran at Newmarket. The Sotnersetshire Stakes, 2 miles 240 yards course, is a failure in point of acceptances, as only twenty horses have been left in from tho sixty-five originally handi capped. The Miner, Bst 121 b, occupies the post of honour, and Whalebone, sst 91b is the "feather " of the handicap. The Miner, Bst 121 b; Pintail, 7st 111 b in cluding 71b extra; Enasleigh, 7st 21b; Lord Zetland, 7st; Miss Hebbie, 6st 81b; and Lansdown, Est 61b ap pear to be the pick of the horses left in ; and notwith standing his heavy weight I shall trust to The Miner, who has received a thorough preparation, and his most danger ous opponent will be found in the trusted of the Duke of Beaufort's pair—Lord Zetland or Lansdown. The York Spring Meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday. The Great Northern, which will be decided over the old two-miles course, is the last of the series of Spring Handicaps. Regalia, 9st, heads the list. She is a great mare, and is likely to win. Dalby, Bst 101 b (including 101 b extra) is bound to run well, and will again defeat Redcap, Bst. Cathedral, Bst 71b, is a great powerful horse, and as he knows the course and has undergone a careful prepara tion, he will finish in front, though the Ashgill stable may finally find a better representative in Miss Haworth, Est 51b, who is a game, honest filly, and can stay the course. Moulsey, Bst 71b, should beat Dalby, as he meets the latter on 221 b more favourable terms than he did on the Roodee, and if none the worse for his Chester performance, I ap prehend Lord Bateman's horse or Regalia will be returned the winner of this race. The other events are of very little importance. A FRESH MAN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tms DAY. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 2 agst The Miner (offered—take 3 to 1) 4to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) BEAUFORT CUP 2 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) sto 2 agst The Miner (taken) 4to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. sto 2 agst Regalia (taken) 9 to 2 agst Redcap (taken) 6to 1 agst Cathedral (taken) 7 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) Bto 1 agst Windham (taken) 100 to 8 agst Dolan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zenobia (taken) DERBY. 2to 1 agst Lord Lyons (taken) 3to 1 agst Rustic (taken) 9to 1 agst Medan (taken) 10 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken and off) \2O to 1 agst Vespasian (taken) 25 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Nottingham (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Strathconan (taken) THE MANCHESTER MARKET. For the Derby, after the slight demonstrations against Lord Lyon in the early part of the week, he has been de cidedly the favourite ; 9 to 4 has been accepted in a few instances, and 5 to :2 would have been taken to large amounts if it could have been obtained. Rustic finished to-day by all the 3s to 1 being taken that could be ob tained. Redan is very firm ; 10 to 1 is offered, but the layers are careful not to exceed that. Vespasian and the Bribery Colt (now I believe named Nottingham) have been, during the week, freely backed, 100 to 7 being booked about each of them. Blue Riband, Monarch of the Glen, and Knight of the Crescent have each been much inquired about, and 30 to 1 would have been taken about any of them, but the general offers of 25 to 1 have been declined. The Great Northern Handicap seems likely to be a specu lative affair from the number of horses which are considered to have a chance. From the reports of betting from tho south Redcap should be the favourite, but he is not in great demand here ; 8 to 1 is the least we have seen booked and could have been obtained at the close. All the books that were opened were taken about Regalia„ the commis sioner wishing to go on, and there seemed plenty of money for Windham at 7 to 1. Cathedral, Friday, and Harry Brailsford have every appearance of seeing a shorter figure. Dalby was very quiet. Nothing dono on the Bath and Somerset events. CLOSING PRICES. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Regalia (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Windham (taken) 7to 1 agst Cathedral (taken) Bto 1 agst Redcap (taken) Bto 1 agst Friday (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dalby (offered) 12 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (taken) 16 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken) THE DERBY. 9 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 3to 1 agst Rustic (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Redan (offered) 14 to 1 agst Vespasian (offered) 16 to 1 agst Nottingham (offered) ' 25 to 1 agst Stabber (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (t and off ) 25 to 1 agst Blue Riband (offered) 25 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Westwick (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Augusto (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Hawthorn (offered) THE CHANTILLY RACES. PARIS, May 6. The Chantilly races were run to-day with the following results : PRIX DE LA, REINE. Anisette 1 PRIX DU CREME. Anglo 1 THE lIANDICAP. Feufollet Matamore. Gontran 3 THE OAKS. Victorieuse Marcella 1 Favourite ..... 2 3 _ .. PRI% APREMONT. Sultana 1 CRICKE THE MARYLE BONE CLUB. SPECIAL MEETING AND ANNIVERSARY DINNER. The 79th anniversary of the M. C. C. was held at the Pavilion at Lord's, on Wednesday last, May 2. Previous to the dinner, a general special meeting of the club took place, at which the honorary secretary brought forward cer tain proposals for the purchase of the freehold of Lord's Ground, from Mr. Marsden, which were unanimously adopted. The members then proceeded to ballot for sixty three candidates, who were all elected, and the club now numbers 980 members. At half-past seven o'clock the chair was taken by Lord Ebury, and the company sat down to an excellent dinner, the arrangements for which bad been confided to Mr. John Day, of the Tavern, Lord's Ground, and too much praise cannot be given to him for the tasteful appropriateness in which the dining-table was decorated, and the excel lence of the viands. In the centre of the table was placed a large epergne filled with choice flowers of red and amber hues—the colours of M. O. C. This was well "backed up" on one side with another fragrant batch tastefully dis playing the well-known "red, black, and gold" of I Zin gari. Opposite that was another epergne containing a bouquet formed of the Household Brigade's colours—" red and blue ;" and yet another epergne held florals ingeniously delineating the blue and yellow of the Cambridge Quid_ nuncs. The originality and taste of all this were well equalled by the excellence of the viands and high character of the wines, which included among other choice liquids Madeira bottled in 1792, claret of 1844, and port of the vintages of 1815 (more than half a century old, just think of that, Mr. Brook), 1827, 1831, 1810, 1844, 1817, 1850 and 1851. In fact, the catering of Mr. John Day elicited a marked and deserved compliment from the members present. The CHAIRMAN, after dinner, gave the usual toasts, and in due time came to the old and time-honoured toast of the evening, " Cricket, and Success to the M. C. C.," coupling with with it the name of the secretary. Mr. Fitzgerald, having replied to the toast, read a report of the committee on the doings of the past year. It showed a most satisfactory issue, a large balance remaining at the banker's after the extraordinary expenses incurred in re building the pavilion and improving the ground. Mr. Fitz gerald also stated that £B,OOO had been paid Mr. Dark off the .£11,003 purchase-money. The report was adopted " nem. con.," and the secretary resumed his seat amidst much applause. The Hon. F. PONSONBY then proposed the health of Lord Ebury, who had so ably filled the dace of president for 1 666 i d his lordahip, to returning thank; laid that he TAT TERSALLS'—This Evening. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Regalia (taken) 4to 1 agst Redcap (taken) 6to 1 agst Cathedral (taken) 7to 1 agst Windham (taken) 7to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 9 to 1 agst Dolan (taken) 16 to 1 agst Miss Haworth (taken) DEBBY. 2to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 100 to 30 agst Rustic (taken) 10 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 11 to 1 agst Blue Riband (takon) 20 to 1 agst Vespasian (taken and offered) 28 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken) 30 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) 40 to 1 agst Stabber (offered) 50 to 1 agst Nottingham (offered) ARRIVALS AT BATH. Seville, Crytheia, Lady Florence, Lord Zetland, John Davis, King Charles, Ophecleide, King Hal, Ozone, Black Prince, Siberia, Serfs, Harpenden, Rattler, Mr. Pitt, Totleben, Ackworth, Lansdown, Lecturer, Breadalbane, Hermit, Satyr, Raven, Rosaline colt, Opoponax, Lochiel, Ceylon, Mrs. Stratton, Shrapnel], Roarer, Brigand, Viceroy, Pelios, Bitter Sweet, Mongrel, Robin Hood, Whalebone, Langham, Landtax, Tattoo, Beckhampton, 'Contraband, Fripponier, Lord Craven, Cantina Ally, Peer, Isabel, Jack in Green, Spangle, Effervescence, Preferment colt, Opposition, Monk of Avon, Crace, Clitheroe, Bounceaway, Arundel, Stapenhill, Love Letter, Wild Bee, Arcadiz, Nuncham, Glendusk, Dolphin, Harlequina, Stinger, Miss Middleton, Faux Pas, Out and Outer, Tadmor colt, Idler, Princess, Dagmar, Elegance, and Bavarde. 135 1 53, ; 119 k 924 2 I 30 23/ 1231 1 61 1081 i 7f I, 1071 1(.31 ,ITI ES. 1011 i 21 should retain the same zeal out of office for the welfare of the club as he had always felt, and concluded by proposing the health of his successor, the Earl of Sandwich, the pre sident of the M.C.C. for 1866, whose name was received with much warmth, and whose absence, through domestic affliction, was much regretted. The SECRETARY proposed the health of Mr. R. Kynaston (who was unavoidably absent), and alluded to the arduous duties undertaken by that gentleman, and the great benefit that had accrued to the club from his exertions in the cause of the Donation Fund, which still remains open to the libe rality of the members and friends of the M.C.C. The toast was received with applause. The Earl of SEFTON, in an energetic speech, proposed the health of Mr. W Nicholson, and the meeting expressed their sense of the handsome offer made by that gentleman to secure the freehold of Lord's Ground to the Club by the most enthusiastic reception of the toast. Mr. BURGOYNE, as one of the auditors, testified to the great exertions of the treasurer and secretary in behalf of tho club, which appeared to be generally admitted, and which certainly was not denied by the secretary. A list of matches was then read by the secretary, and the meeting dissolved at midnight. PUGILISM. -----..---- THE CHAMPIONS RIP—JEM MACE'AND JOE GOSS. The e: for Ere three week s s h a ll have passed away, the great battle won. the C hampionship of En g l an d w ill h ave b een l os t an d Th msbtaatkeholder, ants yesterday placed £lO a-side in the hands of th oanaoafthaeyr 18, will making £l5O a-side down ; deposit, of £lO a-sid e , an d t h e fi na l , o f £4O as id e, wil make up the £2OO a-side. The reports he from the tr a i n i ng quarters of the gladiators are very satis factory. Mac e i s at the Strawberry Grounds, Liver pool, and is i n capital healthand spirits. list 71b. Harry M ontague He weighs writes :—" I have been with hi now over five years, and I can s a f e ly j u d ge never ast theundergone a long well as be is at present. no knew him so fit and training, having from the momen atc h h e wgaras gradually discontinued smoking and extra glasses, andm L f g ull wi d thout feeling crept into the bard work of active traains , whe y n h eveloped as any great change. His muscles are that playfullyat l i ]handed' was at the hotel in Ireland on me. So you may judge, new drying up, how he will look in the ring. All I can say e is, v should he be unfortunate enough to lose ,1 't will - not be through want of condition, as I firmly b e li eve when they start fighting Mace will have the caste in his favour in respect to health and condition. lie is up , at five o'clock rolling our bowling green, digging gardens, carpentering, or at some handicraft until eight ; then breakfast ; same performance continued until eleven, when we have a turn round the ground some five or six miles. You may guess he is pretty fit. When Jack Brighton, Thomas (the Northern Deer), and I start with him, we leave off first." Mace opens the Straw berry Grounds on Monday with a miscellaneous entertain ment, followed by a farewell dinner. In the exposition of the "noble art," sets-to will take place between Bill Ryall and Jack Rooke, Peter Morris and Young Holden, and the wind-up will be with Jem Mace and Andrew Marsden. We hope he will meet with the success he deserves in his new enterprise. From Joe Goss's training quarters—Old Boat Inn, Great Brickkiln-street —we hear that Joe is very well, and doing about twenty-six miles per day. He weighs about 11st 61b, and will not be much lighter on the day of fighting. He will be glad to see his friends at Mrs. Savage's, the Old Boat Inn, before he takes his final leave of that place. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK, ITALY. GENOA, May 7. Yesterday being the anniversary of the departure of the thousand of Marsala a great demonstration took place in this town. Shouts were raised by the crowds of "Long live the King, Garibaldi, and War !" Five hundred Genoese have offered themselves as volunteers during the last two days. MESSINA, May 6. Mazzini has again been elected to represent this town in the Chamber of Deputies by 329 against 203 votes. FLORENCE, May 7. Intelligence received here from all the Italian provinces reports great enthusiasm in favour of war. The National Guard are offering their services and the soldiers called upon to join their regiments are everywhere readily coming forward. Prince Humbert has taken his departure for Lombardy. General Prim has left this city for Paris. NAPLES, May 7. The Municipality of Naples has voted annual pensions of from 200 to 2,000 francs to Neapolitan soldiers who may distinguish themselves, and to the families of those who may be killed in a war against Austria. The municipalities of Crema and Palermo have adopted resolutions to a similar effect. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.--THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. THE THREATENED HOSTILITIES BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. Earl CADOGAN gave notice that he would ask the Go vernment to-morrow whether an overture had been made on behalf of her Majesty to the French Government with a view to a peaceful settlement of the difference between Austria and Prussia. The Dockyard Extension Acts Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Contagious Cattle Diseases Bill was read a second time. The committee on the Selling and Hawking Goods on Sunday Bill was postponed until Monday next. The Drainage and Improvement of Lands (Ireland) Bill wont through committee. The Exchequer Bills and Bond Bills were road a third time and passed. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. Lefevre and Mr. Suourfield took the oath and their seats for Reading and Holston. HEREFORD ELECTION. The report of the Heieford election was brought up. It stated that Mr. Baggallay and Mr. Clive were duly elected. • PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Bristol Harbour Junction Railway and Wharf Depot, Llyuvi Valley and Ogmore Valley Railway Companies, Nelson Local Board, Slough Gas, and Whitmarsh's bilities. NEW WRIT On the motion of Col. T A YLOR, a now writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for Aberdeenshire. CHURCH RATES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that to-morrow he should move for leave to introduce a bill for the abolition of compulsory church rates. - THE REFORM BILL. The right hon. gentleman also gave notice that to morrow he should move for certain returns in relation to the boroughs it was proposed practically to disfranchise. CHELTENHAM ELECTION. The report of this election committee was brought up ; it reported that Mr. Schreider was duly elected. ITALY AND AUSTRIA. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS asked the Under Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs if he could give the house any iialpriaaatiat wa the present untoward aspect of .1... continental affairs, an 3 if her MI tjesty's Government had, either by itself or in accord with :France ) , made any friendly offers to the Governments of :ttaly and Austria, with a view of soothing existing differencts and averting from Europe the threatened calamities o war ? Mr. LAYARD said he much reg t•etted he could not give any satisfactory information or sat isfactory assurance with respect to the aspect of affairs on the continent. It was well known to Austria, Italy, at .d Prussia that her Ma jesty's Government were perfect] y willing to interpose if the good offices of the Governor rut were applied for. It would be satisfactory to enter int :o negotiation; but very undesirable for this country to er iter into the matter alone. He thought the kouse would stga•ee with him that it was undesirable for 'him to enter in tc► any further detail in the matter. WHITSUNTIE,I; RECESS. In reply to an HON. AtElf szit The CHANCELLOR of th. :3 EXCHEQUER said the usual emirs() would be followed. viz., the house would at its rising on Friday adjourn until . the Thursday following. THE DEER .Y DAY. An HON. MEMBER asko d whether it was intended to adjourn over the Derby ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said such an arrangement was effected by y rivate arrangement. THE REDISTRIBTIO:g OF SEATS BILL. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, moving for leave to bring in a bill for the redistribution of seets, s a id in doing so ho should have to divide the matter under three distinct heads, viz., first, thet edistribution of the seats pro per; secondly, as to the provit ions to be made with respect to boundaries of Parliamentar y boroughs ; and thirdly, the precedence of the bills whicl i had caused so much anxiety in that house and in the co entry. In the years 1854, '59 , and '6O the m a tt er of redistributing seats had been dealt with not by extinguishing s mall boroughs but by limiting the representation of those !shoes. Corruption, he regretted to say, was not confined to, small but to large constituen cies, embracing 10,000 to 20„000 persons : there the bane of corruption was found unfortunately to exist; therefore the smaller constituencies were not to be entirely and totally condemned. He could not; therefore come to the conclu sion that all small boroughr should be extinguished, but what he proposed to the house was to take, on the ground that there were now certain large communities not repre sented in Parliament as that justice demanded, and that arrangement could be most equitably met by a restriction being put to representation of small boroughs. By the Re form Act of 1832 a great cheinge had been brought about, and on the present occasion, in treating with a subject of a redistribution of seats, those places in which corruption ,shhooraaol Scotland e :ositmey e l found a n etenoxodt to flourish, ought to be dealt with a firm. and decisive hand. The Government, after consideration, t r ts t o : lc atght England,hboroughs, Governmentshould b b t a a t nn b ab solutely resortantnhgdeu conclusion extinguished, Wales, but n groupingei tnt.hh.placemethod, o n t e h ob : f : e f their electoral privileges. such an arrangement he could not but think would purify By the Government proposal the number of seats be 49, and these haPdre proposed to b e g i ven b y th e bill wou ld member from every boeoeun ouesh effected, b orfirst,oug borough y taking returned t o w n o e 'll where th e popu l a ti on was under 8,000 ; o f course, where 8 ,000 would borough eon mtaeiemiebgeras.pepTuhleistiewnonuelld exgeiveoedie3sg enie member, and and all groups under 15,000 would return one be grouped, those with 20,000 would return two members. group he believed would be about 10,e00v0e, 21,000. The Government proposed to English counties, and in the new arrangement seats ev to county, except one, having a population of 160,000, wouldy have the privilege of sending three members to Parlia ment. We also propose to give a third member to Liver pool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds. To Salford we propose giving an additional member. (Hear, hear.) We propose to divide the Tower Hamlets into two divisions, each division having the privilege of sending two members to Parliament. They did not pro 2aen.d.of tTthhheeehliegwheasstt pro pose to middle with the number of members returned for Middlesex, but they proposed separating Chelsea and Kensington from it, and to make those two places one borough, with the privilege of sending two members to Parliament. They also proposed to give a member to six municipal boroughs at present unrepresented— viz., Burnley, Staleybridge, Gravesend, Hartlepool, Mid dleborough, and Dewsbury. Another new proposal was to give a member to the University of London. (Hear, hear.) The house, he believed, was very much disinclined to increase its numbers—(hear, hear) — and as he thought that Scotland had a fair claim for increased representation they proposed that tne remaining seven seats should be given to that country, as follows : —Ayr and Lanark, Glasgow and Edinburgh, would each receive an additional member, and Dundee would for the future return two members, and the remain ing seat would be given to the Scotch university. (Rear.) With respect to the representation of Ireland and Wales no alteration was proposed. The right bon. gentleman then proceeded to refer to the electoral boundaries, and then went on to point out how the two bills should proceed in in that house. The Government were quite open to con sider the proposal to merge the two bills in one ; but the Government felt that it was of the highest importance that both bills should now be discussed and settled. It might be said that the usual length of the session would not ad mit of the despatch of the two bills ; but it was quite open to the house to go on until August, and then to adjourn until October, and then resume their labours. (Hear.) If the house should think it wise to merge the two bills into one, then no prorogation ;would .be advised until the bill for the amendment of the franchise and the redistri bution of seats bad been disposed of. (Hear, hear.) Tho Government were anxious, under any circumstance; that the year should not be lost, and therefore the two bills must be disposed of before their business could be said to have ended for the year. Mr. DISRAELI rose and objected to the arrangement of the right hon. gentleman. ELEFT SPEAKING.] Railway and other Companies. NORTHERN OF BUENOS AYRES. A special general meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern to consider the position of the company; Mr. Haines in the chair A long, angry, and somewhat personal discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. LEVERSON contended that Mr. Haine was not duly qualified at the time he was elected a di rector of the company, and that therefore he was not duly elected a director. He moved resolutions to the effect that the election of Mr. Haim be not confirmed, and that Dr. Callum, another director, be requested to resign. Mr. MURRRY, the contractor, brought forward a series of charges against the board. He stated that persons in the employment of the company had opened an office outside the company's stations in Buenos Ayres, where they soli tickets at 33 per cent. less than the prices charged by the company, and were thus competing with the company. lie complained that charges had been made against the company for useless surveys. The extension was made to the Tigra River at a place where the depth of water was not sufficient to admit large vessels to come alongside. Four of the company's second class carriages, which cost a great deal of e m et : e n tta e h y rye , Bw were ge aowaggons, Company, almost mw ph ai d n e e destroyed r o otmhy some rd trucks t e onconvertm y h. a d The hb t them e e a t into n leen s t timber had involved the company in law costs to the extent of £2,000. He said that, in his opinion, everything had been done to make the company a losing concern. Mr. LEVERSON moved the appointment of a com mittee of investigation. Mr. HARTRIDGE proposed that the directors be called upon to resign, and, at an adjourned meet ing, that the shareholders elect three directors, with power to increase the number to five. The CHAIRMAN said when the new directors came into office the first thing they did was to appoint a committee to examine the proceedings of the old directors, and it was found that the line had been badly made. The contractor had had been paid largely on acdxcipotue u nßr n e t es , h a ,as nd ex tl e le eed en e g d iu th ee e r re h c a e d been i p tb n£2,ooo. was s decided,o the late amid secretary noise and con fusion,not r emoved. The traffic r eceipts line o d f ur t i h n e g line did the last fi ve months pay n i t t h s s w t h o e rk e i x n p g e n e services dispensed that the meeting be adjour ne d ri a ' w h n e i y ti s l it e . r E v entu till the 17th inst. on the understanding that then be reconstructed. the board should GREAT EASTERN. This company will open to-day (Monday) a new goods station contiguous to the docks at Ipswich. The directors have appointed Mr. R. Moseley (who has been about 20 years in the service of the com pany) general manager of the entire system. They have also secured the services, many years chi e f accoun t an t t o the Midland Rail way Company. °UM. S. S‘varbrick, GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receiptsOn this company's lines for the week ending April 14 amounted,again sfotrilo2cB3salssefnorgenthe, £7,039, for foreign passengers to £3,0 73, - for mails, &c., to /976, for local freight and live stock t o £17,304, and for foreign freight and live stock to £l,2B7—total, £29,67 9 ; corresponding week in 1865, showing an increase of £1,328. The total receipts from the Ist January to the above date amounted .to 162,856, and for the same period last year to £349,853, showing an increase of £0,003. 100 et 20 EOl 10 WO I •BEN 190 100 100 F 0 100 100 Id MI. 109 i 1001